1984 Soviet Top League

Soviet Top League
Season1984
ChampionsZenit Leningrad
(1st title)
RelegatedPakhtakor Tashkent, CSKA Moscow
European CupZenit Leningrad
Cup Winners' CupDinamo Kiev
UEFA CupSpartak Moscow
Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk
Chernomorets Odessa
Matches played306
Goals scored767 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer(19) Sergey Andreyev (SKA)
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The 1984 Soviet Top League was the 15th season of the Soviet Top League and 47th since the start of the Soviet top-tier club competitions. It started on March 10 and continued until November 24.

Zenit Leningrad won their first league title, while the defending champion Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk finished third. The league was composed of 18 teams and draw limit was implemented this season of 10 games. There were only allowed two substitutions. Footballers who were on a team list for one team, during the season were not allowed to compete for another except for those who were demobilized from the Soviet Army (sic)[1] and returned to their home club. Those athletes transferred during the season were not allowed to play against the team for which they played earlier.

Teams

Location

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Pakhtakor
SKA R/D
CSKA
Torpedo M
Spartak
Dynamo
Chornomorets
Dynamo T
Neftchi
Metallist
Žalgiris
Shakhter
Dnepr
Zenit
Kairat
Dynamo Mi
Ararat
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Dynamo K
Locations of teams in the 1984 Top League

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad (C) 34 19 9 6 60 32 +28 47 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow 34 18 9 7 53 29 +24 45 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 34 17 8 9 54 40 +14 42
4 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Chornomorets Odessa 34 16 9 9 49 38 +11 41
5 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Minsk[a] 34 15 13 6 43 28 +15 40[b]
6 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow 34 15 10 9 43 36 +7 40[b]
7 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi 34 14 8 12 36 41 −5 36
8 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Alma-Ata 34 13 8 13 44 42 +2 34
9 Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Žalgiris Vilnius[c] 34 12 11 11 30 38 −8 34[d]
10 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv[a] 34 12 13 9 46 30 +16 34[d] Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
11 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Ararat Yerevan 34 12 7 15 46 50 −4 31
12 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metalist Kharkiv 34 12 5 17 42 53 −11 29
13 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtar Donetsk 34 10 9 15 47 46 +1 29
14 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Rostov-on-Don 34 10 7 17 48 58 −10 27
15 Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftchi Baku 34 9 8 17 30 50 −20 26
16 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow 34 8 10 16 35 43 −8 26
17 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Pakhtakor Tashkent (R) 34 10 5 19 37 58 −21 25 Relegation to First League
18 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow (R) 34 5 9 20 24 55 −31 19
Source: www.rsssf.org
Rules for classification: 1) Total points (If two or more teams have equal points for the first place, the winner is determined by additional single round-robin play-off on neutral ground); 2) Total wins; 3) Head-to-head results with consideration of draw limit and goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total games scored; 6) Results of reserve squads[2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 3 points deducted (10 draw limit)
  2. ^ a b Dinamo Minsk wins head-to-head against Torpedo
  3. ^ 1 point deducted (10 draw limit)
  4. ^ a b Žalgiris wins head-to-head against Dynamo Kyiv

Results

Home \ Away ARA CHO CSK DNI DYK DMN DYN DTB KAI MKH NEF PAK SHA SKA SPA TOR ŽAL ZEN
Ararat Yerevan 3–3 2–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 5–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 3–2 2–0 1–2
Chornomorets Odessa 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–3
CSKA Moscow 2–2 1–6 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–3 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 3–4 0–2 0–0
Dnipro 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–0 3–2 4–1 2–3 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 6–2 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–1
Dynamo Kyiv 7–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 4–0 5–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–0
Dinamo Minsk 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 4–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–1
Dynamo Moscow 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–3 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 4–1 2–3 5–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0
Dinamo Tbilisi 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–3 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–3
Kairat Alma-Ata 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 6–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–1
Metalist Kharkiv 1–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 4–0 2–0 2–3 1–0 0–2 0–2 3–2 1–1
Neftçi Baku 0–2 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–2
Pakhtakor Tashkent 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–3 3–2 3–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 0–1 4–1 1–4
Shakhtar Donetsk 0–0 1–1 1–2 4–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–3 2–0 4–1 3–1 3–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 4–1 1–1
SKA Rostov-on-Don 1–2 2–2 3–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 2–2 2–2 3–2 1–2 2–4 1–0 2–1
Spartak Moscow 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–2 0–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–6 0–0 1–2 2–3
Torpedo Moscow 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 4–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–4 0–0 0–1
Žalgiris Vilnius 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–0
Zenit Leningrad 6–4 0–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 4–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–1
Source: football.lg.ua
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

19 goals
18 goals
17 goals
14 goals
13 goals
12 goals

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. FC Zenit Leningrad

Goalkeepers: Mikhail Biryukov (34).
Defenders: Aleksei Stepanov (32 / 2), Sergei Vedeneyev (28 / 1), Anatoli Davydov (27 / 1), Vladimir Dolgopolov (27), Sergey Kuznetsov (22), Valeri Zolin (13), Nikolai Vorobyov (8), Gennadi Timofeyev (6).
Midfielders: Valeri Broshin (32 / 4), Yuri Zheludkov (31 / 17), Arkadi Afanasyev (28 / 1), Vyacheslav Melnikov (21 / 3), Dmitri Barannik (19), Nikolay Larionov (9 / 2), Igor Komarov (5 / 2).
Forwards: Sergey Dmitriev (30 / 8), Vladimir Klementyev (29 / 10), Boris Chukhlov (28 / 7), Yuri Gerasimov (7 / 1), Aleksandr Zakharikov (6).

Manager: Pavel Sadyrin.

Transferred out during the season: none.

2. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Rinat Dasayev (34), Stanislav Cherchesov (2), Andrei Mikhalychev (1).
Defenders: Vladimir Sochnov (33 / 2), Aleksandr Bubnov (33 / 1), Gennady Morozov (31), Boris Pozdnyakov (30 / 2), Sergei Bazulev (16), Sergei Shvetsov (11), Sergei Shulgin (3), Almir Kayumov (1).
Midfielders: Yuri Gavrilov (34 / 8), Yevgeni Kuznetsov (34 / 5), Sergey Shavlo (32 / 5), Yevgeni Sidorov (26 / 4), Fyodor Cherenkov (25 / 8), Guram Adzhoyev (13 / 1), Valeri Gladilin (12 / 3), Oleksandr Baranov (2).
Forwards: Sergey Rodionov (32 / 13), Mikhail Rusyayev (6 / 1), Jevgeņijs Miļevskis (6), Oleg Kuzhlev (5).

Manager: Konstantin Beskov.

Transferred out during the season: none.

3. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Goalkeepers: Serhiy Krakovskyi (31 / 3), Viktor Konsevich (3).
Defenders: Sergei Bashkirov (32), Serhiy Puchkov (29 / 2), Oleksandr Lysenko (28 / 2), Mykola Pavlov (19 / 1), Ivan Vyshnevskyi (17), Petro Kutuzov (17), Petro Chylibi (9), Andriy Bobrikov (1), Anatoliy Nazarenko (1), Oleksandr Chervonyi (1).
Midfielders: Hennadiy Lytovchenko (33 / 7), Vyktor Kuznetsov (30 / 2), Andriy Dilay (30 / 1), Volodymyr Bahmut (25 / 2), Oleksiy Cherednyk (19 / 2), Oleh Serebryanskyi (13 / 2), Mykola Fedorenko (9), Serhiy Khudozhylov (3), Anatoli Zagrebayev (2), Volodymyr Ustymchyk (2).
Forwards: Oleh Protasov (34 / 17), Volodymyr Lyutyi (30 / 8), Oleh Taran (20 / 7).

One own goal scored by Yuri Lykov (FC SKA Rostov-on-Don).

Manager: Volodymyr Yemets.

Transferred out during the season: Volodymyr Ustymchyk (retired).

Number of teams by union republic

Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1  RSFSR 6 CSKA Moscow, Dinamo Moscow, SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Zenit Leningrad
2  Ukrainian SSR 5 Chernomorets Odessa, Dinamo Kiev, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Shakhter Donetsk
3  Armenian SSR 1 Ararat Yerevan
 Azerbaijan SSR Neftchi Baku
 Belarusian SSR Dinamo Minsk
 Georgian SSR Dinamo Tbilisi
 Kazakh SSR Kairat Alma-Ata
 Lithuanian SSR Zhalgiris Vilnius
 Uzbek SSR Pakhtakor Tashkent

References

  1. ^ Soviet Army was a major branch of the Soviet Armed Forces, but in the regulations was only mentioned the Army.
  2. ^ "ФУТБОЛ - 1984. О ПРОВЕДЕНИЕ СОРЕВНОВАНИЙ. (Football – 1984. On conducting the competitions". Центральный стадион им. В.И.Ленина (Tsentralny Stadion imeni V.I.Lenina). Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.