1988 Soviet First League
Football league season
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The 1988 Soviet First League was the 49th season of the second tier of association football in the Soviet Union.
| Season | 1988 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Pamir Dushanbe |
| Promoted | Pamir Dushanbe Rotor Volgograd |
| Relegated | Zorya Voroshylovhrad Zvezda Perm Kolos Nikopol |
| Top goalscorer | (22) Mukhsin Mukhamadiyev (Pamir Dushanbe) and Aleksandr Nikitin (Rotor Volgograd) |
← 1987 1989 → | |
Teams
Promoted teams
- SC Tavriya Simferopol – Winner of the Second League finals (returning after an absence of 3 seasons)
- FC Kuban Krasnodar – Winner of the Second League finals (returning after an absence of a season)
- FC Zvezda Perm – Winner of the Second League finals (returning after an absence of 8 seasons)
Relegated teams
- CSKA Moscow – (Returning after a season)
- FC Guria Lanchkhuti – (Returning after a season)
Locations
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League standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Pamir Dushanbe (C, P) |
42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 78 | 44 | +34 | 58 | Promotion to Top League |
| 2 |  Rotor Volgograd (P) |
42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 76 | 37 | +39 | 57 | |
| 3 | CSKA Moscow |
42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 69 | 35 | +34 | 56 | |
| 4 |  Guria Lanchkhuti |
42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 71 | 44 | +27 | 53 | |
| 5 |  Pakhtakor Tashkent |
42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 64 | 38 | +26 | 52 | |
| 6 | Dynamo Stavropol |
42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 59 | 46 | +13 | 47 | |
| 7 |  SKA Karpaty Lviv |
42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 44 | |
| 8 |  Daugava Riga |
42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 56 | 54 | +2 | 43 | |
| 9 | SKA Rostov-on-Don |
42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 57 | 64 | −7 | 42 | |
| 10 | Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don |
42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 59 | 67 | −8 | 40 | |
| 11 | Shinnik Yaroslavl |
42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 40 | |
| 12 | Geolog Tyumen |
42 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 46 | 58 | −12 | 39 | |
| 13 | Spartak Ordjonikidze |
42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 57 | 60 | −3 | 39 | |
| 14 | Tavriya Simferopol |
42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 38[a] | |
| 15 | Kuzbass Kemerevo |
42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 38[a] | |
| 16 | Dinamo Batumi |
42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 36 | |
| 17 | Metalurh Zaporizhia |
42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 36[a] | |
| 18 |  Kotayk Abovyan |
42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 55 | 83 | −28 | 35 | |
| 19 | Kuban Krasnodar |
42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 35 | |
| 20 | Zarya Voroshylovhrad (R) |
42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 44 | 59 | −15 | 32 | Relegation to Second League |
| 21 | Zvezda Perm (R) |
42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 37 | 69 | −32 | 32 | |
| 22 | Kolos Nikopol (R) |
42 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 31 | 62 | −31 | 27 |
- 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
Number of teams by union republic
Attendances
| No. | Club | Average | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paxtakor | 35,581 | 50,000 |
| 2 | Pamir | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| 3 | Rotor | 16,429 | 29,000 |
| 4 | Guria | 15,795 | 20,000 |
| 5 | Stavropol | 14,848 | 18,500 |
| 6 | Zarya | 13,129 | 30,600 |
| 7 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 12,586 | 22,500 |
| 8 | Rostov-on-Don | 9,981 | 32,000 |
| 9 | Batumi | 9,576 | 14,000 |
| 10 | Tyumen | 9,229 | 15,000 |
| 11 | Kuzbass | 9,176 | 25,000 |
| 12 | Zvezda Perm | 8,248 | 20,000 |
| 13 | Karpaty | 7,924 | 37,000 |
| 14 | Rostselmash | 7,605 | 16,000 |
| 15 | Kuban | 7,267 | 18,000 |
| 16 | Tavriya | 6,562 | 10,100 |
| 17 | PFC CSKA | 5,500 | 11,500 |
| 18 | Shinnik | 4,967 | 13,000 |
| 19 | Metalurh | 4,952 | 18,000 |
| 20 | Kotayk | 4,619 | 7,000 |
| 21 | Kolos Nikopol | 2,324 | 7,000 |
| 22 | Daugava | 2,233 | 5,800 |
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