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1989 Soviet First League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Soviet First League |
| season | 1989 |
| winners | CSKA Moscow |
| promoted | CSKA Moscow |
| relegated | SKA Rostov-on-Don |
| Daugava Riga | |
| SKA Karpaty Lviv | |
| league topscorer | (32) Valeriy Masalitin (CSKA Moscow) |
| prevseason | [1988](1988-soviet-first-league) |
| nextseason | [1990](1990-soviet-first-league) |
Daugava Riga SKA Karpaty Lviv
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
Rostselmash SKA
League standings
Top scorers
| # | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valeriy Masalitin | CSKA Moscow | 32 |
| 2 | Merab Megreladze | Torpedo Kutaisi | 29 |
| 3 | Aleksandr Gaydash | Tavriya Simferopol | 27 |
| 4 | Seiran Osipov | Dynamo Stavropol | 25 |
| Merab Zhordania | Guria Lanchkhuti | 25 | |
| 6 | Gia Guruli | Guria Lanchkhuti | 18 |
| 7 | Vitaliy Papadopulo | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 17 |
| 8 | Vali Gasimov | Neftchi Baku | 16 |
| Oleh Taran | Metalurh Zaporizhia | 16 |
Number of teams by union republic
| Rank | Union republic | Number of teams | Club(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RSFSR | 10 | CSKA Moscow, Dinamo Stavropol, Fakel Voronezh, Geolog Tyumen, Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, Kuzbass Kemerovo, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Spartak Vladikavkaz, Kuban Krasnodar, SKA Rostov-na-Donu |
| 2 | Georgian SSR | 3 | Guria Lanchkhuti, Torpedo Kutaisi, Dinamo Batumi |
| Ukrainian SSR | Metallurg Zaporozhye, Tavriya Simferopol, SKA Karpaty Lvov | ||
| 4 | Moldavian SSR | 1 | Nistru Kishenev |
| Armenian SSR | Kotaik Abovian | ||
| Uzbek SSR | Pakhtakor Tashkent | ||
| Azerbaijan SSR | Neftchi Baku | ||
| Kazakh SSR | Kairat Alma-Ata | ||
| Latvian SSR | Daugava Riga |
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