1983 in Soviet football

Football in the Soviet Union
Season	1983
Men's football
Top League	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk
First League	Kairat Alma-Ata
Second League	Irtysh Omsk (Finals 1); Spartak Ordzhonikidze (Finals 2); Dinamo Batumi (Finals 3)
Soviet Cup	Shakhter Donetsk

The 1983 Soviet football championship was the 52nd seasons of competitive

Honours

Competition		Winner	Runner-up
Top League		Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk (1)	Spartak Moscow
First League		Kairat Alma-Ata (2)	SKA Rostov-na-Donu
Second League	Finals 1	Irtysh Omsk	Metallurg Lipetsk
	Finals 2	Spartak Ordzhonikidze	Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo
	Finals 3	Dinamo Batumi	Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev
Soviet Cup		Shakhtar Donetsk (4)	Metallist Kharkov

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
1	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (C)	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	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Zenit Leningrad	34	15	11	8	42	32	+10	40^[a]
5	Žalgiris Vilnius	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 Odessa	34	16	5	13	44	46	−2	37
9	Shakhtar Donetsk	34	16	5	13	48	40	+8	37
10	Pakhtakor Tashkent	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	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)	34	3	4	27	19	73	−54	10	Relegation to First League

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kairat Almaty (C, P)	42	25	10	7	78	36	+42	60	Promotion to Top League
2	SKA Rostov-on-Don (P)	42	23	13	6	73	36	+37	58^[a]	Promotion to Top League
3	Fakel Voronezh	42	21	12	9	53	30	+23	54
4	Rotor Volgograd	42	23	5	14	62	48	+14	51
5	Metallurg Zaporozhia	42	21	8	13	66	46	+20	50
6	Kolos Nikopol	42	18	12	12	69	52	+17	48
7	Tavria Simferopol	42	16	12	14	78	67	+11	44
8	Kuban Krasnodar	42	16	11	15	58	48	+10	43
9	Guria Lanchkhuti	42	19	4	19	52	71	−19	42
10	Kuzbass Kemerovo	42	15	13	14	50	49	+1	42^[a]
11	SKA Karpaty Lvov	42	15	12	15	43	46	−3	42
12	Pamir Dushanbe	42	15	10	17	46	55	−9	40
13	Zarya Voroshilovgrad	42	14	11	17	66	67	−1	39
14	Daugava Riga	42	14	10	18	57	63	−6	38
15	Lokomotiv Moscow	42	13	13	16	51	47	+4	38^[a]
16	Zvezda Dzhizak	42	13	12	17	62	64	−2	38
17	Iskra Smolensk	42	14	9	19	51	47	+4	37
18	Shinnik Yaroslavl	42	13	11	18	45	75	−30	37
19	SKA Khabarovsk	42	12	12	18	33	54	−21	36
20	Dnepr Mogilev (R)	42	12	13	17	40	60	−20	36^[a]	Relegation to Second League
21	Textilshchik Ivanovo (R)	42	8	10	24	45	83	−38	26
22	Dinamo Kirov (R)	42	5	11	26	29	63	−34	21