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 (1949-1991).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 [a] 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 (1949-1991).svg Shakhtar Donetsk 341210125139+1234
8 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 34128144253−1132
9 Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951-1991).svg Dinamo Minsk 341113104439+532 [b]
10 Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1956-1991).svg Neftchi Baku 341112113449−1532 [c]
11 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg Chornomorets Odessa 34119143644−831
12 Flag of the Kazakh SSR.svg Kairat Alma-Ata 341012124246−430 [c]
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 (1949-1991).svg Tavria Simferopol (R)3487192754−2723
18 Flag of the Uzbek SSR.svg Pakhtakor Tashkent [d] 3475223458−2419
Source: [ citation needed ]
(C) Champions; (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

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. FC Dynamo Kyiv

Goalkeepers: Mykhaylo Mykhaylov (25), Yuriy Romenskyi (9).
Defenders: Volodymyr Lozynskyi (34 / 2), Anatoliy Konkov (31), Sergei Baltacha (29), Anatoliy Demyanenko (29 / 2), Oleksandr Boyko (22), Oleksandr Sorokalet (10 / 1), Serhiy Zhuravlyov (5), Viktor Kaplun (5), Yuriy Makhynya (3).
Midfielders: Andriy Bal (30 / 3), Leonid Buryak (29 / 9), Volodymyr Bezsonov (25 / 2), Volodymyr Veremeyev (24 / 4), Yaroslav Dumanskyi (12), Viktor Kolotov (4), Vasyl Rats (2).
Forwards: Vadym Yevtushenko (31 / 8), Oleg Blokhin (29 / 19), Viktor Khlus (28 / 8), Aleksandr Khapsalis (21), Stepan Yurchyshyn (1).

Manager: Valeriy Lobanovskyi.

Transferred out during the season: .

2. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Rinat Dasayev (34), Aleksei Prudnikov (1).
Defenders: Vladimir Sochnov (32 / 1), Viktor Samokhin (27 / 1), Oleg Romantsev (25), Alexander Mirzoyan (22), Gennady Morozov (14), Gocha Machaidze (1).
Midfielders: Sergey Shavlo (34 / 8), Fyodor Cherenkov (32 / 4), Sergei Shvetsov (25 / 5), Yevgeni Sidorov (21), Boris Pozdnyakov (14), Manuchar Machaidze (2).
Forwards: Yuri Gavrilov (33 / 21), Edgar Gess (33 / 11), Aleksandr Kalashnikov (32 / 9), Sergey Rodionov (29 / 9), Vladimir Safronenko (12 / 1), Sergei Krestenenko (9), Sergei Argudyayev (2).

Manager: Konstantin Beskov.

Transferred out during the season: .

3. FC Dinamo Tbilisi

Goalkeepers: Otar Gabelia (31), Karlo Mchedlidze (5).
Defenders: Nodar Khizanishvili (30), Tengiz Sulakvelidze (29 / 4), Giorgi Tavadze (28 / 1), Aleksandre Chivadze (28 / 2), Shota Khinchagashvili (19), Tamaz Kostava (15), David Mudzhiri (13), Amiran Andguladze (9), Levan Melikia (7), Giorgi Chilaia (4).
Midfielders: Vitaly Daraselia (33 / 2), Zaur Svanadze (33 / 2), Nugzar Kakilashvili (25 / 5), Gocha Dzhohadze (7 / 1), Amiran Minashvili (1).
Forwards: Vladimir Gutsaev (33 / 3), Ramaz Shengelia (31 / 23), Vazha Zhvania (19 / 4), David Kipiani (18 / 8), Revaz Chelebadze (6 / 3), Grigol Tsaava (5).

Manager: Nodar Akhalkatsi.

Transferred out during the season: .

References

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