1981 Soviet Top League

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Soviet Top League
Season1981
Champions Dinamo Kiev
Relegated SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Tavriya Simferopol
European Cup Dinamo Kiev
Cup Winners' Cup SKA Rostov-na-Donu
UEFA Cup Spartak Moscow
Dinamo Moscow
Dinamo Tbilisi
Matches played306
Goals scored779 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer(23) Ramaz Shengelia (Dinamo Tb.)
← 1980
1982 →

Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1981 season.

Contents

Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and Dynamo Kyiv won the championship.

League standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dynamo Kyiv (C)3422935826+3253Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Spartak Moscow 3419877040+3046Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dinamo Tbilisi 34161086235+2742
4 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Dynamo Moscow 34151094129+1240
5 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Torpedo Moscow 34141464129+1238 [lower-alpha 1] Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
6 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg CSKA Moscow 34149113933+637
7 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Shakhtar Donetsk 341210125139+1234
8 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 34128144253−1132
9 Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951-1991).svg Dinamo Minsk 341113104439+532 [lower-alpha 2]
10 Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1956-1991).svg Neftchi Baku 341112113449−1532 [lower-alpha 3]
11 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Chornomorets Odessa 34119143644−831
12 Flag of the Kazakh SSR.svg Kairat Alma-Ata 341012124246−430 [lower-alpha 3]
13 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Kuban Krasnodar 34117164254−1229
14 Flag of Armenian SSR.svg Ararat Yerevan 34109154450−629
15 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Zenit Leningrad 34910153343−1028
16 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg SKA Rostov-on-Don (R)34810163958−1926Relegation to First League
17 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Tavria Simferopol (R)3487192754−2723
18 Flag of the Uzbek SSR.svg Pakhtakor Tashkent [lower-alpha 4] 3475223458−2419
Source: [ citation needed ]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ 4 points deducted (10 draw limit)
  2. ↑ 3 points deducted (10 draw limit)
  3. 1 2 2 points deducted (10 draw limit)
  4. ↑ Pakhtakor Tashkent avoided relegation as it received a three year guarantee of no relegation after the 1979 airplane crash.

Results

Home \ Away ARA CHO CSK DNI DYK DMN DYN DTB KAI KUB NEF PAK SHA SKA SPA TAV TOR ZEN
Ararat Yerevan 2–31–03–01–10–21–11–41–14–26–13–10–04–01–22–13–22–1
Chornomorets Odessa 1–02–30–11–33–32–11–11–02–00–01–01–20–11–42–01–10–0
CSKA Moscow 0–00–21–12–02–10–21–00–01–01–11–12–11–12–01–01–22–0
Dnipro 3–10–12–10–11–11–01–04–30–13–02–11–20–11–12–21–12–1
Dynamo Kyiv 1–02–10–03–13–33–01–03–02–11–14–02–13–22–03–11–03–0
Dinamo Minsk 1–21–10–12–00–10–21–41–10–21–13–11–13–21–12–01–12–0
Dynamo Moscow 0–01–02–14–12–10–01–12–14–21–01–21–12–01–11–02–10–2
Dinamo Tbilisi 3–11–12–14–03–11–20–22–12–01–13–01–13–03–15–00–03–1
Kairat Alma-Ata 2–13–00–21–12–21–01–01–32–02–02–02–01–00–20–01–21–1
Kuban Krasnodar 5–12–02–12–20–20–41–11–12–10–03–02–14–00–22–10–02–2
Neftçi Baku 0–02–12–14–21–10–01–01–03–12–13–11–12–01–11–01–21–0
Pakhtakor Tashkent 3–11–30–01–21–20–11–10–12–30–13–03–11–23–01–01–10–1
Shakhtar Donetsk 1–02–02–15–30–00–10–04–11–12–05–01–14–01–23–01–12–3
SKA Rostov-on-Don 0–00–01–41–10–12–32–11–12–26–11–13–22–13–43–00–01–3
Spartak Moscow 3–02–23–03–11–21–01–23–13–04–24–15–11–01–16–13–11–1
Tavriya Simferopol 2–11–00–10–10–02–21–00–33–33–13–01–00–31–10–21–11–0
Torpedo Moscow 2–03–01–10–10–01–00–32–21–11–03–11–03–02–02–21–01–0
Zenit Leningrad 1–11–21–31–01–31–10–02–21–10–02–01–22–11–02–00–20–1
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

23 goals
21 goals
19 goals
16 goals
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals
12 goals

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