1984 Soviet Top League

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Soviet Top League
Season1984
ChampionsZenit Leningrad
RelegatedPakhtakor Tashkent, CSKA Moscow
European CupZenit Leningrad
Cup Winners' CupDinamo Kiev
UEFA CupSpartak Moscow
Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk
Chernomorets Odessa
Matches played306
Goals scored767 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer(19) Sergey Andreyev (SKA)
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Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1984 season.

18 teams participated, and Zenit Leningrad won the championship. The 10 games draw limit was implemented this season.

Teams[]

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  • FC Kairat Alma-Ata – champion (returning after a season)
  • SKA Rostov-na-Donu – 2nd place (returning after two seasons)

Location[]

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Locations of teams in the 1984 Top League

League standings[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad (C) 34 19 9 6 60 32 +28 47 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow 34 18 9 7 53 29 +24 45 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 34 17 8 9 54 40 +14 42
4 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Chornomorets Odessa 34 16 9 9 49 38 +11 41
5 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Minsk 34 15 13 6 43 28 +15 40[a]
6 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow 34 15 10 9 43 36 +7 40
7 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi 34 14 8 12 36 41 −5 36
8 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Alma-Ata 34 13 8 13 44 42 +2 34
9 Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Žalgiris Vilnius 34 12 11 11 30 38 −8 34[b]
10 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv 34 12 13 9 46 30 +16 34[a] Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
11 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Ararat Yerevan 34 12 7 15 46 50 −4 31
12 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metalist Kharkiv 34 12 5 17 42 53 −11 29
13 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtar Donetsk 34 10 9 15 47 46 +1 29
14 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Rostov-on-Don 34 10 7 17 48 58 −10 27
15 Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftchi Baku 34 9 8 17 30 50 −20 26
16 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow 34 8 10 16 35 43 −8 26
17 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Pakhtakor Tashkent (R) 34 10 5 19 37 58 −21 25 Relegation to First League
18 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow (R) 34 5 9 20 24 55 −31 19
Source:[citation needed]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 3 points deducted (10 draw limit)
  2. ^ 1 point deducted (10 draw limit)

Top scorers[]

19 goals
  • Sergey Andreyev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)
18 goals
  • Hamlet Mkhitaryan (Ararat)
17 goals
14 goals
13 goals
12 goals
  • Georgi Kondratyev (Dinamo Minsk)
  • Yevstafi Pekhlevanidi (Kairat)

Medal squads[]

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. FC Zenit Leningrad

Goalkeepers: Mikhail Biryukov (34).
Defenders: (32 / 2), (28 / 1), Anatoli Davydov (27 / 1), Vladimir Dolgopolov (27), Sergey Kuznetsov (22), (13), Nikolai Vorobyov (8), (6).
Midfielders: Valeri Broshin (32 / 4), Yuri Zheludkov (31 / 17), (28 / 1), Vyacheslav Melnikov (21 / 3), Dmitri Barannik (19), Nikolay Larionov (9 / 2), Igor Komarov (5 / 2).
Forwards: Sergey Dmitriev (30 / 8), Vladimir Klementyev (29 / 10), Boris Chukhlov (28 / 7), (7 / 1), Aleksandr Zakharikov (6).

Manager: Pavel Sadyrin.

Transferred out during the season: none.

2. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Rinat Dasayev (34), Stanislav Cherchesov (2), (1).
Defenders: Vladimir Sochnov (33 / 2), Aleksandr Bubnov (33 / 1), Gennady Morozov (31), Boris Pozdnyakov (30 / 2), Sergei Bazulev (16), Sergei Shvetsov (11), Sergei Shulgin (3), Almir Kayumov (1).
Midfielders: Yuri Gavrilov (34 / 8), Yevgeni Kuznetsov (34 / 5), Sergey Shavlo (32 / 5), Yevgeni Sidorov (26 / 4), Fyodor Cherenkov (25 / 8), Guram Adzhoyev (13 / 1), Valeri Gladilin (12 / 3), Oleksandr Baranov (2).
Forwards: Sergey Rodionov (32 / 13), Mikhail Rusyayev (6 / 1), Jevgeņijs Miļevskis (6), Oleg Kuzhlev (5).

Manager: Konstantin Beskov.

Transferred out during the season: none.

3. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Goalkeepers: Serhiy Krakovskyi (31 / 3), (3).
Defenders: (32), Serhiy Puchkov (29 / 2), Oleksandr Lysenko (28 / 2), Mykola Pavlov (19 / 1), Ivan Vyshnevskyi (17), (17), (9), (1), (1), Oleksandr Chervonyi (1).
Midfielders: Hennadiy Lytovchenko (33 / 7), (30 / 2), (30 / 1), Volodymyr Bahmut (25 / 2), Oleksiy Cherednyk (19 / 2), (13 / 2), Mykola Fedorenko (9), (3), (2), (2).
Forwards: Oleh Protasov (34 / 17), Volodymyr Lyutyi (30 / 8), Oleh Taran (20 / 7).

One own goal scored by Yuri Lykov (FC SKA Rostov-on-Don).

Manager: Volodymyr Yemets.

Transferred out during the season: (retired).

Number of teams by union republic[]

Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1  RSFSR 6 CSKA Moscow, Dinamo Moscow, SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Zenit Leningrad
2  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
 Uzbek SSR Pakhtakor Tashkent

References[]

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