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

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  • 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

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Renamed teams

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

Withdrawn teams

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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

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League standings

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

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(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)

Rotor Volgograd1 – 0Lokomotiv Moscow
Polstyanov   1' Report Gallakberov   ?'   89'

Lokomotiv Moscow won the promotion on 3–2 aggregate

Top scorers

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# Player Club Goals
1 Igor Shkvyrin Pakhtakor Tashkent 37
2 Bakhva Tedeyev Spartak Vladikavkaz 23
3 Vali Gasimov Neftchi Baku 22
4 Sergei Volgin Metalurh Zaporizhia 19
5 Vyacheslav Protsenko Nistru Chisinau 18
6 Vladimir Sushiy Dynamo Stavropol 16
7 Robert Kocharyan Kotayk Abovian 15
8 Georgiy Chaligava Dinamo Sukhumi 12
Viktor Leonenko Geolog Tyumen 12

Number of teams by union republic

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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

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References

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