1984 Soviet First League

The 1984 Soviet First League was the fourteenth season of the Soviet First League and the 44th season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Soviet First League
Season1984
1983
1985

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   Fakel Voronezh (C, P) 42 25 7 10 61 30 +31 57 Promotion to Top League
2   Torpedo Kutaisi (P) 42 23 9 10 76 55 +21 55
3   SKA Karpaty Lvov 42 20 9 13 63 44 +19 49
4   Kuban Krasnodar 42 20 9 13 60 41 +19 49
5   Metallurg Zaporozhia 42 18 12 12 57 43 +14 48
6   Lokomotiv Moscow 42 17 13 12 44 37 +7 46[a]
7   Daugava Riga 42 16 14 12 65 50 +15 44[a]
8   Pamir Dushanbe 42 16 11 15 51 44 +7 43
9   Kuzbass Kemerovo 42 17 8 17 56 51 +5 42
10   Guria Lanchkhuti 42 16 10 16 49 52 −3 42
11   Dinamo Batumi 42 16 8 18 58 67 −9 40
12   Iskra Smolensk 42 15 10 17 44 47 −3 40
13   Zvezda Dzhizak 42 17 5 20 51 64 −13 39
14   SKA Khabarovsk 42 14 11 17 55 59 −4 39
15   Rotor Volgograd 42 15 8 19 63 78 −15 38
16   Spartak Ordjonikidze 42 15 8 19 42 51 −9 38
17   Shinnik Yaroslavl 42 13 12 17 49 50 −1 38
18   Nistru Kishinev 42 13 12 17 45 58 −13 38
19   Kolos Nikopol 42 13 12 17 50 59 −9 38
20   Zarya Voroshilovgrad (R) 42 13 11 18 54 61 −7 37 Relegation to Second League
21   Tavria Simferopol (R) 42 12 11 19 43 58 −15 35
22   Irtysh Omsk (R) 42 8 10 24 35 72 −37 26
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 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.

Top scorers

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# Player Club Goals
1 Revaz Chelebadze Dinamo Batumi 27 (12)
2 Otar Korgalidze Torpedo Kutaisi 24 (11)
3 Ravil Sharipov Metallurg Zaporozhye 20 (5)
4 Viktor Vasilyev Rotor Volgograd 19 (2)
5 Viktor Pimushin Fakel Voronezh 18
6 Merab Megreladze Torpedo Kutaisi 17
Volodymyr Naumenko Tavriya Simferopol 17 (7)
8 Aleksandr Antonov Kuzbass Kemerevo 16 (1)
Vyacheslav Lendel SKA Karpaty Lvov 16 (1)

Number of teams by union republic

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Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1   RSFSR 10 Fakel Voronezh, Kuban Krasnodar, Lokomotiv Moscow, Kuzbass Kemerovo, Iskra Smolensk, SKA Khabarovsk, Rotor Volgograd, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Irtysh Omsk
2   Ukrainian SSR 5 SKA Karpaty Lvov, Kolos Nikopol, Metallurg Zaporozhye, Zaria Voroshilovgrad, Tavria Simferopol
3   Georgian SSR 3 Guria Lanchkhuti, Dinamo Batumi, Torpedo Kutaisi
4   Latvian SSR 1 Daugava Riga
  Tajik SSR Pamir Dushanbe
  Uzbek SSR Zvezda Dzhizak
  Moldavian SSR Nistru Kishinev
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