The 1990 Soviet football championship was the 59th seasons of competitive
football
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in the
Soviet Union
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.
Dinamo Kiev won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the thirteenth time.
Honours
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
Soviet Union football championship
Top League
Promotion/relegation play-off
(13th team of the Top League and 4th team of the First League)
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''Lokomotiv Moscow won the promotion on 3–2 aggregate''
First League
''Notes:''
* The city of Ordzhonikidze was renamed to
Vladikavkaz
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.
* The city of Gorkiy was renamed to
Nizhniy Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət, t=Lower Newtown; colloquially shortened to Nizhny) is a city and the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast an ...
.
* Kotayk Abovyan played all its home games in the neighboring
Yerevan
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.
Second League
West
;Representation
* : 11
* 4
* : 3
* 2
* : 1
* 1
Center
;Representation
* 20
* 2
East
;Representation
* : 7
* 7
* : 5
* : 1
* : 1
* : 1
Baltic
* ASK Fosforit Tallinn quit the competition after 14 games
Lower Second League
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Group 9
Group 10
Top goalscorers
Top League
*
Oleh Protasov
Oleh Valeriyovych Protasov (; born 4 February 1964) is a Ukrainian and Soviet former footballer who played as a striker. He was a key member of the Soviet Union national team throughout the 1980s; his 28 goals for the Soviet Union are second ...
(
Dinamo Kiev) – 12 goals
First League
*
Igor Shkvyrin
Igor Shkvyrin (, ; born 29 April 1963) is an Uzbekistani former professional footballer who played for several clubs in Europe and Asia and for the Uzbekistan national team. He was most recently the head coach of Sogdiana Jizzakh.
Playing care ...
(
Pakhtakor Tashkent
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) – 37 goals
References
External links
1990 Soviet football championship RSSSF
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