[{"n": "SC Odesa", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/sc-odesa/", "s": "Ukrainian club formed from Soviet Army side SKA Odesa."}, {"n": "FC Ararat Yerevan", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/fc-ararat-yerevan/", "s": "Armenian club founded in 1935, owned by Vartan Sirmakes since 1999."}, {"n": "FC Chornomorets Odesa", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/fc-chornomorets-odesa/", "s": "Ukrainian club based in Odesa, two-time Ukrainian Cup winner."}, {"n": "PFC CSKA Moscow", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/pfc-cska-moscow/", "s": "Russian club, first to win a European cup."}, {"n": "FC Dinamo Tbilisi", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/fc-dinamo-tbilisi/", "s": "Georgian club that won the 1981 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup."}, {"n": "FC Dnipro", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/fc-dnipro/", "s": "Soviet and Ukrainian club, two-time Soviet Top League champion."}, {"n": "FC Dynamo Moscow", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/fc-dynamo-moscow/", "s": "Eleven-time Soviet champion with a historic rivalry against Spartak Moscow."}, {"n": "FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/fc-dynamo-saint-petersburg/", "s": "Oldest Dynamo club in Saint Petersburg, Soviet Top League regular."}, {"n": "FC Fakel Voronezh", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/fc-fakel-voronezh/", "s": "Russian club with Eastern Europe's highest fan attendance."}, {"n": "FC Dynamo Leningrad", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/fc-dynamo-leningrad/", "s": "Original Soviet Top League club from Leningrad."}, {"n": "FC Ural Yekaterinburg", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/fc-ural-yekaterinburg/", "s": "Russian club with Soviet-era roots and two cup finals."}, {"n": "Kapaz PFK", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/kapaz-pfk/", "s": "Azerbaijani club with three league titles and an unbeaten season."}, {"n": "FC Karpaty Lviv", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/fc-karpaty-lviv/", "s": "Ukrainian club based in Lviv, founded in 1963."}, {"n": "PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/pfc-krylia-sovetov-samara/", "s": "Russian club founded in 1942, third in 2004."}, {"n": "FC Kuban Krasnodar", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/fc-kuban-krasnodar/", "s": "Soviet-era club that became Russian Premier League side before bankruptcy."}, {"n": "FC Lokomotiv Moscow", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/fc-lokomotiv-moscow/", "s": "Moscow railway club with three Russian league titles."}, {"n": "FC Lokomotyv Kyiv", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/fc-lokomotyv-kyiv/", "s": "Railway-owned Kyiv club with Soviet top-flight history."}, {"n": "FC Metalist Kharkiv", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/fc-metalist-kharkiv/", "s": "Soviet Cup winner and Kharkiv football institution."}, {"n": "FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/fc-metalurh-zaporizhzhia/", "s": "Ukrainian phoenix club with Soviet second-tier records."}, {"n": "Pakhtakor FC", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/pakhtakor-fc/", "s": "Uzbekistan's most decorated club and Soviet-era Central Asian pioneer."}, {"n": "FC Rotor Volgograd", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/fc-rotor-volgograd/", "s": "Volgograd's leading club with a history of top-flight and European campaigns."}, {"n": "FC Serp i Molot Moscow", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/fc-serp-i-molot-moscow/", "s": "Soviet club from Moscow's Serp i Molot plant."}, {"n": "FC Shakhtar Donetsk", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/fc-shakhtar-donetsk/", "s": "Ukrainian club, UEFA Cup winner, rooted in Donbas mining."}, {"n": "FC Silmash Kharkiv", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/fc-silmash-kharkiv/", "s": "Factory football club from Kharkiv with pre-Soviet origins."}, {"n": "FC SKA Rostov-on-Don", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/fc-ska-rostov-on-don/", "s": "Soviet Top League runners-up and 1981 Soviet Cup winners."}, {"n": "CSKA Pamir Dushanbe", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/cska-pamir-dushanbe/", "s": "Only Tajik club to play in the Soviet Top League."}, {"n": "FC Spartak Moscow", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/fc-spartak-moscow/", "s": "Moscow's most successful club, known as the people's team."}, {"n": "FC Spartak Vladikavkaz", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/fc-spartak-vladikavkaz/", "s": "Club from Vladikavkaz that won the 1995 Russian title."}, {"n": "SC Tavriya Simferopol", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/sc-tavriya-simferopol/", "s": "First Ukrainian Premier League champion from Simferopol."}, {"n": "FC Torpedo Kutaisi", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/fc-torpedo-kutaisi/", "s": "Georgian club from Kutaisi, four-time national champion."}, {"n": "FC Torpedo Moscow", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/fc-torpedo-moscow/", "s": "Soviet-era powerhouse now competing in the Russian First League."}, {"n": "FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod", "u": "/e/soviet-top-league-clubs/fc-volga-nizhny-novgorod/", "s": "Russian club that reached the Premier League before dissolving in 2016."}]