1989 Soviet First League

The 1989 Soviet First League was the 50th season of the second-tier round-robin competitions of association football in the Soviet Union.

Soviet First League
Season1989
ChampionsCSKA Moscow
PromotedCSKA Moscow
RelegatedSKA Rostov-on-Don
Daugava Riga
SKA Karpaty Lviv
Top goalscorer(32) Valeriy Masalitin (CSKA Moscow)
← 1988
1990 →

Teams
  • FC Fakel Voronezh – Winner of the Second League finals (returning after an absence of a season)
  • FC Nistru Chisinau – 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

Locations
Location of teams in the 1989 Soviet First League.

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow (C, P) 42 24 11 7 79 44 +35 59 Promotion to Top League
2 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Guria Lanchkhuti (X) 42 22 10 10 64 45 +19 54 Withdrew from the league
3 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Almaty 42 21 9 12 68 40 +28 51
4 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Stavropol 42 20 10 12 47 39 +8 50
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Fakel Voronezh 42 20 8 14 56 49 +7 48
6 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Tavriya Simferopol 42 19 10 13 64 56 +8 48
7 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metalurh Zaporizhia 42 21 5 16 54 56 −2 47
8 Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftchi Baku 42 17 13 12 46 35 +11 47
9 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Kotayk Abovyan 42 19 7 16 60 53 +7 45
10 Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Nistru Chisinau 42 16 11 15 50 50 0 43
11 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Geolog Tyumen 42 15 13 14 56 52 +4 43
12 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Pakhtakor Tashkent 42 17 7 18 57 59 −2 41
13 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Torpedo Kutaisi (X) 42 17 7 18 45 50 −5 41 Withdrew from the league
14 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don 42 17 6 19 58 52 +6 40
15 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Kuzbass Kemerevo 42 17 5 20 60 58 +2 39
16 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Shinnik Yaroslavl 42 14 11 17 50 54 −4 39
17 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Ordjonikidze 42 15 7 20 30 48 −18 37
18 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Batumi (X) 42 11 14 17 44 50 −6 36 Withdrew from the league
19 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Kuban Krasnodar 42 11 13 18 36 49 −13 35
20 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Rostov-on-Don (R) 42 11 13 18 32 47 −15 35 Relegation to Second League
21 Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Daugava Riga (R) 42 8 10 24 40 68 −28 26
22 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic SKA Karpaty Lviv (R) 42 7 6 29 31 73 −42 20
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (X) Quit the USSR Football Federation after this season and joined the leagues of the native country.

Top scorers
#PlayerClubGoals
1Valeriy MasalitinCSKA Moscow32
2Merab MegreladzeTorpedo Kutaisi29
3Aleksandr GaydashTavriya Simferopol27
4Seiran OsipovDynamo Stavropol25
Merab ZhordaniaGuria Lanchkhuti25
6Gia GuruliGuria Lanchkhuti18
7Vitaliy PapadopuloSKA Rostov-on-Don17
8Vali GasimovNeftchi Baku16
Oleh TaranMetalurh Zaporizhia16

Number of teams by union republic
Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1  RSFSR 10 CSKA Moscow, Dinamo Stavropol, Fakel Voronezh, Geolog Tyumen, Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, Kuzbass Kemerovo, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Spartak Vladikavkaz, Kuban Krasnodar, SKA Rostov-na-Donu
2  Georgian SSR 3 Guria Lanchkhuti, Torpedo Kutaisi, Dinamo Batumi
 Ukrainian SSR Metallurg Zaporozhye, Tavriya Simferopol, SKA Karpaty Lvov
4  Moldavian SSR 1 Nistru Kishenev
 Armenian SSR Kotaik Abovian
 Uzbek SSR Pakhtakor Tashkent
 Azerbaijan SSR Neftchi Baku
 Kazakh SSR Kairat Alma-Ata
 Latvian SSR Daugava Riga

See also
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