Final Standings

No	Club	GP	W	D	L	GF-GA	Pts	Rpblc	Notes
1	Spartak FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...  Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	30	17	10	3	49-19	44	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic	Champions Cup
2	Dnipro FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Dnipropetrovsk.-BRIT:The club's franchise traces its history all the way back when the first team that was formed in 1918 by the Petrovsky factory and was called as BRIT . The team participated in the regional competition...  Dnipropetrovsk Dnipropetrovsk Dnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country...	30	18	6	6	47-27	42	Ukrainian SSR	UEFA Cup
3	Dynamo FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...  Kyiv	30	13	12	5	44-27	38	Ukrainian SSR	Cup Winners' Cup
4	Žalgiris FK Žalgiris Vilnius VMFD Žalgiris is a Lithuanian football club, playing in the capital, Vilnius. They have won the Lithuanian Championship three times: 1991, 1992, and 1999. The team's colours are green and white...  Vilnius Vilnius Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...	30	14	8	8	39-29	36	Lithuanian SSR	Withdrew
5	Torpedo FC Torpedo Moscow FC Torpedo Moscow is an association football club, based in Moscow, Russia. The club was founded in 1930. On March 19, 2009 it was denied membership of the Professional Football League and did not play in the professional competitions in 2009...  Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	30	11	13	6	40-26	35	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic	UEFA Cup
6	Chornomorets FC Chornomorets Odessa FC Chornomorets Odesa is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Odessa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. During the reconstruction , the team played in the 4,610 Spartak Stadium...  Odessa Odessa Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...	30	11	9	10	40-41	31	Ukrainian SSR	UEFA Cup
7	Metalist FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kharkiv. It competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the highest football level in the country. Founded in 1925, the team worked its way up the rungs of the Soviet football system, eventually being promoted to the Soviet Top...  Kharkiv Kharkiv Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...	30	10	10	10	30-33	30	Ukrainian SSR
8	Dinamo Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	30	9	12	9	31-26	30	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
9	Dinamo Minsk Minsk - Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...	30	12	7	23	35-33	39	Byelorussian SSR
10	Rotor Volgograd Volgograd Volgograd , formerly called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is long, north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River...	30	9	9	12	28-35	27	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic	+ Soviet First League 1988 -League Standings:Note* There was a limit for the draws earned, 12. Only twelve draws earn a point, in contrast, over the limit draws earn no points....
11	Dinamo FC Dinamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian football team, based in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936...  Tbilisi Tbilisi Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...	30	6	13	11	27-32	25	Georgian SSR	Withdrew
12	Ararat Erevan	30	8	8	14	25-41	24	Armenian SSR
13	Pamir Dushambe	30	7	10	13	20-38	24	Tajik SSR	+ Soviet First League 1988 -League Standings:Note* There was a limit for the draws earned, 12. Only twelve draws earn a point, in contrast, over the limit draws earn no points....
14	Shakhtar FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year...  Donetsk Donetsk Donetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the economic and cultural Donets Basin region...	30	9	5	16	24-36	23	Ukrainian SSR
15	Lokomotiv FC Lokomotiv Moscow The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually...  Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	30	7	9	14	20-32	23	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic	Relegated Soviet First League 1990 -League Standings:...
16	Zenit FC Zenit Saint Petersburg Football Club Zenit is a Russian football club from the city of Saint-Petersburg. Founded in 1925 , the club plays in the Russian Premier League...  Leningrad	30	5	9	16	24-48	19	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic	Relegated Soviet First League 1990 -League Standings:...

• CSKA Moscow
  Moscow
  Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
  
   ( Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic)
• Guria Lanchkhuti
  Lanchkhuti
  Lanchkhuti is a city in western Georgian region of Guria. It has a population of about 8000.Lanchkhuti received city status in 1961. Under the USSR, it was the centre of the Georgian SSR Lanchkhuti area and today continues to serve as the capital of the district of the same name within the Guria...
  
  ( Georgian SSR)

• After this season the teams in italics quit the USSR Football Federation and joined the leagues of their native countries. For the next season, the league was reduced to 13 teams as Žalgiris
  FK Žalgiris Vilnius
  VMFD Žalgiris is a Lithuanian football club, playing in the capital, Vilnius. They have won the Lithuanian Championship three times: 1991, 1992, and 1999. The team's colours are green and white...
  
   will quit as well after their first game of the next season.
• + - Newly promoted

Top scorers

• Sergey Rodionov
  Sergey Rodionov
  Sergei Yurievich Rodionov is a Russian football coach. Previously, he was a footballer who played most of his career as a striker for Spartak Moscow....
  
   (Spartak Moscow)

• Georgi Kondratyev
  Georgi Kondratyev
  Heorhiy Pyatrovich Kandratsyew is a retired Soviet and Belarussian football player and a current manager. He is currently managing Belarus Olympic team.-International career:...
  
   (Chornomorets)

• Igor Dobrovolsky (Dynamo Moscow)
• Vladimir Grechnev (Torpedo Moscow)
• Igor Kolyvanov
  Igor Kolyvanov
  Igor Vladimirovich Kolyvanov is an association footballer and coach. During his playing career he accumulated 90 goals scored in 333 games at the Top level in the Soviet Union as well as in Italy....
  
   (Dynamo Moscow)
• Yuri Savichev
  Yuri Savichev
  Yuri Nikolayevich Savichev is a former football striker. He is an identical twin brother of Nikolai Savichev.-Honours:* Olympic champion: 1988.* Soviet Cup winner: 1986.* Soviet Top League bronze: 1988.* Greek Football Cup winner: 1992....
  
   (Torpedo Moscow)
• Valeri Shmarov
  Valeri Shmarov (footballer)
  Valeri Valentinovich Shmarov is a retired Soviet football player and currently a coach.His son Denis Shmarov is a professional footballer.-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1987, 1989....
  
   (Spartak Moscow)

• Mykola Kudrytsky
  Mykola Kudrytsky
  Mykola Ivanovych Kudritsky was a Soviet Ukrainian professional football player.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1988.* Soviet Top League runner-up: 1987, 1989.* USSR Super Cup winner: 1988.* Soviet Cup winner: 1989....
  
   (Dnipro)

• Mikhail Rusyayev
  Mikhail Rusyayev
  Mikhail Anatolyevich Rusyayev was a Russian professional footballer.- Career :He made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1982 for FC Spartak Moscow...
  
   (Lokomotiv Moscow)
• Yuri Tarasov
  Yuri Tarasov
  Yuri Ivanovich Tarasov was a Soviet Ukrainian professional football player.- For Metalist :* Other - USSR Super Cup & USSR Federation Cup...
  
   (Metalist)

Medal squads

1. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Stanislav Cherchesov Stanislav Cherchesov Stanislav Salamovich Cherchesov is a Russian football manager and former international goalkeeper for USSR and Russia. He currently manages FC Terek Grozny....  (30), Aleksei Prudnikov Aleksei Prudnikov Aleksei Pavlovich Prudnikov is former USSR and Russian football player who played as a goalkeeper.His previous clubs were Spartak Moscow, Dynamo Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Baltika Kaliningrad, Kolos Krasnodar, and Velež Mostar, Sarajevo in Yugoslavia, Jeonbuk Hyundai Dinos in South Korea, Jaro in...  (2). Defenders: Vasili Kulkov Vasili Kulkov Vassily Sergeyevich Kulkov is a retired Russian footballer, and a current coach.Either a central defender or defensive midfielder, he was best known for his spells at Spartak Moscow and Benfica.-Club career:...  (30 / 1), Gennady Morozov Gennady Morozov Gennady Vladimirović Morozov is a former football player and former manager of Ukrainian First League club Krymteplitsia Molodizhne.-International career:...  (25 / 1), Aleksandr Bokiy Aleksandr Bokiy Aleksandr Konstantinovich Bokiy is a Russian professional football coach and a former player.Bokiy was born in Lida, Belarusian SSR. In late 2009, he was hired by FC Dynamo Moscow as head scout.-European club competitions:...  (23), Sergei Bazulev Sergei Bazulev Sergei Vasilyevich Bazulev is a retired Russian professional footballer.-European club competitions:With FC Spartak Moscow.* UEFA Cup 1989–90: 3 games.* European Cup 1990–91: 8 games.-External links:*...  (21), Boris Pozdnyakov Boris Pozdnyakov Boris Aleksandrovich Pozdnyakov is a Russian football coach and a former player. As of October 2009, he works as an assistant coach with FC Spartak Moscow.-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1989....  (17), Yuri Susloparov Yuri Susloparov Yuri Vladimirovich Susloparov is a former Soviet football player and current manager.-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1987, 1989.* Soviet Top League bronze: 1986....  (12), Aleksandr Bubnov Aleksandr Bubnov Aleksandr Viktorovich Bubnov is a former Russian footballer and a coach.-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1976 , 1987, 1989.* Soviet Cup winner: 1977.* UEFA Under-23 champion: 1976.-International career:...  (11), Boris Kuznetsov Boris Yaroslavovich Kuznetsov Boris Yaroslavovich Kuznetsov is a retired Russian professional footballer.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1987, 1989.* Soviet Top League runner-up: 1985.* Soviet Top League bronze: 1986.* USSR Federation Cup winner: 1987....  (5), Dmitri Gradilenko Dmitri Gradilenko Dmitri Vitalyevich Gradilenko is a retired Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1986 for FC Krasnaya Presnya Moscow.After retirement he worked as a player agent and TV commentator.-Honours:...  (1), Vladimir Sochnov Vladimir Sochnov Vladimir Borisovich Sochnov is a retired Soviet Russian professional football player.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1989.* Soviet Top League runner-up: 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985.* Soviet Top League bronze: 1982.* Soviet Cup winner: 1986....  (1). Midfielders: Fyodor Cherenkov Fyodor Cherenkov Fyodor Fyodorovich Cherenkov is a Soviet and Russian football midfielder who played for Spartak Moscow and Red Star Football Club ....  (28 / 7), Yevgeni Kuznetsov Yevgeni Kuznetsov (footballer born 1961) Yevgeni Borisovich Kuznetsov is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1980 for FC Shinnik Yaroslavl.- Club career :*1980-1981 Shinnik Yaroslavl...  (26 / 2), Viktor Pasulko Viktor Pasulko Viktor Vasyl'ovych Pasulko is a retired ex-USSR football player. Pasulko played most of his career as a midfielder in various teams. Last 10 years of his career he spent in Germany playing for a lower division teams...  (22 / 3), Igor Shalimov Igor Shalimov Igor Mihailovich Shalimov , is a retired football midfielder.Shalimov started his playing career in Spartak Moscow. After a few successful seasons with Spartak Moscow he transferred to Foggia. He impressed enough to garner the attention and eventual transfer to Internazionale...  (20 / 1), Vladimir Kapustin Vladimir Kapustin Vladimir Vladimirovich Kapustin is a retired Soviet and Russian professional football player.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1987, 1989.* Soviet Top League runner-up: 1985.* Soviet Top League bronze: 1986.* USSR Federation Cup winner: 1987....  (12), Aleksandr Mostovoi (11 / 3), Andrei Ivanov (10), Sergei Novikov Sergei Borisovich Novikov Sergei Borisovich Novikov is a retired Soviet and Russian professional football player.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1987, 1989.* Soviet Top League runner-up: 1985.* Soviet Top League bronze: 1986.* USSR Federation Cup winner: 1987....  (6 / 2), Valeri Shikunov Valeri Shikunov Valeri Ivanovich Shikunov is a retired Soviet and Russian professional football player.He played for the main squad of PFC CSKA Moscow in the USSR Federation Cup.-External links:*...  (1). Forwards: Sergey Rodionov Sergey Rodionov Sergei Yurievich Rodionov is a Russian football coach. Previously, he was a footballer who played most of his career as a striker for Spartak Moscow....  (28 / 16), Valeri Shmarov Valeri Shmarov (footballer) Valeri Valentinovich Shmarov is a retired Soviet football player and currently a coach.His son Denis Shmarov is a professional footballer.-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1987, 1989....  (27 / 11), Dmitri Popov Dmitri Popov Dmitri Lvovich Popov is a retired Russian footballer who played as a left midfielder.-Football career:Popov started playing professionally at local FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, then signed with country giants FC Spartak Moscow....  (5). One own goal each scored by Serhiy Kuznetsov Serhiy Vasylyovych Kuznetsov Serhiy Vasylyovych Kuznetsov is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1981 for FC Metalist Kharkiv...  (FC Chornomorets Odesa) and Henadz Lesun (FC Dinamo Minsk). Manager: Oleg Romantsev. Transferred out during the season: Aleksandr Bubnov Aleksandr Bubnov Aleksandr Viktorovich Bubnov is a former Russian footballer and a coach.-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1976 , 1987, 1989.* Soviet Cup winner: 1977.* UEFA Under-23 champion: 1976.-International career:...  (to   Red Star Red Star Saint-Ouen Red Star Football Club 93 is a French association football club based in Saint-Ouen located in the northern suburbs of Paris. The club was founded in 1897 and currently play in the Championnat National, the third level of French football... ), Vladimir Sochnov Vladimir Sochnov Vladimir Borisovich Sochnov is a retired Soviet Russian professional football player.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1989.* Soviet Top League runner-up: 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985.* Soviet Top League bronze: 1982.* Soviet Cup winner: 1986.... , Valeri Shikunov Valeri Shikunov Valeri Ivanovich Shikunov is a retired Soviet and Russian professional football player.He played for the main squad of PFC CSKA Moscow in the USSR Federation Cup.-External links:*...  (both to RVShSM-RAF Jelgava).

2. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Goalkeepers: Valeriy Horodov Valeriy Horodov Valeriy Vasylyovich Horodov is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former Soviet player.As of 2009, he manages FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka. As a player, he made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1981 for FC Salyut Belgorod...  (21), Serhiy Krakovskyi (9). Defenders: Andriy Sydelnykov (29 / 2), Oleksiy Cherednyk Oleksiy Cherednyk Oleksiy Valentynovich Cherednyk is a retired Soviet and Ukrainian football player and a current scout.-Honours:* Olympic champion: 1988....  (24), Evgeny Yarovenko (20 / 2), Ivan Vyshnevskyi (16), Serhiy Puchkov Serhiy Puchkov Serhiy Valentynovych Puchkov is a former midfielder, and currently head-coach of FC Sevastopol in the Ukrainian First League....  (15 / 1), Volodymyr Herashchenko Volodymyr Herashchenko Volodymyr Vasylyovych Herashchenko is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1985 for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1988....  (13), Oleksandr Sorokalet Oleksandr Sorokalet (footballer) Oleksandr Ivanovych Sorokalet was a Soviet Ukrainian professional football player.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1980, 1981, 1988.* Soviet Top League runner-up: 1982, 1987, 1989.* Soviet Top League bronze: 1985.* Soviet Cup winner: 1982, 1989....  (10), Oleksandr Chervonyi Oleksandr Chervonyi Oleksandr Chervonyi is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player.He played 4 games in the European Cup 1989–90 for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1983, 1988....  (8), Yuriy Kulish Yuriy Kulish Yuriy Petrovych Kulish is an Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he is an assistant coach with FC Sheriff Tiraspol.в настоящее время тренер Арсенал Киев-European club competitions:...  (6), Petro Buts Petro Buts Petro Buts is a retired Ukrainian professional football player.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1988.* Soviet Top League runner-up: 1989.* Soviet Cup winner: 1989.* USSR Federation Cup winner: 1989.* USSR Federation Cup finalist: 1990....  (1). Midfielders: Volodymyr Bahmut Volodymyr Bahmut Volodymyr Mykolayovych Bahmut is an Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player.Currently, he is an assistant manager with the FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Reserves and Youth Team.-Honours:Top awards* Soviet Top League champion: 1983, 1988....  (30 / 5), Mykola Kudrytsky Mykola Kudrytsky Mykola Ivanovych Kudritsky was a Soviet Ukrainian professional football player.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1988.* Soviet Top League runner-up: 1987, 1989.* USSR Super Cup winner: 1988.* Soviet Cup winner: 1989....  (29 / 10), Volodymyr Lyutyi (29 / 7), Andriy Yudin Andriy Yudin Andriy Viktorovych Yudin is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. As of June 2009, he works as an assistant manager with FC Kuban Krasnodar...  (26 / 3), Vadym Tyshchenko Vadym Tyshchenko Vadym Tyshchenko or Vadim Nikolayevich Tishchenko is a retired Soviet and Ukrainian football player and current football coach.-Honours:...  (20 / 3), Anton Shokh Anton Shokh Anton Rokhusovich Shokh was a Kazakhstani professional football player and coach.He also held Russian citizenship. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1979 for FC Kairat.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1988....  (16), Marat Kabayev Marat Kabayev Marat Vazykhovich Kabayev born May 27, 1961 in a Tatar family. He is a professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages the Under-19 Uzbekistan national football team.He is the father of the famous gymnast Alina Kabayeva....  (1). Forwards: Eduard Son Eduard Son Eduard Vasilyevich Son is a retired Soviet and Kazakhstani professional football player of Korean ethnic origin. He currently lives in France.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1988.* Soviet Top League runner-up: 1989.* Soviet Cup winner: 1989....  (27 / 6), Yevhen Shakhov Yevhen Serhiyovych Shakhov Yevhen Serhiyovych Shakhov is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. As of 2009, he works as an assistant coach with FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk....  (25 / 8), Valentyn Moskvyn Valentyn Moskvyn Valentyn Moskvyn is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1985 for FC Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk.He scored the last goal of FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Soviet Top League.-Honours:...  (8), Igor Shkvyrin Igor Shkvyrin Igor Shkvyrin is a retired Uzbek professional footballer who played for several clubs in Europe and Asia and the Uzbekistan national football team.- Career :...  (4). Manager: Yevhen Kucherevskyi. Transferred out during the season: Volodymyr Lyutyi (to   FC Schalke 04 FC Schalke 04 Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major... ), Ivan Vyshnevskyi (to   Fenerbahçe S.K.), Igor Shkvyrin Igor Shkvyrin Igor Shkvyrin is a retired Uzbek professional footballer who played for several clubs in Europe and Asia and the Uzbekistan national football team.- Career :... , Marat Kabayev Marat Kabayev Marat Vazykhovich Kabayev born May 27, 1961 in a Tatar family. He is a professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he manages the Under-19 Uzbekistan national football team.He is the father of the famous gymnast Alina Kabayeva....  (both to FC Pakhtakor Tashkent FC Pakhtakor Tashkent FC Pakhtakor Tashkent is an Uzbek professional football club, based in the capital Tashkent. Pakhtakor means cotton-grower in English.Playing in the Uzbek League since 1992, the club has been the undisputed powerhouse in Uzbekistan since the fall of the Soviet Union, winning eight Uzbek League... ).

3. FC Dynamo Kyiv

Goalkeepers: Viktor Chanov Viktor Chanov Viktor Viktorovich Chanov , is a former football goalkeeper. Throughout the 1980s in the former USSR, Chanov played mainly for FC Dynamo Kyiv.-Career in the USSR:...  (22), Aleksandr Zhidkov Aleksandr Zhidkov Aleksandr Vitalyevich Zhidkov is a former Azerbaijani footballer who last played for FC Tom Tomsk. He was also a member of Azerbaijan national football team. He is currently a coach with FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk.- External links :*...  (10). Defenders: Oleh Kuznetsov (29 / 4), Oleh Luzhny Oleh Luzhny Oleh Romanovych Luzhny is a retired Ukrainian footballer and former interim manager of FC Dynamo Kyiv. His name is alternatively Romanised as Oleg Luzhny.-Dynamo Kyiv:...  (27), Serhiy Shmatovalenko Serhiy Shmatovalenko Serhiy Serhiyevich Shmatovalenko is a retired Soviet and Ukrainian football player and a current coach.-Honours:* 1990 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship winner....  (26), Serhiy Zayets Serhiy Zayets Serhiy Anatoliyovych Zayets is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1989 for FC Dynamo Kyiv.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1990.* Soviet Top League bronze: 1989....  (22 / 4), Andriy Bal Andriy Bal Andriy Mykhaylovych Bal is a former Soviet football and coach.- Club :Bal is a product of the Lviv youth football schools. By 1976 he was playing in the senior squad of Karpaty Lviv. After 5 years with the team he earned a transfer to Dynamo Kyiv...  (18), Volodymyr Bezsonov (17 / 5), Vladimir Gorilyi Vladimir Gorilyi Vladimir Ivanovich Gorilyi is a retired Soviet and Ukrainian football defender and a football coach. He manages Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk reserves.-Career:...  (17), Anatoliy Demyanenko (5 / 2), Albert Sarkisyan Albert Sarkisyan (born 1963) Albert Sarkisyan is an Armenian professional football coach and a former player.-External links:*...  (3). Midfielders: Hennadiy Lytovchenko (29 / 7), Ivan Yaremchuk Ivan Yaremchuk Ivan Ivanovych Yaremchuk is a former Ukrainian footballer.-Honours:* Soviet Top League winner: 1985, 1986, 1990.* Soviet Cup winner: 1985, 1987, 1990....  (18 / 1), Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (15 / 3), Andrei Kanchelskis Andrei Kanchelskis Andrei Antanasovich Kanchelskis is a Ukrainian-born Russian football manager and former association footballer who played as a right winger. Kanchelskis is the only player in history to have scored in each of the Glasgow, Merseyside and Manchester local derbies.Currently, he is managing FC...  (15), Vasyl Rats (13 / 3), Mykhaylo Stelmakh (11 / 1), Pavlo Yakovenko (10). Forwards: Oleh Protasov (26 / 7), Oleg Salenko (26 / 3), Ihor Belanov (18 / 3). One own goal scored by Aleksei Arifullin Aleksei Arifullin Aleksei Sayarovich Arifullin is a retired association footballer.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1995, 1999.* Russian Premier League bronze: 1994, 1998.* Russian Cup winner: 1996, 1997, 2000....  (FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow The following years were rather successful as Lokomotiv were consistent in the national championships. However, performances after World War II suffered and actually in the space of five year Lokomotiv were relegated to the Soviet First League twice. In 1951, Lokomotiv came second and eventually... ). Manager: Valeriy Lobanovskyi. Transferred out during the season: Ihor Belanov (to   Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth... ).