1960 Soviet Class B

Soviet Class B
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1960 Soviet Class B was the eleventh season of the Soviet Class B football competitions since their establishment in 1950. It was also the twentieth season of what eventually became known as the Soviet First League.

The competition was conducted in two stages. At the first stage teams were slit in multiple groups by republican principle to determine group winners. There were 74 teams in five RSFSR groups, 36 teams in two Ukrainian SSR groups, and 32 teams in two groups for the rest of union republics. At the second stage participants of the RSFSR final played for a single promotion, participants of the Ukrainian SSR final played to qualify for promotion/relegation playoff, while finalists of the Union republics played between each other.

Russian Federation

I Zone

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Trud Voronezh 30 20 6 4 58 18 +40 46
2 Spartak Leningrad 30 16 8 6 74 43 +31 40
3 Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk 30 16 7 7 51 32 +19 39
4 Raketa Gorkiy 30 13 12 5 46 30 +16 38
5 Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo 30 15 7 8 60 37 +23 37
6 Trudoviye Rezervy Kursk 30 16 3 11 49 38 +11 35
7 Baltika Kaliningrad 30 12 6 12 60 37 +23 30
8 Trud Tula 30 11 6 13 39 43 −4 28
9 Lokomotiv Oryol 30 9 10 11 35 43 −8 28[a]
10 Trudoviye Rezervy Lipetsk 30 10 7 13 39 39 0 27
11 Textilshchik Smolensk 30 9 8 13 29 39 −10 26[a]
12 Cementnik Belgorod 30 6 11 13 33 52 −19 23[a]
13 Spartak Tambov 30 8 6 16 34 53 −19 22[a]
14 Sputnik Kaluga 30 8 5 17 36 68 −32 21[a]
15 Dinamo Bryansk 30 7 6 17 32 64 −32 20[a]
16 Ilmen Novgorod 30 6 8 16 31 70 −39 20[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f g +

II Zone

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Volga Kalinin 28 19 5 4 68 28 +40 43
2 Shinnik Yaroslavl[a] 28 13 12 3 58 24 +34 38
3 Dinamo Kirov 28 18 2 8 49 30 +19 38
4 Trud Glukhovo 28 15 7 6 47 27 +20 37
5 Torpedo Gorkiy 28 12 8 8 39 29 +10 32
6 Traktor Vladimir[b] 28 13 6 9 34 29 +5 32
7 Textilshchik Ivanovo 28 11 9 8 38 32 +6 31
8 Lokomotiv Saratov 28 11 8 9 41 36 +5 30
9 Dinamo Leningrad 28 9 6 13 46 43 +3 24[c]
10 Avangard Kolomna 28 7 8 13 40 48 −8 22[c]
11 Trud Ryazan 28 7 7 14 31 52 −21 21
12 Zarya Dzerzhinsk 28 4 11 13 29 48 −19 19[c]
13 Metallurg Cherepovets 28 6 7 15 29 48 −19 19[c]
14 Spartak Kostroma 28 6 5 17 30 60 −30 17[c]
15 Zarya Penza 28 6 5 17 17 62 −45 17[c]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Shinnik Yaroslavl was called Khimik.
  2. ^ Traktor Vladimir was called Torpedo.
  3. ^ a b c d e f +

III Zone

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Terek Grozny 26 18 6 2 71 26 +45 42
2 Torpedo Taganrog 26 17 4 5 46 18 +28 38
3 Spartak Krasnodar[a] 26 16 5 5 44 21 +23 37
4 RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu 26 14 6 6 51 26 +25 34
5 Shakhtyor Shakhty 26 15 3 8 61 40 +21 33
6 Traktor Stalingrad 26 10 6 10 35 31 +4 26
7 Torpedo Armavir 26 9 6 11 28 37 −9 24[b]
8 Temp Makhachkala 26 11 2 13 31 43 −12 24
9 Energiya Volzhskiy 26 10 3 13 34 35 −1 23
10 Spartak Stavropol 26 8 7 11 36 39 −3 23
11 Spartak Nalchik 26 9 5 12 50 56 −6 23
12 Cement Novorossiysk 26 5 5 16 23 46 −23 15[b]
13 Volgar Astrakhan 26 4 4 18 23 73 −50 12[b]
14 Spartak Orjonikidze 26 3 4 19 26 68 −42 10[b]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Spartak Krasnodar was called Kuban.
  2. ^ a b c d +

IV Zone

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Metallurg Nizhniy Tagil 28 19 3 6 74 36 +38 41
2 Zvezda Perm 28 17 6 5 53 27 +26 40
3 Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk 28 15 8 5 51 24 +27 38
4 Iskra Kazan 28 15 7 6 42 22 +20 37
5 Zenit Izhevsk 28 14 6 8 56 35 +21 34
6 Stroitel Ufa 28 16 2 10 53 42 +11 34
7 UralMash Sverdlovsk[a] 28 14 5 9 53 37 +16 33
8 Spartak Ulyanovsk 28 10 5 13 43 54 −11 25
9 Khimik Berezniki 28 11 2 15 52 62 −10 24[b]
10 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 28 7 9 12 43 60 −17 23
11 Neftyanik Syzran 28 8 7 13 33 56 −23 23[b]
12 Lokomotiv Orenburg 28 7 6 15 25 45 −20 20[b]
13 Progress Zelyonodolsk 28 6 7 15 31 52 −21 19[b]
14 Metallurg Kamensk-Uralskiy 28 6 5 17 33 56 −23 17[b]
15 Stroitel Kurgan 28 3 6 19 15 49 −34 12[b]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ UralMash Sverdlovsk was called Mashinostroitel.
  2. ^ a b c d e f +

V Zone

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Irtysh Omsk 26 16 7 3 48 24 +24 39
2 SKA Khabarovsk 26 17 4 5 45 19 +26 38
3 SibElectroMotor Tomsk 26 17 3 6 45 22 +23 37
4 Temp Barnaul[a] 26 14 6 6 58 37 +21 34
5 SibSelMash Novosibirsk 26 11 8 7 47 35 +12 30
6 Khimik Kemerovo 26 11 6 9 35 35 0 28
7 Mashinostroitel Irkutsk[b] 26 11 5 10 39 33 +6 27
8 Metallurg Stalinsk 26 8 8 10 30 30 0 24
9 Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk 26 8 6 12 39 48 −9 22
10 Luch Vladivostok 26 8 4 14 24 31 −7 20
11 Avangard Komsomolsk-na-Amure[c] 26 7 4 15 25 40 −15 18
12 Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude 26 4 9 13 13 37 −24 17
13 Amur Blagoveshchensk 26 4 7 15 25 55 −30 15[d]
14 SKA Chita 26 4 7 15 17 44 −27 15
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Temp Barnaul was called Urozhai.
  2. ^ Mashinostroitel Irkutsk was called Energiya.
  3. ^ Avangard Komsomolsk-na-Amure was called Lokomotiv.
  4. ^ +

Final

[Oct 25 – Nov 5, Shakhty]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Trud Voronezh 4 3 0 1 10 5 +5 6 Promoted
2 Irtysh Omsk 4 2 1 1 3 3 0 5
3 Volga Kalinin 4 2 0 2 7 4 +3 4
4 Metallurg Nizhniy Tagil 4 1 1 2 5 8 −3 3
5 Terek Grozny 4 0 2 2 6 11 −5 2
Source: [citation needed]

Ukraine

Further information: 1960 Ukrainian Class B

Final

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

Promotion/relegation play-off

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

Union republics

I Zone

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 GEO Lokomotiv Tbilisi 30 25 4 1 80 18 +62 54
2 BLR Urozhai Minsk 30 22 5 3 60 18 +42 49
3 ARM Shirak Leninakan 30 18 5 7 54 30 +24 41
4 MDA Vierul Kishinev 30 13 7 10 37 28 +9 33[a]
5 ARM Lori Kirovakan 30 10 12 8 31 25 +6 32[a]
6 ARM Burevestnik Yerevan 30 13 6 11 42 34 +8 32[a]
7 GEO Dinamo Batumi 30 11 9 10 39 25 +14 31[a]
8 LVA Krasny Metallurg Liepaja 30 13 4 13 40 41 −1 30[a]
9 BLR Lokomotiv Gomel 30 11 8 11 36 38 −2 30
10 LVA REZ Riga 30 9 7 14 49 65 −16 25[a]
11 LTU Banga Kaunas 30 8 9 13 23 37 −14 25[a]
12 BLR Krasnoye Znamya Vitebsk 30 7 7 16 26 44 −18 21[a]
13 BLR Khimik Mogilyov 30 5 10 15 36 54 −18 20[a]
14 MDA Nistrul Bendery[b] 30 7 6 17 35 69 −34 20
15 BLR Spartak Brest 30 7 4 19 27 59 −32 18[a]
16 EST Dinamo Tallinn 30 6 5 19 25 55 −30 17
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j +
  2. ^ Nistrul Bendery was called Lokomotiv.

Number of teams by republics

Number Union republics Team(s)
5  Belarusian SSR FC Urozhai Minsk, FC Lokomotiv Gomel, FC Krasnoye Znamya Vitebsk, FC Khimik Mogilyov, FC Spartak Brest
3  Armenian SSR FC Shirak Leninakan, FC Lori Kirovakan, FC Burevestnik Yerevan
2  Georgian SSR FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi, FC Dinamo Batumi
2  Moldavian SSR FC Nistrul Bendery, FC Vierul Kishinev
2  Latvian SSR FC Krasny Metallurg Liepaja, FC REZ Riga
1  Lithuanian SSR FK Banga Kaunas
1  Estonian SSR FC Dinamo Tallinn

II Zone

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 GEO Torpedo Kutaisi 30 21 7 2 70 21 +49 49
2 TJK Pamir Leninabad 30 15 7 8 50 39 +11 37
3 AZE Progress Baku 30 15 6 9 54 40 +14 36[a]
4 GEO Metallurg Rustavi 30 15 5 10 48 29 +19 35[a]
5 KGZ Spartak Frunze 30 13 7 10 40 39 +1 33
6 TJK Energetik Stalinabad[b] 30 14 4 12 64 48 +16 32
7 AZE Metallurg Sumgait 30 11 10 9 37 32 +5 32[a]
8 GEO Burevestnik Tbilisi 30 12 8 10 44 43 +1 32[a]
9 UZB Mehnat Tashkent[c] 30 11 9 10 35 32 +3 31
10 AZE Textilshchik Kirovabad 30 12 7 11 41 44 −3 31
11 TKM Kopet-Dag Ashkhabad[d] 30 12 5 13 42 38 +4 29
12 KAZ Shakhtyor Karaganda 30 10 5 15 50 54 −4 25
13 KAZ Spartak Alma-Ata 30 7 11 12 32 41 −9 25[a]
14 UZB Spartak Fergana 30 5 10 15 37 61 −24 20[a]
15 KAZ Yenbek Chimkent 30 6 5 19 43 78 −35 17[a]
16 UZB Dinamo Samarkand 30 4 8 18 30 78 −48 16[a]
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h +
  2. ^ Energetik Stalinabad was called Hosilot.
  3. ^ Mehnat Tashkent was called Trudoviye Rezervy.
  4. ^ Kopet-Dag Ashkhabad was called Kolhozchi.

Number of teams by republics

Number Union republics Team(s)
3  Georgian SSR FC Torpedo Kutaisi, FC Metallurg Rustavi, FC Burevestnik Tbilisi
3  Azerbaijan SSR FC Progress Baku, FC Metallurg Sumgait, FC Textilshchik Kirovabad
3  Uzbek SSR FC Mekhnat Tashkent, FC Spartak Fergana, FC Dinamo Samarkand
3  Kazakh SSR FC Shakhter Karaganda, FC Metallurg Chimkent, FC Metallist Jambul
2  Tajik SSR FC Pamir Leninabad, FC Energetik Stalinabad
1  Kyrgyz SSR FK Spartak Frunze
1  Turkmen SSR FC Kopet-Dag Ashkhabad

Final

[Oct 30, Nov 5]
  • Torpedo Kutaisi 3-1 0-1 Lokomotiv Tbilisi

See also