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
League standings
Top scorers
#PlayerClubGoals1Valeriy MasalitinCSKA Moscow322Merab MegreladzeTorpedo Kutaisi293Aleksandr GaydashTavriya Simferopol274Seiran OsipovDynamo Stavropol25Merab ZhordaniaGuria Lanchkhuti256Gia GuruliGuria Lanchkhuti187Vitaliy PapadopuloSKA Rostov-on-Don178Vali GasimovNeftchi Baku16Oleh TaranMetalurh Zaporizhia16
Number of teams by union republic Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)1 10CSKA Moscow, Dinamo Stavropol, Fakel Voronezh, Geolog Tyumen, Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, Kuzbass Kemerovo, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Spartak Vladikavkaz, Kuban Krasnodar, SKA Rostov-na-Donu2 3Guria Lanchkhuti, Torpedo Kutaisi, Dinamo Batumi Metallurg Zaporozhye, Tavriya Simferopol, SKA Karpaty Lvov4 1Nistru Kishenev Kotaik Abovian Pakhtakor Tashkent Neftchi Baku Kairat Alma-Ata Daugava Riga
See also Soviet First League
References
External links 1989. First League. (1989. Первая лига.) Luhansk Nash Futbol.