1989 in Soviet football

58th season of competitive football in the Soviet Union

Football in the Soviet UnionSeason| 1989

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Men's football
Top League| Spartak Moscow
First League| CSKA Moscow
Second League| Lokomotiv Gorkiy (Finals 1)
Tekstilschik Tiraspol (Finals 2)
Dinamo Sukhumi (Finals 3)
Soviet Cup| Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk
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The 1989 Soviet football championship was the 56th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Spartak Moscow won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the twelfth time.

## Honours

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Competition | Winner | Runner-up

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Top League | Spartak Moscow (12) | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk
First League | CSKA Moscow (2) | Guria Lanchkhuti
Second League | Finals 1 | Lokomotiv Gorkiy | Irtysh Omsk
Group 2 | Tekstilschik Tiraspol | Volyn Lutsk
Group 3 | Dinamo Sukhumi | Neftianik Fergana
Soviet Cup | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk (1)  | Torpedo Moscow

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

## Soviet Union football championship

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Main article: 1989 Soviet Top League

### Top League

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1  |  Spartak Moscow (C) | 30  | 17  | 10  | 3  | 49  | 19  | +30  | 44  | Qualification for European Cup first round
2  |  Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30  | 18  | 6  | 6  | 47  | 27  | +20  | 42  | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3  |  Dynamo Kyiv | 30  | 13  | 12  | 5  | 44  | 27  | +17  | 38  | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4  |  Žalgiris Vilnius (X) | 30  | 14  | 8  | 8  | 39  | 29  | +10  | 36  | Surrendered its qualification for UEFA competitions
5  |  Torpedo Moscow | 30  | 11  | 13  | 6  | 40  | 26  | +14  | 35  | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
6  |  Chornomorets Odesa | 30  | 11  | 9  | 10  | 40  | 41  | −1  | 31  | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round[a]
7  |  Metalist Kharkiv | 30  | 10  | 10  | 10  | 30  | 33  | −3  | 30  |
8  |  Dinamo Moscow | 30  | 9  | 12  | 9  | 31  | 26  | +5  | 30
9  |  Dinamo Minsk | 30  | 11  | 7  | 12  | 35  | 33  | +2  | 29
10  |  Rotor Volgograd | 30  | 9  | 9  | 12  | 28  | 35  | −7  | 27
11  |  Dinamo Tbilisi (X) | 30  | 6  | 13  | 11  | 27  | 32  | −5  | 25  | Withdrew
12  |  Ararat Yerevan | 30  | 8  | 8  | 14  | 25  | 41  | −16  | 24  |
13  |  Pamir Dushanbe | 30  | 7  | 10  | 13  | 20  | 38  | −18  | 24
14  |  Shakhtar Donetsk | 30  | 9  | 5  | 16  | 24  | 36  | −12  | 23
15  |  Lokomotiv Moscow (R) | 30  | 7  | 9  | 14  | 20  | 32  | −12  | 23  | Relegation to First League
16  |  Zenit Leningrad (R) | 30  | 5  | 9  | 16  | 24  | 48  | −24  | 19

Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated; (X) Quit the USSR Football Federation after this season 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.
Notes:

1. ^ Qualified to Europe instead of Žalgiris Vilnius

### First League

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1  |  CSKA Moscow (C, P) | 42  | 24  | 11  | 7  | 79  | 44  | +35  | 59  | Promotion to Top League
2  |  Guria Lanchkhuti (X) | 42  | 22  | 10  | 10  | 64  | 45  | +19  | 54  | Withdrew from the league
3  |  Kairat Almaty | 42  | 21  | 9  | 12  | 68  | 40  | +28  | 51  |
4  |  Dynamo Stavropol | 42  | 20  | 10  | 12  | 47  | 39  | +8  | 50
5  |  Fakel Voronezh | 42  | 20  | 8  | 14  | 56  | 49  | +7  | 48
6  |  Tavriya Simferopol | 42  | 19  | 10  | 13  | 64  | 56  | +8  | 48
7  |  Metalurh Zaporizhia | 42  | 21  | 5  | 16  | 54  | 56  | −2  | 47
8  |  Neftchi Baku | 42  | 17  | 13  | 12  | 46  | 35  | +11  | 47
9  |  Kotayk Abovyan | 42  | 19  | 7  | 16  | 60  | 53  | +7  | 45
10  |  Nistru Chisinau | 42  | 16  | 11  | 15  | 50  | 50  | 0  | 43
11  |  Geolog Tyumen | 42  | 15  | 13  | 14  | 56  | 52  | +4  | 43
12  |  Pakhtakor Tashkent | 42  | 17  | 7  | 18  | 57  | 59  | −2  | 41
13  |  Torpedo Kutaisi (X) | 42  | 17  | 7  | 18  | 45  | 50  | −5  | 41  | Withdrew from the league
14  |  Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don | 42  | 17  | 6  | 19  | 58  | 52  | +6  | 40  |
15  |  Kuzbass Kemerevo | 42  | 17  | 5  | 20  | 60  | 58  | +2  | 39
16  |  Shinnik Yaroslavl | 42  | 14  | 11  | 17  | 50  | 54  | −4  | 39
17  |  Spartak Ordjonikidze | 42  | 15  | 7  | 20  | 30  | 48  | −18  | 37
18  |  Dinamo Batumi (X) | 42  | 11  | 14  | 17  | 44  | 50  | −6  | 36  | Withdrew from the league
19  |  Kuban Krasnodar | 42  | 11  | 13  | 18  | 36  | 49  | −13  | 35  |
20  |  SKA Rostov-on-Don (R) | 42  | 11  | 13  | 18  | 32  | 47  | −15  | 35  | Relegation to Second League
21  |  Daugava Riga (R) | 42  | 8  | 10  | 24  | 40  | 68  | −28  | 26
22  |  SKA Karpaty Lviv (R) | 42  | 7  | 6  | 29  | 31  | 73  | −42  | 20

Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (X) Quit the USSR Football Federation after this season and joined the leagues of the native country.

### Second League (finals)

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Further information: 1989 Soviet Second League, Finals

### Group 1

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1  | RUS  | Lokomotiv Gorkiy  | 4  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 6  | 3  | +3  | 5  | Promoted
2  | RUS  | Irtysh Omsk  | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 4  | 3  | +1  | 4  |
3  | RUS  | Cement Novorossiysk  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 4  | 8  | −4  | 3

Source: [citation needed]

### Group 2

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1  | MDA  | Textilshchik Tiraspol  | 4  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 7  | 2  | +5  | 7  | Promoted
2  | UKR  | Volyn Lutsk  | 4  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 5  | −3  | 3  |
3  | RUS  | Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev  | 4  | 0  | 2  | 2  | 4  | 6  | −2  | 2

Source: [citation needed]

### Group 3

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1  | GEO  | Dinamo Sukhumi  | 4  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 5  | 1  | +4  | 6  | Promoted
2  | UZB  | Neftyanik Fergana  | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 2  | 5  | −3  | 4  |
3  | KAZ  | Traktor Pavlodar  | 4  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 3  | 4  | −1  | 2

Source: rsssf.com

### Top goalscorers

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Top League

* Sergei Rodionov (Spartak Moscow) – 16 goals

First League

* Valeriy Masalitin (CSKA Moscow) – 32 goals

## References

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## External links

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* 1989 Soviet football championship. RSSSF

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