1983 Soviet Top League

Teams
  • Zhalgiris Vilnuis – champion (returning after 21 seasons)
  • Nistru Kishinev – 2nd place (returning after nine seasons)

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (C) 34 22 5 7 63 36 +27 49 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Spartak Moscow 34 18 9 7 60 25 +35 45 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Dinamo Minsk 34 17 9 8 51 34 +17 43
4 Zenit Leningrad 34 15 11 8 42 32 +10 40[lower-alpha 1]
5 Žalgiris Vilnius 34 15 9 10 38 36 +2 39
6 Torpedo Moscow 34 14 11 9 40 34 +6 38[lower-alpha 1]
7 Dynamo Kyiv 34 14 10 10 50 34 +16 38
8 Chornomorets Odessa 34 16 5 13 44 46 −2 37
9 Shakhtar Donetsk 34 16 5 13 48 40 +8 37
10 Pakhtakor Tashkent 34 13 9 12 37 34 +3 35
11 Metalist Kharkiv 34 12 8 14 38 40 −2 32
12 CSKA Moscow 34 11 12 11 37 33 +4 32[lower-alpha 2]
13 Neftchi Baku 34 10 10 14 32 38 −6 30
14 Ararat Yerevan 34 11 7 16 29 47 −18 29
15 Dynamo Moscow 34 9 11 14 30 37 −7 28[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
16 Dinamo Tbilisi 34 9 9 16 41 48 −7 27
17 Torpedo Kutaisi (R) 34 4 10 20 26 58 −32 18 Relegation to First League
18 Nistru Kishinev (R) 34 3 4 27 19 73 −54 10
Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. 1 point deducted (10 draw limit)
  2. 2 points deducted (10 draw limit)

Top scorers
18 goals
17 goals
  • Igor Gurinovich (Dinamo Minsk)
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals
11 goals

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Goalkeepers: Serhiy Krakovskyi (34).
Defenders: Mykola Pavlov (33 / 3), Petro Kutuzov (27), Oleksandr Lysenko (17 / 1), Yuriy Mirhorodskyi (17), Serhiy Puchkov (13), Oleksandr Chervonyi (9), Andriy Bobrikov (7), Volodymyr Ustinov (6), Anatoliy Nazarenko (5), Valeriy Zuyev (2).
Midfielders: Andriy Dilay (34 / 2), Vyktor Kuznetsov (31 / 7), Volodymyr Ustymchyk (30 / 5), Oleh Serebryanskyi (26 / 1), Hennadiy Lytovchenko (24 / 5), Mykola Fedorenko (17 / 3), Volodymyr Bahmut (6), Volodymyr Kobzarev (5).
Forwards: Oleh Taran (30 / 13), Volodymyr Lyutyi (24 / 9), Oleh Protasov (21 / 7), Aleksandr Pogorelov (21 / 5).

Manager: Volodymyr Yemets.

Transferred out during the season: Volodymyr Ustinov (to FC Kolos Nikopol), Valeriy Zuyev (retired).

2. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Rinat Dasayev (34), Andrei Mikhalychev (1).
Defenders: Sergei Bazulev (30), Gennady Morozov (30), Yevgeni Mileshkin (29 / 1), Vladimir Sochnov (25 / 3), Boris Pozdnyakov (25), Oleg Romantsev (17), Aleksandr Bubnov (13), Sergei Savchenkov (3), Sergei Shulgin (1).
Midfielders: Yuri Gavrilov (34 / 18), Yevgeni Kuznetsov (34 / 5), Fyodor Cherenkov (33 / 10), Valeri Gladilin (26 / 9), Yuri Reznik (25 / 4), Edgar Gess (18 / 2), Sergei Shvetsov (8), Mikhail Dubinin (5 / 2), Vladimir Korolyov (1), Sergei Nikitin (1).
Forwards: Sergey Rodionov (16 / 5), Sergei Argudyayev (6), Mikhail Rusyayev (5), Oleg Kuzhlev (2), Oleg Smirnov (1).

Manager: Konstantin Beskov.

Transferred out during the season: Oleg Romantsev (retired), Mikhail Dubinin (to FC Metallurg Aldan).

3. FC Dinamo Minsk

Goalkeepers: Yury Kurbyko (30), Mikhail Vergeyenko (4), Arkadi Batalov (1).
Defenders: Yuri Kurnenin (32 / 1), Sergei Borovsky (32), Viktor Yanushevsky (30), Viktor Shishkin (24), Liudas Rumbutis (22 / 3), Oļegs Aleksejenko (18), Igor Belov (10), Yury Trukhan (5).
Midfielders: Andrei Zygmantovich (30 / 1), Sergey Gotsmanov (29 / 5), Sergei Aleinikov (29 / 2), Yuri Pudyshev (26 / 1), Aleksandr Prokopenko (12 / 2), Valeri Melnikov (9 / 1).
Forwards: Igor Gurinovich (28 / 17), Georgi Kondratyev (28 / 8), Viktor Sokol (18 / 9), Pyotr Vasilevsky (17 / 1).

Manager: Eduard Malofeyev.

Transferred out during the season: Aleksandr Prokopenko (released).

Number of teams by union republic
Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1  RSFSR 5 CSKA Moscow, Dinamo Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Zenit Leningrad
 Ukrainian SSR Chernomorets Odessa, Dinamo Kiev, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Shakhter Donetsk
3  Georgian SSR 2 Dinamo Tbilisi, Torpedo Kutaisi
4  Armenian SSR 1 Ararat Yerevan
 Azerbaijan SSR Neftchi Baku
 Belarusian SSR Dinamo Minsk
 Moldavian SSR Nistru Kishinev
 Lithuanian SSR Zhalgiris Vilnius
 Uzbek SSR Pakhtakor Tashkent
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