# 1982 in Soviet football

The 1982 Soviet football championship was the 51st seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Dinamo Minsk won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the first time.

## Honours

| Competition | Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
| Top League | Top League | Dinamo Minsk (1) | Dinamo Kiev |
| First League | First League | Zhalgiris Vilnius (1) | Nistru Kishinev |
| Second League | Finals 1 | Tekstilschik Ivanovo | Spartak Ordzhonikidze |
| Second League | Finals 2 | Dnepr Mogilev | Dinamo Samarqand |
| Second League | Finals 3 | Kuzbass Kemerovo | Shakhter Karaganda |
| Soviet Cup | Soviet Cup | Dinamo Kiev (6) | Torpedo Moscow |
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

## Soviet Union football championship
### Top League

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dinamo Minsk (C) | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 63 | 35 | +28 | 47 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 58 | 25 | +33 | 46 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Spartak Moscow | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 59 | 35 | +24 | 41 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 41 | |
| 5 | Ararat Yerevan | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 38 | |
| 6 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 36 | |
| 7 | Zenit Leningrad | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 33 | |
| 8 | Torpedo Moscow | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 32 | |
| 9 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 32 | |
| 10 | Chornomorets Odessa | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 32 | |
| 11 | Dynamo Moscow | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 31 | |
| 12 | Metalist Kharkiv | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 32 | 34 | −2 | 30 | |
| 13 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 30 | |
| 14 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 42 | 57 | −15 | 29 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 15 | CSKA Moscow | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 29 | |
| 16 | Neftchi Baku | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 27 | |
| 17 | Kuban Krasnodar (R) | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 27 | Relegation to First League |
| 18 | Kairat Alma-Ata (R) | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 34 | 56 | −22 | 24 | Relegation to First League |
* 1 2 3 1 point deducted (10 draw limit)
* 1 2 2 points deducted (10 draw limit)

### First League

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Žalgiris Vilnius (C, P) | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 65 | 34 | +31 | 56 | Promotion to Top League |
| 2 | Nistru Kishinev (P) | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 67 | 38 | +29 | 56 | Promotion to Top League |
| 3 | Kolos Nikopol | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 63 | 38 | +25 | 55 | |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 42 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 63 | 32 | +31 | 54 | |
| 5 | Fakel Voronezh | 42 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 60 | 33 | +27 | 54 | |
| 6 | Zarya Voroshilovgrad | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 65 | 52 | +13 | 47 | |
| 7 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 59 | 58 | +1 | 45 | |
| 8 | Daugava Riga | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 58 | 51 | +7 | 44 | |
| 9 | Pamir Dushanbe | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 44 | |
| 10 | SKA Karpaty Lvov | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 42 | |
| 11 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 59 | 52 | +7 | 42 | |
| 12 | Metallurg Zaporozhia | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 41 | |
| 13 | Tavria Simferopol | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 41 | |
| 14 | Rotor Volgograd | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 63 | 64 | −1 | 40 | |
| 15 | Dinamo Kirov | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 45 | 57 | −12 | 38 | |
| 16 | SKA Khabarovsk | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 38 | |
| 17 | Iskra Smolensk | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 53 | 67 | −14 | 38 | |
| 18 | Guria Lanchkhuti | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 48 | 67 | −19 | 37 | |
| 19 | Zvezda Dzhizak | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 56 | 77 | −21 | 37 | |
| 20 | SKA Odessa (R) | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 34 | Relegation to Second League |
| 21 | SKA Kiev (R) | 42 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 31 | 81 | −50 | 20 | Relegation to Second League |
| 22 | Spartak Kostroma (R) | 42 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 18 | 77 | −59 | 17 | Relegation to Second League |
* 1 2 3 4 There was a draw limit for the draws earned, 12. Only twelve draws earn a point, in contrast, over the limit draws earn no points.
* ↑ Karpaty Lvov merged with SKA Lvov into SKA-Karpaty.
* ↑ Zvezda Dzhizak was called Buston.

### Match for 1st place

* Žalgiris 1-0 Nistru

### Finals 1

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | RUS | Textilshchik Ivanovo | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | Promoted |
| 2 | RUS | Spartak Orjonikidze | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | ARM | Kotaik Abovyan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |

### Finals 2

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | BLR | Dnepr Mogilyov | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | Promoted |
| 2 | UZB | Dinamo Samarkand | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | UKR | Bukovina Chernovtsy | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 2 | |

### Finals 3

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | RUS | Kuzbass Kemerovo | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 | Promoted |
| 2 | KAZ | Shakhtyor Karaganda | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 | RUS | Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 2 | |
* ↑ 1 point deducted?

### Top goalscorers

Top League
* Andrei Yakubik (Pakhtakor Tashkent) – 23 goals
First League
* Georgiy Kolyadok (Kolos Nikopol) – 26 goals