1988 Soviet First League

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

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

Teams

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  • 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

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Locations

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League standings

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

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# 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

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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

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