1987 Soviet First League

The 1987 Soviet First League was the 48th season of the second tier of association football in the Soviet Union.

Teams Promoted teams FC Geolog Tyumen – (Returning after 25 seasons) FC Zaria Voroshilovgrad – (Returning after 2 seasons) FC Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev – (Returning after a season)

Relegated teams FC Chernomorets Odessa – (Returning after a season) FC Torpedo Kutaisi – (Returning after 2 seasons)

League standings

Top scorers

#PlayerClubGoals1Viktor PimushinKuzbass Kemerevo23 (3)2Serhiy N. MorozovMetallurg Zaporozhye22 (5)3Aleksandr AzimovPamir Dushanbe21 (8)4Jevgeņijs MiļevskisDaugava Riga19 (3)5Mykola FedorenkoKolos Nikopol18 (5)Seyran OsipovDynamo Stavropol18 (5)7Aleksandrs StarkovsDaugava Riga16 (1)Marat KabayevPakhtakor Tashkent16 (5)9Sergei BorisovRotor Volgograd1410Aleksandr KalashnikovLokomotiv Moscow13

Number of teams by union republic Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)1 11Lokomotiv Moscow, Kuzbass Kemerovo, Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Geolog Tyumen, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Dinamo Stavropol, Rotor Volgograd, Spartak Vladikavkaz, Fakel Voronezh, Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev2 5Chernomorets Odessa, SKA Karpaty Lvov, Kolos Nikopol, Metallurg Zaporozhye, Zaria Voroshilovgrad3 2Torpedo Kutaisi, Dinamo Batumi4 1Pakhtakor Tashkent Daugava Riga Pamir Dushanbe Kotaik Abovian

See also Soviet First League

External links 1987. First League. (1987. Первая лига.) Luhansk Nash Futbol.