The 1989 Soviet Top League season was the 52nd since its establishment. Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, the defending 2-times champions, came in second this season.
The season began on 11 March with six games played on the date and lasted until 27 October 1989. The season was won by FC Spartak Moscow.
Teams Promoted teams FC Pamir Dushanbe – champion (debut) FC Rotor Volgograd – 2nd place (returning for the first time since 1950 after 39 seasons, known as Torpedo Stalingrad)
Location
Final standings
Results
Top scorers 16 goals Sergey Rodionov (Spartak Moscow)
13 goals Georgi Kondratyev (Chornomorets)
11 goals Igor Dobrovolsky (Dinamo Moscow) Vladimir Grechnev (Torpedo Moscow) Igor Kolyvanov (Dinamo Moscow) Yuri Savichev (Torpedo Moscow) Valeri Shmarov (Spartak Moscow)
10 goals Mykola Kudrytsky (Dnipro)
9 goals Mikhail Rusyayev (Lokomotiv Moscow) Yuri Tarasov (Metalist)
Clean sheets Сухие матчи вратарей Чемпионат СССР 1989. Высшая лига - статистика игроков 17 matches Stanislav Cherchesov (Spartak Moscow)
13 matches Valeri Sarychev (Torpedo Moscow)
11 matches Andrei Manannikov (Pamir Dushanbe) Valdemaras Martinkenas (Zalgiris Vilnius)
10 matches Viktor Chanov (Dynamo Kyiv)
9 matches Dmitriy Kharine (Dynamo Moscow) Valeriy Horodov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk) Ihor Kutepov (Metalist Kharkiv) Mykhailo Mykhailov (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Medal squads (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) 1. FC Spartak Moscow Goalkeepers: Stanislav Cherchesov (30), Aleksei Prudnikov (2). Defenders: Vasili Kulkov (30 / 1), Gennady Morozov (25 / 1), Aleksandr Bokiy (23), Sergei Bazulev (21), Boris Pozdnyakov (17), Yuri Susloparov (12), Aleksandr Bubnov (11), Boris Kuznetsov (5), Dmitri Gradilenko (1), Vladimir Sochnov (1). Midfielders: Fyodor Cherenkov (28 / 7), Yevgeni Kuznetsov (26 / 2), Viktor Pasulko (22 / 3), Igor Shalimov (20 / 1), Vladimir Kapustin (12), Aleksandr Mostovoi (11 / 3), Andrei Ivanov (10), Sergei Novikov (6 / 2), Valeri Shikunov (1). Forwards: Sergey Rodionov (28 / 16), Valeri Shmarov (27 / 11), Dmitri Popov (5).
One own goal each scored by Serhiy Kuznetsov (FC Chornomorets Odesa) and Gennady Lesun (FC Dinamo Minsk).
Manager: Oleg Romantsev.
Transferred out during the season: Aleksandr Bubnov (to Red Star), Vladimir Sochnov, Valeri Shikunov (both to RVShSM-RAF Jelgava). 2. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Goalkeepers: Valeriy Horodov (21), Serhiy Krakovskyi (9). Defenders: Andriy Sydelnykov (29 / 2), Oleksiy Cherednyk (24), Evgeny Yarovenko (20 / 2), Ivan Vyshnevskyi (16), Serhiy Puchkov (15 / 1), Volodymyr Gerashchenko (13), Oleksandr Sorokalet (10), Oleksandr Chervonyi (8), Yuriy Kulish (6), Petro Buts (1). Midfielders: Volodymyr Bahmut (30 / 5), Mykola Kudrytsky (29 / 10), Volodymyr Lyutyi (29 / 7), Andriy Yudin (26 / 3), Vadym Tyshchenko (20 / 3), Anton Shokh (16), Marat Kabayev (1). Forwards: Eduard Son (27 / 6), Yevhen Shakhov (25 / 8), Valentyn Moskvyn (8), Igor Shkvyrin (4).
Manager: Yevhen Kucherevskyi.
Transferred out during the season: Volodymyr Lyutyi (to FC Schalke 04), Ivan Vyshnevskyi (to Fenerbahçe S.K.), Igor Shkvyrin, Marat Kabayev (both to FC Pakhtakor Tashkent). 3. FC Dynamo Kyiv Goalkeepers: Viktor Chanov (22), Aleksandr Zhidkov (10). Defenders: Oleh Kuznetsov (29 / 4), Oleh Luzhnyi (27), Serhiy Shmatovalenko (26), Serhiy Zayets (22 / 4), Andriy Bal (18), Volodymyr Bezsonov (17 / 5), Vladimir Gorilyi (17), Anatoliy Demyanenko (5 / 2), Albert Sarkisyan (3). Midfielders: Hennadiy Lytovchenko (29 / 7), Ivan Yaremchuk (18 / 1), Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (15 / 3), Andrei Kanchelskis (15), Vasyl Rats (13 / 3), Mykhaylo Stelmakh (11 / 1), Pavlo Yakovenko (10). Forwards: Oleh Protasov (26 / 7), Oleg Salenko (26 / 3), Ihor Belanov (18 / 3).
One own goal scored by Aleksei Arifullin (FC Lokomotiv Moscow).
Manager: Valeriy Lobanovskyi.
Transferred out during the season: Ihor Belanov (to Borussia Mönchengladbach).
Number of teams by union republic Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)1 6Dinamo Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, Rotor Volgograd, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Zenit Leningrad2 5Chornomorets Odesa, Dynamo Kyiv, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Metalist Kharkiv, Shakhtar Donetsk3 1Ararat Yerevan Dinamo Minsk Dinamo Tbilisi Zhalgiris Vilnius Pamir Dushanbe
Attendances
No. Club Average 1 Dynamo Kyiv 37,607 2 Spartak Moscow 33,620 3 Rotor 29,733 4 Shakhtar Donetsk 22,833 5 Pamir 20,133 6 Dinamo Tbilisi 19,113 7 Chornomorets 18,700 8 Ararat 18,193 9 Dinamo Minsk 14,733 10 Metalist 14,540 11 Dynamo Moscow 13,813 12 Dnipro 13,767 13 Zenit 11,367 14 Žalgiris 10,307 15 Torpedo Moscow 5,747 16 Lokomotiv Moscow 4,540Source:
References
External links 1989 season at FootballFacts.ru 1989 season. RSSSF 25 лет последнему «полному» чемпионату СССР: судьбы клубов. www.championat.com Чемпионат СССР по футболу 1989. Спартак – Чемпион. Романцев против Лобановского. dzen.ru