1990 Soviet First League

Soviet Top League

Season	1990
Champions	FC Spartak Vladikavkaz
Relegated	FC Kuzbass Kemerevo
Top goalscorer	(37) Igor Shkvyrin (Pakhtakor Tashkent)
← 1989 1991 →

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.

Teams

Promoted 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Withdrawn teams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 exception of Dinamo Sukhumi withdrew from Soviet competitions. The league left two 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.

League Standings

No	Club	GP	W	D	L	GF-GA	Pts	Rpblc
1	FC Spartak Vladikavkaz (C) (P)	38	24	9	5	73-30	57	Russian SFSR
2	FC Pakhtakor Tashkent (P)	38	23	8	7	80-45	54	Uzbek SSR
3	FC Metallurg Zaporozhie (P)	38	19	14	5	58-30	52	Ukrainian SSR
4	FC Lokomotiv Moscow (P)	38	19	9	10	52-34	47	Russian SFSR
5	FC Dynamo Stavropol	38	20	6	12	56-42	46	Russian SFSR
6	FC Shinnik Yaroslavl	38	19	8	11	55-39	46	Russian SFSR
7	FC Nistru Kishenev	38	14	12	12	50-44	40	Moldavian SSR
8	PFC Neftchi Baku	38	14	10	14	52-51	38	Azerbaijan SSR
9	SC Tavriya Simferopol	38	11	16	11	40-38	38	Ukrainian SSR
10	FC Fakel Voronezh	38	14	9	15	43-45	37	Russian SFSR
11	FC Geolog Tyumen	38	14	9	15	38-45	37	Russian SFSR
12	FC Dinamo Sukhumi	38	14	8	16	36-41	36	Georgian SSR
13	FC Tiras Tiraspol	38	10	15	13	32-45	35	Moldavian SSR
14	FC Kotaik Abovian	38	12	9	17	44-52	33	Armenian SSR
15	FC Rostselmash Rostov/Donu	38	11	9	18	39-56	31	Russian SFSR
16	FC Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod	38	10	11	17	39-58	31	Russian SFSR
17	FC Kairat Almaty	38	10	10	18	35-50	30	Kazakh SSR
18	FC Zenit Saint Petersburg	38	8	14	16	35-41	30	Russian SFSR
19	FC Kuban Krasnodar	38	11	6	21	34-60	28	Russian SFSR
20	FC Kuzbass Kemerevo	38	14	6	28	21-66	14	Russian SFSR

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

1990-11-11

Lokomotiv Moscow	3 – 1	Rotor Volgograd
Samatov 12' Rybakov 51' Zhitkov 79'	Report	Fyodorovsky 76'

LFK CSKA, Moscow

Attendance: 2,000 (4,600)

Referee: Petro Kobychek (Chernivtsi)

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1990-11-17

Rotor Volgograd	1 – 0	Lokomotiv Moscow
Polstyanov 1'	Report	Gallagberov  ?'  89'

Central Stadium of Trade Unions, Volgograd

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Minsk)

Lokomotiv Moscow won the promotion on 3–2 aggregate

Top scorers

#	Player	Club	Goals
1	Igor Shkvyrin	Pakhtakor Tashkent	37
2	Bakhva Tedeyev	Spartak Vladikavkaz	23
3	Velli Kasumov	Neftchi Baku	22
4	Sergei Volgin	Metallurg Zaporozhie	19
5	Vyacheslav Protsenko	Nistru Kishenev	18
6	Vladimir Sushiy	Dinamo Stavropol	16
7	Robert Kocharyan	Kotayk Abovyan	15
8	Georgiy Chaligava	Dinamo Sukhumi	12
	Viktor Leonenko	Geolog Tyumen	12

See also

• 1990 Soviet Top League
• 1990 Soviet Second League
• 1990 Soviet Second League B

References

External links

• 1990 Soviet First League at rsssf.com