Football in the Soviet Union

Season	1987
Men's football
Top League	Spartak Moscow
First League	Chernomorets Odessa
Second League	Tavriya Simferopol (Finals 1) Zvezda Perm (Finals 2) Kuban Krasnodar (Finals 3)
Soviet Cup	Dinamo Kiev
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The 1987 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 eleventh 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	Spartak Moscow (C)	30	16	11	3	49	26	+23	42[a]	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk	30	15	9	6	42	22	+20	39	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Žalgiris Vilnius	30	14	8	8	43	29	+14	36
4	Torpedo Moscow	30	12	12	6	35	25	+10	34[b]
5	Dinamo Minsk	30	12	9	9	33	25	+8	33
6	Dynamo Kiev	30	11	10	9	37	27	+10	32
7	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	10	10	10	29	31	−2	30
8	Ararat Erevan	30	13	3	14	32	45	−13	29
9	Neftchi Baku	30	9	10	11	33	30	+3	28
10	Dinamo Moscow	30	9	11	10	27	30	−3	28[a]
11	Metalist Kharkov	30	10	7	13	23	32	−9	27	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
12	Kairat Alma-Ata	30	10	6	14	27	38	−11	26
13	Dinamo Tbilisi	30	9	7	14	31	40	−9	25
14	Zenit Leningrad	30	7	10	13	25	37	−12	24
15	CSKA Moscow (R)	30	7	11	12	26	35	−9	24[a]	Relegation to First League
16	Guria Lanchkhuti (R)	30	5	8	17	18	38	−20	18

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chernomorets Odessa (C, P)	42	25	12	5	68	31	+37	62	Promotion to Top League
2	Lokomotiv Moscow (P)	42	23	13	6	59	26	+33	58[a]
3	Daugava Riga	42	19	15	8	65	35	+30	50[a]
4	Pamir Dushanbe	42	19	8	15	55	45	+10	46
5	SKA Karpaty Lvov	42	17	12	13	62	46	+16	46
6	Kuzbass Kemerevo	42	16	14	12	46	36	+10	44[a]
7	Pakhtakor Tashkent	42	16	12	14	47	44	+3	44
8	Kolos Nikopol	42	15	10	17	58	63	−5	40
9	Metallurg Zaporozhia	42	14	12	16	54	53	+1	40
10	Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don	42	14	13	15	49	55	−6	40[a]
11	SKA Rostov-on-Don	42	16	7	19	40	56	−16	39
12	Geolog Tyumen	42	15	9	18	45	54	−9	39
13	Kotayk Abovyan	42	15	8	19	55	59	−4	38
14	Shinnik Yaroslavl	42	15	8	19	26	42	−16	38
15	Dynamo Stavropol	42	13	15	14	46	52	−6	38[a]
16	Zarya Voroshilovgrad	42	13	15	14	46	60	−14	38[a]
17	Rotor Volgograd	42	13	10	19	45	50	−5	36
18	Spartak Ordjonikidze	42	12	12	18	37	46	−9	36
19	Dinamo Batumi	42	12	11	19	38	45	−7	35
20	Fakel Voronezh (R)	42	11	16	15	35	37	−2	34[a]	Relegation to Second League
21	Torpedo Kutaisi (R)	42	11	12	19	30	51	−21	34
22	Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev (R)	42	10	12	20	40	60	−20	32

Top League

• Oleh Protasov (Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk) – 18 goals

First League

• Viktor Pimushin (Kuzbass Kemerovo) – 23 goals

• 1987 Soviet football championship. RSSSF