1988 Soviet Second League

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The 1989 Soviet Second League (Russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу 1988: Вторая лига) was the Soviet third tier competitions of the Soviet football championship. The competitions of the league were conducted as part of the whole Soviet event and were split in nine groups geographically as regional zones. There were 169 teams that completed the season with the most teams (26) competing in the Zone VI and smallest zones IV and IX having 16 teams. In the article a regional designation in parentheses is conditional (for better perspective) and was never actually openly publicized.

The competitions were composed of two stages starting with nine zonal groups, nine winners of which would qualify for three group promotional double round-robin tournaments (Zone Finals), three winners of those would actually gain their promotions. The "Zone Finals" took place on October 25 through November 12, 1988.

The main tie-breaker on points tie was number of wins, therefore in the Zone II Metallurg Magnitogorsk placed 8th above Lokomotiv Gorkiy and Dinamo Kirov. In case of points tie occurring for the first place, a separate play-off was to be scheduled.

Zonal tournament

Zone I (Central)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Fakel Voronezh 38 24 7 7 73 26 +47 55[a]
2 Dinamo Vologda 38 22 8 8 67 36 +31 52
3 Torpedo Ryazan[b] 38 19 8 11 49 29 +20 46
4 Zarya Kaluga 38 19 7 12 50 37 +13 45
5 Saturn Ramenskoye 38 18 9 11 51 43 +8 45[c]
6 Spartak Kostroma 38 18 8 12 57 39 +18 44
7 Textilshchik Ivanovo 38 18 6 14 66 45 +21 42
8 Zorkiy Krasnogorsk 38 16 10 12 47 29 +18 42
9 Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo 38 16 9 13 54 43 +11 41
10 Torpedo Vladimir 38 15 11 12 51 55 −4 41
11 Karabakh Stepanakert [AZE] 38 17 6 15 44 38 +6 40
12 CSKA-2 Moskva 38 15 5 18 43 59 −16 35
13 Volzhanin Kineshma 38 13 9 16 39 55 −16 35
14 Krasnaya Presnya Moskva 38 13 8 17 44 49 −5 34
15 Dinamo-2 Moskva 38 11 12 15 29 39 −10 34
16 Arsenal Tula 38 12 7 19 56 61 −5 31
17 Saturn Rybinsk 38 10 11 17 48 71 −23 31
18 Salyut Belgorod 38 10 6 22 38 66 −28 26
19 SK ESVSM Moskva 38 5 11 22 36 74 −38 21
20 Volga Kalinin 38 5 10 23 25 73 −48 20
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ -
  2. ^ Sapfir Ryazan changed name to Torpedo.
  3. ^ +

Zone II (Volga/Ural)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 UralMash Sverdlovsk 32 21 7 4 49 25 +24 49
2 Zenit Izhevsk 32 18 5 9 54 28 +26 41
3 Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev 32 15 9 8 50 28 +22 39[a]
4 Gastello Ufa 32 15 7 10 35 25 +10 37
5 Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola 32 15 4 13 37 44 −7 34
6 Uralets Nizhniy Tagil 32 14 6 12 40 36 +4 34
7 Rubin Kazan 32 13 5 14 30 28 +2 31
8 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 32 12 6 14 32 39 −7 30
9 Lokomotiv Gorkiy 32 10 10 12 30 27 +3 30
10 Dinamo Kirov 32 10 10 12 31 37 −6 30
11 Torpedo Miass 32 12 5 15 37 39 −2 29[b]
12 Khimik Dzerzhinsk 32 11 7 14 33 30 +3 29
13 Torpedo Kurgan 32 11 7 14 30 40 −10 29
14 Torpedo Naberezhnyye Chelny[c] 32 8 12 12 32 36 −4 28
15 Torpedo Togliatti 32 10 6 16 30 42 −12 26
16 Stal Cheboksary 32 11 3 18 29 51 −22 25
17 Start Ulyanovsk 32 9 5 18 19 43 −24 23
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ -
  2. ^ +
  3. ^ Turbina Naberezhnyye Chelny changed name to Torpedo.

Zone III (South)

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 RUS Torpedo Taganrog 38 20 8 10 58 40 +18 48 First place play-off
2 RUS Cement Novorossiysk 38 19 10 9 43 32 +11 48
3 RUS Spartak Nalchik 38 21 4 13 66 40 +26 46
4 RUS Druzhba Maykop 38 20 6 12 58 35 +23 46
5 RUS Spartak Tambov 38 20 5 13 53 47 +6 45
6 GEO Dinamo Sukhumi 38 18 7 13 55 42 +13 43
7 RUS Metallurg Lipetsk 38 17 9 12 63 34 +29 43
8 GEO Lokomotiv Samtredia 38 19 4 15 58 57 +1 42
9 ARM Spartak Oktemberyan 38 18 5 15 65 58 +7 41
10 GEO Mertskhali Makharadze 38 18 3 17 52 60 −8 39[a]
11 GEO Kolkheti Poti 38 17 5 16 48 56 −8 39
12 ARM Lori Kirovakan 38 17 5 16 49 54 −5 39
13 RUS Mashuk Pyatigorsk 38 13 9 16 43 42 +1 35
14 RUS Volgar Astrakhan 38 15 3 20 48 58 −10 33
15 RUS Uralan Elista 38 14 4 20 59 53 +6 32
16 RUS Nart Cherkessk 38 12 7 19 44 58 −14 31
17 RUS Spartak Anapa 38 13 4 21 41 51 −10 30[a]
18 RUS Luch Azov 38 12 6 20 38 46 −8 30[a]
19 ARM Iskra Yerevan 38 11 6 21 43 77 −34 28[a]
20 ARM Olimpia Leninakan 38 8 6 24 31 75 −44 22
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d +

Match for 1st place 

Cement Novorossiysk  2-0 Torpedo Taganrog

Zone IV (Far East)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Irtysh Omsk 30 16 9 5 42 15 +27 41
2 Lokomotiv Chita 30 17 4 9 46 31 +15 38
3 Metallurg Novokuznetsk 30 13 9 8 38 30 +8 35
4 Amur Blagoveshchensk 30 15 4 11 45 34 +11 34
5 Zvezda Irkutsk 30 13 8 9 37 30 +7 34
6 Dinamo Barnaul 30 11 12 7 39 27 +12 34
7 Okean Nakhodka 30 11 10 9 22 21 +1 32
8 SKA Khabarovsk 30 12 7 11 28 30 −2 31
9 Amur Komsomolsk-na-Amure 30 12 7 11 33 31 +2 31
10 Torpedo Rubtsovsk 30 12 6 12 33 33 0 30
11 Luch Vladivostok 30 10 9 11 27 37 −10 29
12 Tom Tomsk[a] 30 8 9 13 25 32 −7 25
13 Avtomobilist Krasnoyarsk 30 9 6 15 28 43 −15 24
14 Chkalovets Novosibirsk 30 10 3 17 30 39 −9 23
15 Progress Biysk 30 7 6 17 23 48 −25 20[b]
16 Selenga Ulan-Ude 30 7 5 18 17 32 −15 19
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Manometr Tomsk changed name to Tom.
  2. ^ +

Zone V (Soviet Republics)

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 MDA Nistru Kishinev 34 21 11 2 84 34 +50 53
2 LTU Atlantas Klaipeda 34 18 12 4 58 24 +34 48
3 MDA Textilshchik Tiraspol 34 19 8 7 61 27 +34 46
4 BLR Dnepr Mogilyov 34 19 8 7 49 36 +13 46
5 BLR Khimik Grodno 34 18 10 6 48 31 +17 46
6 RUS Dinamo Bryansk 34 16 6 12 49 47 +2 38
7 LVA Zvejnieks Liepaja 34 11 14 9 46 33 +13 36
8 EST Sport Tallinn 34 11 14 9 33 28 +5 36
9 RUS Iskra Smolensk 34 14 7 13 42 34 +8 35
10 BLR Dinamo Brest 34 14 6 14 43 41 +2 34
11 RUS Baltika Kaliningrad 34 11 7 16 40 46 −6 29
12 RUS Avangard Kursk 34 8 13 13 27 46 −19 29
13 RUS Dinamo Leningrad 34 7 15 12 41 42 −1 29
14 BLR GomSelMash Gomel 34 9 8 17 26 44 −18 26
15 RUS Spartak Oryol 34 7 11 16 31 42 −11 25
16 MDA Zarya Beltsy 34 6 11 17 28 60 −32 23
17 BLR Vityaz Vitebsk 34 3 12 19 16 57 −41 18
18 LVA RSVSM-RAF Jelgava 34 5 5 24 23 73 −50 15[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ +

Zone VI (Ukraine)

Further information: 1988 Soviet Second League, Zone 6
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bukovyna Chernivtsi (C) 50 27 16 7 85 31 +54 70 Qualified for zone finals
2 Vorskla Poltava 50 30 8 12 70 42 +28 68
3 SKA Odesa 50 25 14 11 65 46 +19 64
4 Okean Kerch 50 24 11 15 71 60 +11 59
5 Podillya Khmelnytskyi 50 23 13 14 71 51 +20 59
6 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 50 21 14 15 52 45 +7 56
7 Chayka Sevastopol 50 20 16 14 68 56 +12 56
8 Torpedo Lutsk 50 21 13 16 60 64 −4 55
9 Naftovyk Okhtyrka 50 20 15 15 63 54 +9 55
10 Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv 50 22 10 18 66 51 +15 54
11 Shakhtar Pavlohrad 50 21 9 20 71 75 −4 51
12 Nyva Ternopil 50 19 13 18 66 59 +7 51
13 Spartak Zhytomyr 50 18 15 17 57 56 +1 51
14 Avanhard Rivne 50 21 8 21 52 56 −4 50
15 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 50 17 15 18 74 59 +15 49
16 Novator Zhdanov 50 16 17 17 57 55 +2 49
17 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 50 15 19 16 51 47 +4 49
18 Krystal Kherson 50 16 15 19 48 52 −4 47
19 Nyva Vinnytsia 50 15 14 21 47 59 −12 44
20 Dynamo Bila Tserkva 50 14 15 21 52 63 −11 43
21 Desna Chernihiv 50 14 14 22 42 59 −17 42 Moved out to different group (zone)
22 Dnipro Cherkasy 50 16 9 25 57 77 −20 41
23 Zirka Kirovohrad 50 13 15 22 39 60 −21 41
24 Torpedo Zaporizhzhia 50 13 12 25 55 71 −16 38
25 Mayak Kharkiv 50 7 20 23 35 68 −33 34
26 Shakhtar Horlivka 50 8 8 34 35 93 −58 24 Relegation to the Fitness clubs competitions (KFK)
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions

Zone VII (Central Asia)

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 UZB Neftyanik Fergana 36 21 10 5 62 22 +40 52
2 UZB Kasansayets Kasansay 36 19 10 7 61 37 +24 48
3 UZB Novbahor Namangan[a] 36 20 6 10 50 29 +21 46
4 UZB Sohibkor Halkabad 36 20 4 12 64 53 +11 44
5 TKM Kopet-Dag Ashkhabad[b] 36 21 1 14 68 41 +27 43
6 UZB Zarafshan Navoi 36 18 7 11 58 41 +17 43
7 AZE Araz Nahichevan 36 18 1 17 52 54 −2 37[c]
8 UZB Hanki Yangiaryk 36 16 5 15 60 50 +10 37
9 TJK Vakhsh Kurgan-Tyube 36 14 7 15 52 59 −7 35
10 UZB Yeshlik Jizak 36 13 9 14 46 52 −6 35
11 UZB Tselinnik Turtkul 36 13 8 15 40 44 −4 34
12 UZB Traktor Tashkent 36 13 7 16 43 58 −15 33
13 UZB Avtomobilist Kokand 36 13 6 17 35 42 −7 32[d]
14 UZB Dinamo Samarkand 36 13 5 18 46 60 −14 31
15 TJK Hojent Leninabad 36 13 5 18 34 52 −18 31
16 UZB Surhan Termez 36 9 11 16 36 48 −12 29
17 UZB Pahtakor Andizhan 36 10 8 18 43 54 −11 28
18 UZB Yangiyer 36 9 9 18 36 57 −21 27
19 UZB Metallurg Almalyk 36 8 3 25 27 60 −33 19
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Avtomobilist Namangan changed name to Novbahor.
  2. ^ Kolhozchi Ashkhabad changed name to Kopet-Dag.
  3. ^ +
  4. ^ +

Zone VIII (Kazakhstan)

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Traktor Pavlodar 32 22 3 7 62 27 +35 47
2 KGZ Alga Frunze 32 19 4 9 64 32 +32 42
3 Energetik Kustanay 32 18 4 10 51 44 +7 40
4 Meliorator Chimkent 32 17 6 9 65 31 +34 40
5 Shakhtyor Karaganda 32 17 6 9 43 28 +15 40
6 Meliorator Kzil-Orda 32 15 8 9 51 39 +12 38
7 Spartak Semipalatinsk 32 16 5 11 49 35 +14 37
8 Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk 32 16 5 11 33 30 +3 37
9 Khimik Jambul 32 15 4 13 47 37 +10 34
10 Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk 32 13 7 12 55 46 +9 33
11 KGZ Alay Osh 32 14 1 17 38 49 −11 29
12 Tselinnik Tselinograd 32 11 7 14 32 41 −9 29
13 Ekibastuzets Ekibastuz 32 11 6 15 41 41 0 28
14 Jezkazganets Jezkazgan 32 8 9 15 31 49 −18 25
15 Zhetysu Taldy-Kurgan 32 8 7 17 35 45 −10 23
16 Avangard Petropavlovsk 32 7 5 20 35 75 −40 19[a]
17 SKIF Alma-Ata 32 0 3 29 12 95 −83 3
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ +

Zone IX (Caucasus)

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 GEO Torpedo Kutaisi 30 24 4 2 70 21 +49 52[a]
2 AZE Kyapaz Kirovabad 30 20 3 7 79 28 +51 43
3 GEO Metallurg Rustavi 30 19 5 6 63 28 +35 43
4 RUS Sokol Saratov 30 18 5 7 65 39 +26 41
5 AZE Goyazan Kazakh 30 15 5 10 50 36 +14 35
6 RUS Textilshchik Kamyshin 30 13 7 10 49 36 +13 33[b]
7 RUS Dinamo Makhachkala 30 13 5 12 44 38 +6 31
8 RUS Atommash Volgodonsk 30 12 7 11 44 40 +4 31
9 RUS Terek Grozny 30 12 7 11 43 39 +4 31
10 GEO Dila Gori 30 12 5 13 45 52 −7 29
11 AZE Hazar Sumgait[c] 30 11 6 13 39 48 −9 28
12 RUS Torpedo Volzhskiy 30 9 5 16 29 43 −14 23
13 RUS Lokomotiv Mineralnyye Vody 30 8 4 18 29 54 −25 20
14 GEO Shevardeni Tbilisi 30 8 4 18 33 61 −28 20
15 GEO MCOP-Lokomotiv Tbilisi 30 5 4 21 32 72 −40 14[b]
16 AZE MCOP-Bakinets Baku 30 2 2 26 15 94 −79 6[b]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ -
  2. ^ a b c +
  3. ^ Voskhod Sumgait changed name to Hazar.

Zone Finals

Group 1

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 MDA Nistru Kishinev 4 3 1 0 7 3 +4 7 Promoted
2 UZB Neftyanik Fergana 4 2 1 1 3 2 +1 5
3 RUS Irtysh Omsk 4 0 0 4 2 7 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group 2

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 GEO Torpedo Kutaisi 4 1 3 0 6 3 +3 5[a] Promoted
2 RUS Cement Novorossiysk 4 1 2 1 4 6 −2 4
3 KAZ Traktor Pavlodar 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 3
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ -

Group 3

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 RUS Fakel Voronezh 4 3 0 1 9 2 +7 6[a] Promoted
2 UKR Bukovina Chernovtsy 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3 RUS UralMash Sverdlovsk 4 0 0 4 1 10 −9 0
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ -

References