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1988 Soviet Top League

The 1988 season was the 51st completed season of the USSR Football Championship: Top League. Spartak Moscow, the defending 11-times champions, placed fourth this season.

Soviet Top League
Season1988
DatesMarch 7 — November 19, 1988
ChampionsDnipro Dnepropetrovsk
(2nd title)
RelegatedNeftchi Baku
Kairat Alma-Ata
European CupDnipr Dniprotervosk
Cup Winners' CupTorpedo Moscow
UEFA CupSpartak Moscow
Dynamo Kiev
Žalgiris Vilnius
Zenit Leningrad
Matches played240
Goals scored526 (2.19 per match)
Top goalscorer(16) Aleksandr Borodyuk (Dynamo Moscow), Yevhen Shakhov (Dnipro Dniprotervosk)
← 1987
1989 →

Teams

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 1988 Top League

Final standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (C)30181024923+2646Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Dynamo Kyiv3017944319+2443Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Torpedo Moscow3017853923+1642Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Spartak Moscow30141154026+1439[a]Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5 Žalgiris Vilnius3014793935+435
6 Zenit Leningrad30119103534+131
7 Lokomotiv Moscow30101283529+630[b]
8 Shakhtar Donetsk30910113028+228
9 Ararat Erevan3099122128−727
10 Dinamo Moscow3098133238−626
11 Metalist Kharkiv30810122936−726
12 Dinamo Minsk30711122934−525[a]
13 Chornomorets Odessa3096152437−1324
14 Dinamo Tbilisi3095162837−923
15 Neftchi Baku (R)3057182846−1817Relegation to First League
16 Kairat Alma-Ata (R)3064202553−2816
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Total points (If two or more teams have equal points for the first place, the winner is determined by additional single round-robin play-off on condition and place determined by the Federation); 2) Total wins; 3) Head-to-head results (3.1. points 3.2. goal difference 3.3. goal scored); 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total games scored; 6) Draw lots
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Promotion

Results

Home \ AwayARACHODNIDYKDMNDYNDTBKAILOKMKHNEFSHASPATORŽALZEN
Ararat Yerevan1–10–01–20–00–13–11–00–02–00–01–01–00–21–01–0
Chornomorets Odessa2–11–32–10–01–12–01–00–11–11–01–10–10–21–01–2
Dnipro3–02–10–04–32–00–03–02–11–13–24–20–02–23–11–1
Dynamo Kyiv2–01–02–01–12–11–03–01–03–03–00–01–23–03–12–0
Dinamo Minsk0–02–00–11–20–00–03–13–21–13–11–00–21–10–11–1
Dynamo Moscow1–11–31–21–22–10–04–32–01–11–01–11–22–00–03–2
Dinamo Tbilisi1–22–00–11–12–13–13–10–01–22–02–01–00–12–10–1
Kairat Alma-Ata1–01–10–20–11–22–12–01–11–02–10–11–32–11–21–1
Lokomotiv Moscow1–02–00–11–10–02–22–13–01–11–02–02–21–12–22–0
Metalist Kharkiv1–20–10–21–13–11–02–01–11–01–01–22–01–12–11–1
Neftçi Baku1–12–02–22–12–10–11–04–21–11–12–21–21–11–21–2
Shakhtar Donetsk2–00–10–01–10–12–03–12–00–13–00–20–00–05–11–0
Spartak Moscow1–13–12–21–04–21–03–02–01–12–12–02–20–01–11–1
Torpedo Moscow2–02–01–02–01–02–11–02–02–11–03–12–02–02–22–1
Žalgiris Vilnius1–02–12–20–01–02–10–12–01–22–12–01–02–02–22–0
Zenit Leningrad2–12–00–11–10–00–15–42–13–22–12–00–00–02–01–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

16 goals
15 goals
12 goals
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals

Clean sheets

[1]

14 matches
12 matches
11 matches
10 matches
9 matches
7 matches

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

RankUnion republicNumber of teamsClub(s)
1  RSFSR5Dinamo Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Zenit Leningrad
 Ukrainian SSRChernomorets Odessa, Dinamo Kiev, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Shakhter Donetsk
3  Armenian SSR1Ararat Yerevan
 Azerbaijan SSRNeftchi Baku
 Belarusian SSRDinamo Minsk
 Georgian SSRDinamo Tbilisi
 Kazakh SSRKairat Alma-Ata
 Lithuanian SSRZhalgiris Vilnius

See also

References

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