1988 Soviet Top League

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Final Standings

No Club GP W D L GF-GA Pts Rpblc Notes
1 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30 18 10 2 49-23 46  Ukrainian SSR Champions Cup
2 Dynamo Kyiv 30 17 9 4 43-19 43  Ukrainian SSR UEFA Cup
3 Torpedo Moscow 30 17 8 5 39-23 42  Russian SFSR Cup Winners' Cup
4 Spartak Moscow 30 14 11 5 40-26 39  Russian SFSR UEFA Cup
5 Žalgiris Vilnius 30 14 7 9 39-35 35  Lithuanian SSR UEFA Cup
6 Zenit Leningrad 30 11 9 10 35-34 31  Russian SFSR UEFA Cup
7 Lokomotiv Moscow 30 10 12 8 35-29 30(-2)  Russian SFSR +
8 Shakhtar Donetsk 30 9 10 11 30-28 28  Ukrainian SSR
9 Ararat Erevan 30 9 9 12 21-28 27  Armenian SSR
10 Dinamo Moscow 30 9 8 13 32-38 26  Russian SFSR
11 Metalist Kharkiv 30 8 10 12 29-36 26  Ukrainian SSR
12 Dinamo Minsk 30 7 11 12 29-34 25  Byelorussian SSR
13 Chornomorets Odessa 30 9 6 15 24-37 24  Ukrainian SSR +
14 Dinamo Tbilisi 30 9 5 16 28-37 23  Georgian SSR
15 Neftchi Baku 30 5 7 18 28-46 17  Azerbaijan SSR Relegated
16 Kairat Almaty 30 6 4 20 25-53 16  Kazakh SSR Relegated

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Top scorers

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10 goals
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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 Herashchenko (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).

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