1989 Soviet First League

March 2026 Soviet First League 1989 CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow SKA Rostov-on-DonDaugava RigaSKA Karpaty Lviv (32) Valeriy Masalitin (CSKA Moscow) 1988 1990 The 1989 Soviet First League was the 50th season of the second-tier round-robin competitions of association football in the Soviet Union. Teams Promoted teams FC Fakel Voronezh – Winner of the Second League finals (returning after an absence of a season) FC Nistru Chișinău – 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 FC Kairat Almaty – (Returning after 5 seasons) FC Neftchi Baku – (Returning after 13 seasons) Locations USSR Soviet Union location map (no rivers).svg 1100 none Location of teams in the 1989 Soviet First League. USSR #FFFFF0 Kuzbass top 55.366667 86.066667 USSR #FFFFF0 SKA Karpaty right 49.83 24.014167 USSR #FFFFF0 Rostov- on- DonRostselmashSKA right 47.233333 39.7 USSR #FFFFF0 Spartak bottom 43.016667 44.65 USSR Tavriya left 44.951944 34.102222 USSR #FFFFF0 Pakhtakor bottom 41.3 69.266667 USSR Torpedo right 42.25 42.7 USSR #f8f9fa Dinamo B left 41.645833 41.641667 USSR #FFFFF0 CSKA left 55.755833 37.617222 USSR #FFFFF0 Shinnik right 57.616667 39.85 USSR #FFFFF0 Fakel top 51.671667 39.210556 USSR #FFFFF0 Kairat top 43.2775 76.895833 USSR Neftchi top 40.395278 49.882222 USSR #FFFFF0 Dinamo S right 45.05 41.983333 USSR #f8f9fa Kotayk left 40.273889 44.625556 USSR #FFFFF0 Daugava bottom 56.948889 24.106389 USSR #FFFFF0 Nistru right 47.022887 28.835335 USSR Geolog top 57.15 65.533333 USSR Kuban left 45.033333 38.966667 USSR #FFFFF0 Metalurh bottom 47.833333 35.166667 USSR Guria top 42.094444 42.041667 League standings main WDL PR 2 CSM Russian SFSR CSKA Moscow GUR Georgian SSR Guria Lanchkhuti ALM Kazakh SSR Kairat Almaty STV Russian SFSR Dynamo Stavropol FAK Russian SFSR Fakel Voronezh TSM Ukrainian SSR Tavriya Simferopol ZAP Ukrainian SSR Metalurh Zaporizhzhia NBK Azerbaijan SSR Neftchi Baku KOT Armenian SSR Kotayk Abovyan CHI Moldavian SSR Nistru Chișinău TYU Russian SFSR Geolog Tyumen PAK Uzbek SSR Pakhtakor Tashkent KUT Georgian SSR Torpedo Kutaisi ROS Russian SFSR Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don KUZ Russian SFSR Kuzbass Kemerevo SHY Russian SFSR Shinnik Yaroslavl ORD Russian SFSR Spartak Ordjonikidze BAT Georgian SSR Dinamo Batumi KUB Russian SFSR Kuban Krasnodar SRD Russian SFSR SKA Rostov-on-Don DAU Latvian SSR Daugava Riga KLV Ukrainian SSR SKA Karpaty Lviv 27 10 5 113 28 C,P 27 9 6 78 39 X 23 9 10 75 39 19 12 11 57 46 19 11 12 54 36 18 12 12 61 50 17 12 13 55 40 17 12 13 58 48 15 14 13 47 40 19 5 18 45 59 17 9 16 50 49 16 11 15 59 44 18 5 19 69 73 X 12 14 16 38 46 12 12 18 29 41 11 14 17 44 62 12 11 19 44 61 11 13 18 39 61 X 12 10 20 43 78 10 12 20 53 76 R 9 8 25 32 74 R 5 7 30 37 90 R Quit the Football Federation of the Soviet Union after this season and joined the leagues of the native country. green1 Promotion to Top League P black2 Withdrew from the league W W W red1 Relegation to Second League R R R complete RSSSF Top scorers #PlayerClubGoals1Valeriy MasalitinCSKA Moscow322Merab MegreladzeTorpedo Kutaisi293Aleksandr GaydashTavriya Simferopol274Seiran OsipovDynamo Stavropol25Merab ZhordaniaGuria Lanchkhuti256Gia GuruliGuria Lanchkhuti187Vitaliy PapadopuloSKA Rostov-on-Don178Vali GasimovNeftchi Baku16Oleh TaranMetalurh Zaporizhia16Paloşanu Alexandru G. Arotăriţei Sorin Balitskiy Andrei Dreiman Theodore 2021-06-02 Soviet Union 1989 https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/su89.html 2026-03-19 RSSSF Number of teams by union republic Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(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-Donu2 Georgian SSR3Guria Lanchkhuti, Torpedo Kutaisi, Dinamo Batumi Ukrainian SSRMetallurg Zaporozhye, Tavriya Simferopol, SKA Karpaty Lvov4 Moldavian SSR1Nistru Kishenev Armenian SSRKotaik Abovian Uzbek SSRPakhtakor Tashkent Azerbaijan SSRNeftchi Baku Kazakh SSRKairat Alma-Ata Latvian SSRDaugava Riga See also Soviet First League References External links 1989. First League. (1989. Первая лига.) Luhansk Nash Futbol. Category:Soviet First League seasons 2 Soviet Soviet