1960 Soviet Top League

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Class A Soviet Football Championship
Season1960
Dates9 April – 24 October
Champions
1959

The 1960 Soviet Football Championship, Class A (Russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу 1960 (класс «А»)) was the 22 season of the Soviet top tier football competition.

22 teams took part in the league with FC Torpedo Moscow winning the championship for the first time.

Round 1

Subgroup 1

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow 20 14 3 3 39 16 +23 31 Qualification for Places 1–6 group
2 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Rostov-on-Don 20 9 7 4 33 27 +6 25
3 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow 20 9 6 5 32 15 +17 24
4
Dynamo Tbilisi
20 9 6 5 49 32 +17 24 Qualification for Places 7–12 group
5 Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Daugava Riga 20 8 7 5 25 18 +7 23
6 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Ararat Yerevan 20 8 7 5 36 28 +8 23
7
Zenit Leningrad
20 9 4 7 34 25 +9 22 Qualification for Places 13–18 group
8
Pakhtakor Tashkent
20 7 4 9 25 35 −10 18
9 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Avangard Kharkiv 20 4 6 10 17 30 −13 14
10
Moldova Kishinyov
20 4 5 11 18 34 −16 13 Qualification for Places 19–22 group
11 Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Kalev Tallinn 20 0 3 17 13 61 −48 3
Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away AVA DAU DYN
DTB
KAL
MOL
PAK
SKA SYE TOR
ZEN
Avangard Kharkiv 2–0 2–1 0–2 3–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–0
Daugava Riga 0–0 0–2 2–1 4–0 2–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1
Dynamo Moscow 1–2 2–2 5–0 4–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 3–0
Dynamo Tbilisi
2–0 0–0 0–1 9–2 1–1 4–1 7–2 7–4 0–0 2–2
Kalev Tallinn 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–5 0–2 2–3 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–1
Moldova Chisinau
3–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–5 0–0 1–3 1–2 2–1
Pakhtakor Tashkent
2–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–5
SKA Rostov-on-Don 5–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 4–2 1–1 0–3 3–1
Spartak Yerevan 4–1 1–1 0–4 5–1 3–0 4–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–0
Torpedo Moscow 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–2 6–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–3
Zenit Leningrad
2–0 2–2 1–0 0–3 6–0 3–1 4–1 1–2 0–0 1–3
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Subgroup 2

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1
Dynamo Kiev
20 13 2 5 46 23 +23 28 Qualification for Places 1–6 group
2 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow 20 11 5 4 31 27 +4 27
3 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 20 12 1 7 38 17 +21 25
4 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow 20 10 4 6 33 18 +15 24 Qualification for Places 7–12 group
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Admiralteyets Leningrad 20 7 9 4 34 24 +10 23
6 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Belarus Minsk 20 9 4 7 24 27 −3 22
7
Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev
20 6 6 8 22 26 −4 18 Qualification for Places 13–18 group
8
Shakhtyor Stalino
20 5 6 9 24 36 −12 16
9 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Alma-Ata 20 6 4 10 19 29 −10 16
10
Neftyanik Baku
20 5 4 11 21 38 −17 14 Qualification for Places 19–22 group
11
Spartak Vilnius
20 1 5 14 12 39 −27 7
Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away ADM BEL CSK
DYK
KAI
KRY
LOK
NEF
SHA
SPA
SVL
Admiralteyets Leningrad 1–1 0–0 5–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 6–1 4–3 1–1 1–1
Belarus Minsk 1–1 0–3 2–1 0–2 3–1 0–2 1–1 2–3 0–2 2–1
CSKA Moscow 1–4 2–1 –:+[a] 0–1 0–1 5–1 4–1 4–0 2–0 2–0
Dynamo Kiev
2–0 1–2 2–0 3–0 0–3 3–1 3–0 4–1 3–3 6–1
Kairat Alma-Ata 0–0 6–1 0–2 0–5 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–0 0–1 1–0
Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev
1–2 0–0 0–3 1–2 3–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0
Lokomotiv Moscow 1–0 0–3 1–6 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1
Neftyanik Baku
0–2 0–2 2–0 0–3 4–0 0–0 0–4 1–1 0–3 2–0
Shakhtyor Stalino
0–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 1–3 0–0
Spartak Moscow 4–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 5–0 3–0
Spartak Vilnius
2–3 0–1 0–3 0–3 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 2–3
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Victory awarded to Dynamo Kiev.

Round 2

Places 1–6

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow (C) 10 6 2 2 17 9 +8 14
2
Dynamo Kiev
10 5 1 4 19 14 +5 11
3 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow 10 5 1 4 12 10 +2 11
4 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Rostov-on-Don 10 2 6 2 13 12 +1 10
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow 10 3 1 6 14 19 −5 7
6 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 10 3 1 6 7 18 −11 7
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away CSK
DYK
DYN LOK SKA TOR
CSKA Moscow 1–3 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–4
Dynamo Kiev
4–0 1–4 5–2 3–1 1–2
Dynamo Moscow 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–2
Lokomotiv Moscow 1–2 0–1 4–1 0–4 2–1
SKA Rostov-on-Don 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–2
Torpedo Moscow 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–3 1–1
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Places 7–12

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow 10 5 3 2 19 14 +5 13
8 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Tbilisi 10 5 2 3 18 12 +6 12
9 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Ararat Yerevan 10 4 3 3 11 12 −1 11
10 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Admiralteyets Leningrad 10 4 1 5 17 15 +2 9
11 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Belarus Minsk 10 4 1 5 8 12 −4 9
12 Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Daugava Riga 10 1 4 5 10 18 −8 6
Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away ADM BEL DAU DTB SPA SYE
Admiralteyets Leningrad 3–0 3–1 0–1 3–3 3–1
Belarus Minsk 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0
Daugava Riga 3–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0
Dynamo Tbilisi 3–2 1–0 6–2 1–2 3–0
Spartak Moscow 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 4–0
Spartak Yerevan 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–1
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Places 13–18

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
13 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Avangard Kharkiv 10 4 4 2 11 5 +6 12
14
Pakhtakor Tashkent
10 4 3 3 11 9 +2 11
15
Zenit Leningrad
10 5 1 4 13 12 +1 11
16
Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev[a]
(R)
10 4 2 4 15 13 +2 10 Relegation to Class B
17
Shakhtyor Stalino[b]
(O)
10 4 2 4 10 12 −2 10 Qualification for relegation play-off
18 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Almaty 10 3 0 7 6 15 −9 6
Source: rsssf.com
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev
    were relegated because were been a worst ranked team from Russia.
  2. Shakhtyor Stalino
    were played a relegation play-out match because were been a worst ranked team from Ukraine.

Results

Home \ Away AVA KAI
KRY
PAK
SHA
ZEN
Avangard Kharkiv 2–0 0–0 4–0 3–0 0–0
Kairat Alma-Ata 0–1 2–3 1–0 1–0 0–1
Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev
3–0 0–1 1–0 4–2 0–1
Pakhtakor Tashkent
0–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–0
Shakhtyor Stalino
1–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–1
Zenit Leningrad
1–0 2–1 5–3 2–3 0–1
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Places 19–22

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
19 Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Kalev Tallinn 6 2 3 1 8 11 −3 7
20
Spartak Vilnius
6 1 4 1 8 8 0 6
21
Neftyanik Baku
6 2 2 2 6 7 −1 6
22
Moldova Kishinyov
6 1 3 2 10 6 +4 5
Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away KAL
MOL
NEF
SVL
Kalev Tallinn 2–2 1–0 2–2
Moldova Chisinau
6–0 0–1 1–1
Neftyanik Baku
0–2 1–1 2–1
Spartak Vilnius
1–1 1–0 2–2
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

20 goals
  • Zaur Kaloyev
    (Dinamo Tbilisi)
19 goals
  • Gennady Krasnitsky
    (Pakhtakor Tashkent)
17 goals
13 goals
12 goals

Promotion/relegation play-off

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Shakhtyor Stalino
2–1
Metalurh Zaporizhia
2–0 0–1

References