1990 Soviet First League

1990 Soviet First League was part of the Soviet football competition in the second league division. With the ongoing fall of the Soviet Union some clubs left the Soviet competitions and the league was reduced.

Soviet First League
Season1990
ChampionsFC Spartak Vladikavkaz
PromotedFC Spartak Vladikavkaz
FC Pakhtakor Tashkent
FC Metalurh Zaporizhia
FC Lokomotiv Moscow
RelegatedFC Kuzbass Kemerevo
Top goalscorer(37) Igor Shkvyrin (Pakhtakor Tashkent)
← 1989
1991 →

Teams
  • Dinamo Sukhumi – Winner of the Second League finals (returning after an absence of 28 seasons)
  • Tiras Tiraspol – Winner of the Second League finals (returning after an absence of 28 seasons)
  • Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – Winner of the Second League finals (debut)

Relegated teams

Renamed teams
  • Prior to the start of the season Textilshchik Tiraspol was renamed to Tiras Tiraspol.

Withdrawn teams

Prior to the start of the season all Georgian clubs (with the exception of Dinamo Sukhumi, a majority-Russian club from Abkhazia) withdrew from Soviet competitions. This included two First League clubs, FC Torpedo Kutaisi and FC Dinamo Batumi. Because of that the league was reduced to 20 as compared to the previous season of 22 participants.

Locations
Location of teams in the 1990 Soviet First League.

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Vladikavkaz (C, P) 38 24 9 5 73 30 +43 57 Promotion to Top League
2 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Pakhtakor Tashkent (P) 38 23 8 7 80 45 +35 54
3 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (P) 38 19 14 5 58 30 +28 52
4 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow (P) 38 19 9 10 52 34 +18 47 Qualification for Promotion play-off
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Stavropol 38 20 6 12 56 42 +14 46
6 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Shinnik Yaroslavl 38 19 8 11 55 39 +16 46
7 Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Nistru Chisinau 38 14 12 12 50 44 +6 40
8 Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftchi Baku 38 14 10 14 52 51 +1 38
9 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Tavriya Simferopol 38 11 16 11 40 38 +2 38
10 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Fakel Voronezh 38 14 9 15 43 45 −2 37
11 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Geolog Tyumen 38 14 9 15 38 45 −7 37
12 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Sukhumi 38 14 8 16 36 41 −5 36
13 Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Tiras Tiraspol 38 10 15 13 32 45 −13 35
14 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Kotayk Abovyan 38 12 9 17 44 52 −8 33
15 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don 38 11 9 18 39 56 −17 31
16 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod 38 10 11 17 39 58 −19 31
17 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Almaty 38 10 10 18 35 50 −15 30
18 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad 38 8 14 16 35 41 −6 30
19 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Kuban Krasnodar 38 11 6 21 34 60 −26 28
20 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Kuzbass Kemerevo (R) 38 4 6 28 21 66 −45 14 Relegation to Second League
Source:
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Notes:

  • The city of Ordzhonikidze was renamed to Vladikavkaz.
  • The city of Gorkiy was renamed to Nizhniy Novgorod.
  • Kotayk Abovyan played all its home games in the neighboring Yerevan.

Promotion/relegation play-off

(13th team of the Top League and 4th team of the First League)

Lokomotiv Moscow3 – 1Rotor Volgograd
Samatov 12'
Rybakov 51'
Zhitkov 79'		 Report Fyodorovsky 76'
Attendance: 2,000 (4,600)[1]
Referee: Petro Kobychek (Chernivtsi)

Lokomotiv Moscow won the promotion on 3–2 aggregate

Top scorers
#PlayerClubGoals
1Igor ShkvyrinPakhtakor Tashkent37
2Bakhva TedeyevSpartak Vladikavkaz23
3Vali GasimovNeftchi Baku22
4Sergei VolginMetalurh Zaporizhia19
5Vyacheslav ProtsenkoNistru Chisinau18
6Vladimir SushiyDynamo Stavropol16
7Robert KocharyanKotayk Abovian15
8Georgiy ChaligavaDinamo Sukhumi12
Viktor LeonenkoGeolog Tyumen12

Number of teams by union republic
Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1  RSFSR 11 Spartak Vladikavkaz, Lokomotiv Moscow, Dinamo Stavropol, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Fakel Voronezh, Geolog Tyumen, Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod, Zenit Saint Petersburg, Kuban Krasnodar, Kuzbass Kemerovo
2  Moldavian SSR 2 Tiligul Tiraspol, Nistru Kishenev
 Ukrainian SSR Metallurg Zaporozhye, Tavriya Simferopol
5  Armenian SSR 1 Kotaik Abovian
 Uzbek SSR Pakhtakor Tashkent
 Azerbaijan SSR Neftchi Baku
 Georgian SSR / ( Abkhazia) Dinamo Sukhumi
 Kazakh SSR Kairat Alma-Ata

See also

References
  1. "Фубольный манеж ЛФК ЦСКА". Archived from the original on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
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