The 1989 Soviet First League was the 50th season of the second-tier round-robin competitions of association football in the Soviet Union.
Teams
Promoted teams
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FC Fakel Voronezh
FC Fakel Voronezh () is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Voronezh. Founded in 1947, the club has played in the Soviet Top League and the Russian Premier League. The club will return to the Russian First League i ...
– Winner of the Second League finals ''(returning after an absence of a season)''
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FC Nistru Chișinău – Winner of the Second League finals ''(returning after an absence of 2 seasons)''
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FC Torpedo Kutaisi
FC Torpedo Kutaisi ( Georgian: საფეხბურთო კლუბი ტორპედო ქუთაისი) is a Georgian professional football club based in Kutaisi, Georgia's third largest city. The team competes in the Erovnuli ...
– Winner of the Second League finals ''(returning after an absence of a season)''
Relegated teams
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FC Kairat Almaty
Football Club Kairat () is a professional association football, football club based in Almaty, which plays in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Football in Kazakhstan, Kazakh football. Founded in 1954 as Lokomotiv Alma-Ata, the ...
– ''(Returning after 5 seasons)''
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FC Neftchi Baku
FC may refer to:
Businesses, organisations, and schools
* Fergusson College, a science and arts college in Pune, India
* Finncomm Airlines (IATA code)
* FranklinCovey company, NYSE stock symbol FC
* Frontier Corps, a paramilitary force in Pakist ...
– ''(Returning after 13 seasons)''
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
1989. First League. (1989. Первая лига.)Luhansk Nash Futbol.
{{1989 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 ...