1989 Soviet Top League

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The 1989

Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk
, the defending 2-times champions, came in second this season.

The season began on 11 March with six games played on the date and lasted until 27 October 1989. The season was won by FC Spartak Moscow.

Teams

  • FC Pamir Dushanbe
    – champion (debut)
  • FC Rotor Volgograd – 2nd place (returning for the first time since 1950 after 39 seasons, known as Torpedo Stalingrad)

Location

Žalgiris
Metalist
Rotor
Dinamo Tbilisi
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Location of teams in the 1989 Soviet Top League.

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow (C) 30 17 10 3 49 19 +30 44 Qualification for European Cup first round
2
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
 30 18 6 6 47 27 +20 42 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv 30 13 12 5 44 27 +17 38 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Žalgiris Vilnius (X) 30 14 8 8 39 29 +10 36 Surrendered its qualification for UEFA competitions
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow 30 11 13 6 40 26 +14 35 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
6 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Chornomorets Odesa 30 11 9 10 40 41 −1 31 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round[a]
7 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metalist Kharkiv 30 10 10 10 30 33 −3 30
8
Dinamo Moscow
 30 9 12 9 31 26 +5 30
9 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Minsk 30 11 7 12 35 33 +2 29
10 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Rotor Volgograd 30 9 9 12 28 35 −7 27
11 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi (X) 30 6 13 11 27 32 −5 25
12 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Ararat Yerevan 30 8 8 14 25 41 −16 24
13
Pamir Dushanbe
 30 7 10 13 20 38 −18 24
14 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtar Donetsk 30 9 5 16 24 36 −12 23
15 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow (R) 30 7 9 14 20 32 −12 23 Relegation to First League
16 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad (R) 30 5 9 16 24 48 −24 19
Source: [
USSR Football Federation after this season and joined the leagues of their native countries. For the following season, the league was reduced to 13 teams as Žalgiris
would quit after their first game of the new season.
Notes:
  1. Žalgiris Vilnius

Results

Home \ Away ARA
CHO
DNI
 DYK DMN DYN DTB LOK MKH
PAM
 ROT SHA SPA TOR ŽAL ZEN
Ararat Yerevan 3–1 0–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–0
Chornomorets Odessa
 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 3–2
Dnipro
 4–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 2–0
Dynamo Kyiv 4–1 4–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–4 2–2 2–1 0–0
Dinamo Minsk 2–0 0–0 4–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 1–1
Dynamo Moscow 6–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–3 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 3–0
Dinamo Tbilisi 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–1
Lokomotiv Moscow 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–1
Metalist Kharkiv 0–0 2–1 0–4 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–3 2–1 0–0 4–1
Pamir Dushanbe
 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 2–0
Rotor Volgograd 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 0–3 2–2 1–1 2–1
Shakhtar Donetsk 1–2 2–1 0–0 3–3 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0
Spartak Moscow 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 6–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 4–0 0–0
Torpedo Moscow 2–0 5–2 2–2 2–0 1–2 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–1
Žalgiris Vilnius 3–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 4–0
Zenit Leningrad 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–5 1–1 2–3
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

16 goals
13 goals
  • Georgi Kondratyev
    (Chornomorets)
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals

Clean sheets

[1]

17 matches
13 matches
11 matches
10 matches
9 matches
  • Dmitriy Kharine
    (Dynamo Moscow)
  • Valeriy Horodov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)
  • Ihor Kutepov
    (Metalist Kharkiv)
  • Mykhailo Mykhailov
    (Shakhtar Donetsk)

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Stanislav Cherchesov (30), Aleksei Prudnikov (2).
Defenders: Vasili Kulkov (30 / 1), Gennady Morozov (25 / 1), Aleksandr Bokiy (23), Sergei Bazulev (21), Boris Pozdnyakov (17), Yuri Susloparov (12), Aleksandr Bubnov (11), Boris Kuznetsov (5), Dmitri Gradilenko (1), Vladimir Sochnov (1).
Midfielders:

Sergei Novikov (6 / 2), Valeri Shikunov
(1).
Forwards: Sergey Rodionov (28 / 16), Valeri Shmarov (27 / 11), Dmitri Popov (5).

One own goal each scored by

Gennady Lesun (FC Dinamo Minsk
).

Manager: Oleg Romantsev.

Transferred out during the season:

RVShSM-RAF Jelgava
).

2. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Goalkeepers: Valeriy Horodov (21), Serhiy Krakovskyi (9).
Defenders:

Volodymyr Gerashchenko (13), Oleksandr Sorokalet (10), Oleksandr Chervonyi (8), Yuriy Kulish (6), Petro Buts
(1).
Midfielders: Volodymyr Bahmut (30 / 5), Mykola Kudrytsky (29 / 10), Volodymyr Lyutyi (29 / 7), Andriy Yudin (26 / 3), Vadym Tyshchenko (20 / 3), Anton Shokh (16), Marat Kabayev (1).
Forwards:
Yevhen Shakhov (25 / 8), Valentyn Moskvyn (8), Igor Shkvyrin
(4).

Manager: Yevhen Kucherevskyi.

Transferred out during the season:

FC Pakhtakor Tashkent
).

3. FC Dynamo Kyiv

Goalkeepers: Viktor Chanov (22), Aleksandr Zhidkov (10).
Defenders:

Albert Sarkisyan
(3).
Midfielders:
Mykhaylo Stelmakh (11 / 1), Pavlo Yakovenko
(10).
Forwards:
Ihor Belanov
(18 / 3).

One own goal scored by

Aleksei Arifullin (FC Lokomotiv Moscow
).

Manager: Valeriy Lobanovskyi.

Transferred out during the season:

Ihor Belanov (to Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
).

Number of teams by union republic

Rank
Union republic
 Number of teams Club(s)
1  RSFSR 6
Zenit Leningrad
2  Ukrainian SSR 5 Chornomorets Odesa, Dynamo Kyiv, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Metalist Kharkiv, Shakhtar Donetsk
3  Armenian SSR 1 Ararat Yerevan
 Belarusian SSR Dinamo Minsk
 Georgian SSR Dinamo Tbilisi
 Lithuanian SSR
Zhalgiris Vilnius
 Tajik SSR
Pamir Dushanbe

References

  1. ^ "ФУТБОЛ - 1989. О ПРОВЕДЕНИЕ СОРЕВНОВАНИЙ. (Football – 1989. 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.

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