Football in the Soviet Union

Season	1984
Men's football
Top League	Zenit Leningrad
First League	Fakel Voronezh
Second League	Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev (Finals 1) Kotaik Abovian (Finals 2) Dinamo Stavropol (Finals 3)
Soviet Cup	Shakhter Donetsk

The 1984 Soviet football championship was the 53rd seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Zenit Leningrad won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the first time.

Honours

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	Zenit Leningrad (C)	34	19	9	6	60	32	+28	47	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Spartak Moscow	34	18	9	7	53	29	+24	45	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	34	17	8	9	54	40	+14	42
4	Chornomorets Odessa	34	16	9	9	49	38	+11	41
5	Dinamo Minsk	34	15	13	6	43	28	+15	40[lower-alpha 1]
6	Torpedo Moscow	34	15	10	9	43	36	+7	40
7	Dinamo Tbilisi	34	14	8	12	36	41	−5	36
8	Kairat Alma-Ata	34	13	8	13	44	42	+2	34
9	Žalgiris Vilnius	34	12	11	11	30	38	−8	34[lower-alpha 2]
10	Dynamo Kyiv	34	12	13	9	46	30	+16	34[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
11	Ararat Yerevan	34	12	7	15	46	50	−4	31
12	Metalist Kharkiv	34	12	5	17	42	53	−11	29
13	Shakhtar Donetsk	34	10	9	15	47	46	+1	29
14	SKA Rostov-on-Don	34	10	7	17	48	58	−10	27
15	Neftchi Baku	34	9	8	17	30	50	−20	26
16	Dynamo Moscow	34	8	10	16	35	43	−8	26
17	Pakhtakor Tashkent (R)	34	10	5	19	37	58	−21	25	Relegation to First League
18	CSKA Moscow (R)	34	5	9	20	24	55	−31	19

Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. 1 2 3 points deducted (10 draw limit)
2. ↑ 1 point deducted (10 draw limit)

First League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Fakel Voronezh (C, P)	42	25	7	10	61	30	+31	57	Promotion to Top League
2	Torpedo Kutaisi (P)	42	23	9	10	76	55	+21	55
3	SKA Karpaty Lvov	42	20	9	13	63	44	+19	49
4	Kuban Krasnodar	42	20	9	13	60	41	+19	49
5	Metallurg Zaporozhia	42	18	12	12	57	43	+14	48
6	Lokomotiv Moscow	42	17	13	12	44	37	+7	46[lower-alpha 1]
7	Daugava Riga	42	16	14	12	65	50	+15	44[lower-alpha 1]
8	Pamir Dushanbe	42	16	11	15	51	44	+7	43
9	Kuzbass Kemerovo	42	17	8	17	56	51	+5	42
10	Guria Lanchkhuti	42	16	10	16	49	52	−3	42
11	Dinamo Batumi	42	16	8	18	58	67	−9	40
12	Iskra Smolensk	42	15	10	17	44	47	−3	40
13	Zvezda Dzhizak	42	17	5	20	51	64	−13	39
14	SKA Khabarovsk	42	14	11	17	55	59	−4	39
15	Rotor Volgograd	42	15	8	19	63	78	−15	38
16	Spartak Ordjonikidze	42	15	8	19	42	51	−9	38
17	Shinnik Yaroslavl	42	13	12	17	49	50	−1	38
18	Nistru Kishinev	42	13	12	17	45	58	−13	38
19	Kolos Nikopol	42	13	12	17	50	59	−9	38
20	Zarya Voroshilovgrad (R)	42	13	11	18	54	61	−7	37	Relegation to Second League
21	Tavria Simferopol (R)	42	12	11	19	43	58	−15	35
22	Irtysh Omsk (R)	42	8	10	24	35	72	−37	26

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. 1 2 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.

[Oct 21 – Nov 8]

References

External links

• 1984 Soviet football championship. RSSSF