1960 in Soviet football
# 1960 in Soviet football

The 1960 Soviet football championship was the 28th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 22nd among teams of sports societies and factories. Torpedo Moscow won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the first time.

## Honours

| Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
| - | - | - |
| Class A | Torpedo Moscow (1) | Dinamo Kiev |
| Class B | Trud Voronezh (Russia) | Irtysh Omsk (Russia) |
| Class B | Metallurg Zaporozhye (Ukraine) | Sudostroitel Nikolayev (Ukraine) |
| Class B | Torpedo Kutaisi (Union republics) | Lokomotiv Tbilisi (Union republics) |
| Soviet Cup | Torpedo Moscow (3) | Dinamo Tbilisi |

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 1–6**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Torpedo Moscow (C) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 14 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kiev | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 11 |
| 3 | Dynamo Moscow | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 11 |
| 4 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 10 |
| 5 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 7 |
| 6 | CSKA Moscow | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 7 |

**Places 7–12**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Spartak Moscow | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 13 |
| 8 | Dynamo Tbilisi | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 12 |
| 9 | Ararat Yerevan | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 11 |
| 10 | Admiralteyets Leningrad | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 9 |
| 11 | Belarus Minsk | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 9 |
| 12 | Daugava Riga | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 6 |

**Places 13–18**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 | Avangard Kharkiv | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 12 | |
| 14 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 11 | |
| 15 | Zenit Leningrad | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 11 | |
| 16 | Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev (R) | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 10 | Relegation to Class B |
| 17 | Shakhtyor Stalino (O) | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 10 | Qualification for relegation play-off |
| 18 | Kairat Almaty | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 6 | |

* ↑ Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev were relegated because were been a worst ranked team from Russia.
* ↑ Shakhtyor Stalino were played a relegation play-out match because were been a worst ranked team from Ukraine.

**Places 19–22**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 | Kalev Tallinn | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 7 |
| 20 | Spartak Vilnius | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| 21 | Neftyanik Baku | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 |
| 22 | Moldova Kishinyov | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 5 |

**Promotion/relegation play-off**

* Shakhtyor Stalino 2-0 0-1 Metallurg Zaporozhye

### Class B

**Russian Federation finals**

| 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 finals**

* Metallurg Zaporozhye 6-2 0-0 Sudostroitel Nikolayev

**Union republics finals**

* Torpedo Kutaisi 2-0 0-1 Lokomotiv Tbilisi

### Top goalscorers

Class A

* Zaur Kaloyev (Dinamo Tbilisi) – 20 goals
