1961 Soviet Class B
{{Infobox football league season
| season = 1961
| competition = Soviet Class B
| prevseason = 1960
| nextseason = 1962
}}
1961 Soviet Class B was the twelfth season of the Soviet Class B football competitions since their establishment in 1950. It was also the 21st season of what eventually became known as the Soviet First League.
Russian Federation
=I Zone=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|winpoints=2
|sortable_table=y
|team1=VKA|name_VKA=Volga Kalinin
|team2=MCH|name_MCH=Metallurg Cherepovets
|team3=DLE|name_DLE=Dinamo Leningrad
|team4=SYA|name_SYA=Shinnik Yaroslavl
|team5=SST|name_SST=Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk
|team6=TTU|name_TTU=Trud Tula
|team7=SLE|name_SLE=Spartak Leningrad
|team8=TKO|name_TKO=Textilshchik Kostroma
|team9=DBR|name_DBR=Dinamo Bryansk
|team10=SKA|name_SKA=Sputnik Kaluga
|team11=TMU|name_TMU=Tralflotovets Murmansk
|team12=OPE|name_OPE=Onezhets Petrozavodsk
|team13=INO|name_INO=Ilmen Novgorod
|split1=y
|win_VKA=16|draw_VKA=5|loss_VKA=3|gf_VKA=52|ga_VKA=11
|win_MCH=15|draw_MCH=4|loss_MCH=5|gf_MCH=50|ga_MCH=18
|win_DLE=15|draw_DLE=4|loss_DLE=5|gf_DLE=49|ga_DLE=22
|win_SYA=13|draw_SYA=5|loss_SYA=6|gf_SYA=55|ga_SYA=27
|win_SST=14|draw_SST=3|loss_SST=7|gf_SST=35|ga_SST=17
|win_TTU=11|draw_TTU=6|loss_TTU=7|gf_TTU=36|ga_TTU=22
|win_SLE=11|draw_SLE=6|loss_SLE=7|gf_SLE=51|ga_SLE=39
|win_TKO=9|draw_TKO=4|loss_TKO=11|gf_TKO=29|ga_TKO=37
|win_DBR=8|draw_DBR=4|loss_DBR=12|gf_DBR=31|ga_DBR=47
|win_SKA=5|draw_SKA=4|loss_SKA=15|gf_SKA=25|ga_SKA=51
|win_TMU=3|draw_TMU=7|loss_TMU=14|gf_TMU=20|ga_TMU=49
|win_OPE=5|draw_OPE=0|loss_OPE=19|gf_OPE=21|ga_OPE=65
|win_INO=3|draw_INO=4|loss_INO=17|gf_INO=15|ga_INO=64
|hth_+=+
|hth_TMU=+
|hth_OPE=+
|update=complete|source=
}}
Notes:
Textilshchik Kostroma was called Spartak.
=II Zone=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|winpoints=2
|sortable_table=y
|team1=DKI|name_DKI=Dinamo Kirov
|team2=BKA|name_BKA=Baltika Kaliningrad
|team3=IKA|name_IKA=Iskra Kazan
|team4=ZIZ|name_ZIZ=Zenit Izhevsk
|team5=TRU|name_TRU=Trud Kaliningrad (Moskva Reg)
|team6=RGO|name_RGO=Raketa Gorkiy
|team7=TGO|name_TGO=Torpedo Gorkiy
|team8=TIV|name_TIV=Textilshchik Ivanovo
|team9=ZNA|name_ZNA=Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo
|team10=MSE|name_MSE=MVO Serpukhov
|team11=TNO|name_TNO=Trud Noginsk
|team12=TVL|name_TVL=Traktor Vladimir
|team13=SSM|name_SSM=Spartak Smolensk
|split1=y
|win_DKI=14|draw_DKI=4|loss_DKI=6|gf_DKI=46|ga_DKI=28
|win_BKA=13|draw_BKA=6|loss_BKA=5|gf_BKA=41|ga_BKA=25
|win_IKA=11|draw_IKA=9|loss_IKA=4|gf_IKA=31|ga_IKA=22
|win_ZIZ=11|draw_ZIZ=8|loss_ZIZ=5|gf_ZIZ=33|ga_ZIZ=22
|win_TRU=10|draw_TRU=6|loss_TRU=8|gf_TRU=38|ga_TRU=33
|win_RGO=10|draw_RGO=6|loss_RGO=8|gf_RGO=28|ga_RGO=28
|win_TGO=7|draw_TGO=9|loss_TGO=8|gf_TGO=25|ga_TGO=25
|win_TIV=9|draw_TIV=5|loss_TIV=10|gf_TIV=27|ga_TIV=29
|win_ZNA=8|draw_ZNA=6|loss_ZNA=10|gf_ZNA=35|ga_ZNA=37
|win_MSE=8|draw_MSE=5|loss_MSE=11|gf_MSE=29|ga_MSE=27
|win_TNO=6|draw_TNO=7|loss_TNO=11|gf_TNO=23|ga_TNO=32
|win_TVL=5|draw_TVL=5|loss_TVL=14|gf_TVL=16|ga_TVL=32
|win_SSM=3|draw_SSM=6|loss_SSM=15|gf_SSM=21|ga_SSM=53
|hth_+=+
|hth_TRU=+
|hth_MSE=+
|update=complete|source=
}}
Notes:
Trud Glukhovo relocated to Noginsk.
Spartak Smolensk was called Textilshchik.
=III Zone=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|winpoints=2
|sortable_table=y
|team1=KSK|name_KSK=Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev
|team2=SSA|name_SSA=Sokol Saratov
|team3=TST|name_TST=Traktor Stalingrad
|team4=TRK|name_TRK=Trudoviye Rezervy Kursk
|team5=SRY|name_SRY=Spartak Ryazan
|team6=TLI|name_TLI=Torpedo Lipetsk
|team7=EVO|name_EVO=Energiya Volzhskiy
|team8=ZPE|name_ZPE=Zarya Penza
|team9=STA|name_STA=Spartak Tambov
|team10=NSY|name_NSY=Neftyanik Syzran
|team11=LOR|name_LOR=Lokomotiv Oryol
|team12=SUL|name_SUL=Spartak Ulyanovsk
|team13=CBE|name_CBE=Cementnik Belgorod
|split1=y
|win_KSK=17|draw_KSK=2|loss_KSK=4|gf_KSK=68|ga_KSK=22
|win_SSA=14|draw_SSA=4|loss_SSA=5|gf_SSA=40|ga_SSA=20
|win_TST=14|draw_TST=4|loss_TST=5|gf_TST=40|ga_TST=24
|win_TRK=9|draw_TRK=7|loss_TRK=7|gf_TRK=32|ga_TRK=29
|win_SRY=10|draw_SRY=4|loss_SRY=9|gf_SRY=35|ga_SRY=32
|win_TLI=10|draw_TLI=4|loss_TLI=9|gf_TLI=31|ga_TLI=32
|win_EVO=9|draw_EVO=5|loss_EVO=9|gf_EVO=32|ga_EVO=34
|win_ZPE=8|draw_ZPE=5|loss_ZPE=10|gf_ZPE=30|ga_ZPE=31
|win_STA=8|draw_STA=3|loss_STA=12|gf_STA=36|ga_STA=49
|win_NSY=6|draw_NSY=5|loss_NSY=12|gf_NSY=20|ga_NSY=38
|win_LOR=7|draw_LOR=2|loss_LOR=14|gf_LOR=32|ga_LOR=45
|win_SUL=4|draw_SUL=7|loss_SUL=12|gf_SUL=26|ga_SUL=47
|win_CBE=1|draw_CBE=2|loss_CBE=9|gf_CBE=5|ga_CBE=24
|hth_KSK=-
|update=complete|source=
}}
Notes:
Sokol Saratov was called Lokomotiv.
Spartak Ryazan was called Trud.
Torpedo Lipetsk was called Trudoviye Rezervy.
=IV Zone=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|winpoints=2
|sortable_table=y
|team1=TGR|name_TGR=Terek Grozny
|team2=ROS|name_ROS=RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu
|team3=TTA|name_TTA=Torpedo Taganrog
|team4=SSH|name_SSH=Shakhtyor Shakhty
|team5=TAR|name_TAR=Torpedo Armavir
|team6=SST|name_SST=Spartak Stavropol
|team7=CNO|name_CNO=Cement Novorossiysk
|team8=SKR|name_SKR=Spartak Krasnodar
|team9=DMA|name_DMA=Dinamo Makhachkala
|team10=SOR|name_SOR=Spartak Orjonikidze
|team11=TRK|name_TRK=Trudoviye Rezervy Kislovodsk
|team12=SNA|name_SNA=Spartak Nalchik
|team13=VAS|name_VAS=Volgar Astrakhan
|split1=y
|win_TGR=18|draw_TGR=2|loss_TGR=4|gf_TGR=51|ga_TGR=16
|win_ROS=15|draw_ROS=7|loss_ROS=2|gf_ROS=67|ga_ROS=28
|win_TTA=14|draw_TTA=4|loss_TTA=6|gf_TTA=38|ga_TTA=20
|win_SSH=12|draw_SSH=6|loss_SSH=6|gf_SSH=37|ga_SSH=23
|win_TAR=8|draw_TAR=9|loss_TAR=7|gf_TAR=26|ga_TAR=26
|win_SST=10|draw_SST=4|loss_SST=10|gf_SST=33|ga_SST=33
|win_CNO=9|draw_CNO=6|loss_CNO=9|gf_CNO=30|ga_CNO=33
|win_SKR=9|draw_SKR=4|loss_SKR=11|gf_SKR=29|ga_SKR=29
|win_DMA=6|draw_DMA=7|loss_DMA=11|gf_DMA=27|ga_DMA=35
|win_SOR=6|draw_SOR=6|loss_SOR=12|gf_SOR=32|ga_SOR=57
|win_TRK=5|draw_TRK=6|loss_TRK=13|gf_TRK=25|ga_TRK=45
|win_SNA=4|draw_SNA=7|loss_SNA=13|gf_SNA=22|ga_SNA=40
|win_VAS=5|draw_VAS=2|loss_VAS=17|gf_VAS=23|ga_VAS=55
|hth_TRK=+
|update=complete|source=
}}
Notes:
Dinamo Makhachkala was called Temp.
=V Zone=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|winpoints=2
|sortable_table=y
|team1=LCH|name_LCH=Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk
|team2=UMS|name_UMS=UralMash Sverdlovsk
|team3=SUF|name_SUF=Stroitel Ufa
|team4=LOR|name_LOR=Lokomotiv Orenburg
|team5=ZPE|name_ZPE=Zvezda Perm
|team6=MNT|name_MNT=Metallurg Nizhniy Tagil
|team7=IOM|name_IOM=Irtysh Omsk
|team8=SKU|name_SKU=Stroitel Kurgan
|team9=TPA|name_TPA=Torpedo Pavlovo
|team10=MMA|name_MMA=Metallurg Magnitogorsk
|team11=KBE|name_KBE=Khimik Berezniki
|team12=SSA|name_SSA=Stroitel Saransk
|team13=GTY|name_GTY=Geolog Tyumen
|split1=y
|win_LCH=14|draw_LCH=6|loss_LCH=4|gf_LCH=37|ga_LCH=15
|win_UMS=14|draw_UMS=5|loss_UMS=5|gf_UMS=44|ga_UMS=17
|win_SUF=12|draw_SUF=6|loss_SUF=6|gf_SUF=36|ga_SUF=19
|win_LOR=12|draw_LOR=6|loss_LOR=6|gf_LOR=42|ga_LOR=27
|win_ZPE=12|draw_ZPE=4|loss_ZPE=8|gf_ZPE=38|ga_ZPE=27
|win_MNT=9|draw_MNT=8|loss_MNT=7|gf_MNT=40|ga_MNT=27
|win_IOM=9|draw_IOM=8|loss_IOM=7|gf_IOM=33|ga_IOM=26
|win_SKU=8|draw_SKU=9|loss_SKU=7|gf_SKU=28|ga_SKU=34
|win_TPA=6|draw_TPA=12|loss_TPA=6|gf_TPA=21|ga_TPA=22
|win_MMA=6|draw_MMA=6|loss_MMA=12|gf_MMA=25|ga_MMA=38
|win_KBE=5|draw_KBE=6|loss_KBE=13|gf_KBE=22|ga_KBE=51
|win_SSA=3|draw_SSA=7|loss_SSA=14|gf_SSA=14|ga_SSA=48
|win_GTY=2|draw_GTY=5|loss_GTY=17|gf_GTY=23|ga_GTY=52
|hth_+=+
|hth_TPA=+
|hth_SSA=+
|hth_GTY=+
|update=complete|source=
}}
=VI Zone=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|winpoints=2
|sortable_table=y
|team1=SKH|name_SKH=SKA Khabarovsk
|team2=SNO|name_SNO=SKA Novosibirsk
|team3=LVL|name_LVL=Luch Vladivostok
|team4=TBA|name_TBA=Temp Barnaul
|team5=LKR|name_LKR=Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk
|team6=TTO|name_TTO=Tomich Tomsk
|team7=AIR|name_AIR=Angara Irkutsk
|team8=AVA|name_AVA=Avangard Komsomolsk-na-Amure
|team9=BUU|name_BUU=Baykal Ulan-Ude
|team10=KKE|name_KKE=Khimik Kemerovo
|team11=ABL|name_ABL=Amur Blagoveshchensk
|team12=MST|name_MST=Metallurg Stalinsk
|team13=ZCH|name_ZCH=Zabaikalets Chita
|split1=y
|win_SKH=16|draw_SKH=4|loss_SKH=4|gf_SKH=43|ga_SKH=14
|win_SNO=15|draw_SNO=3|loss_SNO=6|gf_SNO=51|ga_SNO=26
|win_LVL=13|draw_LVL=6|loss_LVL=5|gf_LVL=42|ga_LVL=27
|win_TBA=12|draw_TBA=6|loss_TBA=6|gf_TBA=41|ga_TBA=33
|win_LKR=12|draw_LKR=5|loss_LKR=7|gf_LKR=60|ga_LKR=35
|win_TTO=11|draw_TTO=7|loss_TTO=6|gf_TTO=36|ga_TTO=29
|win_AIR=9|draw_AIR=6|loss_AIR=9|gf_AIR=41|ga_AIR=36
|win_AVA=7|draw_AVA=8|loss_AVA=9|gf_AVA=27|ga_AVA=32
|win_BUU=5|draw_BUU=9|loss_BUU=10|gf_BUU=21|ga_BUU=28
|win_KKE=7|draw_KKE=5|loss_KKE=12|gf_KKE=28|ga_KKE=44
|win_ABL=5|draw_ABL=7|loss_ABL=12|gf_ABL=23|ga_ABL=40
|win_MST=5|draw_MST=5|loss_MST=14|gf_MST=28|ga_MST=49
|win_ZCH=3|draw_ZCH=1|loss_ZCH=20|gf_ZCH=21|ga_ZCH=69
|hth_+=+
|hth_SNO=+
|hth_ZCH=+
|update=complete|source=
}}
Notes:
Tomich Tomsk was called SibElectroMotor.
Angara Irkutsk was called Mashinostroitel.
Baykal Ulan-Ude was called Lokomotiv.
=Final=
[Oct 24 – Nov 5, Krasnodar]
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=P
|winpoints=2
|sortable_table=y
|team1=KSK|name_KSK=Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev
|team2=TGR|name_TGR=Terek Grozny
|team3=DKI|name_DKI=Dinamo Kirov
|team4=LCH|name_LCH=Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk
|team5=SKH|name_SKH=SKA Khabarovsk
|team6=VKA|name_VKA=Volga Kalinin
|split1=y
|win_KSK=4|draw_KSK=0|loss_KSK=1|gf_KSK=12|ga_KSK=5
|win_TGR=3|draw_TGR=1|loss_TGR=1|gf_TGR=8|ga_TGR=5
|win_DKI=2|draw_DKI=1|loss_DKI=2|gf_DKI=7|ga_DKI=7
|win_LCH=2|draw_LCH=0|loss_LCH=3|gf_LCH=5|ga_LCH=5
|win_SKH=2|draw_SKH=0|loss_SKH=3|gf_SKH=4|ga_SKH=7
|win_VKA=1|draw_VKA=0|loss_VKA=4|gf_VKA=4|ga_VKA=11
|hth_KSK=-
|col_P=inherit|text_P=Promoted
|result1=P
|update=complete|source=
}}
Ukraine
{{more|1961 Ukrainian Class B}}
=Final=
- Chernomorets Odessa 2-1 0-0 SKA Odessa
Union republics
=I Zone=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|winpoints=2
|sortable_table=y
|show_groups=y
|group_header={{abbr|Rep|Republic}}
|team1=LTB|group_LTB=GEO|name_LTB=Lokomotiv Tbilisi
|team2=SLE|group_SLE=ARM|name_SLE=Shirak Leninakan
|team3=LGO|group_LGO=BLR|name_LGO=Lokomotiv Gomel
|team4=KMO|group_KMO=BLR|name_KMO=Khimik Mogilyov
|team5=LKI|group_LKI=ARM|name_LKI=Lori Kirovakan
|team6=DBA|group_DBA=GEO|name_DBA=Dinamo Batumi
|team7=RRI|group_RRI=LVA|name_RRI=REZ Riga
|team8=KZV|group_KZV=BLR|name_KZV=Krasnoye Znamya Vitebsk
|team9=RSU|group_RSU=GEO|name_RSU=Ritsa Sukhumi
|team10=NBE|group_NBE=MDA|name_NBE=Nistrul Bendery
|team11=PTI|group_PTI=MDA|name_PTI=Pishchevik Tiraspol
|team12=STA|group_STA=EST|name_STA=SKF Tallinn
|team13=SBR|group_SBR=BLR|name_SBR=Spartak Brest
|team14=BKA|group_BKA=LTU|name_BKA=Banga Kaunas
|team15=BOB|group_BOB=BLR|name_BOB=Bobruisk
|team16=SML|group_SML=LVA|name_SML=SelMash Liepaja
|split1=y
|win_LTB=20|draw_LTB=7|loss_LTB=3|gf_LTB=59|ga_LTB=24
|win_SLE=16|draw_SLE=7|loss_SLE=7|gf_SLE=56|ga_SLE=28
|win_LGO=14|draw_LGO=8|loss_LGO=8|gf_LGO=37|ga_LGO=24
|win_KMO=14|draw_KMO=8|loss_KMO=8|gf_KMO=45|ga_KMO=37
|win_LKI=13|draw_LKI=9|loss_LKI=8|gf_LKI=35|ga_LKI=24
|win_DBA=11|draw_DBA=13|loss_DBA=6|gf_DBA=36|ga_DBA=28
|win_RRI=13|draw_RRI=7|loss_RRI=10|gf_RRI=54|ga_RRI=41
|win_KZV=12|draw_KZV=8|loss_KZV=10|gf_KZV=44|ga_KZV=46
|win_RSU=12|draw_RSU=5|loss_RSU=13|gf_RSU=42|ga_RSU=35
|win_NBE=9|draw_NBE=8|loss_NBE=13|gf_NBE=32|ga_NBE=50
|win_PTI=9|draw_PTI=6|loss_PTI=15|gf_PTI=35|ga_PTI=53
|win_STA=7|draw_STA=9|loss_STA=14|gf_STA=32|ga_STA=50
|win_SBR=7|draw_SBR=8|loss_SBR=15|gf_SBR=28|ga_SBR=43
|win_BKA=9|draw_BKA=4|loss_BKA=17|gf_BKA=31|ga_BKA=46
|win_BOB=6|draw_BOB=9|loss_BOB=15|gf_BOB=26|ga_BOB=46
|win_SML=6|draw_SML=8|loss_SML=16|gf_SML=31|ga_SML=48
|hth_+=+
|hth_RSU=+
|hth_PTI=+
|hth_STA=+
|hth_BOB=+
|update=complete|source=
}}
Notes:
SelMash Liepaja was called Krasny Metallurg.
= Number of teams by republics =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |
| Number
! Team(s) | |
|---|---|
| rowspan="1"|5
|align="left"|{{flag|Belarusian SSR}} | FC Lokomotiv Gomel, FC Khimik Mogilyov, FC Krasnoye Znamya Vitebsk, FC Spartak Brest, FC Bobruisk |
| rowspan="1"|3
|align="left"|{{flag|Georgian SSR}} | FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi, FC Ritsa Sukhumi, FC Dinamo Batumi |
| rowspan="1"|2
|align="left"|{{flag|Armenian SSR}} | FC Shirak Leninakan, FC Lori Kirovakan |
| rowspan="1"|2
|align="left"|{{flag|Latvian SSR}} | FC REZ Riga, FC SelMash Liepaja |
| rowspan="1"|2
|align="left"|{{flag|Moldavian SSR}} | FC Nistrul Bendery, FC Pishchevik Tiraspol |
| rowspan="1"|1
|align="left"|{{flag|Estonian SSR}} | SKF Tallinn |
| rowspan="1"|1
|align="left"|{{flag|Lithuanian SSR}} | FK Banga Kaunas |
=II Zone=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|winpoints=2
|sortable_table=y
|show_groups=y
|group_header={{abbr|Rep|Republic}}
|team1=TKU|group_TKU=GEO|name_TKU=Torpedo Kutaisi
|team2=SKA|group_SKA=KAZ|name_SKA=Shakhtyor Karaganda
|team3=MRU|group_MRU=GEO|name_MRU=Metallurg Rustavi
|team4=KDA|group_KDA=TKM|name_KDA=Kopet-Dag Ashkhabad
|team5=NYE|group_NYE=ARM|name_NYE=Nairi Yerevan
|team6=TKI|group_TKI=AZE|name_TKI=Textilshchik Kirovabad
|team7=EST|group_EST=TJK|name_EST=Energetik Stalinabad
|team8=AFR|group_AFR=KGZ|name_AFR=Alga Frunze
|team9=MCH|group_MCH=KAZ|name_MCH=Metallurg Chimkent
|team10=TSU|group_TSU=AZE|name_TSU=Temp Sumgait
|team11=STA|group_STA=UZB|name_STA=Start Tashkent
|team12=PLE|group_PLE=TJK|name_PLE=Pamir Leninabad
|team13=MJA|group_MJA=KAZ|name_MJA=Metallist Jambul
|team14=SFE|group_SFE=UZB|name_SFE=Spartak Fergana
|team15=DSA|group_DSA=UZB|name_DSA=Dinamo Samarkand
|team16=SBA|group_SBA=AZE|name_SBA=Spartak Baku
|split1=y
|win_TKU=22|draw_TKU=2|loss_TKU=6|gf_TKU=49|ga_TKU=23
|win_SKA=17|draw_SKA=9|loss_SKA=4|gf_SKA=56|ga_SKA=23
|win_MRU=17|draw_MRU=7|loss_MRU=6|gf_MRU=45|ga_MRU=33
|win_KDA=17|draw_KDA=4|loss_KDA=9|gf_KDA=52|ga_KDA=40
|win_NYE=16|draw_NYE=5|loss_NYE=9|gf_NYE=55|ga_NYE=38
|win_TKI=16|draw_TKI=3|loss_TKI=11|gf_TKI=43|ga_TKI=43
|win_EST=13|draw_EST=7|loss_EST=10|gf_EST=53|ga_EST=37
|win_AFR=14|draw_AFR=4|loss_AFR=12|gf_AFR=47|ga_AFR=43
|win_MCH=10|draw_MCH=10|loss_MCH=10|gf_MCH=54|ga_MCH=53
|win_TSU=10|draw_TSU=7|loss_TSU=13|gf_TSU=40|ga_TSU=50
|win_STA=10|draw_STA=3|loss_STA=17|gf_STA=27|ga_STA=34
|win_PLE=9|draw_PLE=4|loss_PLE=17|gf_PLE=42|ga_PLE=53
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|win_SFE=7|draw_SFE=5|loss_SFE=18|gf_SFE=27|ga_SFE=54
|win_DSA=5|draw_DSA=8|loss_DSA=17|gf_DSA=39|ga_DSA=76
|win_SBA=7|draw_SBA=2|loss_SBA=21|gf_SBA=22|ga_SBA=26
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Notes:
Nairi Yerevan was called Burevestnik.
Alga Frunze was called Spartak.
Metallurg Chimkent was called Yenbek.
Temp Sumgait was called Metallurg.
Start Tashkent was called Mehnat.
= Number of teams by republics =
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |
| Number
! Team(s) | |
|---|---|
| rowspan="1"|3
|align="left"|{{flag|Kazakh SSR}} | FC Shakhter Karaganda, FC Metallurg Chimkent, FC Metallist Jambul |
| rowspan="1"|3
|align="left"|{{flag|Azerbaijan SSR}} | FC Textilshchik Kirovabad, FC Temp Sumgait, FC Spartak Baku |
| rowspan="1"|3
|align="left"|{{flag|Uzbek SSR}} | FC Spartak Fergana, FC Start Tashkent, FC Dinamo Samarkand |
| rowspan="1"|2
|align="left"|{{flag|Georgian SSR}} | FC Torpedo Kutaisi, FC Metallurg Rustavi |
| rowspan="1"|2
|align="left"|{{flag|Tajik SSR}} | FC Energetik Dushanbe, FC Pamir Leninabad |
| rowspan="1"|1
|align="left"|{{flag|Turkmen SSR}} | FC Kopet-Dag Ashkhabad |
| rowspan="1"|1
|align="left"|{{flag|Armenian SSR}} | FC Nairi Yerevan |
| rowspan="1"|1
|align="left"|{{flag|Kyrgyz SSR}} | FK Alga Frunze |
=Promotion/relegation Tournament=
[Oct 25 – Nov 5, Kishinev]
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|team2=KTA|group_KTA=EST|name_KTA=Kalev Tallinn
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|win_KTA=2|draw_KTA=0|loss_KTA=2|gf_KTA=4|ga_KTA=2
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