Statistics of
Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991.
The professional top level ...
for the 1982 season.
Overview
It was contested by 18 teams, and
Dinamo Minsk won the championship.
The rules stated that a team could only have a maximum of 10 draws; all points from matches draw since the eleventh wouldn't be counted.
League standings
Results
Top scorers
;23 goals
*
Andrei Yakubik (Pakhtakor)
;18 goals
*
Merab Megreladze (Torpedo Kutaisi)
;16 goals
*
Ramaz Shengelia
Ramaz Shengelia ( ka, რამაზ შენგელია; 1 January 1957 – 21 June 2012) was a Georgian and Soviet football player.
Club career
Born in Kutaisi, Shengelia started career in his hometown club Torpedo Kutaisi in 1968. He sp ...
(Dinamo Tbilisi)
*
Aleksandr Tarkhanov (CSKA)
;13 goals
*
Igor Gurinovich (Dinamo Minsk)
;12 goals
*
Boris Chukhlov (Zenit)
*
Valery Gazzaev
Valery Georgiyevich Gazzaev (russian: Вале́рий Гео́ргиевич Газза́ев; os, Гæззаты Георгийы фырт Валери, translit=Gæzzaty Georgijy fyrt Valeri; born 7 August 1954) is a Russian politician, foot ...
(Dynamo Moscow)
*
Khoren Hovhannisyan
Khoren Oganesian ( hy, Խորեն Հովհաննիսյան; born 10 January 1955), also known as Khoren Hovhannisyan, is a former Armenian and Soviet football player who played as a midfielder and current manager and coach. He was awarded the M ...
(Ararat)
*
Andrei Redkous
Andrei Viktorovich Redkous (russian: Андрей Викторович Редкоус; 13 June 1957 – 3 November 2021Mykhaylo Sokolovsky
Mykhaylo Ivanovich Sokolovsky ( uk, Михайло Іванович Соколовский; russian: Михаил Иванович Соколовский; born November 15, 1951) is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. Curr ...
(Shakhtar)
Medal squads
''(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)''
Number of teams by union republic
References
Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)
{{1982–83 in European football (UEFA)
Soviet Top League seasons
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Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...