The 1963 Soviet football championship was the 31st seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union and the 25th among teams of sports societies and factories.

Dinamo won the championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the tenth time.

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour.

SKA Odessa obtained the promotion from the Ukraine zone.

They were classified as the Republican champions and were promoted to the Inter-Republican level, the Class A.