1990 Soviet Top League


The 1990 Soviet Top League season was the 53rd since its establishment. Spartak Moscow were the defending 12-times champions. The league was shortened and a total of fourteen teams participated. By the start of the season both Georgian teams have withdrew followed by another withdrawal from Žalgiris at the start of competition. The league consisted of ten teams contested in the 1989 season and the Army club promoted from the Soviet First League. The representatives of the Baltic states as well as Georgia chose not to take part in the competition.
The season began on 1 March with the game between Dnipro and Rotor and lasted until 20 October 1990. The season was won by FC Dynamo Kyiv.

Participating teams

The league was reduced to 13 after first Georgian clubs and then Žalgiris withdrew from the Soviet Top League.
Lokomotiv Moscow and the last placed Zenit Leningrad of the 1989 Soviet Top League were relegated to the 1990 Soviet First League. Lokomotiv returned to the Soviet First League after two seasons absence, while Zenit was relegated for the first time since being promoted back in 1938 through the club's merger.
Originally two teams were promoted from the 1989 Soviet First League and included PFC CSKA Moscow and FC Guria Lanchkhuti. Just before the start of new season Georgian clubs and Žalgiris left the league.

Promoted teams

Stadiums

Final standings

Promotion/relegation play-off

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Lokomotiv Moscow won the promotion on 3–2 aggregate

Top scorers

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1. FC Dynamo Kyiv

Goalkeepers: Viktor Chanov, Aleksandr Zhidkov.

Defenders: Serhiy Shmatovalenko, Oleh Kuznetsov, Akhrik Tsveiba, Serhiy Zayets, Anatoliy Demyanenko, Oleh Luzhny, Andriy Annenkov, Volodymyr Bezsonov, Andriy Bal, Borys Derkach, Andriy Aleksanenkov, Yuriy Moroz.

Midfielders: Hennadiy Lytovchenko, Vasyl Rats, Ivan Yaremchuk, Serhiy Kovalets, Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko, Pavlo Yakovenko.

Forwards: Oleg Salenko, Oleh Protasov, Sergei Yuran.
Manager: Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Anatoliy Puzach.
Transferred out during the season: Oleh Kuznetsov, Oleh Protasov, Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko.
2. PFC CSKA Moscow

Goalkeepers: Mikhail Yeremin, Aleksandr Guteyev, Yuri Shishkin.

Defenders: Dmitri Bystrov, Dmitri Galiamin, Sergei Fokin, Sergei Kolotovkin, Oleg Malyukov, Viktor Yanushevsky.

Midfielders: Valeri Broshin, Dmitri Kuznetsov, Igor Korneev, Vladimir Tatarchuk, Mikhail Kolesnikov, Igor Kozlov, Sergei Krutov, Aleksandr Grishin.

Forwards: Oleg Sergeyev, Sergey Dmitriev, Valeri Masalitin.
Manager: Pavel Sadyrin.
Transferred out during the season: none.
3. FC Dynamo Moscow

Goalkeepers: Aleksandr Uvarov, Andrei Smetanin, Dmitri Kharine.

Defenders: Andrei Chernyshov, Igor Sklyarov, Viktor Losev, Andrei Mokh, Yevgeni Smertin, Yevgeni Dolgov, Vyacheslav Tsaryov, Serhiy Protsyuk, Andrei Zhirov, Ravil Sabitov.

Midfielders: Aleksei Sereda, Andrey Kobelev, Sergei Derkach, Igor Dobrovolski, Roman Pylypchuk, Aleksandr Zakharov, Aleksandr Smirnov, Aleksei Yeryomenko, Sergei Neyman.

Forwards: Sergei Kiriakov, Igor Kolyvanov, Igor Simutenkov.
Manager: Anatoli Byshovets, Semen Altman.
Transferred out during the season:''' Aleksandr Smirnov, Ravil Sabitov.

Number of teams by union republic