Soviet women's football championship

The Soviet women's football championship were competitions among women's football teams in the late Soviet Union and were conducted by the Football Federation of the Soviet Union. The championship consisted of three tiers (Higher, First and Second leagues) with each having two or more groups.

Soviet women's football championship

Founded	1990
Folded	1991
Country	Soviet Union
Confederation	UEFA
Divisions	3 tiers (with groups)
Number of clubs	24
Level on pyramid	1–3
Domestic cup(s)	Soviet Women's Cup
Last champions	Tekstilschik Ramenskoye (1st title) (1991)
Most championships	Tekstilschik Ramenskoye and Nyva Baryshivka (1 titles)

Football competitions among women were conducted before, but in 1990 an official championship was established. In 1989, there took place competitions among teams of trade unions involving some 60 teams.^[1] After two seasons the championship was discontinued due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Most of the Russia-based clubs formed the new Russian Women's Football Championship; clubs based in former Soviet republics based in Europe formed their own leagues, while those in Central Asia either dissolved or moved to Russia, as local federations did not allow women's football for many years, or none at all to date.

Champions

Year	Tier	Winner	Runner Up	Third	No. of teams
1990	Higher	Nyva Baryshivka (UkSSR)	Serp I Molot Moscow (RSFSR)	Tekstilschik Ramenskoye (RSFSR)	24
	First	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UkSSR)	Viktoriya Kashira (RSFSR)	Araz Baku (AzSSR) Nig Aparan (ArSSR)	24
	Second	Bukovinka Chernovtsy (UkSSR)	Chernomorochka Odessa (UkSSR)	Lada Togliatti (RSFSR)	20
1991	Higher	Tekstilschik Ramenskoye (RSFSR)	Nadezhda Mahilyow (BSSR)	SKIF Malakhovka (RSFSR)	24
	First	Energiya Voronezh (RSFSR)	Spartak-13 Moscow (RSFSR)	CSKA-Transexpo Moscow (RSFSR)	32
	Second	Rus Moscow (RSFSR)	Syuyumbike Zelenodolsk (RSFSR)	Kaluzhanka Kaluga (RSFSR)	18

See also

• Russian Women's Football Championship, successor.