1960 in Soviet football

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Football in the Soviet Union
Season1960
Men's football
Class A Torpedo Moscow
Class B Trud Voronezh (Russia)
Metallurg Zaporozhye (Ukraine)
Torpedo Kutaisi (Union republics)
Soviet Cup Torpedo Moscow
  1959 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 1961  

The 1960 Soviet football championship was the 28th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 22nd among teams of sports societies and factories. Torpedo Moscow won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the first time.

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Honours

CompetitionWinnerRunner-up
Class A Torpedo Moscow (1) Dinamo Kiev
Class B Trud Voronezh (Russia) Irtysh Omsk (Russia)
Metallurg Zaporozhye (Ukraine) Sudostroitel Nikolayev (Ukraine)
Torpedo Kutaisi (Union republics) Lokomotiv Tbilisi (Union republics)
Soviet Cup Torpedo Moscow (3) Dinamo Tbilisi

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Soviet Union football championship

Class A (second stage)

Places 1–6

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Torpedo Moscow (C)10622179+814
2 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg Dynamo Kiev 105141914+511
3 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Dynamo Moscow 105141210+211
4 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg SKA Rostov-on-Don 102621312+110
5 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Lokomotiv Moscow 10316141957
6 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg CSKA Moscow 10316718117
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Places 7–12

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
7 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Spartak Moscow 105321914+513
8 Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dynamo Tbilisi 105231812+612
9 Flag of Armenian SSR.svg Ararat Yerevan 104331112111
10 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Admiralteyets Leningrad 104151715+29
11 Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951-1991).svg Belarus Minsk 1041581249
12 Flag of Latvian SSR.svg Daugava Riga 10145101886
Source: rsssf.com

Places 13–18

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsRelegation
13 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg Avangard Kharkiv 10442115+612
14 Flag of the Uzbek SSR.svg Pakhtakor Tashkent 10433119+211
15 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Zenit Leningrad 105141312+111
16 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev [a] (R)104241513+210Relegation to Class B
17 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg Shakhtyor Stalino [b] (O)104241012210Qualification for relegation play-off
18 Flag of the Kazakh SSR.svg Kairat Almaty 1030761596
Source: rsssf.com
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev were relegated because they were a worst ranked team from Russia.
  2. Shakhtyor Stalino played a relegation play-out match because they were a worst ranked team from Ukraine.

Places 19–22

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
19 Flag of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Kalev Tallinn 623181137
20 Flag of Lithuanian SSR.svg Spartak Vilnius 61418806
21 Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1956-1991).svg Neftyanik Baku 62226716
22 Flag of Moldavian SSR.svg Moldova Kishinyov 6132106+45
Source: rsssf.com

Promotion/relegation play-off

[Nov 3, 6]
  • Shakhtyor Stalino 2-0 0-1 Metallurg Zaporozhye

Class B

Russian Federation finals

[Oct 25 – Nov 5, Shakhty]
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion
1Trud Voronezh4301105+56Promoted
2Irtysh Omsk42113305
3Volga Kalinin420274+34
4Metallurg Nizhniy Tagil41125833
5Terek Grozny402261152
Source: [ citation needed ]

Ukraine finals

[Oct 28, 30, Kiev]
  • Metallurg Zaporozhye 6-2 0-0 Sudostroitel Nikolayev

Union republics finals

[Oct 30, Nov 5] 
  • Torpedo Kutaisi 2-0 0-1 Lokomotiv Tbilisi

Top goalscorers

Class A

References