| Competition: | Soviet Top League |
| Season: | 1983 |
| Winners: | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk |
| Relegated: | Torpedo Kutaisi, Nistru Kishinev |
| Continentalcup1: | European Cup |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk |
| Continentalcup2: | Cup Winners' Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Dinamo Moscow |
| Continentalcup3: | UEFA Cup |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Spartak Moscow Dinamo Minsk |
| League Topscorer: | (18) Yuri Gavrilov (Spartak) |
| Matches: | 306 |
| Total Goals: | 725 |
| Prevseason: | 1982 |
| Nextseason: | 1984 |
Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1983 season.
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
| 1. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | |
| Goalkeepers: Serhiy Krakovskyi (34). Defenders: Mykola Pavlov (33 / 3), Petro Kutuzov (27), Oleksandr Lysenko (17 / 1), Yuriy Mirhorodskyi (17), Serhiy Puchkov (13), Oleksandr Chervonyi (9), Andriy Bobrikov (7), Volodymyr Ustinov (6), Anatoliy Nazarenko (5), Valeriy Zuyev (2). Midfielders: Andriy Dilay (34 / 2), Vyktor Kuznetsov (31 / 7), Volodymyr Ustymchyk (30 / 5), Oleh Serebryanskyi (26 / 1), Hennadiy Lytovchenko (24 / 5), Mykola Fedorenko (17 / 3), Volodymyr Bahmut (6), Volodymyr Kobzarev (5). Forwards: Oleh Taran (30 / 13), Volodymyr Lyutyi (24 / 9), Oleh Protasov (21 / 7), Aleksandr Pogorelov (21 / 5). Manager: Volodymyr Yemets. Transferred out during the season: Volodymyr Ustinov (to FC Kolos Nikopol), Valeriy Zuyev (retired). | |
| 2. FC Spartak Moscow | |
| Goalkeepers: Rinat Dasayev (34), Andrei Mikhalychev (1). Defenders: Sergei Bazulev (30), Gennady Morozov (30), Yevgeni Mileshkin (29 / 1), Vladimir Sochnov (25 / 3), Boris Pozdnyakov (25), Oleg Romantsev (17), Aleksandr Bubnov (13), Sergei Savchenkov (3), Sergei Shulgin (1). Midfielders: Yuri Gavrilov (34 / 18), Yevgeni Kuznetsov (34 / 5), Fyodor Cherenkov (33 / 10), Valeri Gladilin (26 / 9), Yuri Reznik (25 / 4), Edgar Gess (18 / 2), Sergei Shvetsov (8), Mikhail Dubinin (5 / 2), Vladimir Korolyov (1), Sergei Nikitin (1). Forwards: Sergey Rodionov (16 / 5), Sergei Argudyayev (6), Mikhail Rusyayev (5), Oleg Kuzhlev (2), Oleg Smirnov (1). Manager: Konstantin Beskov. Transferred out during the season: Oleg Romantsev (retired), Mikhail Dubinin (to FC Metallurg Aldan). | |
| 3. FC Dinamo Minsk | |
| Goalkeepers: Yury Kurbyko (30), Mikhail Vergeyenko (4), Arkadi Batalov (1). Defenders: Yuri Kurnenin (32 / 1), Sergei Borovsky (32), Viktor Yanushevsky (30), Viktor Shishkin (24), Liudas Rumbutis (22 / 3), Oļegs Aleksejenko (18), Igor Belov (10), Yury Trukhan (5). Midfielders: Andrei Zygmantovich (30 / 1), Sergey Gotsmanov (29 / 5), Sergei Aleinikov (29 / 2), Yuri Pudyshev (26 / 1), Aleksandr Prokopenko (12 / 2), Valeri Melnikov (9 / 1). Forwards: Igor Gurinovich (28 / 17), Georgi Kondratyev (28 / 8), Viktor Sokol (18 / 9), Pyotr Vasilevsky (17 / 1). Manager: Eduard Malofeyev. Transferred out during the season: Aleksandr Prokopenko (released). |