1991 Soviet First League

Soviet First League 1991 was the last season of the Soviet First League. With the collapse of the Soviet Union the football structure was reformed. All of its participants have entered the Top Divisions of the republics of their origin, except of Dinamo Sukhumi that because of the 1992-93 War in Abkhazia was dissolved.

Soviet First League
Season1991
ChampionsRotor Volgograd
Relegatednone
Top goalscorer(25) Serhiy Husyev (Tiligul Tiraspol)
← 1990

Due to the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, a process of dissolution of the Soviet Union accelerated as well as a process of decommunization in former union republics. Number of cities changed their names returning to their original names.

Teams

Relegated teams

Renamed teams
  • Prior to the start of the season Tiras Tiraspol was renamed to Tiligul Tiraspol.
  • Prior to the start of the season Nistru Kishenev was renamed to Zimbrul Kishinev.

Replaced or withdrawn teams

With fall of the Soviet Union, the promoted FC Daugava Riga was dissolved and replaced with FC Pardaugava Riga that was based on the junior squad of the Latvia national U-21 football team and took part in the 1990 Baltic League placing only 15th out 17 teams.

Locations
Location of teams in the 1991 Soviet First League.

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Rotor Volgograd (C) 42 24 11 7 79 44 +35 59 Promoted to the 1992 Soviet Top League
2 Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Tiligul Tiraspol 42 22 10 10 64 45 +19 54
3 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Uralmash Yekaterinburg/Sverdlovsk 42 21 9 12 68 40 +28 51
4 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don 42 20 10 12 47 39 +8 50
5 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Bukovyna Chernivtsi 42 20 8 14 56 49 +7 48 Withdrew
6 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Tavriya Simferopol 42 19 10 13 64 56 +8 48
7 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Neftiannik Fergona 42 21 5 16 54 56 −2 47 Promoted to the 1992 Soviet Top League
8 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod 42 17 13 12 46 35 +11 47
9 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Novbahor 42 19 7 16 60 53 +7 45
10 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Sukhumi 42 16 11 15 50 50 0 43
11 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Textilschik Kamyshin 42 15 13 14 56 52 +4 43
12 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Shinnik Yaroslavl 42 17 7 18 57 59 −2 41
13 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Fakel Voronezh 42 17 7 18 45 50 −5 41
14 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Almaty 42 17 6 19 58 52 +6 40 Promoted to the 1992 Soviet Top League
15 Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftchi Baku 42 17 5 20 60 58 +2 39
16 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dinamo Stavropol 42 14 11 17 50 54 −4 39
17 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Kotayk Abovyan 42 15 7 20 30 48 −18 37 Withdrew
18 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit St. Petersburg/Leningrad 42 11 14 17 44 50 −6 36 Promoted to the 1992 Soviet Top League
19 Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Zimbru Chisinau 42 11 13 18 36 49 −13 35
20 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Geolog Tyumen 42 11 13 18 32 47 −15 35
21 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Kuban Krasnodar 42 8 10 24 40 68 −28 26
22 Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Pardaugava Riga 42 7 6 29 31 73 −42 20 Withdrew
Source:
(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

Number of teams by union republic
Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1  RSFSR 11 Dinamo Stavropol, Fakel Voronezh, Geolog Tyumen, Kuban Krasnodar, Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod, Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, Rotor Volgograd, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Tekstilschik Kamyshin, Uralmash Yekaterinburg, Zenit Saint Petersburg
2  Moldavian SSR 2 Tiligul Tiraspol, Zimbru Kishenev
 Ukrainian SSR Bukovina Chernovtsy, Tavriya Simferopol
 Uzbek SSR Navbahor Namangan, Neftiannik Fergana
5  Armenian SSR 1 Kotaik Abovian
 Azerbaijan SSR Neftchi Baku
 Georgian SSR / ( Abkhazia) Dinamo Sukhumi
 Kazakh SSR Kairat Alma-Ata
 Latvian SSR Pardaugava Riga

Top scorers
#PlayerClubGoalsGames
1Serhiy Husyev«Tiligul Tiraspol»2536
2Serhiy Shevchenko«Tavriya Simferopol»2140
3Valeri Shushlyakov«Uralmash Yekaterinburg»2038
4Vladislav Lemish«Kuban Krasnodar»2042
5Rustam Zabirov«Navbahor Namangan»1935
6Yuri Kalitvintsev«Rotor Volgograd»1837
7Aleksandr Tikhonov«Rostselmash Rostov»1740
8Yunis Hüseynov«Neftchi Baku»1634
9Vəli Qasımov«Neftchi Baku»1638
10Rustem Shaymukhametov«Textilshchik Kamyshin»1538
11Yuriy Hudymenko«Rotor Volgograd»1539

Managers
ClubHead coach
FC Rotor VolgogradLeonid Koltun
SC Tiligul TiraspolVladimir Veber
FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk
FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg		Korney Shperling (until July)
Nikolai Agafonov (from July)
FC Rostselmash Rostov-na-DonuEnver Yulgushov
FC Bukovina ChernovtsyYukhym Shkolnykov
SC Tavriya SimferopolAnatoliy Zayaev
FC Neftiannik FergonaYuriy Sarkisyan
FC Lokomotiv Nizhniy NovgorodValeri Ovchinnikov
FC Navbakhor NamanganIgor Volchok
FC Dinamo SukhumiOleg Dolmatov
FC Tekstilshchik KamyshinSergei Pavlov
FC Shinnik YaroslavlStanislav Vorotilin
FC Fakel VoronezhSergei Savchenkov (until June)
Fyodor Novikov (from July)
FC Kairat Alma-AtaBoris Stukalov
FC Neftchi BakuRuslan Abdullaev (until April)
Kazbek Tuaev (from May)
FC Dinamo StavropolViktor Nosov (until July)
Vladimir Kitin (from July, interim)
FC Kotayk AbovyanArkady Andreasyan
FC Zenit Saint PetersburgYury Morozov
FC Zimbru KishinevIon Caras
FC Geolog TyumenRudolf Atamalyan
Serhiy Morozov (from July)
FC Kuban KrasnodarVladimir Brazhnikov (until July)
Yuri Marushkin (from July)
FK Pārdaugava RigaJānis Skredelis

See also
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