1988 Soviet Top League


Teams

Promoted teams

Final standings

Promotion
;16 goals
;15 goals
;12 goals
;11 goals
;10 goals
;9 goals
'
1. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Goalkeepers: Valeriy Horodov, Serhiy Krakovskyi, Igor Tyuterev.

Defenders: Sergei Bashkirov, Ivan Vyshnevskyi, Oleksandr Sorokalet, Oleksiy Cherednyk, Serhiy Puchkov, Volodymyr Gerashchenko, Peter Neustädter, Serhiy Bezhenar, Oleksandr Chervonyi, Petro Buts, Oleh Fediukov.

Midfielders: Volodymyr Bahmut, Mykola Kudrytsky, Anton Shokh, Vadym Yevtushenko, Vadym Tyshchenko, Viktor Rafalchuk, Yevhen Pokhlebayev.

Forwards: Eduard Son, Yevhen Shakhov, Volodymyr Lyutyi, Igor Shkvyrin, Andriy Sydelnykov, Oleh Taran, Vasyl Storchak, Oleh Koshelyuk, Konstantin Yeryomenko, Yuriy Leonov, Valentyn Moskvyn.
Manager: Yevhen Kucherevskyi.
Transferred out during the season: Vadym Yevtushenko, Peter Neustädter, Vasyl Storchak.
2. FC Dynamo Kyiv

Goalkeepers: Viktor Chanov, Aleksandr Zhidkov.

Defenders: Anatoliy Demyanenko, Oleh Kuznetsov, Andriy Bal, Serhiy Shmatovalenko, Volodymyr Bezsonov, Ihor Korniyets, Sergei Baltacha, Vladimir Gorilyi.

Midfielders: Vasyl Rats, Hennadiy Lytovchenko, Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko, Oleksandr Zavarov, Ivan Yaremchuk, Andrei Kanchelskis, Pavlo Yakovenko, Serhiy Pohodin, Mykhaylo Stelmakh.

Forwards: Oleh Protasov, Ihor Belanov.
Manager: Valeriy Lobanovskyi.
Transferred out during the season: Oleksandr Zavarov.
3. FC Torpedo Moscow

Goalkeepers: Valeri Sarychev, Aleksei Prudnikov.

Defenders: Aleksandr Polukarov, Valentin Kovach, Sergei Prigoda, Sergei Bodak, Maksim Cheltsov, Dmitri Chugunov.

Midfielders: Sergey Agashkov, Vladimir Grechnyov, Oleg Shirinbekov, Gennadi Grishin, Nikolai Savichev, Sergei Zhukov, Aleksei Yeryomenko, Sergei Shustikov.

Forwards: Vadim Rogovskoy, Nikolai Pisarev, Andrei Rudakov, Yuri Savichev, Aleksandr Gitselov, Vladimir Kobzev, Yuri Tishkov.
Manager: Valentin Ivanov.
Transferred out during the season:''' Aleksei Yeryomenko, Vladimir Kobzev.

Number of teams by union republic