1989 Soviet Top League

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Final Standings

No Club GP W D L GF-GA Pts Rpblc Notes
1 Spartak Moscow 30 17 10 3 49-19 44  Russian SFSR Champions Cup
2 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30 18 6 6 47-27 42  Ukrainian SSR UEFA Cup
3 Dynamo Kyiv 30 13 12 5 44-27 38  Ukrainian SSR Cup Winners' Cup
4 Žalgiris Vilnius 30 14 8 8 39-29 36  Lithuanian SSR Withdrew
5 Torpedo Moscow 30 11 13 6 40-26 35  Russian SFSR UEFA Cup
6 Chornomorets Odessa 30 11 9 10 40-41 31  Ukrainian SSR UEFA Cup
7 Metalist Kharkiv 30 10 10 10 30-33 30  Ukrainian SSR
8 Dinamo Moscow 30 9 12 9 31-26 30  Russian SFSR
9 Dinamo Minsk 30 12 7 23 35-33 39  Byelorussian SSR
10 Rotor Volgograd 30 9 9 12 28-35 27  Russian SFSR +
11 Dinamo Tbilisi 30 6 13 11 27-32 25  Georgian SSR Withdrew
12 Ararat Erevan 30 8 8 14 25-41 24  Armenian SSR
13 Pamir Dushambe 30 7 10 13 20-38 24  Tajik SSR +
14 Shakhtar Donetsk 30 9 5 16 24-36 23  Ukrainian SSR
15 Lokomotiv Moscow 30 7 9 14 20-32 23  Russian SFSR Relegated
16 Zenit Leningrad 30 5 9 16 24-48 19  Russian SFSR Relegated

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Top scorers

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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 Henadz 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 Herashchenko (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).

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