1982 Soviet First League

Soviet First League
Season	1982
	← 1981 1983 →

The 1982 Soviet First League was the twelfth season of the Soviet First League and the 42nd season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Final standings edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Žalgiris Vilnius (C, P)	42	23	10	9	65	34	+31	56	Promotion to Top League
2	Nistru Kishinev (P)	42	23	10	9	67	38	+29	56	Promotion to Top League
3	Kolos Nikopol	42	22	11	9	63	38	+25	55
4	Lokomotiv Moscow	42	21	13	8	63	32	+31	54^[a]
5	Fakel Voronezh	42	21	13	8	60	33	+27	54^[a]
6	Zorya Voroshilovhrad	42	19	9	14	65	52	+13	47
7	Shinnik Yaroslavl	42	19	7	16	59	58	+1	45
8	Daugava Riga	42	16	12	14	58	51	+7	44
9	Pamir Dushanbe	42	16	12	14	49	49	0	44
10	SKA Karpaty Lviv^[b]	42	16	10	16	44	37	+7	42
11	SKA Rostov-on-Don	42	16	10	16	59	52	+7	42
12	Metallurh Zaporozhzhia	42	17	7	18	54	42	+12	41
13	Tavriya Simferopol	42	17	7	18	58	50	+8	41
14	Rotor Volgograd	42	14	12	16	63	64	−1	40
15	Dinamo Kirov	42	15	8	19	45	57	−12	38
16	SKA Khabarovsk	42	14	10	18	34	48	−14	38
17	Iskra Smolensk	42	13	13	16	53	67	−14	38^[a]
18	Guria Lanchkhuti	42	15	7	20	48	67	−19	37
19	Zvezda Dzhizak^[c]	42	14	9	19	56	77	−21	37
20	SKA Odessa (R)	42	11	13	18	40	48	−8	34^[a]	Relegation to Second League
21	SKA Kyiv (R)	42	5	10	27	31	81	−50	20
22	Spartak Kostroma (R)	42	4	9	29	18	77	−59	17

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d There was a draw limit for the draws earned, 12. Only twelve draws earn a point, in contrast, over the limit draws earn no points.
^ Karpaty Lvov merged with SKA Lvov into SKA-Karpaty.
^ Zvezda Dzhizak was called Buston.

16 November 1982

Žalgiris Vilnius	1–0	Nistru Kishinev
Jakubauskas 70'	Report

Attendance: 3,000

#	Player	Club	Goals
1	Heorhiy Koliadyuk	Kolos Nikopol	26
2	Hryhoriy Batych	Nistru Kishenev	25 (5)
3	Ravil Sharipov	Metallurg Zaporozhye	24 (6)
4	Sigitas Jakubauskas	Žalgiris Vilnius	23 (1)
5	Valeriy Tursunov	Pamir Dushanbe	21 (3)
6	Volodymyr Naumenko	Tavriya Simferopol	20 (5)
7	Vladimir Mukhanov	Lokomotiv Moscow	17
7	Sergey Andreyev	SKA Rostov-na-Donu	17 (1)
9	Viktor Vasilyev	Rotor Volgograd	16
	Aleksandrs Starkovs	Daugava Riga	16
	Gennady Smirnov	Fakel Voronezh	16 (4)

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	RSFSR	9	Lokomotiv Moscow, Fakel Voronezh, Shinnik Yaroslavl, SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Rotor Volgograd, Dinamo Kirov, SKA Khabarovsk, Iskra Smolensk, Spartak Kostroma
2	Ukrainian SSR	7	Kolos Nikopol, Zaria Voroshilovgrad, SKA Karpaty Lvov, Metallurg Zaporozhye, Tavria Simferopol, SKA Odessa, SKA Kiev
3	Lithuanian SSR	1	Žalgiris Vilnius
	Moldavian SSR		Nistru Kishinev
	Latvian SSR		Daugava Riga
	Tajik SSR		Pamir Dushanbe
	Georgian SSR		Guria Lanchkhuti
	Uzbek SSR		Zvezda Dzhizak