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 Nizhniy Novogorod – Winner of the Second League finals (debut)

Relegated teams
  • Lokomotiv Moscow – (Returning after 2 seasons)
  • Zenit Leningrad – (Returning after 48 seasons)

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Withdrawn teams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
Spartak
Pakhtakor
Lokomotiv NN
Dinamo Sukh
Kairat
Neftchi
Dinamo Stav
Kotayk
Nistru
Metalurh
Location of teams in the 1990 Soviet First League.

League standings
Pos Republic Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Russian SFSR FC Spartak Vladikavkaz (C, P) 38 24 9 5 73 30 +43 57
2  Uzbek SSR FC Pakhtakor Tashkent (P) 38 23 8 7 80 45 +35 54
3  Ukrainian SSR FC Metalurh Zaporizhia (P) 38 19 14 5 58 30 +28 52
4  Russian SFSR FC Lokomotiv Moscow (P) 38 19 9 10 52 34 +18 47
5  Russian SFSR FC Dynamo Stavropol 38 20 6 12 56 42 +14 46
6  Russian SFSR FC Shinnik Yaroslavl 38 19 8 11 55 39 +16 46
7  Moldavian SSR FC Nistru Chisinau 38 14 12 12 50 44 +6 40
8  Azerbaijan SSR PFC Neftchi Baku 38 14 10 14 52 51 +1 38
9  Ukrainian SSR SC Tavriya Simferopol 38 11 16 11 40 38 +2 38
10  Russian SFSR FC Fakel Voronezh 38 14 9 15 43 45 −2 37
11  Russian SFSR FC Geolog Tyumen 38 14 9 15 38 45 −7 37
12  Georgian SSR FC Dinamo Sukhumi 38 14 8 16 36 41 −5 36
13  Moldavian SSR FC Tiras Tiraspol 38 10 15 13 32 45 −13 35
14  Armenian SSR FC Kotayk Abovian 38 12 9 17 44 52 −8 33
15  Russian SFSR FC Rostselmash Rostov/Donu 38 11 9 18 39 56 −17 31
16  Russian SFSR FC Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod 38 10 11 17 39 58 −19 31
17  Kazakh SSR FC Kairat Almaty 38 10 10 18 35 50 −15 30
18  Russian SFSR FC Zenit Saint Petersburg 38 8 14 16 35 41 −6 30
19  Russian SFSR FC Kuban Krasnodar 38 11 6 21 34 60 −26 28
20  Russian SFSR FC Kuzbass Kemerevo 38 4 6 28 21 66 −45 14
Source:
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

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 Moscow – Rotor Volgograd 3–1 0–1
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'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Minsk)

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
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See also

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