Soviet Top League
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/* Champions and top goalscorers */
The '''Soviet Top League''' ({{lang-ru|Высшая лига}}<ref>{{lang-uk|Вища ліга}}; {{lang-be|Вышэйшая ліга}}</ref>) was the top division of [[Soviet Union]] [[football (soccer)|football]].
==Champions and top goalscorers==
{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|-
!Season!!Champion!!Runner-Up!!3rd Position!!Top Goalscorer
|-
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1936 (spring)|1936 (spring)]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[Mikhail Semichastny]]<br/>([[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]], 6 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1936 (fall)|1936 (autumn)]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|[[Georgy Glazkov]]<br/>([[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]], 7 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1937|1937]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[Vasily Pavlovich Smirnov|Vasily Smirnov]]<br/>([[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]], 8 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1938|1938]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA Moscow]]
|[[FC Serp i Molot Moscow|Metallurg Moscow]]
|[[Aleksandr Ponomaryov]]<br/>([[FC Rotor Volgograd|Traktor Stalingrad]], 19 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1939|1939]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA Moscow]]
|[[Grigory Fedotov]]<br/>([[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA Moscow]], 21 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1940|1940]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[Sergey Aleksandrovich Solovyov|Sergey Solovyov]]<br/>([[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]], 21 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1945|1945]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA Moscow]]
|[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|[[Vsevolod Bobrov]]<br/>([[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA Moscow]], 24 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1946|1946]]
|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA Moscow]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|[[Aleksandr Ponomaryov]]<br/>([[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]], 18 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1947|1947]]
|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA Moscow]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|[[Vsevolod Bobrov]]<br/>([[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA Moscow]], 14 goals)<br>[[Valentin Nikolayev]]<br/>([[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA Moscow]], 14 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1948|1948]]
|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA Moscow]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[Sergey Aleksandrovich Solovyov|Sergey Solovyov]]<br/>([[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]], 25 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1949|1949]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA Moscow]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[Nikita Simonyan]]<br/>([[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]], 26 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1950|1950]]
|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDKA Moscow]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|[[Nikita Simonyan]]<br/>([[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]], 34 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1951|1951]]
|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDSA Moscow]]
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhter Stalino]]
||[[Avtandil Gogoberidze]]<br/>([[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]], 16 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1952|1952]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[Andrey Zazroyev]]<br/>([[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]], 11 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1953|1953]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|[[Nikita Simonyan]]<br/>([[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]], 14 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1954|1954]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[FC Dinamo Minsk|Spartak Minsk]]
|[[Anatoly Ilyin]]<br/>([[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]], 11 goals)<br>[[Vladimir Ilyin]]<br/>([[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]], 11 goals)<br>[[Antonin Sochnev]]<br/>([[FC Trudovye Reservy Leningrad|Trudovye Reservy Leningrad]], 11 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1955|1955]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDSA Moscow]]
|[[Eduard Streltsov]]<br/>([[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]], 15 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1956|1956]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CDSA Moscow]]
|[[Vasily Buzunov]]<br/>([[ODO Sverdlovsk]], 17 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1957|1957]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[Vasily Buzunov]]<br/>([[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSK MO Moscow]], 16 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1958|1958]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSK MO Moscow]]
|[[Anatoly Ilyin]]<br/>([[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]], 19 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1959|1959]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|[[Zaur Kaloyev]]<br/>([[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]], 16 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1960|1960]]
|[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[Zaur Kaloyev]]<br/>([[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]], 20 goals)<br>[[Gennady Gusarov]]<br/>([[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]], 20 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1961|1961]]
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[Gennady Gusarov]]<br/>([[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]], 22 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1962|1962]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|[[Eduard Markarov]]<br/>([[PFC Neftchi|Neftyanik Baku]], 16 goals)<br>[[Yury Sevidov]]<br/>([[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]], 16 goals)<br>[[Boris Kazakov]]<br/>([[FC Krylya Sovetov Samara|Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev]], 16 goals)<br>[[Mikhail Mustygin]]<br/>([[FC Dinamo Minsk|Belarus Minsk]], 16 goals)<br>
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1963|1963]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
|[[Oleg Kopaev]]<br/>([[FC SKA Rostov-on-Don|SKA Rostov-on-Don]], 27 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1964|1964]]
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
|[[Vladimir Fedotov]]<br/>([[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]], 16 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1965|1965]]
|[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
|[[Oleg Kopaev]]<br/>([[FC SKA Rostov-on-Don|SKA Rostov-on-Don]], 18 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1966|1966]]
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[FC SKA Rostov-on-Don|SKA Rostov-on-Don]]
|[[PFC Neftchi|Neftyanik Baku]]
|[[Ilya Datunashvili]]<br/>([[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]], 20 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1967|1967]]
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|[[Mikhail Mustygin]]<br/>([[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]], 19 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1968|1968]]
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[Georgi Gavasheli]]<br/>([[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]], 22 goals)<br>[[Berador Abduraimov]]<br/>([[FC Pakhtakor Tashkent|Pakhtakor Tashkent]], 22 goals)<br>
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1969|1969]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|[[Nikolay Osianin]]<br/>([[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]], 16 goals)<br>[[Vladimir Proskurin]]<br/>([[FC SKA Rostov-on-Don|SKA Rostov-on-Don]], 16 goals)<br>[[Dzhemal Kherhadze]]<br/>([[FC Torpedo Kutaisi|Torpedo Kutaisi]], 16 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1970|1970]]
|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[Givi Nodia]]<br/>([[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]], 17 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1971|1971]]
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[FC Ararat Yerevan|Ararat Yerevan]]
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|[[Eduard Malofeev]]<br/>([[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]], 16 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1972|1972]]
|[[FC Zorya Luhansk|Zorya Voroshilovgrad]]
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|[[Oleg Blokhin]]<br/>([[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]], 14 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1973|1973]]
|[[FC Ararat Yerevan|Ararat Yerevan]]
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[Oleg Blokhin]]<br/>([[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]], 18 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1974|1974]]
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[FC Chornomorets Odessa|Chornomorets Odessa]]
|[[Oleg Blokhin]]<br/>([[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]], 20 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1975|1975]]
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[Oleg Blokhin]]<br/>([[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]], 18 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1976 (spring)|1976 (spring)]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[FC Ararat Yerevan|Ararat Yerevan]]
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|[[Arkady Andreasian]]<br/>([[FC Ararat Yerevan|Ararat Yerevan]], 8 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1976 (autumn)|1976 (autumn)]]
|[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|[[Aleksandr Markin]]<br/>([[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Leningrad]], 13 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1977|1977]]
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|[[Oleg Blokhin]]<br/>([[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]], 17 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1978|1978]]
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|[[Georgi Yartsev]]<br/>([[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]], 19 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1979|1979]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[Vitaliy Starukhin]]<br/>([[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]], 26 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1980|1980]]
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Leningrad]]
|[[Sergey Andreev]]<br/>([[FC SKA Rostov-on-Don|SKA Rostov-on-Don]], 20 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1981|1981]]
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|[[Ramaz Shengelia]]<br/>([[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]], 23 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1982|1982]]
|[[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[Andrey Yakubik]]<br/>([[FC Pakhtakor Tashkent|Pakhtakor Tashkent]], 23 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1983|1983]]
|[[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
|[[Yuri Gavrilov]]<br/>([[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]], 18 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1984|1984]]
|[[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Leningrad]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
|[[Sergey Andreev]]<br/>([[FC SKA Rostov-on-Don|SKA Rostov-on-Don]], 20 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1985|1985]]
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
|[[Oleg Protasov]]<br/>([[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]], 35 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1986|1986]]
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[Aleksandr Borodyuk]]<br/>([[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]], 21 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1987|1987]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
|[[FK Žalgiris Vilnius|Žalgiris Vilnius]]
|[[Oleg Protasov]]<br/>([[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]], 18 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1988|1988]]
|[[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|[[Evgeny Shakhov]]<br/>([[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]], 16 goals)<br>[[Aleksandr Borodyuk]]<br/>([[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]], 16 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1989|1989]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[Sergey Rodionov]]<br/>([[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]], 16 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1990|1990]]
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|[[Oleg Protasov]]<br/>([[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]], 12 goals)<br>[[Valeri Shmarov (footballer)|Valery Shmarov]]<br/>([[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]], 12 goals)
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1991|1991]]
|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|[[Igor Kolyvanov]]<br/>([[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]], 18 goals)
|}
==Overall Statistics==
===Performance by club===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Club
!Winners
!Runners-Up
!3rd Position
!Years Won
|-
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|align=center|13
|align=center|11
|align=center|3
|1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990
|-
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|align=center|12
|align=center|11
|align=center|10
|1936a, 1938, 1939, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1962, 1969, 1979, 1987, 1989
|-
|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|align=center|11
|align=center|11
|align=center|5
|1936s, 1937, 1940, 1945, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1976s
|-
|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
|align=center|7
|align=center|4
|align=center|6
|1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1970, 1991
|-
|[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|align=center|3
|align=center|4
|align=center|5
|1960, 1965, 1976a
|-
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|align=center|2
|align=center|5
|align=center|13
|1964, 1978
|-
|[[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
|align=center|2
|align=center|2
|align=center|2
|1983, 1988
|-
|[[FC Ararat Yerevan|Ararat Yerevan]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|2
|align=center|
|1973
|-
|[[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|
|align=center|2
|1982
|-
|[[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Leningrad]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|
|align=center|1
|1984
|-
|[[FC Zorya Luhansk|Zorya Voroshilovgrad]]
|align=center|1
|align=center|
|align=center|
|1972
|-
|[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|align=center|
|align=center|2
|align=center|2
|
|-
|[[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]
|align=center|
|align=center|1
|align=center|
|
|-
|[[FC SKA Rostov-on-Don|SKA Rostov-on-Don]]
|align=center|
|align=center|1
|align=center|
|
|-
|[[FC Serp i Molot Moscow|Metallurg Moscow]]
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|1
|
|-
|[[PFC Neftchi Baku|Neftchi Baku]]
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|1
|
|-
|[[FC Chornomorets Odessa|Chornomorets Odessa]]
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|1
|
|-
|[[FK Žalgiris Vilnius|Žalgiris Vilnius]]
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|1
|
|}
===Performance by republic===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Republic
! Winners
! Runners-Up
! 3rd Position
! Presences
! Winning Clubs
|-
| {{flag|Russian SFSR}}
|align=center|34
|align=center|32
|align=center|28
|align=right|416
|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] (12)<br> [[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]] (11)<br> [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] (7)<br> [[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]] (3)<br> [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Leningrad]] (1)
|-
| {{flag|Ukrainian SSR}}
|align=center|16
|align=center|15
|align=center|8
|align=right|191
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] (13)<br>[[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]] (2)<br>[[FC Zorya Luhansk|Zorya Voroshilovgrad]] (1)
|-
| {{flag|Georgian SSR}}
|align=center|2
|align=center|5
|align=center|13
|align=right|68
|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]] (2)
|-
| {{flag|Armenian SSR}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|2
|align=center|
|align=right|33
|[[FC Ararat Yerevan|Ararat Yerevan]] (1)
|-
| {{flag|Byelorussian SSR}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|
|align=center|3
|align=right|39
|[[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]] (1)
|-
| {{flag|Azerbaijan SSR}}
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|1
|align=right|29
|
|-
| {{flag|Lithuanian SSR}}
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|1
|align=right|11
|
|-
| {{flag|Kazakh SSR}}
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=right|24
|
|-
| {{flag|Uzbek SSR}}
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=right|22
|
|-
| {{flag|Moldavian SSR}}
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=right|7
|-
| {{flag|Latvian SSR}}
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=right|7
|-
| {{flag|Tajik SSR}}
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=right|3
|
|-
| {{flag|Estonian SSR}}
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=right|2
|
|}
Republics never represented at top-level were the [[Turkmen SSR]] and the [[Kyrgyz SSR]]
===All-time table===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Team!!Republic!!Seasons!!First<br />season!!Last<br />season!!Played!!Won!!Drawn!!Lost!!Goals<br />for!!Goals<br />against!!Points<sup>1</sup>
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]||RUS||53||1936||1991||1453||722||385||346||2483||1467||1821
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]||UKR||54||1936||1991||1483||681||456||346||2306||1566||1810
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]||RUS||54||1936||1991||1485||707||404||374||2435||1457||1805
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]||GEO||51||1936||1989||1424||621||406||397||2176||1677||1642
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]||RUS||51||1938||1991||1455||601||433||421||2059||1656||1613
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]<ref>Includes appearances as ''CDKA Moscow'', ''CDSA Moscow'', and ''CSK MO Moscow'', see [http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=183898169318307257293215467846 club history] at KLISF</ref>||RUS||48||1936||1991||1326||585||363||378||2030||1451||1524
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Leningrad]]<ref>Includes appearances as ''Stalinets Leningrad'', see [http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=625603749262508838439582704173 club history] at KLISF</ref>||RUS||49||1938||1989||1402||464||411||527||1725||1914||1328
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]<ref>Includes appearances as ''Stakhanovets Stalino'', see [http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=723172788472116952541763682364 club history] at KLISF</ref>||UKR||44||1938||1991||1288||434||379||475||1522||1641||1241
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Ararat Yerevan|Ararat Yerevan]]<ref>Includes appearances as ''Dynamo Yerevan'' and ''Spartak Yerevan'', see [http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=914320875991241289177131428686 club history] at KLISF</ref>||ARM||33||1949||1991||1026||352||280||394||1150||1306||972
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]||BLR||33||1945||1991||985||327||300||358||1109||1202||940
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]]||RUS||38||1936||1991||1001||303||289||409||1218||1431||888
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[PFC Neftchi Baku|Neftchi Baku]]<ref>Includes appearances as ''Neftyanik Baku'', see [http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=562764465655344433792626573735 club history] at KLISF</ref>||AZE||27||1949||1988||884||253||270||361||907||1141||771
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Chornomorets Odessa|Chornomorets Odessa]]<ref>Includes appearances as ''Dynamo Odessa'', see [http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=261777401025990587750174998251 club history] at KLISF</ref>||UKR||26||1938||1991||789||260||230||299||841||986||744
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Kairat|Kairat Almaty]]||KAZ||24||1960||1988||780||226||234||320||742||983||678
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Pakhtakor Tashkent|Pakhtakor Tashkent]]||UZB||22||1960||1991||722||212||211||299||805||1035||629
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC SKA Rostov-on-Don|SKA Rostov-on-Don]]<ref>Includes appearance as ''SKVO Rostov-on-Don'', see [http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=221797868021320064695406045940 club history] at KLISF</ref>||RUS||21||1959||1985||680||218||194||268||843||911||620
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]||UKR||19||1972||1991||554||227||154||173||729||634||604
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Krylia Sovetov Samara|Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev]]<ref>Includes appearance as ''Zenit Kuybyshev'', see [http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=179728211317887368554281557185 club history] at KLISF</ref>||RUS||26||1946||1979||715||185||209||321||675||996||579
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist Kharkiv]]<ref>Includes appearances as ''Lokomotiv Kharkov'' and ''Avangard Kharkov'', see [http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=633393686663134503911925380747 club history] at KLISF</ref>||UKR||18||1949||1991||552||167||147||238||525||706||480
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Zorya Luhansk|Zorya Voroshilovgrad]]||UKR||14||1967||1979||412||125||135||152||416||469||377
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Dinamo Saint Petersburg|Dynamo Leningrad]]||RUS||17||1936||1963||397||135||102||160||589||649||372
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Torpedo Kutaisi|Torpedo Kutaisi]]||GEO||13||1962||1986||439||104||129||206||395||655||335
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FK Žalgiris Vilnius|Žalgiris Vilnius]]<ref>Includes appearances as ''Spartak Vilnius'', see [http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=815141869781303484663120468796 club history] at KLISF</ref>||LIT||11||1953||1989||330||107||93||130||349||463||305
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Rotor Volgograd|Rotor Volgograd]]<ref>Includes appearances as ''Traktor Stalingrad'' and ''Torpedo Stalingrad'', see [http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=687703130668694122035748442516 club history] at KLISF</ref>||RUS||11||1938||1990||293||91||66||136||352||488||248
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Zimbru Chişinău|Nistru Chişinău]]<ref>Includes appearances as ''Burevestnik Kishinev'' and ''Moldova Kishinev'', see [http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=278017313526865798118073419266 club history] at KLISF</ref>||MLD||11||1956||1983||312||69||84||159||312||534||222
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Karpaty Lviv|Karpaty Lviv]]||UKR||9||1971||1980||244||68||85||91||250||301||218
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[VVS Moscow]]||RUS||6||1947||1952||161||58||32||71||235||270||148
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FK Daugava Rīga|Daugava Riga]]||LAT||7||1949||1962||203||51||48||104||198||311||150
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[Krylya Sovetov Moscow]]||RUS||6||1938||1948||143||32||39||72||145||259||103
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[Metallurg Moscow]]||RUS||4||1937||1940||91||40||17||34||173||170||97
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Kuban Krasnodar|Kuban Krasnodar]]||RUS||3||1980||1982||102||29||26||47||111||145||84
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[Admiralteyets Leningrad]]||RUS||3||1958||1961||84||26||17||41||122||149||69
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[SKA-Pamir Dushanbe|Pamir Dushanbe]]||TJK||3||1989||1991||84||21||27||36||74||104||69
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[Elektrik Leningrad]]<ref>Includes appearances as ''Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad'', see [http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=254935805241948141355555244448 club history] at KLISF</ref>||RUS||5||1936||1939||80||22||18||40||112||163||62
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Fakel Voronezh|Fakel Voronezh]]<ref>Includes appearance as ''Trud Voronezh'', see [http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=602163983860162091040378396217 club history] at KLISF</ref>||RUS||2||1961||1985||66||20||17||29||63||83||57
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad]]||RUS||3||1954||1956||68||16||23||29||82||113||55
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[Volga Gorky]]<ref>Includes appearances as ''Torpedo Gorky'', see [http://www.klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=comm&lang=en&id=446526381336187678029272307277 club history] at KLISF</ref>||RUS||3||1951||1964||85||14||27||44||58||143||55
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[Spartak Tbilisi]]||GEO||2||1950||1951||64||21||11||32||82||109||53
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[Spartak Minsk]]||BLR||3||1954||1957||68||15||19||34||53||95||49
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Alania Vladikavkaz|Spartak Vladikavkaz]]||RUS||2||1970||1991||62||16||16||30||64||89||48
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[SK Odessa|SKA Odessa]]||UKR||2||1965||1966||68||4||19||45||38||121||27
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Metalurh Zaporizhya|Metalurh Zaporizhya]]||UKR||1||1991||1991||30||9||7||14||27||38||25
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[VMS Moscow]]||RUS||1||1951||1951||28||7||9||12||30||50||23
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[SC Tavriya Simferopol|Tavriya Simferopol]]||UKR||1||1981||1981||34||8||7||19||27||54||23
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[Selmash Kharkiv]]||UKR||1||1938||1938||25||8||6||11||34||45||22
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast|Uralmash Sverdlovsk]]||RUS||1||1969||1969||34||7||8||19||19||39||22
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[Stalinets Moscow]]||RUS||1||1938||1938||25||8||5||12||36||44||21
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[Lokomotiv Kyiv]]||UKR||1||1938||1938||25||8||5||12||43||64||21
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Shinnik Yaroslavl|Shinnik Yaroslavl]]||RUS||1||1964||1964||32||6||9||17||20||48||21
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[Dynamo Rostov-on-Don]]||RUS||1||1938||1938||25||7||6||12||39||43||20
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[Temp Baku]]||AZE||1||1938||1938||25||6||8||11||33||40||20
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Spartak Leningrad|Spartak Leningrad]]||RUS||1||1938||1938||25||6||8||11||30||39||20
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[JK Tallinna Kalev|Kalev Tallinn]]||EST||2||1960||1961||58||3||14||41||46||146||20
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FK Gäncä|Dynamo Kirovabad]]||AZE||1||1968||1968||38||5||9||24||25||59||19
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[Guria Lanchkhuti]]||GEO||1||1987||1987||30||5||8||17||18||38||18
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[Spartak Kharkiv]]||UKR||1||1938||1938||25||5||7||13||43||63||17
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[Zenit (Bolshevik) Leningrad]]||RUS||1||1938||1938||25||7||3||15||35||57||17
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[ODO Sverdlovsk]]||RUS||1||1956||1956||22||6||4||12||31||45||16
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[Pishchevik Moscow]]||RUS||1||1938||1938||25||5||6||14||25||53||16
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi|Lokomotiv Tbilisi]]||GEO||1||1938||1938||25||5||5||15||44||62||15
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[Kalinin city team]]||RUS||1||1952||1952||13||5||4||4||19||19||14
|- align="right"
|align="left"|[[Burevestnik Moscow]]||RUS||1||1938||1938||25||4||4||17||28||87||12
|}
<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.
==See also==
;National leagues of the former Soviet republics
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*{{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Armenian Premier League|Armenia]]
*{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Azerbaijan Premier League|Azerbaijan]]
*{{flagicon|Belarus}} [[Belarusian Premier League|Belarus]]
*{{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Meistriliiga|Estonia]]
*{{flagicon|Georgia}} [[Umaglesi Liga|Georgia]]
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*{{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} [[Kazakhstan Premier League|Kazakhstan]]
*{{flagicon|Kyrgyzstan}} [[Kyrgyzstan League|Kyrgyzstan]]
*{{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Latvian Higher League|Latvia]]
*{{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[A Lyga|Lithuania]]
*{{flagicon|Moldova}} [[Moldovan National Division|Moldova]]
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*{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Russian Premier League|Russia]]
*{{flagicon|Tajikistan}} [[Tajik League|Tajikistan]]
*{{flagicon|Turkmenistan}} [[Turkmenistan League|Turkmenistan]]
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Ukrainian Premier League|Ukraine]]
*{{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} [[Uzbek League|Uzbekistan]]
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==References==
{{reflist}}
*[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/ussrhist.html USSR (Soviet Union) - Final Tables], rsssf.com. Accessed on [[9 June]] [[2006]].
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