1981 Soviet Top League

Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1981 season.

Overview[]

It was contested by 18 teams, and Dynamo Kyiv won the championship.

League standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dynamo Kyiv (C)	34	22	9	3	58	26	+32	53	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Spartak Moscow	34	19	8	7	70	40	+30	46	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Dinamo Tbilisi	34	16	10	8	62	35	+27	42
4	Dynamo Moscow	34	15	10	9	41	29	+12	40
5	Torpedo Moscow	34	14	14	6	41	29	+12	38[a]	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
6	CSKA Moscow	34	14	9	11	39	33	+6	37
7	Shakhtar Donetsk	34	12	10	12	51	39	+12	34
8	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	34	12	8	14	42	53	−11	32
9	Dinamo Minsk	34	11	13	10	44	39	+5	32[b]
10	Neftchi Baku	34	11	12	11	34	49	−15	32[c]
11	Chornomorets Odessa	34	11	9	14	36	44	−8	31
12	Kairat Alma-Ata	34	10	12	12	42	46	−4	30[c]
13	Kuban Krasnodar	34	11	7	16	42	54	−12	29
14	Ararat Yerevan	34	10	9	15	44	50	−6	29
15	Zenit Leningrad	34	9	10	15	33	43	−10	28
16	SKA Rostov-on-Don (R)	34	8	10	16	39	58	−19	26	Relegation to First League
17	Tavria Simferopol (R)	34	8	7	19	27	54	−27	23
18	Pakhtakor Tashkent[d]	34	7	5	22	34	58	−24	19

Top scorers[]

23 goals

• Ramaz Shengelia (Dinamo Tbilisi)

21 goals

• Yuri Gavrilov (Spartak Moscow)

19 goals

• Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv)

16 goals

• Vladimir Kazachyonok (Zenit)

15 goals

• Valery Gazzaev (Dynamo Moscow)

14 goals

• Khoren Hovhannisyan (Ararat)
• Pyotr Vasilevsky (Dinamo Minsk)

13 goals

• Andrei Yakubik (Pakhtakor)

12 goals

• Viktor Grachyov (Shakhtar)
• Aleksandr Pogorelov (Dnipro)

References[]

• Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)
• 1981. Higher League. (1981. Высшая лига.) Luhansk Our Futbol portal.
• 44th USSR Championship, 1981 Higher League (44-й чемпионат СССР, 1981г. Высшая лига). Wildstat website.