1962 Soviet Top League

22 teams took part in the league with FC Spartak Moscow winning the championship.

Soviet Top League

Season	1962
← 1961 1963 →

Round 1

Group A

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dynamo Kyiv	20	14	5	1	44	20	+24	33	Qualification for Places 1–12 group
2	CSKA Moscow	20	10	8	2	28	9	+19	28
3	Shakhtar Donetsk	20	10	5	5	34	22	+12	25
4	Zenit Leningrad	20	8	5	7	34	24	+10	21
5	Moldova Chișinău	20	8	5	7	27	25	+2	21
6	SKA Rostov-on-Don	20	6	8	6	34	28	+6	20
7	Kairat Almaty	20	6	8	6	20	22	−2	20	Qualification for Places 13–22 group
8	Lokomotiv Moscow	20	5	5	10	21	32	−11	15
9	Daugava Rīga	20	5	3	12	17	30	−13	13
10	Spartak Yerevan	20	5	3	12	19	36	−17	13
11	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 Chișinău	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	Dinamo Tbilisi	20	10	7	3	31	17	+14	27	Qualification for Places 1–12 group
2	Spartak Moscow	20	11	3	6	38	21	+17	25
3	Dynamo Moscow	20	9	6	5	27	18	+9	24
4	Torpedo Moscow	20	9	5	6	40	23	+17	23
5	Pakhtakor Tashkent	20	8	7	5	24	22	+2	23
6	Neftyanik Baku	20	7	7	6	26	24	+2	21
7	Avangard Kharkov	20	7	3	10	16	26	−10	17	Qualification for Places 13–22 group
8	Torpedo Kutaisi	20	6	5	9	22	35	−13	17
9	Belarus Minsk	20	6	4	10	20	25	−5	16
10	Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev	20	5	4	11	22	31	−9	14
11	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	Spartak Moscow (C)	22	14	4	4	37	18	+19	32
2	Dynamo Moscow	22	10	9	3	28	14	+14	29
3	Dinamo Tbilisi	22	10	8	4	29	20	+9	28
4	CSKA Moscow	22	9	8	5	24	18	+6	26
5	Dynamo Kyiv	22	8	9	5	36	28	+8	25
6	Pakhtakor Tashkent	22	9	5	8	24	33	−9	23
7	Torpedo Moscow	22	7	8	7	35	30	+5	22
8	Shakhtar Donetsk	22	8	6	8	25	25	0	22
9	SKA Rostov-on-Don	22	4	9	9	25	37	−12	17
10	Neftyanik Baku	22	2	11	9	19	39	−20	15
11	Zenit Leningrad	22	4	6	12	29	34	−5	14
12	Moldova Chișinău	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 Chișinău			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	Lokomotiv Moscow	18	7	8	3	27	18	+9	22
14	Avangard Kharkov	18	8	5	5	21	17	+4	21
15	FC Torpedo Kutaisi	18	7	5	6	21	16	+5	19
16	Dynamo Leningrad	18	6	6	6	21	17	+4	18
17	Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev	18	8	2	8	27	25	+2	18
18	Spartak Yerevan	18	7	4	7	23	23	0	18
19	Belarus Minsk	18	6	6	6	21	22	−1	18
20	Kairat Alma-Ata	18	5	7	6	14	14	0	17
21	Daugava Rīga (R)	18	6	4	8	14	20	−6	16	Relegation to Class A Second Group
22	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

• Mikhail Mustygin (Belarus Minsk)

16 goals

• Boris Kazakov (Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev)
• Eduard Markarov (Neftyanik Baku)
• Yuri Sevidov (Spartak Moscow)

15 goals

• Gennadi Gusarov (Torpedo Moscow)

14 goals

• Gennadi Matveyev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)

13 goals

• Zaur Kaloyev (Dinamo Tbilisi)
• Nemesio Pozuelo (Torpedo Moscow)

12 goals

• Lev Burchalkin (Zenit Leningrad)

11 goals

• Andriy Biba (Dynamo Kyiv)
• Oleg Kopayev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)
• Vitali Savelyev (Shakhtyor Donetsk)