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60th season of competitive football in the Soviet Union

Football in the Soviet Union

Season

1991

Men's football

Top League

CSKA Moscow

First League

Rotor Volgograd

Second League

Karpaty Lvov (West)
Asmaral Moscow (Center)
Okean Nakhodka (East)

Lower Second League

Neftianik Akhtyrka (Group 1)
Siunik Kapan (Group 2)
Khazar Sumgait (Group 3)
Zhemchuzhina Sochi (Group 4)
Spartak Anapa (Group 5)
Dinamo Saint Petersburg (Group 6)
Rubin Kazan (Group 7)
Aktiubinets Aktiubinsk (Group 8)
Traktor Tashkent (Group 9)
Lokomotiv Chita (Group 10)

Soviet Cup

CSKA Moscow

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The 1991 Soviet football championship was the 60th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. With the ongoing armed conflicts throughout the former Soviet Union (Moldova, Georgia, Tajikistan), the Army main football team, CSKA Moscow, won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the seventh time. It became de facto the last full-scale season of the falling apart Soviet Union.

Honours

Competition		Winner	Runner-up
Top League		CSKA Moscow (7)	Spartak Moscow
First League		Rotor Volgograd (1)	Tiligul Tiraspol
Second League	West	Karpaty Lvov	Zaria Lugansk
	Center	Asmaral Moscow	Krylia Sovetov Samara
	East	Okean Nakhodka	Kopetdag Ashkhabad
Lower Second League	Group 1	Neftianik Akhtyrka	Prikarpatie Ivano-Frankovsk
	Group 2	Siunik Kapan	Shirak Giumri
	Group 3	Khazar Sumgait	Stroitel Baku
	Group 4	Zhemchuzhina Sochi	Uralan Elista
	Group 5	Spartak Anapa	Svetotekhnika Saransk
	Group 6	Dinamo Saint Petersburg	Tekstilschik Ivanovo
	Group 7	Rubin Kazan	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
	Group 8	Aktiubinets Aktiubinsk	Spartak Semipalatinsk
	Group 9	Traktor Tashkent	Umid Tashkent
	Group 10	Lokomotiv Chita	SKA Khabarovsk
Soviet Cup		CSKA Moscow (5)	Torpedo Moscow

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Soviet Union football championship

Main article: 1991 Soviet Top League

Top League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CSKA Moscow (C)	30	17	9	4	57	32	+25	43	Qualification for Champions League first round
2	Spartak Moscow	30	17	7	6	57	30	+27	41	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Torpedo Moscow	30	13	10	7	36	20	+16	36	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Chornomorets	30	10	16	4	39	24	+15	36	Withdrew from the league
5	Dynamo Kyiv	30	13	9	8	43	34	+9	35	Withdrew from the league
6	Dynamo Moscow	30	12	7	11	43	42	+1	31	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
7	Ararat	30	11	7	12	29	36	−7	29	Withdrew from the league
8	Dinamo Minsk	30	9	11	10	29	31	−2	29
9	Dnipro	30	9	10	11	31	36	−5	28	Withdrew from the league
10	Pamir Dushanbe	30	7	13	10	28	32	−4	27
11	Spartak Vladikavkaz	30	9	8	13	33	41	−8	26
12	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	6	14	10	33	41	−8	26	Withdrew from the league
13	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	30	9	7	14	27	38	−11	25	Withdrew from the league
14	Pakhtakor Tashkent	30	9	7	14	37	45	−8	25
15	Metalist Kharkiv	30	8	9	13	32	43	−11	25	Withdrew from the league
16	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	5	8	17	18	47	−29	18	Avoided relegation

Source: footbook.ru footballfacts.ru
Rules for classification: 1) Total points (If two or more teams have equal points for the first place, the winner is determined by additional single round-robin play-off on condition and place determined by the Federation); 2) Total wins; 3) Head-to-head results (3.1. points 3.2. goal difference 3.3. goal scored); 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total games scored; 6) Draw lots
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Metallurg received more head-to-head points against Pakhtakor.
Metallist placed last in total wins tie-breaker to Metallurg and Pakhtakor.

First League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rotor Volgograd (C)	42	24	11	7	79	44	+35	59	Promoted to the 1992 Soviet Top League
2	Tiligul Tiraspol	42	22	10	10	64	45	+19	54
3	Uralmash Yekaterinburg/Sverdlovsk	42	21	9	12	68	40	+28	51
4	Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don	42	20	10	12	47	39	+8	50
5	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	42	20	8	14	56	49	+7	48	Withdrew
6	Tavriya Simferopol	42	19	10	13	64	56	+8	48	Withdrew
7	Neftiannik Fergona	42	21	5	16	54	56	−2	47	Promoted to the 1992 Soviet Top League
8	Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod	42	17	13	12	46	35	+11	47
9	Novbahor	42	19	7	16	60	53	+7	45
10	Dinamo Sukhumi	42	16	11	15	50	50	0	43
11	Textilschik Kamyshin	42	15	13	14	56	52	+4	43
12	Shinnik Yaroslavl	42	17	7	18	57	59	−2	41
13	Fakel Voronezh	42	17	7	18	45	50	−5	41
14	Kairat Almaty	42	17	6	19	58	52	+6	40	Promoted to the 1992 Soviet Top League
15	Neftchi Baku	42	17	5	20	60	58	+2	39	Promoted to the 1992 Soviet Top League
16	Dinamo Stavropol	42	14	11	17	50	54	−4	39
17	Kotayk Abovyan	42	15	7	20	30	48	−18	37	Withdrew
18	Zenit St. Petersburg/Leningrad	42	11	14	17	44	50	−6	36	Promoted to the 1992 Soviet Top League
19	Zimbru Chisinau	42	11	13	18	36	49	−13	35
20	Geolog Tyumen	42	11	13	18	32	47	−15	35
21	Kuban Krasnodar	42	8	10	24	40	68	−28	26
22	Pardaugava Riga	42	7	6	29	31	73	−42	20	Withdrew

Source:
(C) Champions

Notes:

On 6 September 1991, the city of Leningrad was renamed into Saint Petersburg
On 4 September 1991, the city of Sverdlovsk was renamed into Yekaterinburg

Second League

Further information: 1991 Soviet Second League

West

Further information: 1991 Soviet Second League, Zone West

Pos	Republic	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ukraine	Karpaty Lviv	42	24	11	7	47	27	+20	59
2	Ukraine	Zorya Luhansk	42	26	5	11	69	34	+35	57
3	Azerbaijan	Dinamo Gandzha	42	26	4	12	48	48	0	56
4	Ukraine	Nyva Ternopil	42	25	6	11	56	29	+27	56
5	Ukraine	Nyva Vinnytsia	42	21	7	14	54	40	+14	49
6	Russia (1W)	Torpedo Taganrog	42	19	9	14	46	30	+16	47
7	Ukraine	Torpedo Zaporizhzhia	42	18	10	14	63	50	+13	46
8	Ukraine	Volyn Lutsk	42	19	7	16	46	33	+13	45
9	Moldova	Tigina-Apoel Bendery	42	18	8	16	49	39	+10	44
10	Ukraine	SKA Odesa	42	18	7	17	46	42	+4	43
11	Azerbaijan	Karabakh Agdam	42	20	2	20	20	47	−27	42
12	Belarus	Dnepr Mogilev	42	18	6	18	47	37	+10	42
13	Ukraine	Kremin Kremenchuk	42	16	9	17	56	50	+6	41
14	Moldova	Zaria Beltsy	42	16	7	19	63	82	−19	39
15	Ukraine	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv	42	15	8	19	61	55	+6	38
16	Belarus	Dinamo Brest	42	14	9	19	50	50	0	37
17	Russia (1W)	Spartak Nalchik	42	15	6	21	51	67	−16	36
18	Ukraine(1)	Halychyna Drohobych	42	14	7	21	42	66	−24	35
19	Ukraine(1)	Vorskla Poltava	42	10	11	21	39	60	−21	31
20	Belarus	KIM Vitebsk	42	11	8	23	43	55	−12	30
21	Azerbaijan	Goyazan Kazakh	42	13	2	27	29	61	−32	28
22	Belarus	Khimik Grodno	42	7	9	26	32	55	−23	23

Source:
Notes:

Numerous clubs refused to play away games in Azerbaijan due to the First Nagorno-Karabakh War (Operation Ring).
^ Teams that refused to play against Goyazan Kazakh only: Zarya Luhansk and Niva Vinnitsa.
^ All Azerbaijani clubs received multiple technical wins such
- Dinamo Gandzha: 10 technical wins; +20 points
- Karabakh Agdam: 11 technical wins; +22 points
- Goyazan Kazakh: 4 technical wins; +8 points
^ Teams that refused to play against Dinamo Gandzha and Karabakh Agdam: Nyva Ternopil, Volyn Lutsk, Tigina-Apoel Bendery, SKA Odesa, Dnepr Mogilev, Kremen Kremenchug, Sudnostroitel Nikolayev, Dinamo Brest, KIM Vitebsk, and Khimik Grodno.
^ Teams that refused to play against all Azerbaijani clubs: Dnepr Mogilev and KIM Vitebsk.

Representation

Center

Pos	Republic	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Russia	Asmaral Moscow (C)	42	24	14	4	86	32	+54	62
2	Russia	KSS	42	26	8	8	83	41	+42	60
3	Russia (1W)	Torpedo Vladimir	42	26	5	11	79	40	+39	57
4	Russia (1W)	Metallurg Lipetsk	42	21	7	14	61	47	+14	49
5	Russia (1W)	Terek Grozny	42	19	11	12	55	40	+15	49
6	Russia (1C)	Lada Togliatti	42	18	8	16	63	61	+2	44
7	Russia (1C)	Torpedo Volzhsky	42	17	10	15	55	54	+1	44
8	Russia (1C)	Sokol Saratov	42	19	4	19	72	74	−2	42
9	Russia (1C)	Zenit Izhevsk	42	17	8	17	67	45	+22	42
10	Russia (1C)	KAMAZ	42	19	3	20	60	55	+5	41
11	Russia (2)	Dynamo Briansk	42	18	5	19	47	50	−3	41
12	Russia (1C)	Torpedo Riazan	42	17	7	18	51	50	+1	41
13	Russia (1W)	Cement Novorossiysk	42	16	8	18	70	56	+14	40
14	Russia (1C)	Zvezda Perm	42	14	12	16	58	53	+5	40
15	Russia (1W)	Druzhba Maikop	42	15	8	19	58	59	−1	38
16	Russia (1W)	APK Azov	42	14	9	19	36	52	−16	37
17	Russia (1W)	Nart Cherkessk	42	13	11	18	45	50	−5	37
18	Russia (1C)	Gastello Ufa	42	13	8	21	43	69	−26	34
19	Russia (2)	Start Ulyanovsk	42	12	10	20	36	57	−21	34
20	Russia (1W)	Volga Tver	42	14	5	23	35	66	−31	33
21		Ararat-2 Yerevan	42	14	2	26	37	80	−43	30
22	Armenia	Lori Kirovakan	42	12	5	25	32	98	−66	29

Source:
(C) Champions
Notes:

Several clubs refused to play away games in Armenia due to the First Nagorno-Karabakh War (Operation Ring). Both Armenian clubs received multiple technical wins such Lori Kirovakan 4 technical wins, Ararat-2 Yerevan - 3.
- Teams that refused to play against Armenian clubs: Metallurg Lipetsk, KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny, and Dinamo Bryansk.
^ Lada Togliatti did not arrive for the away game against Lori Kirovakan.
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East

Further information: 1991 Soviet Second League, Zone East

Pos	Republic	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Russia	Okean Nakhodka	42	27	7	8	68	33	+35	61
2	Turkmenistan	Kopetdag Ashkhabat	42	25	8	9	89	36	+53	58
3	Kyrgyzstan	Alga Bishkek	42	21	12	9	60	31	+29	54
4	Uzbekistan	Nurafshon Bukhara	42	20	9	13	72	45	+27	49
5	Kazakhstan	Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk	42	19	9	14	69	62	+7	47
6	Russia (1E)	Zvezda Irkutsk	42	20	5	17	62	45	+17	45
7	Russia (1E)	Kuzbass Kemerevo	42	19	6	17	58	61	−3	44
8	Kazakhstan	Tselinnik Tselinograd	42	19	6	17	44	51	−7	44
9	Kazakhstan	Traktor Pavlodar	42	19	5	18	54	50	+4	43
10	Kazakhstan	Shakhter Karaganda	42	18	7	17	48	42	+6	43
11	Kazakhstan	Khimik Dzhambul	42	17	9	16	56	47	+9	43
12	Kazakhstan	Meliorator Chimkent	42	17	9	16	44	37	+7	43
13	Russia (1E)	Amur Blagoveschensk	42	16	11	15	51	53	−2	43
14	Uzbekistan	Avtomobilist Kokand	42	19	4	19	67	71	−4	42
15	Russia (1E)	Dynamo Barnaul	42	15	12	15	60	64	−4	42
16	Uzbekistan	Sogdiana Dzhizak	42	18	5	19	56	55	+1	41
17	Uzbekistan	Kasansayets Kasansai	42	17	6	19	69	66	+3	40
18	Kazakhstan	Ekibastuzets Ekibastuz	42	14	9	19	49	63	−14	37
19	Russia (1E)	Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	42	12	10	20	37	59	−22	34
20	Uzbekistan	Surkhan Termez	42	12	3	27	37	65	−28	27
21	Kazakhstan	Zhetysu Taldy‑Kurgan	42	9	6	27	44	96	−52	24
22	Tajikistan	Vakhsh Kurgan‑Tyube	42	7	6	29	36	98	−62	20

Source:
Notes:

Capital city of the Kyrgyz SSR Frunze was renamed into Bishkek.

Representation

Lower Second League

Further information: 1991 Soviet Second League B

Group 1

Main article: 1991 Soviet Lower Second League, Zone 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Naftovyk Okhtyrka (C, P)	50	29	17	4	87	34	+53	75	Promoted
2	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk (P)	50	31	9	10	86	43	+43	71	Promoted
3	Kolos Nikopol	50	28	13	9	86	45	+41	69
4	Veres Rivne	50	28	13	9	67	38	+29	69
5	Pryladyst Mukachevo	50	24	14	12	67	42	+25	62
6	Krystal Kherson	50	23	15	12	82	60	+22	61
7	Dynamo Bila Tserkva	50	25	9	16	69	50	+19	59
8	Avtomobilist Sumy	50	20	14	16	51	40	+11	54
9	Temp Shepetivka (P)	50	19	15	16	64	53	+11	53	Promoted
10	Polissya Zhytomyr	50	22	7	21	64	66	−2	51
11	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	50	19	13	18	75	64	+11	51
12	Shakhtar Pavlohrad	50	19	12	19	84	66	+18	50
13	Desna Chernihiv	50	20	9	21	59	59	0	49
14	Podillya Khmelnytskyi	50	18	13	19	54	55	−1	49
15	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	50	20	8	22	59	64	−5	48
16	Karpaty Kamyanka-Buzka	50	15	15	20	48	55	−7	45
17	Stal Kommunarsk	50	15	15	20	58	73	−15	45
18	Dnipro Cherkasy	50	17	10	23	47	59	−12	44
19	Khimik Sievierodonetsk	50	15	13	22	52	70	−18	43
20	Vahonobudivnyk Stakhanov	50	17	8	25	56	75	−19	42
21	SKA Kyiv	50	11	20	19	48	60	−12	42
22	Chaika Sevastopol	50	13	15	22	58	77	−19	41
23	Mayak Ochakiv	50	15	10	25	51	76	−25	40
24	Okean Kerch (R)	50	15	10	25	49	72	−23	40	Relegated
25	Zirka Kirovohrad (R)	50	12	13	25	55	90	−35	37
26	Mayak Kharkiv (R)	50	0	10	40	31	121	−90	10

Source:
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Syunik Kapan (C)	38	32	2	4	107	40	+67	66
2	Shirak Gyumri	38	30	4	4	112	24	+88	64
3	Artsakh Stepanakert	38	26	5	7	98	45	+53	57
4	Spitak	38	25	3	10	112	61	+51	53
5	Araks Hoktemberyan	38	23	4	11	78	63	+15	50
6	Koshkagorts Yerevan	38	20	2	16	84	67	+17	42
7	Malatia Yerevan	38	16	8	14	59	54	+5	40
8	Yerazank Stepanakert	38	17	4	17	67	67	0	38
9	FIMA Yerevan	38	17	3	18	58	64	−6	37
10	Pahatsoyagorts Noyemberyan	38	15	5	18	51	64	−13	35
11	Zvartnots Echmiadzin	38	14	4	20	59	76	−17	32
12	Impuls Dilijan	38	12	7	19	60	81	−21	31
13	Zoravan Yegvard	38	12	7	19	61	70	−9	31
14	Zangezur Goris	38	12	5	21	52	81	−29	29
15	Nairi Yerevan	38	10	9	19	60	80	−20	29
16	Moush Charentsavan	38	10	9	19	47	76	−29	29
17	Alashkert Martuni	38	12	4	22	51	79	−28	28
18	Nig Aparan	38	10	6	22	46	67	−21	26
19	Kasakh Ashtarak	38	8	10	20	35	71	−36	26
20	Almast Yerevan	38	7	3	28	36	103	−67	17

Source:
(C) Champions
Notes:

The Zone included clubs from Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan.
Kapan changed name to Syunik Kapan.
Leninakan City were renamed as Gyumri.

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Khazar Sumgait	38	28	5	5	112	24	+88	61
2	Stroitel Baku	38	22	10	6	82	32	+50	54
3	Avtomobilist Yevlakh	38	21	10	7	76	28	+48	52
4	Pambigchi Barda	38	22	7	9	60	34	+26	51
5	Kyur Mingechaur	38	18	11	9	67	33	+34	47
6	Araz Baku	38	16	14	8	48	33	+15	46
7	FC Gyanjlik Navagi	38	18	7	13	61	47	+14	43
8	FC Dashgin Zakatali	38	20	2	16	69	63	+6	42
9	FC Avey Akstafa	38	18	4	16	48	42	+6	40
10	FC Vilyash Massali	38	14	10	14	54	53	+1	38
11	FC Khazar Lenkoran	38	17	3	18	45	54	−9	37
12	FC Shahdag Kusari	38	15	7	16	52	57	−5	37
13	FC Agrofirma Kuba	38	15	7	16	44	53	−9	37
14	FC Inshaatchi Shemaha	38	14	6	18	49	59	−10	34
15	FC Azeri Baku	38	12	10	16	51	54	−3	34
16	FC Stroitel Sabirabad	38	14	4	20	37	69	−32	32
17	FC MCOP-Dinamo Baku	38	10	10	18	35	41	−6	30
18	FC Shirvan Kyurdamir	38	10	6	22	33	86	−53	26
19	FC Plastik Salyani	38	3	6	29	24	98	−74	12
20	FC Badamli Nahichevan	38	2	3	33	20	107	−87	7

Source:
Notes:

Shahdag Kuba changed name to Agrofirma.
Araz Nahichevan changed name to Badamli.

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Zhemchuzhina Sochi	42	27	10	5	91	33	+58	64
2	Uralan Elista	42	26	5	11	62	44	+18	57
3	Asmaral Kislovodsk	42	25	3	14	67	46	+21	53
4	Etalon Baksan	42	23	6	13	64	38	+26	52
5	Atommash Volgodonsk	42	20	11	11	59	38	+21	51
6	Khimik Belorechensk	42	21	8	13	73	45	+28	50
7	FC Signal Izobilny	42	18	12	12	54	47	+7	48
8	FC Dinamo Makhachkala	42	23	1	18	82	62	+20	47
9	FC Zvezda Gorodishche	42	20	6	16	70	47	+23	46
10	FC SKA Rostov-na-Donu	42	19	8	15	62	40	+22	46
11	FC Volgar Astrakhan	42	19	7	16	62	50	+12	45
12	FC Mashuk Pyatigorsk	42	16	12	14	56	40	+16	44
13	FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz	42	18	6	18	60	63	−3	42
14	FC Druzhba Budyonnovsk	42	16	10	16	59	57	+2	42
15	FC Lokomotiv Mineralnyye Vody	42	15	10	17	51	61	−10	40
16	FC Torpedo Armavir	42	15	8	19	46	56	−10	38
17	FC Vaynah Shali	42	13	6	23	46	80	−34	32
18	FC Remontnik Prokhladny	42	11	10	21	49	71	−22	32
19	FC Kuban Timashevsk	42	10	9	23	34	69	−35	29
20	FC Sherstyanik Nevinnomyssk	42	11	4	27	39	70	−31	26
21	FC Kaspiy Kaspiysk	42	6	10	26	32	98	−66	22
22	FC Dinamo Gagra	42	8	2	32	37	100	−63	18

Source:

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	FC Spartak Anapa	42	28	7	7	79	26	+53	63
2	FC Svetotekhnika Saransk	42	25	7	10	76	35	+41	57
3	FC Bujak Komrat	42	21	11	10	58	43	+15	53
4	FC Energomash Belgorod	42	22	8	12	68	38	+30	52
5	FC Zarya Kaluga	42	21	8	13	67	47	+20	50
6	FC Rhythm Belgorod	42	21	8	13	58	47	+11	50
7	FC Kuban Barannikovskiy	42	19	11	12	63	41	+22	49
8	FC Avangard Kursk	42	22	4	16	56	48	+8	48
9	FC Shakhtyor Shakhty	42	20	8	14	78	65	+13	48
10	FC Start Yeisk	42	18	10	14	61	46	+15	46
11	FC Oka Kolomna	42	15	16	11	61	47	+14	46
12	FC Arsenal Tula	42	19	7	16	54	41	+13	45
13	FC Spartak Tambov	42	19	7	16	57	49	+8	45
14	FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk	42	14	11	17	46	53	−7	39
15	FC Rus Volgograd	42	16	6	20	43	71	−28	38
16	FC Buran Voronezh	42	14	9	19	45	43	+2	37
17	FC Avangard Kamyshin	42	13	10	19	50	62	−12	36
18	FC Spartak Oryol	42	13	9	20	56	61	−5	35
19	FC Torpedo Mytishchi	42	13	7	22	48	65	−17	33
20	FC Torgmash Lyubertsy	42	8	6	28	42	92	−50	22
21	FC Metallurg Krasny Sulin	42	8	4	30	25	81	−56	20
22	FC Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani	42	5	2	35	30	120	−90	12

Source:
Notes:

Salyut Belgorod changed name to Energomash.

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	FC Prometheus-Dinamo S-Peterburg	42	29	7	6	72	25	+47	65
2	FC Textilshchik Ivanovo	42	28	6	8	69	36	+33	64
3	FC RAF Jelgava	42	28	6	8	71	39	+32	62
4	FC Dinamo Vologda	42	26	10	6	75	38	+37	62
5	FC Baltika Kaliningrad	42	24	9	9	72	45	+27	57
6	FC Volzhanin Kineshma	42	23	11	8	59	30	+29	57
7	FC Iskra Smolensk	42	21	10	11	52	35	+17	52
8	FC Bulat Cherepovets	42	21	9	12	48	34	+14	51
9	FC Mashinostroitel Pskov	42	17	10	15	54	40	+14	44
10	FC Prometheus Lyubertsy	42	15	14	13	47	41	+6	44
11	FC Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo	42	16	11	15	46	34	+12	43
12	FC Kirovets Sankt-Peterburg	42	13	14	15	36	38	−2	40
13	FC Saturn Ramenskoye	42	12	15	15	35	44	−9	39
14	FC Progress Chernyakhovsk	42	13	9	20	44	54	−10	35
15	FC Spartak Petrozavodsk	42	11	12	19	33	48	−15	34
16	FC Gomselmash Gomel	42	13	5	24	40	54	−14	31
17	FC Spartak Kostroma	42	9	13	20	27	57	−30	31
18	FC Zvezda Moskva	42	10	9	23	41	71	−30	29
19	FC Presnya Moskva	42	8	8	26	28	64	−36	24
20	FC Dinamo-2 Moskva	40	7	10	23	37	58	−21	24
21	FC Volochanin Vyshniy Volochok	42	7	9	26	22	67	−45	23
22	FC CSKA-2 Moskva	42	4	5	33	25	81	−56	13

Source:
Notes:

2 bonus points?
Khimik Cherepovets changed name to Bulat.

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	FC Rubin Kazan	42	30	8	4	79	20	+59	68
2	FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk	42	25	10	7	73	31	+42	60
3	FC Uralets Nizhniy Tagil	42	27	5	10	89	33	+56	59
4	FC Torpedo Miass	42	25	7	10	74	32	+42	57
5	FC Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola	42	24	9	9	70	36	+34	57
6	FC Zenit Chelyabinsk	42	25	6	11	74	45	+29	56
7	FC Dinamo Kirov	42	23	9	10	67	33	+34	55
8	FC Sibir Kurgan	42	20	9	13	46	31	+15	49
9	FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	42	20	6	16	52	36	+16	46
10	FC Gazovik Izhevsk	42	19	6	17	58	49	+9	44
11	FC Azamat Cheboksary	42	18	8	16	62	46	+16	44
12	FC Znamya Arzamas	42	16	11	15	56	49	+7	43
13	FC Kauchuk Sterlitamak	42	16	7	19	52	70	−18	39
14	FC Electron Vyatskiye Polyany	42	13	11	18	40	54	−14	37
15	FC Avtopribor Oktyabrskiy	42	13	9	20	38	59	−21	35
16	FC Metallurg Novotroitsk	42	14	5	23	45	78	−33	33
17	FC Zenit Penza	42	12	9	21	50	55	−5	33
18	FC Gazovik Orenburg	42	11	10	21	41	74	−33	32
19	FC Bashselmash Neftekamsk	42	7	8	27	32	77	−45	22
20	FC Sokol Sarapul	42	6	10	26	31	79	−48	22
21	FC Zarya Podgorny	42	5	9	28	20	80	−60	19
22	FC EVM Ruzayevka	42	5	4	33	27	109	−82	14

Source:
Notes:

Zauralye Kurgan changed name to Sibir.
Stal Cheboksary changed name to Azamat.
Granite Penza changed name to Zenit.

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	FC Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk	36	26	7	3	63	23	+40	59
2	FC Spartak Semipalatinsk	36	26	6	4	79	22	+57	58
3	FC Kustanayets Kustanay	36	25	6	5	82	25	+57	56
4	FC Kaysar Kzil-Orda	36	24	5	7	92	28	+64	53
5	FC Metallurg Jezkazgan	36	22	5	9	66	42	+24	49
6	FC Gornyak Khromtau	36	21	5	10	74	27	+47	47
7	FC Alay Osh	36	19	4	13	51	51	0	42
8	FC Metallist Petropavlovsk	36	16	7	13	57	50	+7	39
9	FC Bulat Temirtau	36	15	9	12	45	35	+10	39
10	FC Metallurg Yermak	36	16	4	16	63	59	+4	36
11	FC Kokshetau Kokchetav	36	14	8	14	45	50	−5	36
12	FC Montazhnik Turkestan	36	11	7	18	53	72	−19	29
13	FC Arman Kentau	36	11	5	20	53	77	−24	27
14	FC Dostuk Sokuluk	36	10	6	20	31	52	−21	26
15	FC Aktau	36	9	6	21	42	72	−30	24
16	FC Olimpia Alma-Ata	36	8	7	21	42	74	−32	23
17	FC Uralets Uralsk	36	8	2	26	39	71	−32	18
18	FC Hosilot Farhor	36	5	4	27	27	105	−78	14
19	FC Ak-Kanat Uzun-Agach	36	4	1	31	28	97	−69	9

Source:
Notes:

Jezkazganets Jezkazgan changed name to Metallurg.
Spartak Kokchetav changed name to Kokshetau.
Shevchenko City were renamed as Aktau.
SKIF Alma-Ata changed name to Olimpia.

Group 9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Traktor Tashkent	50	33	9	8	103	43	+60	75
2	Umid Tashkent	50	29	11	10	93	51	+42	69
3	Khujand	50	27	13	10	108	53	+55	67
4	Chirchik	50	27	7	16	92	64	+28	61
5	Zarafshan Navoi	50	26	9	15	67	44	+23	61
6	Kimegar Almalyk	50	25	10	15	96	61	+35	60
7	Shahrihonchi Shahrihan	50	25	9	16	106	71	+35	59
8	Marokand Samarkand	50	25	8	17	92	69	+23	58
9	FC Regar Tursun-Zade	50	26	5	19	74	72	+2	57
10	FC Nebitchi Nebit-Dag	50	25	7	18	83	54	+29	57
11	FC Aral Nukus	50	24	6	20	68	64	+4	54
12	FC Bagdodchi Bagdad	50	23	8	19	81	83	−2	54
13	FC Navruz Andizhan	50	22	10	18	76	61	+15	54
14	FC Ahal Akdashayak	50	24	4	22	75	69	+6	52
15	FC Yangiyer	50	20	10	20	77	72	+5	50
16	FC Yeshlik Turakurgan	50	22	4	24	86	84	+2	48
17	FC Sokhibkor Khalkabad	50	19	10	21	65	73	−8	48
18	FC Sverdlovets Tashkent Region	50	17	14	19	75	72	+3	48
19	FC Merv Mary	50	17	7	26	59	81	−22	41
20	FC Geolog Karshi	50	15	8	27	58	91	−33	38
21	FC Gulistonchi Gulistan	50	13	10	27	42	89	−47	36
22	FC Binokor Bukhara	50	15	5	30	34	85	−51	35
23	FC Turtkulchi Turtkul	50	13	8	29	61	89	−28	34
24	FC Naryn Khakkulabad	50	10	13	27	43	80	−37	33
25	FC Konchi Angren	50	11	7	32	53	97	−44	29
26	FC Kuruvchi Urgench	50	7	8	35	36	131	−95	22

Source:
Notes:

Leninabad City were renamed as Hujand.
Metallurg Almalyk changed name to Kimegar.
Dinamo Samarkand changed name to Marokand.
Spartak Andizhan changed name to Navruz.
*Tselinnik Turtkul changed name to Turtkulchi.
Shakhtyor Angren changed name to Konchi.
Jeyhun Urgench changed name to Kuruvchi.

Group 10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lokomotiv Chita	34	21	10	3	46	12	+34	52
2	SKA Khabarovsk	34	23	3	8	58	22	+36	49
3	Irtysh Omsk	34	20	7	7	51	21	+30	47
4	Chkalovets Novosibirsk	34	19	8	7	60	31	+29	46
5	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	34	19	6	9	51	34	+17	44
6	Tom Tomsk	34	16	9	9	43	29	+14	41
7	Metallurg Krasnoyarsk	34	16	8	10	51	31	+20	40
8	Luch Vladivostok	34	15	10	9	37	28	+9	40
9	Vulkan Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy	34	12	9	13	36	39	−3	33
10	Dinamo Yakutsk	34	12	9	13	28	38	−10	33
11	Amur Komsomolsk-na-Amure	34	8	12	14	32	38	−6	28
12	Selenga Ulan-Ude	34	10	7	17	33	45	−12	27
13	Dinamo Kemerovo	34	8	10	16	18	31	−13	26
14	Angara Angarsk	34	8	7	19	29	49	−20	23
15	Torpedo Rubtsovsk	34	8	7	19	38	59	−21	23
16	Shakhtyor Artyom	34	8	5	21	27	58	−31	21
17	Shakhtyor Leninsk-Kuznetskiy	34	8	5	21	24	56	−32	21
18	Progress Biysk	34	5	8	21	19	60	−41	18

Source:
Notes:

Avtomobilist Krasnoyarsk changed name to Metallurg.

Top goalscorers

Top League

Igor Kolyvanov (Dinamo Moscow) – 18 goals

First League

Serhiy Husyev (Tiligul Tiraspol) – 25 goals

References

"ФУТБОЛ - 1991. О ПРОВЕДЕНИЕ СОРЕВНОВАНИЙ. (Football – 1991. On conducting the competitions". Центральный стадион им. В.И.Ленина (Tsentralny Stadion imeni V.I.Lenina). Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.

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