1988 Soviet First League Explained

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

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		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		5	Metallurg Zaporozhye, Tavriya Simferopol, SKA Karpaty Lvov, Zaria Voroshilovgrad, Kolos Nikopol
3		2	Guria Lanchkhuti, Dinamo Batumi
4		1	Pakhtakor Tashkent
	Daugava Riga
	Pamir Dushanbe
	Kotaik Abovian

See also

• Soviet First League

External links

• 1988. First League. (1988. Первая лига.) Luhansk Nash Futbol