1991 Soviet Second League, Zone East
# 1991 Soviet Second League, Zone East

1991 Soviet Second League, Zone East was the last season of association football competition of the Soviet Second League in the Zone East. The competition was won by FC Okean Nakhodka.

The group (zone) consisted predominantly out of Soviet Central Asia clubs. With fall of the Soviet Union and discontinuation of Soviet competition, most clubs of the group joined their top national leagues.

## Teams

### Promoted teams

* Nuravshon Bukhoro
* Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk
* Kasansayets Kasansai
* Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
* Zhetysu Taldy‑Kurgan

### Relegated teams

* Kuzbass Kemerevo

## Final standings

| Pos | Republic | Team | 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 |

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

### Representation by Republic

* Kazakh SSR: 8
* Russian SFSR: 6
* Uzbek SSR: 5
* Kyrgyz SSR: 1
* Turkmen SSR: 1
* Tajik SSR: 1

## Top goalscorers

The following were the top ten goalscorers.

| # | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
| - | - | - | - |
