1982 Soviet First League

The 1982 Soviet First League was the twelfth season of the Soviet First League and the 42nd season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Žalgiris Vilnius (C, P)	42	23	10	9	65	34	+31	56	Promotion to Top League
2	Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Nistru Kishinev (P)	42	23	10	9	67	38	+29	56
3	Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Kolos Nikopol	42	22	11	9	63	38	+25	55
4	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow	42	21	13	8	63	32	+31	54
5	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Fakel Voronezh	42	21	13	8	60	33	+27	54
6	Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Zorya Voroshilovhrad	42	19	9	14	65	52	+13	47
7	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Shinnik Yaroslavl	42	19	7	16	59	58	+1	45
8	Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Daugava Riga	42	16	12	14	58	51	+7	44
9	Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic Pamir Dushanbe	42	16	12	14	49	49	0	44
10	Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic SKA Karpaty Lviv	42	16	10	16	44	37	+7	42
11	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Rostov-on-Don	42	16	10	16	59	52	+7	42
12	Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metallurh Zaporozhzhia	42	17	7	18	54	42	+12	41
13	Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Tavriya Simferopol	42	17	7	18	58	50	+8	41
14	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Rotor Volgograd	42	14	12	16	63	64	−1	40
15	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dinamo Kirov	42	15	8	19	45	57	−12	38
16	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Khabarovsk	42	14	10	18	34	48	−14	38
17	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Iskra Smolensk	42	13	13	16	53	67	−14	38
18	Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Guria Lanchkhuti	42	15	7	20	48	67	−19	37
19	Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Zvezda Dzhizak	42	14	9	19	56	77	−21	37
20	Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic SKA Odessa (R)	42	11	13	18	40	48	−8	34	Relegation to Second League
21	Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic SKA Kyiv (R)	42	5	10	27	31	81	−50	20
22	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Kostroma (R)	42	4	9	29	18	77	−59	17

Match for 1st place

Žalgiris Vilnius Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic	1–0	Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Nistru Kishinev
Jakubauskas 70'

Top scorers

#	Player	Club	Goals
1	Heorhiy Koliadyuk	Kolos Nikopol	26
2	Hryhoriy Batych	Nistru Kishenev	25 (5)
3	Ravil Sharipov	Metallurg Zaporozhye	24 (6)
4	Sigitas Jakubauskas	Žalgiris Vilnius	23 (1)
5	Valeriy Tursunov	Pamir Dushanbe	21 (3)
6	Volodymyr Naumenko	Tavriya Simferopol	20 (5)
7	Vladimir Mukhanov	Lokomotiv Moscow	17
Sergey Andreyev	SKA Rostov-na-Donu	17 (1)
9	Viktor Vasilyev	Rotor Volgograd	16
Aleksandrs Starkovs	Daugava Riga	16
Gennady Smirnov	Fakel Voronezh	16 (4)

Number of teams by union republic

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	RSFSR	9	Lokomotiv Moscow, Fakel Voronezh, Shinnik Yaroslavl, SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Rotor Volgograd, Dinamo Kirov, SKA Khabarovsk, Iskra Smolensk, Spartak Kostroma
2	Ukrainian SSR	7	Kolos Nikopol, Zaria Voroshilovgrad, SKA Karpaty Lvov, Metallurg Zaporozhye, Tavria Simferopol, SKA Odessa, SKA Kiev
3	Lithuanian SSR	1	Žalgiris Vilnius
Moldavian SSR	Nistru Kishinev
Latvian SSR	Daugava Riga
Tajik SSR	Pamir Dushanbe
Georgian SSR	Guria Lanchkhuti
Uzbek SSR	Zvezda Dzhizak

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