1988 Soviet Second League

Second League 1988 1987 1989 The 1989 Soviet Second League (ru Чемпионат СССР по футболу 1988: Вторая лига) was the Soviet third tier competitions of the Soviet football championship. The competitions of the league were conducted as part of the whole Soviet event and were split in nine groups geographically as regional zones. There were 169 teams that completed the season with the most teams (26) competing in the Zone VI and smallest zones IV and IX having 16 teams. In the article a regional designation in parentheses is conditional (for better perspective) and was never actually openly publicized. The competitions were composed of two stages starting with nine zonal groups, nine winners of which would qualify for three group promotional double round-robin tournaments (Zone Finals), three winners of those would actually gain their promotions. The "Zone Finals" took place on October 25 through November 12, 1988. The main tie-breaker on points tie was number of wins, therefore in the Zone II Metallurg Magnitogorsk placed 8th above Lokomotiv Gorkiy and Dinamo Kirov. In case of points tie occurring for the first place, a separate play-off was to be scheduled. Zonal tournament Zone I (Central) main WDL 2 FVO Fakel Voronezh DVO Dinamo Vologda TRY Torpedo Ryazan Sapfir Ryazan changed name to Torpedo. ZKA Zarya Kaluga SRA Saturn Ramenskoye SKO Spartak Kostroma TIV Textilshchik Ivanovo ZKR Zorkiy Krasnogorsk ZNA Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo TVL Torpedo Vladimir KST Karabakh Stepanakert [AZE] C2M CSKA-2 Moskva VKI Volzhanin Kineshma KPM Krasnaya Presnya Moskva D2M Dinamo-2 Moskva ATU Arsenal Tula SRY Saturn Rybinsk SBE Salyut Belgorod SEM SK ESVSM Moskva VKA Volga Kalinin 24 7 7 73 26 22 8 8 67 36 19 8 11 49 29 19 7 12 50 37 18 9 11 51 43 18 8 12 57 39 18 6 14 66 45 16 10 12 47 29 16 9 13 54 43 15 11 12 51 55 17 6 15 44 38 15 5 18 43 59 13 9 16 39 55 13 8 17 44 49 11 12 15 29 39 12 7 19 56 61 10 11 17 48 71 10 6 22 38 66 5 11 22 36 74 5 10 23 25 73 - + complete Zone II (Volga/Ural) main WDL 2 UMS UralMash Sverdlovsk ZIZ Zenit Izhevsk KSK Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev GUF Gastello Ufa DYO Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola UNT Uralets Nizhniy Tagil RKA Rubin Kazan MMA Metallurg Magnitogorsk LGO Lokomotiv Gorkiy DKI Dinamo Kirov TMI Torpedo Miass KDZ Khimik Dzerzhinsk TKU Torpedo Kurgan TNC Torpedo Naberezhnyye Chelny Turbina Naberezhnyye Chelny changed name to Torpedo. TTO Torpedo Togliatti SCH Stal Cheboksary SUL Start Ulyanovsk 21 7 4 49 25 18 5 9 54 28 15 9 8 50 28 15 7 10 35 25 15 4 13 37 44 14 6 12 40 36 13 5 14 30 28 12 6 14 32 39 10 10 12 30 27 10 10 12 31 37 12 5 15 37 39 11 7 14 33 30 11 7 14 30 40 8 12 12 32 36 10 6 16 30 42 11 3 18 29 51 9 5 18 19 43 - + complete Zone III (South) main WDL 2 y Rep Republic TTA RUS Torpedo Taganrog CNO RUS Cement Novorossiysk SNA RUS Spartak Nalchik DMA RUS Druzhba Maykop STA RUS Spartak Tambov DSU GEO Dinamo Sukhumi MLI RUS Metallurg Lipetsk LSA GEO Lokomotiv Samtredia SOK ARM Spartak Oktemberyan MMA GEO Mertskhali Makharadze KPO GEO Kolkheti Poti LKI ARM Lori Kirovakan MPY RUS Mashuk Pyatigorsk VAS RUS Volgar Astrakhan UEL RUS Uralan Elista NCH RUS Nart Cherkessk SAN RUS Spartak Anapa LAZ RUS Luch Azov IYE ARM Iskra Yerevan OLE ARM Olimpia Leninakan 19 10 9 43 32 20 8 10 58 40 21 4 13 66 40 20 6 12 58 35 20 5 13 53 47 18 7 13 55 42 17 9 12 63 34 19 4 15 58 57 18 5 15 65 58 18 3 17 52 60 17 5 16 48 56 17 5 16 49 54 13 9 16 43 42 15 3 20 48 58 14 4 20 59 53 12 7 19 44 58 13 4 21 41 51 12 6 20 38 46 11 6 21 43 77 8 6 24 31 75 + + + + + complete blue1 First place play-off Q Q Match for 1st place Cement Novorossiysk 2-0 Torpedo Taganrog Zone IV (Far East) main WDL 2 IOM Irtysh Omsk LCH Lokomotiv Chita MNO Metallurg Novokuznetsk ABL Amur Blagoveshchensk ZIR Zvezda Irkutsk DBA Dinamo Barnaul ONA Okean Nakhodka SKH SKA Khabarovsk AMU Amur Komsomolsk-na-Amure TRU Torpedo Rubtsovsk LVL Luch Vladivostok TTO Tom Tomsk Manometr Tomsk changed name to Tom. AKR Avtomobilist Krasnoyarsk CNO Chkalovets Novosibirsk PBI Progress Biysk SUU Selenga Ulan-Ude 16 9 5 42 15 17 4 9 46 31 13 9 8 38 30 15 4 11 45 34 13 8 9 37 30 11 12 7 39 27 11 10 9 22 21 12 7 11 28 30 12 7 11 33 31 12 6 12 33 33 10 9 11 27 37 8 9 13 25 32 9 6 15 28 43 10 3 17 30 39 7 6 17 23 48 7 5 18 17 32 + complete Zone V (Soviet Republics) main WDL 2 y y Rep Republic NKI MDA Nistru Kishinev AKL LTU Atlantas Klaipeda TTI MDA Textilshchik Tiraspol DMO BLR Dnepr Mogilyov KGR BLR Khimik Grodno BRY RUS Dinamo Bryansk ZLI LVA Zvejnieks Liepaja STA EST Sport Tallinn ISM RUS Iskra Smolensk BRS BLR Dinamo Brest BKA RUS Baltika Kaliningrad AKU RUS Avangard Kursk DLE RUS Dinamo Leningrad GOM BLR GomSelMash Gomel SOR RUS Spartak Oryol ZBE MDA Zarya Beltsy VVI BLR Vityaz Vitebsk RRJ LVA RSVSM-RAF Jelgava 21 11 2 84 34 18 12 4 58 24 19 8 7 61 27 19 8 7 49 36 18 10 6 48 31 16 6 12 49 47 11 14 9 46 33 11 14 9 33 28 14 7 13 42 34 14 6 14 43 41 11 7 16 40 46 8 13 13 27 46 7 15 12 41 42 9 8 17 26 44 7 11 16 31 42 6 11 17 28 60 3 12 19 16 57 5 5 24 23 73 + complete Zone VI (Ukraine) 1988 Soviet Second League, Zone 6 Zone VII (Central Asia) main WDL 2 y y Rep Republic NFE UZB Neftyanik Fergana KKA UZB Kasansayets Kasansay NNA UZB Novbahor Namangan Avtomobilist Namangan changed name to Novbahor. SHA UZB Sohibkor Halkabad KDA TKM Kopet-Dag Ashkhabad Kolhozchi Ashkhabad changed name to Kopet-Dag. ZNA UZB Zarafshan Navoi ANA AZE Araz Nahichevan HYA UZB Hanki Yangiaryk VKT TJK Vakhsh Kurgan-Tyube YJI UZB Yeshlik Jizak TTU UZB Tselinnik Turtkul TTA UZB Traktor Tashkent AKO UZB Avtomobilist Kokand DSA UZB Dinamo Samarkand HLE TJK Hojent Leninabad STE UZB Surhan Termez PAN UZB Pahtakor Andizhan YAN UZB Yangiyer MAL UZB Metallurg Almalyk 21 10 5 62 22 19 10 7 61 37 20 6 10 50 29 20 4 12 64 53 21 1 14 68 41 18 7 11 58 41 18 1 17 52 54 16 5 15 60 50 14 7 15 52 59 13 9 14 46 52 13 8 15 40 44 13 7 16 43 58 13 6 17 35 42 13 5 18 46 60 13 5 18 34 52 9 11 16 36 48 10 8 18 43 54 9 9 18 36 57 8 3 25 27 60 + + complete Zone VIII (Kazakhstan) main WDL 2 y y Rep Republic TPA Traktor Pavlodar AFR KGZ Alga Frunze EKU Energetik Kustanay MCH Meliorator Chimkent SKA Shakhtyor Karaganda MKO Meliorator Kzil-Orda SSE Spartak Semipalatinsk AAK Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk KJA Khimik Jambul VUK Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk AOS KGZ Alay Osh TTS Tselinnik Tselinograd EEK Ekibastuzets Ekibastuz JJE Jezkazganets Jezkazgan ZTK Zhetysu Taldy-Kurgan APE Avangard Petropavlovsk SAA SKIF Alma-Ata 22 3 7 62 27 19 4 9 64 32 18 4 10 51 44 17 6 9 65 31 17 6 9 43 28 15 8 9 51 39 16 5 11 49 35 16 5 11 33 30 15 4 13 47 37 13 7 12 55 46 14 1 17 38 49 11 7 14 32 41 11 6 15 41 41 8 9 15 31 49 8 7 17 35 45 7 5 20 35 75 0 3 29 12 95 + complete Zone IX (Caucasus) main WDL 2 y y Rep Republic TKU GEO Torpedo Kutaisi KKI AZE Kyapaz Kirovabad MRU GEO Metallurg Rustavi SSA RUS Sokol Saratov GKA AZE Goyazan Kazakh TKA RUS Textilshchik Kamyshin DMA RUS Dinamo Makhachkala AVO RUS Atommash Volgodonsk TGR RUS Terek Grozny DGO GEO Dila Gori HSU AZE Hazar Sumgait Voskhod Sumgait changed name to Hazar. TVO RUS Torpedo Volzhskiy LMV RUS Lokomotiv Mineralnyye Vody STB GEO Shevardeni Tbilisi MLT GEO MCOP-Lokomotiv Tbilisi MBB AZE MCOP-Bakinets Baku 24 4 2 70 21 20 3 7 79 28 19 5 6 63 28 18 5 7 65 39 15 5 10 50 36 13 7 10 49 36 13 5 12 44 38 12 7 11 44 40 12 7 11 43 39 12 5 13 45 52 11 6 13 39 48 9 5 16 29 43 8 4 18 29 54 8 4 18 33 61 5 4 21 32 72 2 2 26 15 94 + - + + + complete Zone Finals Group 1 main WDL P 2 y y Rep Republic NKI MDA Nistru Kishinev NFE UZB Neftyanik Fergana IOM RUS Irtysh Omsk 3 1 0 7 3 2 1 1 3 2 0 0 4 2 7 inherit Promoted P complete Group 2 main WDL P 2 y y Rep Republic TKU GEO Torpedo Kutaisi CNO RUS Cement Novorossiysk TPA KAZ Traktor Pavlodar 1 3 0 6 3 1 2 1 4 6 1 1 2 5 6 - inherit Promoted P complete Group 3 main WDL P 2 y y Rep Republic FVO RUS Fakel Voronezh BCH UKR Bukovina Chernovtsy UMS RUS UralMash Sverdlovsk 3 0 1 9 2 3 0 1 6 4 0 0 4 1 10 - inherit Promoted P complete rsssf.com References All-Soviet Archive Site Results. 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