1977 Soviet Top League

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Soviet Top League
Season1977
Champions Dinamo Kiev
Relegated Karpaty Lvov, Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev
European Cup Dinamo Kiev
Cup Winners' Cup Shakhter Donetsk
UEFA Cup Dinamo Tbilisi
Torpedo Moscow
Matches played240
Goals scored486 (2.03 per match)
Top goalscorer(17) Oleg Blokhin (Dinamo K.)
1976
1978

Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1977 season.

Contents

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Dynamo Kyiv won the championship.

League standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dynamo Kyiv (C)30141515112+3943Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dinamo Tbilisi 30131344326+1739Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Torpedo Moscow 30121353023+737
4 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Dynamo Moscow 3091743420+1435
5 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Shakhtar Donetsk 3091653124+734Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
6 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Lokomotiv Moscow 3091472725+232
7 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Chornomorets Odessa 30118113341830
8 Flag of the Kazakh SSR.svg Kairat Alma-Ata 3061772631529
9 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Zaria Voroshilovgrad 30812102824+428
10 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Zenit Leningrad 30812103433+128
11 Flag of Armenian SSR.svg Ararat Yerevan 30713102834627
12 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3099122431727
13 Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1956-1991).svg Neftchi Baku 3051782534927
14 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg CSKA Moscow 30517828391127
15 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Karpaty Lviv (R)30614102630426Relegation to First League
16 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev (R)30272118594111
Source: [ citation needed ]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ARA CHO CSK DNI DYK DYN DTB KAI KAR KRY LOK NEF SHA TOR ZAR ZEN
Ararat Yerevan 1–12–31–00–20–22–00–01–03–01–01–11–11–12–02–2
Chornomorets Odessa 1–02–11–21–12–02–11–02–03–00–12–21–00–01–01–0
CSKA Moscow 0–01–12–10–13–20–02–11–20–11–10–00–02–21–10–0
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2–11–12–31–00–10–20–01–01–00–03–00–12–01–10–0
Dynamo Kyiv 3–08–04–04–00–02–04–01–10–03–02–02–03–11–12–0
Dynamo Moscow 1–12–04–00–01–11–10–00–05–00–22–11–11–11–00–0
Dinamo Tbilisi 1–03–32–25–10–01–12–03–14–21–04–11–02–00–00–0
Kairat Alma-Ata 0–02–12–10–01–12–21–11–11–03–31–00–01–10–14–3
Karpaty Lviv 2–01–21–11–01–11–10–10–02–10–02–21–10–01–01–2
Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev 1–22–10–01–30–10–20–11–41–11–11–13–30–10–21–3
Lokomotiv Moscow 1–12–11–11–00–01–01–10–00–32–10–00–01–22–03–0
Neftçi Baku 1–11–01–11–11–10–01–11–12–01–00–01–11–11–03–2
Shakhtar Donetsk 1–00–01–11–00–00–01–13–03–23–02–21–02–02–23–2
Torpedo Moscow 1–11–00–02–01–12–23–21–01–03–01–00–02–00–11–0
Zaria Voroshilovgrad 2–04–10–00–11–10–00–11–11–14–01–04–10–00–11–0
Zenit Leningrad 4–14–14–11–11–10–21–10–00–01–11–21–01–00–01–0
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

17 goals
14 goals
12 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals

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