1989 Soviet First League

The 1989 Soviet First League was the 50th season of the second-tier round-robin competitions of association football in the Soviet Union.

Soviet First League
Season1989
ChampionsCSKA Moscow
PromotedCSKA Moscow
RelegatedSKA Rostov-on-Don
Daugava Riga
SKA Karpaty Lviv
Top goalscorer(32) Valeriy Masalitin (CSKA Moscow)
1988
1990

Teams

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  • FC Fakel Voronezh – Winner of the Second League finals (returning after an absence of a season)
  • FC Nistru Chisinau – Winner of the Second League finals (returning after an absence of 2 seasons)
  • FC Torpedo Kutaisi – Winner of the Second League finals (returning after an absence of a season)

Relegated teams

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Locations

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League standings

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 CSKA Moscow (C, P)42241177944+3559Promotion to Top League
2 Guria Lanchkhuti (X)422210106445+1954Withdrew from the league
3 Kairat Almaty42219126840+2851
4 Dynamo Stavropol422010124739+850
5 Fakel Voronezh42208145649+748
6 Tavriya Simferopol421910136456+848
7 Metalurh Zaporizhia42215165456−247
8 Neftchi Baku421713124635+1147
9 Kotayk Abovyan42197166053+745
10 Nistru Chisinau421611155050043
11 Geolog Tyumen421513145652+443
12 Pakhtakor Tashkent42177185759−241
13 Torpedo Kutaisi (X)42177184550−541Withdrew from the league
14 Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don42176195852+640
15 Kuzbass Kemerevo42175206058+239
16 Shinnik Yaroslavl421411175054−439
17 Spartak Ordjonikidze42157203048−1837
18 Dinamo Batumi (X)421114174450−636Withdrew from the league
19 Kuban Krasnodar421113183649−1335
20 SKA Rostov-on-Don (R)421113183247−1535Relegation to Second League
21 Daugava Riga (R)42810244068−2826
22 SKA Karpaty Lviv (R)4276293173−4220
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (X) Quit the USSR Football Federation after this season and joined the leagues of the native country.

Top scorers

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#PlayerClubGoals
1Valeriy MasalitinCSKA Moscow32
2Merab MegreladzeTorpedo Kutaisi29
3Aleksandr GaydashTavriya Simferopol27
4Seiran OsipovDynamo Stavropol25
Merab ZhordaniaGuria Lanchkhuti25
6Gia GuruliGuria Lanchkhuti18
7Vitaliy PapadopuloSKA Rostov-on-Don17
8Vali GasimovNeftchi Baku16
Oleh TaranMetalurh Zaporizhia16

Number of teams by union republic

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RankUnion republicNumber of teamsClub(s)
1  RSFSR10CSKA Moscow, Dinamo Stavropol, Fakel Voronezh, Geolog Tyumen, Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, Kuzbass Kemerovo, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Spartak Vladikavkaz, Kuban Krasnodar, SKA Rostov-na-Donu
2  Georgian SSR3Guria Lanchkhuti, Torpedo Kutaisi, Dinamo Batumi
 Ukrainian SSRMetallurg Zaporozhye, Tavriya Simferopol, SKA Karpaty Lvov
4  Moldavian SSR1Nistru Kishenev
 Armenian SSRKotaik Abovian
 Uzbek SSRPakhtakor Tashkent
 Azerbaijan SSRNeftchi Baku
 Kazakh SSRKairat Alma-Ata
 Latvian SSRDaugava Riga

See also

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