1988 Soviet First League

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Soviet First League
Season1988
ChampionsPamir Dushanbe
PromotedPamir Dushanbe
Rotor Volgograd
RelegatedZorya Voroshylovhrad
Zvezda Perm
Kolos Nikopol
Top goalscorer(22) Mukhsin Mukhamadiyev (Pamir Dushanbe) and Aleksandr Nikitin (Rotor Volgograd)
← 1987
1989 →

The 1988 Soviet First League was the 49th season of the second tier of association football in the Soviet Union.

Teams

  • SC Tavriya Simferopol – Winner of the Second League finals (returning after an absence of 3 seasons)
  • FC Kuban Krasnodar – Winner of the Second League finals (returning after an absence of a season)
  • FC Zvezda Perm – Winner of the Second League finals (returning after an absence of 8 seasons)

Relegated teams

Locations

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Location of teams in the 1988 Soviet First League.


League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic Pamir Dushanbe (C, P) 42 24 10 8 78 44 +34 58 Promotion to Top League
2 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Rotor Volgograd (P) 42 25 7 10 76 37 +39 57
3 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 42 23 10 9 69 35 +34 56
4 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Guria Lanchkhuti 42 23 7 12 71 44 +27 53
5 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Pakhtakor Tashkent 42 21 10 11 64 38 +26 52
6 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Stavropol 42 18 11 13 59 46 +13 47
7 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic SKA Karpaty Lviv 42 18 8 16 51 39 +12 44
8 Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Daugava Riga 42 18 7 17 56 54 +2 43
9 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Rostov-on-Don 42 16 10 16 57 64 −7 42
10 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don 42 16 8 18 59 67 −8 40
11 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Shinnik Yaroslavl 42 16 8 18 48 48 0 40
12 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Geolog Tyumen 42 17 5 20 46 58 −12 39
13 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Ordjonikidze 42 15 9 18 57 60 −3 39
14 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Tavriya Simferopol 42 13 14 15 34 43 −9 38[a]
15 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Kuzbass Kemerevo 42 13 14 15 38 39 −1 38[a]
16 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Batumi 42 15 6 21 40 53 −13 36
17 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metalurh Zaporizhia 42 12 13 17 30 43 −13 36[a]
18 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Kotayk Abovyan 42 14 7 21 55 83 −28 35
19 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Kuban Krasnodar 42 12 11 19 41 56 −15 35
20 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Zarya Voroshylovhrad (R) 42 11 10 21 44 59 −15 32 Relegation to Second League
21 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zvezda Perm (R) 42 10 12 20 37 69 −32 32
22 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Kolos Nikopol (R) 42 10 7 25 31 62 −31 27
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c 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.

Top scorers

# Player Club Goals
1 Mukhsin Mukhamadiyev Pamir Dushanbe 22
Aleksandr Nikitin Rotor Volgograd 22
3 Viktor Khlus Guria Lanchkhuti 21
4 Valeriy Korneyev Dynamo Stavropol 19
Merab Zhordania Guria Lanchkhuti 19
6 Sergei Andreyev Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don 18
Jevgenijs Milevskis Daugava Riga 18
Hamlet Mkhitaryan Kotayk Abovian 18
9 Oleksandr Malyshenko Zorya Voroshylovhrad 17

Number of teams by union republic

Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1  RSFSR 11 Rotor Volgograd, CSKA Moscow, Dinamo Stavropol, SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Geolog Tyumen, Spartak Vladikavkaz, Kuzbass Kemerovo, Kuban Krasnodar, Zvezda Perm
2  Ukrainian SSR 5 Metallurg Zaporozhye, Tavriya Simferopol, SKA Karpaty Lvov, Zaria Voroshilovgrad, Kolos Nikopol
3  Georgian SSR 2 Guria Lanchkhuti, Dinamo Batumi
4  Uzbek SSR 1 Pakhtakor Tashkent
 Latvian SSR Daugava Riga
 Tajik SSR Pamir Dushanbe
 Armenian SSR Kotaik Abovian

See also