# 1989 in Soviet football

The 1989 Soviet football championship was the 56th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Spartak Moscow won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the twelfth time.

## Honours

| Competition | Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
| Top League | Top League | Spartak Moscow (12) | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk |
| First League | First League | CSKA Moscow (2) | Guria Lanchkhuti |
| Second League | Finals 1 | Lokomotiv Gorkiy | Irtysh Omsk |
| Second League | Group 2 | Tekstilschik Tiraspol | Volyn Lutsk |
| Second League | Group 3 | Dinamo Sukhumi | Neftianik Fergana |
| Soviet Cup | Soviet Cup | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk (1) | 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 | Spartak Moscow (C) | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 49 | 19 | +30 | 44 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 42 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Dynamo Kyiv | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 44 | 27 | +17 | 38 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | Žalgiris Vilnius (X) | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 36 | Surrendered its qualification for UEFA competitions |
| 5 | Torpedo Moscow | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 35 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Chornomorets Odesa | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 31 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 7 | Metalist Kharkiv | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 30 | |
| 8 | Dinamo Moscow | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 30 | |
| 9 | Dinamo Minsk | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 29 | |
| 10 | Rotor Volgograd | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 27 | |
| 11 | Dinamo Tbilisi (X) | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 25 | Withdrew |
| 12 | Ararat Yerevan | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 41 | −16 | 24 | |
| 13 | Pamir Dushanbe | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 20 | 38 | −18 | 24 | |
| 14 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 36 | −12 | 23 | |
| 15 | Lokomotiv Moscow (R) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 32 | −12 | 23 | Relegation to First League |
| 16 | Zenit Leningrad (R) | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 48 | −24 | 19 | Relegation to First League |
* ↑ Qualified to Europe instead of Žalgiris Vilnius

### First League

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | CSKA Moscow (C, P) | 42 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 79 | 44 | +35 | 59 | Promotion to Top League |
| 2 | Guria Lanchkhuti (X) | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 64 | 45 | +19 | 54 | Withdrew from the league |
| 3 | Kairat Almaty | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 68 | 40 | +28 | 51 | |
| 4 | Dynamo Stavropol | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 50 | |
| 5 | Fakel Voronezh | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 56 | 49 | +7 | 48 | |
| 6 | Tavriya Simferopol | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 64 | 56 | +8 | 48 | |
| 7 | Metalurh Zaporizhia | 42 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 47 | |
| 8 | Neftchi Baku | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 46 | 35 | +11 | 47 | |
| 9 | Kotayk Abovyan | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 60 | 53 | +7 | 45 | |
| 10 | Nistru Chisinau | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 43 | |
| 11 | Geolog Tyumen | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 56 | 52 | +4 | 43 | |
| 12 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 57 | 59 | −2 | 41 | |
| 13 | Torpedo Kutaisi (X) | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 41 | Withdrew from the league |
| 14 | Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 40 | |
| 15 | Kuzbass Kemerevo | 42 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 60 | 58 | +2 | 39 | |
| 16 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 39 | |
| 17 | Spartak Ordjonikidze | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 37 | |
| 18 | Dinamo Batumi (X) | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 36 | Withdrew from the league |
| 19 | Kuban Krasnodar | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 35 | |
| 20 | SKA Rostov-on-Don (R) | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 35 | Relegation to Second League |
| 21 | Daugava Riga (R) | 42 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 40 | 68 | −28 | 26 | Relegation to Second League |
| 22 | SKA Karpaty Lviv (R) | 42 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 31 | 73 | −42 | 20 | Relegation to Second League |

### Group 1

| Pos | Rep | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | RUS | Lokomotiv Gorkiy | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | Promoted |
| 2 | RUS | Irtysh Omsk | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | RUS | Cement Novorossiysk | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Rep | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | MDA | Textilshchik Tiraspol | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Promoted |
| 2 | UKR | Volyn Lutsk | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
| 3 | RUS | Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | |

### Group 3

| Pos | Rep | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | GEO | Dinamo Sukhumi | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Promoted |
| 2 | UZB | Neftyanik Fergana | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 | |
| 3 | KAZ | Traktor Pavlodar | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |

### Top goalscorers

Top League
* Sergei Rodionov (Spartak Moscow) – 16 goals
First League
* Valeriy Masalitin (CSKA Moscow) – 32 goals