1981 Soviet First League

Soviet First League
Season	1981
	← 1980 1982 →

The 1981 Soviet First League was the eleventh season of the Soviet First League and the 41st season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Metalist Kharkiv (C, P)	46	25	12	9	68	33	+35	62	Promotion to Top League
2	Torpedo Kutaisi (P)	46	26	4	16	57	46	+11	56	Promotion to Top League
3	Lokomotiv Moscow	46	21	15	10	65	41	+24	54^[a]
4	Shinnik Yaroslavl	46	21	10	15	68	58	+10	52
5	Kolos Nikopol	46	20	11	15	68	53	+15	51
6	Žalgiris Vilnius	46	17	15	14	48	39	+9	46^[a]
7	Iskra Smolensk	46	17	12	17	48	45	+3	46
8	Nistru Kishinev	46	17	12	17	54	51	+3	46
9	Pamir Dushanbe	46	17	11	18	52	54	−2	45
10	Fakel Voronezh	46	17	10	19	45	44	+1	44
11	Karpaty Lvov	46	17	10	19	57	60	−3	44
12	Spartak Kostroma	46	16	16	14	49	50	−1	44^[a]
13	Metallurg Zaporozhia	46	16	14	16	57	51	+6	44^[a]
14	Guria Lanchkhuti	46	16	13	17	50	56	−6	44^[a]
15	Zarya Voroshilovgrad	46	16	13	17	44	53	−9	44^[a]
16	SKA Odessa	46	16	13	17	62	54	+8	44^[a]
17	SKA Kiev	46	16	10	20	59	71	−12	42
18	Buston Dzhizak	46	16	9	21	47	63	−16	41
19	SKA Khabarovsk	46	16	8	22	50	58	−8	40
20	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk^[b] (R)	46	14	13	19	44	56	−12	40^[a]	Relegation to Second League
21	Spartak Ordjonikidze (R)	46	14	12	20	36	49	−13	40
22	Kuzbass Kemerovo (R)	46	14	12	20	47	51	−4	40
23	Dinamo Stavropol (R)	46	13	14	19	45	60	−15	38^[a]
24	Traktor Pavlodar (R)	46	12	15	19	41	65	−24	36^[a]

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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j 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.
^ Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk was called Spartak.

#	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ravil Sharipov	Metallurg Zaporozhye	26 (6)
2	Vladimir Mukhanov	Lokomotiv Moscow	22 (1)
3	Gennady Smirnov	Fakel Voronezh	21 (2)
3	Viktor Nastashevskyi	SKA Kiev	21 (2)
5	Oleh Taran	SKA Odessa	20
6	Devizi Dardzhania	Torpedo Kutaisi	19 (1)
7	Nodar Bachiashvili	Metallist Kharkov	17
8	Yuriy Koryukov	Nistru Kishenev	15
9	Valeriy Tursunov	Pamir Dushanbe	14 (1)

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	RSFSR	9	Lokomotiv Moscow, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Iskra Smolensk, Fakel Voronezh, Spartak Kostroma, SKA Khabarovsk, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Kuzbass Kemerevo, Dinamo Stavropol
2	Ukrainian SSR	8	Metallist Kharkov, Kolos Nikopol, Karpaty Lvov, Metallurg Zaporozhye, Zaria Voroshilovgrad, SKA Odessa, SKA Kiev, Prykarpatye Ivano-Frankovsk
3	Georgian SSR	2	Torpedo Kutaisi, Guria Lanchkhuti
4	Lithuanian SSR	1	Žalgiris Vilnius
	Moldavian SSR		Nistru Kishinev
	Tajik SSR		Pamir Dushanbe
	Uzbek SSR		Zvezda Dzhizak
	Kazakh SSR		Traktor Pavlodar

v t e Second level Soviet football championship seasons
Group B	1936 1937 1938 1939 1940
Second Group	1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
Class B	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
Second Group (Class A)	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
First Group (Class A)	1970
First League	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

v t e 1981 in Soviet football
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Domestic leagues	Top League Reserves First League Second League (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, Finals)
Domestic cups	Soviet Cup Season's Cup
European competitions	European Cup 1980–81 1981–82 Cup Winners' Cup 1980–81 1981–82 UEFA Cup 1980–81 1981–82
Related to national team	Senior
Club seasons
Top League	Dynamo Kyiv