Soviet Top League
Season1983
ChampionsDnepr Dnepropetrovsk
RelegatedTorpedo Kutaisi, Nistru Kishinev
European CupDnepr Dnepropetrovsk
Cup Winners' CupDinamo Moscow
UEFA CupSpartak Moscow
Dinamo Minsk
Matches played306
Goals scored725 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorer(18) Yuri Gavrilov (Spartak)
← 1982
1984 →

Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1983 season.

Teams

Location

Map
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Locations of teams in the 1984 Top League

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (C) 34 22 5 7 63 36 +27 49 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow 34 18 9 7 60 25 +35 45 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Minsk 34 17 9 8 51 34 +17 43
4 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad 34 15 11 8 42 32 +10 40[a]
5 Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Žalgiris Vilnius 34 15 9 10 38 36 +2 39
6 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow 34 14 11 9 40 34 +6 38[a]
7 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv 34 14 10 10 50 34 +16 38
8 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Chornomorets Odesa 34 16 5 13 44 46 −2 37
9 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtar Donetsk 34 16 5 13 48 40 +8 37
10 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Pakhtakor Tashkent 34 13 9 12 37 34 +3 35
11 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metalist Kharkiv 34 12 8 14 38 40 −2 32
12 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 34 11 12 11 37 33 +4 32[b]
13 Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftchi Baku 34 10 10 14 32 38 −6 30
14 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Ararat Yerevan 34 11 7 16 29 47 −18 29
15 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow 34 9 11 14 30 37 −7 28[a] Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
16 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi 34 9 9 16 41 48 −7 27
17 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Torpedo Kutaisi (R) 34 4 10 20 26 58 −32 18 Relegation to First League
18 Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Nistru Kishinev (R) 34 3 4 27 19 73 −54 10
Source:[citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c 1 point deducted (10 draw limit)
  2. ^ 2 points deducted (10 draw limit)

Results

Home \ Away ARA CHO CSK DNI DYK DMN DYN DTB MKH NEF NIS PAK SHA SPA TKU TOR ŽAL ZEN
Ararat Yerevan 3–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1
Chornomorets Odesa 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–3 0–0 2–0
CSKA Moscow 1–2 1–2 0–2 4–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–1
Dnipro 4–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 6–0 2–1 3–2 4–2 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–0
Dynamo Kyiv 3–0 6–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 8–0 0–1 4–1 2–2
Dinamo Minsk 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–0
Dynamo Moscow 2–1 0–4 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–2
Dinamo Tbilisi 3–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–3 0–3 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–2
Metalist Kharkiv 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 4–3 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1
Neftçi Baku 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–5
Nistru Chișinău 2–4 1–4 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–3 0–3 1–0 0–2 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–6 1–2 0–3 1–1 0–1
Pakhtakor Tashkent 3–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 4–1 4–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–3 0–0 0–3
Shakhtar Donetsk 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–3 1–2 3–0 0–1 6–3 1–0 2–0 6–2 0–1 0–4 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–0
Spartak Moscow 3–1 4–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 3–0 5–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0
Torpedo Kutaisi 0–0 1–3 1–6 2–3 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–4 3–1 1–2 1–0
Torpedo Moscow 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–4 2–1 1–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 4–1 1–1 0–2
Žalgiris Vilnius 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 1–0 5–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1
Zenit Leningrad 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 4–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–0 3–2 0–0
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

18 goals
17 goals
15 goals
14 goals
13 goals
11 goals

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Goalkeepers: Serhiy Krakovskyi (34).
Defenders: Mykola Pavlov (33 / 3), Petro Kutuzov (27), Oleksandr Lysenko (17 / 1), Yuriy Mirhorodskyi (17), Serhiy Puchkov (13), Oleksandr Chervonyi (9), Andriy Bobrikov (7), Volodymyr Ustinov (6), Anatoliy Nazarenko (5), Valeriy Zuyev (2).
Midfielders: Andriy Dilay (34 / 2), Vyktor Kuznetsov (31 / 7), Volodymyr Ustymchyk (30 / 5), Oleh Serebryanskyi (26 / 1), Hennadiy Lytovchenko (24 / 5), Mykola Fedorenko (17 / 3), Volodymyr Bahmut (6), Volodymyr Kobzarev (5).
Forwards: Oleh Taran (30 / 13), Volodymyr Lyutyi (24 / 9), Oleh Protasov (21 / 7), Aleksandr Pogorelov (21 / 5).

Manager: Volodymyr Yemets.

Transferred out during the season: Volodymyr Ustinov (to FC Kolos Nikopol), Valeriy Zuyev (retired).

2. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Rinat Dasayev (34), Andrei Mikhalychev (1).
Defenders: Sergei Bazulev (30), Gennady Morozov (30), Yevgeni Mileshkin (29 / 1), Vladimir Sochnov (25 / 3), Boris Pozdnyakov (25), Oleg Romantsev (17), Aleksandr Bubnov (13), Sergei Savchenkov (3), Sergei Shulgin (1).
Midfielders: Yuri Gavrilov (34 / 18), Yevgeni Kuznetsov (34 / 5), Fyodor Cherenkov (33 / 10), Valeri Gladilin (26 / 9), Yuri Reznik (25 / 4), Edgar Gess (18 / 2), Sergei Shvetsov (8), Mikhail Dubinin (5 / 2), Vladimir Korolyov (1), Sergei Nikitin (1).
Forwards: Sergey Rodionov (16 / 5), Sergei Argudyayev (6), Mikhail Rusyayev (5), Oleg Kuzhlev (2), Oleg Smirnov (1).

Manager: Konstantin Beskov.

Transferred out during the season: Oleg Romantsev (retired), Mikhail Dubinin (to FC Metallurg Aldan).

3. FC Dinamo Minsk

Goalkeepers: Yury Kurbyko (30), Mikhail Vergeyenko (4), Arkadi Batalov (1).
Defenders: Yuri Kurnenin (32 / 1), Sergei Borovsky (32), Viktor Yanushevsky (30), Viktor Shishkin (24), Liudas Rumbutis (22 / 3), Oļegs Aleksejenko (18), Igor Belov (10), Yury Trukhan (5).
Midfielders: Andrei Zygmantovich (30 / 1), Sergey Gotsmanov (29 / 5), Sergei Aleinikov (29 / 2), Yuri Pudyshev (26 / 1), Aleksandr Prokopenko (12 / 2), Valeri Melnikov (9 / 1).
Forwards: Igor Gurinovich (28 / 17), Georgi Kondratyev (28 / 8), Viktor Sokol (18 / 9), Pyotr Vasilevsky (17 / 1).

Manager: Eduard Malofeyev.

Transferred out during the season: Aleksandr Prokopenko (released).

Number of teams by union republic

Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1  RSFSR 5 CSKA Moscow, Dinamo Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Zenit Leningrad
 Ukrainian SSR Chernomorets Odesa, Dinamo Kyiv, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Shakhter Donetsk
3  Georgian SSR 2 Dinamo Tbilisi, Torpedo Kutaisi
4  Armenian SSR 1 Ararat Yerevan
 Azerbaijan SSR Neftchi Baku
 Belarusian SSR Dinamo Minsk
 Moldavian SSR Nistru Kishinev
 Lithuanian SSR Zhalgiris Vilnius
 Uzbek SSR Pakhtakor Tashkent

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