Soviet Top League
Season1962
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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 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv 20 14 5 1 44 20 +24 33 Qualification for Places 1–12 group
2 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 20 10 8 2 28 9 +19 28
3 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtar Donetsk 20 10 5 5 34 22 +12 25
4 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad 20 8 5 7 34 24 +10 21
5 Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Moldova Chisinau 20 8 5 7 27 25 +2 21
6 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Rostov-on-Don 20 6 8 6 34 28 +6 20
7 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Almaty 20 6 8 6 20 22 −2 20 Qualification for Places 13–22 group
8 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow 20 5 5 10 21 32 −11 15
9 Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Daugava Rīga 20 5 3 12 17 30 −13 13
10 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Spartak Yerevan 20 5 3 12 19 36 −17 13
11 Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Žalgiris Vilnius 20 1 9 10 12 42 −30 11
Source: rsssf.com

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 Chisinau 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
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Table

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

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
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Round 2

Places 1–12

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow (C) 22 14 4 4 37 18 +19 32
2 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow 22 10 9 3 28 14 +14 29
3 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi 22 10 8 4 29 20 +9 28
4 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 22 9 8 5 24 18 +6 26
5 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv 22 8 9 5 36 28 +8 25
6 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Pakhtakor Tashkent 22 9 5 8 24 33 −9 23
7 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow 22 7 8 7 35 30 +5 22
8 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtar Donetsk 22 8 6 8 25 25 0 22
9 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Rostov-on-Don 22 4 9 9 25 37 −12 17
10 Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftyanik Baku 22 2 11 9 19 39 −20 15
11 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad 22 4 6 12 29 34 −5 14
12 Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Moldova Chisinau 22 3 5 14 20 35 −15 11
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

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 Chisinau 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
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Places 13–22

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
13 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow 18 7 8 3 27 18 +9 22
14 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Avangard Kharkov 18 8 5 5 21 17 +4 21
15 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic FC Torpedo Kutaisi 18 7 5 6 21 16 +5 19
16 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Leningrad 18 6 6 6 21 17 +4 18
17 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev 18 8 2 8 27 25 +2 18
18 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Spartak Yerevan 18 7 4 7 23 23 0 18
19 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Belarus Minsk 18 6 6 6 21 22 −1 18
20 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Alma-Ata 18 5 7 6 14 14 0 17
21 Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Daugava Rīga (R) 18 6 4 8 14 20 −6 16 Relegation to Class A Second Group
22 Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Žalgiris Vilnius (R) 18 4 5 9 16 33 −17 13
Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated

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
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

17 goals
16 goals
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals
12 goals
11 goals

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