1981 Soviet Top League44th season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union
Football league season
Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1981 season.
Overview
It was contested by 18 teams, and Dynamo Kyiv won the championship.
League standings
- ↑ 4 points deducted (10 draw limit)
- ↑ 3 points deducted (10 draw limit)
- 1 2 2 points deducted (10 draw limit)
- ↑ Pakhtakor Tashkent avoided relegation as it received a three-year guarantee of no relegation after the 1979 airplane crash.
Results
Source:
[citation needed]Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top scorers
- 23 goals
- 21 goals
- 19 goals
- 16 goals
- 15 goals
- 14 goals
- 13 goals
- 12 goals
Medal squads
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
| 1. FC Dynamo Kyiv |
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Goalkeepers: Mykhaylo Mykhaylov (25), Yuriy Romenskyi (9).
Defenders: Volodymyr Lozynskyi (34 / 2), Anatoliy Konkov (31), Sergei Baltacha (29), Anatoliy Demyanenko (29 / 2), Oleksandr Boyko (22), Oleksandr Sorokalet (10 / 1), Serhiy Zhuravlyov (5), Viktor Kaplun (5), Yuriy Makhynya (3).
Midfielders: Andriy Bal (30 / 3), Leonid Buryak (29 / 9), Volodymyr Bezsonov (25 / 2), Volodymyr Veremeyev (24 / 4), Yaroslav Dumanskyi (12), Viktor Kolotov (4), Vasyl Rats (2).
Forwards: Vadym Yevtushenko (31 / 8), Oleg Blokhin (29 / 19), Viktor Khlus (28 / 8), Aleksandr Khapsalis (21), Stepan Yurchyshyn (1).
Manager: Valeriy Lobanovskyi.
Transferred out during the season: . |
| 2. FC Spartak Moscow |
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Goalkeepers: Rinat Dasayev (34), Aleksei Prudnikov (1).
Defenders: Vladimir Sochnov (32 / 1), Viktor Samokhin (27 / 1), Oleg Romantsev (25), Alexander Mirzoyan (22), Gennady Morozov (14), Gocha Machaidze (1).
Midfielders: Sergey Shavlo (34 / 8), Fyodor Cherenkov (32 / 4), Sergei Shvetsov (25 / 5), Yevgeni Sidorov (21), Boris Pozdnyakov (14), Manuchar Machaidze (2).
Forwards: Yuri Gavrilov (33 / 21), Edgar Gess (33 / 11), Aleksandr Kalashnikov (32 / 9), Sergey Rodionov (29 / 9), Vladimir Safronenko (12 / 1), Sergei Krestenenko (9), Sergei Argudyayev (2).
Manager: Konstantin Beskov.
Transferred out during the season: . |
| 3. FC Dinamo Tbilisi |
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Goalkeepers: Otar Gabelia (31), Karlo Mchedlidze (5).
Defenders: Nodar Khizanishvili (30), Tengiz Sulakvelidze (29 / 4), Giorgi Tavadze (28 / 1), Aleksandre Chivadze (28 / 2), Shota Khinchagashvili (19), Tamaz Kostava (15), David Mudzhiri (13), Amiran Andguladze (9), Levan Melikia (7), Giorgi Chilaia (4).
Midfielders: Vitaly Daraselia (33 / 2), Zaur Svanadze (33 / 2), Nugzar Kakilashvili (25 / 5), Gocha Dzhohadze (7 / 1), Amiran Minashvili (1).
Forwards: Vladimir Gutsaev (33 / 3), Ramaz Shengelia (31 / 23), Vazha Zhvania (19 / 4), David Kipiani (18 / 8), Revaz Chelebadze (6 / 3), Grigol Tsaava (5).
Manager: Nodar Akhalkatsi.
Transferred out during the season: . |
Attendances
| # | Football club | Average |
| 1 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 47,271 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 37,259 |
| 3 | Kuban | 33,824 |
| 4 | Zenit | 23,871 |
| 5 | Spartak Moscow | 23,241 |
| 6 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 22,812 |
| 7 | Dnipro | 21,100 |
| 8 | Tavriya | 19,059 |
| 9 | Chornomorets | 17,171 |
| 10 | Dinamo Minsk | 16,012 |
| 11 | Ararat | 15,718 |
| 12 | Kairat | 15,553 |
| 13 | Rostov-on-Don | 13,829 |
| 14 | Neftchi | 13,535 |
| 15 | Dynamo Moscow | 10,804 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moscow | 8,176 |
| 17 | PFC CSKA | 7,929 |
| 18 | Paxtakor | 6,894 |
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