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1961 in Soviet football

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Football in the Soviet Union
Season1961
Men's football
Class ADinamo Kiev
Class BKrylia Sovetov Kuibyshev (Russia)
Chernomorets Odessa (Ukraine)
Torpedo Kutaisi (Republics playoffs)
Soviet CupShakhter Stalino
← 1960 Soviet Union 1962 →

The 1961 Soviet football championship was the 29th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 23rd among teams of sports societies and factories. Dinamo won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the first time.

Honours

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Competition Winner Runner-up
Class A Dinamo Kiev (1) Torpedo Moscow
Class B Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev (Russia) Terek Groznyi (Russia)
Chernomorets Odessa (Ukraine) SKA Odessa (Ukraine)
Lokomotiv Tbilisi (Republics group 1) Shirak Leninakan (Republics group 1)
Torpedo Kutaisi (Republics group 2) Shakhter Karaganda (Republics group 2)
Soviet Cup Shakhter Stalino (1) Torpedo Moscow

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Soviet Union football championship

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Class A (second stage)

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Places 1–10

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv (C) 30 18 9 3 58 28 +30 45
2 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow 30 19 3 8 68 35 +33 41
3 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow 30 16 8 6 57 34 +23 40
4 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 30 16 6 8 61 43 +18 38
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow 30 13 12 5 58 42 +16 38
6 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Avangard Kharkov 30 12 10 8 30 25 +5 34
7 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi 30 13 7 10 50 30 +20 33
8 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Spartak Yerevan 30 11 10 9 37 41 −4 32
9 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Rostov-on-Don 30 11 8 11 54 36 +18 30
10 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Pakhtakor Tashkent 30 11 8 11 44 61 −17 30
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Places 11–22

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
11 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow 32 17 7 8 57 39 +18 41
12 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhter Stalino 32 12 10 10 45 37 +8 34
13 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad 32 12 8 12 50 52 −2 32
14 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Admiralteets Leningrad[a] 32 12 7 13 49 47 +2 31
15 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Trud Voronezh[b] (R) 32 11 8 13 39 38 +1 30 Relegation to Class B
16 Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Moldova Chisinau 32 12 6 14 46 54 −8 30
17 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Alma-Ata 32 10 8 14 31 48 −17 28
18 Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftyanik Baku 32 7 13 12 36 52 −16 27
19 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Belarus Minsk 32 7 10 15 29 44 −15 24
20 Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Spartak Vilnius 32 7 5 20 33 64 −31 19
21 Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Daugava Rīga 32 5 7 20 30 63 −33 17
22 Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Kalev Tallinn (R) 32 1 8 23 25 74 −49 10 Qualification for relegation play-off
Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Admiralteets Leningrad were disbanded after the season and they were replaced by Dynamo Leningrad.
  2. ^ Trud Voronezh were relegated because were been a worst ranked team from Russia.

Promotion/relegation Tournament

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Torpedo Kutaisi (R) 4 3 0 1 7 4 +3 6 Promotion to Class A
2 Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Kalev Tallinn (R) 4 2 0 2 4 2 +2 4 Relegation to Class B
3 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Tbilisi 4 1 0 3 3 8 −5 2
Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated

Class B

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Russian Federation finals

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[Oct 24 – Nov 5, Krasnodar]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev 5 4 0 1 12 5 +7 8[a] Promoted
2 Terek Grozny 5 3 1 1 8 5 +3 7
3 Dinamo Kirov 5 2 1 2 7 7 0 5
4 Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk 5 2 0 3 5 5 0 4
5 SKA Khabarovsk 5 2 0 3 4 7 −3 4
6 Volga Kalinin 5 1 0 4 4 11 −7 2
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ -

Ukraine (playoffs)

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For places 1-2
  • Chernomorets Odessa 2-1 0-0 SKA Odessa

Union republics finals

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  • no finals
  • Torpedo Kutaisi and Lokomotiv Tbilisi qualified for promotion playoffs as two group winners

Top goalscorers

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Class A

References

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