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.

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

16 November 1982

Žalgiris Vilnius	1–0	Nistru Kishinev
Jakubauskas 70'	Report

Simferopol

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Valeriy Butenko (Moscow)

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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