1983 in Soviet football

Football in the Soviet Union
Season	1983
Men's football
Top League	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk
First League	Kairat Alma-Ata
Second League	Irtysh Omsk (Finals 1); Spartak Ordzhonikidze (Finals 2); Dinamo Batumi (Finals 3)
Soviet Cup	Shakhter Donetsk

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		Winner	Runner-up
Top League		Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk (1)	Spartak Moscow
First League		Kairat Alma-Ata (2)	SKA Rostov-na-Donu
Second League	Finals 1	Irtysh Omsk	Metallurg Lipetsk
	Finals 2	Spartak Ordzhonikidze	Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo
	Finals 3	Dinamo Batumi	Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev
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^[a]
5	Žalgiris Vilnius	34	15	9	10	38	36	+2	39
6	Torpedo Moscow	34	14	11	9	40	34	+6	38^[a]
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^[b]
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^[a]	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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c 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^[a]	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^[a]
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^[a]
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^[a]	Relegation to Second League
21	Textilshchik Ivanovo (R)	42	8	10	24	45	83	−38	26
22	Dinamo Kirov (R)	42	5	11	26	29	63	−34	21