1987 Soviet Top League
In the 1987 season, the Soviet Top League – the top tier of football in the Soviet Union – was won by Spartak Moscow interrupting the two year championship run of the Kyiv's team. Dynamo Kyiv, the defending 12-times champions, placed sixth and failed to qualify for the European competitions, while their rivals Dynamo Moscow placed only 10th.
This season
Teams
Promoted teams
- FC CSKA Moscow– champion (returning after two seasons)
- FC Guria Lanchkhuti – 2nd place (debut)
Location
Final standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Spartak Moscow[a] (C) | 30 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 42 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
2 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 39 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
3 | Žalgiris Vilnius
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30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 36 | |
4 | Torpedo Moscow[b] | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 34 | |
5 | Dinamo Minsk | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 33 | |
6 | Dynamo Kyiv | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 32 | |
7 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 30 | |
8 | Ararat Yerevan | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 29 | |
9 | Neftchi Baku
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30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 28[c] | |
10 | Dinamo Moscow[a]
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30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 28[c] | |
11 | Metalist Kharkiv | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 27 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
12 | Kairat Alma-Ata
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30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 26 | |
13 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 25 | |
14 | Zenit Leningrad | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 24[d] | |
15 | CSKA Moscow[a] (R) | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 24[d] | Relegation to First League |
16 | Guria Lanchkhuti (R) | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 38 | −20 | 18 |
Rules for classification: 1) Total points (If two or more teams have equal points for the first place, the winner is determined by additional single round-robin play-off on condition and place determined by the Federation); 2) Total wins; 3) Head-to-head results (3.1. points 3.2. goal difference); 4) Total games scored; 5) Total goal difference; 6) Draw lots[1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Promotion
- Lokomotiv Moscow ( Russian SFSR)
- Chornomorets Odessa ( Ukrainian SSR)
Results
Top scorers
- 18 goals
- 16 goals
- Arminas Narbekovas (Žalgiris)
- 12 goals
- Fyodor Cherenkov (Spartak Moscow)
- Sergei Rodionov(Spartak Moscow)
- 10 goals
- Georgi Kondratyev(Dinamo Minsk)
- Yuri Savichev (Torpedo Moscow)
- 9 goals
- Alexei Mikhailichenko (Dynamo Kyiv)
- Yevstafi Pekhlevanidi(Kairat)
- Ramaz Shengelia (Dynamo Tbilisi)
- 8 goals
- Ihor Belanov (Dynamo Kyiv)
Clean sheets
- 15 matches
- Andrei Satsunkevich (Dinamo Minsk)
- 14 matches
- Rinat Dasayev (Spartak Moscow)
- 10 matches
- Viktor Chanov (Dynamo Kyiv)
- 6 matches
- Vyacheslav Chanov (CSKA Moscow)
- 4 matches
- Dmitri Kharine (Dynamo Moscow)
- 3 matches
- Aleksandr Zhidkov (Neftchi Baku)
- Jurkus Vatslovas (Zalgiris Vilnius)
- Serhiy Zolotnytskyi (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Medal squads
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
1. FC Spartak Moscow |
Goalkeepers: Rinat Dasayev (29), Stanislav Cherchesov (2). Babken Melikian (8 / 1), Andrei Mitin (8), Vladimir Kapustin (3).Forwards: Andrei Rudakov (2), Mikhail Rusyayev (2), Viktor Kolyadko (1).
Manager: Konstantin Beskov. Transferred out during the season: FC Terek Grozny ).
|
2. FC Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk |
Goalkeepers: Valeriy Horodov (28), Serhiy Krakovskyi (2). Volodymyr Gerashchenko (2), Oleksandr Lysenko (2), Oleh Fediukov (1).Midfielders: Hennadiy Lytovchenko (28 / 6), Vadym Tyshchenko (26 / 3), Anton Shokh (25 / 3), Mykola Kudrytsky (15), Volodymyr Bahmut (10). Forwards: Yevhen Shakhov (28 / 3), Volodymyr Lyutyi (27 / 1), Vasyl Storchak (9 / 1).
Manager: Yevhen Kucherevskyi. Transferred out during the season: none. |
3. FK Žalgiris Vilnius |
Goalkeepers: Vaclovas Jurkus (18), Almantas Kalinauskas (13). Manager: Benjaminas Zelkevičius. Transferred out during the season: none. |
Number of teams by union republic
Rank | Union republic
|
Number of teams | Club(s) |
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1 | RSFSR | 5 | Zenit Leningrad
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2 | Ukrainian SSR | 4 | Dinamo Kiev, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Shakhter Donetsk |
3 | Georgian SSR | 2 | Dinamo Tbilisi, Guria Lanchkhuti |
4 | Armenian SSR | 1 | Ararat Yerevan |
Azerbaijan SSR | Neftchi Baku
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Belarusian SSR | Dinamo Minsk | ||
Kazakh SSR | Kairat Alma-Ata
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Lithuanian SSR | Zhalgiris Vilnius
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References
- ^ "ФУТБОЛ - 1987. О ПРОВЕДЕНИЕ СОРЕВНОВАНИЙ. (Football – 1987. On conducting the competitions". Центральный стадион им. В.И.Ленина (Tsentralny Stadion imeni V.I.Lenina). Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.