# 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 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 |
| 12 | Onezhets Petrozavodsk | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 21 | 65 | −44 | 10 |
| 13 | Ilmen Novgorod | 24 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 64 | −49 | 10 |
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Notes:

### 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
* 1 2 +
Notes:

### III Zone

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev | 23 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 68 | 22 | +46 | 36 |
| 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 |
Notes:

### 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 |
| 12 | Spartak Nalchik | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 40 | −18 | 15 |
| 13 | Volgar Astrakhan | 24 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 23 | 55 | −32 | 12 |
Notes:

### 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 |
| 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 |
| 13 | Geolog Tyumen | 24 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 52 | −29 | 9 |
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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 |
| 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 |
* 1 2 +
Notes:

### Final

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 8 | 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 | |

## Ukraine
### 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 |
| 10 | MDA | Nistrul Bendery | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 26 |
| 11 | MDA | Pishchevik Tiraspol | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 35 | 53 | −18 | 24 |
| 12 | EST | SKF Tallinn | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 23 |
| 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 |
| 16 | LVA | SelMash Liepaja | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 20 |
* 1 2 3 4 +
Notes:

### Number of teams by republics

| Number | Union republics | Team(s) |
| 5 | Belarusian SSR | FC Lokomotiv Gomel, FC Khimik Mogilyov, FC Krasnoye Znamya Vitebsk, FC Spartak Brest, FC Bobruisk |
| 3 | Georgian SSR | FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi, FC Ritsa Sukhumi, FC Dinamo Batumi |
| 2 | Armenian SSR | FC Shirak Leninakan, FC Lori Kirovakan |
| 2 | Latvian SSR | FC REZ Riga, FC SelMash Liepaja |
| 2 | Moldavian SSR | FC Nistrul Bendery, FC Pishchevik Tiraspol |
| 1 | Estonian SSR | SKF Tallinn |
| 1 | Lithuanian SSR | FK Banga Kaunas |

### 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 |
| 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 |
* 1 2 +
Notes:

### Number of teams by republics

| Number | Union republics | Team(s) |
| 3 | Kazakh SSR | FC Shakhter Karaganda, FC Metallurg Chimkent, FC Metallist Jambul |
| 3 | Azerbaijan SSR | FC Textilshchik Kirovabad, FC Temp Sumgait, FC Spartak Baku |
| 3 | Uzbek SSR | FC Spartak Fergana, FC Start Tashkent, FC Dinamo Samarkand |
| 2 | Georgian SSR | FC Torpedo Kutaisi, FC Metallurg Rustavi |
| 2 | Tajik SSR | FC Energetik Dushanbe, FC Pamir Leninabad |
| 1 | Turkmen SSR | FC Kopet-Dag Ashkhabad |
| 1 | Armenian SSR | FC Nairi Yerevan |
| 1 | Kyrgyz SSR | FK Alga Frunze |

### Promotion/relegation Tournament

| 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 | |