1960 in Soviet football

Football in the Soviet Union
Season1960
Men's football
Class ATorpedo Moscow
Class BTrud Voronezh (Russia)
Metallurg Zaporozhye (Ukraine)
Torpedo Kutaisi (Union republics)
Soviet CupTorpedo Moscow
← 1959 Soviet Union 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.

Honours

Competition Winner Runner-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

Main article: 1960 Soviet Top League

Class A (second stage)

Places 1–6

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow (C) 10 6 2 2 17 9 +8 14
2 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kiev 10 5 1 4 19 14 +5 11
3 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow 10 5 1 4 12 10 +2 11
4 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Rostov-on-Don 10 2 6 2 13 12 +1 10
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow 10 3 1 6 14 19 −5 7
6 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 10 3 1 6 7 18 −11 7
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Places 7–12

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow 10 5 3 2 19 14 +5 13
8 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Tbilisi 10 5 2 3 18 12 +6 12
9 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Ararat Yerevan 10 4 3 3 11 12 −1 11
10 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Admiralteyets Leningrad 10 4 1 5 17 15 +2 9
11 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Belarus Minsk 10 4 1 5 8 12 −4 9
12 Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Daugava Riga 10 1 4 5 10 18 −8 6
Source: rsssf.com

Places 13–18

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
13 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Avangard Kharkiv 10 4 4 2 11 5 +6 12
14 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Pakhtakor Tashkent 10 4 3 3 11 9 +2 11
15 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad 10 5 1 4 13 12 +1 11
16 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev[a] (R) 10 4 2 4 15 13 +2 10 Relegation to Class B
17 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtyor Stalino[b] (O) 10 4 2 4 10 12 −2 10 Qualification for relegation play-off
18 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Almaty 10 3 0 7 6 15 −9 6
Source: rsssf.com
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev were relegated because were been a worst ranked team from Russia.
  2. ^ Shakhtyor Stalino were played a relegation play-out match because were been a worst ranked team from Ukraine.

Places 19–22

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
19 Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Kalev Tallinn 6 2 3 1 8 11 −3 7
20 Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Spartak Vilnius 6 1 4 1 8 8 0 6
21 Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftyanik Baku 6 2 2 2 6 7 −1 6
22 Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Moldova Kishinyov 6 1 3 2 10 6 +4 5
Source: rsssf.com

Promotion/relegation play-off

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

Class B

Further information: 1960 Soviet Class B

Russian Federation finals

[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 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