1982 in Soviet football

Football in the Soviet Union

Season	1982
Men's football
Top League	Dinamo Minsk
First League	Zhalgiris Vilnius
Second League	Tekstilschik Ivanovo (Finals 1) Dnepr Mogilev (Finals 2) Kuzbass Kemerovo (Finals 3)
Soviet Cup	Dinamo Kiev
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The 1982 Soviet football championship was the 51st seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Dinamo Minsk won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the first time.

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Minsk (C)	34	19	9	6	63	35	+28	47	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Dynamo Kyiv	34	18	10	6	58	25	+33	46	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Spartak Moscow	34	16	9	9	59	35	+24	41
4	Dinamo Tbilisi	34	16	9	9	51	47	+4	41
5	Ararat Yerevan	34	14	10	10	50	47	+3	38
6	Pakhtakor Tashkent	34	13	11	10	42	38	+4	36[a]
7	Zenit Leningrad	34	12	9	13	44	41	+3	33
8	Torpedo Moscow	34	11	12	11	36	33	+3	32[b]
9	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	34	11	12	11	34	38	−4	32[b]
10	Chornomorets Odessa	34	11	11	12	30	36	−6	32[a]
11	Dynamo Moscow	34	13	5	16	42	52	−10	31
12	Metalist Kharkiv	34	10	11	13	32	34	−2	30[a]
13	Torpedo Kutaisi	34	10	10	14	39	45	−6	30
14	Shakhtar Donetsk	34	10	9	15	42	57	−15	29	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
15	CSKA Moscow	34	10	9	15	41	46	−5	29
16	Neftchi Baku	34	10	7	17	42	63	−21	27
17	Kuban Krasnodar (R)	34	9	9	16	37	48	−11	27	Relegation to First League
18	Kairat Alma-Ata (R)	34	7	10	17	34	56	−22	24

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Žalgiris Vilnius (C, P)	42	23	10	9	65	34	+31	56	Promotion to Top League
2	Nistru Kishinev (P)	42	23	10	9	67	38	+29	56
3	Kolos Nikopol	42	22	11	9	63	38	+25	55
4	Lokomotiv Moscow	42	21	13	8	63	32	+31	54[a]
5	Fakel Voronezh	42	21	13	8	60	33	+27	54[a]
6	Zarya Voroshilovgrad	42	19	9	14	65	52	+13	47
7	Shinnik Yaroslavl	42	19	7	16	59	58	+1	45
8	Daugava Riga	42	16	12	14	58	51	+7	44
9	Pamir Dushanbe	42	16	12	14	49	49	0	44
10	SKA Karpaty Lvov[b]	42	16	10	16	44	37	+7	42
11	SKA Rostov-on-Don	42	16	10	16	59	52	+7	42
12	Metallurg Zaporozhia	42	17	7	18	54	42	+12	41
13	Tavria Simferopol	42	17	7	18	58	50	+8	41
14	Rotor Volgograd	42	14	12	16	63	64	−1	40
15	Dinamo Kirov	42	15	8	19	45	57	−12	38
16	SKA Khabarovsk	42	14	10	18	34	48	−14	38
17	Iskra Smolensk	42	13	13	16	53	67	−14	38[a]
18	Guria Lanchkhuti	42	15	7	20	48	67	−19	37
19	Zvezda Dzhizak[c]	42	14	9	19	56	77	−21	37
20	SKA Odessa (R)	42	11	13	18	40	48	−8	34[a]	Relegation to Second League
21	SKA Kiev (R)	42	5	10	27	31	81	−50	20
22	Spartak Kostroma (R)	42	4	9	29	18	77	−59	17

[Nov 16, Simferopol]

• Žalgiris 1-0 Nistru

[Oct 26 – Nov 19]

Top League

• Andrei Yakubik (Pakhtakor Tashkent) – 23 goals

First League

• Georgiy Kolyadok (Kolos Nikopol) – 26 goals

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