USSR Premier Basketball League

USSR Premier Basketball League
Founded1923
First season1923–24
Folded1992
CountrySoviet Union Commonwealth of Independent States
Level on pyramid1st tier on Soviet Pyramid
Related competitionsUSSR Cup
Last championsSpartak Saint Petersburg
(2nd title)
Most championshipsCSKA Moscow
(24 titles)

The USSR Premier Basketball League, or Soviet Union Premier Basketball League (also called Supreme League), was the first-tier men's professional basketball league in the former Soviet Union. The league existed from 1923 to 1991, as the top professional basketball league of the Soviet Union, and from 1991 to 1992, as the top professional basketball league of the CIS. In the years 1924, 1928, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1956, 1959, 1963, and 1967, the league was contested by city teams, regional teams, and state national teams, rather than individual sports clubs.[citation needed]

CSKA Moscow was the league's most successful club, having won the league's championship 24 times, including winning 9 consecutive championships, from 1976 to 1984. The league featured the players of the senior men's Soviet Union national basketball team. The league exists in a similar format today, as the VTB United League. Although, the VTB United League can include clubs from countries that were not a part of the Soviet Union.[citation needed]

USSR League history

[1][2]

  • 1923–24 to 1935–36  Soviet Union Regional League
  • 1936–37 to 1990–91  Soviet Union National League
  • ......1991 to 1992......  CIS National League

Title holders

League medalists

Year Champions Finalists 3rd Place Notes
1924 Team Moscow Team Ural
1928 Team Moscow Team Ukraine SSR
1934 Team Leningrad Team Moscow Team Odessa
1935 Team Moscow Team Leningrad Team Tiflis
1936 Team Leningrad Team Moscow Team Odessa
1937 Dynamo Moscow Red Dawn Leningrad Lokomotiv Moscow The First club Championship of the USSR
1938 Burevestnik Leningrad Lokomotiv Moscow GOLIFK Leningrad
1939 Lokomotiv Moscow GOLIFK Leningrad Lokomotiv Tbilisi
1940 Burevestnik Leningrad Lokomotiv Tbilisi Lokomotiv Moscow
1944 Armia Tbilisi Dynamo Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow
1945 CSKA Moscow Armia Tbilisi Kalev Tallinn
1946 Armia Tbilisi CSKA Moscow Dynamo Moscow
1947 Žalgiris Kaunas Dinamo Tbilisi CSKA Moscow
1948 Dynamo Moscow Stroitel Moscow Dinamo Tbilisi
1949 USK Tartu Žalgiris Kaunas VVS Moscow
1950 Dinamo Tbilisi USK Tartu VVS Moscow
1951 Žalgiris Kaunas VVS Moscow USK Tartu
1952 VVS Moscow Žalgiris Kaunas Dinamo Tbilisi
1953 Dinamo Tbilisi CSKA Moscow Žalgiris Kaunas
1954 Dinamo Tbilisi CSKA Moscow Žalgiris Kaunas
1955 Rīgas ASK CSKA Moscow Žalgiris Kaunas
1956 Latvian SSR Team Team Moscow Lithuanian SSR Team USSR Spartakiad
1957 Rīgas ASK CSKA Moscow Dynamo Moscow
1958 Rīgas ASK CSKA Moscow Dynamo Moscow
1959 Team Moscow Georgian SSR Team Latvian SSR Team USSR Spartakiad
1960 CSKA Moscow Dinamo Tbilisi VEF Riga
1961 CSKA Moscow Dinamo Tbilisi Rīgas ASK
1962 CSKA Moscow Rīgas ASK Budivelnyk Kyiv
1963 Team Moscow Ukrainian SSR Team Latvian SSR Team USSR Spartakiad
1964 CSKA Moscow Rīgas ASK Budivelnyk Kyiv
1965 CSKA Moscow Budivelnyk Kyiv Dinamo Tbilisi
1966 CSKA Moscow Budivelnyk Kyiv VEF Riga
1967 Ukrainian SSR Team Estonian SSR Team Team Moscow USSR Spartakiad
1968 Dinamo Tbilisi CSKA Kyiv CSKA Moscow
1969 CSKA Moscow Dinamo Tbilisi Spartak Leningrad
1970 CSKA Moscow Spartak Leningrad Budivelnyk Kyiv
1971 CSKA Moscow Spartak Leningrad Žalgiris Kaunas
1972 CSKA Moscow Spartak Leningrad CSKA Kyiv
1973 CSKA Moscow Spartak Leningrad Žalgiris Kaunas
1974 CSKA Moscow Spartak Leningrad Budivelnyk Kyiv
1975 Spartak Leningrad CSKA Moscow Dynamo Moscow
1976 CSKA Moscow Spartak Leningrad Dynamo Moscow
1977 CSKA Moscow Budivelnyk Kyiv Dinamo Tbilisi
1978 CSKA Moscow Spartak Leningrad Žalgiris Kaunas
1979 CSKA Moscow Budivelnyk Kyiv Statyba Vilnius (Rytas Vilnius)
1980 CSKA Moscow Žalgiris Kaunas Dynamo Moscow
1981 CSKA Moscow Budivelnyk Kyiv Spartak Leningrad
1982 CSKA Moscow Budivelnyk Kyiv Dynamo Moscow
1983 CSKA Moscow Žalgiris Kaunas Budivelnyk Kyiv
1984 CSKA Moscow Žalgiris Kaunas Budivelnyk Kyiv
1985 Žalgiris Kaunas CSKA Moscow Spartak Leningrad
1986 Žalgiris Kaunas CSKA Moscow Spartak Leningrad
1987 Žalgiris Kaunas CSKA Moscow Spartak Leningrad
1988 CSKA Moscow Žalgiris Kaunas Budivelnyk Kyiv
1989 Budivelnyk Kyiv Žalgiris Kaunas CSKA Moscow
1990 CSKA Moscow Dynamo Moscow Budivelnyk Kyiv
1991 Kalev Tallinn Spartak Leningrad VEF Riga
1992 Spartak Saint Petersburg Alma-Ata Dynamo Moscow The club championship of the CIS

Titles by club

Titles Club Years
24 CSKA Moscow 1944–45, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1989–90
5 Žalgiris Kaunas 1946–47, 1950–51, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87
5 Team Moscow 1923–24, 1927–28, 1934–35, 1958–59, 1962–63
Dinamo Tbilisi 1949–50, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1967–68
3 Rīgas ASK 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58
2 Team Leningrad 1933–34, 1935–36
Burevestnik Leningrad 1937–38, 1939–40
Armia Tbilisi 1943–44, 1944–46
Dynamo Moscow 1936–37, 1947–48
Spartak Saint Petersburg 1974–75, 1991–92
1 Lokomotiv Moscow 1938–39
Tartu Ülikool 1948–49
VVS Moscow 1951–52
Latvian SSR Team 1955–56
Ukrainian SSR Team 1966–67
Stroitel Kyiv 1988–89
Kalev Tallinn 1990–91

Titles by Republic

Titles Republic
39 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Russian SFSR
6 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Georgian SSR
5 Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Lithuanian SSR
4 Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Latvian SSR
2 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Ukrainian SSR
2 Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Estonian SSR

Soviet basketball clubs in European and worldwide competitions

Main article: Soviet basketball clubs in European and worldwide competitions

Historical players

  • By Former Soviet Federation places of birth:

Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Armenian SSR:

Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Azerbaijan SSR:

Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Byelorussian SSR:

Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic Estonian SSR:

Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Georgian SSR:

Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kazakh SSR:

Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic Karelo-Finnish SSR:

Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Latvian SSR:

Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Lithuanian SSR:

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Russian SFSR:

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Ukrainian SSR:

Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Uzbek SSR:

Historical coaches

  • By Former Soviet Federation places of birth:

Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Armenian SSR:

Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Georgian SSR:

Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Lithuanian SSR:

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Russian SFSR:

The lineups and rosters of the USSR League champions

1923–24: Team Moscow: Belyaev, A. Kovalev, S. Pashkov, V. Strepiheev, S. Chesnokov.[3]

1927–28: Team Moscow: S. Vorobyov, A. Gusev, M.Medvedev, N. Strokin, K. Travin.

1933–34: Team Leningrad: F. Hostilius, Krasovskii, S. Kuznetsov, M. Morozov, P. Osipov, Vn. Rodionov, G. Tishinskiy.

1934–35: Team Moscow: E. Bokunyaev, V. Gorokhov, Zimin, A. Lobanov, M. Semichastny, J. Titov, K. Travin, A. Tolkachev.

1935–36: Team Leningrad: F. Hostilius, A. Elenskiy, Kuznetsov, V. Kurkov, M. Sverckov, G. Tishinskiy.

1936–37: Dynamo Moscow: V. Gorokhov, A. Grigoriev, V. Dmitriev, Alexander Zaitsev, A. Zinin, Rumyantsev, S. Spandaryan.

1937–38: Burevestnik Leningrad: B. Abramov, V. Zhebokritsky, B. Kondrashov, A. Selivanov, Stepanov.

1938–39: Lokomotiv Moscow: En. Alekseev, Belyaev, A. Lobanov, V. Kiselev, Romishevsky, Y. Titov, K. Travin.

1939–40: Burevestnik Leningrad: B. Abramov, V. Zhebokritsky, Zlobin, V. Kondrashov, V. Razzhivin, Rogov, A. Selivanov, Stepanov.

1943–44: Armia Tbilisi: N. Jorjkia, L. Dzekonsky, Ermakov, G. Zahlyan, B. Oganezov, B. Sarkisov, M. Filippov.

1944–45: CSKA Moscow: Ev. Alekseev, En. Alekseev, Bajkov, Grebenshchikov, V. Kudryashov, S. Kuznetsov, B. Mershin.

1945–46: Armia Tbilisi: G. Akhvlediani, A. Vachadze, G. Gupalov, L. Dzekonsky, N. Jorjikia, S. Oganezov, B. Sarkisov, O. Sulaberidze, M. Filippov.

1946–47: Žalgiris Kaunas: S. Butautas, A. Vilimas, V. Dzenis, I. Kilšauskas, J. Lagunavičius, V. Majorovas, K. Petkevičius, V. Sercevičius, V. Kulakauskas.

1947–48: Dynamo Moscow: G. Bajkov, V. Vlasov, V. Kolpakov, A. Konev, Kogan, Y. Ozerov, Al. Saychuk, P. Sergeev, B. Fedotov, Yuri Ushakov.

1948–49: Tartu Ülikool: U. Kiivet, H. Krevald, I. Kull, V. Laats, I. Lysov, G. Rekker, H. Russak, E. Ehaveer, O.Õun, H. Kruus.

1949–50: Dinamo Tbilisi: D. Godziashvili, N. Jorjikia, V. Zhgenti, S. Tortladze, L. Intskirveli, S. Korkashvili, O. Korkia, A. Meskhi, J. Nizharadze, G. Rukhadze.

1950–51: Žalgiris Kaunas: I. Balakauskas, G. Butautas, J. Lagunavičius, A. Nemcevičius, K. Petkevičius, Z. Sabulis, V. Sercevičius, L. Tendzegolskis, V. Timleris.

1951–52: VVS Moscow: Ev. Alekseev, En. Alekseev, V. Antonov, G. Gupalov, E. Kazakov, A. Konev, A. Moiseev, D. Osipov, G. Silins, S. Tarasov.

1952–53: Dinamo Tbilisi: G.K. Abashidze, G.A. Abashidze, V. Gvantseladze, N. Jorjikia, M. Eganov, V. Zhgenti, L. Intskirveli, A. Kiladze, O. Korkia, G. Minashvili, J. Nizharadze.

1953–54: Dinamo Tbilisi: G.K. Abashidze, G.A. Abashidze, M. Asitashvili, N. Jorjikia, V. Zhgenti, L. Intskirveli, M. Kvachantiradze, A. Kiladze, O. Korkia, G. Kutchava, J. Nizharadze.

1954–55: Rīgas ASK: M. Valdmanis, T. Gavars, A. Gulbis, T. Kalhert, J. Krumins, A. Leonchik, V. Muiznieks, G. Silins, V. Skalder, O. Hecht, L. Jankowski.

1955–56: Latvian SSR Team: M. Valdmanis, I. Veritis, J. Kalnins, T. Kalhert, R. Karnitis, J. Krumins, A. Leonchik, V. Muiznieks, G. Silins, O. Hecht, L. Jankowski.

1956–57; Rīgas ASK: M. Valdmanis, I. Veritis, A. Gulbis, J. Davids, T. Kalhert, J. Krumins, A. Leonchik, V. Muiznieks, Ostrouhs J., G. Silins, O. Hecht.

1957–58: Rīgas ASK: M. Valdmanis, I. Veritis, A. Gulbis, T. Kalhert, J. Krumins, A. Leonchik, V. Muiznieks, G. Muiznieks, G. Silins, O. Hecht.

1958–59: Team Moscow: A. Alachachan, A. Astakhov, N. Balabanov, Bochkarev, G. Volnov, V. Zubkov, Korneev Yu, Y. Ozerov, Semenov, M. Studenetsky, V. Torban.

1959–60: CSKA Moscow: A. Alachachan, A. Astakhov, A. Bochkarev, Volkov, V. Zubkov, Karpov, V. Kopylov, Semenov, P. Sirotinsky, A. Travin, V. Kharitonov.

1960–61: CSKA Moscow: A. Alachachan, A. Astakhov, Bochkarev, G. Volnov, Volkov, V. Zubkov, Karpov, V. Kopylov, Semenov, P. Sirotinsky, A. Travin, B . Kharitonov.

1961–62: CSKA Moscow: A. Alachachan, A. Astakhov, Bochkarev, G. Volnov, Volkov, V. Zubkov, Karpov, V. Kovalchuk, Y. Korneev, J. Lipso, Semenov, S . Sirotinsky, A. Travin.

1962–63: Team Moscow: A. Alachachan, A. Astakhov, Bochkarev, G. Volnov, Volkov, V. Zubkov, Yu. Korneev, A. Kulkov, J. Lipso, Petrov, A. Travin, V. Hrynin, A. Shatalin.

1963–64: CSKA Moscow: A. Alachachan, A. Astakhov, A. Borodin, A. Bochkarev, G. Volnov, V. Zubkov, Yuri Korneev, A. Kulkov, J. Lipso, P. Sirotinsky, A. Travin.

1964–65: CSKA Moscow: A. Alachachan, A. Astakhov, A. Borodin, A. Bochkarev, I. Bryansk, G. Volnov, V. Zubkov, B. Kapranov, Y. Korneev, A. Kulkov, J. Lipso, A. Travin.

1965–66: CSKA Moscow: A. Alachachan, A. Astakhov, A. Borodin, A. Bochkarev, I. Bryansk, G. Volnov, V. Zubkov, B. Kapranov, A. Kovalev, Yuri Korneev, A. Kulkov, J. Lipso, V. Rodionov, A. Travin.

1966–67: Ukrainian SSR Team: V. Bryantsev, A. Valtin, B. Gladun, Novikov, V. Okipnyak, B. Pinchuk, A. Polivoda, L. Poplawski, W. Saluhin, N. Sushak, G. Chechurov.

1967–68: Dinamo Tbilisi: V. Altabaev, B. Bolqvadze, A. Kazandjian, Z. Karabak, M. Korkia, A. Lejava, Z. Leontiev, S. Magalashvili, R. Mamaladze, L. Moseshvili, V. Narimanidze, A. Skhiereli, V. Ugrekhelidze, T. Chikhladze.

1968–69: CSKA Moscow: Andreev, A. Astakhov, Belov, A. Blick, G. Volnov, V. Kapranov, N. Kovyrkin, N. Kryuchkov, A. Kulkov, J. Lipso, P. Nesterov, B. Selikhov, A. Sidyakin.

1969–70: CSKA Moscow: V. Andreev, S. Belov, A. Blick, N. Gilgner, A. Zharmukhamedov, V. Illyuk, V. Kapranov, N. Kovyrkin, N. Kryuchkov, A. Kulkov, V. Mercy, Ne. Selikhov, A. Sidyakin.

1970–71: CSKA Moscow: Andreev, Belov, N. Gilgner, I. Edeshko, A. Zharmukhamedov, V. Illyuk, V. Kapranov, Kovalenko, N. Kovyrkin, A. Kulkov, V. Mercy, C. Subbotin.

1971–72: CSKA Moscow: V. Andreev, S. Belov, I. Edeshko, A. Zharmukhamedov, V. Illyuk, V. Kapranov, Kovalenko, N. Kovyrkin, A. Kulkov, V. Miloserdov, V. Petrakov, C. Astrebov.

1972–73: CSKA Moscow: Andreev, Belov, N. Dyachenko, I. Edeshko, A. Zharmukhamedov, V. Illyuk, Kovalenko, N. Kovyrkin, A. Kulkov, V. Miloserdov, V. Petrakov, C. Astrebov.

1973–74. CSKA Moscow: V. Akimov, Belov, N. Dyachenko, I. Edeshko, A. Zharmukhamedov, V. Illyuk, Kovalenko, N. Kovyrkin, P. Lushenko, V. Miloserdov, V. Petrakov, C. Astrebov

1974–75: Spartak Leningrad: V. Arzamas, A. Belov, A. Bolshakov, L. Ivanov, S. Kuznetsov, A. Makeev, Y. Pavlov, M. Silantyev, V. Fedovrov, Yu. Shtukin, V. Yakovlev.

1975–76: CSKA Moscow: Mr. Avdeev, Belov, N. Dyachenko, I. Edeshko, S. Eremin, A. Zharmukhamedov, Kovalenko, S. Kovalenko, N. Kovyrkin, V. Miloserdov, V. Petrakov, C. Astrebov.

1976–77: CSKA Moscow: Belov, A. Gusev, I. Edeshko, S. Eremin, A. Zharmukhamedov, Kovalenko, S. Kovalenko, A. Lopatov, A. Meleshkin, V. Miloserdov, A. Mishkin, B. Petrakov.

1977–78: CSKA Moscow: V. Arzamas, Belov, A. Gusev, S. Eremin, A. Zharmukhamedov, Kovalenko, S. Kovalenko, A. Lopatov, A. Meleshkin, V. Miloserdov, A. Mishkin, B. Petrakov.

1978–79: CSKA Moscow: Belov, A. Gusev, I. Edeshko, S. Eremin, A. Zharmukhamedov, Kovalenko, S. Kovalenko, A. Lopatov, A. Meleshkin, V. Miloserdov, A. Mishkin, B. Petrakov.

1979–80: CSKA Moscow: Belov, A. Belostenny, S. Eremin, A. Zharmukhamedov, Kovalenko, S. Kovalenko, A. Lopatov, V. Miloserdov, A. Mishkin, Pankrashin, V. Petrakov, S. Tarakanov.

1980–81: CSKA Moscow: Gusev, S. Eremin, Kovalenko, S. Kovalenko, M. Kozhelyanko, V. Kuzmin, A. Lopatov, V. Miloserdov, A. Mishkin, Pankrashin, V. Petrakov, S. Tarakanov.

1981–82: CSKA Moscow: Gusev, S. Eremin, A. Kovtun, M. Kozhelyanko, V. Kuzmin, R. Kurtinaitis, A. Lopatov, A. Meleshkin, V. Miloserdov, A. Mishkin, Pankrashin, S. Tarakanov.

1982–83: CSKA Moscow: Gusev, S. Eremin, V. Kuzmin, A. Lopatov, A. Lyndin, A. Meleshkin, A. Mishkin, Pankrashin, Popov, D. Sukharev, S. Tarakanov, V. Tkachenko.

1983–84: CSKA Moscow: S. Bazarevich, A. Gusev, S. Eremin, A. Ermolinsky, A. Lopatov, A. Mishkin, Pankrashin, Popov, D. Sukharev, S. Tarakanov, V. Tkachenko, H. Enden.

1984–85: Žalgiris Kaunas: M. Arlauskas, A. Brazys, A. Visockas, S. Jovaiša, G. Krapikas, R. Kurtinaitis, M. Lekarauskas, A. Sabonis, V. Chomičius, R. Čivilis, V. Jankauskas.

1985–86: Žalgiris Kaunas: A. Brazys, A. Visockas, S. Jovaiša, G. Krapikas, R. Kurtinaitis, M. Lekarauskas, A. Sabonis, V. Chomičius, R. Čivilis, V. Jankauskas.

1986–87: Žalgiris Kaunas: A. Brazys, A. Visockas, A. Venclovas, S. Jovaiša, G. Krapikas, R. Kurtinaitis, M. Lekarauskas, A. Sabonis, V. Chomičius, R. Čivilis, V. Jankauskas.

1987–88: CSKA Moscow: V. Berezhnoj, Volkov, V. Goborov, Gorin, A. Lopatov, I. Miglinieks, Minaev, Pankrashin, S. Popov, S. Tarakanov, V. Tkachenko, H. Enden.

1988–89: Budivelnyk Kyiv: A. Belostenny, Volkov, E. Dolgov, A. Kovtun, Y. Kosenko, V. Levitsky, E. Murzin, S. Orehov, I. Pinchuk, A. Podkovyrov, Yu. Silvestrov, A. Shaptala, A. Shevchenko.

1989–90: CSKA Moscow: V. Berezhnoj, Gorin, A. Gusev, A. Kornev, S. Kocherin, A. Lopatov, A. Meleshkin, Minaev, S. Popov, G. Rezcov, S. Tarakanov, V. Tkachenko.

1990–91: Kalev Tallinn: S. Babenko, G. Jackson, A. Karavaev, G. Kullamäe, A. Kuusmaa, M. Metstak, A. Nagel, M. Noormets, R. Pehka, I. Saksakulm, T. Sokk, A. Toomiste.

1991–92 (CIS League): Spartak Saint Petersburg: V. Gorin, V. Dolopchi, V. Karasev, J. Kisurin, A. Maltsev, M. Mikhailov, V. Mishnev, S. Panov, Z. Pashutin, A. Potapov, A. Fetisov, G. Schetinin.

Successor leagues

See also

References

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