1961 Soviet Class B

1961 Soviet Class B was the twelfth season of the Soviet Class B football competitions since their establishment in 1950. It was also the 21st season of what was eventually became known as the Soviet First League.

Russian Federation

I Zone
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Volga Kalinin 24 16 5 3 52 11 +41 37
2 Metallurg Cherepovets 24 15 4 5 50 18 +32 34
3 Dinamo Leningrad 24 15 4 5 49 22 +27 34
4 Shinnik Yaroslavl 24 13 5 6 55 27 +28 31
5 Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk 24 14 3 7 35 17 +18 31
6 Trud Tula 24 11 6 7 36 22 +14 28
7 Spartak Leningrad 24 11 6 7 51 39 +12 28
8 Textilshchik Kostroma 24 9 4 11 29 37 −8 22
9 Dinamo Bryansk 24 8 4 12 31 47 −16 20
10 Sputnik Kaluga 24 5 4 15 25 51 −26 14
11 Tralflotovets Murmansk 24 3 7 14 20 49 −29 13[lower-alpha 1]
12 Onezhets Petrozavodsk 24 5 0 19 21 65 −44 10[lower-alpha 1]
13 Ilmen Novgorod 24 3 4 17 15 64 −49 10
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Textilshchik Kostroma was called Spartak.

II Zone
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Dinamo Kirov 24 14 4 6 46 28 +18 32
2 Baltika Kaliningrad 24 13 6 5 41 25 +16 32
3 Iskra Kazan 24 11 9 4 31 22 +9 31
4 Zenit Izhevsk 24 11 8 5 33 22 +11 30
5 Trud Kaliningrad (Moskva Reg) 24 10 6 8 38 33 +5 26[lower-alpha 1]
6 Raketa Gorkiy 24 10 6 8 28 28 0 26
7 Torpedo Gorkiy 24 7 9 8 25 25 0 23
8 Textilshchik Ivanovo 24 9 5 10 27 29 −2 23
9 Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo 24 8 6 10 35 37 −2 22
10 MVO Serpukhov 24 8 5 11 29 27 +2 21[lower-alpha 1]
11 Trud Noginsk 24 6 7 11 23 32 −9 19
12 Traktor Vladimir 24 5 5 14 16 32 −16 15
13 Spartak Smolensk 24 3 6 15 21 53 −32 12
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Trud Glukhovo relocated to Noginsk.
Spartak Smolensk was called Textilshchik.

III Zone
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev 23 17 2 4 68 22 +46 36[lower-alpha 1]
2 Sokol Saratov 23 14 4 5 40 20 +20 32
3 Traktor Stalingrad 23 14 4 5 40 24 +16 32
4 Trudoviye Rezervy Kursk 23 9 7 7 32 29 +3 25
5 Spartak Ryazan 23 10 4 9 35 32 +3 24
6 Torpedo Lipetsk 23 10 4 9 31 32 −1 24
7 Energiya Volzhskiy 23 9 5 9 32 34 −2 23
8 Zarya Penza 23 8 5 10 30 31 −1 21
9 Spartak Tambov 23 8 3 12 36 49 −13 19
10 Neftyanik Syzran 23 6 5 12 20 38 −18 17
11 Lokomotiv Oryol 23 7 2 14 32 45 −13 16
12 Spartak Ulyanovsk 23 4 7 12 26 47 −21 15
13 Cementnik Belgorod 12 1 2 9 5 24 −19 4
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Sokol Saratov was called Lokomotiv.
Spartak Ryazan was called Trud.
Torpedo Lipetsk was called Trudoviye Rezervy.

IV Zone
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Terek Grozny 24 18 2 4 51 16 +35 38
2 RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu 24 15 7 2 67 28 +39 37
3 Torpedo Taganrog 24 14 4 6 38 20 +18 32
4 Shakhtyor Shakhty 24 12 6 6 37 23 +14 30
5 Torpedo Armavir 24 8 9 7 26 26 0 25
6 Spartak Stavropol 24 10 4 10 33 33 0 24
7 Cement Novorossiysk 24 9 6 9 30 33 −3 24
8 Spartak Krasnodar 24 9 4 11 29 29 0 22
9 Dinamo Makhachkala 24 6 7 11 27 35 −8 19
10 Spartak Orjonikidze 24 6 6 12 32 57 −25 18
11 Trudoviye Rezervy Kislovodsk 24 5 6 13 25 45 −20 16[lower-alpha 1]
12 Spartak Nalchik 24 4 7 13 22 40 −18 15
13 Volgar Astrakhan 24 5 2 17 23 55 −32 12
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Dinamo Makhachkala was called Temp.

V Zone
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk 24 14 6 4 37 15 +22 34
2 UralMash Sverdlovsk 24 14 5 5 44 17 +27 33
3 Stroitel Ufa 24 12 6 6 36 19 +17 30
4 Lokomotiv Orenburg 24 12 6 6 42 27 +15 30
5 Zvezda Perm 24 12 4 8 38 27 +11 28
6 Metallurg Nizhniy Tagil 24 9 8 7 40 27 +13 26
7 Irtysh Omsk 24 9 8 7 33 26 +7 26
8 Stroitel Kurgan 24 8 9 7 28 34 −6 25
9 Torpedo Pavlovo 24 6 12 6 21 22 −1 24[lower-alpha 1]
10 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 24 6 6 12 25 38 −13 18
11 Khimik Berezniki 24 5 6 13 22 51 −29 16
12 Stroitel Saransk 24 3 7 14 14 48 −34 13[lower-alpha 1]
13 Geolog Tyumen 24 2 5 17 23 52 −29 9[lower-alpha 1]
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VI Zone
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 SKA Khabarovsk 24 16 4 4 43 14 +29 36
2 SKA Novosibirsk 24 15 3 6 51 26 +25 33[lower-alpha 1]
3 Luch Vladivostok 24 13 6 5 42 27 +15 32
4 Temp Barnaul 24 12 6 6 41 33 +8 30
5 Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk 24 12 5 7 60 35 +25 29
6 Tomich Tomsk 24 11 7 6 36 29 +7 29
7 Angara Irkutsk 24 9 6 9 41 36 +5 24
8 Avangard Komsomolsk-na-Amure 24 7 8 9 27 32 −5 22
9 Baykal Ulan-Ude 24 5 9 10 21 28 −7 19
10 Khimik Kemerovo 24 7 5 12 28 44 −16 19
11 Amur Blagoveshchensk 24 5 7 12 23 40 −17 17
12 Metallurg Stalinsk 24 5 5 14 28 49 −21 15
13 Zabaikalets Chita 24 3 1 20 21 69 −48 7[lower-alpha 1]
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Tomich Tomsk was called SibElectroMotor.
Angara Irkutsk was called Mashinostroitel.
Baykal Ulan-Ude was called Lokomotiv.

Final

 
[Oct 24 – Nov 5, Krasnodar]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev 5 4 0 1 12 5 +7 8[lower-alpha 1] Promoted
2 Terek Grozny 5 3 1 1 8 5 +3 7
3 Dinamo Kirov 5 2 1 2 7 7 0 5
4 Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk 5 2 0 3 5 5 0 4
5 SKA Khabarovsk 5 2 0 3 4 7 −3 4
6 Volga Kalinin 5 1 0 4 4 11 −7 2
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Ukraine
Further information: 1961 Ukrainian Class B

Final
  • Chernomorets Odessa 2-1 0-0 SKA Odessa

Union republics

I Zone
Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 GEO Lokomotiv Tbilisi 30 20 7 3 59 24 +35 47
2 ARM Shirak Leninakan 30 16 7 7 56 28 +28 39
3 BLR Lokomotiv Gomel 30 14 8 8 37 24 +13 36
4 BLR Khimik Mogilyov 30 14 8 8 45 37 +8 36
5 ARM Lori Kirovakan 30 13 9 8 35 24 +11 35
6 GEO Dinamo Batumi 30 11 13 6 36 28 +8 35
7 LVA REZ Riga 30 13 7 10 54 41 +13 33
8 BLR Krasnoye Znamya Vitebsk 30 12 8 10 44 46 −2 32
9 GEO Ritsa Sukhumi 30 12 5 13 42 35 +7 29[lower-alpha 1]
10 MDA Nistrul Bendery 30 9 8 13 32 50 −18 26
11 MDA Pishchevik Tiraspol 30 9 6 15 32 53 −21 24[lower-alpha 1]
12 EST SKF Tallinn 30 7 9 14 32 50 −18 23[lower-alpha 1]
13 BLR Spartak Brest 30 7 8 15 28 43 −15 22
14 LTU Banga Kaunas 30 9 4 17 31 46 −15 22
15 BLR Bobruisk 30 6 9 15 26 46 −20 21[lower-alpha 1]
16 LVA SelMash Liepaja 30 6 8 16 31 48 −17 20
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SelMash Liepaja was called Krasny Metallurg.

II Zone
Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 GEO Torpedo Kutaisi 30 22 2 6 49 23 +26 46
2 KAZ Shakhtyor Karaganda 30 17 9 4 56 23 +33 43
3 GEO Metallurg Rustavi 30 17 7 6 45 33 +12 41
4 TKM Kopet-Dag Ashkhabad 30 17 4 9 52 40 +12 38
5 ARM Nairi Yerevan 30 16 5 9 55 38 +17 37
6 AZE Textilshchik Kirovabad 30 16 3 11 43 43 0 35
7 TJK Energetik Stalinabad 30 13 7 10 53 37 +16 33
8 KGZ Alga Frunze 30 14 4 12 47 43 +4 32
9 KAZ Metallurg Chimkent 30 10 10 10 54 53 +1 30
10 AZE Temp Sumgait 30 10 7 13 40 50 −10 27
11 UZB Start Tashkent 30 10 3 17 27 34 −7 23
12 TJK Pamir Leninabad 30 9 4 17 42 53 −11 22
13 KAZ Metallist Jambul 30 6 8 16 28 53 −25 20[lower-alpha 1]
14 UZB Spartak Fergana 30 7 5 18 27 54 −27 19
15 UZB Dinamo Samarkand 30 5 8 17 39 76 −37 18
16 AZE Spartak Baku 30 7 2 21 22 26 −4 16[lower-alpha 1]
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Nairi Yerevan was called Burevestnik.
Alga Frunze was called Spartak.
Metallurg Chimkent was called Yenbek.
Temp Sumgait was called Metallurg.
Start Tashkent was called Mehnat.

Promotion/Relegation Tournament

 
[Oct 25 – Nov 5, Kishinev]
Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 GEO Torpedo Kutaisi 4 3 0 1 7 4 +3 6 Promoted
2 EST Kalev Tallinn 4 2 0 2 4 2 +2 4 Relegated
3 GEO Lokomotiv Tbilisi 4 1 0 3 3 8 −5 2
Source: rsssf.com

See also
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