1961 Ukrainian Class B
The 1961 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 31st season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Ukrainian Class B. It was the twelfth in the Soviet Class B.
The 1961 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won by FC Chornomorets Odesa.
Zone 1
Relegated teams
Promoted teams
- none
Relocated and renamed teams
FC Mayak Kherson was last year known as FC Spartak KhersonFC Desna Chernihiv was last year known as FC Avanhard ChernihivFC Verkhovyna Uzhhorod was last year known as FC Spartak UzhhorodZone 2
Relegated teams
- none
Promoted teams
SKA Kiev – ''''Relocated and renamed teams
SKF Sevastopol was last year known as SKCF SevastopolFC Azovstal Zhdanov was last year known as FC Avanhard ZhdanovPlay-offs
FC Chornomorets Odesa – SKA Odesa 2:1 0:0FC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia – FC Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk 0:0 2:0FC Zirka Kirovohrad – FC Avanhard Zhovti Vody 2:1 0:0SKA Lviv – FC Metalurh Zaporizhia 0:0 2:1FC Avanhard Simferopol – FC Desna Chernihiv 2:0 2:2FC Shakhtar Horlivka – FC Polissya Zhytomyr 3:1 2:1- FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv – FC Khimik Severodonetsk 2:2 2:2SKF Sevastopol – FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi 4:2 1:1FC Kolhospnyk Poltava – FC Avanhard Chernivtsi 1:0 2:3FC Avanhard Sumy – FC Kolhospnyk Rivno 2:1 1:1
- FC Azovstal Zhdanov – FC Verkhovyna Uzhhorod 0:0 0:0FC Spartak Stanislav – SKA Kiev 3:0 3:3FC Lokomotyv Stalino – FC Mayak Kherson 3:1 1:1FC Metalurh Dnipropetrovsk – FC Avanhard Ternopil 2:1 1:0FC Avanhard Kryvyi Rih – FC Arsenal Kyiv 1:0 1:0FC Shakhtar Kadiivka – FC Kolhospnyk Cherkasy 3:1 1:0FC Avanhard Kramatorsk – FC Naftovyk Drohobych 3:1 3:2FC Volyn Lutsk – FC Torpedo Kharkiv 2:0 1:3FC Khimik Dniprodzerzhynsk – bye
Relegation play-offs
FC Volyn Lutsk – GDO Vladimir-Volynskiy 4:2 1:1- FC Khimik Dniprodzerzhynsk – FC Trubnyk Nikopol 0:0 0:2FC Polissya Zhytomyr – FC Chervona Zirka Malyn +:- FC Verkhovyna Uzhhorod – FC Kolhospnyk Berehovo 1:1 0:0 2:0FC Zirka Kirovohrad – FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya 3:0 3:1SKF Sevastopol – FC Metalurh Kerch 2:0 2:0FC Metalurh Zaporizhia – FC Burevisnyk Melitopol 2:2 2:1FC Kolhospnyk Poltava – FC Lokomotyv Poltava 2:0 5:2FC Kolhospnyk Rivno – FC Spartak Rivno 2:1 1:1FC Shakhtar Kadiivka – FC Avanhard Sverdlovsk 2:1 2:0 0:0FC Avanhard Sumy – FC Ekran Shostka 4:2 1:1FC Avanhard Ternopil – FC Burevisnyk Kremenets 2:2 2:0FC Torpedo Kharkiv – FC Start Chuhuyiv 3:0 1:0FC Mayak Kherson – FC Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 2:1 1:0
- FC Avanhard Kamianets-Podilskyi – FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi 1:0 0:3FC Kolhospnyk Cherkasy – FC Shakhtar Vatutine 3:1 1:1FC Avanhard Chernivtsi – FC Mashynobudivnyk Chernivtsi 1:0 4:0FC Desna Chernihiv – FC Zirka Chernihiv 6:0 5:0FC Arsenal Kyiv – FC Temp Kyiv 2:1 3:1FC Spartak Stanislav – FC Khimik Kalush 1:0 2:1FC Avanhard Kramatorsk – FC Metalurh Yenakievo 4:0 1:2FC Naftovyk Drohobych – FC Silmash Lviv 1:1 3:1FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv – FC Torpedo Mykolaiv 1:1 2:0
- Games between SKA Odessa and FC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia with champions of their respective oblasts were not conducted as the aforementioned teams finished in top three teams in each of the Class B zones.
- The champion of Kiev Oblast did not participate in relegation play-offs as the oblast did not have its own representative in the Class B competitions.
- FC Khimik Dniprodzerzhynsk has kept its place in the Class B competitions.
- FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya was promoted to the Class B even though it lost the relegation play-offs.