1987 Soviet First League

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

Soviet First League

Season	1987
Champions	Chernomorets Odessa
Promoted	Chernomorets Odessa Lokomotiv Moscow
Relegated	Fakel Voronezh Torpedo Kutaisi Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev
← 1986 1988 →

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chernomorets Odessa (C, P)	42	25	12	5	68	31	+37	62	Promotion to Top League
2	Lokomotiv Moscow (P)	42	23	13	6	59	26	+33	58[a]
3	Daugava Riga	42	19	15	8	65	35	+30	50[a]
4	Pamir Dushanbe	42	19	8	15	55	45	+10	46
5	SKA Karpaty Lvov	42	17	12	13	62	46	+16	46
6	Kuzbass Kemerevo	42	16	14	12	46	36	+10	44[a]
7	Pakhtakor Tashkent	42	16	12	14	47	44	+3	44
8	Kolos Nikopol	42	15	10	17	58	63	−5	40
9	Metallurg Zaporozhia	42	14	12	16	54	53	+1	40
10	Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don	42	14	13	15	49	55	−6	40[a]
11	SKA Rostov-on-Don	42	16	7	19	40	56	−16	39
12	Geolog Tyumen	42	15	9	18	45	54	−9	39
13	Kotayk Abovyan	42	15	8	19	55	59	−4	38
14	Shinnik Yaroslavl	42	15	8	19	26	42	−16	38
15	Dynamo Stavropol	42	13	15	14	46	52	−6	38[a]
16	Zarya Voroshilovgrad	42	13	15	14	46	60	−14	38[a]
17	Rotor Volgograd	42	13	10	19	45	50	−5	36
18	Spartak Ordjonikidze	42	12	12	18	37	46	−9	36
19	Dinamo Batumi	42	12	11	19	38	45	−7	35
20	Fakel Voronezh (R)	42	11	16	15	35	37	−2	34[a]	Relegation to Second League
21	Torpedo Kutaisi (R)	42	11	12	19	30	51	−21	34
22	Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev (R)	42	10	12	20	40	60	−20	32

Source: RSSSF
(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. Note that this year Fakel was forced to relegation because of this rule.

Top scorers

#	Player	Club	Goals
1	Viktor Pimushin	Kuzbass Kemerevo	23 (3)
2	Serhiy N. Morozov	Metallurg Zaporozhye	22 (5)
3	Aleksandr Azimov	Pamir Dushanbe	21 (8)
4	Jevgeņijs Miļevskis	Daugava Riga	19 (3)
5	Mykola Fedorenko	Kolos Nikopol	18 (5)
	Seyran Osipov	Dynamo Stavropol	18 (5)
7	Aleksandrs Starkovs	Daugava Riga	16 (1)
	Marat Kabayev	Pakhtakor Tashkent	16 (5)
9	Sergei Borisov	Rotor Volgograd	14
10	Aleksandr Kalashnikov	Lokomotiv Moscow	13

Number of teams by union republic

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	RSFSR	11	Lokomotiv 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 Kuibyshev
2	Ukrainian SSR	5	Chernomorets Odessa, SKA Karpaty Lvov, Kolos Nikopol, Metallurg Zaporozhye, Zaria Voroshilovgrad
3	Georgian SSR	2	Torpedo Kutaisi, Dinamo Batumi
4	Uzbek SSR	1	Pakhtakor Tashkent
	Latvian SSR		Daugava Riga
	Tajik SSR		Pamir Dushanbe
	Armenian SSR		Kotaik Abovian

See also

• Soviet First League

External links

• 1987. First League. (1987. Первая лига.) Luhansk Nash Futbol.