| Season | 1989 | |
|---|---|---|
| Men's football | ||
| Top League | Spartak Moscow | |
| First League | CSKA Moscow | |
| Second League | Lokomotiv Gorkiy (Finals 1) Tekstilschik Tiraspol (Finals 2) Dinamo Sukhumi (Finals 3) | |
| Soviet Cup | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | |
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The 1989 Soviet football championship was the 56th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Spartak Moscow won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the twelfth time.
| Competition | Winner | Runner-up | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top League | Spartak Moscow (12) | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | |
| First League | CSKA Moscow (2) | Guria Lanchkhuti | |
| Second League | Finals 1 | Lokomotiv Gorkiy | Irtysh Omsk |
| Group 2 | Tekstilschik Tiraspol | Volyn Lutsk | |
| Group 3 | Dinamo Sukhumi | Neftianik Fergana | |
| Soviet Cup | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk (1) | Torpedo Moscow | |
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
| 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 | Withdrew |
| 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 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CSKA Moscow (C, P) | 42 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 79 | 44 | +35 | 59 | Promotion to Top League |
| 2 | Guria Lanchkhuti (X) | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 64 | 45 | +19 | 54 | Withdrew from the league |
| 3 |  Kairat Almaty | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 68 | 40 | +28 | 51 | |
| 4 | Dynamo Stavropol | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 50 | |
| 5 | Fakel Voronezh | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 56 | 49 | +7 | 48 | |
| 6 | Tavriya Simferopol | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 64 | 56 | +8 | 48 | |
| 7 | Metalurh Zaporizhia | 42 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 47 | |
| 8 |  Neftchi Baku | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 46 | 35 | +11 | 47 | |
| 9 | Kotayk Abovyan | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 60 | 53 | +7 | 45 | |
| 10 |  Nistru Chisinau | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 43 | |
| 11 | Geolog Tyumen | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 56 | 52 | +4 | 43 | |
| 12 |  Pakhtakor Tashkent | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 57 | 59 | −2 | 41 | |
| 13 | Torpedo Kutaisi (X) | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 41 | Withdrew from the league |
| 14 | Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 40 | |
| 15 | Kuzbass Kemerevo | 42 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 60 | 58 | +2 | 39 | |
| 16 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 39 | |
| 17 | Spartak Ordjonikidze | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 37 | |
| 18 | Dinamo Batumi (X) | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 36 | Withdrew from the league |
| 19 | Kuban Krasnodar | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 35 | |
| 20 | SKA Rostov-on-Don (R) | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 35 | Relegation to Second League |
| 21 |  Daugava Riga (R) | 42 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 40 | 68 | −28 | 26 | |
| 22 | SKA Karpaty Lviv (R) | 42 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 31 | 73 | −42 | 20 |
| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RUS | Lokomotiv Gorkiy | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | Promoted |
| 2 | RUS | Irtysh Omsk | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | RUS | Cement Novorossiysk | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 |
| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MDA | Textilshchik Tiraspol | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Promoted |
| 2 | UKR | Volyn Lutsk | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
| 3 | RUS | Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 |
| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GEO | Dinamo Sukhumi | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Promoted |
| 2 | UZB | Neftyanik Fergana | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 | |
| 3 | KAZ | Traktor Pavlodar | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
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