1988 in Soviet football

Football in the Soviet Union

Season	1988
Men's football
Top League	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk
First League	Pamir Dushanbe
Second League	Nistru Kishinev (Finals 1) Torpedo Kutaisi (Finals 2) Fakel Voronezh (Finals 3)
Soviet Cup	Metallist Kharkov
← 1987 1989 →

The 1988 Soviet football championship was the 56th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the second time.

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (C)	30	18	10	2	49	23	+26	46	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Dynamo Kyiv	30	17	9	4	43	19	+24	43	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Torpedo Moscow	30	17	8	5	39	23	+16	42	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Spartak Moscow	30	14	11	5	40	26	+14	39[a]	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	Žalgiris Vilnius	30	14	7	9	39	35	+4	35
6	Zenit Leningrad	30	11	9	10	35	34	+1	31
7	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	10	12	8	35	29	+6	30[b]
8	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	9	10	11	30	28	+2	28
9	Ararat Erevan	30	9	9	12	21	28	−7	27
10	Dinamo Moscow	30	9	8	13	32	38	−6	26
11	Metalist Kharkiv	30	8	10	12	29	36	−7	26
12	Dinamo Minsk	30	7	11	12	29	34	−5	25[a]
13	Chornomorets Odessa	30	9	6	15	24	37	−13	24
14	Dinamo Tbilisi	30	9	5	16	28	37	−9	23
15	Neftchi Baku (R)	30	5	7	18	28	46	−18	17	Relegation to First League
16	Kairat Alma-Ata (R)	30	6	4	20	25	53	−28	16

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Pamir Dushanbe (C, P)	42	24	10	8	78	44	+34	58	Promotion to Top League
2	Rotor Volgograd (P)	42	25	7	10	76	37	+39	57
3	CSKA Moscow	42	23	10	9	69	35	+34	56
4	Guria Lanchkhuti	42	23	7	12	71	44	+27	53
5	Pakhtakor Tashkent	42	21	10	11	64	38	+26	52
6	Dynamo Stavropol	42	18	11	13	59	46	+13	47
7	SKA Karpaty Lviv	42	18	8	16	51	39	+12	44
8	Daugava Riga	42	18	7	17	56	54	+2	43
9	SKA Rostov-on-Don	42	16	10	16	57	64	−7	42
10	Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don	42	16	8	18	59	67	−8	40
11	Shinnik Yaroslavl	42	16	8	18	48	48	0	40
12	Geolog Tyumen	42	17	5	20	46	58	−12	39
13	Spartak Ordjonikidze	42	15	9	18	57	60	−3	39
14	Tavriya Simferopol	42	13	14	15	34	43	−9	38[a]
15	Kuzbass Kemerevo	42	13	14	15	38	39	−1	38[a]
16	Dinamo Batumi	42	15	6	21	40	53	−13	36
17	Metalurh Zaporizhia	42	12	13	17	30	43	−13	36[a]
18	Kotayk Abovyan	42	14	7	21	55	83	−28	35
19	Kuban Krasnodar	42	12	11	19	41	56	−15	35
20	Zarya Voroshylovhrad (R)	42	11	10	21	44	59	−15	32	Relegation to Second League
21	Zvezda Perm (R)	42	10	12	20	37	69	−32	32
22	Kolos Nikopol (R)	42	10	7	25	31	62	−31	27

Top League

• Yevhen Shakhov (Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk), Aleksandr Borodyuk (Dinamo Moscow) – 16 goals

First League

• Aleksandr Nikitin (Rotor Volgograd), Mukhsin Mukhamadiev (Pamir Dushanbe) – 22 goals

• 1988 Soviet football championship. RSSSF