1989 Soviet Top League
Promotion
- CSKA Moscow ( Russian SFSR)
- Guria Lanchkhuti ( Georgian SSR)
- After this season the teams in italics quit the USSR Football Federation and joined the leagues of their native countries. For the next season, the league was reduced to 13 teams as Žalgiris will quit as well after their first game of the next season.
- + - Newly promoted
Read more about 1989 Soviet Top League: Top Scorers, Medal Squads
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