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1990 Soviet First League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Soviet First League |
| season | 1990 |
| winners | FC Spartak Vladikavkaz |
| promoted | FC Spartak Vladikavkaz |
| FC Pakhtakor Tashkent | |
| FC Metalurh Zaporizhia | |
| FC Lokomotiv Moscow | |
| relegated | FC Kuzbass Kemerevo |
| league topscorer | (37) Igor Shkvyrin (Pakhtakor Tashkent) |
| prevseason | [1989](1989-soviet-first-league) |
| nextseason | [1991](1991-soviet-first-league) |
FC Pakhtakor Tashkent FC Metalurh Zaporizhia FC Lokomotiv Moscow 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Withdrawn teams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.
Locations
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
Rybakov
Zhitkov
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 | 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 | Moldavian SSR | 2 | Tiligul Tiraspol, Nistru Kishenev |
| Ukrainian SSR | Metallurg Zaporozhye, Tavriya Simferopol | ||
| 5 | Armenian SSR | 1 | Kotaik Abovian |
| Uzbek SSR | Pakhtakor Tashkent | ||
| Azerbaijan SSR | Neftchi Baku | ||
| Georgian SSR / (Abkhazia) | Dinamo Sukhumi | ||
| Kazakh SSR | Kairat Alma-Ata |
Attendances
| No. | Club | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 18,784 |
| 2 | Dinamo Stavropol | 13,579 |
| 3 | Paxtakor | 13,474 |
| 4 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhya | 13,395 |
| 5 | Nistru | 10,084 |
| 6 | Neftçhi | 8,782 |
| 7 | Nizhny Novgorod | 6,889 |
| 8 | Tavriya | 5,921 |
| 9 | Sukhumi | 5,889 |
| 10 | Tiras | 5,242 |
| 11 | Fakel | 4,547 |
| 12 | Kuban | 3,900 |
| 13 | Tyumen | 3,732 |
| 14 | Shinnik | 3,432 |
| 15 | Kairat | 3,242 |
| 16 | Rostselmash | 2,511 |
| 17 | Kuzbass | 2,511 |
| 18 | Zenit | 2,005 |
| 19 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 1,879 |
| 20 | Kotayk | 1,400 |
Source:
References
References
- "Фубольный манеж ЛФК ЦСКА".
- https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sov/avesov90.htm
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