1983 Soviet Top League

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Soviet Top League
Season1983
Champions Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk
Relegated Torpedo Kutaisi, Nistru Kishinev
European Cup Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk
Cup Winners' Cup Dinamo Moscow
UEFA Cup Spartak Moscow
Dinamo Minsk
Matches played306
Goals scored725 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorer(18) Yuri Gavrilov (Spartak)
← 1982
1984 →

Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1983 season.

Contents

Teams

Location

[Interactive fullscreen map]
Locations of teams in the 1984 Top League

League standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (C)3422576336+2749Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Spartak Moscow 3418976025+3545Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951-1991).svg Dinamo Minsk 3417985134+1743
4 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Zenit Leningrad 34151184232+1040 [lower-alpha 1]
5 Flag of Lithuanian SSR.svg Žalgiris Vilnius 34159103836+239
6 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Torpedo Moscow 34141194034+638 [lower-alpha 1]
7 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dynamo Kyiv 341410105034+1638
8 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Chornomorets Odesa 34165134446−237
9 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Shakhtar Donetsk 34165134840+837
10 Flag of the Uzbek SSR.svg Pakhtakor Tashkent 34139123734+335
11 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Metalist Kharkiv 34128143840−232
12 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg CSKA Moscow 341112113733+432 [lower-alpha 2]
13 Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1956-1991).svg Neftchi Baku 341010143238−630
14 Flag of Armenian SSR.svg Ararat Yerevan 34117162947−1829
15 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Dynamo Moscow 34911143037−728 [lower-alpha 1] Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
16 Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dinamo Tbilisi 3499164148−727
17 Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Torpedo Kutaisi (R)34410202658−3218Relegation to First League
18 Flag of Moldavian SSR.svg Nistru Kishinev (R)3434271973−5410
Source: [ citation needed ]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 1 point deducted (10 draw limit)
  2. ↑ 2 points deducted (10 draw limit)

Results

Home \ Away ARA CHO CSK DNI DYK DMN DYN DTB MKH NEF NIS PAK SHA SPA TKU TOR ŽAL ZEN
Ararat Yerevan 3–01–10–22–12–01–01–11–01–01–01–20–10–12–21–01–01–1
Chornomorets Odesa 2–01–11–01–23–11–04–12–12–01–10–12–11–00–02–30–02–0
CSKA Moscow 1–21–20–24–10–10–00–11–12–11–01–11–01–11–00–01–22–1
Dnipro 4–02–01–22–12–13–12–12–11–06–02–13–24–20–02–13–11–0
Dynamo Kyiv 3–06–01–02–10–22–11–12–10–03–02–01–11–18–00–14–12–2
Dinamo Minsk 2–03–01–11–20–01–11–02–01–00–02–12–03–23–11–11–02–0
Dynamo Moscow 2–10–41–21–01–12–21–02–13–12–10–00–10–01–11–11–21–2
Dinamo Tbilisi 3–03–02–03–11–01–20–00–01–12–01–12–30–32–00–03–11–2
Metalist Kharkiv 0–02–01–11–12–01–11–04–31–03–11–01–01–21–01–12–11–1
Neftçi Baku 3–01–10–02–22–02–11–13–21–00–02–03–12–10–00–13–02–5
Nistru Chișinău 2–41–41–20–10–11–30–31–00–20–12–00–11–61–20–31–10–1
Pakhtakor Tashkent 3–01–21–00–13–02–21–01–04–14–02–12–10–02–11–30–00–3
Shakhtar Donetsk 3–02–00–11–31–23–00–16–31–02–06–20–10–41–01–03–00–0
Spartak Moscow 3–14–02–21–10–00–23–05–11–02–01–01–01–20–01–11–03–0
Torpedo Kutaisi 0–01–31–62–30–11–10–22–21–20–00–11–13–10–43–11–21–0
Torpedo Moscow 2–10–11–03–02–10–42–11–03–20–01–01–10–00–24–11–10–2
Žalgiris Vilnius 2–12–12–12–10–02–11–00–03–21–05–02–02–11–01–10–00–1
Zenit Leningrad 0–02–10–02–21–13–10–01–02–02–14–10–00–20–21–03–20–0
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

18 goals
17 goals
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals
11 goals

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Goalkeepers: Serhiy Krakovskyi (34).
Defenders: Mykola Pavlov (33 / 3), Petro Kutuzov (27), Oleksandr Lysenko (17 / 1), Yuriy Mirhorodskyi (17), Serhiy Puchkov (13), Oleksandr Chervonyi (9), Andriy Bobrikov (7), Volodymyr Ustinov (6), Anatoliy Nazarenko (5), Valeriy Zuyev (2).
Midfielders: Andriy Dilay (34 / 2), Vyktor Kuznetsov (31 / 7), Volodymyr Ustymchyk (30 / 5), Oleh Serebryanskyi (26 / 1), Hennadiy Lytovchenko (24 / 5), Mykola Fedorenko (17 / 3), Volodymyr Bahmut (6), Volodymyr Kobzarev (5).
Forwards: Oleh Taran (30 / 13), Volodymyr Lyutyi (24 / 9), Oleh Protasov (21 / 7), Aleksandr Pogorelov (21 / 5).

Manager: Volodymyr Yemets.

Transferred out during the season: Volodymyr Ustinov (to FC Kolos Nikopol), Valeriy Zuyev (retired).

2. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Rinat Dasayev (34), Andrei Mikhalychev (1).
Defenders: Sergei Bazulev (30), Gennady Morozov (30), Yevgeni Mileshkin (29 / 1), Vladimir Sochnov (25 / 3), Boris Pozdnyakov (25), Oleg Romantsev (17), Aleksandr Bubnov (13), Sergei Savchenkov (3), Sergei Shulgin (1).
Midfielders: Yuri Gavrilov (34 / 18), Yevgeni Kuznetsov (34 / 5), Fyodor Cherenkov (33 / 10), Valeri Gladilin (26 / 9), Yuri Reznik (25 / 4), Edgar Gess (18 / 2), Sergei Shvetsov (8), Mikhail Dubinin (5 / 2), Vladimir Korolyov (1), Sergei Nikitin (1).
Forwards: Sergey Rodionov (16 / 5), Sergei Argudyayev (6), Mikhail Rusyayev (5), Oleg Kuzhlev (2), Oleg Smirnov (1).

Manager: Konstantin Beskov.

Transferred out during the season: Oleg Romantsev (retired), Mikhail Dubinin (to FC Metallurg Aldan).

3. FC Dinamo Minsk

Goalkeepers: Yury Kurbyko (30), Mikhail Vergeyenko (4), Arkadi Batalov (1).
Defenders: Yuri Kurnenin (32 / 1), Sergei Borovsky (32), Viktor Yanushevsky (30), Viktor Shishkin (24), Liudas Rumbutis (22 / 3), Oļegs Aleksejenko (18), Igor Belov (10), Yury Trukhan (5).
Midfielders: Andrei Zygmantovich (30 / 1), Sergey Gotsmanov (29 / 5), Sergei Aleinikov (29 / 2), Yuri Pudyshev (26 / 1), Aleksandr Prokopenko (12 / 2), Valeri Melnikov (9 / 1).
Forwards: Igor Gurinovich (28 / 17), Georgi Kondratyev (28 / 8), Viktor Sokol (18 / 9), Pyotr Vasilevsky (17 / 1).

Manager: Eduard Malofeyev.

Transferred out during the season: Aleksandr Prokopenko (released).

Number of teams by union republic

Rank Union republic Number of teamsClub(s)
1Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  RSFSR 5 CSKA Moscow, Dinamo Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Zenit Leningrad
Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Ukrainian SSR Chernomorets Odesa, Dinamo Kyiv, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Shakhter Donetsk
3Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Georgian SSR 2 Dinamo Tbilisi, Torpedo Kutaisi
4Flag 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 Moldavian SSR.svg  Moldavian SSR Nistru Kishinev
Flag of Lithuanian SSR.svg  Lithuanian SSR Zhalgiris Vilnius
Flag of the Uzbek SSR.svg  Uzbek SSR Pakhtakor Tashkent

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