The 1984 Soviet Top League was the 15th season of the Soviet Top League and 47th since the start of the Soviet top-tier club competitions. It started on March 10 and continued until November 24.
Zenit Leningrad won their first league title, while the defending champion Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk finished third. The league was composed of 18 teams and draw limit was implemented this season of 10 games. There were only allowed two substitutions. Footballers who were on a team list for one team, during the season were not allowed to compete for another except for those who were demobilized from the Soviet Army (sic)Soviet Army was a major branch of the Soviet Armed Forces, but in the regulations was only mentioned the Army. and returned to their home club. Those athletes transferred during the season were not allowed to play against the team for which they played earlier.
Teams
Promoted teams FC Kairat Alma-Ata – champion (returning after a season) SKA Rostov-na-Donu – 2nd place (returning after two seasons)
Location
League standings
Results
Top scorers 19 goals Sergey Andreyev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)
18 goals Hamlet Mkhitaryan (Ararat)
17 goals Oleh Protasov (Dnipro) Yuri Tarasov (Metalist) Yuri Zheludkov (Zenit)
14 goals Andrei Redkous (Torpedo Moscow)
13 goals Sergey Rodionov (Spartak Moscow) Sergei Stukashov (Kairat)
12 goals Georgi Kondratyev (Dinamo Minsk) Yevstafi Pekhlevanidi (Kairat)
Medal squads (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) 1. FC Zenit Leningrad Goalkeepers: Mikhail Biryukov (34). Defenders: Aleksei Stepanov (32 / 2), Sergei Vedeneyev (28 / 1), Anatoli Davydov (27 / 1), Vladimir Dolgopolov (27), Sergey Kuznetsov (22), Valeri Zolin (13), Nikolai Vorobyov (8), Gennadi Timofeyev (6). Midfielders: Valeri Broshin (32 / 4), Yuri Zheludkov (31 / 17), Arkadi Afanasyev (28 / 1), Vyacheslav Melnikov (21 / 3), Dmitri Barannik (19), Nikolay Larionov (9 / 2), Igor Komarov (5 / 2). Forwards: Sergey Dmitriev (30 / 8), Vladimir Klementyev (29 / 10), Boris Chukhlov (28 / 7), Yuri Gerasimov (7 / 1), Aleksandr Zakharikov (6).
Manager: Pavel Sadyrin.
Transferred out during the season: none. 2. FC Spartak Moscow Goalkeepers: Rinat Dasayev (34), Stanislav Cherchesov (2), Andrei Mikhalychev (1). Defenders: Vladimir Sochnov (33 / 2), Aleksandr Bubnov (33 / 1), Gennady Morozov (31), Boris Pozdnyakov (30 / 2), Sergei Bazulev (16), Sergei Shvetsov (11), Sergei Shulgin (3), Almir Kayumov (1). Midfielders: Yuri Gavrilov (34 / 8), Yevgeni Kuznetsov (34 / 5), Sergey Shavlo (32 / 5), Yevgeni Sidorov (26 / 4), Fyodor Cherenkov (25 / 8), Guram Adzhoyev (13 / 1), Valeri Gladilin (12 / 3), Oleksandr Baranov (2). Forwards: Sergey Rodionov (32 / 13), Mikhail Rusyayev (6 / 1), Jevgeņijs Miļevskis (6), Oleg Kuzhlev (5).
Manager: Konstantin Beskov.
Transferred out during the season: none. 3. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Goalkeepers: Serhiy Krakovskyi (31 / 3), Viktor Konsevich (3). Defenders: Sergei Bashkirov (32), Serhiy Puchkov (29 / 2), Oleksandr Lysenko (28 / 2), Mykola Pavlov (19 / 1), Ivan Vyshnevskyi (17), Petro Kutuzov (17), Petro Chylibi (9), Andriy Bobrikov (1), Anatoliy Nazarenko (1), Oleksandr Chervonyi (1). Midfielders: Hennadiy Lytovchenko (33 / 7), Vyktor Kuznetsov (30 / 2), Andriy Dilay (30 / 1), Volodymyr Bahmut (25 / 2), Oleksiy Cherednyk (19 / 2), Oleh Serebryanskyi (13 / 2), Mykola Fedorenko (9), Serhiy Khudozhylov (3), Anatoli Zagrebayev (2), Volodymyr Ustymchyk (2). Forwards: Oleh Protasov (34 / 17), Volodymyr Lyutyi (30 / 8), Oleh Taran (20 / 7).
One own goal scored by Yuri Lykov (FC SKA Rostov-on-Don).
Manager: Volodymyr Yemets.
Transferred out during the season: Volodymyr Ustymchyk (retired).
Number of teams by union republic Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)1 6CSKA Moscow, Dinamo Moscow, SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Zenit Leningrad2 5Chernomorets Odessa, Dinamo Kiev, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Shakhter Donetsk3 1Ararat Yerevan Neftchi Baku Dinamo Minsk Dinamo Tbilisi Kairat Alma-Ata Zhalgiris Vilnius Pakhtakor Tashkent
Attendances
Source:
No. Club Average 1 Dinamo Tbilisi 57,247 2 Zenit 27,288 3 Dnipro 26,382 4 Chornomorets 25,253 5 Shakhtar Donetsk 24,453 6 Dynamo Kyiv 22,624 7 Dinamo Minsk 20,771 8 Metalist Kharkiv 20,565 9 Spartak Moscow 20,100 10 Ararat 15,894 11 Kairat 15,824 12 Neftçhi 14,635 13 Rostov-on-Don 13,324 14 Dynamo Moscow 9,359 15 Žalgiris 8,806 16 Paxtakor 8,353 17 PFC CSKA 8,200 18 Torpedo Moscow 5,476
References
External links 1984 season regulations. football.lg.ua 1984 season calendar. fc-dynamo.ru Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)