- Source: 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.
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
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
Results
Top scorers
27 goals
Oleg Kopayev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)
21 goals
Eduard Malofeyev (Dinamo Minsk)
17 goals
Valentin Ivanov (Torpedo Moscow)
16 goals
Boris Kazakov (Krylia Sovetov)
15 goals
Vladimir Barkaya (Dinamo Tbilisi)
Yuri Sevidov (Spartak Moscow)
14 goals
Oleh Bazilevich (Dynamo Kyiv)
Viktor Kanevski (Dynamo Kyiv)
Gennadi Krasnitsky (Pakhtakor)
Galimzyan Khusainov (Spartak Moscow)
References
Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Soviet League Top
- Oleg Blokhin
- Pelé
- Igor Belanov
- FC Zorya Luhansk
- Marco van Basten
- FC Spartak Moskow
- Stanislav Cherchesov
- FC Dinamo Moskow
- Nelson Mandela
- 1963 Soviet Top League
- Soviet Top League
- 1964 Soviet Top League
- 1963–64 Soviet League season
- List of UEFA Champions League top scorers
- 1962 Soviet Top League
- Soviet First League
- 1963 Soviet Class A Second Group
- 1963 Soviet Class B
- USSR Premier Basketball League
