# 1977 Soviet Top League

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 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 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 | Relegation to First League |

## 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 | |

## Top scorers
### 17 goals

* Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv)

### 14 goals

* David Kipiani (Dinamo Tbilisi)

### 12 goals

* Yuri Chesnokov (CSKA Moscow)

### 10 goals

* Andrei Yakubik (Dynamo Moscow)

### 9 goals

* Yuri Reznik (Shakhtar)
* Nikolai Smolnikov (Neftchi)
* Vitali Starukhin (Shakhtar)

### 8 goals

* Revaz Chelebadze (Dinamo Tbilisi)
* Vladimir Klementyev (Zenit)

### 7 goals

* Yuri Dubrovny (Karpaty)
* Vladimir Kazachyonok (Dynamo Moscow)
* Boris Kopeikin (CSKA Moscow)
* Khoren Hovhannisyan (Ararat)
* Vyacheslav Semyonov (Zorya Voroshylovhrad)