1990 Baltic League

International football competition Baltic League January 2024 Baltic League 1990 Žalgiris Vilnius Champions League Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Lithuanian Championship Žalgiris VilniusSirijus KlaipėdaEkranas PanevėžysJovaras Mažeikiai V. Baranauskas(Sakalas Šiauliai)18 goals 1990 Baltic League (ru Чемпионат Прибалтики по футболу 1990) was an international football competition organized in 1990 between three Baltic states with the ongoing dissolution of the Soviet Union. The league consisting of 18 clubs from the Lithuania SSR, Estonian SSR, the Latvian SSR and a special invitee FC Progress Cherniakhovsk from Kaliningrad Oblast. For Lithuanian teams the league also served as a preliminary (first stage) tournament for the first post-Soviet Lithuanian football championship. With the ongoing revolutions of 1989, in 1990 the Baltic republics declared reinstatement of their independence and exit out of the Soviet Union. Lithuania declared its independence on March 11, on March 30 the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic announced that its existence is not legal by recognizing itself as a territory under the Soviet occupation since 1940, Latvia simply repeated the feat of Lithuania on May 4. The Lithuanian club Žalgiris, a member of the Soviet Top League after losing its first game in Odesa 0–1 to Chornomorets Odesa, withdrew from the 1990 Soviet Top League and joined the Baltic League. The club that in previous season qualified for the 1990–91 UEFA Cup was denied entrance to the European competitions. History The four best Lithuanian teams from Baltic League and the 1 Lyga qualified for the National Championship play-off. Also all Lithuanian clubs from the Baltic League qualified for the next season of A Lyga. Most of Latvian clubs also joined the championship of Latvia (Latvian SSR), while some continued their participation in the Soviet championship. The Soviet Estonian clubs after the fall of the Soviet Union were dissolved, while Progress Chernyakhovsk continued to participate in lower leagues of the Russian championship. Note that Pardaugava also this season competed in the 1990 Soviet Second League (as Daugava Riga), while Zalgiris just pulled out of the Soviet competitions after playing the first game of the 1990 Soviet Top League, losing it away in Odessa. Also both Chernyakovsk and Yelgava clubs competed in the 1990 Soviet Second League B, Zone 6. Teams All-Union competition Team/Club1990 season's tournamentŽalgiris VilniusSoviet Top League, 4th placeSport TallinnSoviet Second League, 20th placeInkaras KaunasSoviet Second League, 22nd place Football championship of the Lithuanian SSR 1989 LFF Lyga Team/ClubPlaceBanga Kaunas1st placeEkranas Panevezys2nd placeSirijus Klaipeda3rd placeJovaras Mazeikiaj6th placeSakalas Siauliaj10th placeNeris Vilnius13th placeSuduva Marijampole14th place Football championship of the Latvian SSR 1989 Latvian SSR Higher League Team/ClubPlaceRAF Jelgava1st placeTorpedo Riga2nd placeStroitel Daugavpils3rd placeDaugava-LGIFK Riga4th placeMetalurgs Liepaja7th placePardaugava-RShVSM Rigastudents Notes: RAF Jelgava was the second team of RAF Jelgava that was playing in the 1990 Soviet Second League B (Group 6). Daugava-LGIFK Riga was a reserve team of FC Daugava Riga that played in the 1990 Soviet First League. LGIFK stands for the Latvian State Institute of Physical Culture. RShVSM stands for the Republican School of Higher Sports Mastery. Football championship of the Estonian SSR 1989 Estonian SSR Football Championship Team/ClubPlaceFosforit Tallinn1st place Notes: Last season Fosforit Tallinn was known as Zvezda Tallinn representing the Soviet Army sports club Football championship of the Russian SFSR (among KFK) Team/ClubPlaceProgress Cherniakhovsk Withdrew Atlantas Klaipeda Soviet Second League, 8th place Baltic League main WDL Q y 2 ŽAL Lithuanian SSR Žalgiris Vilnius SIR Lithuanian SSR Sirijus Klaipėda EKR Lithuanian SSR Ekranas Panevėžys PRO Russian SFSR Progress Cherniakhovsk JOV Lithuanian SSR Jovaras Mažeikiai INK Lithuanian SSR Inkaras Kaunas BAN Lithuanian SSR Banga Kaunas RAF Latvian SSR RAF Jelgava SAK Lithuanian SSR Sakalas Šiauliai SPO Estonian SSR Sport Tallinn NER Lithuanian SSR Neris Vilnius CEL Latvian SSR Celtnieks Daugavpils TOR Latvian SSR Torpedo Rīga KKI Latvian SSR KKI Daugava Riga PAR Latvian SSR Pārdaugava Riga OLI Latvian SSR Metalurgs Liepāja SŪD Lithuanian SSR FK Sūduva Marijampolė 27 4 1 104 11 19 9 4 47 19 19 8 5 62 24 19 4 9 46 33 16 8 8 40 25 15 9 8 54 25 13 11 8 45 30 13 10 9 44 37 11 12 9 41 32 11 11 10 43 39 10 8 14 27 47 8 7 17 29 45 6 10 16 29 49 4 13 15 16 49 5 8 19 24 53 4 5 23 20 97 1 5 26 13 69 green1 Qualification to Lithuanian championship play-off and founding of A Lyga CP CP CP CP green2 The A Lyga founding teams AL AL AL AL AL black1 Defunct after end of season WD1 Moved to the Soviet Second League B NC red2 Relegation to regional competitions R2 red1 Relegation to the Latvian SSR Higher League R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 complete rsssf.com ASK Fosforit Tallinn quit the competition after 14 games Top scorers 18 V.Baranauskas (Sakalas Šiauliai) 16 A.Narbekovas (Zalgiris Vilnius) 14 V.Ivanauskas (Zalgiris Vilnius) 14 K.Dranginis (Inkaras Kaunas) See also 1990 Estonian SSR Football Championship 1990 Latvian SSR Higher League 1990 Lithuanian Top League References united Baltic League Lithuanian League External links В 1990-м клуб из Калининградской области играл в Балтийской лиге – с литовцами, латвийцами и эстонцами. Как так вышло?. www.sports.ru. БАЛТИЙСКАЯ ЛИГА В ФУТБОЛЕ. ЗА И ПРОТИВ. betsafepribaltika.com. 1 October 2021 Category:1990 in Lithuanian football Category:1990 in Latvian football Category:1990 in Estonian football Category:1990 in Russian football Category:Baltic League Category:1990 in European association football leagues