1989 Soviet Top League

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Soviet Top League
Season1989
DatesMarch 11 — October 27, 1989
Champions FC Spartak Moscow
(12th season)
Relegated Lokomotiv Moscow
Zenit Leningrad
Dinamo Tbilisi (withdrew)
Guria Lanchkhuti (withdrew)
European Cup Spartak Moscow
Cup Winners' Cup Dynamo Kyiv
UEFA Cup Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Torpedo Moscow
Chernomorets Odessa
Matches played240
Goals scored522 (2.18 per match)
Top goalscorer(16) Sergei Radionov (Spartak Moscow)
← 1988
1990 →

The 1989 Soviet Top League season was the 52nd since its establishment. Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, the defending 2-times champions, came in second this season.

Contents

The season began on 11 March with six games played on the date and lasted until 27 October 1989. The season was won by FC Spartak Moscow.

Teams

Location

Final standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Spartak Moscow (C)30171034919+3044Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3018664727+2042Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dynamo Kyiv 30131254427+1738Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Flag of Lithuanian SSR.svg Žalgiris Vilnius (X)3014883929+1036 Surrendered its qualification for UEFA competitions
5 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Torpedo Moscow 30111364026+1435Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
6 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Chornomorets Odesa 30119104041−131Qualification for UEFA Cup first round [lower-alpha 1]
7 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Metalist Kharkiv 301010103033−330
8 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Dinamo Moscow 3091293126+530
9 Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951-1991).svg Dinamo Minsk 30117123533+229
10 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Rotor Volgograd 3099122835−727
11 Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dinamo Tbilisi (X)30613112732−525
12 Flag of Armenian SSR.svg Ararat Yerevan 3088142541−1624
13 Flag of Tajik SSR.svg Pamir Dushanbe 30710132038−1824
14 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Shakhtar Donetsk 3095162436−1223
15 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Lokomotiv Moscow (R)3079142032−1223Relegation to First League
16 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Zenit Leningrad (R)3059162448−2419
Source: [ citation needed ]
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 [1]
(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

Results

Home \ Away ARA CHO DNI DYK DMN DYN DTB LOK MKH PAM ROT SHA SPA TOR ŽAL ZEN
Ararat Yerevan 3–10–10–31–00–00–00–20–02–22–12–00–01–00–03–0
Chornomorets Odessa 3–11–11–13–22–21–11–02–03–02–02–12–31–11–03–2
Dnipro 4–23–12–12–10–03–02–12–02–03–12–11–02–21–22–0
Dynamo Kyiv 4–14–01–02–00–02–23–01–01–02–01–01–42–22–10–0
Dinamo Minsk 2–00–04–10–12–11–01–10–12–12–01–10–10–22–01–1
Dynamo Moscow 6–11–20–11–11–11–02–00–30–01–03–00–00–01–33–0
Dinamo Tbilisi 1–10–02–02–21–21–21–12–11–11–12–10–11–13–12–1
Lokomotiv Moscow 1–01–10–11–30–10–12–10–10–20–01–00–02–03–11–1
Metalist Kharkiv 0–02–10–40–00–00–12–10–11–11–02–13–32–10–04–1
Pamir Dushanbe 1–01–10–10–01–21–11–01–00–01–11–00–00–21–02–0
Rotor Volgograd 2–02–10–00–02–12–01–14–03–21–02–10–32–21–12–1
Shakhtar Donetsk 1–22–10–03–33–21–01–01–01–22–00–00–10–01–01–0
Spartak Moscow 1–01–02–12–13–21–10–11–13–06–21–02–00–04–00–0
Torpedo Moscow 2–05–22–22–01–23–20–01–01–04–02–00–10–00–12–1
Žalgiris Vilnius 3–21–02–11–01–10–01–00–01–14–02–03–02–11–14–0
Zenit Leningrad 0–10–11–22–21–01–00–01–12–21–02–01–01–51–12–3
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

16 goals
13 goals
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals

Clean sheets

17 matches
13 matches
11 matches
10 matches
9 matches

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 Flag of France.svg 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 Flag of Germany.svg FC Schalke 04), Ivan Vyshnevskyi (to Flag of Turkey.svg 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 Luzhnyi (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 Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Mönchengladbach).

Number of teams by union republic

Rank Union republic Number of teamsClub(s)
1Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  RSFSR 6 Dinamo Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, Rotor Volgograd, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Zenit Leningrad
2Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Ukrainian SSR 5 Chornomorets Odesa, Dynamo Kyiv, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Metalist Kharkiv, Shakhtar Donetsk
3Flag of Armenian SSR.svg  Armenian SSR 1 Ararat Yerevan
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 Lithuanian SSR.svg  Lithuanian SSR Zhalgiris Vilnius
Flag of Tajik SSR.svg  Tajik SSR Pamir Dushanbe

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References

  1. ↑ "ФУТБОЛ - 1989. О ПРОВЕДЕНИЕ СОРЕВНОВАНИЙ. (Football – 1989. On conducting the competitions". Центральный стадион им. В.И.Ленина (Tsentralny Stadion imeni V.I.Lenina). Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
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