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id="toc-Performance_by_club's_first_teams-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Performance_by_republic" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Performance_by_republic"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Performance by republic</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Performance_by_republic-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-All-time_table" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#All-time_table"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>All-time table</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-All-time_table-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_coaches" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_coaches"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Best coaches</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_coaches-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Awards_and_prizes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Awards_and_prizes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Awards and prizes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Awards_and_prizes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Soviet_football_championship_among_reserves" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Soviet_football_championship_among_reserves"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Soviet football championship among reserves</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Soviet_football_championship_among_reserves-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Footnotes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Footnotes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Footnotes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Footnotes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futbol_%C3%BCzr%C9%99_SSR%C4%B0_y%C3%BCks%C9%99k_liqas%C4%B1" title="Futbol üzrə SSRİ yüksək liqası – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Futbol üzrə SSRİ yüksək liqası" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8A%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%88%D0%B0_%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0" title="Съветска Висша лига – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Съветска Висша лига" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lliga_sovi%C3%A8tica_de_futbol" title="Lliga soviètica de futbol – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Lliga soviètica de futbol" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sov%C4%9Btsk%C3%A1_fotbalov%C3%A1_Vys%C5%A1aja_liga" title="Sovětská fotbalová Vysšaja liga – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Sovětská fotbalová Vysšaja liga" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wysschaja_Liga_(Sowjetunion)" title="Wysschaja Liga (Sowjetunion) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wysschaja Liga (Sowjetunion)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CF%81%CF%89%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%B8%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B1_%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%AF%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%95%CE%A3%CE%A3%CE%94" title="Πρωτάθλημα ποδοσφαίρου ΕΣΣΔ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Πρωτάθλημα ποδοσφαίρου ΕΣΣΔ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primera_Divisi%C3%B3n_de_la_Uni%C3%B3n_Sovi%C3%A9tica" title="Primera División de la Unión Soviética – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Primera División de la Unión Soviética" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobietar_Batasuneko_Futbol_Liga" title="Sobietar Batasuneko Futbol Liga – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Sobietar Batasuneko Futbol Liga" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C" title="لیگ برتر فوتبال شوروی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لیگ برتر فوتبال شوروی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championnat_d%27Union_sovi%C3%A9tique_de_football" title="Championnat d'Union soviétique de football – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Championnat d'Union soviétique de football" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%86%8C%EB%B9%84%EC%97%90%ED%8A%B8_%ED%86%B1%EB%A6%AC%EA%B7%B8" title="소비에트 톱리그 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="소비에트 톱리그" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovjetska_Vi%C5%A1a_liga_u_nogometu" title="Sovjetska Viša liga u nogometu – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Sovjetska Viša liga u nogometu" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visshaya_liga_(futbalo)" title="Visshaya liga (futbalo) – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Visshaya liga (futbalo)" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vys%C5%A1aja_Liga" title="Vysšaja Liga – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Vysšaja Liga" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%92%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%91%D7%99%D7%99%D7%98%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%91%D7%9B%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%9C" title="ליגת העל הסובייטית בכדורגל – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ליגת העל הסובייטית בכדורגל" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%AD%E1%83%9D%E1%83%97%E1%83%90_%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%A4%E1%83%94%E1%83%AE%E1%83%91%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%A9%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="საბჭოთა კავშირის საფეხბურთო ჩემპიონატი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="საბჭოთა კავშირის საფეხბურთო ჩემპიონატი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%A1%D0%A0%D0%9E_%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B" title="Футболдан КСРО чемпионаты – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Футболдан КСРО чемпионаты" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSRS_futbola_Augst%C4%81k%C4%81_l%C4%ABga" title="PSRS futbola Augstākā līga – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="PSRS futbola Augstākā līga" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sowjetesch_H%C3%A9chst_Liga" title="Sowjetesch Héchst Liga – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Sowjetesch Héchst Liga" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSRS_futbolo_%C4%8Dempionatas" title="TSRS futbolo čempionatas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="TSRS futbolo čempionatas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szovjet_labdar%C3%BAg%C3%B3-bajnoks%C3%A1g_(els%C5%91_oszt%C3%A1ly)" title="Szovjet labdarúgó-bajnokság (első osztály) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Szovjet labdarúgó-bajnokság (első osztály)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li 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class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">Various</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Level on pyramid</th><td class="infobox-data">Level 1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">Relegation</a> to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_First_League" title="Soviet First League">Soviet First League</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Domestic cup(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Cup" title="Soviet Cup">USSR Cup</a><br /><a href="/wiki/USSR_Super_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="USSR Super Cup">USSR Super Cup</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(unofficial)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">League cup(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/USSR_Federation_Cup" title="USSR Federation Cup">USSR Federation Cup</a><br />(1940–1990)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">International cup(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">European Cup</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Cup_Winners%27_Cup" title="UEFA Cup Winners' Cup">UEFA Cup Winners' Cup</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="UEFA Cup">UEFA Cup</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Last champions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> <br />(1991)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Most championships</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> (13)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Most appearances</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Oleg_Blokhin" title="Oleg Blokhin">Oleg Blokhin</a> (432)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Top goalscorer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Oleg_Blokhin" title="Oleg Blokhin">Oleg Blokhin</a> (211)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Soviet Top League</b>, known after 1970 as the <b>Higher League</b> (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Russian" title="Romanization of Russian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Russian-language romanization"><i lang="ru-Latn">Vyschaya Liga</i></span>),<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> served as the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_football_league_system" title="Soviet Union football league system">top division (tier)</a> of <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> from 1936 until 1991. The league's name was a conditional designation used for brevity since being completely owned and governed by the <a href="/wiki/Football_Federation_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Football Federation of the Soviet Union">Football Federation of the Soviet Union</a>. The full official name was the <b>USSR Championship in football: Top League</b>. An attempt to create an independent league as autonomously governed organization during "<a href="/wiki/Perestroika" title="Perestroika">perestroika</a>" period was denied by the Federation due to political culture in the Soviet Union. </p><p>The professional top level of football competition among clubs was established in 1936 on proposition of <a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Starostin" title="Nikolai Starostin">Nikolai Starostin</a> and was approved by the All-Union Council of Physical Culture. Originally it was named Group A. After World War II it became known as the First Group. In 1950, after another reform of football in the Soviet Union, the First Group was replaced with Class A. By 1970, the Class A had expanded to three tiers with the top tier known as the Higher Group which in 1971 was renamed into the Higher League. </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, along with the competition among the first teams also there were conducted official competitions among reserve squads. It carried the name of "Tournament of Doubles" (Turnir doublyorov). The reserve squads' competitions were running parallel to the first teams' competitions normally scheduled a day prior with relegation rule completely depended on the league standing of their respective first team. </p><p>The Top League was one of the best football leagues in Europe, ranking second among the <a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a> members in the 1988–89 season. Three of its representatives reached the finals of the European club tournaments on four occasions: <a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">FC Dynamo Kyiv</a>, <a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">FC Dinamo Tbilisi</a>, and <a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">FC Dynamo Moscow</a> (all in the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Cup_Winners%27_Cup" title="UEFA Cup Winners' Cup">European Cup Winners' Cup</a>). In the same way Russia <a href="/wiki/Succession_of_states#Russia_and_the_Soviet_Union" title="Succession of states">politically succeeded</a> the Soviet Union, UEFA considers the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Premier_League" title="Russian Premier League">Russian Premier League</a> to have succeeded the Soviet Top League.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soviet_Top_League&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Red_Sport_International" title="Red Sport International">Red Sport International</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Introduction_and_popularization">Introduction and popularization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soviet_Top_League&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Introduction and popularization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%89%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B8._24.06.1937.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A poster in Russian with some lines in Spanish featuring a photograph of a goalkeeper posing and in action." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%89%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B8._24.06.1937.jpg/220px-%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%89%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B8._24.06.1937.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="360" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%89%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B8._24.06.1937.jpg/330px-%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%89%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B8._24.06.1937.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%89%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B8._24.06.1937.jpg/440px-%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%89%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B8._24.06.1937.jpg 2x" data-file-width="505" data-file-height="827" /></a><figcaption>Poster for a Basque Country-Lokomotiv match on 24 June 1937</figcaption></figure> <p>The league was established on the initiative of head of <a href="/wiki/Spartak_(sports_society)" title="Spartak (sports society)">Spartak sport society</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Starostin" title="Nikolai Starostin">Nikolai Starostin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bjkeys_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bjkeys-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Starostin proposed to create eight professional club teams in six Soviet cities and hold two championship tournaments per calendar year.<sup id="cite_ref-bjkeys_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bjkeys-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With minor corrections, the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Council_on_Physical_Culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet Council on Physical Culture">Soviet Council on Physical Culture</a> accepted the Starostin's proposal creating a league of "demonstration teams of master" which were sponsored by sport societies and factories.<sup id="cite_ref-bjkeys_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bjkeys-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nikolai Starostin de facto became a godfather of the Soviet championships.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Numerous mass events took place to promote the newly established competition, among which there was an introduction of football exhibition game as part of the Moscow Physical Culture Day parade, and the invitation to the <a href="/wiki/Basque_Country_national_football_team" title="Basque Country national football team">Basque Country national football team</a> which was on <a href="/wiki/Republicans_(Spanish_Civil_War)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republicans (Spanish Civil War)">the side</a> supported by <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War" title="Spanish Civil War">Spanish Civil War</a> and others. </p><p>In 1936 the first secretary of Komsomol Kosarev came up with an idea of playing an actual football game at the <a href="/wiki/Red_Square_(Moscow)" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Square (Moscow)">Red Square</a> as part of the Physical Culture Day parade.<sup id="cite_ref-Edelman_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Edelman-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stalin never attended any sports events, but the Physical Culture Day was an exclusion to the rule.<sup id="cite_ref-Edelman_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Edelman-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1936 Physical Culture Day parade was directed by Russian theatre director <a href="/wiki/Valentin_Pluchek" title="Valentin Pluchek">Valentin Pluchek</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Edelman_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Edelman-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the football game, a giant green felt carpet was sewn by Spartak athletes and laid down on the Red Square's cobblestones.<sup id="cite_ref-Edelman_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Edelman-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A night before the parade, the rug was stitched together in sections, rolled up and then stored in a vestibule of the <a href="/wiki/GUM_(department_store)" title="GUM (department store)">GUM department store</a> located at the square.<sup id="cite_ref-Edelman_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Edelman-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the 1936 Red Square game, it became a tradition before the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> and part of the Physical Culture Day parade event.<sup id="cite_ref-Edelman_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Edelman-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the late 1930s Spartak was giving out thousands of tickets per game to members of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Committee_of_the_All-Union_Communist_Party_(Bolsheviks)" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)">Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bjkeys_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bjkeys-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among serious football fans was <a href="/wiki/Lavrentiy_Beria" title="Lavrentiy Beria">Lavrentiy Beria</a> who proposed to have one team from each of <a href="/wiki/Union_republics" class="mw-redirect" title="Union republics">union republics</a> in the league.<sup id="cite_ref-bjkeys_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bjkeys-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 1937 a conflict erupted following a successful tour to the Soviet Union of the Basque national team during which the main governing body of sports in the country, the <a href="/wiki/All-Union_Council_of_Physical_Culture" class="mw-redirect" title="All-Union Council of Physical Culture">All-Union Council of Physical Culture</a>, was accused by the party and Komsomol for failing the sports policy.<sup id="cite_ref-bjkeys_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bjkeys-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spartak's leadership and Starostin in particular were accused of corruption and implementing "bourgeoisie methods" in Soviet sport.<sup id="cite_ref-bjkeys_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bjkeys-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The most prominent clubs of the league were <a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">FC Dynamo Kyiv</a>, <a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">FC Spartak Moscow</a>, and <a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">FC Dynamo Moscow</a>. The most popular clubs besides the above-mentioned were <a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">PFC CSKA Moscow</a>, <a href="/wiki/FC_Ararat_Yerevan" title="FC Ararat Yerevan">FC Ararat Yerevan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">FC Dinamo Tbilisi</a>. Dinamo Tbilisi became famous for finishing third but never winning the title. They won their first title in 1964. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development">Development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soviet_Top_League&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Until the 1960s the main title contenders in the league were the Moscow clubs of <a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak</a> and <a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo</a> whose dominance was disrupted for only a brief period after <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> by <a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a>, nicknamed 'The team of lieutenants'. The first team that won 10 championships was Dynamo Moscow in 1963, followed by Spartak in 1979. </p><p>Eleven clubs spent over 30 seasons in the league with five of them from Moscow. Dynamo Moscow and Dynamo Kyiv were the only clubs that participated in all seasons of the league. Among other prominent Russian clubs were <a href="/wiki/FC_SKA_Rostov-on-Don" title="FC SKA Rostov-on-Don">SKA Rostov/Donu</a> (Army team), <a href="/wiki/FC_Zenit_Saint_Petersburg" title="FC Zenit Saint Petersburg">Zenit Leningrad</a> (Zenith), and <a href="/wiki/FC_Krylia_Sovetov_Samara" class="mw-redirect" title="FC Krylia Sovetov Samara">Krylia Sovietov Kuibyshev</a> (Wings of the Soviets). </p><p>Over the years the league changed, however from the 1970s its competition structure solidified with 16 participants, except from 1979 through 1985 when the number of participants was extended to 18. </p><p>One uniquely Soviet innovation around this time was the "draw limit", whereby a team would receive zero points for any draws in excess of a fixed number, first 8, then 10. This rule had consequences for both the title race and relegation while it was in place. A 1973 experiment to resolve drawn games by <a href="/wiki/Penalty_shoot-out_(association_football)" title="Penalty shoot-out (association football)">penalty shoot-out</a> lasted only one season. </p><p>Dynamo Kyiv's success as a Ukrainian club was supplemented in the 1980s with the appearance of <a href="/wiki/FC_Dnipro" title="FC Dnipro">Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk</a> led by its striker <a href="/wiki/Oleh_Protasov" title="Oleh Protasov">Oleh Protasov</a> who set a new record for goals scored in a season. In 1984, <a href="/wiki/FC_Zenit_Saint_Petersburg" title="FC Zenit Saint Petersburg">Zenit Leningrad</a> became Soviet champions for the first time. </p><p>With the unravelling of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s, the structure of the league also became unstable as more and more clubs lost interest in continuing to participate in the league, prompting several rounds of reorganisation. The main effect of these was to boost the numbers of Ukrainian clubs to be on par with the Russians. </p><p>Since the fall of the Soviet Union, it has been suggested that the competition be re-established along the lines of the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States_Cup" title="Commonwealth of Independent States Cup">Commonwealth of Independent States Cup</a>, but due to a lack of interest on various levels the venture has never been implemented. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Participants">Participants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soviet_Top_League&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Participants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The uneven population of the Soviet Union meant that the participants in a typical Top League season fell into three blocs: </p> <ul><li><b>Russian clubs</b>. Russian football was dominated by the "four-wheeled cart" of <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a> clubs: <a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak</a> (Komsomol), <a href="/wiki/Dynamo_Moscow" title="Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo</a> (police), <a href="/wiki/CSKA_Moscow" title="CSKA Moscow">CSKA</a> (army) and <a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Moscow" title="FC Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo</a> (auto workers). These four were often joined in the Top League by <a href="/wiki/FC_Lokomotiv_Moscow" title="FC Lokomotiv Moscow">Lokomotiv</a> (railroad workers), <a href="/wiki/FC_Zenit_Saint_Petersburg" title="FC Zenit Saint Petersburg">Zenit Leningrad</a> (defense industry workers), or assorted clubs from smaller cities.</li> <li><b>Ukrainian clubs</b>. Ukraine's capital <a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a>, by contrast, was the exclusive province of <a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">FC Dynamo Kyiv</a> who became an unofficial feeder for the Soviet national team beginning in the 1960s, replacing Dynamo Moscow. Several clubs vied to be Ukraine's "second" team over the years including <a href="/wiki/FC_Shakhtar_Donetsk" title="FC Shakhtar Donetsk">Shakhtar Donetsk</a>, <a href="/wiki/FC_Metalist_Kharkiv" title="FC Metalist Kharkiv">Metalist Kharkiv</a>, <a href="/wiki/FC_Chornomorets_Odesa" title="FC Chornomorets Odesa">Chernomorets Odesa</a>, <a href="/wiki/FC_Zorya_Luhansk" title="FC Zorya Luhansk">Zorya Voroshilovgrad</a> (now Zorya Luhansk) and <a href="/wiki/Dnipro_Dnipropetrivsk" class="mw-redirect" title="Dnipro Dnipropetrivsk">Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk</a>, the last two managing to win three titles combined. Many Ukrainian clubs also were associated with the Soviet Dynamo sports society.</li> <li><b>Other republics clubs</b>. Lavrentiy Beria's vision of one representative club per republic was partly realised from the 1950s onwards, as in every republic except for Russia and Ukraine, fan interest and government support became concentrated into a single club based in the republic's capital city, who became "the republic's team". Most of those clubs were originally created as Spartak or Dynamo, supported either by local party committee (Spartak) or local KGB office (Dynamo). Thus <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic">Lithuania</a> became represented by <a href="/wiki/Zalgiris_Vilnius" class="mw-redirect" title="Zalgiris Vilnius">Zalgiris Vilnius</a>, <a href="/wiki/Latvian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic">Latvia</a> by <a href="/wiki/FC_Daugava_Riga" title="FC Daugava Riga">Daugava Riga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Estonian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic">Estonia</a> by <a href="/wiki/Kalev_Tallinn" title="Kalev Tallinn">Kalev Tallinn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Byelorussian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic">Byelorussia</a> by <a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Minsk" title="FC Dinamo Minsk">Dinamo Minsk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moldavian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic">Moldavia</a> by <a href="/wiki/Nistru_Kishinev" class="mw-redirect" title="Nistru Kishinev">Nistru Kishinev</a>, <a href="/wiki/Armenian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic">Armenia</a> by <a href="/wiki/FC_Ararat_Yerevan" title="FC Ararat Yerevan">Ararat Yerevan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic">Azerbaijan</a> by <a href="/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftchi Baku</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic">Georgia</a> by <a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kazakh_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic">Kazakhstan</a> by <a href="/wiki/Kairat_Alma-Ata" class="mw-redirect" title="Kairat Alma-Ata">Kairat Alma-Ata</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uzbek_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic">Uzbekistan</a> by <a href="/wiki/Pakhtakor_Tashkent_FK" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakhtakor Tashkent FK">Pakhtakor Tashkent</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tajik_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic">Tajikistan</a> by <a href="/wiki/CSKA_Pamir_Dushanbe" title="CSKA Pamir Dushanbe">Pamir Dushanbe</a>. A typical Top League season would feature 4-6 of these eleven, and Yerevan, Minsk and Tbilisi all managed to win the title at least once. Only Georgia, with <a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Kutaisi" title="FC Torpedo Kutaisi">Torpedo Kutaisi</a> and later <a href="/wiki/FC_Guria_Lanchkhuti" title="FC Guria Lanchkhuti">Guria Lanchkhuti</a>, was ever able to have a second representative survive in the Top League in addition to their capital city club. (<a href="/wiki/Turkmen_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic">Turkmenistan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kirghiz_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic">Kirghizia</a> were represented in the Soviet football pyramid by <a href="/wiki/FK_K%C3%B6petdag_A%C5%9Fgabat" title="FK Köpetdag Aşgabat">Köpetdag Aşgabat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alga_Frunze" class="mw-redirect" title="Alga Frunze">Alga Frunze</a> respectively, but neither reached the top level.)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Documentation">Documentation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soviet_Top_League&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Documentation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Documentation about the league is scarce. Among well-known researchers are <a href="/wiki/Aksel_Vartanyan" title="Aksel Vartanyan">Aksel Vartanyan</a> for <a href="/wiki/Sport_Express" title="Sport Express">Sport Express</a>, Andrei Moroz and Georgiy Ibragimov for <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.klisf.info/">KLISF Club</a>, Alexandru G.Paloşanu, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.goliathdk.com/">Eugene Berkovich</a>, Mike Dryomin, Almantas Lauzadis, and Hans Schöggl for <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rsssf.org/nersssf.html">RSSSF Archives</a>. Another extensive databases are composed at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://helmsoccer.narod.ru/Europa/Euro_Liges/USSR_Russia/Index.html">helmsoccer.narod.ru</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fc-dynamo.ru/champ/">FC Dynamo Moscow website</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Names">Names</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soviet_Top_League&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Names"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since its creation, the Soviet Top League's name changed a quite few times: </p> <dl><dt>1936 – 1941 Group A (Группа А)</dt></dl> <p>Prior to <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> the championship was split into several groups usually of eight teams and named by the letters of the <a href="/wiki/Cyrillic_script" title="Cyrillic script">Cyrillic script</a>. </p> <dl><dt>1945 – 1949 The First Group of USSR (Первая группа СССР)</dt></dl> <p>Upon the reestablishment of the league after the war for several years it was numbered sequentially with the top league being the First. </p> <dl><dt>1950 – 1962 Class "A" of USSR (Класс "А" СССР)</dt></dl> <p>Since 1950, the alphabetical classification of the Soviet league hierarchy has resumed. In 1960 through 1962 the league consisted of two groups with the better clubs qualified for the championship pool and less fortunate – the relegation pool. </p> <dl><dt>1963 – 1969 The First Group "A" of USSR (Первая группа "А" СССР)</dt></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="European_representation">European representation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soviet_Top_League&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: European representation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first time the Soviet League was represented in Europe in the <a href="/wiki/1965%E2%80%9366_European_Cup_Winners%27_Cup" title="1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup">1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup</a> by <a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a>. In its first year the club reached the quarterfinals, eliminating on its way <a href="/wiki/Coleraine_F.C." title="Coleraine F.C.">Coleraine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rosenborg_BK" title="Rosenborg BK">Rosenborg</a> and winning all four matches with those clubs. The Ukrainians also knocked out reigning champions <a href="/wiki/Celtic_F.C." title="Celtic F.C.">Celtic</a> in the first round in the <a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_European_Cup" title="1967–68 European Cup">1967–68 European Cup</a>. In the 1968–69 season the Soviet clubs withdrew from continental competitions after the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Czechoslovakia" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia">Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia</a>. From 1974 (except for the 1982–83 season) to 1984 the league was among the best 10 national competitions in the UEFA rankings (based on continental competitions performance) reaching the 4th place in 1976 and 1977. From 1985 the Soviet Top League was among the best four in Europe, until the <a href="/wiki/Collapse_of_the_Soviet_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Collapse of the Soviet Union">collapse of the Soviet Union</a> in 1991. </p><p>In 1987 and 1988 the Soviet Top League was the second best league in Europe, however by the end of the Soviet Union the results of its representatives worsened as top players could now leave and play for foreign leagues in the West. The very last coefficient position that the Soviet League placed was No. 9 in 1992. The 1992/93 season all the results of the Soviet League were transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Premier_League" title="Russian Premier League">Russian Premier League</a>. Throughout its history the representatives of the league on four occasions made to the finals of the three primary European competitions being victorious in three. Once a Soviet club was able to win the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Super_Cup" title="UEFA Super Cup">UEFA Super Cup</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Football_championship_among_city_teams_(1923–1935)"><span id="Football_championship_among_city_teams_.281923.E2.80.931935.29"></span>Football championship among city teams (1923–1935)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soviet_Top_League&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Football championship among city teams (1923–1935)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before establishment of professional competitions among clubs, in the Soviet Union existed another competition that was conducted among collective teams of various cities or republics. </p> <table class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Season</th> <th>Champion</th> <th>Runner-Up</th> <th>3rd Position</th> <th>Top Goalscorer </th></tr> <tr> <td>1923 </td> <td>Moscow </td> <td>Southern Railways (Kharkiv) </td> <td>Kolomna / Irkutsk </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1924 </td> <td>Kharkiv </td> <td>Petrograd </td> <td>Transcaucasian SFSR </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" align="center">no competitions in 1925–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1928 </td> <td>Moscow </td> <td>Ukrainian SSR </td> <td>Belarusian SSR </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" align="center">no competitions in 1929–30 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1931 </td> <td>Russian SFSR </td> <td>Transcaucasian SFSR </td> <td>Ukrainian SSR </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1932 </td> <td>Moscow </td> <td>Leningrad </td> <td>Kharkiv / Donbass </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vasily_Pavlovich_Smirnov" class="mw-redirect" title="Vasily Pavlovich Smirnov">Vasily Smirnov</a><br />(Moscow, 4 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" align="center">no competitions in 1933–34 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1935 </td> <td>Moscow </td> <td>Leningrad </td> <td>Kharkiv </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Yakushin" title="Mikhail Yakushin">Mikhail Yakushin</a><br />(Moscow, 6 goals) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Champions_and_top_goalscorers">Champions and top goalscorers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soviet_Top_League&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Champions and top goalscorers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Soviet_and_Russian_football_champions" title="List of Soviet and Russian football champions">List of Soviet and Russian football champions</a></div> <dl><dd><i><b>Bold</b> text in the "Champion" column denotes that the club also won the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Cup" title="Soviet Cup">Soviet Cup</a> during the same season. The italicized text in the table indicates the other cup champions that made it the Soviet top-3.</i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Group_A">Group A</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soviet_Top_League&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Group A"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Season</th> <th>Champion</th> <th>Runner-Up</th> <th>3rd Position</th> <th>Top Goalscorer </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1936_Soviet_Top_League" title="1936 Soviet Top League">1936 (spring)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Semichastny" title="Mikhail Semichastny">Mikhail Semichastny</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a>, 6 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1936_Soviet_Top_League" title="1936 Soviet Top League">1936 (autumn)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgy_Glazkov" title="Georgy Glazkov">Georgy Glazkov</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a>, 7 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1937_Soviet_Top_League" title="1937 Soviet Top League">1937</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a></b> (2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boris_Paichadze" title="Boris Paichadze">Boris Paichadze</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a>, 8 goals)<br /><a href="/wiki/Leonid_Rumyantsev" title="Leonid Rumyantsev">Leonid Rumyantsev</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a>, 8 goals)<br /><a href="/wiki/Vasily_Pavlovich_Smirnov" class="mw-redirect" title="Vasily Pavlovich Smirnov">Vasily Smirnov</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a>, 8 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1938_Soviet_Top_League" title="1938 Soviet Top League">1938</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a></b> (2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Serp_i_Molot_Moscow" title="FC Serp i Molot Moscow">Metallurg Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Makar_Honcharenko" title="Makar Honcharenko">Makar Honcharenko</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a>, 19 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1939_Soviet_Top_League" title="1939 Soviet Top League">1939</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a></b> (3) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grigory_Fedotov" title="Grigory Fedotov">Grigory Fedotov</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a>, 21 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1940_Soviet_Top_League" title="1940 Soviet Top League">1940</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> (3) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grigory_Fedotov" title="Grigory Fedotov">Grigory Fedotov</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a>, 21 goals)<br /><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Solovyov_(footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sergei Solovyov (footballer)">Sergei Solovyov</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a>, 21 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1941_Soviet_Top_League" title="1941 Soviet Top League">1941</a> </td> <td colspan="4"><i>Cancelled on 24 June due to <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></i> (Dynamo Moscow had the best record at that time) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1942–44 </td> <td colspan="4"><i>Cancelled due to World War II</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Performance by club</dt></dl> <table class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Club </th> <th>Winners </th> <th>Runners-Up </th> <th>3rd Position </th> <th>Years Won </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="left">1936a, 1938, 1939 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="left">1936s, 1937, 1940 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="left"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="left"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="left"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Serp_i_Molot_Moscow" title="FC Serp i Molot Moscow">Metallurg Moscow</a> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="left"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_group">First group</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soviet_Top_League&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: First group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Season</th> <th>Champion</th> <th>Runner-Up</th> <th>3rd Position</th> <th>Top Goalscorer </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1945_Soviet_Top_League" title="1945 Soviet Top League">1945</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> (4) </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Moscow" title="FC Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vsevolod_Bobrov" title="Vsevolod Bobrov">Vsevolod Bobrov</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a>, 24 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1946_Soviet_Top_League" title="1946 Soviet Top League">1946</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Ponomaryov" class="mw-redirect" title="Aleksandr Ponomaryov">Aleksandr Ponomaryov</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Moscow" title="FC Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo Moscow</a>, 18 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1947_Soviet_Top_League" title="1947 Soviet Top League">1947</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> (2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vsevolod_Bobrov" title="Vsevolod Bobrov">Vsevolod Bobrov</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a>, 14 goals)<br /><a href="/wiki/Valentin_Nikolayev_(footballer)" title="Valentin Nikolayev (footballer)">Valentin Nikolayev</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a>, 14 goals)<br /><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Solovyov_(footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sergei Solovyov (footballer)">Sergei Solovyov</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a>, 14 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1948_Soviet_Top_League" title="1948 Soviet Top League">1948</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a></b> (3) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Solovyov_(footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sergei Solovyov (footballer)">Sergei Solovyov</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a>, 25 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1949_Soviet_Top_League" title="1949 Soviet Top League">1949</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> (5) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nikita_Simonyan" title="Nikita Simonyan">Nikita Simonyan</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a>, 26 goals) </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Performance by club</dt></dl> <table class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Club </th> <th>Winners </th> <th>Runners-Up </th> <th>3rd Position </th> <th>Years Won </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="left">1946, 1947, 1948 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="left">1945, 1949 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="left"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="left"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Moscow" title="FC Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo Moscow</a> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="left"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Class_A">Class A</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soviet_Top_League&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Class A"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Season</th> <th>Champion</th> <th>Runner-up</th> <th>3rd position</th> <th>Top goalscorer </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1950_Soviet_Top_League" title="1950 Soviet Top League">1950</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> (4) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nikita_Simonyan" title="Nikita Simonyan">Nikita Simonyan</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a>, 34 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1951_Soviet_Top_League" title="1951 Soviet Top League">1951</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a></b> (5) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Shakhtar_Donetsk" title="FC Shakhtar Donetsk">Shakhtar Stalino</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Avtandil_Gogoberidze" title="Avtandil Gogoberidze">Avtandil Gogoberidze</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a>, 16 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1952_Soviet_Top_League" title="1952 Soviet Top League">1952</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> (4) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrey_Zazroyev" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrey Zazroyev">Andrey Zazroyev</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a>, 11 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1953_Soviet_Top_League" title="1953 Soviet Top League">1953</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> (5) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Moscow" title="FC Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nikita_Simonyan" title="Nikita Simonyan">Nikita Simonyan</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a>, 14 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1954_Soviet_Top_League" title="1954 Soviet Top League">1954</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> (6) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Minsk" title="FC Dinamo Minsk">Spartak Minsk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anatoli_Ilyin" title="Anatoli Ilyin">Anatoli Ilyin</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a>, 11 goals)<br /><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Ilyin_(footballer,_born_1928)" title="Vladimir Ilyin (footballer, born 1928)">Vladimir Ilyin</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a>, 11 goals)<br /><a href="/wiki/Antonin_Sochnev" title="Antonin Sochnev">Antonin Sochnev</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Saint_Petersburg" title="FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg">Trudovye Reservy Leningrad</a>, 11 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1955_Soviet_Top_League" title="1955 Soviet Top League">1955</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> (7) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eduard_Streltsov" title="Eduard Streltsov">Eduard Streltsov</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Moscow" title="FC Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo Moscow</a>, 15 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1956_Soviet_Top_League" title="1956 Soviet Top League">1956</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> (6) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vasily_Buzunov" title="Vasily Buzunov">Vasily Buzunov</a><br />(<a href="/w/index.php?title=ODO_Sverdlovsk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ODO Sverdlovsk (page does not exist)">ODO Sverdlovsk</a>, 17 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1957_Soviet_Top_League" title="1957 Soviet Top League">1957</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> (8) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Moscow" title="FC Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vasily_Buzunov" title="Vasily Buzunov">Vasily Buzunov</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a>, 16 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1958_Soviet_Top_League" title="1958 Soviet Top League">1958</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a></b> (7) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anatoli_Ilyin" title="Anatoli Ilyin">Anatoli Ilyin</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a>, 19 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1959_Soviet_Top_League" class="mw-redirect" title="1959 Soviet Top League">1959</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> (9) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Lokomotiv_Moscow" title="FC Lokomotiv Moscow">Lokomotiv Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zaur_Kaloyev" class="mw-redirect" title="Zaur Kaloyev">Zaur Kaloyev</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a>, 16 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1960_Soviet_Top_League" title="1960 Soviet Top League">1960</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Moscow" title="FC Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo Moscow</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zaur_Kaloyev" class="mw-redirect" title="Zaur Kaloyev">Zaur Kaloyev</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a>, 20 goals)<br /><a href="/wiki/Gennady_Gusarov" class="mw-redirect" title="Gennady Gusarov">Gennady Gusarov</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Moscow" title="FC Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo Moscow</a>, 20 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1961_Soviet_Top_League" title="1961 Soviet Top League">1961</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Moscow" title="FC Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gennady_Gusarov" class="mw-redirect" title="Gennady Gusarov">Gennady Gusarov</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Moscow" title="FC Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo Moscow</a>, 22 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1962_Soviet_Top_League" title="1962 Soviet Top League">1962</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> (8) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Mustygin" title="Mikhail Mustygin">Mikhail Mustygin</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Minsk" title="FC Dinamo Minsk">Belarus Minsk</a>, 17 goals) </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Performance by club</dt></dl> <table class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Club </th> <th>Winners </th> <th>Runners-Up </th> <th>3rd Position </th> <th>Years Won </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="left">1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1962 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="left">1954, 1955, 1957, 1959 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td align="left">1950, 1951 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Moscow" title="FC Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo Moscow</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="left">1960 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="left">1961 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td align="left"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Lokomotiv_Moscow" title="FC Lokomotiv Moscow">Lokomotiv Moscow</a> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="left"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Shakhtar_Donetsk" title="FC Shakhtar Donetsk">Shakhtar Stalino</a> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="left"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Minsk" title="FC Dinamo Minsk">Spartak Minsk</a> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="left"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Class_A_(1st_Group)"><span id="Class_A_.281st_Group.29"></span>Class A (1st Group)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soviet_Top_League&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Class A (1st Group)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Season</th> <th>Champion</th> <th>Runner-Up</th> <th>3rd Position</th> <th>Top Goalscorer </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1963_Soviet_Top_League" title="1963 Soviet Top League">1963</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> (10) </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Minsk" title="FC Dinamo Minsk">Dinamo Minsk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oleg_Kopayev" title="Oleg Kopayev">Oleg Kopayev</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_SKA_Rostov-on-Don" title="FC SKA Rostov-on-Don">SKA Rostov-on-Don</a>, 27 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1964_Soviet_Top_League" title="1964 Soviet Top League">1964</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Moscow" title="FC Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Fedotov" title="Vladimir Fedotov">Vladimir Fedotov</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a>, 16 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1965_Soviet_Top_League" title="1965 Soviet Top League">1965</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Moscow" title="FC Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo Moscow</a> (2) </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oleg_Kopayev" title="Oleg Kopayev">Oleg Kopayev</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_SKA_Rostov-on-Don" title="FC SKA Rostov-on-Don">SKA Rostov-on-Don</a>, 18 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1966_Soviet_Top_League" title="1966 Soviet Top League">1966</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a></b> (2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_SKA_Rostov-on-Don" title="FC SKA Rostov-on-Don">SKA Rostov-on-Don</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftyanik Baku</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ilya_Datunashvili" class="mw-redirect" title="Ilya Datunashvili">Ilya Datunashvili</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a>, 20 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1967_Soviet_Top_League" title="1967 Soviet Top League">1967</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> (3) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Mustygin" title="Mikhail Mustygin">Mikhail Mustygin</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Minsk" title="FC Dinamo Minsk">Dinamo Minsk</a>, 19 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1968_Soviet_Top_League" title="1968 Soviet Top League">1968</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> (4) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Moscow" title="FC Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgi_Gavasheli" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgi Gavasheli">Georgi Gavasheli</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a>, 22 goals)<br /><a href="/wiki/Berador_Abduraimov" title="Berador Abduraimov">Berador Abduraimov</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Pakhtakor_Tashkent_FK" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakhtakor Tashkent FK">Pakhtakor Tashkent</a>, 22 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1969_Soviet_Top_League" title="1969 Soviet Top League">1969</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> (9) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Osyanin" title="Nikolai Osyanin">Nikolai Osyanin</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a>, 16 goals)<br /><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Proskurin" title="Vladimir Proskurin">Vladimir Proskurin</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_SKA_Rostov-on-Don" title="FC SKA Rostov-on-Don">SKA Rostov-on-Don</a>, 16 goals)<br /><a href="/wiki/Dzhemal_Kherhadze" title="Dzhemal Kherhadze">Dzhemal Kherhadze</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Kutaisi" title="FC Torpedo Kutaisi">Torpedo Kutaisi</a>, 16 goals) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Class_A_(Top_Group)"><span id="Class_A_.28Top_Group.29"></span>Class A (Top Group)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soviet_Top_League&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Class A (Top Group)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Season</th> <th>Champion</th> <th>Runner-Up</th> <th>3rd Position</th> <th>Top Goalscorer </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1970_Soviet_Top_League" title="1970 Soviet Top League">1970</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> (6) </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Givi_Nodia" title="Givi Nodia">Givi Nodia</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a>, 17 goals) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Top_League">Top League</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soviet_Top_League&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Top League"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Season</th> <th>Champion</th> <th>Runner-Up</th> <th>3rd Position</th> <th>Top Goalscorer </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1971_Soviet_Top_League" title="1971 Soviet Top League">1971</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> (5) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Ararat_Yerevan" title="FC Ararat Yerevan">Ararat Yerevan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eduard_Malofeyev" title="Eduard Malofeyev">Eduard Malofeyev</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Minsk" title="FC Dinamo Minsk">Dinamo Minsk</a>, 16 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1972_Soviet_Top_League" title="1972 Soviet Top League">1972</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Zorya_Luhansk" title="FC Zorya Luhansk">Zorya Voroshilovgrad</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oleg_Blokhin" title="Oleg Blokhin">Oleg Blokhin</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a>, 14 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1973_Soviet_Top_League" title="1973 Soviet Top League">1973</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/FC_Ararat_Yerevan" title="FC Ararat Yerevan">Ararat Yerevan</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oleg_Blokhin" title="Oleg Blokhin">Oleg Blokhin</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a>, 18 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1974_Soviet_Top_League" title="1974 Soviet Top League">1974</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a></b> (6) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Chornomorets_Odesa" title="FC Chornomorets Odesa">Chornomorets Odesa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oleg_Blokhin" title="Oleg Blokhin">Oleg Blokhin</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a>, 20 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1975_Soviet_Top_League" title="1975 Soviet Top League">1975</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> (7) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Shakhtar_Donetsk" title="FC Shakhtar Donetsk">Shakhtar Donetsk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oleg_Blokhin" title="Oleg Blokhin">Oleg Blokhin</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a>, 18 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1976_Soviet_Top_League" title="1976 Soviet Top League">1976 (spring)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> (11) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Ararat_Yerevan" title="FC Ararat Yerevan">Ararat Yerevan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arkady_Andreasyan" title="Arkady Andreasyan">Arkady Andreasyan</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Ararat_Yerevan" title="FC Ararat Yerevan">Ararat Yerevan</a>, 8 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1976_Soviet_Top_League" title="1976 Soviet Top League">1976 (autumn)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Moscow" title="FC Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo Moscow</a> (3) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Markin_(footballer)" title="Aleksandr Markin (footballer)">Aleksandr Markin</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Zenit_Saint_Petersburg" title="FC Zenit Saint Petersburg">Zenit Leningrad</a>, 13 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1977_Soviet_Top_League" title="1977 Soviet Top League">1977</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> (8) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Moscow" title="FC Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oleg_Blokhin" title="Oleg Blokhin">Oleg Blokhin</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a>, 17 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1978_Soviet_Top_League" title="1978 Soviet Top League">1978</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> (2) </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Shakhtar_Donetsk" title="FC Shakhtar Donetsk">Shakhtar Donetsk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgi_Yartsev" title="Georgi Yartsev">Georgi Yartsev</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a>, 19 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1979_Soviet_Top_League" title="1979 Soviet Top League">1979</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> (10) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Shakhtar_Donetsk" title="FC Shakhtar Donetsk">Shakhtar Donetsk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vitali_Starukhin" class="mw-redirect" title="Vitali Starukhin">Vitali Starukhin</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Shakhtar_Donetsk" title="FC Shakhtar Donetsk">Shakhtar Donetsk</a>, 26 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1980_Soviet_Top_League" title="1980 Soviet Top League">1980</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> (9) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Zenit_Saint_Petersburg" title="FC Zenit Saint Petersburg">Zenit Leningrad</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Andreyev" title="Sergey Andreyev">Sergey Andreyev</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_SKA_Rostov-on-Don" title="FC SKA Rostov-on-Don">SKA Rostov-on-Don</a>, 20 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1981_Soviet_Top_League" title="1981 Soviet Top League">1981</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> (10) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramaz_Shengelia" title="Ramaz Shengelia">Ramaz Shengelia</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a>, 23 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1982_Soviet_Top_League" title="1982 Soviet Top League">1982</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Minsk" title="FC Dinamo Minsk">Dinamo Minsk</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrei_Yakubik" title="Andrei Yakubik">Andrei Yakubik</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Pakhtakor_Tashkent_FK" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakhtakor Tashkent FK">Pakhtakor Tashkent</a>, 23 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1983_Soviet_Top_League" title="1983 Soviet Top League">1983</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dnipro" title="FC Dnipro">Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Minsk" title="FC Dinamo Minsk">Dinamo Minsk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yuri_Gavrilov" title="Yuri Gavrilov">Yuri Gavrilov</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a>, 18 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1984_Soviet_Top_League" title="1984 Soviet Top League">1984</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Zenit_Saint_Petersburg" title="FC Zenit Saint Petersburg">Zenit Leningrad</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dnipro" title="FC Dnipro">Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Andreyev" title="Sergey Andreyev">Sergey Andreyev</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_SKA_Rostov-on-Don" title="FC SKA Rostov-on-Don">SKA Rostov-on-Don</a>, 20 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1985_Soviet_Top_League" title="1985 Soviet Top League">1985</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a></b> (11) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dnipro" title="FC Dnipro">Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oleg_Protasov" class="mw-redirect" title="Oleg Protasov">Oleg Protasov</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dnipro" title="FC Dnipro">Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk</a>, 35 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1986_Soviet_Top_League" title="1986 Soviet Top League">1986</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> (12) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Borodyuk" title="Aleksandr Borodyuk">Aleksandr Borodyuk</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a>, 21 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1987_Soviet_Top_League" title="1987 Soviet Top League">1987</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> (11) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dnipro" title="FC Dnipro">Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FK_%C5%BDalgiris" title="FK Žalgiris">Žalgiris Vilnius</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oleg_Protasov" class="mw-redirect" title="Oleg Protasov">Oleg Protasov</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dnipro" title="FC Dnipro">Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk</a>, 18 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1988_Soviet_Top_League" title="1988 Soviet Top League">1988</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dnipro" title="FC Dnipro">Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk</a> (2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Moscow" title="FC Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yevhen_Shakhov_(footballer_born_1962)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yevhen Shakhov (footballer born 1962)">Yevhen Shakhov</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dnipro" title="FC Dnipro">Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk</a>, 16 goals)<br /><a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Borodyuk" title="Aleksandr Borodyuk">Aleksandr Borodyuk</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a>, 16 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1989_Soviet_Top_League" title="1989 Soviet Top League">1989</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> (12) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dnipro" title="FC Dnipro">Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk</a> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Rodionov" title="Sergey Rodionov">Sergey Rodionov</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a>, 16 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1990_Soviet_Top_League" title="1990 Soviet Top League">1990</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a></b> (13) </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oleg_Protasov" class="mw-redirect" title="Oleg Protasov">Oleg Protasov</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a>, 12 goals)<br /><a href="/wiki/Valeri_Shmarov_(footballer)" title="Valeri Shmarov (footballer)">Valery Shmarov</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a>, 12 goals) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1991_Soviet_Top_League" title="1991 Soviet Top League">1991</a> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a></b> (7) </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Moscow" title="FC Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Igor_Kolyvanov" title="Igor Kolyvanov">Igor Kolyvanov</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a>, 18 goals) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overall_statistics">Overall statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soviet_Top_League&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Overall statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Performance_by_club's_first_teams"><span id="Performance_by_club.27s_first_teams"></span>Performance by club's first teams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soviet_Top_League&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Performance by club's first teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Club </th> <th>Winners </th> <th>Runners-up </th> <th>Third places </th> <th>Years won </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic"><img alt="Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td align="center">13 </td> <td align="center">11 </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td align="left">1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic" title="Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic"><img alt="Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td align="center">12 </td> <td align="center">12 </td> <td align="center">9 </td> <td align="left">1936 (a), 1938, 1939, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1962, 1969, 1979, 1987, 1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic" title="Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic"><img alt="Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td> <td align="center">7 </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td align="center">6 </td> <td align="left">1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1970, 1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic" title="Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic"><img alt="Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Moscow" title="FC Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo Moscow</a> </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td align="center">6 </td> <td align="left">1960, 1965, 1976 (a) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic"><img alt="Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931990%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931990%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931990%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td align="center">13 </td> <td align="left">1964, 1978 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic"><img alt="Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/FC_Dnipro" title="FC Dnipro">Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk</a> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="left">1983, 1988 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic"><img alt="Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_the_Armenian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931990%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Armenian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_the_Armenian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931990%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Armenian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_the_Armenian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931990%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Armenian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/FC_Ararat_Yerevan" title="FC Ararat Yerevan">Ararat Yerevan</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="left">1973 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Byelorussian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic"><img alt="Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_Byelorussian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931991%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Byelorussian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_Byelorussian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931991%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Byelorussian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_Byelorussian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931991%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Byelorussian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Minsk" title="FC Dinamo Minsk">Dinamo Minsk</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td align="left">1982 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic" title="Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic"><img alt="Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/FC_Zenit_Saint_Petersburg" title="FC Zenit Saint Petersburg">Zenit Leningrad</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="left">1984 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic"><img alt="Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/FC_Zorya_Luhansk" title="FC Zorya Luhansk">Zorya Voroshilovgrad</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="left">1972 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic"><img alt="Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/FC_Shakhtar_Donetsk" title="FC Shakhtar Donetsk">Shakhtar Donetsk</a> </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="left">– </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic" title="Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic"><img alt="Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/FC_Lokomotiv_Moscow" title="FC Lokomotiv Moscow">Lokomotiv Moscow</a> </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="left">– </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic" title="Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic"><img alt="Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/FC_SKA_Rostov-on-Don" title="FC SKA Rostov-on-Don">SKA Rostov-on-Don</a> </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="left">– </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic" title="Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic"><img alt="Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/FC_Serp_i_Molot_Moscow" title="FC Serp i Molot Moscow">Serp i Molot Moscow</a> </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="left">– </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic"><img alt="Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Flag_of_the_Azerbaijan_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931991%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Azerbaijan_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Flag_of_the_Azerbaijan_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931991%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Azerbaijan_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Flag_of_the_Azerbaijan_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931991%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Azerbaijan_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftchi Baku</a> </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="left"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic"><img alt="Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/FC_Chornomorets_Odesa" title="FC Chornomorets Odesa">Chornomorets Odesa</a> </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="left">– </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic"><img alt="Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_the_Lithuanian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931988%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Lithuanian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931988%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_the_Lithuanian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931988%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Lithuanian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931988%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_the_Lithuanian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931988%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Lithuanian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931988%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/FK_%C5%BDalgiris" title="FK Žalgiris">Žalgiris Vilnius</a> </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="left">– </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <th>54 </th> <th>54 </th> <th>54 </th> <th> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Performance_by_republic">Performance by republic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soviet_Top_League&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Performance by republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: left;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Republic </th> <th>Winners </th> <th>Runners-up </th> <th>Third places </th> <th>Appearances </th> <th>Number of<br />representing clubs </th> <th>Winning clubs </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic_%281954%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>Russian SFSR </td> <td align="center">34 </td> <td align="center">32 </td> <td align="center">28 </td> <td align="center">416 </td> <td align="center">31 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> (12)<br /> <a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> (11)<br /> <a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> (7)<br /> <a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Moscow" title="FC Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo Moscow</a> (3)<br /> <a href="/wiki/FC_Zenit_Saint_Petersburg" title="FC Zenit Saint Petersburg">Zenit Leningrad</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281949%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>Ukrainian SSR </td> <td align="center">16 </td> <td align="center">15 </td> <td align="center">8 </td> <td align="center">191 </td> <td align="center">15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> (13)<br /><a href="/wiki/FC_Dnipro" title="FC Dnipro">Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk</a> (2)<br /><a href="/wiki/FC_Zorya_Luhansk" title="FC Zorya Luhansk">Zorya Voroshilovgrad</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931990%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931990%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931990%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Georgian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>Georgian SSR </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td align="center">13 </td> <td align="center">68 </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_the_Armenian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931990%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Armenian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_the_Armenian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931990%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Armenian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_the_Armenian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931990%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Armenian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>Armenian SSR </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">33 </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Ararat_Yerevan" title="FC Ararat Yerevan">Ararat Yerevan</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_Byelorussian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931991%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Byelorussian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_Byelorussian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931991%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Byelorussian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_the_Byelorussian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931991%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Byelorussian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281951%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>Byelorussian SSR </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td align="center">39 </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Minsk" title="FC Dinamo Minsk">Dinamo Minsk</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Flag_of_the_Azerbaijan_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931991%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Azerbaijan_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Flag_of_the_Azerbaijan_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931991%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Azerbaijan_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Flag_of_the_Azerbaijan_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931991%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Azerbaijan_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>Azerbaijan SSR </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">29 </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_the_Lithuanian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931988%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Lithuanian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931988%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_the_Lithuanian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931988%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Lithuanian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931988%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_the_Lithuanian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931988%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Lithuanian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931988%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>Lithuanian SSR </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">11 </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Kazakh_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931991%29%3B_Flag_of_Kazakhstan_%281991%E2%80%931992%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Kazakh_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931991%29%3B_Flag_of_Kazakhstan_%281991%E2%80%931992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Kazakh_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931991%29%3B_Flag_of_Kazakhstan_%281991%E2%80%931992%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Kazakh_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931991%29%3B_Flag_of_Kazakhstan_%281991%E2%80%931992%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_Uzbek_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931991%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Uzbek_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_Uzbek_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931991%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Uzbek_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>Uzbek SSR </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">22 </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_the_Moldavian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931990%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Moldavian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_the_Moldavian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931990%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Moldavian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_the_Moldavian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931990%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Moldavian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281952%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>Moldavian SSR </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">7 </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_Latvian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931990%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Latvian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_Latvian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931990%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Latvian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_Latvian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931990%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Latvian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>Latvian SSR </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">7 </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_the_Tajik_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931991%29%3B_Flag_of_Tajikistan_%281991%E2%80%931992%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Tajik_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931991%29%3B_Flag_of_Tajikistan_%281991%E2%80%931992%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_the_Tajik_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931991%29%3B_Flag_of_Tajikistan_%281991%E2%80%931992%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Tajik_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931991%29%3B_Flag_of_Tajikistan_%281991%E2%80%931992%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Flag_of_the_Estonian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931990%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Estonian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Flag_of_the_Estonian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931990%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Estonian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_%281953%E2%80%931990%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>Estonian SSR </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">– </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <th>54 </th> <th>54 </th> <th>54 </th> <th> </th> <th> </th> <th> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>The republics that were never represented at the top level were the <a href="/wiki/Turkmen_SSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkmen SSR">Turkmen SSR</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Kyrgyz_SSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Kyrgyz SSR">Kyrgyz SSR</a>. Also, in Soviet football Russian SFSR teams were technically represented by three different entities with Moscow and Leningrad as the Union federal cities teams considered separately from the rest of Russian teams. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="All-time_table">All-time table</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soviet_Top_League&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: All-time table"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Team</th> <th>Republic</th> <th>Seasons</th> <th>First<br />season</th> <th>Last<br />season</th> <th>Played</th> <th>Won</th> <th>Drawn</th> <th>Lost</th> <th>Goals<br />for</th> <th>Goals<br />against</th> <th>Points<sup>1</sup></th> <th>1st</th> <th>2nd</th> <th>3rd </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>53</td> <td>1936</td> <td>1991</td> <td>1453</td> <td>722</td> <td>385</td> <td>346</td> <td>2483</td> <td>1467</td> <td>1821</td> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a></td> <td>Ukraine</td> <td>54</td> <td>1936</td> <td>1991</td> <td>1483</td> <td>681</td> <td>456</td> <td>346</td> <td>2306</td> <td>1566</td> <td>1810</td> <td>13</td> <td>11</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dinamo Moscow</a></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>54</td> <td>1936</td> <td>1991</td> <td>1485</td> <td>707</td> <td>404</td> <td>374</td> <td>2435</td> <td>1457</td> <td>1805</td> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a></td> <td>Georgia</td> <td>51</td> <td>1936</td> <td>1989</td> <td>1424</td> <td>621</td> <td>406</td> <td>397</td> <td>2176</td> <td>1677</td> <td>1642</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Moscow" title="FC Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo Moscow</a></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>51</td> <td>1938</td> <td>1991</td> <td>1455</td> <td>601</td> <td>433</td> <td>421</td> <td>2059</td> <td>1656</td> <td>1613</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>48</td> <td>1936</td> <td>1991</td> <td>1326</td> <td>585</td> <td>363</td> <td>378</td> <td>2030</td> <td>1451</td> <td>1524</td> <td>7</td> <td>4</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Zenit_Saint_Petersburg" title="FC Zenit Saint Petersburg">Zenit Leningrad</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>49</td> <td>1938</td> <td>1989</td> <td>1402</td> <td>464</td> <td>411</td> <td>527</td> <td>1725</td> <td>1914</td> <td>1328</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Shakhtar_Donetsk" title="FC Shakhtar Donetsk">Shakhter Donetsk</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Ukraine</td> <td>44</td> <td>1938</td> <td>1991</td> <td>1288</td> <td>434</td> <td>379</td> <td>475</td> <td>1522</td> <td>1641</td> <td>1241</td> <td>-</td> <td>2</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Minsk" title="FC Dinamo Minsk">Dinamo Minsk</a> (<a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Minsk" title="FC Dinamo Minsk">Spartak Minsk</a>)</td> <td>Belarus</td> <td>33</td> <td>1945</td> <td>1991</td> <td>1053</td> <td>342</td> <td>319</td> <td>392</td> <td>1162</td> <td>1297</td> <td>989</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Ararat_Yerevan" title="FC Ararat Yerevan">Ararat Yerevan</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Armenia</td> <td>33</td> <td>1949</td> <td>1991</td> <td>1026</td> <td>352</td> <td>280</td> <td>394</td> <td>1150</td> <td>1306</td> <td>972</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Lokomotiv_Moscow" title="FC Lokomotiv Moscow">Lokomotiv Moscow</a></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>38</td> <td>1936</td> <td>1991</td> <td>1001</td> <td>303</td> <td>289</td> <td>409</td> <td>1218</td> <td>1431</td> <td>888</td> <td>-</td> <td>1</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftchi Baku</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Azerbaijan</td> <td>27</td> <td>1949</td> <td>1988</td> <td>884</td> <td>253</td> <td>270</td> <td>361</td> <td>907</td> <td>1141</td> <td>771</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Chornomorets_Odesa" title="FC Chornomorets Odesa">Chernomorets Odesa</a></td> <td>Ukraine</td> <td>24</td> <td>1965</td> <td>1991</td> <td>738</td> <td>244</td> <td>217</td> <td>277</td> <td>777</td> <td>884</td> <td>699</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Kairat" title="FC Kairat">Kairat Almata</a></td> <td>Kazakhstan</td> <td>24</td> <td>1960</td> <td>1988</td> <td>780</td> <td>226</td> <td>234</td> <td>320</td> <td>742</td> <td>983</td> <td>678</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Pakhtakor_Tashkent_FK" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakhtakor Tashkent FK">Pakhtakor Tashkent</a></td> <td>Uzbekistan</td> <td>22</td> <td>1960</td> <td>1991</td> <td>722</td> <td>212</td> <td>211</td> <td>299</td> <td>805</td> <td>1035</td> <td>629</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_SKA_Rostov-on-Don" title="FC SKA Rostov-on-Don">SKA Rostov-on-Don</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>21</td> <td>1959</td> <td>1985</td> <td>680</td> <td>218</td> <td>194</td> <td>268</td> <td>843</td> <td>911</td> <td>620</td> <td>-</td> <td>1</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Dnipro" title="FC Dnipro">Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk</a></td> <td>Ukraine</td> <td>19</td> <td>1972</td> <td>1991</td> <td>554</td> <td>227</td> <td>154</td> <td>173</td> <td>729</td> <td>634</td> <td>604</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Krylia_Sovetov_Samara" class="mw-redirect" title="FC Krylia Sovetov Samara">Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>26</td> <td>1946</td> <td>1979</td> <td>715</td> <td>185</td> <td>209</td> <td>321</td> <td>675</td> <td>996</td> <td>579</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Metalist_Kharkiv" title="FC Metalist Kharkiv">Metallist Kharkiv</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Ukraine</td> <td>14</td> <td>1960</td> <td>1991</td> <td>438</td> <td>133</td> <td>124</td> <td>181</td> <td>413</td> <td>530</td> <td>390</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Zorya_Luhansk" title="FC Zorya Luhansk">Zorya Voroshilovgrad</a></td> <td>Ukraine</td> <td>14</td> <td>1967</td> <td>1979</td> <td>412</td> <td>125</td> <td>135</td> <td>152</td> <td>416</td> <td>469</td> <td>377</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Saint_Petersburg" title="FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg">Dynamo Leningrad</a></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>17</td> <td>1936</td> <td>1963</td> <td>397</td> <td>135</td> <td>102</td> <td>160</td> <td>589</td> <td>649</td> <td>372</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Kutaisi" title="FC Torpedo Kutaisi">Torpedo Kutaisi</a></td> <td>Georgia</td> <td>13</td> <td>1962</td> <td>1986</td> <td>439</td> <td>104</td> <td>129</td> <td>206</td> <td>395</td> <td>655</td> <td>335</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FK_%C5%BDalgiris" title="FK Žalgiris">Žalgiris Vilnius</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Lithuania</td> <td>11</td> <td>1953</td> <td>1989</td> <td>330</td> <td>107</td> <td>93</td> <td>130</td> <td>349</td> <td>463</td> <td>305</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Rotor_Volgograd" title="FC Rotor Volgograd">Rotor Volgograd</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>11</td> <td>1938</td> <td>1990</td> <td>293</td> <td>91</td> <td>66</td> <td>136</td> <td>352</td> <td>488</td> <td>248</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Zimbru_Chi%C8%99in%C4%83u" title="FC Zimbru Chișinău">Nistru Chişinău</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Moldova</td> <td>11</td> <td>1956</td> <td>1983</td> <td>312</td> <td>69</td> <td>84</td> <td>159</td> <td>312</td> <td>534</td> <td>222</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Karpaty_Lviv" title="FC Karpaty Lviv">Karpaty Lviv</a></td> <td>Ukraine</td> <td>9</td> <td>1971</td> <td>1980</td> <td>244</td> <td>68</td> <td>85</td> <td>91</td> <td>250</td> <td>301</td> <td>218</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/VVS_Moscow" title="VVS Moscow">VVS Moscow</a></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>6</td> <td>1947</td> <td>1952</td> <td>161</td> <td>58</td> <td>32</td> <td>71</td> <td>235</td> <td>270</td> <td>148</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Daugava_Riga" title="FC Daugava Riga">Daugava Riga</a></td> <td>Latvia</td> <td>7</td> <td>1949</td> <td>1962</td> <td>203</td> <td>51</td> <td>48</td> <td>104</td> <td>198</td> <td>311</td> <td>150</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=FC_Krylya_Sovetov_Moscow&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="FC Krylya Sovetov Moscow (page does not exist)">Krylya Sovetov Moscow</a></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>6</td> <td>1938</td> <td>1948</td> <td>143</td> <td>32</td> <td>39</td> <td>72</td> <td>145</td> <td>259</td> <td>103</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Serp_i_Molot_Moscow" title="FC Serp i Molot Moscow">Metallurg Moscow</a></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>4</td> <td>1937</td> <td>1940</td> <td>91</td> <td>40</td> <td>17</td> <td>34</td> <td>173</td> <td>170</td> <td>97</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Metalist_Kharkiv" title="FC Metalist Kharkiv">Lokomotiv Kharkiv</a></td> <td>Ukraine</td> <td>4</td> <td>1949</td> <td>1954</td> <td>34</td> <td>23</td> <td>57</td> <td>47</td> <td>112</td> <td>176</td> <td>91</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Kuban_Krasnodar" title="FC Kuban Krasnodar">Kuban Krasnodar</a></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>3</td> <td>1980</td> <td>1982</td> <td>102</td> <td>29</td> <td>26</td> <td>47</td> <td>111</td> <td>145</td> <td>84</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Admiralteyets_Leningrad&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Admiralteyets Leningrad (page does not exist)">Admiralteyets Leningrad</a></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>3</td> <td>1958</td> <td>1961</td> <td>84</td> <td>26</td> <td>17</td> <td>41</td> <td>122</td> <td>149</td> <td>69</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/CSKA_Pamir_Dushanbe" title="CSKA Pamir Dushanbe">Pamir Dushanbe</a></td> <td>Tajikistan</td> <td>3</td> <td>1989</td> <td>1991</td> <td>84</td> <td>21</td> <td>27</td> <td>36</td> <td>74</td> <td>104</td> <td>69</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Elektrosila_Leningrad" title="FC Elektrosila Leningrad">Elektrik Leningrad</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>5</td> <td>1936</td> <td>1939</td> <td>80</td> <td>22</td> <td>18</td> <td>40</td> <td>112</td> <td>163</td> <td>62</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Fakel_Voronezh" title="FC Fakel Voronezh">Fakel Voronezh</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>2</td> <td>1961</td> <td>1985</td> <td>66</td> <td>20</td> <td>17</td> <td>29</td> <td>63</td> <td>83</td> <td>57</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Saint_Petersburg" title="FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg">Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad</a></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>3</td> <td>1954</td> <td>1956</td> <td>68</td> <td>16</td> <td>23</td> <td>29</td> <td>82</td> <td>113</td> <td>55</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Volga_Nizhny_Novgorod" title="FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod">Volga Gorky</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>3</td> <td>1951</td> <td>1964</td> <td>85</td> <td>14</td> <td>27</td> <td>44</td> <td>58</td> <td>143</td> <td>55</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartaki_Tbilisi" title="FC Spartaki Tbilisi">Spartak Tbilisi</a></td> <td>Georgia</td> <td>2</td> <td>1950</td> <td>1951</td> <td>64</td> <td>21</td> <td>11</td> <td>32</td> <td>82</td> <td>109</td> <td>53</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Vladikavkaz" title="FC Spartak Vladikavkaz">Spartak Vladikavkaz</a></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>2</td> <td>1970</td> <td>1991</td> <td>62</td> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>30</td> <td>64</td> <td>89</td> <td>48</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Odesa" title="FC Dynamo Odesa">Dinamo Odesa</a></td> <td>Ukraine</td> <td>2</td> <td>1938</td> <td>1939</td> <td>51</td> <td>16</td> <td>13</td> <td>22</td> <td>64</td> <td>102</td> <td>45</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/SC_Odesa" title="SC Odesa">SKA Odesa</a></td> <td>Ukraine</td> <td>2</td> <td>1965</td> <td>1966</td> <td>68</td> <td>4</td> <td>19</td> <td>45</td> <td>38</td> <td>121</td> <td>27</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Metalurh_Zaporizhzhia" title="FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia">Metallurg Zaporizhya</a></td> <td>Ukraine</td> <td>1</td> <td>1991</td> <td>1991</td> <td>30</td> <td>9</td> <td>7</td> <td>14</td> <td>27</td> <td>38</td> <td>25</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=VMS_Moscow&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="VMS Moscow (page does not exist)">VMS Moscow</a></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>1</td> <td>1951</td> <td>1951</td> <td>28</td> <td>7</td> <td>9</td> <td>12</td> <td>30</td> <td>50</td> <td>23</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/SC_Tavriya_Simferopol" title="SC Tavriya Simferopol">Tavriya Simferopol</a></td> <td>Ukraine</td> <td>1</td> <td>1981</td> <td>1981</td> <td>34</td> <td>8</td> <td>7</td> <td>19</td> <td>27</td> <td>54</td> <td>23</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Silmash_Kharkiv" title="FC Silmash Kharkiv">Selmash Kharkiv</a></td> <td>Ukraine</td> <td>1</td> <td>1938</td> <td>1938</td> <td>25</td> <td>8</td> <td>6</td> <td>11</td> <td>34</td> <td>45</td> <td>22</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Ural_Yekaterinburg" title="FC Ural Yekaterinburg">Uralmash Sverdlovsk</a></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>1</td> <td>1969</td> <td>1969</td> <td>34</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>39</td> <td>22</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stalinets_Moscow&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stalinets Moscow (page does not exist)">Stalinets Moscow</a></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>1</td> <td>1938</td> <td>1938</td> <td>25</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>12</td> <td>36</td> <td>44</td> <td>21</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Lokomotyv_Kyiv" title="FC Lokomotyv Kyiv">Lokomotyv Kyiv</a></td> <td>Ukraine</td> <td>1</td> <td>1938</td> <td>1938</td> <td>25</td> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>12</td> <td>43</td> <td>64</td> <td>21</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Shinnik_Yaroslavl" title="FC Shinnik Yaroslavl">Shinnik Yaroslavl</a></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>1</td> <td>1964</td> <td>1964</td> <td>32</td> <td>6</td> <td>9</td> <td>17</td> <td>20</td> <td>48</td> <td>21</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dynamo_Rostov-on-Don&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dynamo Rostov-on-Don (page does not exist)">Dynamo Rostov-on-Don</a></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>1</td> <td>1938</td> <td>1938</td> <td>25</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>12</td> <td>39</td> <td>43</td> <td>20</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Stroitel_Baku" title="Stroitel Baku">Temp Baku</a></td> <td>Azerbaijan</td> <td>1</td> <td>1938</td> <td>1938</td> <td>25</td> <td>6</td> <td>8</td> <td>11</td> <td>33</td> <td>40</td> <td>20</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Leningrad" title="FC Spartak Leningrad">Spartak Leningrad</a></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>1</td> <td>1938</td> <td>1938</td> <td>25</td> <td>6</td> <td>8</td> <td>11</td> <td>30</td> <td>39</td> <td>20</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/JK_Tallinna_Kalev" title="JK Tallinna Kalev">Kalev Tallinn</a></td> <td>Estonia</td> <td>2</td> <td>1960</td> <td>1961</td> <td>58</td> <td>3</td> <td>14</td> <td>41</td> <td>46</td> <td>146</td> <td>20</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kapaz_PFK" title="Kapaz PFK">Dynamo Kirovabad</a></td> <td>Azerbaijan</td> <td>1</td> <td>1968</td> <td>1968</td> <td>38</td> <td>5</td> <td>9</td> <td>24</td> <td>25</td> <td>59</td> <td>19</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Guria_Lanchkhuti" title="FC Guria Lanchkhuti">Guria Lanchkhuti</a></td> <td>Georgia</td> <td>1</td> <td>1987</td> <td>1987</td> <td>30</td> <td>5</td> <td>8</td> <td>17</td> <td>18</td> <td>38</td> <td>18</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Kharkiv" title="FC Spartak Kharkiv">Spartak Kharkiv</a></td> <td>Ukraine</td> <td>1</td> <td>1938</td> <td>1938</td> <td>25</td> <td>5</td> <td>7</td> <td>13</td> <td>43</td> <td>63</td> <td>17</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zenit_(Bolshevik)_Leningrad&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zenit (Bolshevik) Leningrad (page does not exist)">Zenit (Bolshevik) Leningrad</a></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>1</td> <td>1938</td> <td>1938</td> <td>25</td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> <td>15</td> <td>35</td> <td>57</td> <td>17</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ODO_Sverdlovsk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ODO Sverdlovsk (page does not exist)">ODO Sverdlovsk</a></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>1</td> <td>1956</td> <td>1956</td> <td>22</td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>12</td> <td>31</td> <td>45</td> <td>16</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pishchevik_Moscow&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pishchevik Moscow (page does not exist)">Pishchevik Moscow</a></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>1</td> <td>1938</td> <td>1938</td> <td>25</td> <td>5</td> <td>6</td> <td>14</td> <td>25</td> <td>53</td> <td>16</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_Locomotive_Tbilisi" title="FC Locomotive Tbilisi">Lokomotivi Tbilisi</a></td> <td>Georgia</td> <td>1</td> <td>1938</td> <td>1938</td> <td>25</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>15</td> <td>44</td> <td>62</td> <td>15</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/FC_MVO_Moscow" title="FC MVO Moscow">Kalinin city team</a></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>1</td> <td>1952</td> <td>1952</td> <td>13</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>19</td> <td>19</td> <td>14</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Burevestnik_(sports_society)" title="Burevestnik (sports society)">Burevestnik Moscow</a></td> <td>Russia</td> <td>1</td> <td>1938</td> <td>1938</td> <td>25</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>17</td> <td>28</td> <td>87</td> <td>12</td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><sup>1</sup>Two points for a win. In 1973, a point for a draw was awarded only to a team that won the subsequent penalty shootout. In 1978–1988, the number of draws for which points were awarded was limited. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Best_coaches">Best coaches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soviet_Top_League&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Best coaches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="margin:auto;" class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Place </th> <th rowspan="2">Name </th> <th colspan="3">Medals </th> <th rowspan="2">Champion clubs </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:gold;"><b>gold</b> </td> <td style="background:silver;"><b>silver</b> </td> <td bgcolor="tan"><b>bronze</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Valeriy_Lobanovsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Valeriy Lobanovsky">Valeriy Lobanovsky</a> </td> <td>7 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dynamo_Kyiv" class="mw-redirect" title="Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Yakushin" title="Mikhail Yakushin">Mikhail Yakushin</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boris_Arkadiev" class="mw-redirect" title="Boris Arkadiev">Boris Arkadiev</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/CSKA_Moscow" title="CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> (5), <a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victor_Maslov" class="mw-redirect" title="Victor Maslov">Viktor Maslov</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>- </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dynamo_Kyiv" class="mw-redirect" title="Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> (3), <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_Moscow" class="mw-redirect" title="Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo Moscow</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nikita_Simonyan" title="Nikita Simonyan">Nikita Simonyan</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> (2), <a href="/wiki/Ararat_Yerevan" class="mw-redirect" title="Ararat Yerevan">Ararat Yerevan</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Konstantin_Beskov" title="Konstantin Beskov">Konstantin Beskov</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Sevidov" title="Aleksandr Sevidov">Aleksandr Sevidov</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dynamo_Kyiv" class="mw-redirect" title="Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> (1), <a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">8-9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nikolay_Gulyayev_(footballer)" title="Nikolay Gulyayev (footballer)">Nikolay Gulyayev</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Konstantin_Kvashnin" title="Konstantin Kvashnin">Konstantin Kvashnin</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> (1), <a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dynamo Moscow</a> (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">10-11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vasily_Sokolov_(footballer)" title="Vasily Sokolov (footballer)">Vasily Sokolov</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>- </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pavel_Sadyrin" title="Pavel Sadyrin">Pavel Sadyrin</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>- </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zenit_Leningrad" class="mw-redirect" title="Zenit Leningrad">Zenit Leningrad</a> (1), <a href="/wiki/CSKA_Moscow" title="CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> (1) </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Notes:</b></i> </p> <ul><li>Clubs are shown those with which the listed coaches made the top-3, i.e. Beskov won two Top league titles and all with Spartak, but he also managed Dynamo with which he was a league runner-up.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_prizes">Awards and prizes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soviet_Top_League&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Awards and prizes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Starting since 1958 beside medals of the regular Soviet championship, participants were awarded number of prizes (~ 18 regular prizes) that were established by various sports and public organizations, editorial offices of newspapers and magazines. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:lightgreen; color:black;"> </span> a prize that had different name and created by someone else</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:grey; color:black;"> </span> a prize that was superseded by another</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:lightgrey; color:black;"> </span> brief-lasting awards, less than 5 seasons</div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="300">Prize </th> <th width="400">Creator </th> <th width="100">Years </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Footballer_of_the_Year" title="Soviet Footballer of the Year">The best footballer of the Year</a></td> <td>"Futbol" weekly</td> <td>1964—1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The best goalie of the Year</td> <td>"Ogonyok" magazine</td> <td>1960—1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The best topscorer</td> <td>"Trud" newspaper</td> <td>1958—1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The Knight of the Attack</td> <td>"Sovetskiy voin" magazine</td> <td>1984—1991 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightgrey"> <td>Loyalty to the club</td> <td>"Prapor kommunizma" Kyiv newspaper</td> <td>1986—1989 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="grey"> <td>The best debutant of the season</td> <td>"Smena" magazine</td> <td>1964—1975 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightgreen"> <td>The best newcomer</td> <td>"Sportivnye igry" magazine</td> <td>1986—1991 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightgrey"> <td>To the attack setter</td> <td>"Stroitelnaya gazeta"</td> <td>1988—1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td>With both squads</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_Federation_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Football Federation of the Soviet Union">Football Federation (Section) of the USSR</a></td> <td>1958—1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Commemorative Prize of Grigoriy Fedotov</td> <td>CSKA</td> <td>1958—1991 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="grey"> <td>For the fair play</td> <td>"Sovetskiy sport" newspaper</td> <td>1958—1969 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightgreen"> <td>Fair Play</td> <td>"Chelovek i zakon" magazine</td> <td>1974—1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The big score</td> <td>"Futbol" weekly</td> <td>1961—1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td>For the will to victory</td> <td>"Sovetskaya Rossiya" newspaper</td> <td>1962—1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td>For the best difference in goals</td> <td>"Start" Ukrainian magazine</td> <td>1966—1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The challenging guest</td> <td>"Komsomolskoye znamya" Kyiv newspaper</td> <td>1966—1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Upset_(competition)" title="Upset (competition)">The trouble for the elites</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>"Sportivnaya Moskva" weekly</td> <td>1976—1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Honor to the flag</td> <td>Alma-Ata newspaper "Leninskaya smena"</td> <td>1969—1978 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Progress_Cup" title="Progress Cup">Cup of the progress</a></td> <td>Kyiv "Rabochaya gazeta"</td> <td>1971—1991 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Together with a team</td> <td>Presidium of the Football Federation of sport societies trade unions</td> <td>1978—1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td>The First height</td> <td>Newspaper "Sotsialisticheskaya industriya"</td> <td>1983—1991 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="lightgrey"> <td>For nobility and courage</td> <td>Leningrad magazine "Avrora"</td> <td>1987—1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td>For the most beautiful goal of the season</td> <td>Newspaper "Moskovskiy komsomolets" <br /> television program "Futbolnoye obozreniye"</td> <td>1964—1991 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Soviet_football_championship_among_reserves">Soviet football championship among reserves</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soviet_Top_League&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Soviet football championship among reserves"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable plainrowheaders wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Season</th> <th>Champion</th> <th>Runner-Up</th> <th>3rd Position</th> <th>Top Goalscorer </th></tr> <tr> <td>1945 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dinamo Moscow</a> (1) </td> <td>? </td> <td>? </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1946 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> (1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dinamo Moscow</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1947 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> (1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dinamo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinamo_Kyiv" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1948 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> (2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_VVS_Moscow" class="mw-redirect" title="FC VVS Moscow">VVS Moscow</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1949 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinamo_Kyiv" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> (1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1950 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CDKA Moscow</a> (3) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_VVS_Moscow" class="mw-redirect" title="FC VVS Moscow">VVS Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1951 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CDKA Moscow</a> (4) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dinamo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_VVS_Moscow" class="mw-redirect" title="FC VVS Moscow">VVS Moscow</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1952 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dinamo Moscow</a> (2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinamo_Kyiv" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Krylia_Sovetov_Samara" class="mw-redirect" title="FC Krylia Sovetov Samara">Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1953 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> (2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Lokomotiv_Moscow" title="FC Lokomotiv Moscow">Lokomotiv Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1954 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> (3) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CDSA Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Lokomotiv_Moscow" title="FC Lokomotiv Moscow">Lokomotiv Moscow</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1955 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> (4) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CDSA Moscow</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1956 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> (5) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dinamo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Lokomotiv_Moscow" title="FC Lokomotiv Moscow">Lokomotiv Moscow</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1957 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dinamo Moscow</a> (3) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSK MO Moscow</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1958 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> (6) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dinamo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Zenit_Leningrad" class="mw-redirect" title="FC Zenit Leningrad">Zenit Leningrad</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1959 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Moscow" title="FC Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo Moscow</a> (1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSK MO Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> (5) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dinamo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinamo_Kyiv" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> (7) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_SKA_Rostov" class="mw-redirect" title="FC SKA Rostov">SKA Rostov-na-Donu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinamo_Kyiv" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1962 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> (8) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinamo_Kyiv" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dinamo Moscow</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1963 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinamo_Kyiv" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> (2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1964 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> (1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinamo_Kyiv" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinamo_Kyiv" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> (3) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Lokomotiv_Moscow" title="FC Lokomotiv Moscow">Lokomotiv Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinamo_Kyiv" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> (4) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftchi Baku</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Shakhtar_Donetsk" title="FC Shakhtar Donetsk">Shakhter Donetsk</a> (1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinamo_Kyiv" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dinamo Moscow</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinamo_Kyiv" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> (5) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Shakhtar_Donetsk" title="FC Shakhtar Donetsk">Shakhter Donetsk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dinamo Moscow</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Shakhtar_Donetsk" title="FC Shakhtar Donetsk">Shakhter Donetsk</a> (2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dinamo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dinamo Moscow</a> (4) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dinamo Moscow</a> (5) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_SKA_Rostov" class="mw-redirect" title="FC SKA Rostov">SKA Rostov-na-Donu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinamo_Kyiv" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> (6) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Moscow" title="FC Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Karpaty_Lviv" title="FC Karpaty Lviv">Karpaty Lviv</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Ararat_Erevan" class="mw-redirect" title="FC Ararat Erevan">FC Ararat Yerevan</a> (1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Kairat_Almaty" class="mw-redirect" title="FC Kairat Almaty">Kairat Alma-Ata</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinamo_Kyiv" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> (7) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dinamo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Chornomorets_Odesa" title="FC Chornomorets Odesa">Chernomorets Odesa</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Moscow" title="FC Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo Moscow</a> (2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinamo_Kyiv" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> (8) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Shakhtar_Donetsk" title="FC Shakhtar Donetsk">Shakhter Donetsk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Karpaty_Lviv" title="FC Karpaty Lviv">Karpaty Lviv</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinamo_Kyiv" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> (9) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Shakhtar_Donetsk" title="FC Shakhtar Donetsk">Shakhter Donetsk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Moscow" title="FC Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo Moscow</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> (2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> (6) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neft%C3%A7i_PFK" title="Neftçi PFK">Neftchi Baku</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> (10) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dinamo Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> (11) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Zenit_Leningrad" class="mw-redirect" title="FC Zenit Leningrad">Zenit Leningrad</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> (12) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Minsk" title="FC Dinamo Minsk">Dinamo Minsk</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> (13) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PFC_CSKA_Moscow" title="PFC CSKA Moscow">CSKA Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dinamo Moscow</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dnipro" title="FC Dnipro">Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk</a> (1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Tbilisi" title="FC Dinamo Tbilisi">Dinamo Tbilisi</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> (14) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Torpedo_Moscow" title="FC Torpedo Moscow">Torpedo Moscow</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> (9) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dnipro" title="FC Dnipro">Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dnipro" title="FC Dnipro">Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk</a> (2) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Zalgiris_Vilnius" class="mw-redirect" title="FC Zalgiris Vilnius">Zalgiris Vilnius</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Moscow" title="FC Dynamo Moscow">Dinamo Moscow</a> (7) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Minsk" title="FC Dinamo Minsk">Dinamo Minsk</a> (1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dnipro" title="FC Dnipro">Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dinamo Kyiv</a> (15) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dnipro" title="FC Dnipro">Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dnipro" title="FC Dnipro">Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk</a> (3) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Dinamo_Minsk" title="FC Dinamo Minsk">Dinamo Minsk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FC_Spartak_Moscow" title="FC Spartak Moscow">Spartak Moscow</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soviet_Top_League&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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(2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Ty7NAG1Jl-8C&pg=PA161"><i>State Succession and Membership in International Organizations</i></a>. Legal Aspects of International Organization Series. Vol. 38. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. pp. 158–64. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789041115539" title="Special:BookSources/9789041115539"><bdi>9789041115539</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=State+Succession+and+Membership+in+International+Organizations&rft.series=Legal+Aspects+of+International+Organization+Series&rft.pages=158-64&rft.pub=Martinus+Nijhoff+Publishers&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=9789041115539&rft.aulast=B%C3%BChler&rft.aufirst=Konrad+G.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DTy7NAG1Jl-8C%26pg%3DPA161&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASoviet+Top+League" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bjkeys-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-bjkeys_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bjkeys_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bjkeys_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bjkeys_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bjkeys_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bjkeys_4-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bjkeys_4-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKeysKeys2006" class="citation book cs1">Keys, B.J.; Keys, A.P.U.S.I.H.B.J. (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=j4YHOlNuhgQC&pg=PA175"><i>Globalizing Sport: National Rivalry and International Community in the 1930s</i></a>. Harvard historical studies. Harvard University Press. p. 175. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-674-02326-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-674-02326-0"><bdi>978-0-674-02326-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Globalizing+Sport%3A+National+Rivalry+and+International+Community+in+the+1930s&rft.series=Harvard+historical+studies&rft.pages=175&rft.pub=Harvard+University+Press&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-0-674-02326-0&rft.aulast=Keys&rft.aufirst=B.J.&rft.au=Keys%2C+A.P.U.S.I.H.B.J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dj4YHOlNuhgQC%26pg%3DPA175&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASoviet+Top+League" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Vartanian, A. <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050825104512/http://www.sport-express.ru/art.shtml?72585">1936. A child of "Spartak" and Komsomol (ГОД 1936. ДЕТИЩЕ "СПАРТАКА" И КОМСОМОЛА)</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Sport-Express" class="mw-redirect" title="Sport-Express">Sport-Express</a>. 2005</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Edelman-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Edelman_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Edelman_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Edelman_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Edelman_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Edelman_6-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Edelman_6-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEdelman2012" class="citation book cs1">Edelman, R. (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=SKw1XTpiqMIC&pg=PA112"><i>Spartak Moscow: A History of the People's Team in the Workers' State</i></a>. Cornell University Press. p. 112. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8014-6613-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8014-6613-7"><bdi>978-0-8014-6613-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Spartak+Moscow%3A+A+History+of+the+People%27s+Team+in+the+Workers%27+State&rft.pages=112&rft.pub=Cornell+University+Press&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-0-8014-6613-7&rft.aulast=Edelman&rft.aufirst=R.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DSKw1XTpiqMIC%26pg%3DPA112&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASoviet+Top+League" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Includes appearances as <i>CDKA Moscow</i>, <i>CDSA Moscow</i>, and <i>CSK MO Moscow</i>, see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=183898169318307257293215467846">club history</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071225171213/http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=183898169318307257293215467846">Archived</a> 25 December 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> at KLISF</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Includes appearances as <i>Stalinets Leningrad</i>, see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=625603749262508838439582704173">club history</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071225171258/http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=625603749262508838439582704173">Archived</a> 25 December 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> at KLISF</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Includes appearances as <i>Stakhanovets Stalino</i>, see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=723172788472116952541763682364">club history</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110927003820/http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=723172788472116952541763682364">Archived</a> 27 September 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> at KLISF</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Includes appearances as <i>Dynamo Yerevan</i> and <i>Spartak Yerevan</i>, see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=914320875991241289177131428686">club history</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071225171324/http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=914320875991241289177131428686">Archived</a> 25 December 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> at KLISF</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Includes appearances as <i>Neftyanik Baku</i>, see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071225171244/http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=562764465655344433792626573735">club history</a> at KLISF</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Includes appearance as <i>SKVO Rostov-on-Don</i>, see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=221797868021320064695406045940">club history</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071225171218/http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=221797868021320064695406045940">Archived</a> 25 December 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> at KLISF</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Includes appearance as <i>Zenit Kuybyshev</i>, see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=179728211317887368554281557185">club history</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071225171207/http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=179728211317887368554281557185">Archived</a> 25 December 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> at KLISF</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Includes appearances as <i>Avangard Kharkiv</i>, see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=633393686663134503911925380747">club history</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110927004112/http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=633393686663134503911925380747">Archived</a> 27 September 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> at KLISF</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Includes appearances as <i>Spartak Vilnius</i>, see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=815141869781303484663120468796">club history</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071225171318/http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=815141869781303484663120468796">Archived</a> 25 December 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> at KLISF</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Includes appearances as <i>Traktor Stalingrad</i> and <i>Torpedo Stalingrad</i>, see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=687703130668694122035748442516">club history</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071225171309/http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=687703130668694122035748442516">Archived</a> 25 December 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> at KLISF</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Includes appearances as <i>Burevestnik Kishinev</i> and <i>Moldova Kishinev</i>, see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=278017313526865798118073419266">club history</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071225171234/http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=278017313526865798118073419266">Archived</a> 25 December 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> at KLISF</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Includes appearances as <i>Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad</i>, see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071225171222/http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=254935805241948141355555244448">club history</a> at KLISF</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Includes appearance as <i>Trud Voronezh</i>, see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=602163983860162091040378396217">club history</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071225171253/http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=602163983860162091040378396217">Archived</a> 25 December 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> at KLISF</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Includes appearances as <i>Torpedo Gorky</i>, see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=446526381336187678029272307277">club history</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071225171239/http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=446526381336187678029272307277">Archived</a> 25 December 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> at KLISF</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soviet_Top_League&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span 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class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Gruppa "A" <span style="font-size:85%;">(Group A)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1936_Soviet_Top_League" title="1936 Soviet Top League">1936 (spring, autumn)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_Soviet_Top_League" title="1937 Soviet Top League">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_Soviet_Top_League" title="1938 Soviet Top League">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_Soviet_Top_League" title="1939 Soviet Top League">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Soviet_Top_League" title="1940 Soviet Top League">1940</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/1941_Soviet_Top_League" title="1941 Soviet Top League">1941</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(unfinished)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pervaya 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title="1980 Soviet Top League">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Soviet_Top_League" title="1981 Soviet Top League">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Soviet_Top_League" title="1982 Soviet Top League">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Soviet_Top_League" title="1983 Soviet Top League">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Soviet_Top_League" title="1984 Soviet Top League">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Soviet_Top_League" title="1985 Soviet Top League">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Soviet_Top_League" title="1986 Soviet Top League">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Soviet_Top_League" title="1987 Soviet Top League">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Soviet_Top_League" title="1988 Soviet Top League">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Soviet_Top_League" title="1989 Soviet Top League">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Soviet_Top_League" title="1990 Soviet Top League">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Soviet_Top_League" title="1991 Soviet Top 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