1983 Soviet First League
Football league season
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The 1983 Soviet First League was the thirteenth season of the Soviet First League and the 43rd season of the Soviet second tier league competition.
| Season | 1983 |
|---|---|
← 1982 1984 → | |
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kairat Almaty (C, P) |
42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 78 | 36 | +42 | 60 | Promotion to Top League |
| 2 |  SKA Rostov-on-Don (P) |
42 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 73 | 36 | +37 | 58[a] | |
| 3 | Fakel Voronezh |
42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 54 | |
| 4 | Rotor Volgograd |
42 | 23 | 5 | 14 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 51 | |
| 5 |  Metallurg Zaporozhia |
42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 66 | 46 | +20 | 50 | |
| 6 | Kolos Nikopol |
42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 69 | 52 | +17 | 48 | |
| 7 | Tavria Simferopol |
42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 78 | 67 | +11 | 44 | |
| 8 | Kuban Krasnodar |
42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 43 | |
| 9 |  Guria Lanchkhuti |
42 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 52 | 71 | −19 | 42 | |
| 10 | Kuzbass Kemerovo |
42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 42[a] | |
| 11 | SKA Karpaty Lvov |
42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 42 | |
| 12 |  Pamir Dushanbe |
42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 40 | |
| 13 | Zarya Voroshilovgrad |
42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 66 | 67 | −1 | 39 | |
| 14 |  Daugava Riga |
42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 57 | 63 | −6 | 38 | |
| 15 | Lokomotiv Moscow |
42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 38[a] | |
| 16 |  Zvezda Dzhizak |
42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 62 | 64 | −2 | 38 | |
| 17 | Iskra Smolensk |
42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 37 | |
| 18 | Shinnik Yaroslavl |
42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 45 | 75 | −30 | 37 | |
| 19 | SKA Khabarovsk |
42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 33 | 54 | −21 | 36 | |
| 20 |  Dnepr Mogilev (R) |
42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 40 | 60 | −20 | 36[a] | Relegation to Second League |
| 21 | Textilshchik Ivanovo (R) |
42 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 45 | 83 | −38 | 26 | |
| 22 | Dinamo Kirov (R) |
42 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 29 | 63 | −34 | 21 |
- There was a draw limit for the draws earned, 12. Only twelve draws earn a point, in contrast, over the limit draws earn no points.
Top scorers
| # | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuriy Bondarenko | Tavriya Simferopol | 25 (1) |
| 2 | Valeriy Tursunov | Pamir Dushanbe | 23 (2) |
| 3 | Vitaly Razdayev | Kuzbass Kemerevo | 22 (2) |
| 4 | Evstaphiy Pechlevanidis | Kairat Alma-Ata | 21 |
| Ravil Sharipov | Metallurg Zaporozhye | 21 (8) | |
| 6 | Oleksandr Malyshenko | Zaria Voroshilovgrad | 20 |
| 7 | Sergey Andreyev | SKA Rostov-na-Donu | 19 |
| Sergei Stukashov | Kairat Alma-Ata | 19 | |
| 9 | Nikolai Kolesov | Kuban Krasnodar | 18 |