1983 Soviet Top League

Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1983 season.

Teams

Promoted teams

• Zhalgiris Vilnius – champion (returning after 21 seasons)
• Nistru Kishinev – 2nd place (returning after nine seasons)

Location

League standings

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Results

Top scorers

18 goals

• Yuri Gavrilov (Spartak Moscow)

17 goals

• Igor Gurinovich (Dinamo Minsk)

15 goals

• Volodymyr Fink (Chornomorets)
• Khoren Hovhannisyan (Ararat)
• Mykhaylo Sokolovsky (Shakhtar)
• Andrei Yakubik (Pakhtakor)

14 goals

• Sigitas Jakubauskas (Žalgiris)

13 goals

• Viktor Kolyadko (CSKA Moscow)
• Oleh Taran (Dnipro)

11 goals

• Valery Gazzaev (Dynamo Moscow)
• Valeriy Petrakov (Torpedo Moscow)
• Igor Ponomaryov (Neftchi)
• Ramaz Shengelia (Dinamo Tbilisi)
• Aleksandr Tarkhanov (CSKA Moscow)
• Vadym Yevtushenko (Dynamo Kyiv)

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Number of teams by union republic

Attendances

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References

• Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)