1981 Soviet First League

Soviet First League

Season	1981
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The 1981 Soviet First League was the eleventh season of the Soviet First League and the 41st season of the Soviet second-tier league competition.

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Metalist Kharkiv (C, P)	46	25	12	9	68	33	+35	62	Promotion to Top League
2	Torpedo Kutaisi (P)	46	26	4	16	57	46	+11	56
3	Lokomotiv Moscow	46	21	15	10	65	41	+24	54 [a]
4	Shinnik Yaroslavl	46	21	10	15	68	58	+10	52
5	Kolos Nikopol	46	20	11	15	68	53	+15	51
6	Žalgiris Vilnius	46	17	15	14	48	39	+9	46 [a]
7	Iskra Smolensk	46	17	12	17	48	45	+3	46
8	Nistru Kishinev	46	17	12	17	54	51	+3	46
9	Pamir Dushanbe	46	17	11	18	52	54	−2	45
10	Fakel Voronezh	46	17	10	19	45	44	+1	44
11	Karpaty Lvov	46	17	10	19	57	60	−3	44
12	Spartak Kostroma	46	16	16	14	49	50	−1	44 [a]
13	Metallurg Zaporozhia	46	16	14	16	57	51	+6	44 [a]
14	Guria Lanchkhuti	46	16	13	17	50	56	−6	44 [a]
15	Zarya Voroshilovgrad	46	16	13	17	44	53	−9	44 [a]
16	SKA Odessa	46	16	13	17	62	54	+8	44 [a]
17	SKA Kiev	46	16	10	20	59	71	−12	42
18	Buston Dzhizak	46	16	9	21	47	63	−16	41
19	SKA Khabarovsk	46	16	8	22	50	58	−8	40
20	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk [b] (R)	46	14	13	19	44	56	−12	40 [a]	Relegation to Second League
21	Spartak Ordjonikidze (R)	46	14	12	20	36	49	−13	40
22	Kuzbass Kemerovo (R)	46	14	12	20	47	51	−4	40
23	Dinamo Stavropol (R)	46	13	14	19	45	60	−15	38 [a]
24	Traktor Pavlodar (R)	46	12	15	19	41	65	−24	36 [a]

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. There was a draw limit for the draws earned, 12. Only twelve draws earn a point, in contrast, over the limit draws earn no points.
2. Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk was called Spartak.

Top scorers

#	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ravil Sharipov	Metallurg Zaporozhye	26 (6)
2	Vladimir Mukhanov	Lokomotiv Moscow	22 (1)
3	Gennady Smirnov	Fakel Voronezh	21 (2)
	Viktor Nastashevskyi	SKA Kiev	21 (2)
5	Oleh Taran	SKA Odessa	20
6	Devizi Dardzhania	Torpedo Kutaisi	19 (1)
7	Nodar Bachiashvili	Metallist Kharkov	17
8	Yuriy Koryukov	Nistru Kishenev	15
9	Valeriy Tursunov	Pamir Dushanbe	14 (1)

Number of teams by union republic

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	RSFSR	9	Lokomotiv Moscow, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Iskra Smolensk, Fakel Voronezh, Spartak Kostroma, SKA Khabarovsk, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Kuzbass Kemerevo, Dinamo Stavropol
2	Ukrainian SSR	8	Metallist Kharkov, Kolos Nikopol, Karpaty Lvov, Metallurg Zaporozhye, Zaria Voroshilovgrad, SKA Odessa, SKA Kiev, Prykarpatye Ivano-Frankovsk
3	Georgian SSR	2	Torpedo Kutaisi, Guria Lanchkhuti
4	Lithuanian SSR	1	Žalgiris Vilnius
	Moldavian SSR		Nistru Kishinev
	Tajik SSR		Pamir Dushanbe
	Uzbek SSR		Zvezda Dzhizak
	Kazakh SSR		Traktor Pavlodar

Attendances

#	Football club	Average
1	Metalist Kharkiv	23,570
2	Torpedo Kutaisi	19,957
3	Fakel	14,504
4	Dinamo Stavropol	12,400
5	Traktor Pavlodar	11,926
6	Shinnik	10,783
7	Metalurh Zaporizhya	10,348
8	Nistru	10,139
9	Spartak Kostroma	9,965
10	Khabarovsk	9,578
11	Buston Dzhizak	9,070
12	Kuzbass	9,026
13	Iskra	8,757
14	Zorya	8,743
15	Guria	8,630
16	Kolos Nikopol	8,357
17	Prykarpattia	8,000
18	CSKA Pamir	7,500
19	Karpaty	6,570
20	Odessa	6,457
21	Spartak Ordzhonikidze	6,000
22	SKA Kyiv	4,461
23	Žalgiris	4,122
24	Lokomotiv Moscow	2,204

Source: ^[1]

References

1. https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sov/avesov81.htm

External links

• 1981 season. RSSSF