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 1981 season.

Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and

Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Union, Soviet Dynamo Sports Club, Dynamo Sports Soc ...

won the championship.

League standings

Results

Top scorers

;23 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 spe ...

(Dinamo Tbilisi) ;21 goals *

Yuri Gavrilov Yuri Vasilyevich Gavrilov (russian: Юрий Васильевич Гаврилов; born May 3, 1953 in Setun, Odintsovsky District, Moscow Oblast) is a Russian football manager and a former midfielder who played for Dynamo Moscow and Sp ...

(Spartak Moscow) ;19 goals *

Oleg Blokhin Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin, or Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin ( uk, Оле́г Володи́мирович Блохі́н, rus, Оле́г Влади́мирович Блохи́н; born 5 November 1952), is a former Ukrainian and Soviet footbal ...

(Dynamo Kyiv) ;16 goals * Vladimir Kazachyonok (Zenit) ;15 goals *

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) ;14 goals *

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 Mas ...

(Ararat) * Pyotr Vasilevsky (Dinamo Minsk) ;13 goals *

Andrei Yakubik Andrei Aleksandrovich Yakubik (russian: Андрей Александрович Якубик; born 24 August 1950) is a former Soviet football player. Honours * Soviet Top League winner: 1976 (spring). * Soviet Cup winner: 1977. * Olympic ...

(Pakhtakor) ;12 goals * Viktor Grachyov (Shakhtar) * Aleksandr Pogorelov (Dnipro)

References

Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)1981. Higher League. (1981. Высшая лига.)
Luhansk Our Futbol portal.
44th USSR Championship, 1981 Higher League (44-й чемпионат СССР, 1981г. Высшая лига)
Wildstat website. {{1981–82 in European football (UEFA) Soviet Top League seasons 1

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