1988 Soviet Top League

Zenit Leningrad
Matches played	240
Goals scored	526 (2.19 per match)
Top goalscorer	(16) Aleksandr Borodyuk (Dynamo Moscow), Yevhen Shakhov (Dnipro Dniprotervosk)
	← 1987 1989 →

The 1988 season was the 51st completed season of the USSR Football Championship: Top League. Spartak Moscow, the defending 11-times champions, placed fourth this season.

Teams

Promoted teams

FC Chernomorets Odessa – champion (returning after a season)
FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2nd place (returning after seven seasons)

Location

500km
300miles

Chernomorets

Torpedo

Spartak

Dynamo

Lokomotiv

Dynamo T

Neftchi

Metallist

Žalgiris

Shakhter

Dnepr

Zenit

Kairat

Dynamo Mi

Ararat

Dynamo K

Locations of teams in the 1988 Top League

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (C)	30	18	10	2	49	23	+26	46	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Dynamo Kyiv	30	17	9	4	43	19	+24	43	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Torpedo Moscow	30	17	8	5	39	23	+16	42	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Spartak Moscow	30	14	11	5	40	26	+14	39^[a]	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	Žalgiris Vilnius	30	14	7	9	39	35	+4	35
6	Zenit Leningrad	30	11	9	10	35	34	+1	31
7	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	10	12	8	35	29	+6	30^[b]
8	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	9	10	11	30	28	+2	28
9	Ararat Erevan	30	9	9	12	21	28	−7	27
10	Dinamo Moscow	30	9	8	13	32	38	−6	26
11	Metalist Kharkiv	30	8	10	12	29	36	−7	26
12	Dinamo Minsk	30	7	11	12	29	34	−5	25^[a]
13	Chornomorets Odessa	30	9	6	15	24	37	−13	24
14	Dinamo Tbilisi	30	9	5	16	28	37	−9	23
15	Neftchi Baku (R)	30	5	7	18	28	46	−18	17	Relegation to First League
16	Kairat Alma-Ata (R)	30	6	4	20	25	53	−28	16	Relegation to First League

Source: rsssf.com
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 3.3. goal scored); 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total games scored; 6) Draw lots
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b No draw limit for Spartak M and Dinamo Mn
^ 2 points deducted (10 draw limited)

Promotion

Pamir Dushanbe ( Tajik SSR
)

Rotor Volgograd ( Russian SFSR)

Results

Home \ Away	ARA	CHO	DNI	DYK	DMN	DYN	DTB	KAI	LOK	MKH	NEF	SHA	SPA	TOR	ŽAL	ZEN
Ararat Yerevan		1–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–0
Chornomorets Odessa	2–1		1–3	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–2
Dnipro	3–0	2–1		0–0	4–3	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	4–2	0–0	2–2	3–1	1–1
Dynamo Kyiv	2–0	1–0	2–0		1–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–2	3–0	3–1	2–0
Dinamo Minsk	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–2		0–0	0–0	3–1	3–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–1
Dynamo Moscow	1–1	1–3	1–2	1–2	2–1		0–0	4–3	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–0	3–2
Dinamo Tbilisi	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–1		3–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–1
Kairat Alma-Ata	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–2	2–1	2–0		1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–3	2–1	1–2	1–1
Lokomotiv Moscow	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	3–0		1–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–0
Metalist Kharkiv	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0		1–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1
Neftçi Baku	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	4–2	1–1	1–1		2–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–2
Shakhtar Donetsk	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	0–2		0–0	0–0	5–1	1–0
Spartak Moscow	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–0	4–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–2		0–0	1–1	1–1
Torpedo Moscow	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–0		2–2	2–1
Žalgiris Vilnius	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–2		2–0
Zenit Leningrad	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	5–4	2–1	3–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

16 goals

Aleksandr Borodyuk (Dynamo Moscow)
Yevhen Shakhov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)

15 goals

Mikhail Rusyayev (Lokomotiv Moscow)

12 goals

Sergei Rodionov
(Spartak Moscow)

11 goals

Oleh Protasov (Dynamo Kyiv)

10 goals

Mashalla Akhmedov
(Neftchi)
Ihor Petrov (Shakhtar Donetsk)

9 goals

Sergei Dmitriyev
(Zenit)
Vladimir Grechnev
(Torpedo Moscow)
Gija Guruli
(Dinamo Tbilisi)
Volodymyr Lyutyi (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)
Arminas Narbekovas (Žalgiris)
Andrei Rudakov
(Torpedo Moscow)

Clean sheets

[1]

14 matches

Valeri Sarychev (Torpedo Moscow)

12 matches

Valeriy Horodov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)

11 matches

Stanislav Cherchesov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Aleksandr Podshivalov (Ararat Yerevan)
Viktor Chanov (Dynamo Kyiv)

10 matches

Rinat Dasayev (Spartak Moscow)

9 matches

Otar Gabelia (Dinamo Tbilisi)
Andrei Satsunkevich (Dinamo Minsk)

7 matches

Mikhail Biryukov (Zenit Leningrad)

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Goalkeepers: Valeriy Horodov (25), Serhiy Krakovskyi (4), Igor Tyuterev (1). Defenders: Volodymyr Gerashchenko (7), Peter Neustädter (4), Serhiy Bezhenar (3), Oleksandr Chervonyi (1 / 1), Petro Buts (1), Oleh Fediukov (1). Midfielders: Volodymyr Bahmut (28 / 2), Mykola Kudrytsky (27 / 3), Anton Shokh (22 / 1), Vadym Yevtushenko (20), Vadym Tyshchenko (6), Viktor Rafalchuk (2), Yevhen Pokhlebayev (1). Forwards: Andriy Sydelnykov (8 / 1), Oleh Taran (4), Vasyl Storchak (2), Oleh Koshelyuk (1 / 1), Konstantin Yeryomenko (1), Yuriy Leonov (1), Valentyn Moskvyn (1). Manager: Yevhen Kucherevskyi. Transferred out during the season: FC SKA Karpaty Lviv ).
2. FC Dynamo Kyiv
Goalkeepers: Viktor Chanov (25), Aleksandr Zhidkov (5). Defenders: Vladimir Gorilyi (11 / 1). Midfielders: Mykhaylo Stelmakh (1). Forwards: Ihor Belanov (27 / 8). Manager: Valeriy Lobanovskyi. Transferred out during the season: Oleksandr Zavarov (to Juventus).
3. FC Torpedo Moscow
Goalkeepers: Valeri Sarychev (26), Aleksei Prudnikov (5). Defenders: Aleksandr Polukarov (29), Valentin Kovach (26 / 1), Sergei Prigoda (15), Sergei Bodak (3), Maksim Cheltsov (3), Dmitri Chugunov (2). Midfielders: Sergei Shustikov (1). Forwards: Andrei Rudakov (18 / 9), Yuri Savichev (17 / 6), Aleksandr Gitselov (13 / 2), Vladimir Kobzev (8 / 1), Yuri Tishkov (1). Manager: Valentin Ivanov . Transferred out during the season: FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don ).

Number of teams by union republic

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	RSFSR	5	Zenit Leningrad
1	Ukrainian SSR	5	Chernomorets Odessa, Dinamo Kiev, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Shakhter Donetsk
3	Armenian SSR	1	Ararat Yerevan
	Azerbaijan SSR		Neftchi Baku
	Belarusian SSR		Dinamo Minsk
	Georgian SSR		Dinamo Tbilisi
	Kazakh SSR		Kairat Alma-Ata
	Lithuanian SSR		Zhalgiris Vilnius

References

External links

1988 season at RSSSF

[table_hth_SPA0.1763294810319-1] No draw limit for Spartak M and Dinamo Mn

[table_hth_LOK0.1763294810319-2] 2 points deducted (10 draw limited)

[a]

[b]

v t e 1988 in Soviet football
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European competitions	European Cup 1987–88 1988–89 Cup Winners' Cup 1987–88 1988–89 UEFA Cup 1987–88 1988–89
Related to national team	Senior Youth U-19 Juniors
Club seasons
Supreme League	Spartak Moscow
Winter 1987–88 transfers

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League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '88 '89
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