The 1990 Soviet football championship was the 59th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union.

Dinamo Kiev won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the thirteenth time.

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour.

* indicates new record for competition (13th team of the Top League and 4th team of the First League) Lokomotiv Moscow won the promotion on 3–2 aggregate Notes: Top League First League