| Season | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 11 — October 27, 1989 |
| Champions | FC Spartak Moscow (12th season) |
| Relegated | Lokomotiv Moscow Zenit Leningrad Dinamo Tbilisi (withdrew) Guria Lanchkhuti (withdrew) |
| European Cup | Spartak Moscow |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Dynamo Kyiv |
| UEFA Cup | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Torpedo Moscow Chernomorets Odessa |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 522 (2.18 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | (16)Sergei Radionov (Spartak Moscow) |
←1988 1990 → | |
The1989Soviet 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 byFC Spartak Moscow.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 49 | 19 | +30 | 44 | Qualification forEuropean Cup first round | |
| 2 | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 42 | Qualification forUEFA Cup first round | |
| 3 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 44 | 27 | +17 | 38 | Qualification forCup Winners' Cup first round | |
| 4 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 36 | Surrendered its qualification for UEFA competitions | |
| 5 | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 35 | Qualification forUEFA Cup first round | |
| 6 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 31 | Qualification forUEFA Cup first round[a] | |
| 7 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 30 | ||
| 8 | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 30 | ||
| 9 | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 29 | ||
| 10 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 27 | ||
| 11 | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 41 | −16 | 24 | ||
| 13 | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 38 | −18 | 24 | ||
| 14 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 36 | −12 | 23 | ||
| 15 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 32 | −12 | 23 | Relegation toFirst League | |
| 16 | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 48 | −24 | 19 |
| Home \ Away | ARA | CHO | DNI | DYK | DMN | DYN | DTB | LOK | MKH | PAM | ROT | SHA | SPA | TOR | ŽAL | ZEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ararat Yerevan | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
| Chornomorets Odessa | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
| Dnipro | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |
| Dinamo Minsk | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Dynamo Moscow | 6–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |
| Metalist Kharkiv | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | |
| Pamir Dushanbe | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| Rotor Volgograd | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Spartak Moscow | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | |
| Torpedo Moscow | 2–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
| Žalgiris Vilnius | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | |
| Zenit Leningrad | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)