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	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 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).