1977 Soviet Top League

Soviet Top League
Season1977
ChampionsDinamo Kiev
RelegatedKarpaty Lvov, Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev
European CupDinamo Kiev
Cup Winners' CupShakhter Donetsk
UEFA CupDinamo Tbilisi
Torpedo Moscow
Matches240
Goals486 (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
14 goals
12 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals

Attendances

Source:[1]

No. Club Average
1 Dinamo Tbilisi 68,200
2 Zenit 27,667
3 Dynamo Kyiv 26,633
4 Ararat 26,000
5 Neftçhi 25,800
6 Kairat 24,200
7 Shakhtar Donetsk 21,533
8 Karpaty Lviv 18,867
9 Dnipro 18,533
10 Dynamo Moscow 17,667
11 Chornomorets 16,867
12 Torpedo 16,133
13 Krylia Sovetov 12,900
14 PFC CSKA 12,400
15 Zorya 11,567
16 Lokomotiv Moscow 7,467

References