1987 Soviet Top League

In the 1987 season, the Soviet Top LeagueTemplate:Sndthe top tier of football in the Soviet UnionTemplate:Snd 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

Promoted teams

• FC CSKA Moscow – champion (returning after two seasons)
• FC Guria Lanchkhuti – 2nd place (debut)

Final standings

Promotion

• Lokomotiv Moscow (Template:Country data Russian SFSR)
• Chornomorets Odessa (Template:Country data Ukrainian SSR)

Top scorers

18 goals

• Oleh Protasov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)

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

• Ihor Belanov (Dynamo Kyiv)

Clean sheets

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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

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Rinat Dasayev (29), Stanislav Cherchesov (2). Defenders: Vagiz Khidiyatullin (29 / 3), Aleksandr Bubnov (28 / 1), Yuri Susloparov (23), Boris Kuznetsov (19), Almir Kayumov (18), Aleksandr Bokiy (15), Yuri Surov (8). Midfielders: Fyodor Cherenkov (27 / 12), Viktor Pasulko (26 / 7), Aleksandr Mostovoi (18 / 6), Yevgeni Kuznetsov (17), Aleksei Yeryomenko (11 / 1), Sergei Novikov (9), Babken Melikian (8 / 1), Andrei Mitin (8), Vladimir Kapustin (3). Forwards: Sergey Rodionov (26 / 12), Valeri Shmarov (26 / 5), Mikheil Meskhi (16 / 1), Oleg Kuzhlev (3), Andrei Rudakov (2), Mikhail Rusyayev (2), Viktor Kolyadko (1). Manager: Konstantin Beskov. Transferred out during the season: Aleksei Yeryomenko (to FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don), Babken Melikian (to FC Kotayk Abovian), Andrei Rudakov (to FC Torpedo Moscow), Mikhail Rusyayev (to FC Lokomotiv Moscow), Viktor Kolyadko (to FC Terek Grozny).

2. FC Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk

Goalkeepers: Valeriy Horodov (28), Serhiy Krakovskyi (2). Defenders: Sergei Bashkirov (30), Ivan Vyshnevskyi (29 / 1), Oleksiy Cherednyk (29), Serhiy Puchkov (20), Oleksandr Sorokalet (17), Volodymyr Gerashchenko (2), Oleksandr Lysenko (2), Oleh Fediukov (1). Midfielders: Hennadiy Lytovchenko (28 / 6), Vadym Tyshchenko (26 / 3), Anton Shokh (25 / 3), Mykola Kudrytsky (15), Volodymyr Bahmut (10). Forwards: Oleh Protasov (30 / 18), Oleh Taran (29 / 6), Yevhen Shakhov (28 / 3), Volodymyr Lyutyi (27 / 1), Vasyl Storchak (9 / 1). Manager: Yevhen Kucherevskyi. Transferred out during the season: none.

3. FK Žalgiris Vilnius

Goalkeepers: Vaclovas Jurkus (18), Almantas Kalinauskas (13). Defenders: Vyacheslav Sukristov (29 / 6), Sigitas Jakubauskas (29 / 2), Romas Mažeikis (29), Arvydas Janonis (29), Igoris Pankratjevas (27 / 3), Vladimiras Buzmakovas (23), Robertas Tautkus (9), Arūnas Žėkas (2). Midfielders: Vidmantas Rasiukas (30 / 1), Valdas Ivanauskas (25 / 7), Algimantas Mackevičius (20 / 2), Virginijus Baltušnikas (4), Viktoras Bridaitis (4), Stasys Tamulevičius (2). Forwards: Arminas Narbekovas (30 / 16), Stasys Baranauskas (28 / 5), Kęstutis Ruzgys (23 / 1), Gintaras Kviliūnas (5), Gediminas Sugzda (2), Robertas Fridrikas (1). Manager: Benjaminas Zelkevičius. Transferred out during the season: none.

Number of teams by union republic

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	Template:Country data RSFSR	5	CSKA Moscow, Dinamo Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Zenit Leningrad
2	Template:Country data Ukrainian SSR	4	Dinamo Kiev, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Shakhter Donetsk
3	Template:Country data Georgian SSR	2	Dinamo Tbilisi, Guria Lanchkhuti
4	Template:Country data Armenian SSR	1	Ararat Yerevan
	Template:Country data Azerbaijan SSR		Neftchi Baku
	Template:Country data Belarusian SSR		Dinamo Minsk
	Template:Country data Kazakh SSR		Kairat Alma-Ata
	Template:Country data Lithuanian SSR		Zhalgiris Vilnius

References

• Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)