1987 Soviet First League

Soviet First League
Season	1987
Champions	Chernomorets Odessa
Promoted	Chernomorets Odessa; Lokomotiv Moscow
Relegated	Fakel Voronezh; Torpedo Kutaisi; Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev
	← 1986 1988 →

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	Lokomotiv Moscow, Kuzbass Kemerovo, Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Geolog Tyumen, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Dinamo Stavropol, Rotor Volgograd, Spartak Vladikavkaz, Fakel Voronezh, Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev
2	Ukrainian SSR	5	Chernomorets Odessa, SKA Karpaty Lvov, Kolos Nikopol, 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