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	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	FC Torpedo Moscow	20	16	1	3	48	20	33
2.	FC Lokomotiv Moscow	20	9	8	3	35	23	26
3.	Avangard Kharkov	20	10	6	4	22	15	26
4.	FC Dinamo Tbilisi	20	10	5	5	36	22	25
5.	FC SKA Rostov-on-Don	20	9	4	7	39	22	22
6.	Shakhter Stalino	20	7	5	8	22	23	19
7.	PFC Neftchi Baku	20	4	8	8	20	34	16
8.	Trud Voronezh	20	5	5	10	24	31	15
9.	Admiralteet Leningrad	20	5	5	10	22	30	15
10.	FK Daugava Rīga	20	3	6	11	21	41	12
11.	Spartak Vilnius	20	3	5	12	18	46	11

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points

Group B

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	PFC CSKA Moscow	20	13	3	4	55	28	29
2.	FC Dynamo Kyiv	20	12	5	3	41	19	29
3.	FC Spartak Moscow	20	10	5	5	38	21	25
4.	Spartak Yerevan	20	8	7	5	27	26	23
5.	FC Pakhtakor Tashkent	20	9	5	6	30	33	23
6.	FC Dynamo Moscow	20	8	5	7	33	29	21
7.	Kairat Almaty	20	6	5	9	23	32	17
8.	Zenit Leningrad	20	6	5	9	25	35	17
9.	Moldova Chisinau	20	6	4	10	30	36	16
10.	Belarus Minsk	20	4	5	11	17	31	13
11.	Kalev Tallinn	20	0	7	13	14	43	7

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points

Round 2

Places 1-10

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	FC Dynamo Kyiv	30	18	9	3	58	28	45
2.	FC Torpedo Moscow	30	19	3	8	68	35	41
3.	FC Spartak Moscow	30	16	8	6	57	34	40
4.	PFC CSKA Moscow	30	16	6	8	61	43	38
5.	FC Lokomotiv Moscow	30	13	12	5	58	42	38
6.	Avangard Kharkov	30	12	10	8	30	25	34
7.	FC Dinamo Tbilisi	30	13	7	10	50	30	33
8.	Spartak Yerevan	30	11	10	9	37	41	32
9.	FC SKA Rostov-on-Don	30	11	8	11	54	36	30
10.	FC Pakhtakor Tashkent	30	11	8	11	44	61	30

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points

Places 11-22

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
11.	FC Dynamo Moscow	32	17	7	8	57	39	41
12.	Shakhter Stalino	32	12	10	10	45	37	34
13.	Zenit Leningrad	32	12	8	12	50	52	32
14.	Admiralteets Leningrad	32	12	7	13	49	47	31
15.	Trud Voronezh	32	11	8	13	39	38	30
16.	Moldova Chisinau	32	12	6	14	46	54	30
17.	Kairat Almaty	32	10	8	14	31	48	28
18.	PFC Neftchi Baku	32	7	13	12	36	52	27
19.	Belarus Minsk	32	7	10	15	29	44	24
20.	Spartak Vilnius	32	7	5	20	33	64	19
21.	FK Daugava Rīga	32	5	7	20	30	63	17
22.	Kalev Tallinn	32	1	8	23	25	74	10

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points

Top scorers

22 goals

• Gennadi Gusarov (Torpedo Moscow)

20 goals

• Gennadi Krasnitsky (Pakhtakor Tashkent)
• Viktor Voroshilov (Lokomotiv Moscow)

18 goals

• Viktor Kanevskyi (Dynamo Kyiv)
• Aleksei Mamykin (CSKA Moscow)

15 goals

• Igor Chislenko (Dynamo Moscow)
• Sergey Kvochkin (Kairat Alma-Ata)

14 goals

• Zaur Kaloyev (Dinamo Tbilisi)
• Galimzyan Khusainov (Spartak Moscow)
• Yuri Zakharov (Shakhtyor Stalino)

References