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1981 Soviet Top League
44th season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union
44th season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Soviet Top League |
| season | 1981 |
| winners | Dinamo Kiev |
| relegated | SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Tavriya Simferopol |
| continentalcup1 | European Cup |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Dinamo Kiev |
| continentalcup2 | Cup Winners' Cup |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | SKA Rostov-na-Donu |
| continentalcup3 | UEFA Cup |
| continentalcup3 qualifiers | Spartak Moscow |
| Dinamo Moscow | |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | |
| league topscorer | (23) Ramaz Shengelia (Dinamo Tb.) |
| matches | 306 |
| total goals | 779 |
| prevseason | 1980 |
| nextseason | 1982 |
Dinamo Moscow Dinamo Tbilisi Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1981 season.
Overview
It was contested by 18 teams, and Dynamo Kyiv won the championship.
League standings
Results
Top scorers
;23 goals
- Ramaz Shengelia (Dinamo Tbilisi)
;21 goals
- Yuri Gavrilov (Spartak Moscow)
;19 goals
- Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv)
;16 goals
- Vladimir Kazachyonok (Zenit)
;15 goals
- Valery Gazzaev (Dynamo Moscow)
;14 goals
- Khoren Hovhannisyan (Ararat)
- Pyotr Vasilevsky (Dinamo Minsk)
;13 goals
- Andrei Yakubik (Pakhtakor)
;12 goals
- Viktor Grachyov (Shakhtar)
- Aleksandr Pogorelov (Dnipro)
Medal squads
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Attendances
| # | Football club | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 47,271 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 37,259 |
| 3 | Kuban | 33,824 |
| 4 | Zenit | 23,871 |
| 5 | Spartak Moscow | 23,241 |
| 6 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 22,812 |
| 7 | Dnipro | 21,100 |
| 8 | Tavriya | 19,059 |
| 9 | Chornomorets | 17,171 |
| 10 | Dinamo Minsk | 16,012 |
| 11 | Ararat | 15,718 |
| 12 | Kairat | 15,553 |
| 13 | Rostov-on-Don | 13,829 |
| 14 | Neftchi | 13,535 |
| 15 | Dynamo Moscow | 10,804 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moscow | 8,176 |
| 17 | PFC CSKA | 7,929 |
| 18 | Paxtakor | 6,894 |
Source:
References
- Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)
- 1981. Higher League. (1981. Высшая лига.) Luhansk Our Futbol portal.
- 44th USSR Championship, 1981 Higher League (44-й чемпионат СССР, 1981г. Высшая лига). Wildstat website.
References
- https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sov/avesov81.htm
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