| No | Club | GP | W | D | L | GF-GA | Pts | Rpblc | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 64-26 | 48 | Ukrainian SSR | |
| 2 | Spartak Moscow | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 72-28 | 46 | Russian SFSR | |
| 3 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 71-41 | 42 | Ukrainian SSR | -1 |
| 4 | Dinamo Minsk | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 40-31 | 41 | Byelorussian SSR | |
| 5 | Torpedo Moscow | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 42-40 | 36 | Russian SFSR | |
| 6 | Zenit Leningrad | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 48-38 | 35 | Russian SFSR | |
| 7 | Žalgiris Vilnius | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 43-49 | 34 | Lithuanian SSR | -1 |
| 8 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 34-39 | 32 | Georgian SSR | |
| 9 | Kairat Almaty | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 43-46 | 32 | Kazakh SSR | -3 |
| 10 | Metalist Kharkiv | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 39-55 | 31 | Ukrainian SSR | |
| 11 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 40-51 | 31 | Georgian SSR | |
| 12 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 46-45 | 30 | Ukrainian SSR | -2 |
| 13 | Ararat Yerevan | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 42-46 | 30 | Armenian SSR | -2 |
| 14 | Dinamo Moscow | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 37-50 | 29 | Russian SFSR | |
| 15 | Chornomorets Odessa | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 44-65 | 29 | Ukrainian SSR | Relegation play-off |
| 16 | Neftçi Baku | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 30-40 | 28 | Azerbaijan SSR | -1; Relegation play-off |
| 17 | Fakel Voronezh | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 24-45 | 27 | Russian SFSR | Relegated |
| 18 | SKA Rostov-na-Donu | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 36-60 | 21 | Russian SFSR | Relegated |
| No | Club | GP | W | D | L | GF-GA | Pts | Rpblc | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chornomorets Odessa | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6-3 | 9 | Ukrainian SSR | |
| 2 | Neftçi Baku | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9-4 | 7 | Azerbaijan SSR | |
| 3 | Daugava Riga | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7-7 | 5 | Latvian SSR | |
| 4 | CSKA Moscow | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3-11 | 3 | Russian SFSR |
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
| 1. FC Dynamo Kyiv |
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Goalkeepers: Mykhaylo Mykhaylov (34), Viktor Chanov (1). Manager: Valeriy Lobanovskyi. Transferred out during the season: Viktor Khlus (to FC Chornomorets Odesa). |
| 2. FC Spartak Moscow |
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Goalkeepers: Rinat Dasayev (34), Stanislav Cherchesov (2). Manager: Konstantin Beskov. Transferred out during the season: none. |
| 3. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
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Goalkeepers: Serhiy Krakovskyi (32), Valeriy Horodov (6). Manager: Volodymyr Yemets. Transferred out during the season: Serhiy Khudozhylov, Mykola Fedorenko (both to FC Kolos Nikopol). |
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