1983 Soviet Top League

Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1983 season.

Soviet Top League
Season1983
ChampionsDnepr Dnepropetrovsk
RelegatedTorpedo Kutaisi, Nistru Kishinev
European CupDnepr Dnepropetrovsk
Cup Winners' CupDinamo Moscow
UEFA CupSpartak Moscow
Dinamo Minsk
Matches played306
Goals scored725 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorer(18) Yuri Gavrilov (Spartak)
1982
1984

Teams

Location

500km
300miles
Pakhtakor
Torpedo K
CSKA
Torpedo M
Spartak
Dynamo
Chornomorets
Dynamo T
Neftchi
Metallist
Žalgiris
Shakhter
Dnepr
Zenit
Nistru
Dynamo Mi
Ararat
Dynamo K
Locations of teams in the 1984 Top League

League standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (C)3422576336+2749Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Spartak Moscow3418976025+3545Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Dinamo Minsk3417985134+1743
4 Zenit Leningrad34151184232+1040[a]
5 Žalgiris Vilnius34159103836+239
6 Torpedo Moscow34141194034+638[a]
7 Dynamo Kyiv341410105034+1638
8 Chornomorets Odesa34165134446−237
9 Shakhtar Donetsk34165134840+837
10 Pakhtakor Tashkent34139123734+335
11 Metalist Kharkiv34128143840−232
12 CSKA Moscow341112113733+432[b]
13 Neftchi Baku341010143238−630
14 Ararat Yerevan34117162947−1829
15 Dynamo Moscow34911143037−728[a]Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
16 Dinamo Tbilisi3499164148−727
17 Torpedo Kutaisi (R)34410202658−3218Relegation to First League
18 Nistru Kishinev (R)3434271973−5410
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayARACHOCSKDNIDYKDMNDYNDTBMKHNEFNISPAKSHASPATKUTORŽALZEN
Ararat Yerevan3–01–10–22–12–01–01–11–01–01–01–20–10–12–21–01–01–1
Chornomorets Odesa2–01–11–01–23–11–04–12–12–01–10–12–11–00–02–30–02–0
CSKA Moscow1–21–20–24–10–10–00–11–12–11–01–11–01–11–00–01–22–1
Dnipro4–02–01–22–12–13–12–12–11–06–02–13–24–20–02–13–11–0
Dynamo Kyiv3–06–01–02–10–22–11–12–10–03–02–01–11–18–00–14–12–2
Dinamo Minsk2–03–01–11–20–01–11–02–01–00–02–12–03–23–11–11–02–0
Dynamo Moscow2–10–41–21–01–12–21–02–13–12–10–00–10–01–11–11–21–2
Dinamo Tbilisi3–03–02–03–11–01–20–00–01–12–01–12–30–32–00–03–11–2
Metalist Kharkiv0–02–01–11–12–01–11–04–31–03–11–01–01–21–01–12–11–1
Neftçi Baku3–01–10–02–22–02–11–13–21–00–02–03–12–10–00–13–02–5
Nistru Chișinău2–41–41–20–10–11–30–31–00–20–12–00–11–61–20–31–10–1
Pakhtakor Tashkent3–01–21–00–13–02–21–01–04–14–02–12–10–02–11–30–00–3
Shakhtar Donetsk3–02–00–11–31–23–00–16–31–02–06–20–10–41–01–03–00–0
Spartak Moscow3–14–02–21–10–00–23–05–11–02–01–01–01–20–01–11–03–0
Torpedo Kutaisi0–01–31–62–30–11–10–22–21–20–00–11–13–10–43–11–21–0
Torpedo Moscow2–10–11–03–02–10–42–11–03–20–01–01–10–00–24–11–10–2
Žalgiris Vilnius2–12–12–12–10–02–11–00–03–21–05–02–02–11–01–10–00–1
Zenit Leningrad0–02–10–02–21–13–10–01–02–02–14–10–00–20–21–03–20–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

18 goals
17 goals
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals
11 goals

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Goalkeepers: Serhiy Krakovskyi (34).
Defenders: Mykola Pavlov (33 / 3), Petro Kutuzov (27), Oleksandr Lysenko (17 / 1), Yuriy Mirhorodskyi (17), Serhiy Puchkov (13), Oleksandr Chervonyi (9), Andriy Bobrikov (7), Volodymyr Ustinov (6), Anatoliy Nazarenko (5), Valeriy Zuyev (2).
Midfielders: Andriy Dilay (34 / 2), Vyktor Kuznetsov (31 / 7), Volodymyr Ustymchyk (30 / 5), Oleh Serebryanskyi (26 / 1), Hennadiy Lytovchenko (24 / 5), Mykola Fedorenko (17 / 3), Volodymyr Bahmut (6), Volodymyr Kobzarev (5).
Forwards: Oleh Taran (30 / 13), Volodymyr Lyutyi (24 / 9), Oleh Protasov (21 / 7), Aleksandr Pogorelov (21 / 5).

Manager: Volodymyr Yemets.

Transferred out during the season: Volodymyr Ustinov (to FC Kolos Nikopol), Valeriy Zuyev (retired).

2. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Rinat Dasayev (34), Andrei Mikhalychev (1).
Defenders: Sergei Bazulev (30), Gennady Morozov (30), Yevgeni Mileshkin (29 / 1), Vladimir Sochnov (25 / 3), Boris Pozdnyakov (25), Oleg Romantsev (17), Aleksandr Bubnov (13), Sergei Savchenkov (3), Sergei Shulgin (1).
Midfielders: Yuri Gavrilov (34 / 18), Yevgeni Kuznetsov (34 / 5), Fyodor Cherenkov (33 / 10), Valeri Gladilin (26 / 9), Yuri Reznik (25 / 4), Edgar Gess (18 / 2), Sergei Shvetsov (8), Mikhail Dubinin (5 / 2), Vladimir Korolyov (1), Sergei Nikitin (1).
Forwards: Sergey Rodionov (16 / 5), Sergei Argudyayev (6), Mikhail Rusyayev (5), Oleg Kuzhlev (2), Oleg Smirnov (1).

Manager: Konstantin Beskov.

Transferred out during the season: Oleg Romantsev (retired), Mikhail Dubinin (to FC Metallurg Aldan).

3. FC Dinamo Minsk

Goalkeepers: Yury Kurbyko (30), Mikhail Vergeyenko (4), Arkadi Batalov (1).
Defenders: Yuri Kurnenin (32 / 1), Sergei Borovsky (32), Viktor Yanushevsky (30), Viktor Shishkin (24), Liudas Rumbutis (22 / 3), Oļegs Aleksejenko (18), Igor Belov (10), Yury Trukhan (5).
Midfielders: Andrei Zygmantovich (30 / 1), Sergey Gotsmanov (29 / 5), Sergei Aleinikov (29 / 2), Yuri Pudyshev (26 / 1), Aleksandr Prokopenko (12 / 2), Valeri Melnikov (9 / 1).
Forwards: Igor Gurinovich (28 / 17), Georgi Kondratyev (28 / 8), Viktor Sokol (18 / 9), Pyotr Vasilevsky (17 / 1).

Manager: Eduard Malofeyev.

Transferred out during the season: Aleksandr Prokopenko (released).

Number of teams by union republic

RankUnion republicNumber of teamsClub(s)
1  RSFSR5CSKA Moscow, Dinamo Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Zenit Leningrad
 Ukrainian SSRChernomorets Odesa, Dinamo Kyiv, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Shakhter Donetsk
3  Georgian SSR2Dinamo Tbilisi, Torpedo Kutaisi
4  Armenian SSR1Ararat Yerevan
 Azerbaijan SSRNeftchi Baku
 Belarusian SSRDinamo Minsk
 Moldavian SSRNistru Kishinev
 Lithuanian SSRZhalgiris Vilnius
 Uzbek SSRPakhtakor Tashkent

References