1989 Soviet First League

Soviet First League
Season1989
ChampionsCSKA Moscow
PromotedCSKA Moscow
RelegatedSKA Rostov-on-Don
Daugava Riga
SKA Karpaty Lviv
Top goalscorer(32) Valeriy Masalitin (CSKA Moscow)
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The 1989 Soviet First League was the 50th season of the second-tier round-robin competitions of association football in the Soviet Union.

Teams

Relegated teams

Locations

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 27 10 5 113 28 +85 64 Promotion to Top League
2 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Guria Lanchkhuti (X) 42 27 9 6 78 39 +39 63 Withdrew from the league
3 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Almaty 42 23 9 10 75 39 +36 55
4 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Stavropol 42 19 12 11 57 46 +11 50
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Fakel Voronezh 42 19 11 12 54 36 +18 49
6 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Tavriya Simferopol 42 18 12 12 61 50 +11 48
7 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 42 17 12 13 55 40 +15 46
8 Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftchi Baku 42 17 12 13 58 48 +10 46
9 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Kotayk Abovyan 42 15 14 13 47 40 +7 44
10 Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Nistru Chișinău 42 19 5 18 45 59 −14 43
11 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Geolog Tyumen 42 17 9 16 50 49 +1 43
12 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Pakhtakor Tashkent 42 16 11 15 59 44 +15 43
13 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Torpedo Kutaisi (X) 42 18 5 19 69 73 −4 41 Withdrew from the league
14 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don 42 12 14 16 38 46 −8 38
15 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Kuzbass Kemerevo 42 12 12 18 29 41 −12 36
16 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Shinnik Yaroslavl 42 11 14 17 44 62 −18 36
17 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Ordjonikidze 42 12 11 19 44 61 −17 35
18 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Batumi (X) 42 11 13 18 39 61 −22 35 Withdrew from the league
19 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Kuban Krasnodar 42 12 10 20 43 78 −35 34
20 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Rostov-on-Don (R) 42 10 12 20 53 76 −23 32 Relegation to Second League
21 Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Daugava Riga (R) 42 9 8 25 32 74 −42 26
22 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic SKA Karpaty Lviv (R) 42 5 7 30 37 90 −53 17
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (X) Quit the Football Federation of the Soviet Union 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

References

  1. 1 2 Paloşanu, Alexandru G.; Arotăriţei, Sorin; Balitskiy, Andrei; Dreiman, Theodore (2021-06-02). "Soviet Union 1989". RSSSF. Retrieved 2026-03-19.