1977 Soviet Top League
40th season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union
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Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1977 season.
| Season | 1977 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Dinamo Kiev |
| Relegated | Karpaty Lvov, Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev |
| European Cup | Dinamo Kiev |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Shakhter Donetsk |
| UEFA Cup | Dinamo Tbilisi Torpedo Moscow |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 486 (2.03 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | (17) Oleg Blokhin (Dinamo K.) |
← 1976 1978 → | |
Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Dynamo Kyiv won the championship.
League standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dynamo Kyiv (C) |
30 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 51 | 12 | +39 | 43 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 |  Dinamo Tbilisi |
30 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 39 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 |  Torpedo Moscow |
30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 37 | |
| 4 | Dynamo Moscow |
30 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 35 | |
| 5 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
30 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 34 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moscow |
30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 32 | |
| 7 | Chornomorets Odessa |
30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 30 | |
| 8 |  Kairat Alma-Ata |
30 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 29 | |
| 9 | Zaria Voroshilovgrad |
30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 28 | |
| 10 | Zenit Leningrad |
30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 28 | |
| 11 |  Ararat Yerevan |
30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 27 | |
| 12 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 27 | |
| 13 |  Neftchi Baku |
30 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 27 | |
| 14 | CSKA Moscow |
30 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 27 | |
| 15 | Karpaty Lviv (R) |
30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 26 | Relegation to First League |
| 16 | Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev (R) |
30 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 59 | −41 | 11 |
Results
Top scorers
- 17 goals
- Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv)
- 14 goals
- David Kipiani (Dinamo Tbilisi)
- 12 goals
- Yuri Chesnokov (CSKA Moscow)
- 10 goals
- Andrei Yakubik (Dynamo Moscow)
- 9 goals
- Yuri Reznik (Shakhtar)
- Nikolai Smolnikov (Neftchi)
- Vitali Starukhin (Shakhtar)
- 8 goals
- Revaz Chelebadze (Dinamo Tbilisi)
- Vladimir Klementyev (Zenit)
- 7 goals
- Yuri Dubrovny (Karpaty)
- Vladimir Kazachyonok (Dynamo Moscow)
- Boris Kopeikin (CSKA Moscow)
- Khoren Hovhannisyan (Ararat)
- Vyacheslav Semyonov (Zorya Voroshylovhrad)
Attendances
Source:[1]
| No. | Club | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 68,200 |
| 2 | Zenit | 27,667 |
| 3 | Dynamo Kyiv | 26,633 |
| 4 | Ararat | 26,000 |
| 5 | Neftçhi | 25,800 |
| 6 | Kairat | 24,200 |
| 7 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 21,533 |
| 8 | Karpaty Lviv | 18,867 |
| 9 | Dnipro | 18,533 |
| 10 | Dynamo Moscow | 17,667 |
| 11 | Chornomorets | 16,867 |
| 12 | Torpedo | 16,133 |
| 13 | Krylia Sovetov | 12,900 |
| 14 | PFC CSKA | 12,400 |
| 15 | Zorya | 11,567 |
| 16 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 7,467 |