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 1977 season.
Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and
Dynamo Kyiv
Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club as a separate business entity was officia ...
won the championship.
League standings
Results
Top scorers
;17 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)
;14 goals
*
David Kipiani
David Kipiani ( ka, დავით ყიფიანი; 18 November 1951 – 17 September 2001) was a Georgian football midfielder and manager. Kipiani principally played as a playmaker and is considered one of Georgia's greatest playe ...
(Dinamo Tbilisi)
;12 goals
*
Yuri Chesnokov (CSKA Moscow)
;10 goals
*
Andrei Yakubik (Dynamo Moscow)
;9 goals
*
Yuri Reznik
Yuri Ivanovich Reznik ( uk, Юрій Іванович Резник, russian: Юрий Иванович Резник; born 13 August 1954) is a former Ukrainian professional footballer and coach.
Club career
He made his professional debut in the ...
(Shakhtar)
*
Nikolai Smolnikov
Nikolai Fyodorovich Smolnikov (russian: Николай Фёдорович Смольников; born 10 March 1949) is a former Soviet Azerbaijani footballer.
International career
Smolnikov made his debut for USSR on 3 March 1968 in a friendly a ...
(Neftchi)
*
Vitali Starukhin (Shakhtar)
;8 goals
*
Revaz Chelebadze
Revaz Chelebadze ( ka, რევაზ ჩელებაძე) (born 2 October 1955) was a retired Georgian football player. He was nicknamed Chele (an allusion to Pelé), for his brilliant technical play and ability to score goals. The ...
(Dinamo Tbilisi)
*
Vladimir Klementyev
Vladimir Alekseyevich Klementyev (russian: Владимир Алексеевич Клементьев; born January 4, 1956, in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg) is a Soviet professional football coach and a former player.
Honours
* Soviet Top Le ...
(Zenit)
;7 goals
*
Yuri Dubrovny (Karpaty)
*
Vladimir Kazachyonok (Dynamo Moscow)
*
Boris Kopeikin (CSKA 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)
* Vyacheslav Semyonov (Zorya Voroshylovhrad)
References
Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)
{{1977–78 in European football (UEFA)
Soviet Top League seasons, 1969
1977 in Soviet football leagues, 1
1977–78 in European association football leagues, Soviet
1976–77 in European association football leagues, Soviet