| Season | 1987 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Tavriya Simferopol |
| Promoted | Tavriya Simferopol (after playoffs) |
| Relegated | SKA Kiev |
| Top goalscorer | 30 -Viktor Oliynyk(Bukovyna Chernivtsi) andVolodymyr Shyshkov(Spartak Zhytomyr) |
←1986 1988 → | |
1987 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 57th season of association football competition of theUkrainian SSR, which was part of theSoviet Second League.
The 1987 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won for the second time bySC Tavriya Simferopol. Qualified for the interzonal playoffs, the team fromCrimean Oblast managed to gain promotion by winning its group.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tavriya Simferopol(C) | 52 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 125 | 48 | +77 | 80 | Qualified for promotional playoffs |
| 2 | Nyva Ternopil | 52 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 85 | 38 | +47 | 72 | |
| 3 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 52 | 29 | 10 | 13 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 68 | |
| 4 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 52 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 81 | 46 | +35 | 67 | |
| 5 | SKA Odesa | 52 | 25 | 14 | 13 | 64 | 45 | +19 | 64 | |
| 6 | Naftovyk Okhtyrka | 52 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 72 | 48 | +24 | 63 | |
| 7 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 52 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 67 | 49 | +18 | 63 | |
| 8 | Okean Kerch | 52 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 68 | 50 | +18 | 61 | |
| 9 | Vorskla Poltava | 52 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 74 | 59 | +15 | 58 | |
| 10 | Shakhtar Horlivka | 52 | 22 | 13 | 17 | 67 | 58 | +9 | 57 | |
| 11 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 52 | 23 | 10 | 19 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 56 | |
| 12 | Spartak Zhytomyr | 52 | 22 | 12 | 18 | 72 | 59 | +13 | 56 | |
| 13 | Nyva Vinnytsia | 52 | 20 | 13 | 19 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 53 | |
| 14 | Avanhard Rivne | 52 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 52 | |
| 15 | Chayka Sevastopol | 52 | 20 | 9 | 23 | 57 | 63 | −6 | 49 | |
| 16 | Torpedo Lutsk | 52 | 18 | 10 | 24 | 55 | 63 | −8 | 46 | |
| 17 | Sudobudivnyk Mykolaiv | 52 | 17 | 10 | 25 | 52 | 65 | −13 | 44 | |
| 18 | Krystal Kherson | 52 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 54 | 79 | −25 | 42 | |
| 19 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 52 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 59 | 73 | −14 | 42 | |
| 20 | Torpedo Zaporizhzhia | 52 | 12 | 16 | 24 | 54 | 81 | −27 | 40 | |
| 21 | Shakhtar Pavlohrad | 52 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 40 | 59 | −19 | 40 | |
| 22 | Mayak Kharkiv | 52 | 15 | 9 | 28 | 47 | 83 | −36 | 39 | |
| 23 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 52 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 44 | 77 | −33 | 39 | |
| 24 | Desna Chernihiv | 52 | 11 | 17 | 24 | 48 | 80 | −32 | 39 | |
| 25 | Dynamo Irpin | 52 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 39 | |
| 26 | Novator Zhdanov | 52 | 16 | 6 | 30 | 57 | 107 | −50 | 38 | |
| 27 | SKA Kyiv | 52 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 6 | +35 | 37 | Relegation to the Fitness clubs competitions (KFK) |
The following were the top ten goalscorers.
| # | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Oliynyk | 30 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi |
| Volodymyr Shyshkov | Spartak Zhytomyr | ||
| 3 | Ihor Yavorsky | 23 | Nyva Ternopil |
| Serhiy Turyanskyi | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | ||
| 5 | Ivan Shariy | 22 | Vorskla Poltava |