View source for 1982 Soviet Top League

{{Short description|45th season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union}}
{{Infobox football league season
| competition        = [[Soviet Top League]]
| season             = 1982
| winners            = [[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
| relegated          = [[FC Kuban Krasnodar|Kuban Krasnodar]], [[FC Kairat Almaty|Kairat Alma-Ata]]
| continentalcup1    = [[1983–84 European Cup|European Cup]]
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = [[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
| continentalcup2    = [[1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]]
| continentalcup2 qualifiers = [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhter Donetsk]]
| continentalcup3    = [[1983–84 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
| continentalcup3 qualifiers = [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]<br />[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dinamo Kiev]]
| league topscorer   = (23) [[Andrei Yakubik]] ([[FC Pakhtakor Tashkent|Pakhtakor]])
| biggest home win   = 
| biggest away win   = 
| highest scoring    = 
| matches            = 306
| total goals        = 776
| longest wins       = 
| longest unbeaten   = 
| longest losses     = 
| highest attendance = 
| lowest attendance  = 
| average attendance = 
| prevseason = [[1981 Soviet Top League|1981]]
| nextseason = [[1983 Soviet Top League|1983]]
}}
Statistics of [[Soviet Top League]] for the 1982 season.

==Overview==
It was contested by 18 teams, and [[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]] won the championship.

The rules stated that a team could only have a maximum of 10 draws; all points from matches draw since the eleventh wouldn't be counted.
==League standings==
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=QR
|winpoints=2

|team1=DMI|name_DMI={{flagicon|Belarusian SSR}} [[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
|team2=DK |name_DK ={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|team3=SPA|name_SPA={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|team4=DTB|name_DTB={{flagicon|Georgian SSR}} [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|team5=ARA|name_ARA={{flagicon|Armenian SSR}} [[FC Ararat Yerevan|Ararat Yerevan]]
|team6=PAK|name_PAK={{flagicon|Uzbek SSR}} [[FC Pakhtakor Tashkent|Pakhtakor Tashkent]]
|team7=ZEN|name_ZEN={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Leningrad]]
|team8=TOR|name_TOR={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|team9=DNI|name_DNI={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
|team10=CHE|name_CHE={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Chornomorets Odessa|Chornomorets Odessa]]
|team11=DYN|name_DYN={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|team12=MET|name_MET={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist Kharkiv]]
|team13=TKU|name_TKU={{flagicon|Georgian SSR}} [[FC Torpedo Kutaisi|Torpedo Kutaisi]]
|team14=SHK|name_SHK={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|team15=CSK|name_CSK={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
|team16=NEF|name_NEF={{flagicon|Azerbaijan SSR}} [[Neftchi Baku PFC|Neftchi Baku]]
|team17=KUB|name_KUB={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC Kuban Krasnodar|Kuban Krasnodar]]
|team18=KAI|name_KAI={{flagicon|Kazakh SSR}} [[FC Kairat|Kairat Alma-Ata]]
|win_DMI=19|draw_DMI=9|loss_DMI=6|gf_DMI=63|ga_DMI=35|status_DMI=C
|win_DK =18|draw_DK =10|loss_DK =6|gf_DK =58|ga_DK =25
|win_SPA=16|draw_SPA=9|loss_SPA=9|gf_SPA=59|ga_SPA=35
|win_DTB=16|draw_DTB=9|loss_DTB=9|gf_DTB=51|ga_DTB=47
|win_ARA=14|draw_ARA=10|loss_ARA=10|gf_ARA=50|ga_ARA=47
|win_PAK=13|draw_PAK=11|loss_PAK=10|gf_PAK=42|ga_PAK=38
|win_ZEN=12|draw_ZEN=9|loss_ZEN=13|gf_ZEN=44|ga_ZEN=41
|win_TOR=11|draw_TOR=12|loss_TOR=11|gf_TOR=36|ga_TOR=33
|win_DNI=11|draw_DNI=12|loss_DNI=11|gf_DNI=34|ga_DNI=38
|win_CHE=11|draw_CHE=11|loss_CHE=12|gf_CHE=30|ga_CHE=36
|win_DYN=13|draw_DYN=5|loss_DYN=16|gf_DYN=42|ga_DYN=52
|win_MET=10|draw_MET=11|loss_MET=13|gf_MET=32|ga_MET=34
|win_TKU=10|draw_TKU=10|loss_TKU=14|gf_TKU=39|ga_TKU=45
|win_SHK=10|draw_SHK=9|loss_SHK=15|gf_SHK=42|ga_SHK=57
|win_CSK=10|draw_CSK=9|loss_CSK=15|gf_CSK=41|ga_CSK=46
|win_NEF=10|draw_NEF=7|loss_NEF=17|gf_NEF=42|ga_NEF=63
|win_KUB=9|draw_KUB=9|loss_KUB=16|gf_KUB=37|ga_KUB=48|status_KUB=R
|win_KAI=7|draw_KAI=10|loss_KAI=17|gf_KAI=34|ga_KAI=56|status_KAI=R

|adjust_points_PAK=-1|hth_PAK=1 point deducted (10 draw limit)
|adjust_points_TOR=-2|hth_TOR=2 points deducted (10 draw limit)
|adjust_points_DNI=-2|hth_DNI=TOR
|adjust_points_CHE=-1|hth_CHE=PAK
|adjust_points_MET=-1|hth_MET=PAK

|col_CC=green1|text_CC=Qualification for [[1983–84 European Cup#First round|European Cup first round]]
|result1=CC
|col_UC=blue1|text_UC=Qualification for [[1983–84 UEFA Cup#First round|UEFA Cup first round]]
|result2=UC|result3=UC
|col_CWC=yellow1|text_CWC=Qualification for [[1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup#First round|Cup Winners' Cup first round]]
|result14=CWC
|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to [[1983 Soviet First League|First League]]
|result17=R|result18=R
|update=complete|source=
}}

==Results==
{{#invoke:sports results|main
|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey
|team1=ARA|team2=CHO|team3=CSK|team4=DNI|team5=DYK
|team6=DMN|team7=DYN|team8=DTB|team9=KAI|team10=KUB
|team11=MKH|team12=NEF|team13=PAK|team14=SHA|team15=SPA
|team16=TKU|team17=TOR|team18=ZEN

|name_DMN=[[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
|match_DMN_DYK=1–1
|match_DMN_SPA=1–0
|match_DMN_DTB=2–0
|match_DMN_ARA=1–1
|match_DMN_PAK=0–0
|match_DMN_ZEN=0–0
|match_DMN_TOR=0–1
|match_DMN_DNI=2–0
|match_DMN_CHO=2–1
|match_DMN_DYN=1–0
|match_DMN_MKH=2–0
|match_DMN_TKU=3–2
|match_DMN_SHA=3–0
|match_DMN_CSK=1–1
|match_DMN_NEF=3–1
|match_DMN_KUB=0–0
|match_DMN_KAI=3–2

|name_DYK=[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|match_DYK_DMN=2–3
|match_DYK_SPA=1–2
|match_DYK_DTB=3–1
|match_DYK_ARA=4–0
|match_DYK_PAK=1–0
|match_DYK_ZEN=1–1
|match_DYK_TOR=0–0
|match_DYK_DNI=1–1
|match_DYK_CHO=0–0
|match_DYK_DYN=2–1
|match_DYK_MKH=2–1
|match_DYK_TKU=2–0
|match_DYK_SHA=5–0
|match_DYK_CSK=3–0
|match_DYK_NEF=4–0
|match_DYK_KUB=3–0
|match_DYK_KAI=3–0

|name_SPA=[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|match_SPA_DMN=3–4
|match_SPA_DYK=1–2
|match_SPA_DTB=4–1
|match_SPA_ARA=1–2
|match_SPA_PAK=0–0
|match_SPA_ZEN=1–1
|match_SPA_TOR=2–0
|match_SPA_DNI=0–0
|match_SPA_CHO=1–1
|match_SPA_DYN=0–1
|match_SPA_MKH=0–0
|match_SPA_TKU=2–0
|match_SPA_SHA=3–2
|match_SPA_CSK=2–1
|match_SPA_NEF=5–0
|match_SPA_KUB=3–1
|match_SPA_KAI=3–0

|name_DTB=[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|match_DTB_DMN=4–1
|match_DTB_DYK=1–5
|match_DTB_SPA=3–1
|match_DTB_ARA=1–1
|match_DTB_PAK=2–1
|match_DTB_ZEN=2–1
|match_DTB_TOR=2–0
|match_DTB_DNI=3–1
|match_DTB_CHO=1–0
|match_DTB_DYN=1–0
|match_DTB_MKH=1–0
|match_DTB_TKU=2–1
|match_DTB_SHA=2–2
|match_DTB_CSK=1–1
|match_DTB_NEF=5–3
|match_DTB_KUB=3–1
|match_DTB_KAI=1–0

|name_ARA=[[FC Ararat Yerevan|Ararat Yerevan]]
|match_ARA_DMN=1–1
|match_ARA_DYK=2–3
|match_ARA_SPA=1–1
|match_ARA_DTB=1–1
|match_ARA_PAK=1–1
|match_ARA_ZEN=2–0
|match_ARA_TOR=4–1
|match_ARA_DNI=1–3
|match_ARA_CHO=6–1
|match_ARA_DYN=2–2
|match_ARA_MKH=0–0
|match_ARA_TKU=3–1
|match_ARA_SHA=2–1
|match_ARA_CSK=3–2
|match_ARA_NEF=3–0
|match_ARA_KUB=2–1
|match_ARA_KAI=3–2

|name_PAK=[[FC Pakhtakor Tashkent|Pakhtakor Tashkent]]
|match_PAK_DMN=0–3
|match_PAK_DYK=0–2
|match_PAK_SPA=2–0
|match_PAK_DTB=2–0
|match_PAK_ARA=0–0
|match_PAK_ZEN=5–0
|match_PAK_TOR=1–1
|match_PAK_DNI=3–1
|match_PAK_CHO=2–0
|match_PAK_DYN=3–0
|match_PAK_MKH=2–1
|match_PAK_TKU=0–0
|match_PAK_SHA=2–1
|match_PAK_CSK=2–1
|match_PAK_NEF=3–2
|match_PAK_KUB=2–1
|match_PAK_KAI=0–0

|name_ZEN=[[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Leningrad]]
|match_ZEN_DMN=0–2
|match_ZEN_DYK=2–0
|match_ZEN_SPA=0–0
|match_ZEN_DTB=3–1
|match_ZEN_ARA=5–0
|match_ZEN_PAK=0–1
|match_ZEN_TOR=4–2
|match_ZEN_DNI=2–1
|match_ZEN_CHO=0–0
|match_ZEN_DYN=2–0
|match_ZEN_MKH=1–0
|match_ZEN_TKU=1–0
|match_ZEN_SHA=3–0
|match_ZEN_CSK=1–2
|match_ZEN_NEF=1–1
|match_ZEN_KUB=1–2
|match_ZEN_KAI=5–0

|name_TOR=[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|match_TOR_DMN=1–2
|match_TOR_DYK=0–1
|match_TOR_SPA=1–2
|match_TOR_DTB=0–0
|match_TOR_ARA=1–0
|match_TOR_PAK=0–0
|match_TOR_ZEN=2–0
|match_TOR_DNI=2–1
|match_TOR_CHO=2–0
|match_TOR_DYN=1–2
|match_TOR_MKH=2–0
|match_TOR_TKU=0–0
|match_TOR_SHA=5–1
|match_TOR_CSK=1–1
|match_TOR_NEF=0–0
|match_TOR_KUB=3–1
|match_TOR_KAI=1–1

|name_DNI=[[FC Dnipro|Dnipro Dnipropetrosk]]
|match_DNI_DMN=1–3
|match_DNI_DYK=0–0
|match_DNI_SPA=0–0
|match_DNI_DTB=0–0
|match_DNI_ARA=1–1
|match_DNI_PAK=0–0
|match_DNI_ZEN=3–1
|match_DNI_TOR=0–0
|match_DNI_CHO=1–0
|match_DNI_DYN=3–2
|match_DNI_MKH=0–0
|match_DNI_TKU=1–1
|match_DNI_SHA=2–0
|match_DNI_CSK=1–0
|match_DNI_NEF=2–0
|match_DNI_KUB=1–0
|match_DNI_KAI=3–2

|name_CHO=[[FC Chornomorets Odessa|Chornomorets Odessa]]
|match_CHO_DMN=1–0
|match_CHO_DYK=1–0
|match_CHO_SPA=1–0
|match_CHO_DTB=0–1
|match_CHO_ARA=0–1
|match_CHO_PAK=3–1
|match_CHO_ZEN=0–0
|match_CHO_TOR=1–0
|match_CHO_DNI=1–1
|match_CHO_DYN=3–2
|match_CHO_MKH=1–2
|match_CHO_TKU=0–1
|match_CHO_SHA=2–0
|match_CHO_CSK=0–2
|match_CHO_NEF=3–2
|match_CHO_KUB=1–0
|match_CHO_KAI=1–1

|name_DYN=[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|match_DYN_DMN=0–7
|match_DYN_DYK=2–1
|match_DYN_SPA=0–2
|match_DYN_DTB=2–1
|match_DYN_ARA=2–0
|match_DYN_PAK=3–1
|match_DYN_ZEN=2–0
|match_DYN_TOR=1–1
|match_DYN_DNI=3–0
|match_DYN_CHO=0–1
|match_DYN_MKH=1–1
|match_DYN_TKU=2–1
|match_DYN_SHA=0–3
|match_DYN_CSK=0–1
|match_DYN_NEF=2–0
|match_DYN_KUB=1–1
|match_DYN_KAI=2–0

|name_MKH=[[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist Kharkiv]]
|match_MKH_DMN=2–1
|match_MKH_DYK=0–0
|match_MKH_SPA=1–3
|match_MKH_DTB=3–0
|match_MKH_ARA=1–0
|match_MKH_PAK=2–0
|match_MKH_ZEN=0–0
|match_MKH_TOR=1–2
|match_MKH_DNI=1–0
|match_MKH_CHO=0–0
|match_MKH_DYN=2–1
|match_MKH_TKU=3–3
|match_MKH_SHA=2–0
|match_MKH_CSK=2–2
|match_MKH_NEF=2–1
|match_MKH_KUB=1–0
|match_MKH_KAI=0–1

|name_TKU=[[FC Torpedo Kutaisi|Torpedo Kutaisi]]
|match_TKU_DMN=0–0
|match_TKU_DYK=1–1
|match_TKU_SPA=2–4
|match_TKU_DTB=1–0
|match_TKU_ARA=2–0
|match_TKU_PAK=3–1
|match_TKU_ZEN=2–0
|match_TKU_TOR=2–1
|match_TKU_DNI=2–3
|match_TKU_CHO=1–1
|match_TKU_DYN=2–1
|match_TKU_MKH=2–2
|match_TKU_SHA=2–0
|match_TKU_CSK=0–2
|match_TKU_NEF=1–0
|match_TKU_KUB=1–1
|match_TKU_KAI=2–0

|name_SHA=[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|match_SHA_DMN=2–1
|match_SHA_DYK=0–0
|match_SHA_SPA=2–2
|match_SHA_DTB=3–3
|match_SHA_ARA=3–1
|match_SHA_PAK=3–1
|match_SHA_ZEN=4–3
|match_SHA_TOR=0–1
|match_SHA_DNI=2–1
|match_SHA_CHO=0–0
|match_SHA_DYN=1–1
|match_SHA_MKH=2–1
|match_SHA_TKU=1–1
|match_SHA_CSK=2–0
|match_SHA_NEF=0–0
|match_SHA_KUB=1–0
|match_SHA_KAI=3–2

|name_CSK=[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
|match_CSK_DMN=2–3
|match_CSK_DYK=1–1
|match_CSK_SPA=0–2
|match_CSK_DTB=2–3
|match_CSK_ARA=2–3
|match_CSK_PAK=0–1
|match_CSK_ZEN=1–1
|match_CSK_TOR=2–1
|match_CSK_DNI=1–1
|match_CSK_CHO=1–2
|match_CSK_DYN=1–2
|match_CSK_MKH=1–0
|match_CSK_TKU=3–0
|match_CSK_SHA=1–0
|match_CSK_NEF=2–0
|match_CSK_KUB=2–2
|match_CSK_KAI=1–0

|name_NEF=[[PFC Neftchi|Neftçi Baku]]
|match_NEF_DMN=3–2
|match_NEF_DYK=2–1
|match_NEF_SPA=4–3
|match_NEF_DTB=0–0
|match_NEF_ARA=0–1
|match_NEF_PAK=4–2
|match_NEF_ZEN=1–0
|match_NEF_TOR=0–2
|match_NEF_DNI=3–0
|match_NEF_CHO=1–1
|match_NEF_DYN=2–1
|match_NEF_MKH=1–0
|match_NEF_TKU=3–2
|match_NEF_SHA=2–2
|match_NEF_CSK=2–2
|match_NEF_KUB=2–3
|match_NEF_KAI=1–0

|name_KUB=[[FC Kuban Krasnodar|Kuban Krasnodar]]
|match_KUB_DMN=1–3
|match_KUB_DYK=0–1
|match_KUB_SPA=0–2
|match_KUB_DTB=0–2
|match_KUB_ARA=1–0
|match_KUB_PAK=2–2
|match_KUB_ZEN=1–2
|match_KUB_TOR=0–0
|match_KUB_DNI=0–1
|match_KUB_CHO=3–3
|match_KUB_DYN=4–1
|match_KUB_MKH=1–0
|match_KUB_TKU=1–0
|match_KUB_SHA=1–0
|match_KUB_CSK=2–0
|match_KUB_NEF=3–1
|match_KUB_KAI=1–1

|name_KAI=[[FC Kairat Almaty|Kairat Alma-Ata]]
|match_KAI_DMN=2–2
|match_KAI_DYK=1–2
|match_KAI_SPA=0–4
|match_KAI_DTB=2–2
|match_KAI_ARA=1–2
|match_KAI_PAK=1–1
|match_KAI_ZEN=2–3
|match_KAI_TOR=1–1
|match_KAI_DNI=1–0
|match_KAI_CHO=1–0
|match_KAI_DYN=1–2
|match_KAI_MKH=1–1
|match_KAI_TKU=1–0
|match_KAI_SHA=2–1
|match_KAI_CSK=1–0
|match_KAI_NEF=2–0
|match_KAI_KUB=2–2

|update=complete|source=
}}

==Top scorers==
;23 goals
* [[Andrei Yakubik]] (Pakhtakor)

;18 goals
* [[Merab Megreladze]] (Torpedo Kutaisi)

;16 goals
* [[Ramaz Shengelia]] (Dinamo Tbilisi)
* [[Aleksandr Tarkhanov]] (CSKA)

;13 goals
* [[Igor Gurinovich]] (Dinamo Minsk)

;12 goals
* [[Boris Chukhlov]] (Zenit)
* [[Valery Gazzaev]] (Dynamo Moscow)
* [[Khoren Hovhannisyan]] (Ararat)
* [[Andrei Redkous]] (Torpedo Moscow)
* [[Mykhaylo Sokolovsky]] (Shakhtar)

==Medal squads==
''(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)''
{| class="wikitable" Width="700"
|- bgcolor="#00BFFF"
| align="center" width="700" |<span style="color:#FFFFFF;"> '''1. FC Dinamo Minsk''' </span>
|- bgcolor="#E8E8E8"
| align="left" width="700" |
'''Goalkeepers:''' [[Mikhail Vergeyenko]] (28 / 1), [[Yury Kurbyko]] (7).<br />
'''Defenders:''' [[Yuri Kurnenin]] (31 / 7), [[Yury Trukhan]] (29), [[Viktor Yanushevsky]] (27), [[Sergei Borovsky]] (25), [[Viktor Shishkin]] (18), [[Liudas Rumbutis]] (17), [[Igor Belov]] (12).<br />
'''Midfielders:''' [[Aleksandr Prokopenko]] (31 / 11), [[Sergey Gotsmanov]] (31 / 2), [[Andrei Zygmantovich]] (30 / 2), [[Yuri Pudyshev]] (29 / 3), [[Sergei Aleinikov]] (21 / 8), [[Valeri Melnikov]] (18), [[Alyaksandr Vanyushkin]] (1).<br />
'''Forwards:''' [[Georgi Kondratyev]] (32 / 10), [[Igor Gurinovich]] (28 / 13), [[Pyotr Vasilevsky]] (20 / 5), [[Viktor Sokol (footballer born 1954)|Viktor Sokol]] (2 / 1).

'''Manager:''' [[Eduard Malofeyev]].

'''Transferred out during the season:''' none.
|- bgcolor="#19217F"
| align="center" width="700" |<span style="color:#FFFFFF;"> '''2. FC Dynamo Kyiv''' </span>
|- bgcolor="#E8E8E8"
| align="left" width="700" |
'''Goalkeepers:''' [[Viktor Chanov]] (24), [[Mykhaylo Mykhaylov]] (12).<br />
'''Defenders:''' [[Anatoliy Demyanenko]] (32 / 5), [[Oleksandr Sorokalet (footballer)|Oleksandr Sorokalet]] (29), [[Volodymyr Lozynskyi]] (28 / 1), [[Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha|Sergei Baltacha]] (26 / 1), [[Mykhaylo Olefirenko]] (25 / 2), [[Volodymyr Bezsonov]] (18 / 4), [[Oleksandr Boyko]] (12), [[Yuriy Makhynya]] (2).<br />
'''Midfielders:''' [[Andriy Bal]] (31 / 5), [[Yaroslav Dumanskyi]] (29 / 2), [[Leonid Buryak]] (21 / 3), [[Aleksandr Khapsalis]] (14 / 2), [[Vasyl Rats]] (11 / 1), [[Volodymyr Veremeyev]] (10), [[Pavlo Yakovenko]] (4).<br />
'''Forwards:''' [[Viktor Khlus]] (31 / 10), [[Vadym Yevtushenko]] (25 / 9), [[Oleg Blokhin]] (24 / 10), [[Hryhoriy Pasechnyi]] (4 / 1).

'''Manager:''' [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]].

'''Transferred out during the season:''' none.
|- bgcolor="#FF0000"
| align="center" width="700" |<span style="color:#FFFFFF;"> '''3. FC Spartak Moscow''' </span>
|- bgcolor="#E8E8E8"
| align="left" width="700" |
'''Goalkeepers:''' [[Rinat Dasayev]] (28), [[Aleksei Prudnikov]] (12).<br />
'''Defenders:''' [[Oleg Romantsev]] (33 / 1), [[Vladimir Sochnov]] (33 / 1), [[Gennady Morozov]] (27), [[Vladimir Shcherbak (footballer, born 1959)|Vladimir Shcherbak]] (24), [[Boris Pozdnyakov]] (19), [[Vladimir Bukiyevskiy]] (4), [[Ivan Vyshnevskyi (footballer)|Ivan Vyshnevskyi]] (2), [[Alexander Mirzoyan]] (2).<br />
'''Midfielders:''' [[Sergey Shavlo]] (34 / 11), [[Fyodor Cherenkov]] (33 / 10), [[Yuri Gavrilov (footballer, born 1953)|Yuri Gavrilov]] (31 / 6), [[Edgar Gess]] (30 / 5), [[Yevgeni Kuznetsov (footballer born 1961)|Yevgeni Kuznetsov]] (17), [[Sergei Vasilyevich Nikitin|Sergei Nikitin]] (2).<br />
'''Forwards:''' [[Sergey Rodionov]] (30 / 9), [[Aleksandr Pavlovich Kalashnikov|Aleksandr Kalashnikov]] (26 / 5), [[Sergei Shvetsov]] (24 / 9), [[Viktor Hrachov]] (5 / 1), [[Mikhail Rusyayev]] (3), [[Vladimir Nikonov]] (1), [[Oleg Aleksandrovich Smirnov|Oleg Smirnov]] (1).

'''Manager:''' [[Konstantin Beskov]].

'''Transferred out during the season:''' [[Viktor Hrachov]] (to [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk]]).
|}

==Number of teams by union republic==
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! [[Union republic]]
! Number of teams
! Club(s)
|-
| align="center" rowspan=1|1
| {{flag|RSFSR}}
| align="center" rowspan=1|6
| align="center"|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]], [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dinamo Moscow]], [[FC Kuban Krasnodar|Kuban Krasnodar]], [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]], [[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]], [[FC Zenit Leningrad|Zenit Leningrad]]
|-
| align="center" rowspan=1|2
| {{flag|Ukrainian SSR}}
| align="center" rowspan=1|5
| align="center"|[[FC Chornomorets Odesa|Chernomorets Odessa]], [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dinamo Kiev]], [[FC Dnipro|Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk]], [[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metallist Kharkov]], [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhter Donetsk]]
|-
| align="center" rowspan=1|3
| {{flag|Georgian SSR}}
| align="center" rowspan=1|2
| align="center"|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]], [[FC Torpedo Kutaisi|Torpedo Kutaisi]]
|-
| align="center" rowspan=7|4
| {{flag|Armenian SSR}}
| align="center" rowspan=7|1
| align="center"|[[FC Ararat Yerevan|Ararat Yerevan]]
|-
| {{flag|Azerbaijan SSR}}
| align="center"|[[PFC Neftchi Baku|Neftchi Baku]]
|-
| {{flag|Belarusian SSR}}
| align="center"|[[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
|-
| {{flag|Kazakh SSR}}
| align="center"|[[FC Kairat Almaty|Kairat Alma-Ata]]
|-
| {{flag|Uzbek SSR}}
| align="center"|[[FC Pakhtakor Tashkent|Pakhtakor Tashkent]]
|-
|}

==References==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090602084017/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/ussrhist.html Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)]

{{Soviet Top League seasons}}
{{1982 in Soviet football}}
{{1981–82 in European football (UEFA)}}
{{1982–83 in European football (UEFA)}}

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