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1987 Soviet Top League
50th season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union
50th season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Soviet Top League |
| season | 1987 |
| dates | March 9 — November 16, 1987 |
| winners | Spartak Moscow |
| (11th title) | |
| relegated | CSKA Moscow |
| Guria Lanchkhuti | |
| continentalcup1 | [European Cup](1988-89-european-cup) |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Spartak Moscow |
| continentalcup2 | [Cup Winners' Cup](1988-89-european-cup-winners-cup) |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | Metalist Kharkiv |
| continentalcup3 | [UEFA Cup](1988-89-uefa-cup) |
| continentalcup3 qualifiers | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk |
| Žalgiris Vilnius | |
| Torpedo Moscow | |
| Dinamo Minsk | |
| league topscorer | (18) Oleh Protasov (Dnepr) |
| matches | 240 |
| total goals | 510 |
| prevseason | [1986](1986-soviet-top-league) |
| nextseason | [1988](1988-soviet-top-league) |
(11th title) Guria Lanchkhuti Žalgiris Vilnius Torpedo Moscow Dinamo Minsk
In the 1987 season, the Soviet Top Leaguethe top tier of football in the Soviet Union 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)
Location
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Final standings
Promotion
- Lokomotiv Moscow (Russian SFSR)
- Chornomorets Odessa (Ukrainian SSR)
Results
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
- 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)
Number of teams by union republic
| Rank | Union republic | Number of teams | Club(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RSFSR | 5 | CSKA Moscow, Dinamo Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Zenit Leningrad |
| 2 | Ukrainian SSR | 4 | Dinamo Kiev, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Shakhter Donetsk |
| 3 | Georgian SSR | 2 | Dinamo Tbilisi, Guria Lanchkhuti |
| 4 | Armenian SSR | 1 | Ararat Yerevan |
| Azerbaijan SSR | Neftchi Baku | ||
| Belarusian SSR | Dinamo Minsk | ||
| Kazakh SSR | Kairat Alma-Ata | ||
| Lithuanian SSR | Zhalgiris Vilnius |
Attendances
Source:
| No. | Club | Average | Change | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv | 58,113 | 71,4% | 98,000 |
| 2 | Ararat | 43,127 | 16,1% | 62,300 |
| 3 | Neftçhi | 36,860 | 188,7% | 37,600 |
| 4 | Spartak Moscow | 36,700 | 83,8% | 95,000 |
| 5 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 30,153 | 21,5% | 40,000 |
| 6 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 28,700 | -22,8% | 42,700 |
| 7 | Kairat | 27,407 | 176,8% | 30,000 |
| 8 | Dnipro | 24,367 | 18,8% | 32,000 |
| 9 | Dinamo Minsk | 22,907 | 72,6% | 50,500 |
| 10 | Metalist Kharkiv | 22,727 | 42,8% | 35,000 |
| 11 | Zenit | 21,333 | -12,4% | 50,000 |
| 12 | Guria | 20,633 | 95,1% | 23,200 |
| 13 | Dynamo Moscow | 16,507 | 22,0% | 50,000 |
| 14 | PFC CSKA | 14,320 | 166,6% | 47,000 |
| 15 | Žalgiris | 11,540 | 70,4% | 16,000 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moscow | 9,353 | 13,1% | 38,000 |
References
References
- "ФУТБОЛ - 1987. О ПРОВЕДЕНИЕ СОРЕВНОВАНИЙ. (Football – 1987. On conducting the competitions.". Центральный стадион им. В.И.Ленина (Tsentralny Stadion imeni V.I.Lenina).
- https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sov/avesov87.htm
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