1988 Soviet Top League

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Soviet Top League
Season1988
DatesMarch 7 — November 19, 1988
Champions Dnipro Dnepropetrovsk
(2nd title)
Relegated Neftchi Baku
Kairat Alma-Ata
European Cup Dnipr Dniprotervosk
Cup Winners' Cup Torpedo Moscow
UEFA Cup Spartak Moscow
Dynamo Kiev
Žalgiris Vilnius
Zenit Leningrad
Matches played240
Goals scored526 (2.19 per match)
Top goalscorer(16) Aleksandr Borodyuk (Dynamo Moscow), Yevhen Shakhov (Dnipro Dniprotervosk)
← 1987
1989 →

The 1988 season was the 51st completed season of the USSR Football Championship: Top League. Spartak Moscow, the defending 11-times champions, placed fourth this season.

Contents

Teams

Location

1988 Soviet Top League
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Locations of teams in the 1988 Top League

Final standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (C)30181024923+2646Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dynamo Kyiv 3017944319+2443Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Torpedo Moscow 3017853923+1642Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Spartak Moscow 30141154026+1439 [lower-alpha 1] Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5 Flag of Lithuanian SSR.svg Žalgiris Vilnius 3014793935+435
6 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Zenit Leningrad 30119103534+131
7 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Lokomotiv Moscow 30101283529+630 [lower-alpha 2]
8 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Shakhtar Donetsk 30910113028+228
9 Flag of Armenian SSR.svg Ararat Erevan 3099122128−727
10 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Dinamo Moscow 3098133238−626
11 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Metalist Kharkiv 30810122936−726
12 Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951-1991).svg Dinamo Minsk 30711122934−525 [lower-alpha 1]
13 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Chornomorets Odessa 3096152437−1324
14 Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dinamo Tbilisi 3095162837−923
15 Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1956-1991).svg Neftchi Baku (R)3057182846−1817Relegation to First League
16 Flag of the Kazakh SSR.svg Kairat Alma-Ata (R)3064202553−2816
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Total points (If two or more teams have equal points for the first place, the winner is determined by additional single round-robin play-off on condition and place determined by the Federation); 2) Total wins; 3) Head-to-head results (3.1. points 3.2. goal difference 3.3. goal scored); 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total games scored; 6) Draw lots
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 No draw limit for Spartak M and Dinamo Mn
  2. ↑ 2 points deducted (10 draw limited)

Promotion

Results

Home \ Away ARA CHO DNI DYK DMN DYN DTB KAI LOK MKH NEF SHA SPA TOR ŽAL ZEN
Ararat Yerevan 1–10–01–20–00–13–11–00–02–00–01–01–00–21–01–0
Chornomorets Odessa 2–11–32–10–01–12–01–00–11–11–01–10–10–21–01–2
Dnipro 3–02–10–04–32–00–03–02–11–13–24–20–02–23–11–1
Dynamo Kyiv 2–01–02–01–12–11–03–01–03–03–00–01–23–03–12–0
Dinamo Minsk 0–02–00–11–20–00–03–13–21–13–11–00–21–10–11–1
Dynamo Moscow 1–11–31–21–22–10–04–32–01–11–01–11–22–00–03–2
Dinamo Tbilisi 1–22–00–11–12–13–13–10–01–22–02–01–00–12–10–1
Kairat Alma-Ata 1–01–10–20–11–22–12–01–11–02–10–11–32–11–21–1
Lokomotiv Moscow 1–02–00–11–10–02–22–13–01–11–02–02–21–12–22–0
Metalist Kharkiv 1–20–10–21–13–11–02–01–11–01–01–22–01–12–11–1
Neftçi Baku 1–12–02–22–12–10–11–04–21–11–12–21–21–11–21–2
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–00–10–01–10–12–03–12–00–13–00–20–00–05–11–0
Spartak Moscow 1–13–12–21–04–21–03–02–01–12–12–02–20–01–11–1
Torpedo Moscow 2–02–01–02–01–02–11–02–02–11–03–12–02–02–22–1
Žalgiris Vilnius 1–02–12–20–01–02–10–12–01–22–12–01–02–02–22–0
Zenit Leningrad 2–12–00–11–10–00–15–42–13–22–12–00–00–02–01–2
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

16 goals
15 goals
12 goals
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals

Clean sheets

14 matches
12 matches
11 matches
10 matches
9 matches
7 matches

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 Flag of Italy.svg 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 teamsClub(s)
1Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  RSFSR 5 Dinamo Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Zenit Leningrad
Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Ukrainian SSR Chernomorets Odessa, Dinamo Kiev, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Shakhter Donetsk
3Flag of Armenian SSR.svg  Armenian SSR 1 Ararat Yerevan
Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1956-1991).svg  Azerbaijan SSR Neftchi Baku
Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951-1991).svg  Belarusian SSR Dinamo Minsk
Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Georgian SSR Dinamo Tbilisi
Flag of the Kazakh SSR.svg  Kazakh SSR Kairat Alma-Ata
Flag of Lithuanian SSR.svg  Lithuanian SSR Zhalgiris Vilnius

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