prehistory
For Moscow Dynamo 1963rd year was truly a triumph, because, the Moscow “Dynamo” was the champion of the USSR in the 10 th time in its history. The USSR Championship was the anniversary, the 25th in a row, and passed from March 31 to November 29, 1963. In the national championship of 20 teams took part, which, as usual, had a game together in 2 laps, which eventually amounted to 38 matches. Such a number of matches, at the present time, are carried out only in the leading European championships, in addition to the Bundesliga.
Lev Yashin in 1963 received the “Golden Ball” as the best player in Europe. By the way, he is the only goalkeeper in the world who are able to receive such a precious prize. Since the mid-50s to mid-60s, Lev Yashin was a nightmare for hitters, as a unique and jumping goalkeeper reaction upset their plans.
Lev Yashin receives the “Golden Ball” the best footballer in Europe.
25th anniversary
The 25th anniversary of the USSR Championship was held in a bitter struggle between the teams. All significant competition season Dynamo Moscow have created their longtime rivals Spartak Moscow. However, due to the excellent play of Lev Yashin ( “Dynamo” missed the least in the league) and a successful game hitter allowed Dynamo to come to gold medals.
Outsiders Championship, also waged a desperate struggle for the right just as well stay for the next season in the top flight. Championship regulations meant that at the end of the season in the class “A” should fly 5 teams. Therefore, it is not surprising that the struggle was to the most recent rounds. In five of the weakest teams landed and Moscow “Locomotive”, which for two seasons before that became the silver medalist.
The best scorer of the championship became the legendary striker Oleg Rostov Kopaev (SKA Rostov-on-Don), who scored 27 goals in 36 matches. This result, for a long time remained the best among the scorers.
One of the most exciting teams of the championship was the SKA Rostov, and their top scorer, Oleg dig, scored 27 goals, which allowed him to be the best for a long time.
Very stubborn get a championship in group “A” class (future of the Union “Liga”), where the winner is Yaroslavl “Shinnik”. The company was the winner of the “Volga” (Gorky, now Nizhny Novgorod). The tournament was held with the participation of 18 teams, which allowed the team performed the following year in the big leagues union championship.
1963rd was one of the best in the history of Soviet football. USSR national team continued its brilliant way to the European Championship-64. But it’s another story.
