The 1988 Soviet First League was the 49th season of the second tier of association football in the Soviet Union.
Teams
Promoted teams
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SC Tavriya Simferopol
Sports Club Tavriya () was a Ukrainian football club from Simferopol. Tavriya was a member of the Ukrainian Premier League from its founding and won the first Ukrainian Premier League 1992, Ukrainian Premier League making them one of three team ...
– Winner of the Second League finals ''(returning after an absence of 3 seasons)''
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FC Kuban Krasnodar
FC Kuban () was a Russian professional football club based in Krasnodar, which now only plays on a regional level. The team began playing in the Russian Premier League in 2011, having for won the Russian First Division a year prior. By then, ...
– Winner of the Second League finals ''(returning after an absence of a season)''
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FC Zvezda Perm
FC Zvezda Perm () was a Russian football team from Perm, established in 1932 and dissolved in 2022.
History
It played professionally from 1945 to 1949 and 1953 to 1995, and was established first in 1932.
It played on the second-highest level ...
– Winner of the Second League finals ''(returning after an absence of 8 seasons)''
Relegated teams
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CSKA Moscow
CSKA Moscow () is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was the central part of the Armed Forces (sports ...
– ''(Returning after a season)''
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FC Guria Lanchkhuti
FC Guria ( ka, საფეხბურთო კლუბი გურია) is a Georgian association football club from Lanchkhuti. Following the 2024 season they were relegated to Liga 4, the fourth tier of the national league.
Being one ...
– ''(Returning after a season)''
Locations
League standings
Top scorers
Number of teams by union republic
See also
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Soviet First League
The Soviet First League in football () was the second highest division of Soviet football,Evgeni Kazakov. The Soviet First Football League (Первая лига СССР по футболу)''. History of Soviet football championships. Volume 1 ...
External links
1988. First League. (1988. Первая лига. )Luhansk Nash Futbol
{{1988 in Soviet football
Soviet First League seasons
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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
Soviet
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...