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{{Short description|53rd season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union}}
{{Infobox football league season
| competition        = [[Soviet Top League]]
| season             = 1990
| dates              = March 1 — October 20, 1990
| winners            = [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]<br>(13th season)
| relegated          = 
| continentalcup1    = [[1990–91 European Cup|European Cup]]
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = [[Dynamo Kyiv]]
| continentalcup2    = [[1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]]
| continentalcup2 qualifiers = [[1990–91 Soviet Cup|CSKA Moscow]]
| continentalcup3    = [[1990–91 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
| continentalcup3 qualifiers = [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]<br />[[Torpedo Moscow]]<br />[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
| league topscorer   = (12) [[Oleh Protasov]] ([[Dynamo Kyiv]])<br />[[Valeri Shmarov (footballer)|Valeri Shmarov]] ([[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]])
| biggest home win   = CSKA – Rotor 7–0
| biggest away win   = Chornomorets – Dynamo K. 0–3
| highest scoring    = Spartak – CSKA 5–4
| matches            = 
| total goals        = 
| longest wins       = 
| longest unbeaten   = 
| longest losses     = 
| highest attendance = 
| lowest attendance  = 
| average attendance = 
| prevseason = [[1989 Soviet Top League|1989]]
| nextseason = [[1991 Soviet Top League|1991]]
}}
The '''1990 [[Soviet Top League]]''' season was the 53rd since its establishment. [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] were the defending 12-times champions, but came only fifth this season and marginally qualified for continental competitions. The league was shortened and a total of fourteen teams participated. By the start of the season both Georgian teams had withdrawn followed by another withdrawal from Žalgiris at the start of competition. The league consisted of ten teams contested in the [[1989 Soviet Top League|1989 season]] and the Army club promoted from the [[Soviet First League]]. The representatives of the [[Baltic states]] as well as [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] chose not to take part in the competition.

The season began on 1 March with the game between Dnipro and Rotor and lasted until 20 October 1990. The season was won by [[FC Dynamo Kyiv]].

==Participating teams==
The league was reduced to 13 after first Georgian clubs (Dinamo Tbilisi and Guria Lanchkhuti) and then Žalgiris withdrew from the Soviet Top League.

[[Lokomotiv Moscow]] and the last placed [[Zenit Leningrad]] of the [[1989 Soviet Top League]] were relegated to the [[1990 Soviet First League]]. Lokomotiv returned to the [[Soviet First League]] after two seasons absence, while Zenit was relegated for the first time since being promoted back in 1938 through the club's merger.

Originally two teams were promoted from the [[1989 Soviet First League]] and included [[PFC CSKA Moscow]] and [[FC Guria Lanchkhuti]]. Just before the start of new season Georgian clubs and Žalgiris left the league.

===Promoted teams===
* [[PFC CSKA Moscow]] – champion ''(returning after two seasons)''
* [[FC Guria Lanchkhuti]] – 2nd place ''(returning after two seasons)''

===Withdrawn teams===
* [[FC Guria Lanchkhuti]], joined the Georgian Top League ([[Umaglesi Liga]])
* [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi]], joined the Georgian Top League ([[Umaglesi Liga]])
* [[FC Zalgiris Vilnius]], joined the [[1990 Baltic League]]

===Locations===

{{Location map+|Soviet Union|AlternativeMap = Soviet Union location map (no rivers).svg|width=1100|float=none|caption=Location of teams in the '''1990 Soviet Top League'''.
| places =
{{Location map~ | Soviet Union
  | background = #FFFFF0
  | label = <big>'''Moscow'''<br />[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak]]<br />[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA]]<br />[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dinamo]]<br />[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo]]</big>
  | position = right
  | lat_deg = 55.75
  | lon_deg = 37.61 }}
{{Location map~ | Soviet Union
  | background = #FFFFF0
  | label = <big>[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo&nbsp;Kyiv]]</big>
  | position = top
  | lat_deg = 50.45
  | lon_deg = 30.523333 }}
{{Location map~ | Soviet Union
  | background = #FFFFF0
  | label = <big>[[FC Chornomorets Odesa|Chornomorets]]</big>
  | position = right
  | lat_deg = 46.466667
  | lon_deg = 30.733333 }}
{{Location map~ | Soviet Union
  | background = #f8f9fa
  | label = <big>[[FC Ararat Yerevan|Ararat]]</big>
  | position = left
  | lat_deg = 40.183333
  | lon_deg = 44.516667 }}
{{Location map~ | Soviet Union
  | background = #FFFFF0
  | label = <big>[[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo&nbsp;Minsk]]</big>
  | lat_deg = 53.9
  | lon_deg = 27.566667 }}
{{Location map~ | Soviet Union
  | background = #FFFFF0
  | label = <big>[[FC Pamir Dushanbe|Pamir]]</big>
  | position = right
  | lat_deg = 38.585906
  | lon_deg = 68.769511 }}
{{Location map~ | Soviet Union
  | background = #FFFFF0
  | label = <big>[[FC Dnipro|Dnipro]]</big>
  | position = left
  | lat_deg = 48.45
  | lon_deg = 34.983333 }}
{{Location map~ | Soviet Union
  | background = #FFFFF0
  | label = <big>[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar]]</big>
  | lat_deg = 48.002778
  | lon_deg = 37.805278 }}
{{Location map~ | Soviet Union
  | background = #FFFFF0
  | label = <big><del>[[FC Zalgiris Vilnius|Žalgiris]]</del></big>
  | position = right
  | lat_deg = 54.683333
  | lon_deg = 25.283333 }}
{{Location map~ | Soviet Union
  | background = #FFFFF0
  | label = <big>[[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist]]</big>
  | lat_deg = 50.004444
  | lon_deg = 36.231389 }}
{{Location map~ | Soviet Union
  | background = #FFFFF0
  | label = <big>[[FC Rotor Volgograd|Rotor]]</big>
  | position = top
  | lat_deg = 48.7
  | lon_deg = 44.516667 }}
}}

=== Stadiums ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Stadium
! Team
! Opened
! Capacity
! Notes
|-
| align=left|[[NSC Olimpiyskiy|Republican Stadium]], [[Kyiv]]
| align=left|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
| 1923
| 100,062
| 
|-
| align=left rowspan=2|[[Luzhniki Stadium|Olimpic Stadium Luzhniki]], [[Moscow]]
| align=left|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak]]
| rowspan=2|1956
| rowspan=2|81,000
| 
|-
| align=left|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA]]
| 
|-
| align=left|[[Dinamo Stadium (Moscow)|Central Stadium Dinamo]], [[Moscow]]
| align=left|[[FC Dinamo Moscow|Dinamo Moscow]]
| 1928
| 71,430 
| 
|-
| align=left|[[Hrazdan Stadium|Central Stadium Hrazdan]], [[Yerevan]]
| align=left|[[FC Ararat Yerevan|Ararat]]
| 1970
| 70,000 
| 
|-
| align=left|[[Chornomorets Stadium|BSS Central Stadium]], [[Odesa]]
| align=left|[[FC Chornomorets Odesa|Chornomorets]]
| 1935
| 55,000
| 
|-
| align=left|[[Metalist Stadium|OSC Metalist]], [[Kharkiv]]
| align=left|[[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist]]
| 1926
| 42,000 
| 
|-
| align=left|[[Dinamo Stadium (Minsk)|Dinamo Stadium]], [[Minsk]]
| align=left|[[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
| 1934
| 40,000
| 
|-
| align=left|[[Meteor Stadium]], [[Dnipropetrovsk]]
| align=left|[[FC Dnipro|Dnipro]]
| 1966
| 40,000
| 
|-
| align=left|[[Central Stadium (Volgograd)|Central Stadium]], [[Volgograd]]
| align=left|[[FC Rotor Volgograd|Rotor]]
| 1962
| 40,000
| 
|-
| align=left|[[Shakhtar Stadium (Donetsk)|Central Stadium Shakhtar]], [[Donetsk]]
| align=left|[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar]]
| 1936
| 31,718
| 
|-
| align=left|[[Olympic Stadium (Moscow)|SC Olimpiyskiy]], [[Moscow]]
| align=left|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak]]
| 1980
| 22,000
| used in round 3rd, 4th, 7th, 9th
|-
| align=left|[[Pamir Stadium|Frunze Republican Stadium]], [[Dushanbe]]
| align=left|[[FC Pamir Dushanbe|Pamir]]
| 1946
| 21,400 
| 
|-
| align=left|[[Torpedo Stadium (Moscow)|Torpedo Stadium]], [[Moscow]]
| align=left|[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo]]
| 1959
| 16,000
| 
|-
| align=left rowspan=4|[[LFK CSKA]], [[Moscow]]
| align=left|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA]]
|  rowspan=4|1979
|  rowspan=4|4,000
| used in rounds 1st, 2nd, 5th, 10th
|-
| align=left|[[FC Dinamo Moscow|Dinamo Moscow]]
| used in rounds 1st, 2nd, 5th
|}

==Managers==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Club !! Head coach
|-
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv]] || [[Anatoliy Puzach]]
|-
|[[PFC CSKA Moscow]] || [[Pavel Sadyrin]]
|-
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow]] || [[Semen Altman]]
|-
|[[FC Torpedo Moscow]] || [[Valentin Kozmich Ivanov|Valentin Ivanov]]
|-
|[[FC Spartak Moscow]] || [[Oleg Romantsev]]
|-
|[[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]] || [[Yevhen Kucherevskyi]]
|-
|[[FC Ararat Yerevan]] || [[Armen Sarkisyan (football manager)|Armen Sarkisyan]]
|-
|[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk]] || [[Valeriy Yaremchenko]]
|-
|[[FC Chornomorets Odessa]] || [[Viktor Prokopenko]]
|-
|[[FC Pamir Dushanbe]] || [[Sharif Nazarov]]
|-
|[[FC Metalist Kharkiv]] || [[Leonid Tkachenko (footballer)|Leonid Tkachenko]]
|-
|[[FC Dinamo Minsk]] || [[Eduard Malofeyev]]
|-
|[[FC Rotor Volgograd]] || [[Vladimir Fayzulin]]
|-
|[[FC Žalgiris Vilnius|Žalgiris Vilnius]] || [[Benjaminas Zelkevičius]]
|}

===Managerial changes===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Team
!Outgoing manager
!Manner of<br />departure
!Date of vacancy
!Position in table
!Incoming manager
!Date of<br />appointment
|-
|[[FC Rotor Volgograd|Rotor Volgograd]]
|{{flagicon|Russian SFSR}} [[Aleksandr Sevidov]]
|
|31 May 1990<ref name=league_comp/>
|
|{{flagicon|Russian SFSR}} [[Vladimir Fayzulin]]
|1 June 1990<ref name=league_comp/>
|-
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dinamo Moscow]]
|{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[Anatoliy Byshovets]]
|
|31 July 1990<ref name=league_comp/>
|
|{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[Semen Altman]]
|1 August 1990<ref name=league_comp/>
|-
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dinamo Kiev]]
|{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]]
|
|31 August 1990<ref name=league_comp>{{cite news|url=http://football.lg.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5814:1990leaguavplayers&catid=201:sovietua90&Itemid=775|title=1990. Высшая лига. Составы команд.|publisher=football.lg.ua|date= |access-date=27 July 2023}}</ref>
|
|{{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[Anatoliy Puzach]]
|1 September 1990<ref name=league_comp/>
|-
|}

==Final standings==
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|winpoints=2

|team1=DK |name_DK ={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|team2=CSK|name_CSK={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
|team3=DMO|name_DMO={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC Dinamo Moscow|Dinamo Moscow]]
|team4=TOR|name_TOR={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|team5=SPA|name_SPA={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|team6=DNI|name_DNI={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
|team7=ARA|name_ARA={{flagicon|Armenian SSR}} [[FC Ararat Yerevan|Ararat Yerevan]]
|team8=SHK|name_SHK={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|team9=CHE|name_CHE={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Chornomorets Odesa|Chornomorets Odesa]]
|team10=PAM|name_PAM={{flagicon|Tajik SSR}} [[FC Pamir Dushanbe|Pamir Dushanbe]]
|team11=MET|name_MET={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist Kharkiv]]
|team12=DMI|name_DMI={{flagicon|Belarusian SSR}} [[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
|team13=ROT|name_ROT={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC Rotor Volgograd|Rotor Volgograd]]
|team14=ŽAL|name_ŽAL={{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} [[FC Žalgiris Vilnius|Žalgiris Vilnius]]

|win_DK =14|draw_DK =6|loss_DK =4|gf_DK =44|ga_DK =20|status_DK =C
|win_CSK=13|draw_CSK=5|loss_CSK=6|gf_CSK=43|ga_CSK=26
|win_DMO=12|draw_DMO=7|loss_DMO=5|gf_DMO=27|ga_DMO=24
|win_TOR=13|draw_TOR=4|loss_TOR=7|gf_TOR=28|ga_TOR=24
|win_SPA=12|draw_SPA=5|loss_SPA=7|gf_SPA=39|ga_SPA=26
|win_DNI=11|draw_DNI=6|loss_DNI=7|gf_DNI=39|ga_DNI=26
|win_ARA=8|draw_ARA=7|loss_ARA=9|gf_ARA=25|ga_ARA=23
|win_SHK=6|draw_SHK=10|loss_SHK=8|gf_SHK=23|ga_SHK=31
|win_CHE=8|draw_CHE=3|loss_CHE=13|gf_CHE=23|ga_CHE=29
|win_PAM=7|draw_PAM=4|loss_PAM=13|gf_PAM=26|ga_PAM=34
|win_MET=5|draw_MET=8|loss_MET=11|gf_MET=13|ga_MET=28
|win_DMI=6|draw_DMI=3|loss_DMI=15|gf_DMI=20|ga_DMI=34
|win_ROT=4|draw_ROT=6|loss_ROT=14|gf_ROT=14|ga_ROT=39|status_ROT=R
|win_ŽAL=0|draw_ŽAL=0|loss_ŽAL=<s>1</s>|gf_ŽAL=0|ga_ŽAL=0|status_ŽAL=R

|note_ŽAL=[[FK Žalgiris|Žalgiris Vilnius]] withdrew from the championship after losing to [[FC Chornomorets Odessa|Chornomorets]] 1–0 in [[Odesa]]. Žalgiris' record was 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss with 0-1 goal difference and later was annulled. As Žalgiris withdrew, its European berth was transferred to Chornomorets.
|note_header_res=Guria and Dinamo Tbilisi never played any games in the league for the season and joined their national competition. Žalgiris joined the [[1990 Baltic League]] which was a regional international competition.

|col_CL=green1|text_CL=Qualification for [[1991–92 European Cup#First round|European Cup first round]]
|result1=CL
|col_CWC=yellow1|text_CWC=Qualification for [[1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup#First round|Cup Winners' Cup first round]]
|result2=CWC
|col_UC=blue1|text_UC=Qualification for [[1991–92 UEFA Cup#First round|UEFA Cup first round]]
|result3=UC|result4=UC|result5=UC
|col_RP=red2|text_RP=Qualification for Relegation play-off
|result13=RP
|col_WD=black2|text_WD=Withdrew from the league
|result14=WD
|update=complete|source=
|class_rules= 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 3.3. goal scored); 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total games scored; 6) Draw lots<ref>{{cite web|url=http://football.lg.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6656:1990reglament&catid=201:sovietua90&Itemid=775|title=ФУТБОЛ - 1990. О ПРОВЕДЕНИЕ СОРЕВНОВАНИЙ. (Football – 1990. On conducting the competitions.|pages= |publisher=Центральный стадион им. В.И.Ленина (Tsentralny Stadion imeni V.I.Lenina)|access-date=13 March 2023|archive-date=13 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313233342/http://football.lg.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6656:1990reglament&catid=201:sovietua90&Itemid=775|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

===Promotion/relegation play-off===
(13th team of the Top League and 4th team of the First League)
{{TwoLegStart}}
{{TwoLegResult|'''[[Lokomotiv Moscow]]'''||3–2|[[Rotor Volgograd]]||3–1|0–1}}
{{end}}
{{football box
|id = Lokomotiv v Rotor
|date=1990-11-11
|time=
|team1= [[Lokomotiv Moscow]]
|score= 3 – 1
|report= [http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=match&lang=ru&id=278595752542475 Report]
|team2=[[Rotor Volgograd]]
|goals1= [[Oleg Samatov|Samatov]] {{goal|12}} <br> [[Kirill Rybakov|Rybakov]] {{goal|51}} <br> [[Aleksandr Zhitkov|Zhitkov]] {{goal|79}}
|goals2= [[Andrei Fyodorovsky|Fyodorovsky]] {{goal|76}}
|stadium= [[Light-Athletic Football Complex CSKA|LFK CSKA]], [[Moscow]]
|attendance= 2,000 (4,600)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.galad.ru/projects_galad/225.html |title=Фубольный манеж ЛФК ЦСКА |access-date=2011-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320234055/http://www.galad.ru/projects_galad/225.html |archive-date=2012-03-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|referee= Petro Kobychek ([[Chernivtsi]])}}
----
{{football box
|id = Rotor v Lokomotiv
|date=1990-11-17
|time=
|team1= [[Rotor Volgograd]]
|score= 1 – 0
|report= [http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=match&lang=ru&id=320225336346637 Report]
|team2=[[Lokomotiv Moscow]]
|goals1= [[Sergei Polstyanov|Polstyanov]] {{goal|1}}
|goals2= [[Rashid Gallakberov|Gallakberov]] {{sent off|2|?|89}}
|stadium= [[Central Stadium (Volgograd)|Central Stadium of Trade Unions]], [[Volgograd]]
|attendance= 25,000
|referee= [[Vadim Zhuk]] ([[Minsk]]) }}

''Lokomotiv Moscow won the promotion on 3–2 aggregate''

==Results==
{{#invoke:sports results|main
|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey
|team1=ARA|team2=CHO|team3=CSK|team4=DNI|team5=DMN
|team6=DYK|team7=DYN|team8=MKH|team9=PAM|team10=ROT
|team11=SHA|team12=SPA|team13=TOR

|name_DYK=[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|match_DYK_CSK=4–1
|match_DYK_DYN=0–1
|match_DYK_TOR=4–3
|match_DYK_SPA=3–1
|match_DYK_DNI=2–1
|match_DYK_ARA=1–0
|match_DYK_SHA=2–0
|match_DYK_CHO=2–1
|match_DYK_PAM=3–1
|match_DYK_MKH=2–0
|match_DYK_DMN=3–0
|match_DYK_ROT=3–0

|name_CSK=[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
|match_CSK_DYK=1–1
|match_CSK_DYN=0–0
|match_CSK_TOR=3–1
|match_CSK_SPA=2–1
|match_CSK_DNI=1–2
|match_CSK_ARA=0–1
|match_CSK_SHA=4–0
|match_CSK_CHO=2–0
|match_CSK_PAM=4–1
|match_CSK_MKH=3–2
|match_CSK_DMN=1–0
|match_CSK_ROT=7–0

|name_DYN=[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|match_DYN_DYK=0–0
|match_DYN_CSK=0–0
|match_DYN_TOR=1–2
|match_DYN_SPA=1–1
|match_DYN_DNI=1–0
|match_DYN_ARA=1–2
|match_DYN_SHA=2–0
|match_DYN_CHO=3–2
|match_DYN_PAM=2–1
|match_DYN_MKH=1–0
|match_DYN_DMN=1–0
|match_DYN_ROT=1–1

|name_TOR=[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|match_TOR_DYK=0–0
|match_TOR_CSK=0–2
|match_TOR_DYN=3–1
|match_TOR_SPA=1–0
|match_TOR_DNI=1–0
|match_TOR_ARA=2–1
|match_TOR_SHA=1–1
|match_TOR_CHO=1–0
|match_TOR_PAM=1–0
|match_TOR_MKH=0–0
|match_TOR_DMN=2–1
|match_TOR_ROT=1–0

|name_SPA=[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|match_SPA_DYK=1–3
|match_SPA_CSK=5–4
|match_SPA_DYN=1–2
|match_SPA_TOR=2–0
|match_SPA_DNI=2–0
|match_SPA_ARA=4–0
|match_SPA_SHA=0–0
|match_SPA_CHO=3–1
|match_SPA_PAM=1–0
|match_SPA_MKH=6–0
|match_SPA_DMN=2–1
|match_SPA_ROT=0–0

|name_DNI=[[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro]]
|match_DNI_DYK=1–0
|match_DNI_CSK=2–2
|match_DNI_DYN=5–1
|match_DNI_TOR=1–0
|match_DNI_SPA=1–1
|match_DNI_ARA=1–1
|match_DNI_SHA=4–2
|match_DNI_CHO=2–0
|match_DNI_PAM=4–1
|match_DNI_MKH=3–0
|match_DNI_DMN=3–1
|match_DNI_ROT=3–1

|name_ARA=[[FC Ararat Yerevan|Ararat Yerevan]]
|match_ARA_DYK=2–1
|match_ARA_CSK=4–0
|match_ARA_DYN=1–2
|match_ARA_TOR=0–1
|match_ARA_SPA=1–3
|match_ARA_DNI=2–2
|match_ARA_SHA=0–0
|match_ARA_CHO=1–0
|match_ARA_PAM=1–0
|match_ARA_MKH=0–0
|match_ARA_DMN=3–0
|match_ARA_ROT=3–0

|name_SHA=[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|match_SHA_DYK=2–2
|match_SHA_CSK=1–0
|match_SHA_DYN=1–1
|match_SHA_TOR=2–1
|match_SHA_SPA=0–0
|match_SHA_DNI=0–0
|match_SHA_ARA=1–0
|match_SHA_CHO=1–0
|match_SHA_PAM=0–0
|match_SHA_MKH=2–2
|match_SHA_DMN=1–0
|match_SHA_ROT=3–0

|name_CHO=[[FC Chornomorets Odessa|Chornomorets Odessa]]
|match_CHO_DYK=0–3
|match_CHO_CSK=0–0
|match_CHO_DYN=2–3
|match_CHO_TOR=0–1
|match_CHO_SPA=1–0
|match_CHO_DNI=1–0
|match_CHO_ARA=1–0
|match_CHO_SHA=4–2
|match_CHO_PAM=3–1
|match_CHO_MKH=1–0
|match_CHO_DMN=3–1
|match_CHO_ROT=0–0

|name_PAM=[[FC Pamir Dushanbe|Pamir Dushanbe]]
|match_PAM_DYK=1–1
|match_PAM_CSK=0–2
|match_PAM_DYN=2–0
|match_PAM_TOR=0–1
|match_PAM_SPA=5–1
|match_PAM_DNI=2–3
|match_PAM_ARA=3–2
|match_PAM_SHA=2–1
|match_PAM_CHO=0–0
|match_PAM_MKH=1–0
|match_PAM_DMN=3–1
|match_PAM_ROT=1–0

|name_MKH=[[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist Kharkiv]]
|match_MKH_DYK=0–2
|match_MKH_CSK=0–1
|match_MKH_DYN=0–1
|match_MKH_TOR=2–1
|match_MKH_SPA=0–1
|match_MKH_DNI=0–0
|match_MKH_ARA=0–0
|match_MKH_SHA=1–1
|match_MKH_CHO=1–0
|match_MKH_PAM=1–1
|match_MKH_DMN=1–0
|match_MKH_ROT=1–0

|name_DMN=[[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
|match_DMN_DYK=3–2
|match_DMN_CSK=1–2
|match_DMN_DYN=0–0
|match_DMN_TOR=1–2
|match_DMN_SPA=0–1
|match_DMN_DNI=2–0
|match_DMN_ARA=0–0
|match_DMN_SHA=2–0
|match_DMN_CHO=2–1
|match_DMN_PAM=1–0
|match_DMN_MKH=0–0
|match_DMN_ROT=3–1

|name_ROT=[[FC Rotor Volgograd|Rotor Volgograd]]
|match_ROT_DYK=0–0
|match_ROT_CSK=0–1
|match_ROT_DYN=0–1
|match_ROT_TOR=2–2
|match_ROT_SPA=0–2
|match_ROT_DNI=2–1
|match_ROT_ARA=0–0
|match_ROT_SHA=3–2
|match_ROT_CHO=0–2
|match_ROT_PAM=1–0
|match_ROT_MKH=1–2
|match_ROT_DMN=2–0

|update=complete|source=
}}

==Top scorers==
;12 goals
* [[Oleg Protasov]] (Dynamo Kyiv)
* [[Valeri Shmarov (footballer)|Valeri Shmarov]] (Spartak Moscow)

;10 goals
* [[Eduard Son]] (Dnipro)

;9 goals
* [[Mykola Kudrytsky]] (Dnipro)
* [[Aleksandr Mostovoi]] (Spartak Moscow)
* [[Mukhsin Mukhamadiev]] (Pamir)
* [[Sergei Yuran]] (Dynamo Kyiv)

;8 goals
* [[Igor Korneev]] (CSKA Moscow)
* [[Valeri Masalitin]] (CSKA Moscow)
* [[Yuri Savichev]] (Torpedo Moscow)

==Clean sheets==
[https://teams.by/champ/player_clean/1219/ ]
;11 matches
* [[Stanislav Cherchesov]] (Spartak Moscow)
* [[Aleksandr Podshivalov]] (Torpedo Moscow)

;10 matches
* [[Valeri Sarychev]] (Torpedo Moscow)
* [[Aleksandr Uvarov (footballer)|Aleksandr Uvarov]] (Dynamo Moscow)

;9 matches
* [[Viktor Chanov]] (Dynamo Kyiv)

;8 matches
* [[Viktor Hryshko]] (Chornomorets Odesa)

;7 matches
* [[Mikhail Yeryomin]] (CSKA Moscow)
* [[Andriy Kovtun]] (Shakhtar Donetsk)

==Medal squads==
''(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)''
{| class="wikitable" style="width:700px;"
|- style="background:#00d;"
|  style="text-align:center; width:700px;"|<span style="color:#ff0;"> '''1. FC Dynamo Kyiv''' </span>
|- style="background:#e8e8e8;"
|  style="text-align:left; width:700px;"|
'''Goalkeepers:''' [[Viktor Chanov]] (21), [[Aleksandr Zhidkov (footballer, born 1965)|Aleksandr Zhidkov]] (4).<br />
'''Defenders:''' [[Serhiy Shmatovalenko]] (22 / 1), [[Oleh Kuznetsov]] (20 / 2), [[Akhrik Tsveiba]] (20), [[Serhiy Zayets]] (17 / 1), [[Anatoliy Demyanenko]] (15), [[Oleh Luzhnyi]] (12), [[Andriy Annenkov]] (8), [[Volodymyr Bezsonov]] (7 / 1), [[Andriy Bal]] (4), [[Borys Derkach]] (3 / 2), [[Andriy Aleksanenkov]] (3), [[Yuriy Moroz]] (3).<br />
'''Midfielders:''' [[Hennadiy Lytovchenko]] (24 / 6), [[Vasyl Rats]] (21 / 2), [[Ivan Yaremchuk]] (18 / 2), [[Serhiy Kovalets]] (11 / 2), [[Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko]] (8), [[Pavlo Yakovenko]] (6).<br />
'''Forwards:''' [[Oleg Salenko]] (21 / 4), [[Oleh Protasov]] (16 / 12), [[Sergei Yuran]] (13 / 9).

'''Manager:''' [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]] (until September), [[Anatoliy Puzach]] (from September).

'''Transferred out during the season:''' [[Oleh Kuznetsov]] (to {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]]), [[Oleh Protasov]] (to {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Olympiacos F.C.|Olympiacos]]), [[Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko]] (to {{flagicon|ITA}} [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]]).
|- style="background:#f00;"
|  style="text-align:center; width:700px;"|<span style="color:#00f;"> '''2. PFC CSKA Moscow''' </span>
|- style="background:#e8e8e8;"
|  style="text-align:left; width:700px;"|
'''Goalkeepers:''' [[Mikhail Yeremin]] (15), [[Aleksandr Guteyev]] (6), [[Yuri Shishkin]] (4).<br />
'''Defenders:''' [[Dmitri Bystrov]] (23 / 1), [[Dmitri Galiamin]] (23), [[Sergei Fokin (footballer)|Sergei Fokin]] (21 / 1), [[Sergei Kolotovkin]] (20), [[Oleg Malyukov]] (16), [[Viktor Yanushevsky]] (12).<br />
'''Midfielders:''' [[Valeri Broshin]] (24 / 5), [[Dmitri Kuznetsov (footballer born 1965)|Dmitri Kuznetsov]] (22 / 5), [[Igor Korneev]] (21 / 8), [[Vladimir Tatarchuk (footballer, born 1966)|Vladimir Tatarchuk]] (21 / 3), [[Mikhail Kolesnikov (footballer, born 1966)|Mikhail Kolesnikov]] (18 / 2), [[Igor Kozlov]] (8), [[Sergei Krutov]] (2), [[Aleksandr Grishin]] (1).<br />
'''Forwards:''' [[Oleg Sergeyev]] (24 / 6), [[Sergey Dmitriev]] (21 / 4), [[Valeri Masalitin]] (9 / 8).

'''Manager:''' [[Pavel Sadyrin]].

'''Transferred out during the season:''' none.
|- style="background:#00d;"
|  style="text-align:center; width:700px;"|<span style="color:#fff;"> '''3. FC Dynamo Moscow''' </span>
|- style="background:#e8e8e8;"
|  style="text-align:left; width:700px;"|
'''Goalkeepers:''' [[Aleksandr Uvarov (footballer)|Aleksandr Uvarov]] (20), [[Andrei Smetanin]] (3), [[Dmitri Kharine]] (1).<br />
'''Defenders:''' [[Andrei Chernyshov]] (22 / 2), [[Igor Sklyarov]] (21 / 1), [[Viktor Losev]] (20), [[Andrei Mokh]] (18 / 2), [[Yevgeni Smertin]] (18), [[Yevgeni Dolgov]] (16), [[Vyacheslav Tsaryov]] (10), [[Serhiy Protsyuk]] (9), [[Andrei Zhirov]] (2), [[Ravil Sabitov]] (2).<br />
'''Midfielders:''' [[Aleksei Leonidovich Sereda|Aleksei Sereda]] (23), [[Andrey Kobelev]] (21 / 4), [[Sergei Derkach]] (19 / 4), [[Igor Dobrovolski]] (15 / 4), [[Roman Pylypchuk]] (15 / 2), [[Aleksandr Viktorovich Zakharov|Aleksandr Zakharov]] (4), [[Aleksandr Smirnov (footballer, born 1968)|Aleksandr Smirnov]] (3), [[Aleksei Borisovich Yeryomenko|Aleksei Yeryomenko]] (2), [[Sergei Neyman]] (1).<br />
'''Forwards:''' [[Sergei Kiriakov]] (22 / 3), [[Igor Kolyvanov]] (19 / 5), [[Igor Simutenkov]] (1).

'''Manager:''' [[Anatoli Byshovets]] (until July), [[Semen Altman]] (caretaker, from July).

'''Transferred out during the season:''' [[Aleksandr Smirnov (footballer, born 1968)|Aleksandr Smirnov]], [[Ravil Sabitov]] (both to [[FC Dinamo Sukhumi]]).
|}

==Number of teams by union republic==
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! [[Union republic]]
! Number of teams
! Club(s)
|-
| align="center" rowspan=2|1
| {{flag|RSFSR}}
| align="center" rowspan=2|5
| align="center"|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]], [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dinamo Moscow]], [[FC Rotor Volgograd|Rotor Volgograd]], [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]], [[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|-
| {{flag|Ukrainian SSR}}
| 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=4|3
| {{flag|Armenian SSR}}
| align="center" rowspan=4|1
| align="center"|[[FC Ararat Yerevan|Ararat Yerevan]]
|-
| {{flag|Belarusian SSR}}
| align="center"|[[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
|-
| {{flag|Tajik SSR}}
| align="center"|[[FC Pamir Dushanbe|Pamir Dushanbe]]
|-bgcolor=silver
| {{flag|Lithuanian SSR}}
| align="center"|[[FC Zhalgiris Vilnius|Zhalgiris Vilnius]]
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Soviet First League 1990]]
* [[1990 Soviet Second League]]
* [[1990 Soviet Second League B]]
* [[1990 Baltic League]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{in lang|ru}} [http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=tournn&lang=ru&id=344946573634264 KLISF. 1990 Soviet Top League.]{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101227000402/http://klisf.info/tourns/urs/1990/10.htm KLISF. 1990 Soviet Top League (text only)]
* [http://footballfacts.ru/turnir/159605-chempionat-sssr-1990 1990 season]. FootballFacts.ru

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