1989 Soviet First League

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

The 1989 Soviet First League was the 50th season of the Soviet First League, an association football league in the Soviet Union.

Contents

Teams

Relegated teams

Locations

League standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg CSKA Moscow (C, P)42241177944+3559Promotion to Top League
2 Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Guria Lanchkhuti (X)422210106445+1954Withdrew from the league
3 Flag of the Kazakh SSR.svg Kairat Almaty 42219126840+2851
4 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Dynamo Stavropol 422010124739+850
5 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Fakel Voronezh 42208145649+748
6 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Tavriya Simferopol 421910136456+848
7 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Metalurh Zaporizhia 42215165456247
8 Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1956-1991).svg Neftchi Baku 421713124635+1147
9 Flag of Armenian SSR.svg Kotayk Abovyan 42197166053+745
10 Flag of Moldavian SSR.svg Nistru Chisinau 421611155050043
11 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Geolog Tyumen 421513145652+443
12 Flag of the Uzbek SSR.svg Pakhtakor Tashkent 42177185759241
13 Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Torpedo Kutaisi (X)42177184550541Withdrew from the league
14 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don 42176195852+640
15 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Kuzbass Kemerevo 42175206058+239
16 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Shinnik Yaroslavl 421411175054439
17 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Spartak Ordjonikidze 421572030481837
18 Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dinamo Batumi (X)421114174450636Withdrew from the league
19 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Kuban Krasnodar 4211131836491335
20 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg SKA Rostov-on-Don (R)4211131832471535Relegation to Second League
21 Flag of Latvian SSR.svg Daugava Riga (R)428102440682826
22 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg SKA Karpaty Lviv (R)42762931734220
Source: [ citation needed ]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (X) Quit the USSR Football Federation after this season and joined the leagues of the native country.

Top scorers

#PlayerClubGoals
1 Valeriy Masalitin CSKA Moscow 32
2 Merab Megreladze Torpedo Kutaisi 29
3 Aleksandr Gaydash Tavriya Simferopol 27
4 Seiran Osipov Dynamo Stavropol 25
Merab Zhordania Guria Lanchkhuti 25
6 Gia Guruli Guria Lanchkhuti 18
7 Vitaliy Papadopulo SKA Rostov-on-Don 17
8 Vali Gasimov Neftchi Baku 16
Oleh Taran Metalurh Zaporizhia 16

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