1984 Soviet Top League


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 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

Promoted teams

Top scorers

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Medal squads

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1. FC Zenit Leningrad

Goalkeepers: Mikhail Biryukov.

Defenders: Aleksei Stepanov, Sergei Vedeneyev, Anatoli Davydov, Vladimir Dolgopolov, Sergey Kuznetsov, Valeri Zolin, Nikolai Vorobyov, Gennadi Timofeyev.

Midfielders: Valeri Broshin, Yuri Zheludkov, Arkadi Afanasyev, Vyacheslav Melnikov, Dmitri Barannik, Nikolay Larionov, Igor Komarov.

Forwards: Sergey Dmitriev, Vladimir Klementyev, Boris Chukhlov, Yuri Gerasimov, Aleksandr Zakharikov.

Manager: Pavel Sadyrin.

Transferred out during the season: none.
2. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Rinat Dasayev, Stanislav Cherchesov, Andrei Mikhalychev.

Defenders: Vladimir Sochnov, Aleksandr Bubnov, Gennady Morozov, Boris Pozdnyakov, Sergei Bazulev, Sergei Shvetsov, Sergei Shulgin, Almir Kayumov.

Midfielders: Yuri Gavrilov, Yevgeni Kuznetsov, Sergey Shavlo, Yevgeni Sidorov, Fyodor Cherenkov, Guram Adzhoyev, Valeri Gladilin, Oleksandr Baranov.

Forwards: Sergey Rodionov, Mikhail Rusyayev, Jevgeņijs Miļevskis, Oleg Kuzhlev.

Manager: Konstantin Beskov.

Transferred out during the season: none.
3. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Goalkeepers: Serhiy Krakovskyi, Viktor Konsevich.

Defenders: Sergei Bashkirov, Serhiy Puchkov, Oleksandr Lysenko, Mykola Pavlov, Ivan Vyshnevskyi, Petro Kutuzov, Petro Chylibi, Andriy Bobrikov, Anatoliy Nazarenko, Oleksandr Chervonyi.

Midfielders: Hennadiy Lytovchenko, Vyktor Kuznetsov, Andriy Dilay, Volodymyr Bahmut, Oleksiy Cherednyk, Oleh Serebryanskyi, Mykola Fedorenko, Serhiy Khudozhylov, Anatoli Zagrebayev, Volodymyr Ustymchyk.

Forwards: Oleh Protasov, Volodymyr Lyutyi, Oleh Taran.

One own goal scored by Yuri Lykov.
Manager: Volodymyr Yemets.

Transferred out during the season:''' Volodymyr Ustymchyk.

Attendances

Source:
No.ClubAverage
1Dinamo Tbilisi57,247
2Zenit27,288
3Dnipro26,382
4Chornomorets25,253
5Shakhtar Donetsk24,453
6Dynamo Kyiv22,624
7Dinamo Minsk20,771
8Metalist Kharkiv20,565
9Spartak Moscow20,100
10Ararat15,894
11Kairat15,824
12Neftçhi14,635
13Rostov-on-Don13,324
14Dynamo Moscow9,359
15Žalgiris8,806
16Paxtakor8,353
17PFC CSKA8,200
18Torpedo Moscow5,476