1991 Soviet Second League

Second League
Season	1991
Champions	Karpaty Lviv, Asmaral Moscow, Okean Nakhodka
Promoted	Karpaty Lviv, Asmaral Moscow, Okean Nakhodka
Relegated	12 teams (cancelled)
	← 1990 1992 →

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.

Quick facts Season, Champions ...

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

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

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]

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

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
	Tajik SSR		Vakhsh Kourgan‑Tyube
	Turkmen SSR		Kopet-Dag Ashkhabat

1991 Soviet Second League

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Final standings

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Center

East

Number of teams by union republic

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