1989 Soviet Top League

The 1989 Soviet Top League season was the 52nd since its establishment. Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk were the defending 2-times champions.

Soviet Top League
Season1989
ChampionsFC Spartak Moscow
RelegatedLokomotiv Moscow
Zenit Leningrad
Dinamo Tbilisi (withdrew)
Guria Lanchkhuti (withdrew)
European CupSpartak Moscow
Cup Winners' CupDynamo Kyiv
UEFA CupDnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Torpedo Moscow
Chernomorets Odessa
Top goalscorer(16) Sergei Radionov (Spartak Moscow)
← 1988
1990 →

The season began on 11 March with six games played on the date and lasted until 27 October 1990. The season was won by FC Spartak Moscow.

Teams
  • FC Pamir Dushanbe – champion (debut)
  • FC Rotor Volgograd – 2nd place (returning for the first time since 1950 after 39 seasons, known as Torpedo Stalingrad)

Location
Location of teams in the 1989 Soviet Top League.

Final standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Spartak Moscow (C) 30 17 10 3 49 19 +30 44 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30 18 6 6 47 27 +20 42 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Dynamo Kyiv 30 13 12 5 44 27 +17 38 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Žalgiris Vilnius (X) 30 14 8 8 39 29 +10 36 Surrendered its qualification for UEFA competitions
5 Torpedo Moscow 30 11 13 6 40 26 +14 35 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
6 Chornomorets Odesa 30 11 9 10 40 41 −1 31 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Metalist Kharkiv 30 10 10 10 30 33 −3 30
8 Dinamo Moscow 30 9 12 9 31 26 +5 30
9 Dinamo Minsk 30 11 7 12 35 33 +2 29
10 Rotor Volgograd 30 9 9 12 28 35 −7 27
11 Dinamo Tbilisi (X) 30 6 13 11 27 32 −5 25
12 Ararat Yerevan 30 8 8 14 25 41 −16 24
13 Pamir Dushanbe 30 7 10 13 20 38 −18 24
14 Shakhtar Donetsk 30 9 5 16 24 36 −12 23
15 Lokomotiv Moscow (R) 30 7 9 14 20 32 −12 23 Relegation to First League
16 Zenit Leningrad (R) 30 5 9 16 24 48 −24 19
Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated; (X) Quit the USSR Football Federation after this season and joined the leagues of their native countries. For the following season, the league was reduced to 13 teams as Žalgiris would quit after their first game of the new season..
Notes:
  1. Qualified to Europe instead of Žalgiris Vilnius

Top scorers
16 goals
13 goals
  • Georgi Kondratyev (Chornomorets)
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Stanislav Cherchesov (30), Aleksei Prudnikov (2).
Defenders: Vasili Kulkov (30 / 1), Gennady Morozov (25 / 1), Aleksandr Bokiy (23), Sergei Bazulev (21), Boris Pozdnyakov (17), Yuri Susloparov (12), Aleksandr Bubnov (11), Boris Kuznetsov (5), Dmitri Gradilenko (1), Vladimir Sochnov (1).
Midfielders: Fyodor Cherenkov (28 / 7), Yevgeni Kuznetsov (26 / 2), Viktor Pasulko (22 / 3), Igor Shalimov (20 / 1), Vladimir Kapustin (12), Aleksandr Mostovoi (11 / 3), Andrei Ivanov (10), Sergei Novikov (6 / 2), Valeri Shikunov (1).
Forwards: Sergey Rodionov (28 / 16), Valeri Shmarov (27 / 11), Dmitri Popov (5).

One own goal each scored by Serhiy Kuznetsov (FC Chornomorets Odesa) and Gennady Lesun (FC Dinamo Minsk).

Manager: Oleg Romantsev.

Transferred out during the season: Aleksandr Bubnov (to Red Star), Vladimir Sochnov, Valeri Shikunov (both to RVShSM-RAF Jelgava).

2. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Goalkeepers: Valeriy Horodov (21), Serhiy Krakovskyi (9).
Defenders: Andriy Sydelnykov (29 / 2), Oleksiy Cherednyk (24), Evgeny Yarovenko (20 / 2), Ivan Vyshnevskyi (16), Serhiy Puchkov (15 / 1), Volodymyr Gerashchenko (13), Oleksandr Sorokalet (10), Oleksandr Chervonyi (8), Yuriy Kulish (6), Petro Buts (1).
Midfielders: Volodymyr Bahmut (30 / 5), Mykola Kudrytsky (29 / 10), Volodymyr Lyutyi (29 / 7), Andriy Yudin (26 / 3), Vadym Tyshchenko (20 / 3), Anton Shokh (16), Marat Kabayev (1).
Forwards: Eduard Son (27 / 6), Yevhen Shakhov (25 / 8), Valentyn Moskvyn (8), Igor Shkvyrin (4).

Manager: Yevhen Kucherevskyi.

Transferred out during the season: Volodymyr Lyutyi (to FC Schalke 04), Ivan Vyshnevskyi (to Fenerbahçe S.K.), Igor Shkvyrin, Marat Kabayev (both to FC Pakhtakor Tashkent).

3. FC Dynamo Kyiv

Goalkeepers: Viktor Chanov (22), Aleksandr Zhidkov (10).
Defenders: Oleh Kuznetsov (29 / 4), Oleh Luzhny (27), Serhiy Shmatovalenko (26), Serhiy Zayets (22 / 4), Andriy Bal (18), Volodymyr Bezsonov (17 / 5), Vladimir Gorilyi (17), Anatoliy Demyanenko (5 / 2), Albert Sarkisyan (3).
Midfielders: Hennadiy Lytovchenko (29 / 7), Ivan Yaremchuk (18 / 1), Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (15 / 3), Andrei Kanchelskis (15), Vasyl Rats (13 / 3), Mykhaylo Stelmakh (11 / 1), Pavlo Yakovenko (10).
Forwards: Oleh Protasov (26 / 7), Oleg Salenko (26 / 3), Ihor Belanov (18 / 3).

One own goal scored by Aleksei Arifullin (FC Lokomotiv Moscow).

Manager: Valeriy Lobanovskyi.

Transferred out during the season: Ihor Belanov (to Borussia Mönchengladbach).

Number of teams by union republic
Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1  RSFSR 6 Dinamo Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, Rotor Volgograd, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Zenit Leningrad
2  Ukrainian SSR 5 Chornomorets Odesa, Dynamo Kyiv, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Metalist Kharkiv, Shakhtar Donetsk
3  Armenian SSR 1 Ararat Yerevan
 Belarusian SSR Dinamo Minsk
 Georgian SSR Dinamo Tbilisi
 Lithuanian SSR Zhalgiris Vilnius
 Tajik SSR Pamir Dushanbe

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