The invention discloses a method for degumming soybean oil by phospholipase catalysis, which belongs to the field of vegetable oil degumming and includes the steps of preheating, adjusting pH, adding enzyme prior to mixing, allowing for enzymolysis, deactivating the enzyme and separating. The method is technically characterized by including: using phospholipase C as the phospholipase for catalysis, and preheating crude soybean oil prior to acid treatment; cooling oil-water mixture subjected to acid treatment to 37-60 DEG C, adding NaOH solution to adjust pH to 3-8, adding distilled water accounting for 1%-5% of the weight of the oil, adding the phospholipase C according to an oil proportion of 100-2000U/g, and mixing well; setting the mixing speed at 100-600r/min, and allowing for enzyme reaction for 0.5-2 hours; and deactivating the enzyme at high temperature for a reaction system, and performing high-speed centrifugal separation to complete degumming. The degumming time of the method is shortened by 1-2 times as compared with that of using phospholipase A1, phosphorus content is reduced, diglyceride content of the oil is increased slightly, and economic benefit is increased for oil production industries.