The 1988 Soviet First League was the 49th season of the second tier of association football in the Soviet Union.

Teams Promoted teams SC Tavriya Simferopol – Winner of the Second League finals (returning after an absence of 3 seasons) FC Kuban Krasnodar – Winner of the Second League finals (returning after an absence of a season) FC Zvezda Perm – Winner of the Second League finals (returning after an absence of 8 seasons)

Relegated teams CSKA Moscow – (Returning after a season) FC Guria Lanchkhuti – (Returning after a season)

Locations

League standings

Top scorers

#PlayerClubGoals1Mukhsin MukhamadiyevPamir Dushanbe22Aleksandr NikitinRotor Volgograd223Viktor KhlusGuria Lanchkhuti214Valeriy KorneyevDynamo Stavropol19Merab ZhordaniaGuria Lanchkhuti196Sergei AndreyevRostselmash Rostov-on-Don18Jevgenijs MilevskisDaugava Riga18Hamlet MkhitaryanKotayk Abovian189Oleksandr MalyshenkoZorya Voroshylovhrad17

Number of teams by union republic Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)1 11Rotor Volgograd, CSKA Moscow, Dinamo Stavropol, SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Geolog Tyumen, Spartak Vladikavkaz, Kuzbass Kemerovo, Kuban Krasnodar, Zvezda Perm2 5Metallurg Zaporozhye, Tavriya Simferopol, SKA Karpaty Lvov, Zaria Voroshilovgrad, Kolos Nikopol3 2Guria Lanchkhuti, Dinamo Batumi4 1Pakhtakor Tashkent Daugava Riga Pamir Dushanbe Kotaik Abovian

Attendances

No. Club Average Highest 1 Paxtakor 35,581 50,000 2 Pamir 20,000 20,000 3 Rotor 16,429 29,000 4 Guria 15,795 20,000 5 Stavropol 14,848 18,500 6 Zarya 13,129 30,600 7 Spartak Vladikavkaz 12,586 22,500 8 Rostov-on-Don 9,981 32,000 9 Batumi 9,576 14,000 10 Tyumen 9,229 15,000 11 Kuzbass 9,176 25,000 12 Zvezda Perm 8,248 20,000 13 Karpaty 7,924 37,000 14 Rostselmash 7,605 16,000 15 Kuban 7,267 18,000 16 Tavriya 6,562 10,100 17 PFC CSKA 5,500 11,500 18 Shinnik 4,967 13,000 19 Metalurh 4,952 18,000 20 Kotayk 4,619 7,000 21 Kolos Nikopol 2,324 7,000 22 Daugava 2,233 5,800

Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sov/avesov88.htm

See also Soviet First League

References

External links 1988. First League. (1988. Первая лига. ) Luhansk Nash Futbol