1984 Soviet First League
# 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.

## Final standings

| 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 | Promotion to Top League |
| 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 | |
| 7 | Daugava Riga | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 65 | 50 | +15 | 44 | |
| 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 | Relegation to Second League |
| 22 | Irtysh Omsk (R) | 42 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 72 | −37 | 26 | Relegation to Second League |

* 1 2 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

| # | 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 |
| 6 | Volodymyr Naumenko | Tavriya Simferopol | 17 (7) |
| 8 | Aleksandr Antonov | Kuzbass Kemerevo | 16 (1) |
| 8 | Vyacheslav Lendel | SKA Karpaty Lvov | 16 (1) |

## Number of teams by union republic

| 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 |
| 4 | Tajik SSR | 1 | Pamir Dushanbe |
| 4 | Uzbek SSR | 1 | Zvezda Dzhizak |
| 4 | Moldavian SSR | 1 | Nistru Kishinev |
