1983 Soviet First League

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.

Soviet First League
Season1983
← 1982
1984 →

Final standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Kairat Almaty (C, P) 42 25 10 7 78 36 +42 60 Promotion to Top League
2 SKA Rostov-on-Don (P) 42 23 13 6 73 36 +37 58[lower-alpha 1]
3 Fakel Voronezh 42 21 12 9 53 30 +23 54
4 Rotor Volgograd 42 23 5 14 62 48 +14 51
5 Metallurg Zaporozhia 42 21 8 13 66 46 +20 50
6 Kolos Nikopol 42 18 12 12 69 52 +17 48
7 Tavria Simferopol 42 16 12 14 78 67 +11 44
8 Kuban Krasnodar 42 16 11 15 58 48 +10 43
9 Guria Lanchkhuti 42 19 4 19 52 71 −19 42
10 Kuzbass Kemerovo 42 15 13 14 50 49 +1 42[lower-alpha 1]
11 SKA Karpaty Lvov 42 15 12 15 43 46 −3 42
12 Pamir Dushanbe 42 15 10 17 46 55 −9 40
13 Zarya Voroshilovgrad 42 14 11 17 66 67 −1 39
14 Daugava Riga 42 14 10 18 57 63 −6 38
15 Lokomotiv Moscow 42 13 13 16 51 47 +4 38[lower-alpha 1]
16 Zvezda Dzhizak 42 13 12 17 62 64 −2 38
17 Iskra Smolensk 42 14 9 19 51 47 +4 37
18 Shinnik Yaroslavl 42 13 11 18 45 75 −30 37
19 SKA Khabarovsk 42 12 12 18 33 54 −21 36
20 Dnepr Mogilev (R) 42 12 13 17 40 60 −20 36[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to Second League
21 Textilshchik Ivanovo (R) 42 8 10 24 45 83 −38 26
22 Dinamo Kirov (R) 42 5 11 26 29 63 −34 21
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 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
#PlayerClubGoals
1Yuriy BondarenkoTavriya Simferopol25 (1)
2Valeriy TursunovPamir Dushanbe23 (2)
3Vitaly RazdayevKuzbass Kemerevo22 (2)
4Evstaphiy PechlevanidisKairat Alma-Ata21
Ravil SharipovMetallurg Zaporozhye21 (8)
6Oleksandr MalyshenkoZaria Voroshilovgrad20
7Sergey AndreyevSKA Rostov-na-Donu19
Sergei StukashovKairat Alma-Ata19
9Nikolai KolesovKuban Krasnodar18

Number of teams by union republic
Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1  RSFSR 11 SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Fakel Voronezh, Rotor Volgograd, Kuban Krasnodar, Kuzbass Kemerovo, Lokomotiv Moscow, Iskra Smolensk, Shinnik Yaroslavl, SKA Khabarovsk, Tekstilshchik Ivanovo, Dinamo Kirov
2  Ukrainian SSR 5 Metallurg Zaporozhye, Kolos Nikopol, Tavria Simferopol, SKA Karpaty Lvov, Zaria Voroshilovgrad
3  Georgian SSR 1 Guria Lanchkhuti
 Kazakh SSR Kairat Alma-Ata
 Tajik SSR Pamir Dushanbe
 Latvian SSR Daugava Riga
 Uzbek SSR Zvezda Dzhizak
 Belarusian SSR Dnepr Mogilev
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