1981 in Soviet football

none the Soviet Union 1981 Top League Dinamo Kiev First League Metallist Kharkov Second League Daugava Riga (Finals 1)Dinamo Kirov (Finals 2)Rotor Volgograd (Finals 3) Soviet Cup SKA Rostov-na-Donu 1980 1982 yes The 1981 Soviet football championship was the 50th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Dinamo Kiev won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the tenth time. Honours CompetitionWinnerRunner-upTop LeagueDinamo Kiev (10)Spartak MoscowFirst LeagueMetallist Kharkov (1)Torpedo KutaisiSecond LeagueFinals 1Daugava RigaKotayk AbovianFinals 2Dynamo KirovKrivbass Krivoi RogFinals 3Rotor VolgogradDinamo BarnaulSoviet CupSKA Rostov-na-Donu (1)Spartak Moscow Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition Soviet Union football championship 1981 Soviet Top League Top League main WDL QR 2 DK Ukrainian SSR Dynamo Kyiv SPA RSFSR Spartak Moscow DTB Georgian SSR Dinamo Tbilisi DYN RSFSR Dynamo Moscow TOR RSFSR Torpedo Moscow CSK RSFSR CSKA Moscow SHK Ukrainian SSR Shakhtar Donetsk DNI Ukrainian SSR Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk DMI Belarusian SSR Dinamo Minsk NEF Azerbaijan SSR Neftchi Baku CHE Ukrainian SSR Chornomorets Odessa KAI Kazakh SSR Kairat Alma-Ata KUB RSFSR Kuban Krasnodar ARA Armenian SSR Ararat Yerevan ZEN RSFSR Zenit Leningrad SKA RSFSR SKA Rostov-on-Don TAV Ukrainian SSR Tavria Simferopol PAK Uzbek SSR Pakhtakor Tashkent 22 9 3 58 26 C 19 8 7 70 40 16 10 8 62 35 15 10 9 41 29 14 14 6 41 29 14 9 11 39 33 12 10 12 51 39 12 8 14 42 53 11 13 10 44 39 11 12 11 34 49 11 9 14 36 44 10 12 12 42 46 11 7 16 42 54 10 9 15 44 50 9 10 15 33 43 8 10 16 39 58 R 8 7 19 27 54 R 7 5 22 34 58 -4 4 points deducted (10 draw limit) -3 3 points deducted (10 draw limit) -2 2 points deducted (10 draw limit) -2 NEF Pakhtakor Tashkent avoided relegation as it received a three year guarantee of no relegation after the 1979 airplane crash. green1 Qualification for European Cup first round CC blue1 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round UC UC UC yellow1 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round CWC red1 Relegation to First League R R complete First League main WDL PR 2 MKH Ukrainian SSR Metalist Kharkiv TKU Georgian SSR Torpedo Kutaisi LMO Russian SFSR Lokomotiv Moscow SYA Russian SFSR Shinnik Yaroslavl KNI Ukrainian SSR Kolos Nikopol ŽVI Lithuanian SSR Žalgiris Vilnius ISM Russian SFSR Iskra Smolensk NKI Moldavian SSR Nistru Kishinev PDU Tajik SSR Pamir Dushanbe FVO Russian SFSR Fakel Voronezh KLV Ukrainian SSR Karpaty Lvov SKO Russian SFSR Spartak Kostroma MZA Ukrainian SSR Metallurg Zaporozhia GLA Georgian SSR Guria Lanchkhuti ZVO Ukrainian SSR Zarya Voroshilovgrad SOD Ukrainian SSR SKA Odessa SKI Ukrainian SSR SKA Kiev BJI Uzbek SSR Buston Dzhizak SKH Russian SFSR SKA Khabarovsk PIF Ukrainian SSR Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk was called Spartak. SOR Russian SFSR Spartak Ordjonikidze KKE Russian SFSR Kuzbass Kemerovo DST Russian SFSR Dinamo Stavropol TPA Kazakh SSR Traktor Pavlodar 25 12 9 68 33 C,P 26 4 16 57 46 P 21 15 10 65 41 21 10 15 68 58 20 11 15 68 53 17 15 14 48 39 17 12 17 48 45 17 12 17 54 51 17 11 18 52 54 17 10 19 45 44 17 10 19 57 60 16 16 14 49 50 16 14 16 57 51 16 13 17 50 56 16 13 17 44 53 16 13 17 62 54 16 10 20 59 71 16 9 21 47 63 16 8 22 50 58 14 13 19 44 56 R 14 12 20 36 49 R 14 12 20 47 51 R 13 14 19 45 60 R 12 15 19 41 65 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. -3 LIMIT -3 LIMIT -4 LIMIT -2 LIMIT -1 LIMIT -1 LIMIT -1 LIMIT -1 LIMIT -2 LIMIT -3 LIMIT green1 Promotion to Top League P P red1 Relegation to Second League R R R R R complete rsssf.com Second League (finals) 1981 Soviet Second League [Oct 26 – Nov 12] Finals 1 main WDL P 2 y y Rep Republic DRI LVA Daugava Riga KAB ARM Kotaik Abovyan NFE UZB Neftyanik Fergana y 3 0 1 11 5 2 0 2 7 9 1 0 3 3 7 inherit Promoted P complete Finals 2 main WDL P 2 y y Rep Republic DKI RUS Dinamo Kirov KKR UKR Krivbass Krivoi Rog AAK KAZ Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk y 3 0 1 9 4 3 0 1 10 6 0 0 4 3 12 inherit Promoted P complete Finals 3 main WDL P 2 y y Rep Republic RVO RUS Rotor Volgograd DBA RUS Dinamo Barnaul TIV RUS Textilshchik Ivanovo y 3 0 1 7 4 1 1 2 5 7 1 1 2 4 5 inherit Promoted P complete rsssf.com Top goalscorers Top League Ramaz Shengelia (Dinamo Tbilisi) – 23 goals First League Ravil Sharipov (Metallurg Zaporozhye) – 26 goals References External links 1981 Soviet football championship. RSSSF 1981