1981 in Soviet football

Football in the Soviet Union
Season1981
Men's football
Top LeagueDinamo Kiev
First LeagueMetallist Kharkov
Second LeagueDaugava Riga (Finals 1)
Dinamo Kirov (Finals 2)
Rotor Volgograd (Finals 3)
Soviet CupSKA Rostov-na-Donu
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The 1981 Soviet football championship was the 50th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Dinamo Kiev won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the tenth time.

Honours

Competition Winner Runner-up
Top League Dinamo Kiev (10) Spartak Moscow
First League Metallist Kharkov (1) Torpedo Kutaisi
Second League Finals 1 Daugava Riga Kotayk Abovian
Finals 2 Dynamo Kirov Krivbass Krivoi Rog
Finals 3 Rotor Volgograd Dinamo Barnaul
Soviet Cup SKA Rostov-na-Donu (1) Spartak Moscow

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Soviet Union football championship

Top League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv (C) 34 22 9 3 58 26 +32 53 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow 34 19 8 7 70 40 +30 46 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi 34 16 10 8 62 35 +27 42
4 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow 34 15 10 9 41 29 +12 40
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow 34 14 14 6 41 29 +12 38[a] Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
6 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 34 14 9 11 39 33 +6 37
7 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtar Donetsk 34 12 10 12 51 39 +12 34
8 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 34 12 8 14 42 53 −11 32
9 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Minsk 34 11 13 10 44 39 +5 32[b]
10 Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftchi Baku 34 11 12 11 34 49 −15 32[c]
11 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Chornomorets Odessa 34 11 9 14 36 44 −8 31
12 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Alma-Ata 34 10 12 12 42 46 −4 30[c]
13 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Kuban Krasnodar 34 11 7 16 42 54 −12 29
14 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Ararat Yerevan 34 10 9 15 44 50 −6 29
15 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad 34 9 10 15 33 43 −10 28
16 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Rostov-on-Don (R) 34 8 10 16 39 58 −19 26 Relegation to First League
17 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Tavria Simferopol (R) 34 8 7 19 27 54 −27 23
18 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Pakhtakor Tashkent[d] 34 7 5 22 34 58 −24 19
Source:[citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ 4 points deducted (10 draw limit)
  2. ^ 3 points deducted (10 draw limit)
  3. ^ a b 2 points deducted (10 draw limit)
  4. ^ Pakhtakor Tashkent avoided relegation as it received a three year guarantee of no relegation after the 1979 airplane crash.

First League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metalist Kharkiv (C, P) 46 25 12 9 68 33 +35 62 Promotion to Top League
2 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Torpedo Kutaisi (P) 46 26 4 16 57 46 +11 56
3 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow 46 21 15 10 65 41 +24 54[a]
4 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Shinnik Yaroslavl 46 21 10 15 68 58 +10 52
5 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Kolos Nikopol 46 20 11 15 68 53 +15 51
6 Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Žalgiris Vilnius 46 17 15 14 48 39 +9 46[a]
7 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Iskra Smolensk 46 17 12 17 48 45 +3 46
8 Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Nistru Kishinev 46 17 12 17 54 51 +3 46
9 Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic Pamir Dushanbe 46 17 11 18 52 54 −2 45
10 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Fakel Voronezh 46 17 10 19 45 44 +1 44
11 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Karpaty Lvov 46 17 10 19 57 60 −3 44
12 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Kostroma 46 16 16 14 49 50 −1 44[a]
13 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metallurg Zaporozhia 46 16 14 16 57 51 +6 44[a]
14 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Guria Lanchkhuti 46 16 13 17 50 56 −6 44[a]
15 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Zarya Voroshilovgrad 46 16 13 17 44 53 −9 44[a]
16 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic SKA Odessa 46 16 13 17 62 54 +8 44[a]
17 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic SKA Kiev 46 16 10 20 59 71 −12 42
18 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Buston Dzhizak 46 16 9 21 47 63 −16 41
19 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Khabarovsk 46 16 8 22 50 58 −8 40
20 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk[b] (R) 46 14 13 19 44 56 −12 40[a] Relegation to Second League
21 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Ordjonikidze (R) 46 14 12 20 36 49 −13 40
22 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Kuzbass Kemerovo (R) 46 14 12 20 47 51 −4 40
23 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dinamo Stavropol (R) 46 13 14 19 45 60 −15 38[a]
24 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Traktor Pavlodar (R) 46 12 15 19 41 65 −24 36[a]
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j There was a draw limit for the draws earned, 12. Only twelve draws earn a point, in contrast, over the limit draws earn no points.
  2. ^ Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk was called Spartak.

Second League (finals)

[Oct 26 – Nov 12]

Finals 1

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 LVA Daugava Riga 4 3 0 1 11 5 +6 6 Promoted
2 ARM Kotaik Abovyan 4 2 0 2 7 9 −2 4
3 UZB Neftyanik Fergana 4 1 0 3 3 7 −4 2

Finals 2

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 RUS Dinamo Kirov 4 3 0 1 9 4 +5 6 Promoted
2 UKR Krivbass Krivoi Rog 4 3 0 1 10 6 +4 6
3 KAZ Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk 4 0 0 4 3 12 −9 0

Finals 3

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 RUS Rotor Volgograd 4 3 0 1 7 4 +3 6 Promoted
2 RUS Dinamo Barnaul 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 3
3 RUS Textilshchik Ivanovo 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 3
Source: rsssf.com

Top goalscorers

Top League

First League

References

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