1990 Soviet First League was part of the Soviet football competition in the second league division. With the ongoing

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some clubs left the Soviet competitions and the league was reduced.

Teams

Promoted teams

* Dinamo Sukhumi – Winner of the Second League finals ''(returning after an absence of 28 seasons)'' * Tiras Tiraspol – Winner of the Second League finals ''(returning after an absence of 28 seasons)'' *

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– Winner of the Second League finals ''(debut)''

Relegated teams

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– ''(Returning after 2 seasons)'' * Zenit Leningrad – ''(Returning after 48 seasons)''

Renamed teams

*Prior to the start of the season ''Textilshchik Tiraspol'' was renamed to Tiras Tiraspol.

Withdrawn teams

Prior to the start of the season all Georgian clubs (with the exception of Dinamo Sukhumi, a majority-Russian club from

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) withdrew from Soviet competitions. This included two First League clubs,

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and

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. Because of that the league was reduced to 20 as compared to the previous season of 22 participants.

Locations

League standings

''Notes:'' * The city of Ordzhonikidze was renamed to

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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 ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...

. * Kotayk Abovyan played all its home games in the neighboring

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Promotion/relegation play-off

(13th team of the Top League and 4th team of the First League) *

–

Rotor Volgograd SC Rotor Volgograd (russian: СK Ротор) is a Russian professional football club from the large city of Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast (formerly Stalingrad). The club will play in the third-tier Russian Football National League 2 in the 2022– ...

3–1 0–1 ---- ''Lokomotiv Moscow won the promotion on 3–2 aggregate''

Top scorers

Number of teams by union republic

References

External links

1990 Soviet First League
at rsssf.com {{1990 in Soviet football Soviet First League seasons 2

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

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