1977 Soviet Top League
40th season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union
Football league season
| Season | 1977 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Dinamo Kiev |
| Relegated | Karpaty Lvov, Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev |
| European Cup | Dinamo Kiev |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Shakhter Donetsk |
| UEFA Cup | Dinamo Tbilisi Torpedo Moscow |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 486 (2.03 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | (17) Oleg Blokhin (Dinamo K.) |
← 1976 1978 → | |
Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1977 season.
Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Dynamo Kyiv won the championship.
League standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dynamo Kyiv (C) | 30 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 51 | 12 | +39 | 43 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 |  Dinamo Tbilisi | 30 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 39 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 |  Torpedo Moscow | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 37 | |
| 4 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 35 | |
| 5 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 30 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 34 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 32 | |
| 7 | Chornomorets Odessa | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 30 | |
| 8 |  Kairat Alma-Ata | 30 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 29 | |
| 9 | Zaria Voroshilovgrad | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 28 | |
| 10 | Zenit Leningrad | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 28 | |
| 11 |  Ararat Yerevan | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 27 | |
| 12 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 27 | |
| 13 |  Neftchi Baku | 30 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 27 | |
| 14 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 27 | |
| 15 | Karpaty Lviv (R) | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 26 | Relegation to First League |
| 16 | Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev (R) | 30 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 59 | −41 | 11 |
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
| Home \ Away | ARA | CHO | CSK | DNI | DYK | DYN | DTB | KAI | KAR | KRY | LOK | NEF | SHA | TOR | ZAR | ZEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ararat Yerevan | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | |
| Chornomorets Odessa | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| CSKA Moscow | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 3–0 | 8–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Dynamo Moscow | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Kairat Alma-Ata | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–3 | |
| Karpaty Lviv | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
| Neftçi Baku | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | |
| Torpedo Moscow | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Zaria Voroshilovgrad | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Zenit Leningrad | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top scorers
- 17 goals
- Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv)
- 14 goals
- David Kipiani (Dinamo Tbilisi)
- 12 goals
- Yuri Chesnokov (CSKA Moscow)
- 10 goals
- Andrei Yakubik (Dynamo Moscow)
- 9 goals
- Yuri Reznik (Shakhtar)
- Nikolai Smolnikov (Neftchi)
- Vitali Starukhin (Shakhtar)
- 8 goals
- Revaz Chelebadze (Dinamo Tbilisi)
- Vladimir Klementyev (Zenit)
- 7 goals
- Yuri Dubrovny (Karpaty)
- Vladimir Kazachyonok (Dynamo Moscow)
- Boris Kopeikin (CSKA Moscow)
- Khoren Hovhannisyan (Ararat)
- Vyacheslav Semyonov (Zorya Voroshylovhrad)
References
- Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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| Gruppa "A" (Group A) | |
|---|---|
| Pervaya Gruppa (First Group) | |
| Klass "A" (Class A) | |
| Vysshaya Liga (Top League) |
- Dinamo Kiev (13)
- Spartak Moscow (12)
- Dinamo Moscow (11)
- CSKA Moscow (7)
- Torpedo Moscow (3)
- Dinamo Tbilisi (2)
- Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk (2)
- Zenit Leningrad (1)
- Dinamo Minsk (1)
- Ararat Yerevan (1)
- Zaria Voroshilovgrad (1)
