 |
 |
|
|
| 03/11/1988 | Zalgiris Vilna | - | Spartak Moskva | 2:0 | ||
| Dinamo Tbilisi | - | Torpedo Moskva | 0:1 | |||
| 04/11/1988 | Dinamo Kiev | - | Dinamo Moskva | 2:1 | ||
| FK Kairat | - | Neftçi PFK | 2:1 | |||
| Dinamo Minsk | - | Chernomorets Odessa | 2:0 | |||
| Zenit Leningrad | - | Shakhtyor Donetsk | 0:0 | |||
| FC Ararat | - | Metalist Kharkiv | 2:0 | |||
| 05/11/1988 | Lokomotiv Moskva | - | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | 0:1 |
| » Tables | Home | Away | First round | Second round |
| # | Team | M. | W | D | L | goals | Dif. | Pt. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk | 28 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 42:19 | 23 | 42:14 |
| 2 |
|
Dinamo Kiev | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 40:18 | 22 | 39:17 |
| 3 |
|
Torpedo Moskva | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 35:22 | 13 | 38:18 |
| 4 |
|
Spartak Moskva | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 38:24 | 14 | 37:19 |
| 5 |
|
Zalgiris Vilna | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 37:27 | 10 | 35:21 |
| 6 |
|
Zenit Leningrad | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 32:32 | 0 | 28:28 |
| 7 |
|
Lokomotiv Moskva | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 33:28 | 5 | 27:27 |
| 8 |
|
FC Ararat | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 21:25 | -4 | 27:29 |
| 9 |
|
Shakhtyor Donetsk | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 25:26 | -1 | 26:30 |
| 10 |
|
Dinamo Moskva | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 27:33 | -6 | 24:32 |
| 11 |
|
Chernomorets Odessa | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 23:34 | -11 | 24:32 |
| 12 |
|
Dinamo Minsk | 28 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 25:30 | -5 | 23:33 |
| 13 |
|
Dinamo Tbilisi | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 28:34 | -6 | 23:33 |
| 14 |
|
Metalist Kharkiv | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 26:35 | -9 | 23:33 |
| 15 |
|
Neftçi PFK | 28 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 26:43 | -17 | 16:40 |
| 16 |
|
FK Kairat | 28 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 21:49 | -28 | 14:42 |
