Soviet Top League 4247992 225575006 2008-07-14T11:22:51Z Karaboom 4132888 /* 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 {| | *{{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]] |width=50| | *{{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]] |width=50| | *{{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]] |} ==References== {{reflist}} *[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/ussrhist.html USSR (Soviet Union) - Final Tables], rsssf.com. 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