Statistics of

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 g ...

for the 1981 season.

Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and

Dynamo Kyiv The Football Club 'Dynamo Kyiv', also known as Dynamo Kyiv, or simply Dynamo, ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society ...

won the championship.

League standings

Results

Top scorers

;23 goals *

Ramaz Shengelia Ramaz Shengelia ( ka, რამაზ შენგელია; 1 January 1957 – 21 June 2012) was a Georgian and Soviet footballer who played as a striker. Club career Born in Kutaisi, Shengelia started career in his hometown club Torpedo K ...

(Dinamo Tbilisi) ;21 goals *

Yuri Gavrilov Yuri Gavrilov may refer to: * Yuri Gavrilov (handballer) (1967–2021), a Ukrainian handball player * Yuri Gavrilov (footballer, born 1953), a Russian football manager * Yuri Gavrilov (footballer, born 2002), a Russian football player {{hndis, ...

(Spartak Moscow) ;19 goals *

Oleg Blokhin Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin, or Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin (, ; born 5 November 1952), is a Ukrainian former football player and manager. Regarded as one of the greatest footballers of his generation, Blokhin was a standout striker for Dynamo ...

(Dynamo Kyiv) ;16 goals *

Vladimir Kazachyonok Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kazachyonok (; 6 September 1952 – 26 March 2017) was a Soviet football player and Russian coach. He was the academy director with Zenit St. Petersburg until his death in 2017. International career Kazachyonok made ...

(Zenit) ;15 goals *

Valery Gazzaev Valery Georgiyevich Gazzaev (; ; born 7 August 1954) is a Russian politician, football manager and former footballer of Ossetian descent. As a Soviet footballer he played the position of a striker enjoying successes with his team FC Dynamo M ...

(Dynamo Moscow) ;14 goals *

Khoren Hovhannisyan Khoren Oganesian (; born 10 January 1955), also known as Khoren Hovhannisyan, is a former Armenian and Soviet football player who played as a midfielder and currently a football manager and coach. He was awarded the Master of Sport of the USSR, I ...

(Ararat) * Pyotr Vasilevsky (Dinamo Minsk) ;13 goals *

Andrei Yakubik Andrei Aleksandrovich Yakubik (; born 24 August 1950) is a former Soviet football player. Honours * Soviet Top League winner: 1976 (spring). * Soviet Cup winner: 1977. * Olympic bronze: 1972. * UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finalist: 1972. * Grigo ...

(Pakhtakor) ;12 goals * Viktor Grachyov (Shakhtar) * Aleksandr Pogorelov (Dnipro)

Medal squads

''(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)''

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. {{1981–82 in European football (UEFA) Soviet Top League seasons 1

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