1989 Soviet Top League

Soviet Top League
Season	1989
Champions	FC Spartak Moscow
Relegated	Lokomotiv Moscow Zenit Leningrad Dinamo Tbilisi (withdrew) Guria Lanchkhuti (withdrew)
Champions League	Spartak Moscow
Cup Winners' Cup	Dynamo Kyiv
UEFA Cup	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk Torpedo Moscow Chernomorets Odessa
Top goalscorer	(16) Sergei Radionov (Spartak Moscow)
← 1988 1990 →

The 1989 Soviet Top League season was the 52nd since its establishment. Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk were the defending 2-times champions.

The season began on 11 March with six games played on the date and lasted until 27 October 1990. The season was won by FC Spartak Moscow.

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
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

After this season the teams in italics quit the USSR Football Federation and joined the leagues of their native countries. For the following season, the league was reduced to 13 teams as Žalgiris would quit after their first game of the new season.
+ - Newly promoted

Top scorers

16 goals

Sergey Rodionov (Spartak Moscow)

13 goals

Georgi Kondratyev (Chornomorets)

11 goals

Igor Dobrovolsky (Dynamo Moscow)
Vladimir Grechnev (Torpedo Moscow)
Igor Kolyvanov (Dynamo Moscow)
Yuri Savichev (Torpedo Moscow)
Valeri Shmarov (Spartak Moscow)

10 goals

Mykola Kudrytsky (Dnipro)

9 goals

Mikhail Rusyayev (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Yuri Tarasov (Metalist)

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 Gerashchenko (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).

References

Soviet Top League seasons

1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Russian League

1989 in Soviet football

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Domestic cups	Soviet Cup 1988–89 Soviet Cup 1989–90 Soviet Cup Federation Cup Super Cup

National teams	Seniors Youth U-18 Juniors

Club seasons

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