# 1983 in Soviet football

The 1983 Soviet football championship was the 52nd seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the first time.

## Honours

| Competition | Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
| Top League | Top League | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk (1) | Spartak Moscow |
| First League | First League | Kairat Alma-Ata (2) | SKA Rostov-na-Donu |
| Second League | Finals 1 | Irtysh Omsk | Metallurg Lipetsk |
| Second League | Finals 2 | Spartak Ordzhonikidze | Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo |
| Second League | Finals 3 | Dinamo Batumi | Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev |
| Soviet Cup | Soviet Cup | Shakhtar Donetsk (4) | Metallist Kharkov |
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 |
| 1 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (C) | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 63 | 36 | +27 | 49 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Spartak Moscow | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 60 | 25 | +35 | 45 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Dinamo Minsk | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 51 | 34 | +17 | 43 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Zenit Leningrad | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 40 | |
| 5 | Žalgiris Vilnius | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 39 | |
| 6 | Torpedo Moscow | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 38 | |
| 7 | Dynamo Kyiv | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 38 | |
| 8 | Chornomorets Odessa | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 37 | |
| 9 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 37 | |
| 10 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 35 | |
| 11 | Metalist Kharkiv | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 32 | |
| 12 | CSKA Moscow | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 32 | |
| 13 | Neftchi Baku | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 30 | |
| 14 | Ararat Yerevan | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 47 | −18 | 29 | |
| 15 | Dynamo Moscow | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 28 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 16 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 27 | |
| 17 | Torpedo Kutaisi (R) | 34 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 26 | 58 | −32 | 18 | Relegation to First League |
| 18 | Nistru Kishinev (R) | 34 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 73 | −54 | 10 | Relegation to First League |
* 1 2 3 1 point deducted (10 draw limit)
* ↑ 2 points deducted (10 draw limit)

### First League

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Kairat Almaty (C, P) | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 78 | 36 | +42 | 60 | Promotion to Top League |
| 2 | SKA Rostov-on-Don (P) | 42 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 73 | 36 | +37 | 58 | Promotion to Top League |
| 3 | Fakel Voronezh | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 54 | |
| 4 | Rotor Volgograd | 42 | 23 | 5 | 14 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 51 | |
| 5 | Metallurg Zaporozhia | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 66 | 46 | +20 | 50 | |
| 6 | Kolos Nikopol | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 69 | 52 | +17 | 48 | |
| 7 | Tavria Simferopol | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 78 | 67 | +11 | 44 | |
| 8 | Kuban Krasnodar | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 43 | |
| 9 | Guria Lanchkhuti | 42 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 52 | 71 | −19 | 42 | |
| 10 | Kuzbass Kemerovo | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 42 | |
| 11 | SKA Karpaty Lvov | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 42 | |
| 12 | Pamir Dushanbe | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 40 | |
| 13 | Zarya Voroshilovgrad | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 66 | 67 | −1 | 39 | |
| 14 | Daugava Riga | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 57 | 63 | −6 | 38 | |
| 15 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 38 | |
| 16 | Zvezda Dzhizak | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 62 | 64 | −2 | 38 | |
| 17 | Iskra Smolensk | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 37 | |
| 18 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 45 | 75 | −30 | 37 | |
| 19 | SKA Khabarovsk | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 33 | 54 | −21 | 36 | |
| 20 | Dnepr Mogilev (R) | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 40 | 60 | −20 | 36 | Relegation to Second League |
| 21 | Textilshchik Ivanovo (R) | 42 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 45 | 83 | −38 | 26 | Relegation to Second League |
| 22 | Dinamo Kirov (R) | 42 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 29 | 63 | −34 | 21 | 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.

### Finals 1

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | RUS | Irtysh Omsk | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Promoted |
| 2 | RUS | Metallurg Lipetsk | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | |
| 3 | UKR | SKA Kiev | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 2 | |

### Finals 2

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | RUS | Spartak Orjonikidze | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5 | Promoted |
| 2 | RUS | Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | KAZ | Shakhtyor Karaganda | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |

### Finals 3

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | GEO | Dinamo Batumi | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 | Promoted |
| 2 | RUS | Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| 3 | UZB | Neftyanik Fergana | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 | |

### Top goalscorers

Top League
* Yuri Gavrilov (Spartak Moscow) – 18 goals
First League
* Yuriy Bondarenko (Tavriya Simferopol) – 25 goals