1989 Soviet First League Explained

Season:	1989
League Topscorer:	(32) Valeriy Masalitin (CSKA Moscow)
Nextseason:	1990

The 1989 Soviet First League was the 50th season of the second-tier round-robin competitions of association football in the Soviet Union.

Teams

Promoted teams

• FC Fakel Voronezh – Winner of the Second League finals (returning after an absence of a season)
• FC Nistru Chișinău – Winner of the Second League finals (returning after an absence of 2 seasons)
• FC Torpedo Kutaisi – Winner of the Second League finals (returning after an absence of a season)

Relegated teams

• FC Kairat Almaty – (Returning after 5 seasons)
• FC Neftchi Baku – (Returning after 13 seasons)

Locations

Top scorers

	Player	Club	Goals
1	Valeriy Masalitin	CSKA Moscow	32
2	Merab Megreladze	Torpedo Kutaisi	29
3	Aleksandr Gaydash	Tavriya Simferopol	27
4	Seiran Osipov	Dynamo Stavropol	25
	Merab Zhordania	Guria Lanchkhuti	25
6	Gia Guruli	Guria Lanchkhuti	18
7	Vitaliy Papadopulo	SKA Rostov-on-Don	17
8	Vali Gasimov	Neftchi Baku	16
	Oleh Taran	Metalurh Zaporizhia	16

Number of teams by union republic

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1		10	CSKA Moscow, Dinamo Stavropol, Fakel Voronezh, Geolog Tyumen, Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, Kuzbass Kemerovo, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Spartak Vladikavkaz, Kuban Krasnodar, SKA Rostov-na-Donu
2		3	Guria Lanchkhuti, Torpedo Kutaisi, Dinamo Batumi
	Metallurg Zaporozhye, Tavriya Simferopol, SKA Karpaty Lvov
4		1	Nistru Kishenev
	Kotaik Abovian
	Pakhtakor Tashkent
	Neftchi Baku
	Kairat Alma-Ata
	Daugava Riga

See also

• Soviet First League

External links

• 1989. First League. (1989. Первая лига.) Luhansk Nash Futbol.