1982 Soviet First League

Soviet First League
Season	1982
	← 1981 1983 →

Final standings

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	Promotion to Top League
3	Kolos Nikopol	42	22	11	9	63	38	+25	55
4	Lokomotiv Moscow	42	21	13	8	63	32	+31	54
5	Fakel Voronezh	42	21	13	8	60	33	+27	54
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	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
18	Guria Lanchkhuti	42	15	7	20	48	67	−19	37
19	Zvezda Dzhizak	42	14	9	19	56	77	−21	37
20	SKA Odessa (R)	42	11	13	18	40	48	−8	34	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

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

#	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
7	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)

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