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

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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)'' * Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod – Winner of the Second League finals ''(debut)''

Relegated teams

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– ''(Returning after 2 seasons)'' *

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– ''(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Withdrawn teams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,

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 ...

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

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. * 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) *

–

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

Top scorers

Number of teams by union republic

References

External links

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