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1992 Soviet Top League
The 1992 CIS Top League was a scheduled but eventually canceled season in the Soviet Top League, an attempt to preserve All-Union competitions. The competition was canceled following the joint letter from all five Muscovite clubs that expressed their disagreement with the competition arrangements. Preparations Organizational preparation for the season was carrying out parallel to a political process known as dissolution of the Soviet Union. Despite the August coup-d'état, the New Union Treaty negotiations continued on and following meetings in Belovezha Park and Almaty culminated in establishing of an extensively light version of the Soviet Union. After the signing of Belovezha Accords, the USSR Football Federation executive committee announced that all states of the Commonwealth of Independent States except for Ukraine are ready to participate in the united championship. The decision was also approved by the FIFA and Joseph Blatter told Vyacheslav Koloskov that "it would be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (), served as the top division (tier) of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The league's name was a conditional designation used for brevity since being completely owned and governed by the All-Union Committee of Physical Culture (an institution of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union). The winner of the competition was awarded the All-Union Committee banner. Created in 1936 the tier was originally known as "Gruppa A" and was one of four tiers that were part of the Soviet football championship. From the very start to its eclipse, the top tier ran in conjunction with the 2nd tier for most of time allowing for participants exchange between tiers. In 1963 there was introduced a third tier. Starting from 1971 the full official name was the USSR Championship in football: Top League. An attempt to create an independent league as an autonomously governed business entity or organization during "per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |