Footballer of the Year in the USSR
The title Footballer of the Year was awarded in the USSR from 1964 until its collapse in 1991. It was awarded by the weekly sports magazine Football . The last winner was Igor Kolyvanov . Most of the awards went to Oleh Blochin .
List of title holders
- 1991: Igor Kolyvanov , FK Dynamo Moscow
- 1990: Igor Dobrowolski , FK Dynamo Moscow
- 1989: Fyodor Cherenkov , Spartak Moscow
- 1988: Oleksij Mychajlytschenko , Dynamo Kiev
- 1987: Oleh Protasov , Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
- 1986: Oleksandr Sawarow , Dynamo Kiev
- 1985: Anatolij Demjanenko , Dynamo Kiev
- 1984: Hennadij Lytowtschenko , Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
- 1983: Fyodor Cherenkov, Spartak Moscow
- 1982: Rinat Dassajew , Spartak Moscow
- 1981: Ramas Schengelia , Dinamo Tiflis
- 1980: Aleksandre Tschiwadze , Dinamo Tbilisi
- 1979: Vitaly Staruchin , Shakhtar Donetsk
- 1978: Ramas Schengelia, Dinamo Tiflis
- 1977: Dawit Qipiani , Dinamo Tbilisi
- 1976: Vladimir Astapowski , CSKA Moscow
- 1975: Oleh Blochin , Dynamo Kiev
- 1974: Oleh Blochin, Dynamo Kiev
- 1973: Oleh Blochin, Dynamo Kiev
- 1972: Yevgeny Lovchev , Spartak Moscow
- 1971: Yevgeny Rudakov , Dynamo Kiev
- 1970: Albert Schesternjow , CSKA Moscow
- 1969: Volodymyr Muntjan , Dynamo Kiev
- 1968: Eduard Strelzow , Torpedo Moscow
- 1967: Eduard Strelzow, Torpedo Moscow
- 1966: Andrij Biba , Dynamo Kiev
- 1965: Valery Voronin , Torpedo Moscow
- 1964: Valery Voronin, Torpedo Moscow
Leaderboards
societies
| society | number | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Dynamo Kiev | 9 | 1966, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1985, 1986, 1988 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 4th | 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981 |
| Spartak Moscow | 4th | 1972, 1982, 1983, 1989 |
| Torpedo Moscow | 4th | 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968 |
| CSKA Moscow | 2 | 1970, 1976 |
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 2 | 1984, 1987 |
| FK Dynamo Moscow | 2 | 1990, 1991 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 1 | 1979 |
player
| Surname | number | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Oleh Blochin | 3 | 1973, 1974, 1975 |
| Fyodor Cherenkov | 2 | 1983, 1989 |
| Eduard Strelzow | 2 | 1967, 1968 |
| Valery Voronin | 2 | 1964, 1965 |
See also
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, most of the newly independent states have given their own Footballer of the Year awards. A few states even issued these when the Soviet Union still existed.
- Estonian Footballer of the Year
- Georgian Footballer of the Year
- Footballer of the year in Kazakhstan
- Footballer of the Year in Latvia
- Footballer of the Year in Lithuania
- Footballer of the year in Moldova
- Footballer of the year in Russia
- Ukrainian footballer of the year
- Footballer of the Year (Belarus)