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1960 Soviet Class B was the eleventh season of the Soviet Class B football competitions since their establishment in 1950. It was also the twentieth season of what eventually became known as the Soviet First League.
The competition was conducted in two stages. At the first stage teams were slit in multiple groups by republican principle to determine group winners. There were 74 teams in five RSFSR groups, 36 teams in two Ukrainian SSR groups, and 32 teams in two groups for the rest of union republics. At the second stage participants of the RSFSR final played for a single promotion, participants of the Ukrainian SSR final played to qualify for promotion/relegation playoff, while finalists of the Union republics played between each other.
Russian Federation
I Zone
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Trud Voronezh
30
20
6
4
58
18
+40
46
2
Spartak Leningrad
30
16
8
6
74
43
+31
40
3
Shakhtyor Stalinogorsk
30
16
7
7
51
32
+19
39
4
Raketa Gorkiy
30
13
12
5
46
30
+16
38
5
Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo
30
15
7
8
60
37
+23
37
6
Trudoviye Rezervy Kursk
30
16
3
11
49
38
+11
35
7
Baltika Kaliningrad
30
12
6
12
60
37
+23
30
8
Trud Tula
30
11
6
13
39
43
−4
28
9
Lokomotiv Oryol
30
9
10
11
35
43
−8
28
10
Trudoviye Rezervy Lipetsk
30
10
7
13
39
39
0
27
11
Textilshchik Smolensk
30
9
8
13
29
39
−10
26
12
Cementnik Belgorod
30
6
11
13
33
52
−19
23
13
Spartak Tambov
30
8
6
16
34
53
−19
22
14
Sputnik Kaluga
30
8
5
17
36
68
−32
21
15
Dinamo Bryansk
30
7
6
17
32
64
−32
20
16
Ilmen Novgorod
30
6
8
16
31
70
−39
20
Source: Notes:
^ +
II Zone
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Volga Kalinin
28
19
5
4
68
28
+40
43
2
Shinnik Yaroslavl
28
13
12
3
58
24
+34
38
3
Dinamo Kirov
28
18
2
8
49
30
+19
38
4
Trud Glukhovo
28
15
7
6
47
27
+20
37
5
Torpedo Gorkiy
28
12
8
8
39
29
+10
32
6
Traktor Vladimir
28
13
6
9
34
29
+5
32
7
Textilshchik Ivanovo
28
11
9
8
38
32
+6
31
8
Lokomotiv Saratov
28
11
8
9
41
36
+5
30
9
Dinamo Leningrad
28
9
6
13
46
43
+3
24
10
Avangard Kolomna
28
7
8
13
40
48
−8
22
11
Trud Ryazan
28
7
7
14
31
52
−21
21
12
Zarya Dzerzhinsk
28
4
11
13
29
48
−19
19
13
Metallurg Cherepovets
28
6
7
15
29
48
−19
19
14
Spartak Kostroma
28
6
5
17
30
60
−30
17
15
Zarya Penza
28
6
5
17
17
62
−45
17
Source: Notes:
Shinnik Yaroslavl was called Khimik.
Traktor Vladimir was called Torpedo.
^ +
III Zone
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Terek Grozny
26
18
6
2
71
26
+45
42
2
Torpedo Taganrog
26
17
4
5
46
18
+28
38
3
Spartak Krasnodar
26
16
5
5
44
21
+23
37
4
RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu
26
14
6
6
51
26
+25
34
5
Shakhtyor Shakhty
26
15
3
8
61
40
+21
33
6
Traktor Stalingrad
26
10
6
10
35
31
+4
26
7
Torpedo Armavir
26
9
6
11
28
37
−9
24
8
Temp Makhachkala
26
11
2
13
31
43
−12
24
9
Energiya Volzhskiy
26
10
3
13
34
35
−1
23
10
Spartak Stavropol
26
8
7
11
36
39
−3
23
11
Spartak Nalchik
26
9
5
12
50
56
−6
23
12
Cement Novorossiysk
26
5
5
16
23
46
−23
15
13
Volgar Astrakhan
26
4
4
18
23
73
−50
12
14
Spartak Orjonikidze
26
3
4
19
26
68
−42
10
Source: Notes:
Spartak Krasnodar was called Kuban.
^ +
IV Zone
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Metallurg Nizhniy Tagil
28
19
3
6
74
36
+38
41
2
Zvezda Perm
28
17
6
5
53
27
+26
40
3
Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk
28
15
8
5
51
24
+27
38
4
Iskra Kazan
28
15
7
6
42
22
+20
37
5
Zenit Izhevsk
28
14
6
8
56
35
+21
34
6
Stroitel Ufa
28
16
2
10
53
42
+11
34
7
UralMash Sverdlovsk
28
14
5
9
53
37
+16
33
8
Spartak Ulyanovsk
28
10
5
13
43
54
−11
25
9
Khimik Berezniki
28
11
2
15
52
62
−10
24
10
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
28
7
9
12
43
60
−17
23
11
Neftyanik Syzran
28
8
7
13
33
56
−23
23
12
Lokomotiv Orenburg
28
7
6
15
25
45
−20
20
13
Progress Zelyonodolsk
28
6
7
15
31
52
−21
19
14
Metallurg Kamensk-Uralskiy
28
6
5
17
33
56
−23
17
15
Stroitel Kurgan
28
3
6
19
15
49
−34
12
Source: Notes:
UralMash Sverdlovsk was called Mashinostroitel.
^ +
V Zone
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1
Irtysh Omsk
26
16
7
3
48
24
+24
39
2
SKA Khabarovsk
26
17
4
5
45
19
+26
38
3
SibElectroMotor Tomsk
26
17
3
6
45
22
+23
37
4
Temp Barnaul
26
14
6
6
58
37
+21
34
5
SibSelMash Novosibirsk
26
11
8
7
47
35
+12
30
6
Khimik Kemerovo
26
11
6
9
35
35
0
28
7
Mashinostroitel Irkutsk
26
11
5
10
39
33
+6
27
8
Metallurg Stalinsk
26
8
8
10
30
30
0
24
9
Lokomotiv Krasnoyarsk
26
8
6
12
39
48
−9
22
10
Luch Vladivostok
26
8
4
14
24
31
−7
20
11
Avangard Komsomolsk-na-Amure
26
7
4
15
25
40
−15
18
12
Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude
26
4
9
13
13
37
−24
17
13
Amur Blagoveshchensk
26
4
7
15
25
55
−30
15
14
SKA Chita
26
4
7
15
17
44
−27
15
Source: Notes:
Temp Barnaul was called Urozhai.
Mashinostroitel Irkutsk was called Energiya.
Avangard Komsomolsk-na-Amure was called Lokomotiv.