1988 in Soviet football

none the Soviet Union 1988 Top League Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk First League Pamir Dushanbe Second League Nistru Kishinev (Finals 1)Torpedo Kutaisi (Finals 2)Fakel Voronezh (Finals 3) Soviet Cup Metallist Kharkov 1987 1989 yes The 1988 Soviet football championship was the 56th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the second time. Honours CompetitionWinnerRunner-upTop LeagueDnepr Dnepropetrovsk (2)Dinamo KievFirst LeaguePamir Dushanbe (1)Rotor VolgogradSecond LeagueFinals 1Nistru KishinevNeftianik FerganaGroup 2Torpedo KutaisiTsement NovorossiyskGroup 3Fakel VoronezhBukovina ChernovtsySoviet CupMetallist Kharkov (1)Torpedo Moscow Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition Soviet Union football championship 1988 Soviet Top League Top League main WDL QR 2 DNI Ukrainian SSR Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk DK Ukrainian SSR Dynamo Kyiv TOR RSFSR Torpedo Moscow SPA RSFSR Spartak Moscow ŽAL Lithuanian SSR Žalgiris Vilnius ZEN RSFSR Zenit Leningrad LOK RSFSR Lokomotiv Moscow SHK Ukrainian SSR Shakhtar Donetsk ARA Armenian SSR Ararat Erevan DMO RSFSR Dinamo Moscow MET Ukrainian SSR Metalist Kharkiv DMI Belarusian SSR Dinamo Minsk CHE Ukrainian SSR Chornomorets Odessa DTB Georgian SSR Dinamo Tbilisi NEF Azerbaijan SSR Neftchi Baku KAI Kazakh SSR Kairat Alma-Ata 18 10 2 49 23 C 17 9 4 43 19 17 8 5 39 23 14 11 5 40 26 14 7 9 39 35 11 9 10 35 34 10 12 8 35 29 9 10 11 30 28 9 9 12 21 28 9 8 13 32 38 8 10 12 29 36 7 11 12 29 34 9 6 15 24 37 9 5 16 28 37 5 7 18 28 46 R 6 4 20 25 53 R -2 2 points deducted (10 draw limited) No draw limit for Spartak M and Dinamo Mn SPA green1 Qualification for European Cup first round CC blue1 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round UC UC UC UC yellow1 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round CWC red1 Relegation to First League R R complete rsssf.com First League main WDL PR 2 PAM Tajik SSR Pamir Dushanbe ROT Russian SFSR Rotor Volgograd CSM Russian SFSR CSKA Moscow GUR Georgian SSR Guria Lanchkhuti PAK Uzbek SSR Pakhtakor Tashkent STV Russian SFSR Dynamo Stavropol SKL Ukrainian SSR SKA Karpaty Lviv DAU Latvian SSR Daugava Riga SRD Russian SFSR SKA Rostov-on-Don RRD Russian SFSR Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don SHY Russian SFSR Shinnik Yaroslavl TYU Russian SFSR Geolog Tyumen ORD Russian SFSR Spartak Ordjonikidze TAV Ukrainian SSR Tavriya Simferopol KUZ Russian SFSR Kuzbass Kemerevo BAT Georgian SSR Dinamo Batumi ZAP Ukrainian SSR Metalurh Zaporizhia KOT Armenian SSR Kotayk Abovyan KUB Russian SFSR Kuban Krasnodar ZVL Ukrainian SSR Zarya Voroshylovhrad ZVP Russian SFSR Zvezda Perm NIK Ukrainian SSR Kolos Nikopol 24 10 8 78 44 C,P 25 7 10 76 37 P 23 10 9 69 35 23 7 12 71 44 21 10 11 64 38 18 11 13 59 46 18 8 16 51 39 18 7 17 56 54 16 10 16 57 64 16 8 18 59 67 16 8 18 48 48 17 5 20 46 58 15 9 18 57 60 13 14 15 34 43 13 14 15 38 39 15 6 21 40 53 12 13 17 30 43 14 7 21 55 83 12 11 19 41 56 11 10 21 44 59 R 10 12 20 37 69 R 10 7 25 31 62 R There was a draw limit for the draws earned, 12. Only twelve draws earn a point, in contrast, over the limit draws earn no points. -2 LIMIT -2 LIMIT -1 LIMIT green1 Promotion to Top League P P red1 Relegation to Second League R R R complete Second League (finals) 1988 Soviet Second League Group 1 main WDL P 2 y y Rep Republic NKI MDA Nistru Kishinev NFE UZB Neftyanik Fergana IOM RUS Irtysh Omsk 3 1 0 7 3 2 1 1 3 2 0 0 4 2 7 inherit Promoted P complete Group 2 main WDL P 2 y y Rep Republic TKU GEO Torpedo Kutaisi CNO RUS Cement Novorossiysk TPA KAZ Traktor Pavlodar 1 3 0 6 3 1 2 1 4 6 1 1 2 5 6 - inherit Promoted P complete Group 3 main WDL P 2 y y Rep Republic FVO RUS Fakel Voronezh BCH UKR Bukovina Chernovtsy UMS RUS UralMash Sverdlovsk 3 0 1 9 2 3 0 1 6 4 0 0 4 1 10 - inherit Promoted P complete rsssf.com Top goalscorers Top League Yevhen Shakhov (Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk), Aleksandr Borodyuk (Dinamo Moscow) – 16 goals First League Aleksandr Nikitin (Rotor Volgograd), Mukhsin Mukhamadiev (Pamir Dushanbe) – 22 goals References External links 1988 Soviet football championship. RSSSF 1988