1962 Soviet Top League

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

Round 1[]

Group A[]

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 Chisinau	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

Group B[]

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

Round 2[]

Places 1–12[]

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 Chisinau	22	3	5	14	20	35	−15	11

Places 13–22[]

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

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)
• (Shakhtyor Donetsk)

References[]

• Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)