1977 Soviet Top League

Soviet Top League

Season	1977
Champions	Dinamo Kiev
Relegated	Karpaty Lvov, Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev
European Cup	Dinamo Kiev
Cup Winners' Cup	Shakhter Donetsk
UEFA Cup	Dinamo Tbilisi Torpedo Moscow
Matches played	240
Goals scored	486 (2.03 per match)
Top goalscorer	(17) Oleg Blokhin (Dinamo K.)
← 1976 1978 →

Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1977 season.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Dynamo Kyiv won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dynamo Kyiv (C)	30	14	15	1	51	12	+39	43	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Dinamo Tbilisi	30	13	13	4	43	26	+17	39	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Torpedo Moscow	30	12	13	5	30	23	+7	37
4	Dynamo Moscow	30	9	17	4	34	20	+14	35
5	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	9	16	5	31	24	+7	34	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
6	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	9	14	7	27	25	+2	32
7	Chornomorets Odessa	30	11	8	11	33	41	−8	30
8	Kairat Alma-Ata	30	6	17	7	26	31	−5	29
9	Zaria Voroshilovgrad	30	8	12	10	28	24	+4	28
10	Zenit Leningrad	30	8	12	10	34	33	+1	28
11	Ararat Yerevan	30	7	13	10	28	34	−6	27
12	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	30	9	9	12	24	31	−7	27
13	Neftchi Baku	30	5	17	8	25	34	−9	27
14	CSKA Moscow	30	5	17	8	28	39	−11	27
15	Karpaty Lviv (R)	30	6	14	10	26	30	−4	26	Relegation to First League
16	Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev (R)	30	2	7	21	18	59	−41	11

Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ARA	CHO	CSK	DNI	DYK	DYN	DTB	KAI	KAR	KRY	LOK	NEF	SHA	TOR	ZAR	ZEN
Ararat Yerevan		1–1	2–3	1–0	0–2	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2
Chornomorets Odessa	1–0		2–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0
CSKA Moscow	0–0	1–1		2–1	0–1	3–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–0
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2–1	1–1	2–3		1–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–0
Dynamo Kyiv	3–0	8–0	4–0	4–0		0–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–0
Dynamo Moscow	1–1	2–0	4–0	0–0	1–1		1–1	0–0	0–0	5–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0
Dinamo Tbilisi	1–0	3–3	2–2	5–1	0–0	1–1		2–0	3–1	4–2	1–0	4–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0
Kairat Alma-Ata	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–1		1–1	1–0	3–3	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	4–3
Karpaty Lviv	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0		2–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–2
Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–3	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–4	1–1		1–1	1–1	3–3	0–1	0–2	1–3
Lokomotiv Moscow	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–3	2–1		0–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	3–0
Neftçi Baku	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0		1–1	1–1	1–0	3–2
Shakhtar Donetsk	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–2	3–0	2–2	1–0		2–0	2–2	3–2
Torpedo Moscow	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	3–2	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–0		0–1	1–0
Zaria Voroshilovgrad	2–0	4–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–0	4–1	0–0	0–1		1–0
Zenit Leningrad	4–1	4–1	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

17 goals

• Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv)

14 goals

• David Kipiani (Dinamo Tbilisi)

12 goals

• Yuri Chesnokov (CSKA Moscow)

10 goals

• Andrei Yakubik (Dynamo Moscow)

9 goals

• Yuri Reznik (Shakhtar)
• Nikolai Smolnikov (Neftchi)
• Vitali Starukhin (Shakhtar)

8 goals

• Revaz Chelebadze (Dinamo Tbilisi)
• Vladimir Klementyev (Zenit)

7 goals

• Yuri Dubrovny (Karpaty)
• Vladimir Kazachyonok (Dynamo Moscow)
• Boris Kopeikin (CSKA Moscow)
• Khoren Hovhannisyan (Ararat)
• Vyacheslav Semyonov (Zorya Voroshylovhrad)

References

• Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)