1988 in Soviet football

Football in the Soviet Union
Season	1988
Men's football
Top League	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk
First League	Pamir Dushanbe
Second League	Nistru Kishinev (Finals 1); Torpedo Kutaisi (Finals 2); Fakel Voronezh (Finals 3)
Soviet Cup	Metallist Kharkov

The 1988 Soviet football championship was the 56th seasons of competitive

Honours

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 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
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Pamir Dushanbe (C, P)	42	24	10	8	78	44	+34	58	Promotion to Top League
2	Rotor Volgograd (P)	42	25	7	10	76	37	+39	57	Promotion to Top League
3	CSKA Moscow	42	23	10	9	69	35	+34	56
4	Guria Lanchkhuti	42	23	7	12	71	44	+27	53
5	Pakhtakor Tashkent	42	21	10	11	64	38	+26	52
6	Dynamo Stavropol	42	18	11	13	59	46	+13	47
7	SKA Karpaty Lviv	42	18	8	16	51	39	+12	44
8	Daugava Riga	42	18	7	17	56	54	+2	43
9	SKA Rostov-on-Don	42	16	10	16	57	64	−7	42
10	Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don	42	16	8	18	59	67	−8	40
11	Shinnik Yaroslavl	42	16	8	18	48	48	0	40
12	Geolog Tyumen	42	17	5	20	46	58	−12	39
13	Spartak Ordjonikidze	42	15	9	18	57	60	−3	39
14	Tavriya Simferopol	42	13	14	15	34	43	−9	38^[a]
15	Kuzbass Kemerevo	42	13	14	15	38	39	−1	38^[a]
16	Dinamo Batumi	42	15	6	21	40	53	−13	36
17	Metalurh Zaporizhia	42	12	13	17	30	43	−13	36^[a]
18	Kotayk Abovyan	42	14	7	21	55	83	−28	35
19	Kuban Krasnodar	42	12	11	19	41	56	−15	35
20	Zarya Voroshylovhrad (R)	42	11	10	21	44	59	−15	32	Relegation to Second League
21	Zvezda Perm (R)	42	10	12	20	37	69	−32	32
22	Kolos Nikopol (R)	42	10	7	25	31	62	−31	27

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

^ ^a ^b ^c There was a draw limit for the draws earned, 12. Only twelve draws earn a point, in contrast, over the limit draws earn no points.

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	MDA	Nistru Kishinev	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Promoted
2	UZB	Neftyanik Fergana	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1	5
3	RUS	Irtysh Omsk	4	0	0	4	2	7	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	GEO	Torpedo Kutaisi	4	1	3	0	6	3	+3	5^[a]	Promoted
2	RUS	Cement Novorossiysk	4	1	2	1	4	6	−2	4
3	KAZ	Traktor Pavlodar	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	RUS	Fakel Voronezh	4	3	1	9	2	+7	6^[a]	Promoted
2	UKR	Bukovina Chernovtsy	4	3	1	6	4	+2	6
3	RUS	UralMash Sverdlovsk	4	0	4	1	10	−9	0

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

Top League

First League