1987 Soviet First League

The 1987 Soviet First League was the 48th season of the second tier of association football in the Soviet Union.

Teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chernomorets Odessa (C, P)	42	25	12	5	68	31	+37	62	Promotion to Top League
2	Lokomotiv Moscow (P)	42	23	13	6	59	26	+33	58^[a]	Promotion to Top League
3	Daugava Riga	42	19	15	8	65	35	+30	50^[a]
4	Pamir Dushanbe	42	19	8	15	55	45	+10	46
5	SKA Karpaty Lvov	42	17	12	13	62	46	+16	46
6	Kuzbass Kemerevo	42	16	14	12	46	36	+10	44^[a]
7	Pakhtakor Tashkent	42	16	12	14	47	44	+3	44
8	Kolos Nikopol	42	15	10	17	58	63	−5	40
9	Metallurg Zaporozhia	42	14	12	16	54	53	+1	40
10	Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don	42	14	13	15	49	55	−6	40^[a]
11	SKA Rostov-on-Don	42	16	7	19	40	56	−16	39
12	Geolog Tyumen	42	15	9	18	45	54	−9	39
13	Kotayk Abovyan	42	15	8	19	55	59	−4	38
14	Shinnik Yaroslavl	42	15	8	19	26	42	−16	38
15	Dynamo Stavropol	42	13	15	14	46	52	−6	38^[a]
16	Zarya Voroshilovgrad	42	13	15	14	46	60	−14	38^[a]
17	Rotor Volgograd	42	13	10	19	45	50	−5	36
18	Spartak Ordjonikidze	42	12	12	18	37	46	−9	36
19	Dinamo Batumi	42	12	11	19	38	45	−7	35
20	Fakel Voronezh (R)	42	11	16	15	35	37	−2	34^[a]	Relegation to Second League
21	Torpedo Kutaisi (R)	42	11	12	19	30	51	−21	34
22	Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev (R)	42	10	12	20	40	60	−20	32

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 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. Note that this year Fakel was forced to relegation because of this rule.

#	Player	Club	Goals
1	Viktor Pimushin	Kuzbass Kemerevo	23 (3)
2	Serhiy N. Morozov	Metallurg Zaporozhye	22 (5)
3	Aleksandr Azimov	Pamir Dushanbe	21 (8)
4	Jevgeņijs Miļevskis	Daugava Riga	19 (3)
5	Mykola Fedorenko	Kolos Nikopol	18 (5)
5	Seyran Osipov	Dynamo Stavropol	18 (5)
7	Aleksandrs Starkovs	Daugava Riga	16 (1)
7	Marat Kabayev	Pakhtakor Tashkent	16 (5)
9	Sergei Borisov	Rotor Volgograd	14
10	Aleksandr Kalashnikov	Lokomotiv Moscow	13

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	RSFSR	11	Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev
2	Ukrainian SSR	5	Metallurg Zaporozhye, Zaria Voroshilovgrad
3	Georgian SSR	2	Torpedo Kutaisi, Dinamo Batumi
4	Uzbek SSR	1	Pakhtakor Tashkent
	Latvian SSR		Daugava Riga
	Tajik SSR		Pamir Dushanbe
	Armenian SSR		Kotaik Abovian

v t e Second level Soviet football championship seasons
Group B	1936 1937 1938 1939 1940
Second Group	1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
Class B	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
Second Group (Class A)	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
First Group (Class A)	1970
First League	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

v t e 1987 in Soviet football
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Domestic leagues	Supreme League First League Second League (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, Finals)
Domestic cups	Soviet Cup 1986–87 1987–88 Federation Cup
European competitions	European Cup 1986–87 1987–88 Cup Winners' Cup 1986–87 1987–88 UEFA Cup 1986–87 1987–88
Related to national team	Senior Youth U-19 Juniors
Club seasons
Supreme League	Ararat Yerevan CSKA Moscow Dinamo Moscow Dinamo Tbilisi Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Dynamo Kyiv Dinamo Minsk Guria Lanchkhuti Kairat Almaty Metalist Kharkiv Neftchi Baku Shakhtyor Donetsk Spartak Moscow Torpedo Moscow Žalgiris Vilnius Zenit Leningrad
Winter 1986–87 transfers