1987 Soviet First League Explained

Season:	1987
Nextseason:	1988

The 1987 Soviet First League was the 48th season of the second tier of association football in the Soviet Union.

Teams

Promoted teams

• FC Geolog Tyumen – (Returning after 25 seasons)
• FC Zaria Voroshilovgrad – (Returning after 2 seasons)
• FC Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev – (Returning after a season)

Relegated teams

• FC Chernomorets Odessa – (Returning after a season)
• FC Torpedo Kutaisi – (Returning after 2 seasons)

Top scorers

	Player	Club	Goals
1	Viktor Pimushin	Kuzbass Kemerevo	23 (3)
2	Serhiy N. Morozov	Metallurg Zaporozhye	22 (5)
3	Aleksandr Azimov	Pamir Dushanbe	21 (8)
4	Jevgeņijs Miļevskis	Daugava Riga	19 (3)
5	Mykola Fedorenko	Kolos Nikopol	18 (5)
	Seyran Osipov	Dynamo Stavropol	18 (5)
7	Aleksandrs Starkovs	Daugava Riga	16 (1)
	Marat Kabayev	Pakhtakor Tashkent	16 (5)
9	Sergei Borisov	Rotor Volgograd	14
10	Aleksandr Kalashnikov	Lokomotiv Moscow	13

Number of teams by union republic

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1		11	Lokomotiv Moscow, Kuzbass Kemerovo, Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Geolog Tyumen, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Dinamo Stavropol, Rotor Volgograd, Spartak Vladikavkaz, Fakel Voronezh, Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev
2		5	Chernomorets Odessa, SKA Karpaty Lvov, Kolos Nikopol, Metallurg Zaporozhye, Zaria Voroshilovgrad
3		2	Torpedo Kutaisi, Dinamo Batumi
4		1	Pakhtakor Tashkent
	Daugava Riga
	Pamir Dushanbe
	Kotaik Abovian

See also

• Soviet First League

External links

• 1987. First League. (1987. Первая лига.) Luhansk Nash Futbol.