1988 Soviet Top League

51st season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union

Football league season

Soviet Top LeagueSeason| 1988

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Dates| March 7 — November 19, 1988
Champions| Dnipro Dnepropetrovsk
(2nd title)
Relegated| Neftchi Baku
Kairat Alma-Ata
European Cup| Dnipr Dniprotervosk
Cup Winners' Cup| Torpedo Moscow
UEFA Cup| Spartak Moscow
Dynamo Kiev
Žalgiris Vilnius
Zenit Leningrad
Matches played| 240
Goals scored| 526 (2.19 per match)
Top goalscorer| (16) Aleksandr Borodyuk (Dynamo Moscow), Yevhen Shakhov (Dnipro Dniprotervosk)

← 1987

1989 →

The 1988 season was the 51st completed season of the USSR Football Championship: Top League. Spartak Moscow, the defending 11-times champions, placed fourth this season.

## Teams

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### Promoted teams

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* FC Chernomorets Odessa – champion (returning after a season)
* FC Lokomotiv Moscow – 2nd place (returning after seven seasons)

### Location

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500km
300miles

Chernomorets

Torpedo

Spartak

Dynamo

Lokomotiv

Dynamo T

Neftchi

Metallist

Žalgiris

Shakhter

Dnepr

Zenit

Kairat

Dynamo Mi

Ararat

Dynamo K

Locations of teams in the 1988 Top League

## Final standings

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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1  |  Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (C) | 30  | 18  | 10  | 2  | 49  | 23  | +26  | 46  | Qualification for European Cup first round
2  |  Dynamo Kyiv | 30  | 17  | 9  | 4  | 43  | 19  | +24  | 43  | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3  |  Torpedo Moscow | 30  | 17  | 8  | 5  | 39  | 23  | +16  | 42  | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4  |  Spartak Moscow | 30  | 14  | 11  | 5  | 40  | 26  | +14  | 39[a] | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5  |  Žalgiris Vilnius | 30  | 14  | 7  | 9  | 39  | 35  | +4  | 35
6  |  Zenit Leningrad | 30  | 11  | 9  | 10  | 35  | 34  | +1  | 31
7  |  Lokomotiv Moscow | 30  | 10  | 12  | 8  | 35  | 29  | +6  | 30[b] |
8  |  Shakhtar Donetsk | 30  | 9  | 10  | 11  | 30  | 28  | +2  | 28
9  |  Ararat Erevan | 30  | 9  | 9  | 12  | 21  | 28  | −7  | 27
10  |  Dinamo Moscow | 30  | 9  | 8  | 13  | 32  | 38  | −6  | 26
11  |  Metalist Kharkiv | 30  | 8  | 10  | 12  | 29  | 36  | −7  | 26
12  |  Dinamo Minsk | 30  | 7  | 11  | 12  | 29  | 34  | −5  | 25[a]
13  |  Chornomorets Odessa | 30  | 9  | 6  | 15  | 24  | 37  | −13  | 24
14  |  Dinamo Tbilisi | 30  | 9  | 5  | 16  | 28  | 37  | −9  | 23
15  |  Neftchi Baku (R) | 30  | 5  | 7  | 18  | 28  | 46  | −18  | 17  | Relegation to First League
16  |  Kairat Alma-Ata (R) | 30  | 6  | 4  | 20  | 25  | 53  | −28  | 16

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Total points (If two or more teams have equal points for the first place, the winner is determined by additional single round-robin play-off on condition and place determined by the Federation); 2) Total wins; 3) Head-to-head results (3.1. points 3.2. goal difference 3.3. goal scored); 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total games scored; 6) Draw lots
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. ^ a b No draw limit for Spartak M and Dinamo Mn
2. ^ 2 points deducted (10 draw limited)

Promotion

* Pamir Dushanbe ( Tajik SSR)
* Rotor Volgograd ( Russian SFSR)

## Results

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Home \ Away  | ARA | CHO | DNI | DYK | DMN | DYN | DTB | KAI | LOK | MKH | NEF | SHA | SPA | TOR | ŽAL | ZEN

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Ararat Yerevan |  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 3–1  | 1–0  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 1–0  | 0–2  | 1–0  | 1–0
Chornomorets Odessa | 2–1  |  | 1–3  | 2–1  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 0–2  | 1–0  | 1–2
Dnipro | 3–0  | 2–1  |  | 0–0  | 4–3  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 3–0  | 2–1  | 1–1  | 3–2  | 4–2  | 0–0  | 2–2  | 3–1  | 1–1
Dynamo Kyiv | 2–0  | 1–0  | 2–0  |  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 3–0  | 1–0  | 3–0  | 3–0  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 3–0  | 3–1  | 2–0
Dinamo Minsk | 0–0  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 1–2  |  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 3–1  | 3–2  | 1–1  | 3–1  | 1–0  | 0–2  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 1–1
Dynamo Moscow | 1–1  | 1–3  | 1–2  | 1–2  | 2–1  |  | 0–0  | 4–3  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 3–2
Dinamo Tbilisi | 1–2  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 3–1  |  | 3–1  | 0–0  | 1–2  | 2–0  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 0–1  | 2–1  | 0–1
Kairat Alma-Ata | 1–0  | 1–1  | 0–2  | 0–1  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 2–0  |  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 0–1  | 1–3  | 2–1  | 1–2  | 1–1
Lokomotiv Moscow | 1–0  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 2–2  | 2–1  | 3–0  |  | 1–1  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 2–2  | 1–1  | 2–2  | 2–0
Metalist Kharkiv | 1–2  | 0–1  | 0–2  | 1–1  | 3–1  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 1–0  |  | 1–0  | 1–2  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 1–1
Neftçi Baku | 1–1  | 2–0  | 2–2  | 2–1  | 2–1  | 0–1  | 1–0  | 4–2  | 1–1  | 1–1  |  | 2–2  | 1–2  | 1–1  | 1–2  | 1–2
Shakhtar Donetsk | 2–0  | 0–1  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 3–1  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 3–0  | 0–2  |  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 5–1  | 1–0
Spartak Moscow | 1–1  | 3–1  | 2–2  | 1–0  | 4–2  | 1–0  | 3–0  | 2–0  | 1–1  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 2–2  |  | 0–0  | 1–1  | 1–1
Torpedo Moscow | 2–0  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 2–1  | 1–0  | 3–1  | 2–0  | 2–0  |  | 2–2  | 2–1
Žalgiris Vilnius | 1–0  | 2–1  | 2–2  | 0–0  | 1–0  | 2–1  | 0–1  | 2–0  | 1–2  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 1–0  | 2–0  | 2–2  |  | 2–0
Zenit Leningrad | 2–1  | 2–0  | 0–1  | 1–1  | 0–0  | 0–1  | 5–4  | 2–1  | 3–2  | 2–1  | 2–0  | 0–0  | 0–0  | 2–0  | 1–2  |

Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Top scorers

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16 goals

* Aleksandr Borodyuk (Dynamo Moscow)
* Yevhen Shakhov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)

15 goals

* Mikhail Rusyayev (Lokomotiv Moscow)

12 goals

* Sergei Rodionov (Spartak Moscow)

11 goals

* Oleh Protasov (Dynamo Kyiv)

10 goals

* Mashalla Akhmedov (Neftchi)
* Ihor Petrov (Shakhtar Donetsk)

9 goals

* Sergei Dmitriyev (Zenit)
* Vladimir Grechnev (Torpedo Moscow)
* Gija Guruli (Dinamo Tbilisi)
* Volodymyr Lyutyi (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)
* Arminas Narbekovas (Žalgiris)
* Andrei Rudakov (Torpedo Moscow)

## Clean sheets

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14 matches

* Valeri Sarychev (Torpedo Moscow)

12 matches

* Valeriy Horodov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)

11 matches

* Stanislav Cherchesov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
* Aleksandr Podshivalov (Ararat Yerevan)
* Viktor Chanov (Dynamo Kyiv)

10 matches

* Rinat Dasayev (Spartak Moscow)

9 matches

* Otar Gabelia (Dinamo Tbilisi)
* Andrei Satsunkevich (Dinamo Minsk)

7 matches

* Mikhail Biryukov (Zenit Leningrad)

## Medal squads

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(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1\. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Goalkeepers: Valeriy Horodov (25), Serhiy Krakovskyi (4), Igor Tyuterev (1).
Defenders: Sergei Bashkirov (29 / 1), Ivan Vyshnevskyi (28), Oleksandr Sorokalet (27 / 1), Oleksiy Cherednyk (24 / 3), Serhiy Puchkov (22), Volodymyr Gerashchenko (7), Peter Neustädter (4), Serhiy Bezhenar (3), Oleksandr Chervonyi (1 / 1), Petro Buts (1), Oleh Fediukov (1).
Midfielders: Volodymyr Bahmut (28 / 2), Mykola Kudrytsky (27 / 3), Anton Shokh (22 / 1), Vadym Yevtushenko (20), Vadym Tyshchenko (6), Viktor Rafalchuk (2), Yevhen Pokhlebayev (1).
Forwards: Eduard Son (29 / 8), Yevhen Shakhov (28 / 16), Volodymyr Lyutyi (21 / 9), Igor Shkvyrin (10 / 2), Andriy Sydelnykov (8 / 1), Oleh Taran (4), Vasyl Storchak (2), Oleh Koshelyuk (1 / 1), Konstantin Yeryomenko (1), Yuriy Leonov (1), Valentyn Moskvyn (1).

Manager: Yevhen Kucherevskyi.

Transferred out during the season: Vadym Yevtushenko (to FC Dynamo Kyiv reserves), Peter Neustädter (to SC Tavriya Simferopol), Vasyl Storchak (to FC SKA Karpaty Lviv).

2\. FC Dynamo Kyiv

Goalkeepers: Viktor Chanov (25), Aleksandr Zhidkov (5).
Defenders: Anatoliy Demyanenko (30 / 1), Oleh Kuznetsov (26 / 1), Andriy Bal (23), Serhiy Shmatovalenko (21), Volodymyr Bezsonov (19), Ihor Korniyets (13), Sergei Baltacha (12), Vladimir Gorilyi (11 / 1).
Midfielders: Vasyl Rats (30 / 2), Hennadiy Lytovchenko (29 / 7), Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (23 / 6), Oleksandr Zavarov (18 / 4), Ivan Yaremchuk (11), Andrei Kanchelskis (7 / 1), Pavlo Yakovenko (6 / 1), Serhiy Pohodin (3), Mykhaylo Stelmakh (1).
Forwards: Oleh Protasov (29 / 11), Ihor Belanov (27 / 8).

Manager: Valeriy Lobanovskyi.

Transferred out during the season: Oleksandr Zavarov (to  Juventus).

3\. FC Torpedo Moscow

Goalkeepers: Valeri Sarychev (26), Aleksei Prudnikov (5).
Defenders: Aleksandr Polukarov (29), Valentin Kovach (26 / 1), Sergei Prigoda (15), Sergei Bodak (3), Maksim Cheltsov (3), Dmitri Chugunov (2).
Midfielders: Sergey Agashkov (30), Vladimir Grechnyov (29 / 9), Oleg Shirinbekov (29 / 2), Gennadi Grishin (27 / 1), Nikolai Savichev (25 / 6), Sergei Zhukov (19), Aleksei Yeryomenko (9 / 1), Sergei Shustikov (1).
Forwards: Vadim Rogovskoy (29), Nikolai Pisarev (19 / 1), Andrei Rudakov (18 / 9), Yuri Savichev (17 / 6), Aleksandr Gitselov (13 / 2), Vladimir Kobzev (8 / 1), Yuri Tishkov (1).

Manager: Valentin Ivanov.

Transferred out during the season: Aleksei Yeryomenko (to FC Dynamo Moscow), Vladimir Kobzev (to FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don).

## Number of teams by union republic

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Rank  | Union republic | Number of teams  | Club(s)

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1  |  RSFSR | 5  | Dinamo Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Zenit Leningrad
Ukrainian SSR | Chernomorets Odessa, Dinamo Kiev, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Shakhter Donetsk
3  |  Armenian SSR | 1  | Ararat Yerevan
Azerbaijan SSR | Neftchi Baku
Belarusian SSR | Dinamo Minsk
Georgian SSR | Dinamo Tbilisi
Kazakh SSR | Kairat Alma-Ata
Lithuanian SSR | Zhalgiris Vilnius

## See also

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* 1988 Soviet First League
* 1988 Soviet Second League

## References

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## External links

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* 1988 season at RSSSF

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