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Withdrawn teams Prior to the start of the season all Georgian clubs (with the exception of Dinamo Sukhumi, a majority-Russian club from Abkhazia) withdrew from Soviet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
Lokomotiv Moscow won the promotion on 3–2 aggregate
Top scorers
#PlayerClubGoals1Igor ShkvyrinPakhtakor Tashkent372Bakhva TedeyevSpartak Vladikavkaz233Vali GasimovNeftchi Baku224Sergei VolginMetalurh Zaporizhia195Vyacheslav ProtsenkoNistru Chisinau186Vladimir SushiyDynamo Stavropol167Robert KocharyanKotayk Abovian158Georgiy ChaligavaDinamo Sukhumi12Viktor LeonenkoGeolog Tyumen12
Number of teams by union republic Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)1 11Spartak Vladikavkaz, Lokomotiv Moscow, Dinamo Stavropol, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Fakel Voronezh, Geolog Tyumen, Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod, Zenit Saint Petersburg, Kuban Krasnodar, Kuzbass Kemerovo2 2Tiligul Tiraspol, Nistru Kishenev Metallurg Zaporozhye, Tavriya Simferopol5 1Kotaik Abovian Pakhtakor Tashkent Neftchi Baku / ()Dinamo Sukhumi 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:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sov/avesov90.htm
See also 1990 Soviet Top League 1990 Soviet Second League 1990 Soviet Second League B
References
External links 1990 Soviet First League at rsssf.com