# 1990 in Soviet football

The 1990 Soviet football championship was the 59th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Dinamo Kiev won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the thirteenth time.

## Honours

| Competition | Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
| Top League | Top League | Dinamo Kiev (13*) | CSKA Moscow |
| First League | First League | Spartak Vladikavkaz (1) | Pakhtakor Tashkent |
| Second League | West | Bukovina Chernovtsy | Daugava Riga |
| Second League | Center | Uralmash Sverdlovsk | Tekstilschik Kamyshin |
| Second League | East | Neftianik Fergana | Novbakhor Namangan |
| Second League | Baltic | Zhaligiris Vilnius | Siriyus Klaipeda |
| Lower Second League | Group 1 | Torpedo Zaporozhye | Sudostroitel Nikolayev |
| Lower Second League | Group 2 | Ararat-2 Yerevan | Araks Oktemberian |
| Lower Second League | Group 3 | Karabakh Agdam | Khazar Sumgayit |
| Lower Second League | Group 4 | Torpedo Taganrog | APK Azov |
| Lower Second League | Group 5 | Asmaral Moscow | Tigina Bendery |
| Lower Second League | Group 6 | Volga Tver | KIM Vitebsk |
| Lower Second League | Group 7 | KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | Lada Tolyatti |
| Lower Second League | Group 8 | Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk | Zhetysu Taldy-Kurgan |
| Lower Second League | Group 9 | Nurafshon Bukhara | Kasansayets Kasansay |
| Lower Second League | Group 10 | Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | Lokomotiv Chita |
| Soviet Cup | Soviet Cup | Dinamo Kiev (9) | Lokomotiv Moscow |
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

## Soviet Union football championship
### Top League

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv (C) | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 20 | +24 | 34 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | CSKA Moscow | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 31 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 3 | Dinamo Moscow | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 31 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Torpedo Moscow | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 30 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Spartak Moscow | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 29 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 28 | |
| 7 | Ararat Yerevan | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 23 | +2 | 23 | |
| 8 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 22 | |
| 9 | Chornomorets Odesa | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 29 | −6 | 19 | |
| 10 | Pamir Dushanbe | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 18 | |
| 11 | Metalist Kharkiv | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 28 | −15 | 18 | |
| 12 | Dinamo Minsk | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 34 | −14 | 15 | |
| 13 | Rotor Volgograd (R) | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 39 | −25 | 14 | Qualification for Relegation play-off |
| 14 | Žalgiris Vilnius (R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew from the league |
* ↑ Guria and Dinamo Tbilisi never played any games in the league for the season and joined their national competition. Žalgiris joined the 1990 Baltic League which was a regional international competition.
* ↑ Žalgiris Vilnius withdrew from the championship after losing to Chornomorets 1–0 in Odesa. Žalgiris' record was 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss with 0-1 goal difference and later was annulled. As Žalgiris withdrew, its European berth was transferred to Chornomorets.

### Promotion/relegation play-off

(13th team of the Top League and 4th team of the First League)
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 3–2 | Rotor Volgograd | 3–1 | 0–1 |
Lokomotiv Moscow won the promotion on 3–2 aggregate

### First League

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Spartak Vladikavkaz (C, P) | 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 73 | 30 | +43 | 57 | Promotion to Top League |
| 2 | Pakhtakor Tashkent (P) | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 80 | 45 | +35 | 54 | Promotion to Top League |
| 3 | Metalurh Zaporizhia (P) | 38 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 58 | 30 | +28 | 52 | Promotion to Top League |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moscow (P) | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 52 | 34 | +18 | 47 | Qualification for Promotion play-off |
| 5 | Dynamo Stavropol | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 46 | |
| 6 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 46 | |
| 7 | Nistru Chisinau | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 40 | |
| 8 | Neftchi Baku | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 38 | |
| 9 | Tavriya Simferopol | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 38 | |
| 10 | Fakel Voronezh | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 37 | |
| 11 | Geolog Tyumen | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 37 | |
| 12 | Dinamo Sukhumi | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 36 | |
| 13 | Tiras Tiraspol | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 35 | |
| 14 | Kotayk Abovyan | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 33 | |
| 15 | Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 31 | |
| 16 | Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 39 | 58 | −19 | 31 | |
| 17 | Kairat Almaty | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 30 | |
| 18 | Zenit Leningrad | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 30 | |
| 19 | Kuban Krasnodar | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 34 | 60 | −26 | 28 | |
| 20 | Kuzbass Kemerevo (R) | 38 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 66 | −45 | 14 | Relegation to Second League |
Notes:
* The city of Ordzhonikidze was renamed to Vladikavkaz.
* The city of Gorkiy was renamed to Nizhniy Novgorod.
* Kotayk Abovyan played all its home games in the neighboring Yerevan.

### West

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Bukovina Chernovtsy | 50 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 87 | 34 | +53 | 75 | Promoted to First Liga |
| 2 | Daugava Riga | 50 | 31 | 9 | 10 | 86 | 43 | +43 | 71 | Promoted to First Liga |
| 3 | Karpaty Lvov | 50 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 86 | 45 | +41 | 69 | |
| 4 | Niva Ternopol | 50 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 67 | 38 | +29 | 69 | |
| 5 | Niva Vinnitsa | 50 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 67 | 42 | +25 | 62 | |
| 6 | SKA Odessa | 50 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 82 | 60 | +22 | 61 | |
| 7 | Zarya Lugansk | 50 | 25 | 9 | 16 | 69 | 50 | +19 | 59 | |
| 8 | Spartak Nalchik | 50 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 54 | |
| 9 | Dinamo Brest | 50 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 64 | 53 | +11 | 53 | |
| 10 | Kremin Kremenchug | 50 | 22 | 7 | 21 | 64 | 66 | −2 | 51 | |
| 11 | Zaria Balti | 50 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 75 | 64 | +11 | 51 | |
| 12 | Vorskla Poltava | 50 | 19 | 12 | 19 | 84 | 66 | +18 | 50 | |
| 13 | Dnepr Mogilev | 50 | 20 | 9 | 21 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 49 | |
| 14 | Galichina Drogobich | 50 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 49 | |
| 15 | Khimik Grodno | 50 | 20 | 8 | 22 | 59 | 64 | −5 | 48 | |
| 16 | Start Ulyanovsk | 50 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 45 | |
| 17 | Volyn Lutsk | 50 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 58 | 73 | −15 | 45 | |
| 18 | Lori Kirovokan | 50 | 17 | 10 | 23 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 44 | |
| 19 | Iskra Smolensk | 50 | 15 | 13 | 22 | 52 | 70 | −18 | 43 | Relegated |
| 20 | Zakarpatie Uzhgorod | 50 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 56 | 75 | −19 | 42 | Relegated |
| 21 | Baltika Kaliningrad | 50 | 11 | 20 | 19 | 48 | 60 | −12 | 42 | Relegated |
| 22 | Shirak Leninakan | 50 | 13 | 15 | 22 | 58 | 77 | −19 | 41 | Relegated |

#### Representation

* Ukrainian SSR: 11
* Russian SFSR 4
* Byelorussian SSR: 3
* Armenian SSR 2
* Latvian SSR: 1
* Moldavian SSR 1

### Center

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Uralmash Sverdlovsk | 42 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 62 | 21 | +41 | 59 | Promoted to First Liga |
| 2 | Tekstilshchik Kamyshin | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 73 | 49 | +24 | 52 | Promoted to First Liga |
| 3 | Krylia Sovetov Samara | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 53 | 35 | +18 | 49 | |
| 4 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 56 | 43 | +13 | 49 | |
| 5 | Kyapaz Gyanja | 42 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 66 | 65 | +1 | 47 | |
| 6 | Tsement Novorossiysk | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 65 | 54 | +11 | 47 | |
| 7 | Druzhba Maykop | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 45 | |
| 8 | Torpedo Ryazan | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 45 | |
| 9 | Dynamo Bryansk | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 44 | |
| 10 | Zvezda Perm | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 68 | 45 | +23 | 44 | |
| 11 | Goyazan Gazakh | 42 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 42 | |
| 12 | Torpedo Vladimir | 50 | 19 | 12 | 19 | 84 | 66 | +18 | 50 | |
| 13 | Terek Grozny | 50 | 20 | 9 | 21 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 49 | |
| 14 | Gastello Ufa | 50 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 49 | |
| 15 | Zenit Izhevsk | 50 | 20 | 8 | 22 | 59 | 64 | −5 | 48 | |
| 16 | Nart Cherkessk | 50 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 45 | |
| 17 | Torpedo Volzhskiy | 50 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 58 | 73 | −15 | 45 | |
| 18 | Sokol Saratov | 50 | 17 | 10 | 23 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 44 | |
| 19 | Mashuk Pyatigorsk | 50 | 15 | 13 | 22 | 52 | 70 | −18 | 43 | Relegated |
| 20 | SKA Rostov-na-Donu | 50 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 56 | 75 | −19 | 42 | Relegated |
| 21 | Zarya Kaluga | 50 | 11 | 20 | 19 | 48 | 60 | −12 | 42 | Relegated |
| 22 | Volgar Astrakhan | 50 | 13 | 15 | 22 | 58 | 77 | −19 | 41 | Relegated |

#### Representation

* Russian SFSR 20
* Azerbaijan SSR 2

### East

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Neftyanik Fergana | 42 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 62 | 21 | +41 | 59 | Promoted to First Liga |
| 2 | Novbakhor Namangan | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 73 | 49 | +24 | 52 | Promoted to First Liga |
| 3 | Okean Nakhodka | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 53 | 35 | +18 | 49 | |
| 4 | Amur Blagoveshchensk | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 56 | 43 | +13 | 49 | |
| 5 | Meliorator Chimkent | 42 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 66 | 65 | +1 | 47 | |
| 6 | Khimik Jambul | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 65 | 54 | +11 | 47 | |
| 7 | Avtomobilist Kokand | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 45 | |
| 8 | Kopet-Dag Ashkhabad | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 45 | |
| 9 | Alga Frunze | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 44 | |
| 10 | Traktor Pavlodar | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 68 | 45 | +23 | 44 | |
| 11 | Zvezda Irkutsk | 42 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 42 | |
| 12 | Sogdiana Jizak | 50 | 19 | 12 | 19 | 84 | 66 | +18 | 50 | |
| 13 | Dinamo Barnaul | 50 | 20 | 9 | 21 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 49 | |
| 14 | Shakhter Karaganda | 50 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 54 | 55 | −1 | 49 | |
| 15 | Vakhsh Kurgan-Tyube | 50 | 20 | 8 | 22 | 59 | 64 | −5 | 48 | |
| 16 | Tselinnik Tselinograd | 50 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 45 | |
| 17 | Ekibastuzets Ekibastuz | 50 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 58 | 73 | −15 | 45 | |
| 18 | Surkhan Termez | 50 | 17 | 10 | 23 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 44 | |
| 19 | Kaysar Kzil-Orda | 50 | 15 | 13 | 22 | 52 | 70 | −18 | 43 | Relegated |
| 20 | Irtysh Omsk | 50 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 56 | 75 | −19 | 42 | Relegated |
| 21 | Zarafshan Navoi | 50 | 11 | 20 | 19 | 48 | 60 | −12 | 42 | Relegated |
| 22 | Spartak Andizhan | 50 | 13 | 15 | 22 | 58 | 77 | −19 | 41 | Relegated |

#### Representation

* Kazakh SSR: 7
* Uzbek SSR 7
* Russian SFSR: 5
* Turkmen SSR: 1
* Kyrgyz SSR: 1
* Tajik SSR: 1

### Baltic

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Žalgiris Vilnius | 32 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 104 | 11 | +93 | 58 | Qualification to Lithuanian championship play-off and founding of A Lyga |
| 2 | Sirijus Klaipėda | 32 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 47 | 19 | +28 | 47 | Qualification to Lithuanian championship play-off and founding of A Lyga |
| 3 | Ekranas Panevėžys | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 62 | 24 | +38 | 46 | Qualification to Lithuanian championship play-off and founding of A Lyga |
| 4 | Progress Cherniakhovsk | 32 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 42 | Moved to the Soviet Second League B |
| 5 | Jovaras Mažeikiai | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 40 | Qualification to Lithuanian championship play-off and founding of A Lyga |
| 6 | Inkaras Kaunas | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 54 | 25 | +29 | 39 | The A Lyga founding teams |
| 7 | Banga Kaunas | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 45 | 30 | +15 | 37 | The A Lyga founding teams |
| 8 | RAF Jelgava | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 36 | Relegation to regional competitions |
| 9 | Sakalas Šiauliai | 32 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 34 | The A Lyga founding teams |
| 10 | Sport Tallinn | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 43 | 39 | +4 | 33 | Defunct after end of season |
| 11 | Neris Vilnius | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 28 | The A Lyga founding teams |
| 12 | Celtnieks Daugavpils | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 45 | −16 | 23 | Relegation to the Latvian SSR Higher League |
| 13 | Torpedo Rīga | 32 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 49 | −20 | 22 | Relegation to the Latvian SSR Higher League |
| 14 | KKI Daugava Riga | 32 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 49 | −33 | 21 | Relegation to the Latvian SSR Higher League |
| 15 | Pārdaugava Riga | 32 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 53 | −29 | 18 | Relegation to the Latvian SSR Higher League |
| 16 | Metalurgs Liepāja | 32 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 97 | −77 | 13 | Relegation to the Latvian SSR Higher League |
| 17 | FK Sūduva Marijampolė | 32 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 13 | 69 | −56 | 7 | The A Lyga founding teams |
* ASK Fosforit Tallinn quit the competition after 14 games

### Lower Second League
#### Group 1

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | FC Torpedo Zaporizhia | 36 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 53 | 25 | +28 | 54 | Promoted |
| 2 | FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | 36 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 60 | 31 | +29 | 53 | Promoted |
| 3 | FC Avanhard Rivne | 36 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 53 | |
| 4 | FC Polissya Zhytomyr | 36 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 51 | |
| 5 | FC Krystal Kherson | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 61 | 44 | +17 | 45 | |
| 6 | FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 44 | |
| 7 | FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 38 | |
| 8 | FC Shakhtar Pavlohrad | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 37 | |
| 9 | FC Dynamo Bila Tserkva | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 35 | |
| 10 | FC Kolos Nikopol | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 35 | |
| 11 | SKA Kyiv | 36 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 32 | |
| 12 | FC Desna Chernihiv | 36 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 32 | |
| 13 | FC Chaika Sevastopol | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 30 | |
| 14 | FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 30 | |
| 15 | FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 26 | |
| 16 | FC Dnipro Cherkasy | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 48 | −22 | 23 | |
| 17 | FC Okean Kerch | 36 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 55 | −24 | 23 | |
| 18 | FC Mayak Kharkiv | 36 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 19 | 48 | −29 | 22 | |
| 19 | FC Zirka Kirovohrad | 36 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 32 | 61 | −29 | 21 | |

#### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | FC Ararat-2 Yerevan (C) | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 77 | 25 | +52 | 37 | Promoted |
| 2 | Araks Hoktemberyan | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 68 | 27 | +41 | 35 | |
| 3 | Spitak | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 55 | 31 | +24 | 29 | |
| 4 | Artsakh Stepanakert | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 23 | |
| 5 | Kapan | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 22 | |
| 6 | Malatia Yerevan | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 20 | |
| 7 | Zvartnots Echmiadzin | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 20 | |
| 8 | Koshkagorts-Nairi Yerevan | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 53 | −20 | 18 | |
| 9 | Pahatsoyagorts Noyemberyan | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 51 | −30 | 17 | |
| 10 | Zoravan Yegvard | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 16 | |
| 11 | FIMA Yerevan | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 57 | −29 | 15 | |
| 12 | Nairi Yerevan | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 12 | |

#### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Karabakh Agdam | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 79 | 18 | +61 | 57 | Promoted |
| 2 | FC Khazar Sumgait | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 102 | 41 | +61 | 47 | |
| 3 | FC Araz Nakhichevan | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 59 | 21 | +38 | 47 | |
| 4 | FC Khazar Lenkoran | 34 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 65 | 42 | +23 | 43 | |
| 5 | FC Stroitel Baku | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 42 | [+] |
| 6 | FC Araz Baku | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 38 | [+] |
| 7 | FC Pambigchi Barda | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 45 | 52 | −7 | 35 | [+] |
| 8 | FC Inshaatchi Shemakha | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 33 | [+] |
| 9 | FC Shakhdag Kusari | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 53 | 54 | −1 | 32 | [+] |
| 10 | FC Kyur Mingechaur | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 32 | [+] |
| 11 | FC Stroitel Sabirabad | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 52 | 59 | −7 | 32 | [+] |
| 12 | FC Shakhdag Kuba | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 43 | 67 | −24 | 27 | [+] |

#### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | FC Torpedo Taganrog | 32 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 55 | 10 | +45 | 51 | Promoted |
| 2 | FC APK Azov | 32 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 63 | 22 | +41 | 50 | Promoted |
| 3 | FC Spartak Anapa | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 66 | 25 | +41 | 49 | |
| 4 | FC Zvezda Gorodishche | 32 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 50 | 30 | +20 | 40 | |
| 5 | FC Lokomotiv Mineralnyye Vody | 32 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 39 | |
| 6 | FC Uralan Elista | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 37 | |
| 7 | FC Atommash Volgodonsk | 32 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 32 | |
| 8 | FC Khimik Belorechensk | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 31 | |
| 9 | FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 30 | [+] |
| 10 | FC Start Yeisk | 32 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 26 | [+] |
| 11 | FC Dinamo Makhachkala | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 26 | |
| 12 | FC Signal Izobilny | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 25 | |
| 13 | FC Torpedo Armavir | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 46 | −21 | 24 | [+] |
| 14 | FC Shakhtyor Shakhty | 32 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 23 | |
| 15 | FC Remontnik Prokhladny | 32 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 40 | 64 | −24 | 22 | [+] |
| 16 | FC Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 56 | −33 | 20 | [+] |
| 17 | FC Metallurg Stary Oskol | 32 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 65 | −41 | 19 | [+] |

#### Group 5

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | FC Asmaral Moscow | 32 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 63 | 17 | +46 | 52 | Promoted |
| 2 | FC Tighina | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 53 | 22 | +31 | 49 | Promoted [MDA] |
| 3 | FC Znamya Arzamas | 32 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 19 | +18 | 44 | [+] |
| 4 | FC Salyut Belgorod | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 35 | |
| 5 | FC Spartak Tambov | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 33 | |
| 6 | FC Saturn Ramenskoye | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 33 | |
| 7 | FC Gomselmash Gomel | 32 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 32 | [BLR] |
| 8 | FC Buran Voronezh | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 40 | 28 | +12 | 31 | [+] |
| 9 | FC Torgmash Lyubertsy | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 30 | [+] |
| 10 | FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk | 32 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 29 | |
| 11 | FC Spartak Oryol | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 35 | −7 | 29 | |
| 12 | FC Kuban Barannikovskiy | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 29 | [+] |
| 13 | FC Avangard Kursk | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 49 | −19 | 28 | |
| 14 | FC Oka Kolomna | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 31 | 47 | −16 | 25 | |
| 15 | FC Arsenal Tula | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 24 | |
| 16 | FC Khimik Semiluki | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 46 | −21 | 21 | |
| 17 | FC Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 42 | −21 | 20 | |

#### Group 6

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | FC Volga Tver | 32 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 53 | 28 | +25 | 47 | Promoted |
| 2 | FC KIM Vitebsk | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 31 | +28 | 46 | Promoted [BLR] |
| 3 | FC Textilshchik Ivanovo | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 60 | 24 | +36 | 43 | |
| 4 | FC RAF Jelgava | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 54 | 25 | +29 | 43 | [LVA] |
| 5 | FC Khimik Cherepovets | 32 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 40 | 19 | +21 | 42 | |
| 6 | FC Mashinostroitel Pskov | 32 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 40 | [+] |
| 7 | FC Olimpia Liepaja | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 37 | [LVA] |
| 8 | FC Dinamo-2 Moskva | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 37 | |
| 9 | FC Kirovets Leningrad | 32 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 41 | 30 | +11 | 37 | |
| 10 | FC Spartak Kostroma | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 29 | |
| 11 | FC Prometheus-Dinamo Leningrad | 32 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 28 | |
| 12 | FC Volzhanin Kineshma | 32 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 41 | −16 | 28 | |
| 13 | FC Granite Penza | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 52 | −24 | 25 | [+] |
| 14 | FC Dinamo Vologda | 32 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 27 | 54 | −27 | 19 | |
| 15 | FC CSKA-2 Moskva | 32 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 14 | 40 | −26 | 16 | |
| 16 | FC Zvezda Moskva | 32 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 53 | −33 | 15 | |
| 17 | FC Spartak Petrozavodsk | 32 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 58 | −40 | 12 | [+] |

#### Group 7

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | FC KamAZ Naberezhnyye Chelny | 32 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 67 | 26 | +41 | 47 | Promoted |
| 2 | FC Lada Togliatti | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 63 | 20 | +43 | 46 | Promoted |
| 3 | FC Rubin Kazan | 32 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 48 | 15 | +33 | 46 | |
| 4 | FC Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola | 32 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 66 | 30 | +36 | 44 | |
| 5 | FC Torpedo Miass | 32 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 48 | 23 | +25 | 44 | |
| 6 | FC Zenit Chelyabinsk | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 30 | +18 | 39 | |
| 7 | FC Dinamo Kirov | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 50 | 26 | +24 | 37 | |
| 8 | FC Stal Cheboksary | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 35 | |
| 9 | FC Uralets Nizhniy Tagil | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 34 | |
| 10 | FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 31 | |
| 11 | FC Zauralye Kurgan | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 30 | |
| 12 | FC Svetotekhnika Saransk | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 55 | −22 | 27 | |
| 13 | FC Avtopribor Oktyabrskiy | 32 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 34 | −12 | 27 | [+] |
| 14 | FC Bashselmash Neftekamsk | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 38 | −8 | 26 | [+] |
| 15 | FC Gazovik Orenburg | 32 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 71 | −55 | 13 | |
| 16 | FC Kauchuk Sterlitamak | 32 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 31 | 83 | −52 | 12 | [+] |
| 17 | FC Zarya Podgorny | 32 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 98 | −84 | 6 | [+] |

#### Group 8

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | FC Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk | 36 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 75 | 29 | +46 | 58 | Promoted |
| 2 | FC Zhetysu Taldy-Kurgan | 36 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 73 | 26 | +47 | 55 | Promoted |
| 3 | FC Spartak Semipalatinsk | 36 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 65 | 24 | +41 | 53 | |
| 4 | FC Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk | 36 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 70 | 19 | +51 | 51 | |
| 5 | FC Kustanayets Kustanay | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 44 | 23 | +21 | 47 | |
| 6 | FC Jezkazganets Jezkazgan | 36 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 45 | |
| 7 | FC Montazhnik Turkestan | 36 | 17 | 4 | 15 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 38 | [+] |
| 8 | FC Gornyak Khromtau | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 38 | [+] |
| 9 | FC Metallurg Yermak | 36 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 37 | [+] |
| 10 | FC Sokhibkor Khalkabad | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 36 | [UZB] |
| 11 | FC Spartak Kokchetav | 36 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 35 | [+] |
| 12 | FC Metallist Petropavlovsk | 36 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 34 | |
| 13 | FC Ak-Kanat Uzun-Agach | 36 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 32 | [+] |
| 14 | FC Aktau Shevchenko | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 32 | 49 | −17 | 30 | [+] |
| 15 | FC Bulat Temirtau | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 28 | [+] |
| 16 | FC Khimik Almalyk | 36 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 25 | [+] [UZB] |
| 17 | FC Dostuk Sokuluk | 36 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 53 | −26 | 21 | [+] [KGZ] |
| 18 | FC Uralets Uralsk | 36 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 25 | 67 | −42 | 18 | |
| 19 | FC Metallurg Balkhash | 36 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 117 | −96 | 3 | [+] |

#### Group 9

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | FC Nuravshon Bukhara | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 116 | 25 | +91 | 63 | Promoted [+] [UZB] |
| 2 | FC Kasansayets Kasansay | 38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 83 | 34 | +49 | 53 | Promoted [UZB] |
| 3 | FC Yangiyer | 38 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 67 | 56 | +11 | 45 | [UZB] |
| 4 | FC Dinamo Samarkand | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 67 | 39 | +28 | 45 | [UZB] |
| 5 | FC Chirchik | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 45 | [UZB] |
| 6 | FC Khojent Leninabad | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 44 | [TJK] |
| 7 | FC Traktor Tashkent | 38 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 61 | 45 | +16 | 42 | [UZB] |
| 8 | FC Alay Osh | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 56 | 46 | +10 | 40 | [KGZ] |
| 9 | FC Yeshlik Turakurgan | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 64 | 56 | +8 | 40 | [+] [UZB] |
| 10 | FC Ahal Akdashayak | 38 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 39 | [TKM] |
| 11 | FC Merv Mary | 38 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 52 | 58 | −6 | 39 | [+] [TKM] |
| 12 | FC Regar Tursun-Zade | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 65 | 58 | +7 | 37 | [+] [TJK] |
| 13 | FC Sverdlovets Tashkent Region | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 61 | 62 | −1 | 37 | [UZB] |
| 14 | FC Tselinnik Turtkul | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 53 | 77 | −24 | 35 | [UZB] |
| 15 | FC Shakhtyor Angren | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 31 | [+] [UZB] |
| 16 | FC Aralvodstroyevets Nukus | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 40 | 66 | −26 | 30 | [+] [UZB] |
| 17 | FC Jeyhun Urgench | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 34 | 65 | −31 | 30 | [UZB] |
| 18 | FC Nebitchi Nebit-Dag | 38 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 49 | 82 | −33 | 26 | [+] [TKM] |
| 19 | FC Geolog Karshi | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 34 | 70 | −36 | 24 | [+] [UZB] |
| 20 | FC Sherdor Samarkand | 38 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 34 | 100 | −66 | 15 | [+] [UZB] |

#### Group 10

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | FC Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 34 | 13 | +21 | 41 | Promoted |
| 2 | FC Lokomotiv Chita | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 61 | 27 | +34 | 40 | |
| 3 | FC Vulkan Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 18 | +20 | 38 | |
| 4 | FC SKA Khabarovsk | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 44 | 24 | +20 | 34 | |
| 5 | FC Luch Vladivostok | 28 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 34 | |
| 6 | FC Tom Tomsk | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 17 | +12 | 33 | |
| 7 | FC Amur Komsomolsk-na-Amure | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 30 | |
| 8 | FC Metallurg Novokuznetsk | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 30 | |
| 9 | FC Avtomobilist Krasnoyarsk | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 29 | |
| 10 | FC Angara Angarsk | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 25 | [+] |
| 11 | FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 22 | |
| 12 | FC Torpedo Rubtsovsk | 28 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 21 | |
| 13 | FC Selenga Ulan-Ude | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 44 | −18 | 20 | |
| 14 | FC Progress Biysk | 28 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 18 | |
| 15 | FC Shakhtyor Leninsk-Kuznetskiy | 28 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 66 | −54 | 5 | [+] |

### Top goalscorers

Top League
* Oleh Protasov (Dinamo Kiev) – 12 goals
First League
* Igor Shkvyrin (Pakhtakor Tashkent) – 37 goals