1982 Soviet First League

The 1982 Soviet First League was the twelfth season of the Soviet First League and the 42nd season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Žalgiris Vilnius (C, P)	42	23	10	9	65	34	+31	56	Promotion to Top League
2	Nistru Kishinev (P)	42	23	10	9	67	38	+29	56
3	Kolos Nikopol	42	22	11	9	63	38	+25	55
4	Lokomotiv Moscow	42	21	13	8	63	32	+31	54[lower-alpha 1]
5	Fakel Voronezh	42	21	13	8	60	33	+27	54[lower-alpha 1]
6	Zarya Voroshilovgrad	42	19	9	14	65	52	+13	47
7	Shinnik Yaroslavl	42	19	7	16	59	58	+1	45
8	Daugava Riga	42	16	12	14	58	51	+7	44
9	Pamir Dushanbe	42	16	12	14	49	49	0	44
10	SKA Karpaty Lvov[lower-alpha 2]	42	16	10	16	44	37	+7	42
11	SKA Rostov-on-Don	42	16	10	16	59	52	+7	42
12	Metallurg Zaporozhia	42	17	7	18	54	42	+12	41
13	Tavria Simferopol	42	17	7	18	58	50	+8	41
14	Rotor Volgograd	42	14	12	16	63	64	−1	40
15	Dinamo Kirov	42	15	8	19	45	57	−12	38
16	SKA Khabarovsk	42	14	10	18	34	48	−14	38
17	Iskra Smolensk	42	13	13	16	53	67	−14	38[lower-alpha 1]
18	Guria Lanchkhuti	42	15	7	20	48	67	−19	37
19	Zvezda Dzhizak[lower-alpha 3]	42	14	9	19	56	77	−21	37
20	SKA Odessa (R)	42	11	13	18	40	48	−8	34[lower-alpha 1]	Relegation to Second League
21	SKA Kiev (R)	42	5	10	27	31	81	−50	20
22	Spartak Kostroma (R)	42	4	9	29	18	77	−59	17

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. Karpaty Lvov merged with SKA Lvov into SKA-Karpaty.
3. Zvezda Dzhizak was called Buston.

Match for 1st place

[Nov 16, Simferopol]

• Žalgiris 1-0 Nistru

External links

• 1982 season. RSSSF