1963 Soviet Top League - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

League standings

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow Dynamo Moscow is a Russian football club based in Moscow, currently playing in the Russian Premier League. Dynamo's traditional kit colours are blue and white...	38	21	13	4	47	14	55
2.	FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...	38	22	8	8	65	33	52
3.	FC Dinamo Minsk	38	18	12	8	47	27	48
4.	FC SKA Rostov-on-Don FC SKA Rostov-on-Don FC SKA Rostov-on-Don is a Russian association football club based in Rostov-on-Don. The club's rich history includes becoming runners-up of the Soviet Top League in 1966 and winning the Soviet Cup in 1981.-History:...	38	20	7	11	73	40	47
5.	FC Dinamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian football team, based in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936...	38	17	13	8	56	42	47
6.	Zenit Leningrad FC Zenit Saint Petersburg Football Club Zenit is a Russian football club from the city of Saint-Petersburg. Founded in 1925 , the club plays in the Russian Premier League...	38	14	17	7	45	32	45
7.	PFC CSKA Moscow	38	14	17	7	39	27	45
8.	PFC Neftchi Baku	38	18	9	11	48	44	45
9.	FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...	38	16	12	10	68	48	44
10.	FC Torpedo Moscow FC Torpedo Moscow FC Torpedo Moscow is an association football club, based in Moscow, Russia. The club was founded in 1930. On March 19, 2009 it was denied membership of the Professional Football League and did not play in the professional competitions in 2009...	38	12	16	10	46	41	40
11.	FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year...	38	11	14	13	29	33	36
12.	FC Torpedo Kutaisi FC Torpedo Kutaisi FC Torpedo Kutaisi is a Georgian professional football club based in Kutaisi, Georgia's second largest city. ‘Torpedo Kutaisi’ was founded in 1946 and in just three years the club became the winner of the Football Championship of that time. By the end of 1964, the Football Federation of the former...	38	6	21	11	22	37	33
13.	Moldova Chisinau	38	8	16	14	27	43	32
14.	Kairat Almaty	38	10	12	16	28	47	32
15.	Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev	38	11	7	20	45	53	29
16.	Dynamo Leningrad	38	7	15	16	37	51	29
17.	FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually...	38	5	19	14	37	54	29
18.	FC Ararat Yerevan FC Ararat Yerevan FC Ararat Yerevan , is an Armenian football club, based in Yerevan. Currently, the club plays in the Armenian Premier League, and is one of the most popular teams in Armenia.- History :...	38	9	8	21	34	57	26
19.	Avandard Kharkov FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kharkiv. It competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the highest football level in the country. Founded in 1925, the team worked its way up the rungs of the Soviet football system, eventually being promoted to the Soviet Top...	38	6	13	19	25	56	25
20.	FC Pakhtakor Tashkent FC Pakhtakor Tashkent FC Pakhtakor Tashkent is an Uzbek professional football club, based in the capital Tashkent. Pakhtakor means cotton-grower in English.Playing in the Uzbek League since 1992, the club has been the undisputed powerhouse in Uzbekistan since the fall of the Soviet Union, winning eight Uzbek League...	38	4	13	21	44	83	21

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points

Top scorers

27 goals

Oleg Kopayev
Oleg Kopayev
Oleg Pavlovich Kopayev was a Soviet football player.-Honours:* Soviet Top League runner-up: 1966.* Grigory Fedotov club member.* Soviet Top League top scorer: 1963 , 1965 ....

(SKA Rostov-on-Don)

21 goals

Eduard Malofeyev (Dinamo Minsk)

17 goals

Valentin Ivanov
Valentin Kozmich Ivanov
Valentin Kozmich Ivanov was a football winger/striker, co-leading scorer at the 1962 World Cup and co-1960 European Nations' Cup top scorer.Ivanov appeared 59 times for the Soviet Union, scoring 26 goals...

(Torpedo Moscow)

16 goals

Boris Kazakov
Boris Kazakov
Boris Aleksandrovich Kazakov was a Soviet football player. He died when he tried to drive his car over the ice-covered river and the ice broke, drowning the car with him in it....

(Krylia Sovetov)

15 goals

Vladimir Barkaya
Vladimir Barkaya
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Barkaya is a retired Soviet football player.-International career:Barkaya made his debut for USSR on 27 June 1965 in a 1966 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Denmark and scored twice on his debut. He also played in a friendly against Brazil team starring Pelé.-External links:...

(Dinamo Tbilisi)
Yuri Sevidov (Spartak Moscow)

14 goals

Oleh Bazilevich
Oleh Bazilevich
Oleh Petrovych Bazylevych is a retired Ukrainian footballer, football coach, and sport administrator...

(Dynamo Kyiv)
Viktor Kanevski
Viktor Kanevski
Viktor Izrailyovych Kanevskyi is a retired Ukrainian and Soviet football player and coach. He is Jewish. He emigrated to the United States in 1988 and, as of 2008, lived in Brooklyn.- Statistics for Dynamo :-International career:...

(Dynamo Kyiv)
Gennadi Krasnitsky
Gennadi Krasnitsky
Gennadi Aleksandrovich Krasnitsky was a Soviet football player.-International career:...

(Pakhtakor)
Galimzyan Khusainov
Galimzyan Khusainov
Galimzyan Salikhovich Khusainov was a Soviet football player of Tatar extraction.-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1962, 1969.* Soviet Cup winner: 1963, 1965, 1971.* 1964 European Nations' Cup runner-up....

(Spartak Moscow)

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