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 Almaty (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
  • Sergei Rodionov (Spartak Moscow)
11 goals
  • Oleg Protasov (Dynamo Kyiv)
10 goals
9 goals
  • Sergei Dmitriyev (Zenit)
  • Vladimir Grechnev (Torpedo Moscow)
  • Gija Guruli (Dinamo Tbilisi)
  • Vladimir Liuty (Dnipro)
  • Arminas Narbekovas (Žalgiris)
  • Andrei Rudakov (Torpedo Moscow)

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
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