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Soviet Top League
	Founded
	1936
	Dissolved
	1991
	Nation
	Soviet Union
	Level on Pyramid
	Level 1
	Promotion from
	Soviet First League
	Number of Seasons
	54
	Most wins
	Dynamo Kyiv (13)
	Last title holder
	CSKA Moscow

The Soviet Top League (Russian: Высшая лига^[1]) was the top division of Soviet Union football.

[edit] Champions and top goalscorers

Season	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Position	Top Goalscorer
1936 (spring)	Dynamo Moscow	Dynamo Kyiv	Spartak Moscow	Mikhail Semichastny (Dynamo Moscow, 6 goals)
1936 (autumn)	Spartak Moscow	Dynamo Moscow	Dinamo Tbilisi	Georgy Glazkov (Spartak Moscow, 7 goals)
1937	Dynamo Moscow	Spartak Moscow	Dynamo Kyiv	Vasily Smirnov (Dynamo Moscow, 8 goals)
1938	Spartak Moscow	CDKA Moscow	Metallurg Moscow	Aleksandr Ponomaryov (Traktor Stalingrad, 19 goals)
1939	Spartak Moscow	Dinamo Tbilisi	CDKA Moscow	Grigory Fedotov (CDKA Moscow, 21 goals)
1940	Dynamo Moscow	Dinamo Tbilisi	Spartak Moscow	Sergei Solovyov (Dynamo Moscow, 21 goals)
1941	Cancelled on June 24th due to World War II
1945	Dynamo Moscow	CDKA Moscow	Torpedo Moscow	Vsevolod Bobrov (CDKA Moscow, 24 goals)
1946	CDKA Moscow	Dynamo Moscow	Dinamo Tbilisi	Aleksandr Ponomaryov (Torpedo Moscow, 18 goals)
1947	CDKA Moscow	Dynamo Moscow	Dinamo Tbilisi	Vsevolod Bobrov (CDKA Moscow, 14 goals) Valentin Nikolayev (CDKA Moscow, 14 goals)
1948	CDKA Moscow	Dynamo Moscow	Spartak Moscow	Sergei Solovyov (Dynamo Moscow, 25 goals)
1949	Dynamo Moscow	CDKA Moscow	Spartak Moscow	Nikita Simonyan (Spartak Moscow, 26 goals)
1950	CDKA Moscow	Dynamo Moscow	Dinamo Tbilisi	Nikita Simonyan (Spartak Moscow, 34 goals)
1951	CDSA Moscow	Dinamo Tbilisi	Shakhter Stalino	Avtandil Gogoberidze (Dinamo Tbilisi, 16 goals)
1952	Spartak Moscow	Dynamo Kyiv	Dynamo Moscow	Andrey Zazroyev (Dynamo Kyiv, 11 goals)
1953	Spartak Moscow	Dinamo Tbilisi	Torpedo Moscow	Nikita Simonyan (Spartak Moscow, 14 goals)
1954	Dynamo Moscow	Spartak Moscow	Spartak Minsk	Anatoli Ilyin (Spartak Moscow, 11 goals) Vladimir Ilyin (Dynamo Moscow, 11 goals) Antonin Sochnev (Trudovye Reservy Leningrad, 11 goals)
1955	Dynamo Moscow	Spartak Moscow	CDSA Moscow	Eduard Streltsov (Torpedo Moscow, 15 goals)
1956	Spartak Moscow	Dynamo Moscow	CDSA Moscow	Vasily Buzunov (ODO Sverdlovsk, 17 goals)
1957	Dynamo Moscow	Torpedo Moscow	Spartak Moscow	Vasily Buzunov (CSK MO Moscow, 16 goals)
1958	Spartak Moscow	Dynamo Moscow	CSK MO Moscow	Anatoli Ilyin (Spartak Moscow, 19 goals)
1959	Dynamo Moscow	Lokomotiv Moscow	Dinamo Tbilisi	Zaur Kaloyev (Dinamo Tbilisi, 16 goals)
1960	Torpedo Moscow	Dynamo Kyiv	Dynamo Moscow	Zaur Kaloyev (Dinamo Tbilisi, 20 goals) Gennady Gusarov (Torpedo Moscow, 20 goals)
1961	Dynamo Kyiv	Torpedo Moscow	Spartak Moscow	Gennady Gusarov (Torpedo Moscow, 22 goals)
1962	Spartak Moscow	Dynamo Moscow	Dinamo Tbilisi	Eduard Markarov (Neftyanik Baku, 16 goals) Yury Sevidov (Spartak Moscow, 16 goals) Boris Kazakov (Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev, 16 goals) Mikhail Mustygin (Belarus Minsk, 16 goals)
1963	Dynamo Moscow	Spartak Moscow	Dinamo Minsk	Oleg Kopaev (SKA Rostov-on-Don, 27 goals)
1964	Dinamo Tbilisi	Torpedo Moscow	CSKA Moscow	Vladimir Fedotov (CSKA Moscow, 16 goals)
1965	Torpedo Moscow	Dynamo Kyiv	CSKA Moscow	Oleg Kopaev (SKA Rostov-on-Don, 18 goals)
1966	Dynamo Kyiv	SKA Rostov-on-Don	Neftyanik Baku	Ilya Datunashvili (Dinamo Tbilisi, 20 goals)
1967	Dynamo Kyiv	Dynamo Moscow	Dinamo Tbilisi	Mikhail Mustygin (Dinamo Minsk, 19 goals)
1968	Dynamo Kyiv	Torpedo Moscow	Spartak Moscow	Georgi Gavasheli (Dinamo Tbilisi, 22 goals) Berador Abduraimov (Pakhtakor Tashkent, 22 goals)
1969	Spartak Moscow	Dynamo Kyiv	Dinamo Tbilisi	Nikolai Osyanin (Spartak Moscow, 16 goals) Vladimir Proskurin (SKA Rostov-on-Don, 16 goals) Dzhemal Kherhadze (Torpedo Kutaisi, 16 goals)
1970	CSKA Moscow	Dynamo Moscow	Spartak Moscow	Givi Nodia (Dinamo Tbilisi, 17 goals)
1971	Dynamo Kyiv	Ararat Yerevan	Dinamo Tbilisi	Eduard Malofeev (Dinamo Minsk, 16 goals)
1972	Zorya Voroshilovgrad	Dynamo Kyiv	Dinamo Tbilisi	Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv, 14 goals)
1973	Ararat Yerevan	Dynamo Kyiv	Dynamo Moscow	Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv, 18 goals)
1974	Dynamo Kyiv	Spartak Moscow	Chornomorets Odessa	Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv, 20 goals)
1975	Dynamo Kyiv	Shakhtar Donetsk	Dynamo Moscow	Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv, 18 goals)
1976 (spring)	Dynamo Moscow	Ararat Yerevan	Dinamo Tbilisi	Arkady Andreasian (Ararat Yerevan, 8 goals)
1976 (autumn)	Torpedo Moscow	Dynamo Kyiv	Dinamo Tbilisi	Aleksandr Markin (Zenit Leningrad, 13 goals)
1977	Dynamo Kyiv	Dinamo Tbilisi	Torpedo Moscow	Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv, 17 goals)
1978	Dinamo Tbilisi	Dynamo Kyiv	Shakhtar Donetsk	Georgi Yartsev (Spartak Moscow, 19 goals)
1979	Spartak Moscow	Shakhtar Donetsk	Dynamo Kyiv	Vitaliy Starukhin (Shakhtar Donetsk, 26 goals)
1980	Dynamo Kyiv	Spartak Moscow	Zenit Leningrad	Sergey Andreev (SKA Rostov-on-Don, 20 goals)
1981	Dynamo Kyiv	Spartak Moscow	Dinamo Tbilisi	Ramaz Shengelia (Dinamo Tbilisi, 23 goals)
1982	Dinamo Minsk	Dynamo Kyiv	Spartak Moscow	Andrei Yakubik (Pakhtakor Tashkent, 23 goals)
1983	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Spartak Moscow	Dinamo Minsk	Yuri Gavrilov (Spartak Moscow, 18 goals)
1984	Zenit Leningrad	Spartak Moscow	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Sergey Andreev (SKA Rostov-on-Don, 20 goals)
1985	Dynamo Kyiv	Spartak Moscow	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Oleg Protasov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, 35 goals)
1986	Dynamo Kyiv	Dynamo Moscow	Spartak Moscow	Aleksandr Borodyuk (Dynamo Moscow, 21 goals)
1987	Spartak Moscow	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Žalgiris Vilnius	Oleg Protasov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, 18 goals)
1988	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Dynamo Kyiv	Torpedo Moscow	Yevhen Shakhov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, 16 goals) Aleksandr Borodyuk (Dynamo Moscow, 16 goals)
1989	Spartak Moscow	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Dynamo Kyiv	Sergey Rodionov (Spartak Moscow, 16 goals)
1990	Dynamo Kyiv	CSKA Moscow	Dynamo Moscow	Oleg Protasov (Dynamo Kyiv, 12 goals) Valery Shmarov (Spartak Moscow, 12 goals)
1991	CSKA Moscow	Spartak Moscow	Torpedo Moscow	Igor Kolyvanov (Dynamo Moscow, 18 goals)

[edit] Overall Statistics

[edit] Performance by club

Club	Winners	Runners-Up	3rd Position	Years Won
Dynamo Kyiv	13	11	3	1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990
Spartak Moscow	12	12	10	1936a, 1938, 1939, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1962, 1969, 1979, 1987, 1989
Dynamo Moscow	11	11	5	1936s, 1937, 1940, 1945, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1976s
CSKA Moscow	7	4	6	1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1970, 1991
Torpedo Moscow	3	3	6	1960, 1965, 1976a
Dinamo Tbilisi	2	5	13	1964, 1978
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2	2	2	1983, 1988
Ararat Yerevan	1	2		1973
Dinamo Minsk	1		3	1982
Zenit Leningrad	1		1	1984
Zorya Voroshilovgrad	1			1972
Shakhtar Donetsk		2	2
Lokomotiv Moscow		1
SKA Rostov-on-Don		1
Metallurg Moscow			1
Neftchi Baku			1
Chornomorets Odessa			1
Žalgiris Vilnius			1

[edit] Performance by republic

Republic	Winners	Runners-Up	3rd Position	Appearances	Winning Clubs
Russian SFSR	34	32	28	416	Spartak Moscow (12) Dynamo Moscow (11) CSKA Moscow (7) Torpedo Moscow (3) Zenit Leningrad (1)
Ukrainian SSR	16	15	8	191	Dynamo Kyiv (13) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2) Zorya Voroshilovgrad (1)
Georgian SSR	2	5	13	68	Dinamo Tbilisi (2)
Armenian SSR	1	2		33	Ararat Yerevan (1)
Byelorussian SSR	1		3	39	Dinamo Minsk (1)
Azerbaijan SSR			1	29
Lithuanian SSR			1	11
Kazakh SSR				24
Uzbek SSR				22
Moldavian SSR				7
Latvian SSR				7
Tajik SSR				3
Estonian SSR				2

Republics never represented at top-level were the Turkmen SSR and the Kyrgyz SSR

[edit] All-time table

Team	Republic	Seasons	First season	Last season	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals for	Goals against	Points¹	1st	2nd	3rd
Spartak Moscow	RUS	53	1936	1991	1453	722	385	346	2483	1467	1821	12	12	9
Dynamo Kyiv	UKR	54	1936	1991	1483	681	456	346	2306	1566	1810	13	11	3
Dynamo Moscow	RUS	54	1936	1991	1485	707	404	374	2435	1457	1805	11	11	5
Dinamo Tbilisi	GEO	51	1936	1989	1424	621	406	397	2176	1677	1642	2	5	13
Torpedo Moscow	RUS	51	1938	1991	1455	601	433	421	2059	1656	1613	3	3	6
CSKA Moscow^[2]	RUS	48	1936	1991	1326	585	363	378	2030	1451	1524	7	4	6
Zenit Leningrad^[3]	RUS	49	1938	1989	1402	464	411	527	1725	1914	1328	1	-	1
Shakhtar Donetsk^[4]	UKR	44	1938	1991	1288	434	379	475	1522	1641	1241	-	2	2
Ararat Yerevan^[5]	ARM	33	1949	1991	1026	352	280	394	1150	1306	972	1	2	-
Dinamo Minsk	BLR	33	1945	1991	985	327	300	358	1109	1202	940	1	-	2
Lokomotiv Moscow	RUS	38	1936	1991	1001	303	289	409	1218	1431	888	-	1	-
Neftchi Baku^[6]	AZE	27	1949	1988	884	253	270	361	907	1141	771	-	-	1
Chornomorets Odessa^[7]	UKR	26	1938	1991	789	260	230	299	841	986	744	-	-	1
Kairat Almaty	KAZ	24	1960	1988	780	226	234	320	742	983	678	-	-	-
Pakhtakor Tashkent	UZB	22	1960	1991	722	212	211	299	805	1035	629	-	-	-
SKA Rostov-on-Don^[8]	RUS	21	1959	1985	680	218	194	268	843	911	620	-	1	-
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	UKR	19	1972	1991	554	227	154	173	729	634	604	2	2	2
Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev^[9]	RUS	26	1946	1979	715	185	209	321	675	996	579	-	-	-
Metalist Kharkiv^[10]	UKR	14	1960	1991	438	133	124	181	413	530	390	-	-	-
Zorya Voroshilovgrad	UKR	14	1967	1979	412	125	135	152	416	469	377	1	-	-
Dynamo Leningrad	RUS	17	1936	1963	397	135	102	160	589	649	372	-	-	-
Torpedo Kutaisi	GEO	13	1962	1986	439	104	129	206	395	655	335	-	-	-
Žalgiris Vilnius^[11]	LIT	11	1953	1989	330	107	93	130	349	463	305	-	-	1
Rotor Volgograd^[12]	RUS	11	1938	1990	293	91	66	136	352	488	248	-	-	-
Nistru Chişinău^[13]	MLD	11	1956	1983	312	69	84	159	312	534	222	-	-	-
Karpaty Lviv	UKR	9	1971	1980	244	68	85	91	250	301	218	-	-	-
VVS Moscow	RUS	6	1947	1952	161	58	32	71	235	270	148	-	-	-
Daugava Riga	LAT	7	1949	1962	203	51	48	104	198	311	150	-	-	-
Krylya Sovetov Moscow	RUS	6	1938	1948	143	32	39	72	145	259	103	-	-	-
Metallurg Moscow	RUS	4	1937	1940	91	40	17	34	173	170	97	-	-	1
Lokomotyv Kharkiv	UKR	4	1949	1954	34	23	57	47	112	176	91	-	-	-
Kuban Krasnodar	RUS	3	1980	1982	102	29	26	47	111	145	84	-	-	-
Admiralteyets Leningrad	RUS	3	1958	1961	84	26	17	41	122	149	69	-	-	-
Pamir Dushanbe	TJK	3	1989	1991	84	21	27	36	74	104	69	-	-	-
Elektrik Leningrad^[14]	RUS	5	1936	1939	80	22	18	40	112	163	62	-	-	-
Fakel Voronezh^[15]	RUS	2	1961	1985	66	20	17	29	63	83	57	-	-	-
Trudovye Rezervy Leningrad	RUS	3	1954	1956	68	16	23	29	82	113	55	-	-	-
Volga Gorky^[16]	RUS	3	1951	1964	85	14	27	44	58	143	55	-	-	-
Spartak Tbilisi	GEO	2	1950	1951	64	21	11	32	82	109	53	-	-	-
Spartak Minsk	BLR	3	1954	1957	68	15	19	34	53	95	49	-	-	1
Spartak Vladikavkaz	RUS	2	1970	1991	62	16	16	30	64	89	48	-	-	-
SKA Odessa	UKR	2	1965	1966	68	4	19	45	38	121	27	-	-	-
Metalurh Zaporizhya	UKR	1	1991	1991	30	9	7	14	27	38	25	-	-	-
VMS Moscow	RUS	1	1951	1951	28	7	9	12	30	50	23	-	-	-
Tavriya Simferopol	UKR	1	1981	1981	34	8	7	19	27	54	23	-	-	-
Silmash Kharkiv	UKR	1	1938	1938	25	8	6	11	34	45	22	-	-	-
Uralmash Sverdlovsk	RUS	1	1969	1969	34	7	8	19	19	39	22	-	-	-
Stalinets Moscow	RUS	1	1938	1938	25	8	5	12	36	44	21	-	-	-
Lokomotyv Kyiv	UKR	1	1938	1938	25	8	5	12	43	64	21	-	-	-
Shinnik Yaroslavl	RUS	1	1964	1964	32	6	9	17	20	48	21	-	-	-
Dynamo Rostov-on-Don	RUS	1	1938	1938	25	7	6	12	39	43	20	-	-	-
Temp Baku	AZE	1	1938	1938	25	6	8	11	33	40	20	-	-	-
Spartak Leningrad	RUS	1	1938	1938	25	6	8	11	30	39	20	-	-	-
Kalev Tallinn	EST	2	1960	1961	58	3	14	41	46	146	20	-	-	-
Dynamo Kirovabad	AZE	1	1968	1968	38	5	9	24	25	59	19	-	-	-
Guria Lanchkhuti	GEO	1	1987	1987	30	5	8	17	18	38	18	-	-	-
Spartak Kharkiv	UKR	1	1938	1938	25	5	7	13	43	63	17	-	-	-
Zenit (Bolshevik) Leningrad	RUS	1	1938	1938	25	7	3	15	35	57	17	-	-	-
ODO Sverdlovsk	RUS	1	1956	1956	22	6	4	12	31	45	16	-	-	-
Pishchevik Moscow	RUS	1	1938	1938	25	5	6	14	25	53	16	-	-	-
Lokomotiv Tbilisi	GEO	1	1938	1938	25	5	5	15	44	62	15	-	-	-
Kalinin city team	RUS	1	1952	1952	13	5	4	4	19	19	14	-	-	-
Burevestnik Moscow	RUS	1	1938	1938	25	4	4	17	28	87	12	-	-	-

¹Two points for a win. In 1973, a point for a draw was awarded only to a team that won the subsequent penalty shootout. In 1978–1988, the number of draws for which points were awarded was limited.

[edit] See also

National leagues of the former Soviet republics

[edit] References

^ Ukrainian: Вища ліга; Belarusian: Вышэйшая ліга
^ Includes appearances as CDKA Moscow, CDSA Moscow, and CSK MO Moscow, see club history at KLISF
^ Includes appearances as Stalinets Leningrad, see club history at KLISF
^ Includes appearances as Stakhanovets Stalino, see club history at KLISF
^ Includes appearances as Dynamo Yerevan and Spartak Yerevan, see club history at KLISF
^ Includes appearances as Neftyanik Baku, see club history at KLISF
^ Includes appearances as Dynamo Odessa, see club history at KLISF
^ Includes appearance as SKVO Rostov-on-Don, see club history at KLISF
^ Includes appearance as Zenit Kuybyshev, see club history at KLISF
^ Includes appearances as Avangard Kharkov, see club history at KLISF
^ Includes appearances as Spartak Vilnius, see club history at KLISF
^ Includes appearances as Traktor Stalingrad and Torpedo Stalingrad, see club history at KLISF
^ Includes appearances as Burevestnik Kishinev and Moldova Kishinev, see club history at KLISF
^ Includes appearances as Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad, see club history at KLISF
^ Includes appearance as Trud Voronezh, see club history at KLISF
^ Includes appearances as Torpedo Gorky, see club history at KLISF

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[0] Ukrainian: Вища ліга; Belarusian: Вышэйшая ліга

[1] Includes appearances as CDKA Moscow, CDSA Moscow, and CSK MO Moscow, see club history at KLISF

[2] Includes appearances as Stalinets Leningrad, see club history at KLISF

[3] Includes appearances as Stakhanovets Stalino, see club history at KLISF

[4] Includes appearances as Dynamo Yerevan and Spartak Yerevan, see club history at KLISF

[5] Includes appearances as Neftyanik Baku, see club history at KLISF

[6] Includes appearances as Dynamo Odessa, see club history at KLISF

[7] Includes appearance as SKVO Rostov-on-Don, see club history at KLISF

[8] Includes appearance as Zenit Kuybyshev, see club history at KLISF

[9] Includes appearances as Avangard Kharkov, see club history at KLISF

[10] Includes appearances as Spartak Vilnius, see club history at KLISF

[11] Includes appearances as Traktor Stalingrad and Torpedo Stalingrad, see club history at KLISF

[12] Includes appearances as Burevestnik Kishinev and Moldova Kishinev, see club history at KLISF

[13] Includes appearances as Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad, see club history at KLISF

[14] Includes appearance as Trud Voronezh, see club history at KLISF

[15] Includes appearances as Torpedo Gorky, see club history at KLISF

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