The 1983 Soviet First League was the thirteenth season of the Soviet First League and the 43rd season of the Soviet second tier league competition.
Final standings
Top scorers
#PlayerClubGoals1Yuriy BondarenkoTavriya Simferopol25 (1)2Valeriy TursunovPamir Dushanbe23 (2)3Vitaly RazdayevKuzbass Kemerevo22 (2)4Evstaphiy PechlevanidisKairat Alma-Ata21Ravil SharipovMetallurg Zaporozhye21 (8)6Oleksandr MalyshenkoZaria Voroshilovgrad207Sergey AndreyevSKA Rostov-na-Donu19Sergei StukashovKairat Alma-Ata199Nikolai KolesovKuban Krasnodar18
Number of teams by union republic Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)1 11SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Fakel Voronezh, Rotor Volgograd, Kuban Krasnodar, Kuzbass Kemerovo, Lokomotiv Moscow, Iskra Smolensk, Shinnik Yaroslavl, SKA Khabarovsk, Tekstilshchik Ivanovo, Dinamo Kirov2 5Metallurg Zaporozhye, Kolos Nikopol, Tavria Simferopol, SKA Karpaty Lvov, Zaria Voroshilovgrad3 1Guria Lanchkhuti Kairat Alma-Ata Pamir Dushanbe Daugava Riga Zvezda Dzhizak Dnepr Mogilev
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