# 1962 Soviet Top League

22 teams took part in the league with FC Spartak Moscow winning the championship.

## Round 1
### Group A
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 20 | +24 | 33 | Qualification for Places 1–12 group |
| 2 | CSKA Moscow | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 9 | +19 | 28 | Qualification for Places 1–12 group |
| 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 25 | Qualification for Places 1–12 group |
| 4 | Zenit Leningrad | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 21 | Qualification for Places 1–12 group |
| 5 | Moldova Chișinău | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 21 | Qualification for Places 1–12 group |
| 6 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 20 | Qualification for Places 1–12 group |
| 7 | Kairat Almaty | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 20 | Qualification for Places 13–22 group |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 32 | −11 | 15 | Qualification for Places 13–22 group |
| 9 | Daugava Rīga | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 30 | −13 | 13 | Qualification for Places 13–22 group |
| 10 | Spartak Yerevan | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 36 | −17 | 13 | Qualification for Places 13–22 group |
| 11 | Žalgiris Vilnius | 20 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 42 | −30 | 11 | Qualification for Places 13–22 group |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | DAU | DYK | CSK | KAI | LOK | MOL | SHA | SKA | SYE | ŽAL | ZEN |
| Daugava Rīga | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 8–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| CSKA Moscow | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 0–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | 4–0 |
| Kairat Alma-Ata | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Moldova Chișinău | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 0–2 |
| SKA Rostov-on-Don | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Spartak Yerevan | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Žalgiris Vilnius | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 |
| Zenit Leningrad | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 7–0 | |

### Group B
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 27 | Qualification for Places 1–12 group |
| 2 | Spartak Moscow | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 21 | +17 | 25 | Qualification for Places 1–12 group |
| 3 | Dynamo Moscow | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 24 | Qualification for Places 1–12 group |
| 4 | Torpedo Moscow | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 23 | Qualification for Places 1–12 group |
| 5 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 23 | Qualification for Places 1–12 group |
| 6 | Neftyanik Baku | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 21 | Qualification for Places 1–12 group |
| 7 | Avangard Kharkov | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 26 | −10 | 17 | Qualification for Places 13–22 group |
| 8 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 17 | Qualification for Places 13–22 group |
| 9 | Belarus Minsk | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 16 | Qualification for Places 13–22 group |
| 10 | Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 31 | −9 | 14 | Qualification for Places 13–22 group |
| 11 | Dynamo Leningrad | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 38 | −24 | 13 | Qualification for Places 13–22 group |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | AVA | BEL | DLE | DYN | DTB | KRY | NEF | PAK | TKU | TOR | SPA |
| Avangard Kharkov | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Belarus Minsk | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Dynamo Leningrad | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Neftyanik Baku | 4–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 4–2 | 0–3 |
| Torpedo Moscow | 1–0 | 4–0 | 7–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 6–3 | | 0–1 |
| Spartak Moscow | 3–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 6–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 1–1 | |

## Round 2
### Places 1–12
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Spartak Moscow (C) | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 18 | +19 | 32 |
| 2 | Dynamo Moscow | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 14 | +14 | 29 |
| 3 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 28 |
| 4 | CSKA Moscow | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 26 |
| 5 | Dynamo Kyiv | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 25 |
| 6 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 33 | −9 | 23 |
| 7 | Torpedo Moscow | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 22 |
| 8 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 22 |
| 9 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 17 |
| 10 | Neftyanik Baku | 22 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 39 | −20 | 15 |
| 11 | Zenit Leningrad | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 14 |
| 12 | Moldova Chișinău | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 35 | −15 | 11 |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | CSK | DYK | DYN | DTB | MOL | PAK | NEF | SHA | SKA | SPA | TOR | ZEN |
| CSKA Moscow | | | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 3–2 | | | 0–0 | 1–3 | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | | | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 5–0 | 4–1 | | | 0–2 | 2–2 | |
| Dynamo Moscow | 0–0 | 2–0 | | | 2–0 | | | 1–2 | 1–0 | | | 3–0 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 0–1 | 1–1 | | | 2–0 | | | 2–0 | 3–1 | | | 2–1 |
| Moldova Chișinău | | | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | | | 0–2 | 5–1 | |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 0–2 | 1–0 | | | 2–1 | | | 2–1 | 0–3 | | | 2–1 |
| Neftyanik Baku | 1–1 | 1–1 | | | 1–1 | | | 0–2 | 2–1 | | | 1–1 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | | | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | | | 0–1 | 3–0 | |
| SKA Rostov-on-Don | | | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | | | 1–6 | 1–3 | |
| Spartak Moscow | 1–0 | 2–1 | | | 1–0 | | | 4–0 | 0–0 | | | 1–0 |
| Torpedo Moscow | 4–1 | 2–2 | | | 3–1 | | | 0–1 | 4–1 | | | 1–0 |
| Zenit Leningrad | | | 1–2 | 5–0 | | 2–1 | 5–1 | | | 2–3 | 1–1 | |

### Places 13–22
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 13 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 22 | |
| 14 | Avangard Kharkov | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 17 | +4 | 21 | |
| 15 | FC Torpedo Kutaisi | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 19 | |
| 16 | Dynamo Leningrad | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 17 | +4 | 18 | |
| 17 | Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 18 | |
| 18 | Spartak Yerevan | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 18 | |
| 19 | Belarus Minsk | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 18 | |
| 20 | Kairat Alma-Ata | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 17 | |
| 21 | Daugava Rīga (R) | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 16 | Relegation to Class A Second Group |
| 22 | Žalgiris Vilnius (R) | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 33 | −17 | 13 | Relegation to Class A Second Group |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | AVA | BEL | DAU | DLE | KAI | KRY | LOK | SYE | TKU | ŽAL |
| Avangard Kharkov | | | 3–0 | | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 3–0 |
| Belarus Minsk | | | 3–0 | | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 4–2 | | 1–2 |
| Daugava Rīga | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | | 0–2 | | | 1–0 | |
| Dynamo Leningrad | | | 3–0 | | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 4–0 |
| Kairat Alma-Ata | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | | 4–0 | | | 1–0 | |
| Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev | | | 1–0 | | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 6–1 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 2–0 | 7–2 | | 4–2 | | 0–0 | | | 0–3 | |
| Spartak Yerevan | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | | 4–1 | | | 2–0 | |
| Torpedo Kutaisi | | | 2–0 | | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 |
| Žalgiris Vilnius | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | | 3–2 | | | 0–3 | |

### Top scorers
#### 17 goals

* Mikhail Mustygin (Belarus Minsk)

#### 16 goals

* Boris Kazakov (Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev)
* Eduard Markarov (Neftyanik Baku)
* Yuri Sevidov (Spartak Moscow)

#### 15 goals

* Gennadi Gusarov (Torpedo Moscow)

#### 14 goals

* Gennadi Matveyev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)

#### 13 goals

* Zaur Kaloyev (Dinamo Tbilisi)
* Nemesio Pozuelo (Torpedo Moscow)

#### 12 goals

* Lev Burchalkin (Zenit Leningrad)

#### 11 goals

* Andriy Biba (Dynamo Kyiv)
* Oleg Kopayev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)
* Vitali Savelyev (Shakhtyor Donetsk)