1963 Soviet Top League

The 1963 Class A, Pervaya Gruppa (Russian: класс «А», первая группа) was the 25th season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union. Due to reorganization of the Soviet Union football competition by adding an extra tier, this season the top tier was renamed as Class A, Pervaya Gruppa compared to previously named as Class A.

Class A, Pervaya Gruppa
Season1963
Dates31 March – 29 November 1963
ChampionsDynamo Moscow
10th Soviet top-tier title
RelegatedDynamo Leningrad
Lokomotiv Moscow
Ararat Yerevan
Avangard Kharkov
Pakhtakor Tashkent
Top goalscorerOleg Kopayev (27)
1962
1964

20 teams took part in the league with FC Dynamo Moscow winning the championship. Spartak Moscow were the defending champions and came second trailing three points behind.

Team changes

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Both Baltic clubs Daugava Rīga and Žalgiris Vilnius were relegated the last season to the Class A, Vtoraya Gruppa after finishing in the last two places. There were no new teams promoted to the league due to the reorganization and number of participants was reduced from 22 to 20.

Belarus Minsk changed its name to Dinamo Minsk, Spartak Yerevan changed its name to Ararat Yerevan.

League standings

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Dynamo Moscow (C)38211344714+3355League champions
2 Spartak Moscow3822886533+3252
3 Dinamo Minsk38181284727+2048
4 SKA Rostov-on-Don38207117340+3347
5 Dinamo Tbilisi38171385642+1447
6 Zenit Leningrad38141774532+1345
7 CSKA Moscow38141773927+1245
8 Neftyanik Baku38189114844+445
9 Dynamo Kyiv381612106848+2044
10 Torpedo Moscow381216104641+540
11 Shakhtar Donetsk381114132933−436
12 Torpedo Kutaisi38621112237−1533
13 Moldova Chisinau38816142743−1632
14 Kairat Alma-Ata381012162847−1932
15 Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev38117204553−829
16 Dynamo Leningrad (R)38715163751−1429Relegation to Class A Second Group
17 Lokomotiv Moscow (R)38519143754−1729
18 Ararat Yerevan (R)3898213457−2326
19 Avangard Kharkov (R)38613192556−3125
20 Pakhtakor Tashkent (R)38413214483−3921
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Ararat Yerevan0–00–11–31–13–00–31–12–02–11–03–11–25–10–00–30–32–00–13–4
Avangard Kharkov1–00–11–11–01–20–01–21–13–10–02–11–12–10–00–21–41–12–01–1
CSKA Moscow0–00–03–24–00–20–03–01–01–02–20–01–21–01–02–11–20–10–00–1
Dynamo Kyiv5–02–00–03–21–00–15–14–12–10–00–00–04–13–12–02–11–11–10–0
Dynamo Leningrad4–13–21–11–50–00–02–00–04–11–10–00–10–02–02–10–25–00–01–1
Dinamo Minsk3–12–11–11–42–02–03–03–00–01–02–01–06–10–00–21–01–01–10–0
Dynamo Moscow1–04–01–21–11–00–22–02–02–13–10–03–12–00–03–20–00–11–01–0
Dinamo Tbilisi2–24–00–01–03–00–00–03–11–02–23–02–04–22–10–11–01–11–04–0
Kairat Alma-Ata2–01–11–11–02–00–10–01–22–10–02–03–01–01–01–10–10–01–01–1
Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev2–02–04–03–12–21–00–10–04–01–03–30–11–02–01–01–33–00–20–2
Lokomotiv Moscow2–10–00–01–11–10–20–22–31–12–22–02–42–02–21–50–10–11–20–3
Moldova Chisinau2–02–00–01–01–00–01–30–00–00–00–00–04–21–02–30–30–01–11–0
Neftyanik Baku2–01–00–13–22–10–40–21–32–11–03–34–21–01–12–11–12–10–00–1
Pakhtakor Tashkent2–20–01–61–11–02–00–42–21–15–25–21–21–50–10–02–20–00–02–4
Shakhtar Donetsk1–01–00–33–12–10–00–01–12–01–00–01–00–13–20–11–12–00–00–0
SKA Rostov-on-Don0–17–11–13–34–03–10–03–04–04–12–22–01–04–03–21–02–12–01–3
Spartak Moscow1–02–03–03–13–12–20–12–12–02–01–33–04–24–41–02–01–01–20–0
Torpedo Kutaisi2–01–00–01–40–01–10–00–00–21–11–10–00–01–10–01–10–12–10–0
Torpedo Moscow0–13–11–17–11–10–00–31–43–03–20–02–20–23–23–12–12–21–13–2
Zenit Leningrad0–02–00–01–21–12–00–02–23–02–10–11–00–01–10–23–12–12–20–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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27 goals
21 goals
17 goals
16 goals
15 goals
14 goals

References

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