# 1961 Ukrainian Class B

The 1961 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR (Class B) was the 31st season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Ukrainian Class B. It was the twelfth in the Soviet Class B.
The 1961 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR (Class B) was won by FC Chornomorets Odesa.

## Zone 1
### Relegated teams

* none

### Promoted teams

* none

### Relocated and renamed teams

* FC Mayak Kherson was last year known as FC Spartak Kherson
* FC Desna Chernihiv was last year known as FC Avanhard Chernihiv
* FC Verkhovyna Uzhhorod was last year known as FC Spartak Uzhhorod

### League's standing

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | FC Chornomorets Odesa | 34 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 66 | 23 | +43 | 57 |
| 2 | FC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 50 |
| 3 | FC Zirka Kirovohrad | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 71 | 39 | +32 | 43 |
| 4 | SKA Lviv | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 42 |
| 5 | FC Desna Chernihiv | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 39 |
| 6 | FC Polissya Zhytomyr | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 34 |
| 7 | FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 34 |
| 8 | FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 33 |
| 9 | FC Avanhard Chernivtsi | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 32 |
| 10 | FC Kolhospnyk Rivno | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 57 | 61 | −4 | 32 |
| 11 | FC Verkhovyna Uzhhorod | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 31 |
| 12 | FC Spartak Stanislav | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 48 | 64 | −16 | 31 |
| 13 | FC Mayak Kherson | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 30 |
| 14 | FC Avanhard Ternopil | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 30 |
| 15 | FC Arsenal Kyiv | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 49 | 45 | +4 | 29 |
| 16 | FC Kolhospnyk Cherkasy | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 47 | −22 | 28 |
| 17 | FC Naftovyk Drohobych | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 63 | −36 | 19 |
| 18 | FC Volyn Lutsk | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 33 | 57 | −24 | 18 |

## Zone 2
### Relegated teams

* none

### Promoted teams

* SKA Kiev – (debut)

### Relocated and renamed teams

* SKF Sevastopol was last year known as SKCF Sevastopol
* FC Azovstal Zhdanov was last year known as FC Avanhard Zhdanov

### League's standing

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | SKA Odessa | 36 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 68 | 26 | +42 | 54 |
| 2 | FC Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk | 36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 56 | 23 | +33 | 51 |
| 3 | FC Avanhard Zhovti Vody | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 41 | 30 | +11 | 44 |
| 4 | FC Metalurh Zaporizhia | 36 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 42 |
| 5 | FC Avanhard Simferopol | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 39 |
| 6 | FC Shakhtar Horlivka | 36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 38 |
| 7 | FC Khimik Severodonetsk | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 38 |
| 8 | SKF Sevastopol | 36 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 56 | 46 | +10 | 37 |
| 9 | FC Kolhospnyk Poltava | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 36 |
| 10 | FC Avanhard Sumy | 36 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 36 |
| 11 | FC Azovstal Zhdanov | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 34 |
| 12 | SKA Kiev | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 33 |
| 13 | FC Lokomotyv Stalino | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 33 |
| 14 | FC Metalurh Dnipropetrovsk | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 32 |
| 15 | FC Avanhard Kryvyi Rih | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 48 | 52 | −4 | 30 |
| 16 | FC Shakhtar Kadiivka | 36 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 33 | 50 | −17 | 29 |
| 17 | FC Avanhard Kramatorsk | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 47 | −17 | 28 |
| 18 | FC Torpedo Kharkiv | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 34 | 56 | −22 | 25 |
| 19 | FC Khimik Dniprodzerzhynsk | 36 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 25 | 55 | −30 | 25 |

## Play-offs

* FC Chornomorets Odesa - SKA Odesa 2:1 0:0
* FC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia - FC Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk 0:0 2:0
* FC Zirka Kirovohrad - FC Avanhard Zhovti Vody 2:1 0:0
* SKA Lviv - FC Metalurh Zaporizhia 0:0 2:1
* FC Avanhard Simferopol - FC Desna Chernihiv 2:0 2:2
* FC Shakhtar Horlivka - FC Polissya Zhytomyr 3:1 2:1
* FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv - FC Khimik Severodonetsk 2:2 2:2
* SKF Sevastopol - FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi 4:2 1:1
* FC Kolhospnyk Poltava - FC Avanhard Chernivtsi 1:0 2:3
* FC Avanhard Sumy - FC Kolhospnyk Rivno 2:1 1:1
* FC Azovstal Zhdanov - FC Verkhovyna Uzhhorod 0:0 0:0
* FC Spartak Stanislav - SKA Kiev 3:0 3:3
* FC Lokomotyv Stalino - FC Mayak Kherson 3:1 1:1
* FC Metalurh Dnipropetrovsk - FC Avanhard Ternopil 2:1 1:0
* FC Avanhard Kryvyi Rih - FC Arsenal Kyiv 1:0 1:0
* FC Shakhtar Kadiivka - FC Kolhospnyk Cherkasy 3:1 1:0
* FC Avanhard Kramatorsk - FC Naftovyk Drohobych 3:1 3:2
* FC Volyn Lutsk - FC Torpedo Kharkiv 2:0 1:3
* FC Khimik Dniprodzerzhynsk - bye

## Relegation play-offs

* FC Volyn Lutsk - GDO Vladimir-Volynskiy 4:2 1:1
* FC Khimik Dniprodzerzhynsk - FC Trubnyk Nikopol 0:0 0:2
* FC Polissya Zhytomyr - FC Chervona Zirka Malyn +:-
* FC Verkhovyna Uzhhorod - FC Kolhospnyk Berehovo 1:1 0:0 2:0
* FC Zirka Kirovohrad - FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya 3:0 3:1
* SKF Sevastopol - FC Metalurh Kerch 2:0 2:0
* FC Metalurh Zaporizhia - FC Burevisnyk Melitopol 2:2 2:1
* FC Kolhospnyk Poltava - FC Lokomotyv Poltava 2:0 5:2
* FC Kolhospnyk Rivno - FC Spartak Rivno 2:1 1:1
* FC Shakhtar Kadiivka - FC Avanhard Sverdlovsk 2:1 2:0 0:0
* FC Avanhard Sumy - FC Ekran Shostka 4:2 1:1
* FC Avanhard Ternopil - FC Burevisnyk Kremenets 2:2 2:0
* FC Torpedo Kharkiv - FC Start Chuhuyiv 3:0 1:0
* FC Mayak Kherson - FC Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 2:1 1:0
* FC Avanhard Kamianets-Podilskyi - FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi 1:0 0:3
* FC Kolhospnyk Cherkasy - FC Shakhtar Vatutine 3:1 1:1
* FC Avanhard Chernivtsi - FC Mashynobudivnyk Chernivtsi 1:0 4:0
* FC Desna Chernihiv - FC Zirka Chernihiv 6:0 5:0
* FC Arsenal Kyiv - FC Temp Kyiv 2:1 3:1
* FC Spartak Stanislav - FC Khimik Kalush 1:0 2:1
* FC Avanhard Kramatorsk - FC Metalurh Yenakievo 4:0 1:2
* FC Naftovyk Drohobych - FC Silmash Lviv 1:1 3:1
* FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv - FC Torpedo Mykolaiv 1:1 2:0
Notes:
* Games between SKA Odessa and FC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia with champions of their respective oblasts were not conducted as the aforementioned teams finished in top three teams in each of the Class B zones.
* The champion of Kiev Oblast did not participate in relegation play-offs as the oblast did not have its own representative in the Class B competitions.
* FC Khimik Dniprodzerzhynsk has kept its place in the Class B competitions.
* FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya was promoted to the Class B even though it lost the relegation play-offs.