1989 Soviet Top League

Soviet Top League
Season	1989
Champions	FC Spartak Moscow
Relegated	Lokomotiv Moscow; Zenit Leningrad; Dinamo Tbilisi (withdrew); Guria Lanchkhuti (withdrew)
European Cup	Spartak Moscow
Cup Winners' Cup	Dynamo Kyiv
UEFA Cup	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk; Torpedo Moscow; Chernomorets Odessa
Matches played	240
Goals scored	522 (2.18 per match)
Top goalscorer	(16) Sergei Radionov (Spartak Moscow)
	← 1988 1990 →

The 1989 Soviet Top League season was the 52nd since its establishment. Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk were the defending 2-times champions.

The season began on 11 March with six games played on the date and lasted until 27 October 1990. The season was won by FC Spartak Moscow.

Teams[]

Promoted 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[]

Moscow
Spartak
Lokomotiv
Dinamo
Torpedo

Dynamo Kyiv

Chornomorets

Ararat

Dinamo Minsk

Pamir

Zenit

Dnipro

Shakhtar

Žalgiris

Metalist

Rotor

Dinamo Tbilisi

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	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	Dynamo Kyiv	30	13	12	5	44	27	+17	38	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Žalgiris Vilnius (X)	30	14	8	8	39	29	+10	36	Surrendered its qualification for UEFA competitions
5	Torpedo Moscow	30	11	13	6	40	26	+14	35	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
6	Chornomorets Odesa	30	11	9	10	40	41	−1	31	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round^[a]
7	Metalist Kharkiv	30	10	10	10	30	33	−3	30
8	Dinamo Moscow	30	9	12	9	31	26	+5	30
9	Dinamo Minsk	30	11	7	12	35	33	+2	29
10	Rotor Volgograd	30	9	9	12	28	35	−7	27
11	Dinamo Tbilisi (X)	30	6	13	11	27	32	−5	25
12	Ararat Yerevan	30	8	8	14	25	41	−16	24
13	Pamir Dushanbe	30	7	10	13	20	38	−18	24
14	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	9	5	16	24	36	−12	23
15	Lokomotiv Moscow (R)	30	7	9	14	20	32	−12	23	Relegation to First League
16	Zenit Leningrad (R)	30	5	9	16	24	48	−24	19	Relegation to First League

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated; (X) Quit the 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:

^ Qualified to Europe instead of Žalgiris Vilnius

Top scorers[]

16 goals

Sergey Rodionov (Spartak Moscow)

13 goals

Georgi Kondratyev (Chornomorets)

11 goals

Igor Dobrovolsky (Dinamo Moscow)
Vladimir Grechnev (Torpedo Moscow)
Igor Kolyvanov (Dinamo Moscow)
Yuri Savichev (Torpedo Moscow)
Valeri Shmarov (Spartak Moscow)

10 goals

Mykola Kudrytsky (Dnipro)

9 goals

Mikhail Rusyayev (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Yuri Tarasov (Metalist)

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: Fyodor Cherenkov (28 / 7), Yevgeni Kuznetsov (26 / 2), Viktor Pasulko (22 / 3), Igor Shalimov (20 / 1), Vladimir Kapustin (12), Aleksandr Mostovoi (11 / 3), Andrei Ivanov (10), 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 Serhiy Kuznetsov (FC Chornomorets Odesa) and Gennady Lesun (FC Dinamo Minsk). Manager: Oleg Romantsev. Transferred out during the season: Aleksandr Bubnov (to Red Star), Vladimir Sochnov, Valeri Shikunov (both to RVShSM-RAF Jelgava).
2. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Goalkeepers: Valeriy Horodov (21), Serhiy Krakovskyi (9). Defenders: Andriy Sydelnykov (29 / 2), Oleksiy Cherednyk (24), Evgeny Yarovenko (20 / 2), Ivan Vyshnevskyi (16), Serhiy Puchkov (15 / 1), 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: Eduard Son (27 / 6), Yevhen Shakhov (25 / 8), Valentyn Moskvyn (8), Igor Shkvyrin (4). Manager: Yevhen Kucherevskyi. Transferred out during the season: Volodymyr Lyutyi (to FC Schalke 04), Ivan Vyshnevskyi (to Fenerbahçe S.K.), Igor Shkvyrin, Marat Kabayev (both to FC Pakhtakor Tashkent).
3. FC Dynamo Kyiv
Goalkeepers: Viktor Chanov (22), Aleksandr Zhidkov (10). Defenders: Oleh Kuznetsov (29 / 4), Oleh Luzhny (27), Serhiy Shmatovalenko (26), Serhiy Zayets (22 / 4), Andriy Bal (18), Volodymyr Bezsonov (17 / 5), Vladimir Gorilyi (17), Anatoliy Demyanenko (5 / 2), Albert Sarkisyan (3). Midfielders: Hennadiy Lytovchenko (29 / 7), Ivan Yaremchuk (18 / 1), Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (15 / 3), Andrei Kanchelskis (15), Vasyl Rats (13 / 3), Mykhaylo Stelmakh (11 / 1), Pavlo Yakovenko (10). Forwards: Oleh Protasov (26 / 7), Oleg Salenko (26 / 3), 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 Borussia Mönchengladbach).

Number of teams by union republic[]

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	RSFSR	6	Dinamo Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, Rotor Volgograd, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, 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[]

External links[]

1989 season at FootballFacts.ru

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