1987 in Soviet football

Football in the Soviet Union
Season	1987
Men's football
Top League	Spartak Moscow
First League	Chernomorets Odessa
Second League	Tavriya Simferopol (Finals 1); Zvezda Perm (Finals 2); Kuban Krasnodar (Finals 3)
Soviet Cup	Dinamo Kiev
	← 1986 1988 →

Season1987

Top LeagueSpartak Moscow

First LeagueChernomorets Odessa

Second LeagueTavriya Simferopol (Finals 1)
Zvezda Perm (Finals 2)
Kuban Krasnodar (Finals 3)

The 1987 Soviet football championship was the 56th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Spartak Moscow won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the eleventh time.

Competition		Winner	Runner-up
Top League		Spartak Moscow (11)	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk
First League		Chernomorets Odessa (3)	Lokomotiv Moscow
Second League	Finals 1	Tavriya Simferopol	Iskra Smolensk
	Group 2	Zvezda Perm	Meliorator Chimkent
	Group 3	Kuban Krasnodar	Nistru Kishinev
Soviet Cup		Dinamo Kiev (8)	Dinamo Minsk

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spartak Moscow (C)	30	16	11	3	49	26	+23	42^[a]	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk	30	15	9	6	42	22	+20	39	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Žalgiris Vilnius	30	14	8	8	43	29	+14	36
4	Torpedo Moscow	30	12	12	6	35	25	+10	34^[b]
5	Dinamo Minsk	30	12	9	9	33	25	+8	33
6	Dynamo Kiev	30	11	10	9	37	27	+10	32
7	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	10	10	10	29	31	−2	30
8	Ararat Erevan	30	13	3	14	32	45	−13	29
9	Neftchi Baku	30	9	10	11	33	30	+3	28
10	Dinamo Moscow	30	9	11	10	27	30	−3	28^[a]
11	Metalist Kharkov	30	10	7	13	23	32	−9	27	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
12	Kairat Alma-Ata	30	10	6	14	27	38	−11	26
13	Dinamo Tbilisi	30	9	7	14	31	40	−9	25
14	Zenit Leningrad	30	7	10	13	25	37	−12	24
15	CSKA Moscow (R)	30	7	11	12	26	35	−9	24^[a]	Relegation to First League
16	Guria Lanchkhuti (R)	30	5	8	17	18	38	−20	18	Relegation to First League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chernomorets Odessa (C, P)	42	25	12	5	68	31	+37	62	Promotion to Top League
2	Lokomotiv Moscow (P)	42	23	13	6	59	26	+33	58^[a]	Promotion to Top League
3	Daugava Riga	42	19	15	8	65	35	+30	50^[a]
4	Pamir Dushanbe	42	19	8	15	55	45	+10	46
5	SKA Karpaty Lvov	42	17	12	13	62	46	+16	46
6	Kuzbass Kemerevo	42	16	14	12	46	36	+10	44^[a]
7	Pakhtakor Tashkent	42	16	12	14	47	44	+3	44
8	Kolos Nikopol	42	15	10	17	58	63	−5	40
9	Metallurg Zaporozhia	42	14	12	16	54	53	+1	40
10	Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don	42	14	13	15	49	55	−6	40^[a]
11	SKA Rostov-on-Don	42	16	7	19	40	56	−16	39
12	Geolog Tyumen	42	15	9	18	45	54	−9	39
13	Kotayk Abovyan	42	15	8	19	55	59	−4	38
14	Shinnik Yaroslavl	42	15	8	19	26	42	−16	38
15	Dynamo Stavropol	42	13	15	14	46	52	−6	38^[a]
16	Zarya Voroshilovgrad	42	13	15	14	46	60	−14	38^[a]
17	Rotor Volgograd	42	13	10	19	45	50	−5	36
18	Spartak Ordjonikidze	42	12	12	18	37	46	−9	36
19	Dinamo Batumi	42	12	11	19	38	45	−7	35
20	Fakel Voronezh (R)	42	11	16	15	35	37	−2	34^[a]	Relegation to Second League
21	Torpedo Kutaisi (R)	42	11	12	19	30	51	−21	34
22	Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev (R)	42	10	12	20	40	60	−20	32

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	UKR	Tavria Simferopol	4	2	1	1	15	7	+8	5	Promoted
2	RUS	Iskra Smolensk	4	2	1	1	7	8	−1	5^[a]
3	GEO	Lokomotiv Samtredia	4	1	0	3	5	12	−7	2

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	RUS	Zvezda Perm	4	3	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Promoted
2	KAZ	Meliorator Chimkent	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	3
3	RUS	SKA Khabarovsk	4	0	2	2	1	4	−3	2^[a]

1987 in Soviet football

Soviet Union football championship

Top League

First League

Second League (finals)

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Top goalscorers

References

External links

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