1987 Soviet Top League
50th season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In the 1987 season, the Soviet Top League – the top tier of football in the Soviet Union – was won by Spartak Moscow interrupting the two year championship run of the Kyiv's team. Dynamo Kyiv, the defending 12-times champions, placed sixth and failed to qualify for the European competitions, while their rivals Dynamo Moscow placed only 10th.
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Season | 1987 |
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Dates | March 9 — November 16, 1987 |
Champions | Spartak Moscow (11th title) |
Relegated | CSKA Moscow Guria Lanchkhuti |
European Cup | Spartak Moscow |
Cup Winners' Cup | Metalist Kharkiv |
UEFA Cup | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk Žalgiris Vilnius Torpedo Moscow Dinamo Minsk |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 510 (2.13 per match) |
Top goalscorer | (18) Oleh Protasov (Dnepr) |
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This season CSKA Moscow were relegated on additional criteria when they tied on points with Zenit Leningrad at the final standing.