# 1960 Soviet Top League

The 1960 Soviet Football Championship, Class A (Russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу 1960 (класс «А»)) was the 22 season of the Soviet top tier football competition.
22 teams took part in the league with FC Torpedo Moscow winning the championship for the first time.

## Round 1
### Subgroup 1
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Torpedo Moscow | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 16 | +23 | 31 | Qualification for Places 1–6 group |
| 2 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 25 | Qualification for Places 1–6 group |
| 3 | Dynamo Moscow | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 15 | +17 | 24 | Qualification for Places 1–6 group |
| 4 | Dynamo Tbilisi | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 24 | Qualification for Places 7–12 group |
| 5 | Daugava Riga | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 23 | Qualification for Places 7–12 group |
| 6 | Ararat Yerevan | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 23 | Qualification for Places 7–12 group |
| 7 | Zenit Leningrad | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 22 | Qualification for Places 13–18 group |
| 8 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 18 | Qualification for Places 13–18 group |
| 9 | Avangard Kharkiv | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 30 | −13 | 14 | Qualification for Places 13–18 group |
| 10 | Moldova Kishinyov | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 34 | −16 | 13 | Qualification for Places 19–22 group |
| 11 | Kalev Tallinn | 20 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 61 | −48 | 3 | Qualification for Places 19–22 group |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | AVA | DAU | DYN | DTB | KAL | MOL | PAK | SKA | SYE | TOR | ZEN |
| Avangard Kharkiv | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Daugava Riga | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 5–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Dynamo Tbilisi | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 9–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 7–2 | 7–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Kalev Tallinn | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–5 | | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Moldova Chisinau | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 2–5 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–5 |
| SKA Rostov-on-Don | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 |
| Spartak Yerevan | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Torpedo Moscow | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | | 2–3 |
| Zenit Leningrad | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 6–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | |

### Subgroup 2
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Dynamo Kiev | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 28 | Qualification for Places 1–6 group |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 27 | Qualification for Places 1–6 group |
| 3 | CSKA Moscow | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 38 | 17 | +21 | 25 | Qualification for Places 1–6 group |
| 4 | Spartak Moscow | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 24 | Qualification for Places 7–12 group |
| 5 | Admiralteyets Leningrad | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 23 | Qualification for Places 7–12 group |
| 6 | Belarus Minsk | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 22 | Qualification for Places 7–12 group |
| 7 | Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 26 | −4 | 18 | Qualification for Places 13–18 group |
| 8 | Shakhtyor Stalino | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 36 | −12 | 16 | Qualification for Places 13–18 group |
| 9 | Kairat Alma-Ata | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 16 | Qualification for Places 13–18 group |
| 10 | Neftyanik Baku | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 38 | −17 | 14 | Qualification for Places 19–22 group |
| 11 | Spartak Vilnius | 20 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 39 | −27 | 7 | Qualification for Places 19–22 group |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ADM | BEL | CSK | DYK | KAI | KRY | LOK | NEF | SHA | SPA | SVL |
| Admiralteyets Leningrad | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Belarus Minsk | 1–1 | | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| CSKA Moscow | 1–4 | 2–1 | | –:+ | 0–1 | 0–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Dynamo Kiev | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 6–1 |
| Kairat Alma-Ata | 0–0 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 0–5 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–6 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Neftyanik Baku | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 |
| Shakhtyor Stalino | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Spartak Moscow | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | | 3–0 |
| Spartak Vilnius | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | |
* ↑ Victory awarded to Dynamo Kiev.

## Round 2
### Places 1–6
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Torpedo Moscow (C) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 14 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kiev | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 11 |
| 3 | Dynamo Moscow | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 11 |
| 4 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 10 |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 7 |
| 6 | CSKA Moscow | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 7 |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | CSK | DYK | DYN | LOK | SKA | TOR |
| CSKA Moscow | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 |
| Dynamo Kiev | 4–0 | | 1–4 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | | 0–4 | 2–1 |
| SKA Rostov-on-Don | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 2–2 |
| Torpedo Moscow | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | |

### Places 7–12
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Spartak Moscow | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 13 |
| 8 | Dynamo Tbilisi | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 12 |
| 9 | Ararat Yerevan | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 11 |
| 10 | Admiralteyets Leningrad | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 9 |
| 11 | Belarus Minsk | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 9 |
| 12 | Daugava Riga | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 6 |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | ADM | BEL | DAU | DTB | SPA | SYE |
| Admiralteyets Leningrad | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 |
| Belarus Minsk | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Daugava Riga | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Dynamo Tbilisi | 3–2 | 1–0 | 6–2 | | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Spartak Moscow | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 4–0 |
| Spartak Yerevan | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | |

### Places 13–18
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 13 | Avangard Kharkiv | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 12 | |
| 14 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 11 | |
| 15 | Zenit Leningrad | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 11 | |
| 16 | Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev (R) | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 10 | Relegation to Class B |
| 17 | Shakhtyor Stalino (O) | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 10 | Qualification for relegation play-off |
| 18 | Kairat Almaty | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 6 | |
* ↑ Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev were relegated because were been a worst ranked team from Russia.
* ↑ Shakhtyor Stalino were played a relegation play-out match because were been a worst ranked team from Ukraine.

#### Results

| Home \ Away | AVA | KAI | KRY | PAK | SHA | ZEN |
| Avangard Kharkiv | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Kairat Alma-Ata | 0–1 | | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Shakhtyor Stalino | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 |
| Zenit Leningrad | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | |

### Places 19–22
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 19 | Kalev Tallinn | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 7 |
| 20 | Spartak Vilnius | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| 21 | Neftyanik Baku | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 |
| 22 | Moldova Kishinyov | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 5 |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | KAL | MOL | NEF | SVL |
| Kalev Tallinn | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Moldova Chisinau | 6–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Neftyanik Baku | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 2–1 |
| Spartak Vilnius | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | |

### Top scorers
#### 20 goals

* Zaur Kaloyev (Dinamo Tbilisi)

#### 19 goals

* Gennady Krasnitsky (Pakhtakor Tashkent)

#### 17 goals

* Viktor Sokolov (Lokomotiv Moscow)

#### 13 goals

* Anatoli Ilyin (Spartak Moscow)
* Tengiz Melashvili (Dinamo Tbilisi)

#### 12 goals

* Feliks Arutyunyan (Spartak Yerevan)
* Igor Chislenko (Dinamo Moscow)
* Gennadi Gusarov (Torpedo Moscow)
* Aleksei Levchenko (SKA Rostov-on-Don)
* Valery Lobanovsky (Dynamo Kyiv)
* Vladimir Streshny (CSKA Moscow)
* Anatoli Vasilyev (Admiralteyets Leningrad)

### Promotion/relegation play-off

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Shakhtyor Stalino | 2–1 | Metalurh Zaporizhia | 2–0 | 0–1 |