1988 Soviet Top League

Soviet Top League
Season1988
ChampionsDnipro Dnepropetrovsk
RelegatedNeftchi Baku
Kairat Alma-Ata
European CupDnipr Dniprotervosk
Cup Winners' CupTorpedo Moscow
UEFA CupSpartak Moscow
Dynamo Kiev
Žalgiris Vilnius
Zenit Leningrad
Top goalscorer(16) Aleksandr Borodyuk (Dynamo Moscow), Yevgeniy Shakhov (Dnipro Dneprotervosk)
1987
1989

Teams

Location

Locations of teams in the 1989 Top League

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (C) 30 18 10 2 49 23 +26 46 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Dynamo Kyiv 30 17 9 4 43 19 +24 43 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Torpedo Moscow 30 17 8 5 39 23 +16 42 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Spartak Moscow 30 14 11 5 40 26 +14 39[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5 Žalgiris Vilnius 30 14 7 9 39 35 +4 35
6 Zenit Leningrad 30 11 9 10 35 34 +1 31
7 Lokomotiv Moscow 30 10 12 8 35 29 +6 30[lower-alpha 2]
8 Shakhtar Donetsk 30 9 10 11 30 28 +2 28
9 Ararat Erevan 30 9 9 12 21 28 7 27
10 Dinamo Moscow 30 9 8 13 32 38 6 26
11 Metalist Kharkiv 30 8 10 12 29 36 7 26
12 Dinamo Minsk 30 7 11 12 29 34 5 25[lower-alpha 1]
13 Chornomorets Odessa 30 9 6 15 24 37 13 24
14 Dinamo Tbilisi 30 9 5 16 28 37 9 23
15 Neftchi Baku (R) 30 5 7 18 28 46 18 17 Relegation to First League
16 Kairat Alma-Ata (R) 30 6 4 20 25 53 28 16
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. No draw limit for Spartak M and Dinamo Mn
  2. 2 points deducted (10 draw limited)

Promotion

Top scorers

16 goals
15 goals
12 goals
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Goalkeepers: Valeriy Horodov (25), Serhiy Krakovskyi (4), Igor Tyuterev (1).
Defenders: Sergei Bashkirov (29 / 1), Ivan Vyshnevskyi (28), Oleksandr Sorokalet (27 / 1), Oleksiy Cherednyk (24 / 3), Serhiy Puchkov (22), Volodymyr Gerashchenko (7), Peter Neustädter (4), Serhiy Bezhenar (3), Oleksandr Chervonyi (1 / 1), Petro Buts (1), Oleh Fediukov (1).
Midfielders: Volodymyr Bahmut (28 / 2), Mykola Kudrytsky (27 / 3), Anton Shokh (22 / 1), Vadym Yevtushenko (20), Vadym Tyshchenko (6), Viktor Rafalchuk (2), Yevhen Pokhlebayev (1).
Forwards: Eduard Son (29 / 8), Yevhen Shakhov (28 / 16), Volodymyr Lyutyi (21 / 9), Igor Shkvyrin (10 / 2), Andriy Sydelnykov (8 / 1), Oleh Taran (4), Vasyl Storchak (2), Oleh Koshelyuk (1 / 1), Konstantin Yeryomenko (1), Yuriy Leonov (1), Valentyn Moskvyn (1).

Manager: Yevhen Kucherevskyi.

Transferred out during the season: Vadym Yevtushenko (to FC Dynamo Kyiv reserves), Peter Neustädter (to SC Tavriya Simferopol), Vasyl Storchak (to FC SKA Karpaty Lviv).

2. FC Dynamo Kyiv

Goalkeepers: Viktor Chanov (25), Aleksandr Zhidkov (5).
Defenders: Anatoliy Demyanenko (30 / 1), Oleh Kuznetsov (26 / 1), Andriy Bal (23), Serhiy Shmatovalenko (21), Volodymyr Bezsonov (19), Ihor Korniyets (13), Sergei Baltacha (12), Vladimir Gorilyi (11 / 1).
Midfielders: Vasyl Rats (30 / 2), Hennadiy Lytovchenko (29 / 7), Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (23 / 6), Oleksandr Zavarov (18 / 4), Ivan Yaremchuk (11), Andrei Kanchelskis (7 / 1), Pavlo Yakovenko (6 / 1), Serhiy Pohodin (3), Mykhaylo Stelmakh (1).
Forwards: Oleh Protasov (29 / 11), Ihor Belanov (27 / 8).

Manager: Valeriy Lobanovskyi.

Transferred out during the season: Oleksandr Zavarov (to Juventus).

3. FC Torpedo Moscow

Goalkeepers: Valeri Sarychev (26), Aleksei Prudnikov (5).
Defenders: Aleksandr Polukarov (29), Valentin Kovach (26 / 1), Sergei Prigoda (15), Sergei Bodak (3), Maksim Cheltsov (3), Dmitri Chugunov (2).
Midfielders: Sergey Agashkov (30), Vladimir Grechnyov (29 / 9), Oleg Shirinbekov (29 / 2), Gennadi Grishin (27 / 1), Nikolai Savichev (25 / 6), Sergei Zhukov (19), Aleksei Yeryomenko (9 / 1), Sergei Shustikov (1).
Forwards: Vadim Rogovskoy (29), Nikolai Pisarev (19 / 1), Andrei Rudakov (18 / 9), Yuri Savichev (17 / 6), Aleksandr Gitselov (13 / 2), Vladimir Kobzev (8 / 1), Yuri Tishkov (1).

Manager: Valentin Ivanov.

Transferred out during the season: Aleksei Yeryomenko (to FC Dynamo Moscow), Vladimir Kobzev (to FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don).

Number of teams by union republic

Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1  RSFSR 5 Dinamo Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Zenit Leningrad
 Ukrainian SSR Chernomorets Odessa, Dinamo Kiev, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Shakhter Donetsk
3  Armenian SSR 1 Ararat Yerevan
 Azerbaijan SSR Neftchi Baku
 Belarusian SSR Dinamo Minsk
 Georgian SSR Dinamo Tbilisi
 Kazakh SSR Kairat Alma-Ata
 Lithuanian SSR Zhalgiris Vilnius

See also

References

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