1988 Soviet Top League

Soviet Top League

Season	1988
Champions	Dnipro Dnepropetrovsk
Relegated	Neftchi Baku Kairat Alma-Ata
European Cup	Dnipr Dniprotervosk
Cup Winners' Cup	Torpedo Moscow
UEFA Cup	Spartak Moscow Dynamo Kiev Žalgiris Vilnius Zenit Leningrad
Top goalscorer	(16) Aleksandr Borodyuk (Dynamo Moscow), Yevgeniy Shakhov (Dnipro Dneprotervosk)
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Teams

Promoted teams

• FC Chernomorets Odessa – champion (returning after a seasons)
• FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2nd place (returning after seven seasons)

Location

500km
300miles

Chernomorets

Torpedo

Spartak

Dynamo

Lokomotiv

Dynamo T

Neftchi

Metallist

Žalgiris

Shakhter

Dnepr

Zenit

Kairat

Dynamo Mi

Ararat

Dynamo K

  

Locations of teams in the 1989 Top League

Final standings

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	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
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
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 Almaty (R)	30	6	4	20	25	53	−28	16

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Promotion

• Pamir Dushanbe (Tajik SSR)
• Rotor Volgograd (Russian SFSR)

Top scorers

16 goals

• Aleksandr Borodyuk (Dynamo Moscow)
• Yevhen Shakhov (Dnipro)

15 goals

• Mikhail Rusyayev (Lokomotiv Moscow)

12 goals

• Sergei Rodionov (Spartak Moscow)

11 goals

• Oleg Protasov (Dynamo Kyiv)

10 goals

• Mashalla Akhmedov (Neftchi)
• Ihor Petrov (Shakhtar)

9 goals

• Sergei Dmitriyev (Zenit)
• Vladimir Grechnev (Torpedo Moscow)
• Gija Guruli (Dinamo Tbilisi)
• Vladimir Liuty (Dnipro)
• Arminas Narbekovas (Žalgiris)
• Andrei Rudakov (Torpedo Moscow)

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Goalkeepers: Valeriy Horodov (25), Serhiy Krakovskyi (4), Igor Tyuterev (1). Defenders: Sergei Bashkirov (29 / 1), Ivan Vyshnevskyi (28), Oleksandr Sorokalet (27 / 1), Oleksiy Cherednyk (24 / 3), Serhiy Puchkov (22), Volodymyr Gerashchenko (7), Peter Neustädter (4), Serhiy Bezhenar (3), Oleksandr Chervonyi (1 / 1), Petro Buts (1), Oleh Fediukov (1). Midfielders: Volodymyr Bahmut (28 / 2), Mykola Kudrytsky (27 / 3), Anton Shokh (22 / 1), Vadym Yevtushenko (20), Vadym Tyshchenko (6), Viktor Rafalchuk (2), Yevhen Pokhlebayev (1). Forwards: Eduard Son (29 / 8), Yevhen Shakhov (28 / 16), Volodymyr Lyutyi (21 / 9), Igor Shkvyrin (10 / 2), Andriy Sydelnykov (8 / 1), Oleh Taran (4), Vasyl Storchak (2), Oleh Koshelyuk (1 / 1), Konstantin Yeryomenko (1), Yuriy Leonov (1), Valentyn Moskvyn (1). Manager: Yevhen Kucherevskyi. Transferred out during the season: Vadym Yevtushenko (to FC Dynamo Kyiv reserves), Peter Neustädter (to SC Tavriya Simferopol), Vasyl Storchak (to FC SKA Karpaty Lviv).

2. FC Dynamo Kyiv

Goalkeepers: Viktor Chanov (25), Aleksandr Zhidkov (5). Defenders: Anatoliy Demyanenko (30 / 1), Oleh Kuznetsov (26 / 1), Andriy Bal (23), Serhiy Shmatovalenko (21), Volodymyr Bezsonov (19), Ihor Korniyets (13), Sergei Baltacha (12), Vladimir Gorilyi (11 / 1). Midfielders: Vasyl Rats (30 / 2), Hennadiy Lytovchenko (29 / 7), Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (23 / 6), Oleksandr Zavarov (18 / 4), Ivan Yaremchuk (11), Andrei Kanchelskis (7 / 1), Pavlo Yakovenko (6 / 1), Serhiy Pohodin (3), Mykhaylo Stelmakh (1). Forwards: Oleh Protasov (29 / 11), Ihor Belanov (27 / 8). Manager: Valeriy Lobanovskyi. Transferred out during the season: Oleksandr Zavarov (to Juventus).

3. FC Torpedo Moscow

Goalkeepers: Valeri Sarychev (26), Aleksei Prudnikov (5). Defenders: Aleksandr Polukarov (29), Valentin Kovach (26 / 1), Sergei Prigoda (15), Sergei Bodak (3), Maksim Cheltsov (3), Dmitri Chugunov (2). Midfielders: Sergey Agashkov (30), Vladimir Grechnyov (29 / 9), Oleg Shirinbekov (29 / 2), Gennadi Grishin (27 / 1), Nikolai Savichev (25 / 6), Sergei Zhukov (19), Aleksei Yeryomenko (9 / 1), Sergei Shustikov (1). Forwards: Vadim Rogovskoy (29), Nikolai Pisarev (19 / 1), Andrei Rudakov (18 / 9), Yuri Savichev (17 / 6), Aleksandr Gitselov (13 / 2), Vladimir Kobzev (8 / 1), Yuri Tishkov (1). Manager: Valentin Ivanov. Transferred out during the season: Aleksei Yeryomenko (to FC Dynamo Moscow), Vladimir Kobzev (to FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don).

Number of teams by union republic

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	RSFSR	5	Dinamo Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Zenit Leningrad
	Ukrainian SSR		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

See also

• 1988 Soviet First League
• 1988 Soviet Second League

External links

• 1988 season at RSSSF