1990 Soviet First League

Template:Short description 1990 Soviet First League was part of the Soviet football competition in the second league division. After the fall of the Soviet Union some clubs left the Soviet competitions and the league was reduced.

Teams

Promoted teams

• Dinamo Sukhumi – Winner of the Second League finals (returning after an absence of 28 seasons)
• Tiras Tiraspol – Winner of the Second League finals (returning after an absence of 28 seasons)
• Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – Winner of the Second League finals (debut)

Relegated teams

• Lokomotiv Moscow – (Returning after 2 seasons)
• Zenit Leningrad – (Returning after 48 seasons)

Renamed teams

• Prior to the start of the season Textilshchik Tiraspol was renamed to Tiras Tiraspol.

Withdrawn teams

Prior to the start of the season all Georgian clubs (with the exception of Dinamo Sukhumi, a majority-Russian club from Abkhazia) withdrew from Soviet competitions. This included two First League clubs, FC Torpedo Kutaisi and FC Dinamo Batumi. Because of that the league was reduced to 20 as compared to the previous season of 22 participants.

League standings

Notes:

• The city of Ordzhonikidze was renamed to Vladikavkaz.
• The city of Gorkiy was renamed to Nizhniy Novgorod.
• Kotayk Abovyan played all its home games in the neighboring Yerevan.

Promotion/relegation play-off

(13th team of the Top League and 4th team of the First League)

• Lokomotiv Moscow – Rotor Volgograd 3–1 0–1

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Lokomotiv Moscow won the promotion on 3–2 aggregate

Top scorers

#	Player	Club	Goals
1	Igor Shkvyrin	Pakhtakor Tashkent	37
2	Bakhva Tedeyev	Spartak Vladikavkaz	23
3	Vali Gasimov	Neftchi Baku	22
4	Sergei Volgin	Metalurh Zaporizhia	19
5	Vyacheslav Protsenko	Nistru Chisinau	18
6	Vladimir Sushiy	Dynamo Stavropol	16
7	Robert Kocharyan	Kotayk Abovian	15
8	Georgiy Chaligava	Dinamo Sukhumi	12
	Viktor Leonenko	Geolog Tyumen	12

Number of teams by union republic

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	Template:Country data RSFSR	11	Spartak Vladikavkaz, Lokomotiv Moscow, Dinamo Stavropol, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Fakel Voronezh, Geolog Tyumen, Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod, Zenit Saint Petersburg, Kuban Krasnodar, Kuzbass Kemerovo
2	Template:Country data Moldavian SSR	2	Tiligul Tiraspol, Nistru Kishenev
	Template:Country data Ukrainian SSR		Metallurg Zaporozhye, Tavriya Simferopol
5	Template:Country data Armenian SSR	1	Kotaik Abovian
	Template:Country data Uzbek SSR		Pakhtakor Tashkent
	Template:Country data Azerbaijan SSR		Neftchi Baku
	Template:Country data Georgian SSR / (Abkhazia)		Dinamo Sukhumi
	Template:Country data Kazakh SSR		Kairat Alma-Ata

See also

• 1990 Soviet Top League
• 1990 Soviet Second League
• 1990 Soviet Second League B

External links

• 1990 Soviet First League at rsssf.com