1991 Soviet Second League
# 1991 Soviet Second League

1991 Soviet Second League was the last edition of the Soviet Second League competition. There were three groups (known as zones) with 66 teams in total (22 in each group). Competitions in the last year "Baltic League" were not held as the Soviet Union was crumbling down.

Next seasons all of the clubs competed in their own national championships and most of them at the top level.

## Final standings

### 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 |

* ↑ Numerous clubs refused to play away games in Azerbaijan due to the First Nagorno-Karabakh War (Operation Ring).
* 1 2 Teams that refused to play against Goyazan Kazakh only: Zarya Luhansk and Niva Vinnitsa.
* 1 2 3 All Azerbaijani clubs received multiple technical wins such Dinamo Gandzha: 10 technical wins; +20 pointsKarabakh Agdam: 11 technical wins; +22 pointsGoyazan Kazakh: 4 technical wins; +8 points
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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.
* 1 2 Teams that refused to play against all Azerbaijani clubs: Dnepr Mogilev and KIM Vitebsk.

**Representation**

* Ukrainian SSR: 11
* Byelorussian SSR: 4
* Moldavian SSR 2
* Russian SFSR 2
* Azerbaijan SSR 3

### 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 |

* ↑ 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.
* 1 2 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 | 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**

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

## Number of teams by union republic

| Rank | Union republic | Number of teams | Club(s) |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | RSFSR | 28 | Amur Blagoveschensk, APK Azov, Asmaral Moscow, Dinamo Barnaul, Dinamo Briansk, Druzhba Maikop, Gastello Ufa, KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny, Krylya Sovetov Samara, Kuzbass Kemerevo, Lada Togliatti, Metallurg Lipetsk, Nart Cherkessk, Okean Nakhodka, Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sokol Saratov, Spartak Nalchik, Start Ulyanovsk, Terek Grozny, Torpedo Riazan, Torpedo Taganrog, Torpedo Vladimir, Torpedo Volzhsky, Tsement Novorossiysk, Volga Tver, Zenit Izhevsk, Zvezda Irkutsk, Zvezda Perm |
| 2 | Ukrainian SSR | 11 | SKA Odesa, Galichina Drogobich, Karpaty Lvov, Kremin Kremenchuk, Niva Ternopol, Niva Vinnitsa, Sudostroitel Nikolaev, Torpedo Zaporizhzhia, Volyn Lutsk, Vorskla Poltava, Zaria Lugansk |
| 3 | Kazakh SSR | 8 | Ekibastuzets Ekibastuz, Khimik Dzhambul, Meliorator Chimkent, Shakhter Karaganda, Traktor Pavlodar, Tselinnik Tselinograd, Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk, Zhetysu Taldy-Kurgan |
| 4 | Uzbek SSR | 5 | Avtomobilist Kokand, Kasansaets Kasansai, Nuravshon Bukhara, Sogdiana Dzhizzakh, Surkhan Termez |
| 5 | Byelorussian SSR | 4 | Dinamo Brest, Dnepr Mogilev, Khimik Grodno, KIM Vitebsk |
| 6 | Azerbaijan SSR | 3 | Dinamo Gandzha, Goyazan Kazakh, Karabakh Agdam |
| 7 | Armenian SSR | 2 | Ararat-2 Yerevan, Lori Kirovakan |
| 7 | Moldavian SSR | 2 | Tigina Bendery, Zaria Beltsy |
| 9 | Kyrgyz SSR | 1 | Alga Bishkek |
| 9 | Tajik SSR | 1 | Vakhsh Kourgan‑Tyube |
| 9 | Turkmen SSR | 1 | Kopet-Dag Ashkhabat |
