# 1984 in Soviet football

The 1984 Soviet football championship was the 53rd seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Zenit Leningrad won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the first time.

## Honours

| Competition | Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
| Top League | Top League | Zenit Leningrad (1) | Spartak Moscow |
| First League | First League | Fakel Voronezh (2) | Torpedo Kutaisi |
| Second League | Finals 1 | Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev | Niva Vinnitsa |
| Second League | Finals 2 | Kotaik Abovian | Geolog Tyumen |
| Second League | Finals 3 | Dinamo Stavropol | Dinamo Samarkand |
| Soviet Cup | Soviet Cup | Dinamo Moscow (6) | Zenit Leningrad |
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 | Zenit Leningrad (C) | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 60 | 32 | +28 | 47 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Spartak Moscow | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 53 | 29 | +24 | 45 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 42 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Chornomorets Odessa | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 41 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Dinamo Minsk | 34 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 40 | |
| 6 | Torpedo Moscow | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 40 | |
| 7 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 36 | |
| 8 | Kairat Alma-Ata | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 34 | |
| 9 | Žalgiris Vilnius | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 34 | |
| 10 | Dynamo Kyiv | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 34 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 11 | Ararat Yerevan | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 46 | 50 | −4 | 31 | |
| 12 | Metalist Kharkiv | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 29 | |
| 13 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 29 | |
| 14 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 48 | 58 | −10 | 27 | |
| 15 | Neftchi Baku | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 50 | −20 | 26 | |
| 16 | Dynamo Moscow | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 26 | |
| 17 | Pakhtakor Tashkent (R) | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 37 | 58 | −21 | 25 | Relegation to First League |
| 18 | CSKA Moscow (R) | 34 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 55 | −31 | 19 | Relegation to First League |
* 1 2 3 points deducted (10 draw limit)
* ↑ 1 point deducted (10 draw limit)

### First League

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Fakel Voronezh (C, P) | 42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 61 | 30 | +31 | 57 | Promotion to Top League |
| 2 | Torpedo Kutaisi (P) | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 76 | 55 | +21 | 55 | Promotion to Top League |
| 3 | SKA Karpaty Lvov | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 63 | 44 | +19 | 49 | |
| 4 | Kuban Krasnodar | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 60 | 41 | +19 | 49 | |
| 5 | Metallurg Zaporozhia | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 57 | 43 | +14 | 48 | |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 46 | |
| 7 | Daugava Riga | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 65 | 50 | +15 | 44 | |
| 8 | Pamir Dushanbe | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 43 | |
| 9 | Kuzbass Kemerovo | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 56 | 51 | +5 | 42 | |
| 10 | Guria Lanchkhuti | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 42 | |
| 11 | Dinamo Batumi | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 58 | 67 | −9 | 40 | |
| 12 | Iskra Smolensk | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 40 | |
| 13 | Zvezda Dzhizak | 42 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 51 | 64 | −13 | 39 | |
| 14 | SKA Khabarovsk | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 55 | 59 | −4 | 39 | |
| 15 | Rotor Volgograd | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 63 | 78 | −15 | 38 | |
| 16 | Spartak Ordjonikidze | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 42 | 51 | −9 | 38 | |
| 17 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 38 | |
| 18 | Nistru Kishinev | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 45 | 58 | −13 | 38 | |
| 19 | Kolos Nikopol | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 50 | 59 | −9 | 38 | |
| 20 | Zarya Voroshilovgrad (R) | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 54 | 61 | −7 | 37 | Relegation to Second League |
| 21 | Tavria Simferopol (R) | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 43 | 58 | −15 | 35 | Relegation to Second League |
| 22 | Irtysh Omsk (R) | 42 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 72 | −37 | 26 | Relegation to Second League |
* 1 2 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.

### Finals 1

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | RUS | Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 7 | Promoted |
| 2 | UKR | Niva Vinnitsa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | KAZ | Tselinnik Tselinograd | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 2 | |

### Finals 2

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | ARM | Kotaik Abovyan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Promoted |
| 2 | RUS | Geolog Tyumen | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | RUS | Zorkiy Krasnogorsk | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |

### Finals 3

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | RUS | Dinamo Stavropol | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Promoted |
| 2 | UZB | Dinamo Samarkand | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | RUS | Baltika Kaliningrad | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |

### Top goalscorers

Top League
* Sergei Andreyev (SKA Rostov-na-Donu) – 19 goals
First League
* Revaz Chelebadze (Dinamo Batumi) – 27 goals