1981 Soviet First League

The 1981 Soviet First League was the eleventh season of the Soviet First League and the 41st season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Metalist Kharkiv (C, P)	46	25	12	9	68	33	+35	62	Promotion to Top League
2	Torpedo Kutaisi (P)	46	26	4	16	57	46	+11	56
3	Lokomotiv Moscow	46	21	15	10	65	41	+24	54[lower-alpha 1]
4	Shinnik Yaroslavl	46	21	10	15	68	58	+10	52
5	Kolos Nikopol	46	20	11	15	68	53	+15	51
6	Žalgiris Vilnius	46	17	15	14	48	39	+9	46[lower-alpha 1]
7	Iskra Smolensk	46	17	12	17	48	45	+3	46
8	Nistru Kishinev	46	17	12	17	54	51	+3	46
9	Pamir Dushanbe	46	17	11	18	52	54	−2	45
10	Fakel Voronezh	46	17	10	19	45	44	+1	44
11	Karpaty Lvov	46	17	10	19	57	60	−3	44
12	Spartak Kostroma	46	16	16	14	49	50	−1	44[lower-alpha 1]
13	Metallurg Zaporozhia	46	16	14	16	57	51	+6	44[lower-alpha 1]
14	Guria Lanchkhuti	46	16	13	17	50	56	−6	44[lower-alpha 1]
15	Zarya Voroshilovgrad	46	16	13	17	44	53	−9	44[lower-alpha 1]
16	SKA Odessa	46	16	13	17	62	54	+8	44[lower-alpha 1]
17	SKA Kiev	46	16	10	20	59	71	−12	42
18	Buston Dzhizak	46	16	9	21	47	63	−16	41
19	SKA Khabarovsk	46	16	8	22	50	58	−8	40
20	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk[lower-alpha 2] (R)	46	14	13	19	44	56	−12	40[lower-alpha 1]	Relegation to Second League
21	Spartak Ordjonikidze (R)	46	14	12	20	36	49	−13	40
22	Kuzbass Kemerovo (R)	46	14	12	20	47	51	−4	40
23	Dinamo Stavropol (R)	46	13	14	19	45	60	−15	38[lower-alpha 1]
24	Traktor Pavlodar (R)	46	12	15	19	41	65	−24	36[lower-alpha 1]

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. 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.
2. Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk was called Spartak.

External links

• 1981 season. RSSSF