1991 in Soviet football

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

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^[a]	Withdrew from the league
14	Pakhtakor Tashkent	30	9	7	14	37	45	−8	25^[a]
15	Metalist Kharkiv^[b]	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^[1]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b 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: ^{[citation needed]}
(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

West

Pos	Republic^[a]	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^[b]	42	26	5	11	69	34	+35	57
3	Azerbaijan	Dinamo Gandzha	42	26	4	12	48	48	0	56^[c]
4	Ukraine	Nyva Ternopil^[d]	42	25	6	11	56	29	+27	56
5	Ukraine	Nyva Vinnytsia^[b]	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^[d]	42	19	7	16	46	33	+13	45
9	Moldova	Tigina-Apoel Bendery^[d]	42	18	8	16	49	39	+10	44
10	Ukraine	SKA Odesa^[d]	42	18	7	17	46	42	+4	43
11	Azerbaijan	Karabakh Agdam	42	20	2	20	20	47	−27	42^[c]
12	Belarus	Dnepr Mogilev^[e]	42	18	6	18	47	37	+10	42
13	Ukraine	Kremin Kremenchuk^[d]	42	16	9	17	56	50	+6	41
14	Moldova	Zaria Beltsy	42	16	7	19	63	82	−19	39
15	Ukraine	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv^[d]	42	15	8	19	61	55	+6	38
16	Belarus	Dinamo Brest^[d]	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^[e]	42	11	8	23	43	55	−12	30
21	Azerbaijan	Goyazan Kazakh	42	13	2	27	29	61	−32	28^[c]
22	Belarus	Khimik Grodno^[d]	42	7	9	26	32	55	−23	23

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ Numerous clubs refused to play away games in Azerbaijan due to the First Nagorno-Karabakh War (Operation Ring).
^ ^a ^b Teams that refused to play against Goyazan Kazakh only: Zarya Luhansk and Niva Vinnitsa.
^ ^a ^b ^c
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
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h 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.
^ ^a ^b Teams that refused to play against all Azerbaijani clubs: Dnepr Mogilev and KIM Vitebsk.

Representation

Center

Pos	Republic^[a]	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^[b]	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^[c]
22	Armenia	Lori Kirovakan^[b]	42	12	5	25	32	98	−66	29^[d]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(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.
^ ^a ^b Lada Togliatti did not arrive for the away game against Lori Kirovakan.
^ +6
^ +8

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^[a]	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: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

Kyrgyz SSR Frunze was renamed into Bishkek
.

Representation

Kazakh SSR: 8

Russian SFSR: 6

Uzbek SSR: 5

Kyrgyz SSR: 1

Turkmen SSR: 1

Tajik SSR: 1

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 FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka (C, P) 50 29 17 4 87 34 +53 75 Promoted

2 FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk (P) 50 31 9 10 86 43 +43 71

3
FC Kolos Nikopol
50 28 13 9 86 45 +41 69

4
FC Veres Rivne
50 28 13 9 67 38 +29 69

5
FC Pryladyst Mukachevo
50 24 14 12 67 42 +25 62

6 FC Krystal Kherson 50 23 15 12 82 60 +22 61

7 FC Dynamo Bila Tserkva 50 25 9 16 69 50 +19 59

8
FC Avtomobilist Sumy
50 20 14 16 51 40 +11 54

9 FC Temp Shepetivka (P) 50 19 15 16 64 53 +11 53 Promoted

10 FC Polissya Zhytomyr 50 22 7 21 64 66 −2 51

11 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 50 19 13 18 75 64 +11 51

12
FC Shakhtar Pavlohrad
50 19 12 19 84 66 +18 50

13 FC Desna Chernihiv 50 20 9 21 59 59 0 49

14 FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi 50 18 13 19 54 55 −1 49

15
FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
50 20 8 22 59 64 −5 48

16 FC Karpaty Kamyanka-Buzka 50 15 15 20 48 55 −7 45

17 FC Stal Kommunarsk 50 15 15 20 58 73 −15 45

18 FC Dnipro Cherkasy 50 17 10 23 47 59 −12 44

19
FC Khimik Severodonetsk
50 15 13 22 52 70 −18 43

20
FC Vahonobudivnyk Stakhanov
50 17 8 25 56 75 −19 42

21 SKA Kyiv 50 11 20 19 48 60 −12 42

22 FC Chaika Sevastopol 50 13 15 22 58 77 −19 41

23 FC Mayak Ochakiv 50 15 10 25 51 76 −25 40

24
FC Okean Kerch
(R) 50 15 10 25 49 72 −23 40 Relegated

25
FC Zirka Kirovohrad
(R) 50 12 13 25 55 90 −35 37

26
FC Mayak Kharkiv
(R) 50 0 10 40 31 121 −90 10
Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group 2

Pos Team^[a] Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts

1
Syunik Kapan^[b]
(C) 38 32 2 4 107 40 +67 66

2
Shirak Gyumri^[c]
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: ^{[citation needed]}
(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^[a]
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^[b]
38 2 3 33 20 107 −87 7
Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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 [+] [RUS 1W]

2
Uralan Elista
42 26 5 11 62 44 +18 57 [RUS 1W]

3
Asmaral Kislovodsk
42 25 3 14 67 46 +21 53 [+] [RUS 1W]

4
Etalon Baksan
42 23 6 13 64 38 +26 52 [+] [RUS 2]

5
Atommash Volgodonsk
42 20 11 11 59 38 +21 51 [RUS 1C]

6 Khimik Belorechensk 42 21 8 13 73 45 +28 50 [RUS 2]

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 [RUS 2]

10
FC SKA Rostov-na-Donu
42 19 8 15 62 40 +22 46 [-] [RUS 2]

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 [RUS 2]

14
FC Druzhba Budyonnovsk
42 16 10 16 59 57 +2 42 [+] [RUS 2]

15
FC Lokomotiv Mineralnyye Vody
42 15 10 17 51 61 −10 40 [RUS 2]

16
FC Torpedo Armavir
42 15 8 19 46 56 −10 38

17
FC Vaynah Shali
42 13 6 23 46 80 −34 32 [+] [RUS 2]

18
FC Remontnik Prokhladny
42 11 10 21 49 71 −22 32 [RUS 2]

19
FC Kuban Timashevsk
42 10 9 23 34 69 −35 29 [+]

20 FC Sherstyanik Nevinnomyssk 42 11 4 27 39 70 −31 26 [+] [RUS 2]

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: ^{[citation needed]}

Group 5

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts

1
FC Spartak Anapa
42 28 7 7 79 26 +53 63 [RUS 1W]

2
FC Svetotekhnika Saransk
42 25 7 10 76 35 +41 57 [RUS 1C]

3
FC Bujak Komrat
42 21 11 10 58 43 +15 53 [+] [MDA]

4 FC Energomash Belgorod^[a] 42 22 8 12 68 38 +30 52 [RUS 1W]

5 FC Zarya Kaluga 42 21 8 13 67 47 +20 50 [-]

6 FC Rhythm Belgorod 42 21 8 13 58 47 +11 50 [+] [RUS 2]

7
FC Kuban Barannikovskiy
42 19 11 12 63 41 +22 49 [RUS 2]

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 [+] [RUS 2]

18
FC Spartak Oryol
42 13 9 20 56 61 −5 35 [RUS 2]

19 FC Torpedo Mytishchi 42 13 7 22 48 65 −17 33 [+] [RUS 2]

20
FC Torgmash Lyubertsy
42 8 6 28 42 92 −50 22 [RUS 2]

21
FC Metallurg Krasny Sulin
42 8 4 30 25 81 −56 20 [+] [RUS 2]

22 FC Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani 42 5 2 35 30 120 −90 12 [RUS 2]
Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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 [RUS 1W]

2
FC Textilshchik Ivanovo
42 28 6 8 69 36 +33 64^[a]

3
FC RAF Jelgava
42 28 6 8 71 39 +32 62 [LVA]

4
FC Dinamo Vologda
42 26 10 6 75 38 +37 62 [RUS 1W]

5 FC Baltika Kaliningrad 42 24 9 9 72 45 +27 57 [-] [RUS 2]

6
FC Volzhanin Kineshma
42 23 11 8 59 30 +29 57 [RUS 2]

7 FC Iskra Smolensk 42 21 10 11 52 35 +17 52 [-] [RUS 2]

8 FC Bulat Cherepovets^[b] 42 21 9 12 48 34 +14 51 [RUS 2]

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 [RUS 2]

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 [+] [RUS 2]

15
FC Spartak Petrozavodsk
42 11 12 19 33 48 −15 34 [RUS 2]

16
FC Gomselmash Gomel
42 13 5 24 40 54 −14 31 [BLR]

17 FC Spartak Kostroma 42 9 13 20 27 57 −30 31 [RUS 2]

18
FC Zvezda Moskva
42 10 9 23 41 71 −30 29

19
FC Presnya Moskva
42 8 8 26 28 64 −36 24 [+] [RUS 2]

20
FC Dinamo-2 Moskva
40 7 10 23 37 58 −21 24 [RUS 2]

21
FC Volochanin Vyshniy Volochok
42 7 9 26 22 67 −45 23 [+] [RUS 2]

22 FC CSKA-2 Moskva 42 4 5 33 25 81 −56 13 [RUS 2]
Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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 [RUS 1C]

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^[a]
42 20 9 13 46 31 +15 49 [RUS 2]

9 FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 42 20 6 16 52 36 +16 46 [+] [RUS 2]

10
FC Gazovik Izhevsk
42 19 6 17 58 49 +9 44

11 FC Azamat Cheboksary^[b] 42 18 8 16 62 46 +16 44 [RUS 2]

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 [+] [RUS 2]

15
FC Avtopribor Oktyabrskiy
42 13 9 20 38 59 −21 35 [RUS 2]

16
FC Metallurg Novotroitsk
42 14 5 23 45 78 −33 33 [+] [RUS 2]

17 FC Zenit Penza^[c] 42 12 9 21 50 55 −5 33 [RUS 2]

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 [RUS 2]

22 FC EVM Ruzayevka 42 5 4 33 27 109 −82 14 [+]
Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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^[a]
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 [KGZ]

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^[b]
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 [KGZ]

15
FC Aktau^[c]
36 9 6 21 42 72 −30 24

16
FC Olimpia Alma-Ata^[d]
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 [+] [TJK]

19 FC Ak-Kanat Uzun-Agach 36 4 1 31 28 97 −69 9
Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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 [UZB]

2
Umid Tashkent
50 29 11 10 93 51 +42 69 [+] [UZB]

3
Khujand^[a]
50 27 13 10 108 53 +55 67 [TJK]

4 Chirchik 50 27 7 16 92 64 +28 61 [UZB]

5 Zarafshan Navoi 50 26 9 15 67 44 +23 61 [-] [UZB]

6 Kimegar Almalyk^[b] 50 25 10 15 96 61 +35 60 [UZB]

7 Shahrihonchi Shahrihan 50 25 9 16 106 71 +35 59 [+] [UZB]

8
Marokand Samarkand^[c]
50 25 8 17 92 69 +23 58 [UZB]

9
FC Regar Tursun-Zade
50 26 5 19 74 72 +2 57 [TJK]

10
FC Nebitchi Nebit-Dag
50 25 7 18 83 54 +29 57 [TKM]

11
FC Aral Nukus
50 24 6 20 68 64 +4 54 [UZB]

12 FC Bagdodchi Bagdad 50 23 8 19 81 83 −2 54 [+] [UZB]

13
FC Navruz Andizhan^[d]
50 22 10 18 76 61 +15 54 [-] [UZB]

14
FC Ahal Akdashayak
50 24 4 22 75 69 +6 52 [TKM]

15
FC Yangiyer
50 20 10 20 77 72 +5 50 [UZB]

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 [TKM]

20
FC Geolog Karshi
50 15 8 27 58 91 −33 38 [UZB]

21
FC Gulistonchi Gulistan
50 13 10 27 42 89 −47 36 [+] [UZB]

22 FC Binokor Bukhara 50 15 5 30 34 85 −51 35

23 FC Turtkulchi Turtkul^[e] 50 13 8 29 61 89 −28 34 [UZB]

24 FC Naryn Khakkulabad 50 10 13 27 43 80 −37 33 [+] [UZB]

25 FC Konchi Angren^[f] 50 11 7 32 53 97 −44 29 [UZB]

26
FC Kuruvchi Urgench^[g]
50 7 8 35 36 131 −95 22
Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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 [RUS 1E]

2
SKA Khabarovsk
34 23 3 8 58 22 +36 49

3 Irtysh Omsk 34 20 7 7 51 21 +30 47 [-] [RUS 1E]

4
Chkalovets Novosibirsk
34 19 8 7 60 31 +29 46 [RUS 1E]

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^[a]
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 [+] [RUS 1E]

11
Amur Komsomolsk-na-Amure
34 8 12 14 32 38 −6 28 [RUS 1E]

12
Selenga Ulan-Ude
34 10 7 17 33 45 −12 27

13
Dinamo Kemerovo
34 8 10 16 18 31 −13 26 [+] [RUS 2]

14 Angara Angarsk 34 8 7 19 29 49 −20 23 [RUS 2]

15 Torpedo Rubtsovsk 34 8 7 19 38 59 −21 23

16 Shakhtyor Artyom 34 8 5 21 27 58 −31 21 [+] [RUS 2]

17
Shakhtyor Leninsk-Kuznetskiy
34 8 5 21 24 56 −32 21 [RUS 2]

18 Progress Biysk 34 5 8 21 19 60 −41 18
Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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.

External links

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[table_hth_MZP0.15218752629691-1] Metallurg received more head-to-head points against Pakhtakor.

[table_note_MET0.15218752629691-2] Metallist placed last in total wins tie-breaker to Metallurg and Pakhtakor.

[4] Numerous clubs refused to play away games in Azerbaijan due to the First Nagorno-Karabakh War (Operation Ring).

[table_note_ZAR0.43940869925516-5] Teams that refused to play against Goyazan Kazakh only: Zarya Luhansk and Niva Vinnitsa.

[table_hth_DGA0.43940869925516-6] 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

[6] Dinamo Gandzha: 10 technical wins; +20 points

[7] Karabakh Agdam: 11 technical wins; +22 points

[8] Goyazan Kazakh: 4 technical wins; +8 points

[table_note_NTE0.43940869925516-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h 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.

[table_note_DNM0.43940869925516-8] Teams that refused to play against all Azerbaijani clubs: Dnepr Mogilev and KIM Vitebsk.

[9] 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.

[12] Teams that refused to play against Armenian clubs: Metallurg Lipetsk, KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny, and Dinamo Bryansk.

[table_note_LDT0.099666754295894-10] Lada Togliatti did not arrive for the away game against Lori Kirovakan.

[table_hth_A2Y0.099666754295894-11] +6

[table_hth_LKI0.099666754295894-12] +8

[table_note_ABI0.58321425066479-13] Kyrgyz SSR Frunze was renamed into Bishkek
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[14] The Zone included clubs from Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan.

[table_note_SYU0.31801023395639-15] Kapan changed name to Syunik Kapan.

[table_note_SHI0.31801023395639-16] Leninakan City were renamed as Gyumri.

[table_note_AGR0.1574132098618-17] Shahdag Kuba changed name to Agrofirma.

[table_note_BAD0.1574132098618-18] Araz Nahichevan changed name to Badamli.

[table_note_ENE0.51692808257273-19] Salyut Belgorod changed name to Energomash.

[table_hth_TEX0.77189215494874-20] 2 bonus points?

[table_note_BUL0.77189215494874-21] Khimik Cherepovets changed name to Bulat.

[table_note_SBK0.074503669549946-22] Zauralye Kurgan changed name to Sibir.

[table_note_AZA0.074503669549946-23] Stal Cheboksary changed name to Azamat.

[table_note_ZPN0.074503669549946-24] Granite Penza changed name to Zenit.

[table_note_MJZ0.37896243826438-25] Jezkazganets Jezkazgan changed name to Metallurg.

[table_note_KOK0.37896243826438-26] Spartak Kokchetav changed name to Kokshetau.

[table_note_AKU0.37896243826438-27] Shevchenko City were renamed as Aktau.

[table_note_OAA0.37896243826438-28] SKIF Alma-Ata changed name to Olimpia.

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