1989 Soviet First League

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The 1989 Soviet First League was the 50th season of the Soviet First League, an association football league 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 Chisinau – 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

Locations[]

Kuzbass

SKA Karpaty

Rostov- on- Don
Rostselmash
SKA

Spartak

Tavriya

Pakhtakor

Torpedo

Dinamo B

CSKA

Shinnik

Fakel

Kairat

Neftchi

Dinamo S

Kotayk

Daugava

Nistru

Geolog

Kuban

Metalurh

Guria

Location of teams in the 1989 Soviet First League.

League standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	CSKA Moscow (C, P)	42	24	11	7	79	44	+35	59	Promotion to Top League
2	Guria Lanchkhuti (X)	42	22	10	10	64	45	+19	54	Withdrew from the league
3	Kairat Almaty	42	21	9	12	68	40	+28	51
4	Dynamo Stavropol	42	20	10	12	47	39	+8	50
5	Fakel Voronezh	42	20	8	14	56	49	+7	48
6	Tavriya Simferopol	42	19	10	13	64	56	+8	48
7	Metalurh Zaporizhia	42	21	5	16	54	56	−2	47
8	Neftchi Baku	42	17	13	12	46	35	+11	47
9	Kotayk Abovyan	42	19	7	16	60	53	+7	45
10	Nistru Chisinau	42	16	11	15	50	50	0	43
11	Geolog Tyumen	42	15	13	14	56	52	+4	43
12	Pakhtakor Tashkent	42	17	7	18	57	59	−2	41
13	Torpedo Kutaisi (X)	42	17	7	18	45	50	−5	41	Withdrew from the league
14	Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don	42	17	6	19	58	52	+6	40
15	Kuzbass Kemerevo	42	17	5	20	60	58	+2	39
16	Shinnik Yaroslavl	42	14	11	17	50	54	−4	39
17	Spartak Ordjonikidze	42	15	7	20	30	48	−18	37
18	Dinamo Batumi (X)	42	11	14	17	44	50	−6	36	Withdrew from the league
19	Kuban Krasnodar	42	11	13	18	36	49	−13	35
20	SKA Rostov-on-Don (R)	42	11	13	18	32	47	−15	35	Relegation to Second League
21	Daugava Riga (R)	42	8	10	24	40	68	−28	26
22	SKA Karpaty Lviv (R)	42	7	6	29	31	73	−42	20

Top scorers[]

See also[]

• Soviet First League

External links[]

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