1990 Baltic League

1990 Baltic League was organized in 1990. The league consisting of 17 clubs from the Lithuania SSR, Estonian SSR, the Latvian SSR and FC Progress Cherniakhovsk from Kaliningrad Oblast.

The four best Lithuanian teams from Baltic League and the 1 Lyga qualified for the National Championship play-off. Also all Lithuanian clubs from the Baltic League qualified for the next season of A Lyga. Most of Latvian clubs also joined the championship of Latvia (Latvian SSR), while some continued their participation in the Soviet championship. The Soviet Estonian clubs after the fall of the Soviet Union were dissolved, while Progress Chernyakhovsk continued to participate in lower leagues of the Russian championship.

Note that Pardaugava also this season competed in the 1990 Soviet Second League (as Daugava Riga), while Zalgiris just pulled out of the Soviet competitions after playing the first game of the 1990 Soviet Top League, losing it away in Odessa. Also both Chernyakovsk and Yelgava clubs competed in the 1990 Soviet Second League B, Zone 6.

Pre-season organization

The following Soviet teams were allowed to play:

Baltic League

Pos	Country	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1		Žalgiris Vilnius	32	27	4	1	104	11	58
2		Sirijus Klaipėda	32	19	9	4	47	19	47
3		Ekranas Panevėžys	32	19	8	5	62	24	46
4		Progress Cherniakhovsk	32	19	4	9	46	33	42
5		Jovaras Mažeikiai	32	16	8	8	40	25	40
6		Inkaras Kaunas	32	15	9	8	54	25	39
7		Banga Kaunas	32	13	11	8	45	30	37
8		RAF Jelgava	32	13	10	9	44	37	36
9		Sakalas Šiauliai	32	11	12	9	41	32	34
10		Sport Tallinn	32	11	11	10	43	39	33
11		Neris Vilnius	32	10	8	14	27	47	28
12		Celtnieks Daugavpils	32	8	7	17	29	45	23
13		Torpedo Rīga	32	6	10	16	29	49	22
14		KKI Daugava Riga	32	4	13	15	16	49	21
15		Pardaugava Riga	32	5	8	19	24	53	18
16		Metalurgs Liepāja	32	4	5	23	20	97	13
17		FK Sūduva Marijampolė	32	1	5	26	13	69	7

• ASK Fosforit Tallinn quit the competition after 14 games

Top scorers

• 18 V.Baranauskas (Sakalas Šiauliai)
• 16 A.Narbekovas (Zalgiris Vilnius)
• 14 V.Ivanauskas (Zalgiris Vilnius)
• 14 K.Dranginis (Inkaras Kaunas)

1 Lyga

Play-offs

References

• united Baltic League
• Lithuanian League