1988 in Soviet football

The1988 Soviet football championship was the 56th seasons of competitivefootball in theSoviet Union.Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the second time.

Football in the Soviet Union

Season

1988

Men's football

Top League

Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk

First League

Pamir Dushanbe

Second League

Nistru Kishinev(Finals 1)
Torpedo Kutaisi(Finals 2)
Fakel Voronezh(Finals 3)

Soviet Cup

Metallist Kharkov

← 1987

1989 →

Honours

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Competition		Winner	Runner-up
Top League		Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk (2)	Dinamo Kiev
First League		Pamir Dushanbe (1)	Rotor Volgograd
Second League	Finals 1	Nistru Kishinev	Neftianik Fergana
	Group 2	Torpedo Kutaisi	Tsement Novorossiysk
	Group 3	Fakel Voronezh	Bukovina Chernovtsy
Soviet Cup		Metallist Kharkov (1)	Torpedo Moscow

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Soviet Union football championship

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Main article:1988 Soviet Top League

Top League

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk(C)	30	18	10	2	49	23	+26	46	Qualification forEuropean Cup first round
2	Dynamo Kyiv	30	17	9	4	43	19	+24	43	Qualification forUEFA Cup first round
3	Torpedo Moscow	30	17	8	5	39	23	+16	42	Qualification forCup Winners' Cup first round
4	Spartak Moscow	30	14	11	5	40	26	+14	39^[a]	Qualification forUEFA Cup first round
5	Žalgiris Vilnius	30	14	7	9	39	35	+4	35
6	Zenit Leningrad	30	11	9	10	35	34	+1	31
7	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	10	12	8	35	29	+6	30^[b]
8	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	9	10	11	30	28	+2	28
9	Ararat Erevan	30	9	9	12	21	28	−7	27
10	Dinamo Moscow	30	9	8	13	32	38	−6	26
11	Metalist Kharkiv	30	8	10	12	29	36	−7	26
12	Dinamo Minsk	30	7	11	12	29	34	−5	25^[a]
13	Chornomorets Odessa	30	9	6	15	24	37	−13	24
14	Dinamo Tbilisi	30	9	5	16	28	37	−9	23
15	Neftchi Baku(R)	30	5	7	18	28	46	−18	17	Relegation toFirst League
16	Kairat Alma-Ata(R)	30	6	4	20	25	53	−28	16	Relegation toFirst League

Source:rsssf.com
(C) Champions;(R) Relegated
Notes:

^^a ^bNo draw limit for Spartak M and Dinamo Mn
^2 points deducted (10 draw limited)

First League

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Pamir Dushanbe(C, P)	42	24	10	8	78	44	+34	58	Promotion toTop League
2	Rotor Volgograd(P)	42	25	7	10	76	37	+39	57	Promotion toTop League
3	CSKA Moscow	42	23	10	9	69	35	+34	56
4	Guria Lanchkhuti	42	23	7	12	71	44	+27	53
5	Pakhtakor Tashkent	42	21	10	11	64	38	+26	52
6	Dynamo Stavropol	42	18	11	13	59	46	+13	47
7	SKA Karpaty Lviv	42	18	8	16	51	39	+12	44
8	Daugava Riga	42	18	7	17	56	54	+2	43
9	SKA Rostov-on-Don	42	16	10	16	57	64	−7	42
10	Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don	42	16	8	18	59	67	−8	40
11	Shinnik Yaroslavl	42	16	8	18	48	48	0	40
12	Geolog Tyumen	42	17	5	20	46	58	−12	39
13	Spartak Ordjonikidze	42	15	9	18	57	60	−3	39
14	Tavriya Simferopol	42	13	14	15	34	43	−9	38^[a]
15	Kuzbass Kemerevo	42	13	14	15	38	39	−1	38^[a]
16	Dinamo Batumi	42	15	6	21	40	53	−13	36
17	Metalurh Zaporizhia	42	12	13	17	30	43	−13	36^[a]
18	Kotayk Abovyan	42	14	7	21	55	83	−28	35
19	Kuban Krasnodar	42	12	11	19	41	56	−15	35
20	Zarya Voroshylovhrad(R)	42	11	10	21	44	59	−15	32	Relegation toSecond League
21	Zvezda Perm(R)	42	10	12	20	37	69	−32	32
22	Kolos Nikopol(R)	42	10	7	25	31	62	−31	27