1983 Soviet Top League
European Cup | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk |
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Cup Winners' Cup | Dinamo Moscow |
UEFA Cup | Spartak Moscow Dinamo Minsk |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 725 (2.37 per match) |
Top goalscorer | (18) Yuri Gavrilov (Spartak) |
← 1982 → |
Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1983 season.
Teams
Promoted teams
- Zhalgiris Vilnius – champion (returning after 21 seasons)
- Nistru Kishinev– 2nd place (returning after nine seasons)
Location
League standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (C)
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34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 63 | 36 | +27 | 49 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
2 | Spartak Moscow | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 60 | 25 | +35 | 45 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
3 | Dinamo Minsk | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 51 | 34 | +17 | 43 | |
4 | Zenit Leningrad | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 40[a] | |
5 | Žalgiris Vilnius
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34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 39 | |
6 | Torpedo Moscow | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 38[a] | |
7 | Dynamo Kyiv | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 38 | |
8 | Chornomorets Odesa | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 37 | |
9 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 37 | |
10 | Pakhtakor Tashkent
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34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 35 | |
11 | Metalist Kharkiv | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 32 | |
12 | CSKA Moscow | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 32[b] | |
13 | Neftchi Baku
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34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 30 | |
14 | Ararat Yerevan | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 47 | −18 | 29 | |
15 | Dynamo Moscow | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 28[a] | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
16 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 27 | |
17 | Torpedo Kutaisi (R) | 34 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 58 | −32 | 18 | Relegation to First League |
18 | Nistru Kishinev (R)
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34 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 73 | −54 | 10 |
Results
Top scorers
- 18 goals
- Yuri Gavrilov (Spartak Moscow)
- 17 goals
- Igor Gurinovich(Dinamo Minsk)
- 15 goals
- Volodymyr Fink (Chornomorets)
- Khoren Hovhannisyan(Ararat)
- Mykhaylo Sokolovsky(Shakhtar)
- Andrei Yakubik (Pakhtakor)
- 14 goals
- Sigitas Jakubauskas (Žalgiris)
- 13 goals
- Viktor Kolyadko (CSKA Moscow)
- Oleh Taran (Dnipro)
- 11 goals
- Valery Gazzaev (Dynamo Moscow)
- Valeriy Petrakov(Torpedo Moscow)
- Igor Ponomaryov (Neftchi)
- Ramaz Shengelia (Dinamo Tbilisi)
- Aleksandr Tarkhanov (CSKA Moscow)
- Vadym Yevtushenko (Dynamo Kyiv)
Medal squads
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
1. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
Goalkeepers: Serhiy Krakovskyi (34). Aleksandr Pogorelov (21 / 5).
Manager: Volodymyr Yemets. Transferred out during the season: FC Kolos Nikopol), Valeriy Zuyev (retired).
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2. FC Spartak Moscow |
Goalkeepers: Rinat Dasayev (34), Andrei Mikhalychev (1). Yevgeni Mileshkin (29 / 1), Vladimir Sochnov (25 / 3), Boris Pozdnyakov (25), Oleg Romantsev (17), Aleksandr Bubnov (13), Sergei Savchenkov (3), Sergei Shulgin (1).Midfielders: Sergei Nikitin (1).Forwards: 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). 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
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Number of teams | Club(s) |
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1 | RSFSR | 5 | Zenit Leningrad
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Ukrainian SSR | Chernomorets Odesa, Dinamo Kyiv, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Shakhter Donetsk | ||
3 | Georgian SSR | 2 | Dinamo Tbilisi, Torpedo Kutaisi |
4 | Armenian SSR | 1 | Ararat Yerevan |
Azerbaijan SSR | Neftchi Baku
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Belarusian SSR | Dinamo Minsk | ||
Moldavian SSR | Nistru Kishinev
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Lithuanian SSR | Zhalgiris Vilnius
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Uzbek SSR | Pakhtakor Tashkent
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