The 1963 Class A, Pervaya Gruppa () 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

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winning the championship.

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were the defending champions and came second trailing three points behind.

Team changes

Both Baltic clubs

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and

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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

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League standings

Results

Top scorers

;27 goals * Oleg Kopayev (SKA Rostov-on-Don) ;21 goals *

Eduard Malofeyev Eduard Vasilyevich Malofeyev ( rus, Эдуа́рд Васи́льевич Малофе́ев, p=məlɐˈfʲeɪf, ; born 2 June 1942) is a Soviet and Belarusian football coach and former international player of Russian origin. Despite being born ...

(Dinamo Minsk) ;17 goals * Valentin Ivanov (Torpedo Moscow) ;16 goals *

Boris Kazakov Boris Aleksandrovich Kazakov () (born November 6, 1940, in Kuibyshev; died November 25, 1978, in Kuibyshev) was a Soviet football player. He died when he tried to drive his car over the ice-covered river and the ice broke, drowning the car with ...

(Krylia Sovetov) ;15 goals *

Vladimir Barkaya Vladimer Barkaia ( ka, ვლადიმერ ბარქაია; ; 29 July 1937 – 30 December 2022) was a Soviet footballer from Georgia who played as a striker. Career Born in Gagra, Barkaia played for FC Burevestnik Gagra from 1953 ...

(Dinamo Tbilisi) * Yuri Sevidov (Spartak Moscow) ;14 goals * Oleh Bazilevich (Dynamo Kyiv) *

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(Dynamo Kyiv) *

Gennadi Krasnitsky Gennadi Aleksandrovich Krasnitsky () (August 27, 1940 in Tashkent – June 12, 1988 in Qurghonteppa, suicide by jumping out of the highrise window) was a Soviet football player. Career He became the first Uzbekistani player scored 100 goa ...

(Pakhtakor) *

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(Spartak Moscow)

References

Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)
{{1963–64 in European football (UEFA) Soviet Top League seasons 1

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