The 23rd USSR Football Championship was played from April 8 to October 21, 1961 . The winner of the tournament was Kiev "Dynamo" (first champion title).
| 1961 USSR Football Championship (class "A") | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Time spending | April 8 - October 21, 1961 |
| Number of participants | 22 |
| Top places | |
| Winner |  Dynamo Kiev (1st time) |
| Second place |  Torpedo Moscow |
| Third place |  "Spartak Moscow |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 322 |
| Bombardier (s) |  Gennady Gusarov ( Torpedo Moscow ) (22 goals) |
The championship was held in two stages:
- Preliminary stage - 22 teams were divided into 2 subgroups of 11 teams that played a two-round tournament.
- The final stage - the teams, in accordance with the places occupied in the preliminary stage, played two-round tournaments:
- for 1 - 10 places;
- for 11 - 22 places.
Content
Preliminary Phase
Group A
| M | Team | one | 2 | 3 | four | five | 6 | 7 | eight | 9 | ten | eleven | AND | AT | H | P | M | ABOUT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Torpedo Moscow | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 0 | 1: 0 | 1: 0 | 3: 2 | 3: 1 | 6: 3 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 20 | sixteen | one | 3 | 48-20 | 33 | |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 5: 0 | 0-0 | 1: 0 | 2: 2 | 5: 1 | 0: 2 | 3: 2 | 5: 2 | 20 | 9 | eight | 3 | 35-23 | 26 | |
| 3 | "Avangard" Kharkov | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 0 | 3: 2 | 3: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 0 | 0-0 | 1: 0 | 1: 0 | 20 | ten | 6 | four | 22-15 | 26 | |
| four | Dinamo Tbilisi | 6-4 | 4: 0 | 1: 0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 0 | 1: 1 | 1: 0 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 20 | ten | five | five | 36-22 | 25 | |
| five | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 3: 0 | 5: 1 | 4: 1 | 2: 0 | 6: 1 | 5: 1 | 20 | 9 | four | 7 | 39-22 | 22 | |
| 6 | "Miner" Stalino | 0: 3 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 0 | 4: 2 | 1: 0 | 1: 0 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 4: 0 | 20 | 7 | five | eight | 22-23 | nineteen | |
| 7 | "Oilman" Baku | 1: 7 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 0 | 1: 2 | 1: 0 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 0 | 20 | four | eight | eight | 20-34 | sixteen | |
| eight | Trud Voronezh | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 0 | 3: 2 | 4: 2 | 6: 0 | 20 | five | five | ten | 24-31 | 15 | |
| 9 | "Admiralty" Leningrad | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 3 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 20 | five | five | ten | 22-30 | 15 | |
| ten | "Daugava" Riga | 0: 5 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 3 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 0 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 20 | 3 | 6 | eleven | 21-41 | 12 | |
| eleven | Spartak Vilnius | 0: 1 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 0: 5 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 3: 2 | 0-0 | 20 | 3 | five | 12 | 18-46 | eleven |
Group B
| M | Team | one | 2 | 3 | four | five | 6 | 7 | eight | 9 | ten | eleven | AND | AT | H | P | M | ABOUT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | CSKA Moscow | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 4: 1 | 6: 2 | 5: 1 | 4: 1 | 3: 1 | 6-4 | 3: 0 | 1: 0 | 20 | 13 | 3 | four | 55-28 | 29 | |
| 2 | Dynamo Kiev | 1: 1 | 2: 0 | 1: 0 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 5: 1 | 3: 0 | 2: 0 | 2: 1 | 6: 1 | 20 | 12 | five | 3 | 41-19 | 29 | |
| 3 | "Spartak Moscow | 3: 1 | 2: 0 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 0 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 3: 0 | 5: 1 | 20 | ten | five | five | 38-21 | 25 | |
| four | Spartak Yerevan | 2: 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4: 2 | 2: 4 | 2: 2 | 3: 2 | 1: 0 | 1: 1 | 2: 0 | 20 | eight | 7 | five | 27-26 | 23 | |
| five | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 0 | 0-0 | 3: 2 | 0: 1 | 3: 2 | 1: 0 | 0-0 | 20 | 9 | five | 6 | 30-33 | 23 | |
| 6 | Dynamo Moscow | 1: 3 | 5: 0 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 0 | 5: 2 | 4: 1 | 1: 0 | 20 | eight | five | 7 | 33-29 | 21 | |
| 7 | "Kairat" Alma-Ata | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 5 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 0 | 1: 3 | 2: 0 | 3: 0 | 20 | 6 | five | 9 | 23-32 | 17 | |
| eight | Zenit Leningrad | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 6 | 0-0 | 4: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 0 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 20 | 6 | five | 9 | 25-35 | 17 | |
| 9 | "Moldova, Kishinev | 2: 1 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 2: 3 | 1: 3 | 1: 2 | 1: 0 | 5: 0 | 1: 0 | 1: 1 | 20 | 6 | four | ten | 30-36 | sixteen | |
| ten | "Belarus, Minsk | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 0 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | 2: 0 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 20 | four | five | eleven | 17-31 | 13 | |
| eleven | Kalev Tallinn | 0-4 | 0-4 | 2: 2 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 14-43 | 7 |
Final Stage
The final table took into account the results of the first stage.
For 1-10 places
| M | Team | one | 2 | 3 | four | five | 6 | 7 | eight | 9 | ten | AND | AT | H | P | M | ABOUT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dynamo Kiev | 2: 0 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 0 | 1: 0 | thirty | 18 | 9 | 3 | 58-28 | 45 | ||||||
| Torpedo Moscow | 1: 1 | 2: 3 | 4: 2 | 1: 1 | 6: 0 | thirty | nineteen | 3 | eight | 68-35 | 41 | ||||||
| "Spartak Moscow | 4: 3 | 4: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | thirty | sixteen | eight | 6 | 57-34 | 40 | ||||||
| four | CSKA Moscow | 0: 3 | 1: 1 | 1: 0 | 1: 0 | 1: 0 | thirty | sixteen | 6 | eight | 61-43 | 38 | |||||
| five | Lokomotiv Moscow | 3: 4 | 3: 1 | 4: 0 | 1: 0 | 2: 1 | thirty | 13 | 12 | five | 58-42 | 38 | |||||
| 6 | "Avangard" Kharkov | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 0 | 4: 1 | thirty | 12 | ten | eight | 30-25 | 34 | |||||
| 7 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 0 | -: + | 4: 0 | thirty | 13 | 7 | ten | 50-30 | 33 | |||||
| eight | Spartak Yerevan | 1: 0 | 2: 2 | 3: 0 | 1: 1 | 2: 5 | thirty | eleven | ten | 9 | 37-41 | 32 | |||||
| 9 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 2: 4 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 3: 0 | 2: 2 | thirty | eleven | eight | eleven | 54-36 | thirty | |||||
| ten | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 1: 0 | 4: 4 | 3: 1 | 1: 4 | 1: 1 | thirty | eleven | eight | eleven | 44-61 | thirty |
For 11-22 places
| M | Team | eleven | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | sixteen | 17 | 18 | nineteen | 20 | 21 | 22 | AND | AT | H | P | M | ABOUT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| eleven | Dynamo Moscow | 3: 1 | 4: 1 | 2: 0 | 3: 1 | 3: 0 | 2: 1 | 32 | 17 | 7 | eight | 57-39 | 41 | ||||||
| 12 | "Miner" Stalino | 0-0 | 5: 3 | 2: 1 | 6: 0 | 4: 2 | 3: 2 | 32 | 12 | ten | ten | 45-37 | 34 | ||||||
| 13 | Zenit Leningrad | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 4: 1 | 3: 0 | 4: 1 | 32 | 12 | eight | 12 | 50-52 | 32 | ||||||
| 14 | "Admiralty" Leningrad | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 5: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 6: 2 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 49-47 | 31 | ||||||
| 15 | Trud Voronezh | 2: 0 | 2: 0 | 3: 0 | 1: 0 | 2: 0 | 1: 1 | 32 | eleven | eight | 13 | 39-38 | thirty | ||||||
| sixteen | "Moldova, Kishinev | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 0 | 1: 0 | 3: 1 | 1: 0 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 46-54 | thirty | ||||||
| 17 | "Kairat" Alma-Ata | 0-0 | 0: 3 | 0-0 | 2: 0 | 1: 0 | 2: 1 | 32 | ten | eight | 14 | 31-48 | 28 | ||||||
| 18 | "Oilman" Baku | 2: 2 | 2: 2 | 2: 2 | 2: 0 | 1: 1 | 3: 0 | 32 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 36-52 | 27 | ||||||
| nineteen | "Belarus, Minsk | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 0 | 32 | 7 | ten | 15 | 29-44 | 24 | ||||||
| 20 | Spartak Vilnius | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 4: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 32 | 7 | five | 20 | 33-64 | nineteen | ||||||
| 21 | "Daugava" Riga | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 3 | 1: 0 | 32 | five | 7 | 20 | 30-63 | 17 | ||||||
| 22 | Kalev Tallinn | 1: 0 | 0: 2 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 5 | 2: 3 | 32 | one | eight | 23 | 25-74 | ten |
Prizes
| Prize | Founder | Possessor |
|---|---|---|
| The best goalkeeper of the year | Editorial staff of the magazine Ogonek | V. Maslachenko ( Lokomotiv (Moscow) ) |
| Top scorer | The editors of the newspaper " Trud " | G. Gusarov ( Torpedo (Moscow) ) - 22 goals in 29 matches. |
| Two compositions | Section (Federation) of USSR Football | "Spartak Moscow) |
| Name of Grigory Fedotov | CSKA | Torpedo (Moscow) |
| Fair game | The editors of the newspaper " Soviet Sport " | "Belarus, Minsk |
| Large account | Editorial of Futbol weekly | Dynamo (Tbilisi) |