1988_Soviet_Top_League

Soviet Top League
Season	1988
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)
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1988 Soviet Top League

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

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.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	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^{[lower-alpha 2]}
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^{[lower-alpha 1]}
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	Relegation to First League

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

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	RSFSR	5	Dinamo Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Zenit Leningrad
1	Ukrainian SSR	5	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

1988_Soviet_Top_League

1988 Soviet Top League

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Promoted teams

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Results

Top scorers

Clean sheets

Medal squads

Number of teams by union republic

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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).