1990 Soviet Top League

The 1990 Soviet Top League season was the 53rd since its establishment. Spartak Moscow were the defending 12-times champions, but came only fifth this season and marginally qualified for continental competitions. The league was shortened and a total of fourteen teams participated. By the start of the season both Georgian teams had withdrawn followed by another withdrawal from Žalgiris at the start of competition. The league consisted of ten teams contested in the 1989 season and the Army club promoted from the Soviet First League. The representatives of the Baltic states as well as Georgia chose not to take part in the competition.

Soviet Top League
Season1990
DatesMarch 1 — October 20, 1990
ChampionsDynamo Kyiv
(13th season)
European CupDynamo Kyiv
Cup Winners' CupCSKA Moscow
UEFA CupDynamo Moscow
Torpedo Moscow
Spartak Moscow
Top goalscorer(12) Oleh Protasov (Dynamo Kyiv)
Valeri Shmarov (Spartak Moscow)
Biggest home winCSKA – Rotor 7–0
Biggest away winChornomorets – Dynamo K. 0–3
Highest scoringSpartak – CSKA 5–4
← 1989
1991 →

The season began on 1 March with the game between Dnipro and Rotor and lasted until 20 October 1990. The season was won by FC Dynamo Kyiv.

Participating teams

The league was reduced to 13 after first Georgian clubs (Dinamo Tbilisi and Guria Lanchkhuti) and then Žalgiris withdrew from the Soviet Top League.

Lokomotiv Moscow and the last placed Zenit Leningrad of the 1989 Soviet Top League were relegated to the 1990 Soviet First League. Lokomotiv returned to the Soviet First League after two seasons absence, while Zenit was relegated for the first time since being promoted back in 1938 through the club's merger.

Originally two teams were promoted from the 1989 Soviet First League and included PFC CSKA Moscow and FC Guria Lanchkhuti. Just before the start of new season Georgian clubs and Žalgiris left the league.

Withdrawn teams

Locations
Location of teams in the 1990 Soviet Top League.

Stadiums
Stadium Team Opened Capacity Notes
Republican Stadium, Kyiv Dynamo Kyiv 1923 100,062
Olimpic Stadium Luzhniki, Moscow Spartak 1956 81,000
CSKA
Central Stadium Dinamo, Moscow Dinamo Moscow 1928 71,430
Central Stadium Hrazdan, Yerevan Ararat 1970 70,000
BSS Central Stadium, Odesa Chornomorets 1935 55,000
OSC Metalist, Kharkiv Metalist 1926 42,000
Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Dinamo Minsk 1934 40,000
Meteor Stadium, Dnipropetrovsk Dnipro 1966 40,000
Central Stadium, Volgograd Rotor 1962 40,000
Central Stadium Shakhtar, Donetsk Shakhtar 1936 31,718
SC Olimpiyskiy, Moscow Spartak 1980 22,000 used in round 3rd, 4th, 7th, 9th
Frunze Republican Stadium, Dushanbe Pamir 1946 21,400
Torpedo Stadium, Moscow Torpedo 1959 16,000
LFK CSKA, Moscow CSKA 1979 4,000 used in rounds 1st, 2nd, 5th, 10th
Dinamo Moscow used in rounds 1st, 2nd, 5th

Managers
ClubHead coach
FC Dynamo KyivAnatoliy Puzach
PFC CSKA MoscowPavel Sadyrin
FC Dynamo MoscowSemen Altman
FC Torpedo MoscowValentin Ivanov
FC Spartak MoscowOleg Romantsev
FC Dnipro DnipropetrovskYevhen Kucherevskyi
FC Ararat YerevanArmen Sarkisyan
FC Shakhtar DonetskValeriy Yaremchenko
FC Chornomorets OdessaViktor Prokopenko
FC Pamir DushanbeSharif Nazarov
FC Metalist KharkivLeonid Tkachenko
FC Dinamo MinskEduard Malofeyev
FC Rotor VolgogradVladimir Fayzulin
Žalgiris VilniusBenjaminas Zelkevičius

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Rotor Volgograd Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Aleksandr Sevidov 31 May 1990[1] Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Vladimir Fayzulin 1 June 1990[1]
Dinamo Moscow Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Anatoliy Byshovets 31 July 1990[1] Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Semen Altman 1 August 1990[1]
Dinamo Kiev Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Valeriy Lobanovskyi 31 August 1990[1] Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Anatoliy Puzach 1 September 1990[1]

Final standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification[lower-alpha 1]
1 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv (C) 24 14 6 4 44 20 +24 34 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 24 13 5 6 43 26 +17 31 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dinamo Moscow 24 12 7 5 27 24 +3 31 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow 24 13 4 7 28 24 +4 30
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow 24 12 5 7 39 26 +13 29
6 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 24 11 6 7 39 26 +13 28
7 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Ararat Yerevan 24 8 7 9 25 23 +2 23
8 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtar Donetsk 24 6 10 8 23 31 −8 22
9 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Chornomorets Odesa 24 8 3 13 23 29 −6 19
10 Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic Pamir Dushanbe 24 7 4 13 26 34 −8 18
11 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metalist Kharkiv 24 5 8 11 13 28 −15 18
12 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Minsk 24 6 3 15 20 34 −14 15
13 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Rotor Volgograd (R) 24 4 6 14 14 39 −25 14 Qualification for Relegation play-off
14 Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Žalgiris Vilnius[lower-alpha 2] (R) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Withdrew from the league
Source:
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 condition and place determined by the Federation); 2) Total wins; 3) Head-to-head results (3.1. points 3.2. goal difference 3.3. goal scored); 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total games scored; 6) Draw lots[2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Guria and Dinamo Tbilisi never played any games in the league for the season and joined their national competition. Žalgiris joined the 1990 Baltic League which was a regional international competition.
  2. Žalgiris Vilnius withdrew from the championship after losing to Chornomorets 1–0 in Odesa. Žalgiris' record was 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss with 0-1 goal difference and later was annulled. As Žalgiris withdrew, its European berth was transferred to Chornomorets.

Promotion/relegation play-off

(13th team of the Top League and 4th team of the First League)

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lokomotiv Moscow 3–2 Rotor Volgograd 3–1 0–1
Lokomotiv Moscow3 – 1Rotor Volgograd
Samatov 12'
Rybakov 51'
Zhitkov 79'		 Report Fyodorovsky 76'
Attendance: 2,000 (4,600)[3]
Referee: Petro Kobychek (Chernivtsi)

Lokomotiv Moscow won the promotion on 3–2 aggregate

Results
Home \ Away ARA CHO CSK DNI DMN DYK DYN MKH PAM ROT SHA SPA TOR
Ararat Yerevan 1–0 4–0 2–2 3–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–3 0–1
Chornomorets Odessa 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–3 2–3 1–0 3–1 0–0 4–2 1–0 0–1
CSKA Moscow 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 4–1 7–0 4–0 2–1 3–1
Dnipro 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–0 5–1 3–0 4–1 3–1 4–2 1–1 1–0
Dinamo Minsk 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 1–2
Dynamo Kyiv 1–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 4–3
Dynamo Moscow 1–2 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–2
Metalist Kharkiv 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1
Pamir Dushanbe 3–2 0–0 0–2 2–3 3–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 5–1 0–1
Rotor Volgograd 0–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 3–2 0–2 2–2
Shakhtar Donetsk 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–1
Spartak Moscow 4–0 3–1 5–4 2–0 2–1 1–3 1–2 6–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0
Torpedo Moscow 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
12 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals

Clean sheets

11 matches
10 matches
9 matches
8 matches
7 matches

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. FC Dynamo Kyiv

Goalkeepers: Viktor Chanov (21), Aleksandr Zhidkov (4).
Defenders: Serhiy Shmatovalenko (22 / 1), Oleh Kuznetsov (20 / 2), Akhrik Tsveiba (20), Serhiy Zayets (17 / 1), Anatoliy Demyanenko (15), Oleh Luzhnyi (12), Andriy Annenkov (8), Volodymyr Bezsonov (7 / 1), Andriy Bal (4), Borys Derkach (3 / 2), Andriy Aleksanenkov (3), Yuriy Moroz (3).
Midfielders: Hennadiy Lytovchenko (24 / 6), Vasyl Rats (21 / 2), Ivan Yaremchuk (18 / 2), Serhiy Kovalets (11 / 2), Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (8), Pavlo Yakovenko (6).
Forwards: Oleg Salenko (21 / 4), Oleh Protasov (16 / 12), Sergei Yuran (13 / 9).

Manager: Valeriy Lobanovskyi (until September), Anatoliy Puzach (from September).

Transferred out during the season: Oleh Kuznetsov (to Scotland Rangers), Oleh Protasov (to Greece Olympiacos), Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (to Italy Sampdoria).

2. PFC CSKA Moscow

Goalkeepers: Mikhail Yeremin (15), Aleksandr Guteyev (6), Yuri Shishkin (4).
Defenders: Dmitri Bystrov (23 / 1), Dmitri Galiamin (23), Sergei Fokin (21 / 1), Sergei Kolotovkin (20), Oleg Malyukov (16), Viktor Yanushevsky (12).
Midfielders: Valeri Broshin (24 / 5), Dmitri Kuznetsov (22 / 5), Igor Korneev (21 / 8), Vladimir Tatarchuk (21 / 3), Mikhail Kolesnikov (18 / 2), Igor Kozlov (8), Sergei Krutov (2), Aleksandr Grishin (1).
Forwards: Oleg Sergeyev (24 / 6), Sergey Dmitriev (21 / 4), Valeri Masalitin (9 / 8).

Manager: Pavel Sadyrin.

Transferred out during the season: none.

3. FC Dynamo Moscow

Goalkeepers: Aleksandr Uvarov (20), Andrei Smetanin (3), Dmitri Kharine (1).
Defenders: Andrei Chernyshov (22 / 2), Igor Sklyarov (21 / 1), Viktor Losev (20), Andrei Mokh (18 / 2), Yevgeni Smertin (18), Yevgeni Dolgov (16), Vyacheslav Tsaryov (10), Serhiy Protsyuk (9), Andrei Zhirov (2), Ravil Sabitov (2).
Midfielders: Aleksei Sereda (23), Andrey Kobelev (21 / 4), Sergei Derkach (19 / 4), Igor Dobrovolski (15 / 4), Roman Pylypchuk (15 / 2), Aleksandr Zakharov (4), Aleksandr Smirnov (3), Aleksei Yeryomenko (2), Sergei Neyman (1).
Forwards: Sergei Kiriakov (22 / 3), Igor Kolyvanov (19 / 5), Igor Simutenkov (1).

Manager: Anatoli Byshovets (until July), Semen Altman (caretaker, from July).

Transferred out during the season: Aleksandr Smirnov, Ravil Sabitov (both to FC Dinamo Sukhumi).

Number of teams by union republic
Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1  RSFSR 5 CSKA Moscow, Dinamo Moscow, Rotor Volgograd, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow
 Ukrainian SSR Chernomorets Odessa, Dinamo Kiev, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Shakhter Donetsk
3  Armenian SSR 1 Ararat Yerevan
 Belarusian SSR Dinamo Minsk
 Tajik SSR Pamir Dushanbe
 Lithuanian SSR Zhalgiris Vilnius

See also

References
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  2. "ФУТБОЛ - 1990. О ПРОВЕДЕНИЕ СОРЕВНОВАНИЙ. (Football – 1990. 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.
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