1961 Soviet Top League

22 teams took part in the league with FC Dynamo Kyiv winning the championship (the first Soviet champion from outside Moscow).

Round 1

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Torpedo Moscow 20 16 1 3 48 20 +28 33 Qualification for Places 1–10 group
2 Lokomotiv Moscow 20 9 8 3 35 23 +12 26
3 Avangard Kharkov 20 10 6 4 22 15 +7 26
4 Dinamo Tbilisi 20 10 5 5 36 22 +14 25
5 SKA Rostov-on-Don 20 9 4 7 39 22 +17 22
6 Shakhter Stalino 20 7 5 8 22 23 −1 19 Qualification for Places 11–22 group
7 Neftyanik Baku 20 4 8 8 20 34 −14 16
8 Trud Voronezh 20 5 5 10 24 31 −7 15
9 Admiralteet Leningrad 20 5 5 10 22 30 −8 15
10 Daugava Rīga 20 3 6 11 21 41 −20 12
11 Spartak Vilnius 20 3 5 12 18 46 −28 11
Source: rsssf.com

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 CSKA Moscow 20 13 3 4 55 28 +27 29 Qualification for Places 1–10 group
2 Dynamo Kyiv 20 12 5 3 41 19 +22 29
3 Spartak Moscow 20 10 5 5 38 21 +17 25
4 Spartak Yerevan 20 8 7 5 27 26 +1 23
5 Pakhtakor Tashkent 20 9 5 6 30 33 −3 23
6 Dynamo Moscow 20 8 5 7 33 29 +4 21 Qualification for Places 11–22 group
7 Kairat Almaty 20 6 5 9 23 32 −9 17
8 Zenit Leningrad 20 6 5 9 25 35 −10 17
9 Moldova Chisinau 20 6 4 10 30 36 −6 16
10 Belarus Minsk 20 4 5 11 17 31 −14 13
11 Kalev Tallinn 20 0 7 13 14 43 −29 7
Source: rsssf.com

Round 2

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

Places 11–22
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
11 Dynamo Moscow 32 17 7 8 57 39 +18 41
12 Shakhter Stalino 32 12 10 10 45 37 +8 34
13 Zenit Leningrad 32 12 8 12 50 52 −2 32
14 Admiralteets Leningrad[lower-alpha 1] 32 12 7 13 49 47 +2 31
15 Trud Voronezh[lower-alpha 2] (R) 32 11 8 13 39 38 +1 30 Relegation to Class B
16 Moldova Chisinau 32 12 6 14 46 54 −8 30
17 Kairat Alma-Ata 32 10 8 14 31 48 −17 28
18 Neftyanik Baku 32 7 13 12 36 52 −16 27
19 Belarus Minsk 32 7 10 15 29 44 −15 24
20 Spartak Vilnius 32 7 5 20 33 64 −31 19
21 Daugava Rīga 32 5 7 20 30 63 −33 17
22 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.

Top scorers
22 goals
20 goals
18 goals
15 goals
14 goals

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

References
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