1989 Soviet Top League

Template:Short description Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other The 1989 Soviet Top League season was the 52nd since its establishment. Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, the defending 2-times champions, came in second this season.

The season began on 11 March with six games played on the date and lasted until 27 October 1989. The season was won by FC Spartak Moscow.

Teams

Promoted teams

• FC Pamir Dushanbe – champion (debut)
• FC Rotor Volgograd – 2nd place (returning for the first time since 1950 after 39 seasons, known as Torpedo Stalingrad)

Top scorers

16 goals

• Sergey Rodionov (Spartak Moscow)

13 goals

• Georgi Kondratyev (Chornomorets)

11 goals

• Igor Dobrovolsky (Dinamo Moscow)
• Vladimir Grechnev (Torpedo Moscow)
• Igor Kolyvanov (Dinamo Moscow)
• Yuri Savichev (Torpedo Moscow)
• Valeri Shmarov (Spartak Moscow)

10 goals

• Mykola Kudrytsky (Dnipro)

9 goals

• Mikhail Rusyayev (Lokomotiv Moscow)
• Yuri Tarasov (Metalist)

Clean sheets

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17 matches

• Stanislav Cherchesov (Spartak Moscow)

13 matches

• Valeri Sarychev (Torpedo Moscow)

11 matches

• Andrei Manannikov (Pamir Dushanbe)
• Valdemaras Martinkenas (Zalgiris Vilnius)

10 matches

• Viktor Chanov (Dynamo Kyiv)

9 matches

• Dmitriy Kharine (Dynamo Moscow)
• Valeriy Horodov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)
• Ihor Kutepov (Metalist Kharkiv)
• Mykhailo Mykhailov (Shakhtar Donetsk)

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Stanislav Cherchesov (30), Aleksei Prudnikov (2). Defenders: Vasili Kulkov (30 / 1), Gennady Morozov (25 / 1), Aleksandr Bokiy (23), Sergei Bazulev (21), Boris Pozdnyakov (17), Yuri Susloparov (12), Aleksandr Bubnov (11), Boris Kuznetsov (5), Dmitri Gradilenko (1), Vladimir Sochnov (1). Midfielders: Fyodor Cherenkov (28 / 7), Yevgeni Kuznetsov (26 / 2), Viktor Pasulko (22 / 3), Igor Shalimov (20 / 1), Vladimir Kapustin (12), Aleksandr Mostovoi (11 / 3), Andrei Ivanov (10), Sergei Novikov (6 / 2), Valeri Shikunov (1). Forwards: Sergey Rodionov (28 / 16), Valeri Shmarov (27 / 11), Dmitri Popov (5). One own goal each scored by Serhiy Kuznetsov (FC Chornomorets Odesa) and Gennady Lesun (FC Dinamo Minsk). Manager: Oleg Romantsev. Transferred out during the season: Aleksandr Bubnov (to Template:Flagicon Red Star), Vladimir Sochnov, Valeri Shikunov (both to RVShSM-RAF Jelgava).

2. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Goalkeepers: Valeriy Horodov (21), Serhiy Krakovskyi (9). Defenders: Andriy Sydelnykov (29 / 2), Oleksiy Cherednyk (24), Evgeny Yarovenko (20 / 2), Ivan Vyshnevskyi (16), Serhiy Puchkov (15 / 1), Volodymyr Gerashchenko (13), Oleksandr Sorokalet (10), Oleksandr Chervonyi (8), Yuriy Kulish (6), Petro Buts (1). Midfielders: Volodymyr Bahmut (30 / 5), Mykola Kudrytsky (29 / 10), Volodymyr Lyutyi (29 / 7), Andriy Yudin (26 / 3), Vadym Tyshchenko (20 / 3), Anton Shokh (16), Marat Kabayev (1). Forwards: Eduard Son (27 / 6), Yevhen Shakhov (25 / 8), Valentyn Moskvyn (8), Igor Shkvyrin (4). Manager: Yevhen Kucherevskyi. Transferred out during the season: Volodymyr Lyutyi (to Template:Flagicon FC Schalke 04), Ivan Vyshnevskyi (to Template:Flagicon Fenerbahçe S.K.), Igor Shkvyrin, Marat Kabayev (both to FC Pakhtakor Tashkent).

3. FC Dynamo Kyiv

Goalkeepers: Viktor Chanov (22), Aleksandr Zhidkov (10). Defenders: Oleh Kuznetsov (29 / 4), Oleh Luzhnyi (27), Serhiy Shmatovalenko (26), Serhiy Zayets (22 / 4), Andriy Bal (18), Volodymyr Bezsonov (17 / 5), Vladimir Gorilyi (17), Anatoliy Demyanenko (5 / 2), Albert Sarkisyan (3). Midfielders: Hennadiy Lytovchenko (29 / 7), Ivan Yaremchuk (18 / 1), Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (15 / 3), Andrei Kanchelskis (15), Vasyl Rats (13 / 3), Mykhaylo Stelmakh (11 / 1), Pavlo Yakovenko (10). Forwards: Oleh Protasov (26 / 7), Oleg Salenko (26 / 3), Ihor Belanov (18 / 3). One own goal scored by Aleksei Arifullin (FC Lokomotiv Moscow). Manager: Valeriy Lobanovskyi. Transferred out during the season: Ihor Belanov (to Template:Flagicon Borussia Mönchengladbach).

Number of teams by union republic

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	Template:Country data RSFSR	6	Dinamo Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, Rotor Volgograd, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Zenit Leningrad
2	Template:Country data Ukrainian SSR	5	Chornomorets Odesa, Dynamo Kyiv, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Metalist Kharkiv, Shakhtar Donetsk
3	Template:Country data Armenian SSR	1	Ararat Yerevan
	Template:Country data Belarusian SSR		Dinamo Minsk
	Template:Country data Georgian SSR		Dinamo Tbilisi
	Template:Country data Lithuanian SSR		Zhalgiris Vilnius
	Template:Country data Tajik SSR		Pamir Dushanbe

External links

• 1989 season at FootballFacts.ru
• 1989 season. RSSSF
• 25 лет последнему «полному» чемпионату СССР: судьбы клубов. www.championat.com
• Чемпионат СССР по футболу 1989. Спартак – Чемпион. Романцев против Лобановского. dzen.ru