1989 in Soviet football

The 1989 Soviet football championship was the 56th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Spartak Moscow won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the twelfth time.

Football in the Soviet Union
Season1989
Men's football
Top LeagueSpartak Moscow
First LeagueCSKA Moscow
Second LeagueLokomotiv Gorkiy (Finals 1)
Tekstilschik Tiraspol (Finals 2)
Dinamo Sukhumi (Finals 3)
Soviet CupDnepr Dnepropetrovsk

Honours
CompetitionWinnerRunner-up
Top LeagueSpartak Moscow (12)Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk
First LeagueCSKA Moscow (2)Guria Lanchkhuti
Second LeagueFinals 1Lokomotiv GorkiyIrtysh Omsk
Group 2Tekstilschik TiraspolVolyn Lutsk
Group 3Dinamo SukhumiNeftianik Fergana
Soviet Cup Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk (1) Torpedo Moscow

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Soviet Union football championship
Main article: 1989 Soviet Top League

Top League
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Spartak Moscow (C) 30 17 10 3 49 19 +30 44 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30 18 6 6 47 27 +20 42 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Dynamo Kyiv 30 13 12 5 44 27 +17 38 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Žalgiris Vilnius (X) 30 14 8 8 39 29 +10 36 Surrendered its qualification for UEFA competitions
5 Torpedo Moscow 30 11 13 6 40 26 +14 35 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
6 Chornomorets Odesa 30 11 9 10 40 41 −1 31 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Metalist Kharkiv 30 10 10 10 30 33 −3 30
8 Dinamo Moscow 30 9 12 9 31 26 +5 30
9 Dinamo Minsk 30 11 7 12 35 33 +2 29
10 Rotor Volgograd 30 9 9 12 28 35 −7 27
11 Dinamo Tbilisi (X) 30 6 13 11 27 32 −5 25 Withdrew
12 Ararat Yerevan 30 8 8 14 25 41 −16 24
13 Pamir Dushanbe 30 7 10 13 20 38 −18 24
14 Shakhtar Donetsk 30 9 5 16 24 36 −12 23
15 Lokomotiv Moscow (R) 30 7 9 14 20 32 −12 23 Relegation to First League
16 Zenit Leningrad (R) 30 5 9 16 24 48 −24 19
Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated; (X) Quit the USSR Football Federation after this season and joined the leagues of their native countries. For the following season, the league was reduced to 13 teams as Žalgiris would quit after their first game of the new season.
Notes:
  1. Qualified to Europe instead of Žalgiris Vilnius

First League
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 CSKA Moscow (C, P) 42 24 11 7 79 44 +35 59 Promotion to Top League
2 Guria Lanchkhuti (X) 42 22 10 10 64 45 +19 54 Withdrew from the league
3 Kairat Almaty 42 21 9 12 68 40 +28 51
4 Dynamo Stavropol 42 20 10 12 47 39 +8 50
5 Fakel Voronezh 42 20 8 14 56 49 +7 48
6 Tavriya Simferopol 42 19 10 13 64 56 +8 48
7 Metalurh Zaporizhia 42 21 5 16 54 56 −2 47
8 Neftchi Baku 42 17 13 12 46 35 +11 47
9 Kotayk Abovyan 42 19 7 16 60 53 +7 45
10 Nistru Chisinau 42 16 11 15 50 50 0 43
11 Geolog Tyumen 42 15 13 14 56 52 +4 43
12 Pakhtakor Tashkent 42 17 7 18 57 59 −2 41
13 Torpedo Kutaisi (X) 42 17 7 18 45 50 −5 41 Withdrew from the league
14 Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don 42 17 6 19 58 52 +6 40
15 Kuzbass Kemerevo 42 17 5 20 60 58 +2 39
16 Shinnik Yaroslavl 42 14 11 17 50 54 −4 39
17 Spartak Ordjonikidze 42 15 7 20 30 48 −18 37
18 Dinamo Batumi (X) 42 11 14 17 44 50 −6 36 Withdrew from the league
19 Kuban Krasnodar 42 11 13 18 36 49 −13 35
20 SKA Rostov-on-Don (R) 42 11 13 18 32 47 −15 35 Relegation to Second League
21 Daugava Riga (R) 42 8 10 24 40 68 −28 26
22 SKA Karpaty Lviv (R) 42 7 6 29 31 73 −42 20
Source:
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (X) Quit the USSR Football Federation after this season and joined the leagues of the native country.

Second League (finals)
Further information: 1989 Soviet Second League, Finals

Group 1
Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 RUS Lokomotiv Gorkiy 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3 5 Promoted
2 RUS Irtysh Omsk 4 2 0 2 4 3 +1 4
3 RUS Cement Novorossiysk 4 1 1 2 4 8 −4 3
Source:

Group 2
Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 MDA Textilshchik Tiraspol 4 3 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Promoted
2 UKR Volyn Lutsk 4 0 3 1 2 5 −3 3
3 RUS Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev 4 0 2 2 4 6 −2 2
Source:

Group 3
Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 GEO Dinamo Sukhumi 4 3 0 1 5 1 +4 6 Promoted
2 UZB Neftyanik Fergana 4 2 0 2 2 5 −3 4
3 KAZ Traktor Pavlodar 4 1 0 3 3 4 −1 2
Source: rsssf.com

Top goalscorers

Top League

First League

References
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