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

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Replaced or withdrawn teams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 Latvian national football team (U-21) 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 Rotor Volgograd (C) 42 24 11 7 79 44 +35 59
2 Tiligul Tiraspol 42 22 10 10 64 45 +19 54 Left the Soviet/Russian competitions
3 Uralmash Yekaterinburg 42 21 9 12 68 40 +28 51
4 Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don 42 20 10 12 47 39 +8 50
5 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 42 20 8 14 56 49 +7 48 Left the Soviet/Russian competitions
6 Tavriya Simferopol 42 19 10 13 64 56 +8 48
7 Neftiannik Fergona 42 21 5 16 54 56 −2 47
8 Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod 42 17 13 12 46 35 +11 47
9 Novbahor 42 19 7 16 60 53 +7 45 Left the Soviet/Russian competitions
10 Dinamo Sukhumi 42 16 11 15 50 50 0 43 Dissolved
11 Textilschik Kamyshin 42 15 13 14 56 52 +4 43
12 Shinnik Yaroslavl 42 17 7 18 57 59 −2 41
13 Fakel Voronezh 42 17 7 18 45 50 −5 41
14 Kairat Almaty 42 17 6 19 58 52 +6 40 Left the Soviet/Russian competitions
15 Neftchi Baku 42 17 5 20 60 58 +2 39
16 Dinamo Stavropol 42 14 11 17 50 54 −4 39
17 Kotayk Abovyan 42 15 7 20 30 48 −18 37 Left the Soviet/Russian competitions
18 Zenit St. Petersburg 42 11 14 17 44 50 −6 36
19 Zimbru Chisinau 42 11 13 18 36 49 −13 35 Left the Soviet/Russian competitions
20 Geolog Tyumen 42 11 13 18 32 47 −15 35
21 Kuban Krasnodar 42 8 10 24 40 68 −28 26
22 Pardaugava Riga 42 7 6 29 31 73 −42 20 Left the Soviet/Russian competitions
Source:
(C) Champion.

Notes:

  • After this season the league was reorganized as the Soviet Union fell apart. All of the non-Russia based participant teams went on to compete at the top national level of their native countries. The clubs from Russia were moved to the Russian Premier League, the top tier of Russian football.

Under UEFA

Under AFC

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 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

See also
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