1987 Soviet Top League
| Season | 1987 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Spartak Moscow |
| Relegated |
CSKA Moscow Guria Lanchkhuti |
| Champions League | Spartak Moscow |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Metalist Kharkiv |
| UEFA Cup |
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Žalgiris Vilnius Torpedo Moscow Dinamo Minsk |
| Top goalscorer | (18) Oleh Protasov (Dnipro) |
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← 1986 1988 → | |
Final standings
| No | Club | GP | W | D | L | GF-GA | Pts | Rpblc | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 49-26 | 42(-1) | Champions Cup | |
| 2 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 42-22 | 39 | UEFA Cup | |
| 3 | Žalgiris Vilnius | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 43-29 | 36 | UEFA Cup | |
| 4 | Torpedo Moscow | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 35-25 | 34(-2) | UEFA Cup | |
| 5 | Dinamo Minsk | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 33-25 | 33 | UEFA Cup | |
| 6 | Dynamo Kyiv | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 37-27 | 32 | ||
| 7 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29-31 | 30 | ||
| 8 | Ararat Erevan | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 32-45 | 29 | ||
| 9 | Neftchi Baku | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 33-30 | 28 | ||
| 10 | Dinamo Moscow | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 27-30 | 28(-1) | ||
| 11 | Metalist Kharkiv | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 23-32 | 27 | Cup Winners' Cup | |
| 12 | Kairat Almaty | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 27-38 | 26 | ||
| 13 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 31-40 | 25 | ||
| 14 | Zenit Leningrad | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 25-37 | 24 | ||
| 15 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 26-35 | 24(-1) | + Relegated | |
| 16 | Guria Lanchkhuti | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 18-38 | 18 | + Relegated |
- 10 draw limited
- + - Newly promoted
Promotion
Top scorers
- 18 goals
- Oleh Protasov (Dnipro)
- 16 goals
- Arminas Narbekovas (Žalgiris)
- 12 goals
- Fyodor Cherenkov (Spartak Moscow)
- Sergei Rodionov (Spartak Moscow)
- 10 goals
- Georgi Kondratyev (Dinamo Minsk)
- Yuri Savichev (Torpedo Moscow)
- 9 goals
- Alexei Mikhailichenko (Dynamo Kyiv)
- Yevstafi Pekhlevanidi (Kairat)
- Ramaz Shengelia (Dynamo Tbilisi)
- 8 goals
- Ihor Belanov (Dynamo Kyiv)
Medal squads
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
| 1. FC Spartak Moscow |
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Goalkeepers: Rinat Dasayev (29), Stanislav Cherchesov (2). Manager: Konstantin Beskov. Transferred out during the season: Aleksei Yeryomenko (to FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don), Babken Melikian (to FC Kotayk Abovian), Andrei Rudakov (to FC Torpedo Moscow), Mikhail Rusyayev (to FC Lokomotiv Moscow), Viktor Kolyadko (to FC Terek Grozny). |
| 2. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
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Goalkeepers: Valeriy Horodov (28), Serhiy Krakovskyi (2). Manager: Yevhen Kucherevskyi. Transferred out during the season: none. |
| 3. FK Žalgiris Vilnius |
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Goalkeepers: Vaclovas Jurkus (18), Almantas Kalinauskas (13). Manager: Benjaminas Zelkevičius. Transferred out during the season: none. |
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