1991 Soviet First League
Season | 1991 |
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Champions | Rotor Volgograd |
Relegated | none |
Top goalscorer | (25) Serhiy Husyev (Tiligul Tiraspol) |
← 1990 |
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.
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[]
Promoted teams[]
- FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk – Winner of the 1990 Soviet Second League, Zone Center (returning after an absence of 10 seasons)
- FC Bukovina Chernovtsy – Winner of the 1990 Soviet Second League, Zone West (debut)
- FC Neftianik Fergona – Winner of the 1990 Soviet Second League, Zone East (debut)
- FC Novbakhor Namangan – Runner-up of the 1990 Soviet Second League, Zone East (debut)
- FC Textilshchik Kamyshin – Runner-up of the 1990 Soviet Second League, Zone Center (debut)
- FC Daugava Riga – Runner-up of the 1990 Soviet Second League, Zone West (debut)
Relegated teams[]
- Rotor Volgograd – (Returning after 2 seasons)
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Replaced or withdrawn teams[]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[]
League standings[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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/Sverdlovsk | 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/Leningrad | 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 |
(C) Champion
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
- 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[]
- Vyscha Liha (Bukovyna Chernivtsi, Tavriya Simferopol)
- Armenian Premier League (Kotayk Abovyan)
- Moldovan National Division (Zimbru Chisinau, Tiligul Tiraspol)
- Latvian Higher League (Pardaugava Riga)
- Azerbaijan Top League (Neftchi Baku)
Under AFC[]
- Uzbek League (Neftiannik Fergona, Novbahor)
- Kazakhstan Top Division (Kairat Almaty)
Number of teams by union republic[]
Rank | Union republic | Number of teams | Club(s) |
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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[]
# | Player | Club | Goals | Games |
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1 | Serhiy Husyev | «Tiligul Tiraspol» | 25 | 36 |
2 | Serhiy Shevchenko | «Tavriya Simferopol» | 21 | 40 |
3 | Valeri Shushlyakov | «Uralmash Yekaterinburg» | 20 | 38 |
4 | Vladislav Lemish | «Kuban Krasnodar» | 20 | 42 |
5 | Rustam Zabirov | «Navbahor Namangan» | 19 | 35 |
6 | Yuri Kalitvintsev | «Rotor Volgograd» | 18 | 37 |
7 | Aleksandr Tikhonov | «Rostselmash Rostov» | 17 | 40 |
8 | Yunis Hüseynov | «Neftchi Baku» | 16 | 34 |
9 | Vəli Qasımov | «Neftchi Baku» | 16 | 38 |
10 | Rustem Shaymukhametov | «Textilshchik Kamyshin» | 15 | 38 |
11 | Yuriy Hudymenko | «Rotor Volgograd» | 15 | 39 |
Managers[]
See also[]
External links[]
- 1990 First League at the RSSSF
- Soviet First League seasons
- 1991 in Soviet football leagues
- 1991–92 in European second tier association football leagues
- 1990–91 in European second tier association football leagues
- 1991 in Abkhazia
- 1991 in Armenian football
- 1991 in Kazakhstani football
- 1991 in Latvian football
- 1991–92 in Moldovan football
- 1991 in Russian football leagues
- 1991 in Ukrainian association football leagues
- 1991 in Uzbekistani football
- 1991–92 in Azerbaijani football
- 1990–91 in Azerbaijani football