# 1962 in Soviet football

The 1962 Soviet football championship was the 30th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 24th among teams of sports societies and factories. Spartak won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the eighth time.

## Honours

| Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
| Class A | Spartak Moscow (8) | Dinamo Moscow |
| Class B | Spartak Krasnodar (Russia) | Trud Voronezh (Russia) |
| Class B | Trudovye Rezervy Lugansk (Ukraine) | Chernomorets Odessa (Ukraine) |
| Class B | Shakhter Karaganda (Republics group 1) | Lokomotiv Gomel (Union republics) |
| Soviet Cup | Shakhter Donetsk (2) | Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo |
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

## Soviet Union football championship
### Class A (second stage)
#### Places 1–12

| 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 Chisinau | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 35 | −15 | 11 |

#### Places 13–22

| 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 |

### Class B
#### Russian Federation finals

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Spartak Krasnodar | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 |
| 2 | Trud Voronezh | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 |
| 3 | UralMash Sverdlovsk | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 |
| 4 | SKA Novosibirsk | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 4 |
| 5 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
* ↑ 1 bonus point awarded?

#### Ukraine (second stage)
##### For places 1-6

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Trudoviye Rezervy Lugansk | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 16 |
| 2 | Chernomorets Odessa | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 11 |
| 3 | Avangard Simferopol | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 10 |
| 4 | SKA Odessa | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 8 |
| 5 | Polesye Zhitomir | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 8 |
| 6 | Metallurg Zaporozhye | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 22 | −9 | 7 |

#### Union republics finals

* Shakhtyor Karaganda 1-0 0-0 Lokomotiv Gomel

### Top goalscorers

Class A
* Mikhail Mustygin (Belarus Minsk) – 17 goals