| Season | 1963 | |
|---|---|---|
| Men's football | ||
| Class A 1. Group | Dinamo Moscow | |
| Class A 2. Group | Shinnik Yaroslavl | |
| Class B | Volga Kalinin (Russia) SKA Odessa (Ukraine) Lokomotiv Tbilisi (Union republics) | |
| Soviet Cup | Spartak Moscow | |
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The 1963 Soviet football championship was the 31st seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 25th among teams of sports societies and factories. Dinamo won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the tenth time.
| Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Class A 1. Group | Dinamo Moscow (10*) | Spartak Moscow |
| Class A 2. Group | Shinnik Yaroslavl (1) | Volga Gorkiy |
| Class B | Volga Kalinin (Russia) | Dinamo Kirov (Russia) |
| SKA Odessa (Ukraine) | Lokomotiv Vinnitsa (Ukraine) | |
| Lokomotiv Tbilisi (Union republics) | Dinamo Batumi (Union republics) | |
| Soviet Cup | Spartak Moscow (7*) | Shakhter Donetsk |
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dynamo Moscow (C) | 38 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 47 | 14 | +33 | 55 | League champions |
| 2 | Spartak Moscow | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 65 | 33 | +32 | 52 | |
| 3 |  Dinamo Minsk | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 48 | |
| 4 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 73 | 40 | +33 | 47 | |
| 5 |  Dinamo Tbilisi | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 47 | |
| 6 | Zenit Leningrad | 38 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 45 | |
| 7 | CSKA Moscow | 38 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 45 | |
| 8 |  Neftyanik Baku | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 45 | |
| 9 |  Dynamo Kyiv | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 44 | |
| 10 | Torpedo Moscow | 38 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 40 | |
| 11 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 36 | |
| 12 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 38 | 6 | 21 | 11 | 22 | 37 | −15 | 33 | |
| 13 |  Moldova Chisinau | 38 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 27 | 43 | −16 | 32 | |
| 14 |  Kairat Alma-Ata | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 47 | −19 | 32 | |
| 15 | Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 29 | |
| 16 | Dynamo Leningrad (R) | 38 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 29 | Relegation to Class A Second Group |
| 17 | Lokomotiv Moscow (R) | 38 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 29 | |
| 18 |  Ararat Yerevan (R) | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 26 | |
| 19 | Avangard Kharkov (R) | 38 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 25 | 56 | −31 | 25 | |
| 20 |  Pakhtakor Tashkent (R) | 38 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 44 | 83 | −39 | 21 |
| Pos | Republic | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian SFSR | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 42 | 19 | +23 | 45 |
| 2 | Russian SFSR | Volga Gorkiy | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | — | 0 |
| 3 | Russian SFSR | Trud Voronezh | 34 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 42 |
| 4 | Ukrainian SSR | Metallurg Zaporozhie | 34 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 36 | 17 | +19 | 41 |
| 5 | Ukrainian SSR | Trudovye rezervy Lugansk | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 41 |
| 6 | Ukrainian SSR | Chernomorets Odessa | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 39 |
| 7 | Ukrainian SSR | Karpaty Lvov | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 39 |
| 8 | Ukrainian SSR | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 36 |
| 9 |  Latvian SSR | Daugava Riga | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 35 |
| 10 | Russian SFSR | Kuban Krasnodar | 34 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 34 |
| 11 | Russian SFSR | Uralmash Sverdlovsk | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 32 |
| 12 | Kazakh SSR | Shakhter Karaganda | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 30 |
| 13 | Russian SFSR | Lokomotiv Cheliabinsk | 34 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 29 |
| 14 |  Lithuanian SSR | Zalgiris Vilnius | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 28 |
| 15 |  Kyrgyz SSR | Alga Frunze | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 28 |
| 16 | Russian SFSR | Traktor Volgograd | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 27 |
| 17 | Russian SFSR | SKA Novosibirsk | 34 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 37 | −22 | 20 |
| 18 | Byelorussian SSR | Lokomotiv Gomel | 34 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 46 | −33 | 14 [lower-alpha 1] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volga Kalinin | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kirov | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Zvezda Serpukhov | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 |
| 4 | Zenit Izhevsk | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 1 |
Each team played against the same ranking team from the other zone. Only the two top pairs that really mattered concerning promotion are listed next. No teams were relegated. SKA Odessa obtained the promotion from the Ukraine zone. They were classified as the Republican champions and were promoted to the Inter-Republican level, the Class A.
Dinamo Batumi 0-1 1-5 Lokomotiv Tbilisi
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