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1983 Soviet First League

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Soviet First League
Season1983
1982
1984

The 1983 Soviet First League was the thirteenth season of the Soviet First League and the 43rd season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Almaty (C, P) 42 25 10 7 78 36 +42 60 Promotion to Top League
2 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Rostov-on-Don (P) 42 23 13 6 73 36 +37 58[a]
3 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Fakel Voronezh 42 21 12 9 53 30 +23 54
4 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Rotor Volgograd 42 23 5 14 62 48 +14 51
5 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metallurg Zaporozhia 42 21 8 13 66 46 +20 50
6 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Kolos Nikopol 42 18 12 12 69 52 +17 48
7 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Tavria Simferopol 42 16 12 14 78 67 +11 44
8 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Kuban Krasnodar 42 16 11 15 58 48 +10 43
9 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Guria Lanchkhuti 42 19 4 19 52 71 −19 42
10 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Kuzbass Kemerovo 42 15 13 14 50 49 +1 42[a]
11 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic SKA Karpaty Lvov 42 15 12 15 43 46 −3 42
12 Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic Pamir Dushanbe 42 15 10 17 46 55 −9 40
13 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Zarya Voroshilovgrad 42 14 11 17 66 67 −1 39
14 Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Daugava Riga 42 14 10 18 57 63 −6 38
15 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow 42 13 13 16 51 47 +4 38[a]
16 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Zvezda Dzhizak 42 13 12 17 62 64 −2 38
17 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Iskra Smolensk 42 14 9 19 51 47 +4 37
18 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Shinnik Yaroslavl 42 13 11 18 45 75 −30 37
19 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Khabarovsk 42 12 12 18 33 54 −21 36
20 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Dnepr Mogilev (R) 42 12 13 17 40 60 −20 36[a] Relegation to Second League
21 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Textilshchik Ivanovo (R) 42 8 10 24 45 83 −38 26
22 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dinamo Kirov (R) 42 5 11 26 29 63 −34 21
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ 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.

Top scorers

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# Player Club Goals
1 Yuriy Bondarenko Tavriya Simferopol 25 (1)
2 Valeriy Tursunov Pamir Dushanbe 23 (2)
3 Vitaly Razdayev Kuzbass Kemerevo 22 (2)
4 Evstaphiy Pechlevanidis Kairat Alma-Ata 21
Ravil Sharipov Metallurg Zaporozhye 21 (8)
6 Oleksandr Malyshenko Zaria Voroshilovgrad 20
7 Sergey Andreyev SKA Rostov-na-Donu 19
Sergei Stukashov Kairat Alma-Ata 19
9 Nikolai Kolesov Kuban Krasnodar 18

Number of teams by union republic

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Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1  RSFSR 11 SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Fakel Voronezh, Rotor Volgograd, Kuban Krasnodar, Kuzbass Kemerovo, Lokomotiv Moscow, Iskra Smolensk, Shinnik Yaroslavl, SKA Khabarovsk, Tekstilshchik Ivanovo, Dinamo Kirov
2  Ukrainian SSR 5 Metallurg Zaporozhye, Kolos Nikopol, Tavria Simferopol, SKA Karpaty Lvov, Zaria Voroshilovgrad
3  Georgian SSR 1 Guria Lanchkhuti
 Kazakh SSR Kairat Alma-Ata
 Tajik SSR Pamir Dushanbe
 Latvian SSR Daugava Riga
 Uzbek SSR Zvezda Dzhizak
 Belarusian SSR Dnepr Mogilev
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