# 1960 Soviet Class B

1960 Soviet Class B was the eleventh season of the Soviet Class B football competitions since their establishment in 1950. It was also the twentieth season of what eventually became known as the Soviet First League.
The competition was conducted in two stages. At the first stage teams were slit in multiple groups by republican principle to determine group winners. There were 74 teams in five RSFSR groups, 36 teams in two Ukrainian SSR groups, and 32 teams in two groups for the rest of union republics. At the second stage participants of the RSFSR final played for a single promotion, participants of the Ukrainian SSR final played to qualify for promotion/relegation playoff, while finalists of the Union republics played between each other.

## Russian Federation
### I Zone

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Trud Voronezh | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 58 | 18 | +40 | 46 |
| 2 | Spartak Leningrad | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 74 | 43 | +31 | 40 |
| 3 | Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 39 |
| 4 | Raketa Gorkiy | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 38 |
| 5 | Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 37 |
| 6 | Trudoviye Rezervy Kursk | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 35 |
| 7 | Baltika Kaliningrad | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 30 |
| 8 | Trud Tula | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 28 |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Oryol | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 28 |
| 10 | Trudoviye Rezervy Lipetsk | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 27 |
| 11 | Textilshchik Smolensk | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 26 |
| 12 | Cementnik Belgorod | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 23 |
| 13 | Spartak Tambov | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 22 |
| 14 | Sputnik Kaluga | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 36 | 68 | −32 | 21 |
| 15 | Dinamo Bryansk | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 64 | −32 | 20 |
| 16 | Ilmen Novgorod | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 70 | −39 | 20 |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 +

### II Zone

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Volga Kalinin | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 68 | 28 | +40 | 43 |
| 2 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 28 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 58 | 24 | +34 | 38 |
| 3 | Dinamo Kirov | 28 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 49 | 30 | +19 | 38 |
| 4 | Trud Glukhovo | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 37 |
| 5 | Torpedo Gorkiy | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 32 |
| 6 | Traktor Vladimir | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 32 |
| 7 | Textilshchik Ivanovo | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 31 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Saratov | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 30 |
| 9 | Dinamo Leningrad | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 24 |
| 10 | Avangard Kolomna | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 22 |
| 11 | Trud Ryazan | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 21 |
| 12 | Zarya Dzerzhinsk | 28 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 19 |
| 13 | Metallurg Cherepovets | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 19 |
| 14 | Spartak Kostroma | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 30 | 60 | −30 | 17 |
| 15 | Zarya Penza | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 62 | −45 | 17 |
* ↑ Shinnik Yaroslavl was called Khimik.
* ↑ Traktor Vladimir was called Torpedo.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 +

### III Zone

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Terek Grozny | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 71 | 26 | +45 | 42 |
| 2 | Torpedo Taganrog | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 18 | +28 | 38 |
| 3 | Spartak Krasnodar | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 37 |
| 4 | RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 51 | 26 | +25 | 34 |
| 5 | Shakhtyor Shakhty | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 61 | 40 | +21 | 33 |
| 6 | Traktor Stalingrad | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 26 |
| 7 | Torpedo Armavir | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 24 |
| 8 | Temp Makhachkala | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 24 |
| 9 | Energiya Volzhskiy | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 23 |
| 10 | Spartak Stavropol | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 23 |
| 11 | Spartak Nalchik | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 50 | 56 | −6 | 23 |
| 12 | Cement Novorossiysk | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 46 | −23 | 15 |
| 13 | Volgar Astrakhan | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 23 | 73 | −50 | 12 |
| 14 | Spartak Orjonikidze | 26 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 26 | 68 | −42 | 10 |
* ↑ Spartak Krasnodar was called Kuban.
* 1 2 3 4 +

### IV Zone

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Metallurg Nizhniy Tagil | 28 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 74 | 36 | +38 | 41 |
| 2 | Zvezda Perm | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 40 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 51 | 24 | +27 | 38 |
| 4 | Iskra Kazan | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 37 |
| 5 | Zenit Izhevsk | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 56 | 35 | +21 | 34 |
| 6 | Stroitel Ufa | 28 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 53 | 42 | +11 | 34 |
| 7 | UralMash Sverdlovsk | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 33 |
| 8 | Spartak Ulyanovsk | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 25 |
| 9 | Khimik Berezniki | 28 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 52 | 62 | −10 | 24 |
| 10 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 60 | −17 | 23 |
| 11 | Neftyanik Syzran | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 56 | −23 | 23 |
| 12 | Lokomotiv Orenburg | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 45 | −20 | 20 |
| 13 | Progress Zelyonodolsk | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 19 |
| 14 | Metallurg Kamensk-Uralskiy | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 33 | 56 | −23 | 17 |
| 15 | Stroitel Kurgan | 28 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 49 | −34 | 12 |
* ↑ UralMash Sverdlovsk was called Mashinostroitel.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 +

### V Zone

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Irtysh Omsk | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 39 |
| 2 | SKA Khabarovsk | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 19 | +26 | 38 |
| 3 | SibElectroMotor Tomsk | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 22 | +23 | 37 |
| 4 | Temp Barnaul | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 58 | 37 | +21 | 34 |
| 5 | SibSelMash Novosibirsk | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 30 |
| 6 | Khimik Kemerovo | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | Mashinostroitel Irkutsk | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 27 |
| 8 | Metallurg Stalinsk | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 22 |
| 10 | Luch Vladivostok | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 20 |
| 11 | Avangard Komsomolsk-na-Amure | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 18 |
| 12 | Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 37 | −24 | 17 |
| 13 | Amur Blagoveshchensk | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 55 | −30 | 15 |
| 14 | SKA Chita | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 44 | −27 | 15 |
* ↑ Temp Barnaul was called Urozhai.
* ↑ Mashinostroitel Irkutsk was called Energiya.
* ↑ Avangard Komsomolsk-na-Amure was called Lokomotiv.

### Final

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Trud Voronezh | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | Promoted |
| 2 | Irtysh Omsk | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| 3 | Volga Kalinin | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Metallurg Nizhniy Tagil | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | |
| 5 | Terek Grozny | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 2 | |

## Ukraine
### Final

* Metallurg Zaporozhye 6-2 0-0 Sudostroitel Nikolayev

### Promotion/relegation play-off

* Shakhtyor Stalino 2-0 0-1 Metallurg Zaporozhye

## Union republics
### I Zone

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | GEO | Lokomotiv Tbilisi | 30 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 80 | 18 | +62 | 54 |
| 2 | BLR | Urozhai Minsk | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 60 | 18 | +42 | 49 |
| 3 | ARM | Shirak Leninakan | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 54 | 30 | +24 | 41 |
| 4 | MDA | Vierul Kishinev | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 33 |
| 5 | ARM | Lori Kirovakan | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 32 |
| 6 | ARM | Burevestnik Yerevan | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 32 |
| 7 | GEO | Dinamo Batumi | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 31 |
| 8 | LVA | Krasny Metallurg Liepaja | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 30 |
| 9 | BLR | Lokomotiv Gomel | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 30 |
| 10 | LVA | REZ Riga | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 49 | 65 | −16 | 25 |
| 11 | LTU | Banga Kaunas | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 25 |
| 12 | BLR | Krasnoye Znamya Vitebsk | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 44 | −18 | 21 |
| 13 | BLR | Khimik Mogilyov | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 20 |
| 14 | MDA | Nistrul Bendery | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 69 | −34 | 20 |
| 15 | BLR | Spartak Brest | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 27 | 59 | −32 | 18 |
| 16 | EST | Dinamo Tallinn | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 55 | −30 | 17 |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 +
* ↑ Nistrul Bendery was called Lokomotiv.

### Number of teams by republics

| Number | Union republics | Team(s) |
| 5 | Belarusian SSR | FC Urozhai Minsk, FC Lokomotiv Gomel, FC Krasnoye Znamya Vitebsk, FC Khimik Mogilyov, FC Spartak Brest |
| 3 | Armenian SSR | FC Shirak Leninakan, FC Lori Kirovakan, FC Burevestnik Yerevan |
| 2 | Georgian SSR | FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi, FC Dinamo Batumi |
| 2 | Moldavian SSR | FC Nistrul Bendery, FC Vierul Kishinev |
| 2 | Latvian SSR | FC Krasny Metallurg Liepaja, FC REZ Riga |
| 1 | Lithuanian SSR | FK Banga Kaunas |
| 1 | Estonian SSR | FC Dinamo Tallinn |

### II Zone

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | GEO | Torpedo Kutaisi | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 70 | 21 | +49 | 49 |
| 2 | TJK | Pamir Leninabad | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 37 |
| 3 | AZE | Progress Baku | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 36 |
| 4 | GEO | Metallurg Rustavi | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 35 |
| 5 | KGZ | Spartak Frunze | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 33 |
| 6 | TJK | Energetik Stalinabad | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 64 | 48 | +16 | 32 |
| 7 | AZE | Metallurg Sumgait | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 32 |
| 8 | GEO | Burevestnik Tbilisi | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 32 |
| 9 | UZB | Mehnat Tashkent | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 31 |
| 10 | AZE | Textilshchik Kirovabad | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 31 |
| 11 | TKM | Kopet-Dag Ashkhabad | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 29 |
| 12 | KAZ | Shakhtyor Karaganda | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 25 |
| 13 | KAZ | Spartak Alma-Ata | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 25 |
| 14 | UZB | Spartak Fergana | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 37 | 61 | −24 | 20 |
| 15 | KAZ | Yenbek Chimkent | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 43 | 78 | −35 | 17 |
| 16 | UZB | Dinamo Samarkand | 30 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 78 | −48 | 16 |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 +
* ↑ Energetik Stalinabad was called Hosilot.
* ↑ Mehnat Tashkent was called Trudoviye Rezervy.
* ↑ Kopet-Dag Ashkhabad was called Kolhozchi.

### Number of teams by republics

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

### Final

* Torpedo Kutaisi 3-1 0-1 Lokomotiv Tbilisi