1988 Soviet Top League


The 1988 season was the 51st completed season of the USSR Football Championship: Top League. Spartak Moscow, the defending 11-times champions, placed fourth this season.

Teams

Promoted teams

Final standings

Promotion

Top scorers

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Clean sheets

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Medal squads

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1. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Goalkeepers: Valeriy Horodov, Serhiy Krakovskyi, Igor Tyuterev.

Defenders: Sergei Bashkirov, Ivan Vyshnevskyi, Oleksandr Sorokalet, Oleksiy Cherednyk, Serhiy Puchkov, Volodymyr Gerashchenko, Peter Neustädter, Serhiy Bezhenar, Oleksandr Chervonyi, Petro Buts, Oleh Fediukov.

Midfielders: Volodymyr Bahmut, Mykola Kudrytsky, Anton Shokh, Vadym Yevtushenko, Vadym Tyshchenko, Viktor Rafalchuk, Yevhen Pokhlebayev.

Forwards: Eduard Son, Yevhen Shakhov, Volodymyr Lyutyi, Igor Shkvyrin, Andriy Sydelnykov, Oleh Taran, Vasyl Storchak, Oleh Koshelyuk, Konstantin Yeryomenko, Yuriy Leonov, Valentyn Moskvyn.
Manager: Yevhen Kucherevskyi.
Transferred out during the season: Vadym Yevtushenko, Peter Neustädter, Vasyl Storchak.
2. FC Dynamo Kyiv

Goalkeepers: Viktor Chanov, Aleksandr Zhidkov.

Defenders: Anatoliy Demyanenko, Oleh Kuznetsov, Andriy Bal, Serhiy Shmatovalenko, Volodymyr Bezsonov, Ihor Korniyets, Sergei Baltacha, Vladimir Gorilyi.

Midfielders: Vasyl Rats, Hennadiy Lytovchenko, Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko, Oleksandr Zavarov, Ivan Yaremchuk, Andrei Kanchelskis, Pavlo Yakovenko, Serhiy Pohodin, Mykhaylo Stelmakh.

Forwards: Oleh Protasov, Ihor Belanov.
Manager: Valeriy Lobanovskyi.
Transferred out during the season:''' Oleksandr Zavarov (to

Attendances

Source:
No.ClubAverageChangeHighest
1Dynamo Kyiv54,680-5,9%100,000
2Dinamo Tbilisi34,78021,2%66,200
3Zenit32,16750,8%61,000
4Spartak Moscow28,260-23,0%50,400
5Shakhtar Donetsk26,100-13,4%40,000
6Ararat22,440-48,0%39,500
7Kairat20,753-24,3%28,000
8Chornomorets19,927-22,1%38,500
9Dnipro16,933-30,5%30,000
10Dinamo Minsk14,607-36,2%50,000
11Metalist Kharkiv14,313-37,0%33,500
12Neftçhi13,067-64,6%26,000
13Dynamo Moscow11,600-29,7%29,000
14Žalgiris11,167-3,2%18,000
15Lokomotiv Moscow6,33384,7%16,500
16Torpedo Moscow6,167-34,1%15,900