1988 Soviet First League

Soviet First League
Season1988
ChampionsPamir Dushanbe
PromotedPamir Dushanbe
Rotor Volgograd
RelegatedZorya Voroshylovhrad
Zvezda Perm
Kolos Nikopol
Top goalscorer(22) Mukhsin Mukhamadiyev (Pamir Dushanbe) and Aleksandr Nikitin (Rotor Volgograd)
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The 1988 Soviet First League was the 49th season of the second tier of association football in the Soviet Union.

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

Locations

Location of teams in the 1988 Soviet First League.


League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Pamir Dushanbe (C, P) 42 24 10 8 78 44 +34 58 Promotion to Top League
2 Rotor Volgograd (P) 42 25 7 10 76 37 +39 57
3 CSKA Moscow 42 23 10 9 69 35 +34 56
4 Guria Lanchkhuti 42 23 7 12 71 44 +27 53
5 Pakhtakor Tashkent 42 21 10 11 64 38 +26 52
6 Dynamo Stavropol 42 18 11 13 59 46 +13 47
7 SKA Karpaty Lviv 42 18 8 16 51 39 +12 44
8 Daugava Riga 42 18 7 17 56 54 +2 43
9 SKA Rostov-on-Don 42 16 10 16 57 64 −7 42
10 Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don 42 16 8 18 59 67 −8 40
11 Shinnik Yaroslavl 42 16 8 18 48 48 0 40
12 Geolog Tyumen 42 17 5 20 46 58 −12 39
13 Spartak Ordjonikidze 42 15 9 18 57 60 −3 39
14 Tavriya Simferopol 42 13 14 15 34 43 −9 38[a]
15 Kuzbass Kemerevo 42 13 14 15 38 39 −1 38[a]
16 Dinamo Batumi 42 15 6 21 40 53 −13 36
17 Metalurh Zaporizhia 42 12 13 17 30 43 −13 36[a]
18 Kotayk Abovyan 42 14 7 21 55 83 −28 35
19 Kuban Krasnodar 42 12 11 19 41 56 −15 35
20 Zarya Voroshylovhrad (R) 42 11 10 21 44 59 −15 32 Relegation to Second League
21 Zvezda Perm (R) 42 10 12 20 37 69 −32 32
22 Kolos Nikopol (R) 42 10 7 25 31 62 −31 27
Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c There was a draw limit for the draws earned, 12. Only twelve draws earn a point, in contrast, over the limit draws earn no points.

Top scorers

# Player Club Goals
1 Mukhsin Mukhamadiyev Pamir Dushanbe 22
Aleksandr Nikitin Rotor Volgograd 22
3 Viktor Khlus Guria Lanchkhuti 21
4 Valeriy Korneyev Dynamo Stavropol 19
Merab Zhordania Guria Lanchkhuti 19
6 Sergei Andreyev Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don 18
Jevgenijs Milevskis Daugava Riga 18
Hamlet Mkhitaryan Kotayk Abovian 18
9 Oleksandr Malyshenko Zorya Voroshylovhrad 17

Number of teams by union republic

Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1 RSFSR 11 Rotor Volgograd, CSKA Moscow, Dinamo Stavropol, SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Geolog Tyumen, Spartak Vladikavkaz, Kuzbass Kemerovo, Kuban Krasnodar, Zvezda Perm
2 Ukrainian SSR 5 Metallurg Zaporozhye, Tavriya Simferopol, SKA Karpaty Lvov, Zaria Voroshilovgrad, Kolos Nikopol
3 Georgian SSR 2 Guria Lanchkhuti, Dinamo Batumi
4 Uzbek SSR 1 Pakhtakor Tashkent
Latvian SSR Daugava Riga
Tajik SSR Pamir Dushanbe
Armenian SSR 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

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