1989 Soviet Top League

The 1989 Soviet Top League season was the 52nd since its establishment. Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, the defending 2-times champions, came in second this season.

The season began on 11 March with six games played on the date and lasted until 27 October 1989. The season was won by FC Spartak Moscow.

Teams

Promoted teams

• FC Pamir Dushanbe – champion (debut)
• FC Rotor Volgograd – 2nd place (returning for the first time since 1950 after 39 seasons, known as Torpedo Stalingrad)

Location

Final standings

Results

Top scorers

16 goals

• Sergey Rodionov (Spartak Moscow)

13 goals

• Georgi Kondratyev (Chornomorets)

11 goals

• Igor Dobrovolsky (Dinamo Moscow)
• Vladimir Grechnev (Torpedo Moscow)
• Igor Kolyvanov (Dinamo Moscow)
• Yuri Savichev (Torpedo Moscow)
• Valeri Shmarov (Spartak Moscow)

10 goals

• Mykola Kudrytsky (Dnipro)

9 goals

• Mikhail Rusyayev (Lokomotiv Moscow)
• Yuri Tarasov (Metalist)

Clean sheets

17 matches

• Stanislav Cherchesov (Spartak Moscow)

13 matches

• Valeri Sarychev (Torpedo Moscow)

11 matches

• Andrei Manannikov (Pamir Dushanbe)
• Valdemaras Martinkenas (Zalgiris Vilnius)

10 matches

• Viktor Chanov (Dynamo Kyiv)

9 matches

• Dmitriy Kharine (Dynamo Moscow)
• Valeriy Horodov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)
• Ihor Kutepov (Metalist Kharkiv)
• Mykhailo Mykhailov (Shakhtar Donetsk)

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

Number of teams by union republic

Attendances

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References

External links

• 1989 season at FootballFacts.ru
• 1989 season. RSSSF
• 25 лет последнему «полному» чемпионату СССР: судьбы клубов. www.championat.com
• Чемпионат СССР по футболу 1989. Спартак – Чемпион. Романцев против Лобановского. dzen.ru