Soviet First League Explained

Soviet First League in football
Pixels:80
Country:Soviet Union
Founded:1936
Folded:1991
after 52 seasons
Promotion:Soviet Top League
Relegation:Soviet Second League
Levels:2
League Cup:First League Cup
Podsnezhnik tournament
Champions:FC Rotor Volgograd (1)
Most Champs:FC Krylya Sovetov Samara (5)

The Soviet First League in football (Russian: Первая лига СССР по футболу) was the second highest division of Soviet football,[1] below the Soviet Top League.

While the second tier competitions in football among "teams of masters" (an official term for the Soviet professional clubs) existed since 1936,[1] the First League has been officially formed in 1971 out of the Class A First Group.[1] It followed the transitional 1970 season when the Class A was expanded to three groups (Vysshaya Gruppa, Pervaya Gruppa, Vtoraya Gruppa) and discontinuation of the Class B competitions for the 1971 season.

The league existed until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.

Overview

The second tier competitions and predecessors of the First League has been known as Group B, Group 2, Class B, and Class A, group 2. The number of teams playing at this level fluctuated significantly during the history of Soviet football. In 1940s-1970s the league frequently consisted of several groups. The group winners qualified for the final tournament.

The second tier competitions among "teams of masters" existed since 1936 as part of four groups of eight All-Union competitions where each group represented a tier with Group A representing top tier, Group B representing second tier, Group V representing third tier and so on. Before the World War II the season competitions were inconsistent in every group.

Since after the World War II there existed only top two tiers for football competitions among "teams of masters". The top tier was called Pervaya Gruppa (First Group) and the second tier Vtoraya Gruppa (Second Group). In 1950 those tiers were renamed with the second tier competitions being renamed into the Class B (the top tier became the Class A).

In 1960 Class B competitions were transformed into regional competitions with separate competitions for Russia, Ukraine, and other republics. More transformations took place in 1963 when the second tier competitions were included in the Class A competitions, while the Class B competitions were shifted to the third tier for 1964 season, thus reviving the third level competitions. Following the 1963 reform, the second tier competitions became the Vtoraya Gruppa Classa A (Class A second group) and the top tier being renamed as the Pervaya Gruppa Classa A (Class A first group). The Vtoraya Gruppa did not have multi groups competition with only one group round robin tournament.

After the 1970-1971 reforms there was established the Soviet First League with a single group competition. The league became more consisted with number of teams in league and relegation/promotion rules.

One unusual feature of the league was one that have taken place before 1989. The Soviet Football Union tried to eliminate the growing amount of drawn games, thus, intensify the competition. The participated clubs were receiving a point for each drawn game, but the amount of all their drawn games could not exceed a third of all their games played. After that they received no points for any further draws that they earned. In 1987, for example, FC Fakel Voronezh was relegated by being short of a point having received no points for their two extra drawn games. http://klisf.info/numeric/index.app?cmd=tournn&lang=en&id=549936875231248

Laureates of the Soviet second tier competitions

The teams that either won its group or participated in play-offs are included as well. All seasons are double-round robin unless otherwise indicated in "Notes".

Gruppa B (Group B)

SeasonWinnerRunners-upThirdTeams
1936 (spring)Dinamo TiflisZIS MoscowStalinets Leningrad8
1936 (autumn)Serp i Molot MoscowTemp BakuStalinets Moscow8
1937Spartak LeningradFC Dynamo Rostov/DonTemp Baku7 (8*)
1938not held, part of the Super League
1939Krylya Sovetov MoscowLokomotivi TbilisiFC Dynamo Rostov/Don23
1940Krasnaya Zarya LeningradFC Spartak LeningradStroitel Baku14
1941-44no competition due to World War II

Vtoraya Gruppa (Second Group)

SeasonWinnerRunners-upThirdTeams
1945Krylya Sovetov KuybyshevVVS MoscowFC Moscow Military Districtalign=center colspan=218
1946SouthVVS MoscowDO TbilisiFC Lokomotiv Kharkiv13align=center rowspan=226
EastFC Pischevik MoscowFC Torpedo GorkyFC MVO Moscow13
FinalVVS MoscowPischevik Moscowalign=center colspan=22
1947CentralFC Lokomotiv MoscowFC MVO MoscowFC Dynamo Riga15align=center rowspan=667
Russia IFC Torpedo GorkyFC Dynamo SaratovFC Zenit Izhevsk12
Russia IIFC Dzerzhinets ChelyabinskODO NovosibirskFC Krylia Sovetov Molotov10
UkraineFC Lokomotyv KharkivFC Shakhtar DonetskFC Kharchovyk Odesa13
CaucasusODO TbilisiFC Dynamo YerevanFC Lokomotivi Tbilisi8
Middle AsiaFC Dynamo StalinabadFC Dynamo Alma-AtaFC Dynamo Tashkent9
FinalLokomotiv MoscowTorpedo GorkiyLokomotyv Kharkivalign=center colspan=26
1948CentralFC Metallurg MoscowFC Dynamo RigaFC MVO Moscow15align=center rowspan=675
Russia IFC Dynamo KazanFC Torpedo GorkyFC Krasnoye Znamia Ivanovo14
Russia IIFC Dzerzhinets ChelyabinskODO NovosibirskODO Sverdlovsk13
UkraineFC Lokomotyv KharkivFC Stal DnipropetrovskODO Kyiv4 (8/8)
SouthFC Dynamo YerevanODO TbilisiFC Spartaki Tbilisi10
Middle AsiaODO TashkentFC Dynamo Alma-AtaFC Lokomotiv Ashkhabat7
FinalLokomotyv KharkivMetallurg MoscowDynamo Yerevanalign=center colspan=26
1949CentralFC Spartaki TbilisiFC Dynamo KutaisiSpartakas Vilnius14align=center rowspan=684
Russia IFC Dynamo Rostov-on-DonFC VMS MoscowFC Dynamo Krasnodar11
Russia IIDO SverdlovskDO NovosibirskFC Dzerzhinets Chelyabinsk14
Russia IIIFC Sudostroitel LeningradDO LeningradFC Metallurg Moscow13
Russia IVFC Kalinin KaliningradFC Stroitel DulevoFC Krasnoe Znamya Orekhovo-Zuyevo14
UkraineFC Kharchovyk OdesaFC Spartak LvivODO Kyiv18
FinalSpartak TbilisiKalinin KaliningradKharchovyk Odesaalign=center colspan=27

Class B

SeasonWinnerRunners-upThirdTeams
1950VMS MoscowTorpedo GorkiySpartakas Vilniusalign=center colspan=214
1951KalininDinamo MinskLokomotiv Moscowalign=center colspan=218
1952KharkivSpartakas VilniusFC Lokomotyv KharkivFC VMS Moscow6align=center rowspan=317
IvanovoDO TbilisiFC Krasnoe Znamya IvanovoFC Dinamo Alma-Ata6
BakuNeftyanik BakuFC Burevestnik ChișinăuFC Torpedo Gorky5
FinalLokomotyv KharkivSpartakas VilniusDO Tbilisi9 / 918
1953Zone 1FC Spartaki TbilisiFC Dynamo YerevanFC Torpedo Rostov-on-Don9align=center rowspan=327
Zone 2FC Znamya IvanovoFC Dinamo MinskFC Metalurh Odesa10
Zone 3FC Shakhtar StalinoFC Torpedo GorkyFC Metalurh Zaporizhia8
FinalDinamo MinskTorpedo GorkiyShakhtar Stalinoalign=center colspan=26/3/3/3/3/3/3
1954Zone 1FC Spartak YerevanNeftyanik BakuODO Tbilisi12align=center rowspan=336
Zone 2FC Zenit MoscowSpartakas VilniusFC Khimik Moscow12
Zone 3FC Shakhtar StalinoFC Torpedo Rostov-on-DonFC Metalurh Zaporizhia12
FinalShakhtar StalinoSpartakas VilniusNeftyanik Bakualign=center colspan=26
1955Zone 1Burevestnik ChisinauSpartak KalininODO Kyiv16align=center rowspan=232
Zone 2ODO SverdlovskSpartak YerevanODO Tbilisi16
1956Zone 1Spartak MinskTorpedo TaganrogMetalurh Zaporizhia18align=center rowspan=236
Zone 2Krylya Sovetov KuybyshevODO TbilisiSpartak Yerevan18
1957Zone 1FC Avangard LeningradFC Torpedo TaganrogFC Avanhard Kharkiv18align=center rowspan=464
Zone 2FC Spartak StanislavSKVO LvivFC Trudovyie Rezervy Leningrad18
Zone 3SKVO TbilisiFC Spartak YerevanNeftyanik Baku16
Far EastSKVO KhabarovskFC Dynamo VladivostokFC Burevestnik Tomsk12
FinalAvangard LeningradSpartak StanislavSKVO Tbilisialign=center colspan=23
1958Zone 1SKVO OdesaFC Trudovyie Rezervy LeningradFC Avanhard Mykolaiv16align=center rowspan=694
Zone 2SKCF SevastopolFC Metalurh ZaporizhiaFC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don16
Zone 3SKVO LvivSpartak MinskFC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia16
Zone 4SKVO Rostov-on-DonFC Spartak YerevanFC Kuban Krasnodar16
Zone 5SKVO SverdlovskFC Kairat Alma-AtaFC Zvezda Perm16
Zone 6SKVO KhabarovskFC Tomich TomskFC Urozhai Barnaul14
FinalSKVO Rostov-na-DonuSKVO SverdlovskSKCF Sevastopolalign=center colspan=26
1959Zone 1FC Trud VoronezhFC Dynamo KirovFC Avanhard Mykolaiv15align=center rowspan=7101
Zone 2FC Trudovyie Rezervy LeningradFC Trud GlukhovoFC Avanhard Kharkiv15
Zone 3FC Spartak YerevanFC Terek GroznyFC Torpedo Taganrog14
Zone 4FC Lokomotyv VinnytsiaFC Baltika KaliningradSKVO Odesa15
Zone 5FC Admiralteyets LeningradFC Volga KalininFC Zenit Izhevsk14
Zone 6FC Pamir LeninabadFC Mashinostroitel SverdlovskFC Metallurg Magnitogorsk14
Zone 7SKVO SverdlovskFC Lokomotiv KrasnoyarskSKVO Khabarovsk14
Russia FinalAdmiralteyets LeningradTrudovyie Reservy Leningrad[2] Trud Voronezhalign=center colspan=24
1960Russia IFC Trud VoronezhFC Spartak LeningradFC Shakhter Stalinogorsk16align=center rowspan=574
Russia IIFC Volga KalininFC Shinnik YaroslavlFC Dynamo Kirov15
Russia IIIFC Terek GroznyFC Torpedo TaganrogFC Spartak Krasnodar14
Russia IVFC Metallurg Nizhny TagilFC Zvezda PermFC Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk15
Russia VFC Irtysh OmskSKA KhabarovskFC Sibelektromotor Tomsk14
Russia FinalTrud VoronezhFC Irtysh OmskVolga Kalininalign=center colspan=25
Ukraine ISudnobudivnyk MykolaivFC Lokomotyv VinnytsiaFC Arsenal Kyiv17align=center rowspan=236
Ukraine IIFC Metalurh ZaporizhiaSKA OdesaFC Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk19
Ukraine FinalMetalurh ZaporizhzhyaSudobudivnyk Mykolaivalign=center colspan=22
Republics IFC Lokomotivi TbilisiFC Urozhai MinskFC Shirak Leninakan16align=center rowspan=232
Republics IIFC Torpedo KutaisiFC Pamir LeninabadFC Progress Baku16
Republics FinalTorpedo KutaisiLokomotivi Tbilisialign=center colspan=22
1961Russia IFC Volga KalininFC Metallurg CherepovetsFC Dynamo Leningrad13align=center rowspan=678
Russia IIFC Dynamo KirovFC Baltika KaliningradFC Iskra Kazan13
Russia IIIFC Krylia Sovietov KuibyshevFC Sokol SaratovFC Traktor Stalingrad13
Russia IVFC Terek GroznyFC Rostselmash Rostov-on-DonFC Torpedo Taganrog13
Russia VFC Lokomotiv ChelyabinskFC Uralmash SverdlovskFC Stroitel Ufa13
Russia VISKA KhabarovskSKA NovosibirskFC Luch Vladivostok13
Russia FinalKrylya Sovetov KuybyshevTerek GroznyDynamo Kirovalign=center colspan=26
Ukraine IFC Chornomorets OdesaFC Lokomotyv VinnytsiaFC Zirka Kirovohrad18align=center rowspan=237
Ukraine IISKA OdesaFC Trudovi Rezervy LuhanskFC Avanhard Zhovti Vody19
Ukraine FinalChornomorets OdesaSCA OdesaLokomotyv Vinnytsiaalign=center colspan=2
Republics IFC Lokomotivi TbilisiFC Shirak LeninakanLokomotiv Gomel16align=center rowspan=232
Republics IIFC Torpedo KutaisiFC Shakhter KaragandaFC Metallurg Rustavi16
1962Russia IFC Shinnik YaroslavlFC Spartak LeningradFC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo17align=center rowspan=579
Russia IIFC Trud VoronezhFC Trudovyie Rezervy KurskFC Serpukhov16
Russia IIIFC Spartak KrasnodarFC Traktor VolgogradFC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don15
Russia IVFC Uralmash SverdlovskFC Lokomotiv ChelyabinskFC Iskra Kazan16
Russia VSKA NovosibirskSKA KhabarovskFC Luch Vladivostok15
Russia FinalSpartak KrasnodarTrud VoronezhUralmash Sverdlovskalign=center colspan=25
Ukraine IFC Chornomorets OdesaFC Polissya ZhytomyrFC Lokomotyv Donetsk13align=center rowspan=339
Ukraine IISKA OdesaFC Metalurh ZaporizhiaSKA Kyiv13
Ukraine IIIFC Trudovi Rezervy LuhanskAvanhard SimferopolFC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia13
Ukraine FinalTrudovye Rezervy LuganskChornomorets OdesaAvanhard Simferopolalign=center colspan=26/11/11/11
Republics ILokomotiv GomelFC Shirak LeninakanFC Nairi Yerevan17align=center rowspan=232
Republics IIFC Shakhter KaragandaFC Alga FrunzeFC Metallurg Chimkent15
Republics FinalShakhtyor KaragandaLokomotiv Gomelalign=center colspan=22

Vtoraya Gruppa Klassa A (Second Group of the Class A)

SeasonWinnerRunners-upThirdTeams
1963Shinnik YaroslavlTorpedo GorkiyTrud Voronezhalign=center colspan=218
1964Subgroup 1FC Avanhard KharkivFC Chornomorets OdesaŽalgiris Vilnius13align=center rowspan=227
Subgroup 2SCA OdesaFC Shakhter KaragandaLokomotiv Moscow14
FinalLokomotiv MoscowSCA OdesaPakhtakor Tashkentalign=center colspan=214 / 13
1965Subgroup 1FC Tekstilshchik IvanovoFC Uralmash SverdlovskFC Avanhard Kharkiv16align=center rowspan=232
Subgroup 2FC Shinnik YaroslavlFC Zorya LuhanskŽalgiris Vilnius16
FinalArarat YerevanKairat Alma-AtyAvanhard Kharkivalign=center colspan=216 / 16
1966Subgroup 1Žalgiris VilniusFC Tekstilshchik IvanovoFC Kuban Krasnodar17align=center rowspan=353
Subgroup 2FC Zorya LuhanskSKA KyivSKA Lviv18
Subgroup 3FC PolitodelFC Shakhter KaragandaFC Stroitel Ufa18
FinalZorya LuhanskŽalgiris VilniusPolitotdel Tashkentalign=center colspan=23 / 3
1967Subgroup 1Dynamo KirovabadFK Daugava RigaFC Kuban Krasnodar20align=center rowspan=359
Subgroup 2SKA KyivFC Metalurh ZaporizhiaSKA Lviv20
Subgroup 3FC Shakhter KaragandaFC Uralmash SverdlovskFC Alga Frunze19
FinalDynamo KirovabadShakhtar KaragandaSKA Kyivalign=center colspan=23 / 3
1968Subgroup 1FC Karpaty LvivSKA KyivSKA Odesa21align=center rowspan=484
Subgroup 2Sudnobudivnyk MykolaivFC Metalist KharkivFC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk21
Subgroup 3FC Uralmash SverdlovskFC Spartak OrdzhonikidzeFC Dynamo Makhachkala21
Subgroup 4FC Irtysh OmskFC Kuzbass KemerovoSKA Khabarovsk21
FinalUralmash SverdlovskKarpaty LvivIrtysh Omskalign=center colspan=24
1969Subgroup 1FC Spartak OrdzhonikidzeFC Dynamo LeningradFC Kuban Krasnodar20align=center rowspan=487
Subgroup 2SKA KhabarovskFC Rubin KazanFC Metallurg Kuibyshev12 / 12
Subgroup 3FC Dnipro DnipropetrovskSKA KyivFC Metalist Kharkiv22
Subgroup 4Žalgiris VilniusFC Shakhter KaragandaFC Lokomotivi Tbilisi21
FinalSpartak OrdzhonikidzeDnipro DnipropetrovskSKA Khabarovskalign=center colspan=24

Pervaya Liga (First League)

SeasonWinnerRunners-upWinnerTeams
1971Dnipro DnipropetrovskLokomotiv MoscowChornomorets Odesa22
1972Pakhtakor TashkentShakhtar DonetskFC Chornomorets Odesa20
1973Chornomorets OdesaNistru KishenevLokomotiv Moscow20
1974Lokomotiv MoscowSKA Rostov/DonuDinamo Minsk20
1975Krylya Sovetov KuybyshevDinamo MinskTorpedo Kutaisi20
1976Kairat AlmatyNeftçi BakuPakhtakor Tashkent20
1977Spartak MoscowPakhtakor TashkentTavriya Simferopol20
1978Krylya Sovetov KuybyshevSKA Rostov/DonuDinamo Minsk20
1979Karpaty LvivKuban KrasnodarPamir Dushanbe24
1980Tavriya SimferopolDnipro DnipropetrovskMetalist Kharkiv24
1981Metalist KharkivTorpedo KutaisiLokomotiv Moscow24
1982Žalgiris VilniusNistru KishenevKolos Nikopol22
1983Kairat AlmatySKA Rostov/DonuFakel Voronezh22
1984Fakel VoronezhTorpedo KutaisiSKA Karpaty Lviv22
1985WestFC Daugava RigaSKA Karpaty LvivFC Kotayk11
EastFC Shinnik YaroslavlFC Pamir DushanbeFC CSKA Moscow11
FinalDaugava RīgaCSKA MoscowSKA Karpaty Lviv12 / 10
1986CSKA MoscowGuria LanchkhutiDaugava Rīga24
1987Chornomorets OdesaLokomotiv MoscowDaugava Rīga22
1988Pamir DushanbeRotor VolgogradCSKA Moscow22
1989[3] CSKA MoscowGuria LanchkhutiKairat Alma-Aty22
1990[4] Spartak VladikavkazPakhtakor TashkentMetalurh Zaporizhia20
1991[5] Rotor VolgogradTiligul TiraspolUralmash Yekaterinburg22

Winners

ClubWinnersRunners-Up3rd PositionYears Won
FC Krylia Sovietov Kuibyshev51945, 1956*, 1961*, 1975, 1978
FC Lokomotiv Moscow3231947, 1964, 1974
FC Chernomorets Odesa3131961*, 1973, 1987
FC Dinamo Minsk2221953, 1956*
FC Torpedo Kutaisi2211960*, 1961*
FC Kairat Alma-Ata2211976, 1983
FC Fakel Voronezh2131960*, 1984
FC Ararat Yerevan2121959*, 1965
FC CSKA Moscow2111986, 1989
FC Karpaty Lvov211970, 1979
FC Lokomotiv Kharkiv211948, 1952
FC Admiralteyets Leningrad21957, 1959*
FC Zarya Lugansk21962*, 1966
FC Spartak Ordzhonikidze21969, 1990
FC Zhalgiris Vilnius1311982
SKA Rostov-on-Don131958
FC Pakhtakor Tashkent1221972
FC Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk1211971
FC Zimbru Kishinev121955*
FC Shakhter Donetsk1111954
Serp i Molot Moscow111936
FC Spartak Leningrad111937
VVS Moscow111946
SKA Sverdlovsk111955*
FC Shakhter Karaganda111962*
FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi111961*
FC Kuban Krasnodar111962*
FC Rotor Volgograd111991
SC Tavriya Simferopol121980
FC Metallist Kharkiv121981
FC Daugava Riga121985
FC Metallurg Zaporozhie121960*
FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk121968
FC Lokomotiv Vinnitsa111959*
FC Pamir Dushanbe111988
Dynamo Tiflis11936
FC Krylia Sovietov Moscow11939
FC Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad11940
FC Spartaki Tbilisi11949
FC VMS Moscow11950
FC MVO Moscow11951
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl11963
Dynamo Kirovabad11967
FC Pamir Leninabad11959*
FC Spartak Moscow11977
RepublicsWinnersYears Won
Russian SFSR301936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1955*, 1956*, 1957, 1958, 1959*, 1960*, 1961*, 1962*, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991
Ukrainian SSR151948, 1952, 1954, 1959*, 1960*, 1961*, 1962*, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1987
Georgian SSR51936, 1949, 1960*, 1961*, 1961*
Kazakh SSR31962*, 1976, 1983
Belarusian SSR21953, 1956*
Armenian SSR21959*, 1965
Tajik SSR21959*, 1988
Moldovan SSR11955*
Azerbaijan SSR11967
Uzbek SSR11972
Lithuanian SSR11982
Latvian SSR11985

Podium sweep

All-time table (top 20)

There were over 260 teams that played in the Soviet First League.[6] In the list with green background are clubs with over 30 seasons in the league.

TeamRepublicSeasonsFirst
season		Last
season		PlayedWonDrawnLostGoals
for		Goals
against		Points11st2nd3rd
Metallurg ZaporozhieUkrainebgcolor=LightGreen4019471990147056340650119141687209512
Shinnik YaroslavlRussiabgcolor=LightGreen331957199112764933534301567142618321
Pamir DushanbeTajikistanbgcolor=LightGreen3619471987132946832553616211851172911
Kuban KrasnodarRussiabgcolor=LightGreen3119491991111643628739313951287159511
Fakel VoronezhRussia261954199199342128029212319131543213
Nistru KishinevMoldovabgcolor=LightGreen3219471991115440632242613181416154012
Kuzbass KemerovoRussiabgcolor=LightGreen30194819901086402244440131113971450
Uralmash SverdlovskRussiabgcolor=LightGreen3019451991100339023038313161266140012
Zhalgiris VilniusLithuania261947198292437426228811799221384131
Dnepr DnepropetrovskUkraine2619391980873378223272122610551357121
Rotor VolgogradRussia271951199191837022232612511118133211
Tekstilschik IvanovoRussiabgcolor=LightGreen3019391983938347265326117911341306
Tavria SimferopolUkraine231958199189034324030711621043126912
Daugava RigaLatvia261948198995932827136011041164125512
SKA Karpaty LvovUkraine231949198981334420226710589181234
Spartak VladikavkazRussia24196019909333402123811059117712322
Chernomorets OdesaUkraine221940197370334316419611327711193313
Torpedo KutaisiGeorgia201949198974633816923910378181183221
Metallist KharkivUkraine2119471981772316211245913784115912
Zvezda PermRussia2619451979840306221313104610611139
1Three points for a win. In 1973, a point for a draw was awarded only to a team that won the subsequent penalty shootout. In 1978–1988, the number of draws for which points were awarded was limited.

Soviet football championship among reserves

SeasonChampionRunner-Up3rd PositionTop Goalscorer
1971Chernomorets Odesa (1)Metallurg ZaporozhyeDnepr Dnepropetrovsk
1972???
1973???
1974SKA Rostov-na-Donu (1)Dinamo MinskKrylya Sovetov Kuibyshev
1975???
1976???
1977???
1978Dinamo Minsk (1)SKA Rostov-na-DonuKarpaty Lvov
1979Zhalgiris Vilnius (1)Pamir DushanbeKarpaty Lvov
1980Kolos Nikopol (1)SKA OdesaMetallist Kharkiv
1981???
1982SKA-Karpaty Lvov (1)SKA OdesaKolos Nikopol
1983Iskra Smolensk (1)Lokomotiv MoscowSKA Rostov-na-Donu
Metallurg Zaporozhye (1)Kairat Alma-AtaSKA-Karpaty Lvov
1984Iskra Smolensk (2)Zvezda DzhizakNistru Kishinev
1985???
1986???
1987???
1988???
1989???
1990???
1991???

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Evgeni Kazakov. The Soviet First Football League (Первая лига СССР по футболу) . History of Soviet football championships. Volume 1 (1936–1969). Litres, 2019
  2. Trudovye Reservy were replacing Dynamo Leningrad for several season. Later Dynamo was reinstated in their place.
  3. After 1989 season teams from Baltic states (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia) and Georgia withdrew from the Soviet competitions. Only the two pro-Soviet, pro-Russian teams: Pardaugava (Riga) and Dinamo Sukhumi continued to participate.
  4. Four teams were promoted due to withdrawal of several teams prior to this season. The fourth team was Lokomotiv Moscow.
  5. Last season. Russian SFSR clubs form new Russian Top Division with compatriot clubs from Soviet Top League, and other SSR clubs do the same.
  6. Web site: Чемпионат СССР, первая лига. 2019-03-24. 2019-03-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20190325195818/http://wildstat.ru/p/2092/cht/23/stat/summary. live.

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