1987 Soviet Top League
Season | 1987 |
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Dates | March 9 — November 16, 1987 |
Champions | Spartak Moscow (11th title) |
Relegated | CSKA Moscow Guria Lanchkhuti |
European Cup | Spartak Moscow |
Cup Winners' Cup | Metalist Kharkiv |
UEFA Cup | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk Žalgiris Vilnius Torpedo Moscow Dinamo Minsk |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 510 (2.13 per match) |
Top goalscorer | (18) Oleh Protasov (Dnepr) |
← 1986 1988 → |
In the 1987 season, the Soviet Top League – the top tier of football in the Soviet Union – was won by Spartak Moscow interrupting the two year championship run of the Kyiv's team. Dynamo Kyiv, the defending 12-times champions, placed sixth and failed to qualify for the European competitions, while their rivals Dynamo Moscow placed only 10th.
This season CSKA Moscow were relegated on additional criteria when they tied on points with Zenit Leningrad at the final standing.
Teams
[edit]Promoted teams
[edit]- FC CSKA Moscow – champion (returning after two seasons)
- FC Guria Lanchkhuti – 2nd place (debut)
Location
[edit]Final standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 30 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 42 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
2 | ![]() | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 39 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
3 | ![]() | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 36 | |
4 | ![]() | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 34 | |
5 | ![]() | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 33 | |
6 | ![]() | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 32 | |
7 | ![]() | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 30 | |
8 | ![]() | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 29 | |
9 | ![]() | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 28[c] | |
10 | ![]() | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 28[c] | |
11 | ![]() | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 27 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
12 | ![]() | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 26 | |
13 | ![]() | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 25 | |
14 | ![]() | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 24[d] | |
15 | ![]() | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 24[d] | Relegation to First League |
16 | ![]() | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 38 | −20 | 18 |
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Total points (If two or more teams have equal points for the first place, the winner is determined by additional single round-robin play-off on condition and place determined by the Federation); 2) Total wins; 3) Head-to-head results (3.1. points 3.2. goal difference); 4) Total games scored; 5) Total goal difference; 6) Draw lots[1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Total points (If two or more teams have equal points for the first place, the winner is determined by additional single round-robin play-off on condition and place determined by the Federation); 2) Total wins; 3) Head-to-head results (3.1. points 3.2. goal difference); 4) Total games scored; 5) Total goal difference; 6) Draw lots[1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Promotion
Results
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]- 18 goals
- 16 goals
- Arminas Narbekovas (Žalgiris)
- 12 goals
- Fyodor Cherenkov (Spartak Moscow)
- Sergei Rodionov (Spartak Moscow)
- 10 goals
- Georgi Kondratyev (Dinamo Minsk)
- Yuri Savichev (Torpedo Moscow)
- 9 goals
- Alexei Mikhailichenko (Dynamo Kyiv)
- Yevstafi Pekhlevanidi (Kairat)
- Ramaz Shengelia (Dynamo Tbilisi)
- 8 goals
Clean sheets
[edit]- 15 matches
- Andrei Satsunkevich (Dinamo Minsk)
- 14 matches
- Rinat Dasayev (Spartak Moscow)
- 10 matches
- Viktor Chanov (Dynamo Kyiv)
- 6 matches
- Vyacheslav Chanov (CSKA Moscow)
- 4 matches
- Dmitri Kharine (Dynamo Moscow)
- 3 matches
- Aleksandr Zhidkov (Neftchi Baku)
- Jurkus Vatslovas (Zalgiris Vilnius)
- Serhiy Zolotnytskyi (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Medal squads
[edit](league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Number of teams by union republic
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "ФУТБОЛ - 1987. О ПРОВЕДЕНИЕ СОРЕВНОВАНИЙ. (Football – 1987. On conducting the competitions". Центральный стадион им. В.И.Ленина (Tsentralny Stadion imeni V.I.Lenina). Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.