| Season | 1961 |
|---|---|
←1960 1962 → | |
22 teams took part in the league withFC Dynamo Kyiv winning the championship (the first Soviet champion from outside Moscow).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 20 | +28 | 33 | Qualification forPlaces 1–10 group | |
| 2 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 23 | +12 | 26 | ||
| 3 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 26 | ||
| 4 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 22 | +17 | 22 | ||
| 6 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 19 | Qualification forPlaces 11–22 group | |
| 7 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 34 | −14 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 15 | ||
| 10 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 41 | −20 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 46 | −28 | 11 |
| Home \ Away | ADM | AVA | DAU | DTB | LOK | NEF | SHA | SKA | SVL | TOR | TRU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admiralteet Leningrad | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
| Avangard Kharkov | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| Daugava Rīga | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 2–0 | |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 6–4 | 1–1 | |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 0–1 | 5–1 | |
| Neftyanik Baku | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–7 | 1–0 | |
| Shakhter Stalino | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | |
| SKA Rostov-on-Don | 2–0 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | |
| Spartak Vilnius | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | |
| Torpedo Moscow | 6–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | |
| Trud Voronezh | 3–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 0–1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 28 | +27 | 29 | Qualification forPlaces 1–10 group | |
| 2 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 19 | +22 | 29 | ||
| 3 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 23 | ||
| 5 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 23 | ||
| 6 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 21 | Qualification forPlaces 11–22 group | |
| 7 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 17 | ||
| 8 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 17 | ||
| 9 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 16 | ||
| 10 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 31 | −14 | 13 | ||
| 11 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 43 | −29 | 7 |
| Home \ Away | BEL | CSK | DYK | DYN | KAI | KAL | MOL | PAK | SPA | SYE | ZEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus Minsk | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| CSKA Moscow | 3–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 6–4 | 6–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| Dynamo Moscow | 4–1 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Kairat Almaty | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
| Kalev Tallinn | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | |
| Moldova Chișinău | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 5–0 | |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
| Spartak Moscow | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | |
| Spartak Yerevan | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | |
| Zenit Leningrad | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–6 | 0–0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 58 | 28 | +30 | 45 | |
| 2 | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 68 | 35 | +33 | 41 | |
| 3 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 57 | 34 | +23 | 40 | |
| 4 | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 61 | 43 | +18 | 38 | |
| 5 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 58 | 42 | +16 | 38 | |
| 6 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 34 | |
| 7 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 50 | 30 | +20 | 33 | |
| 8 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 32 | |
| 9 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 30 | |
| 10 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 44 | 61 | −17 | 30 |
| Home \ Away | AVA | CSK | DYK | DTB | LOK | PAK | SKA | SPA | SYE | TOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avangard Kharkov | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |||||
| CSKA Moscow | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | |||||
| Dynamo Kyiv | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |||||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | –:+[a] | |||||
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 4–0 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |||||
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 3–1 | 1–4 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |||||
| SKA Rostov-on-Don | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | |||||
| Spartak Moscow | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | |||||
| Spartak Yerevan | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 1–0 | |||||
| Torpedo Moscow | 4–2 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 41 | ||
| 12 | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 34 | ||
| 13 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 32 | ||
| 14 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 31 | ||
| 15 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 30 | Relegation toClass B | |
| 16 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 30 | ||
| 17 | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 28 | ||
| 18 | 32 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 27 | ||
| 19 | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 24 | ||
| 20 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 33 | 64 | −31 | 19 | ||
| 21 | 32 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 30 | 63 | −33 | 17 | ||
| 22 | 32 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 74 | −49 | 10 | Qualification for relegation play-off |
| Home \ Away | ADM | BEL | DAU | DYN | KAI | KAL | MOL | NEF | SHA | SVL | TRU | ZEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admiralteets Leningrad | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 5–2 | 2–1 | ||||||
| Belarus Minsk | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | ||||||
| Daugava Rīga | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | ||||||
| Dynamo Moscow | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | ||||||
| Kairat Alma-Ata | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Kalev Tallinn | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 0–2 | ||||||
| Moldova Chișinău | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | ||||||
| Neftyanik Baku | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | ||||||
| Shakhter Stalino | 4–2 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 5–3 | ||||||
| Spartak Vilnius | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | ||||||
| Trud Voronezh | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | ||||||
| Zenit Leningrad | 2–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | Promotion toClass A | |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Relegation toClass B | |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 2 |