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.
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 '
- FC Bukovina Chernovtsy – Winner of the 1990 Soviet Second League, Zone West '
- FC Neftianik Fergona – Winner of the 1990 Soviet Second League, Zone East '
- FC Novbakhor Namangan – Runner-up of the 1990 Soviet Second League, Zone East '
- FC Textilshchik Kamyshin – Runner-up of the 1990 Soviet Second League, Zone Center
- FC Daugava Riga – Runner-up of the 1990 Soviet Second League, Zone West ''''
Relegated teams
- Rotor Volgograd – ''''
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Replaced or withdrawn teams
Locations
League standings
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
Top scorers
| # | Player | Club | Goals | Games |
| 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
| Club | Head coach |
| FC Rotor Volgograd | Leonid Koltun |
| SC Tiligul Tiraspol | Vladimir Veber |
| FC Uralmash Sverdlovsk FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg | Korney Shperling Nikolai Agafonov |
| FC Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu | Enver Yulgushov |
| FC Bukovina Chernovtsy | Yukhym Shkolnykov |
| SC Tavriya Simferopol | Anatoliy Zayaev |
| FC Neftiannik Fergona | Yuriy Sarkisyan |
| FC Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod | Valeri Ovchinnikov |
| FC Navbakhor Namangan | Igor Volchok |
| FC Dinamo Sukhumi | Oleg Dolmatov |
| FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin | Sergei Pavlov |
| FC Shinnik Yaroslavl | Stanislav Vorotilin |
| FC Fakel Voronezh | Sergei Savchenkov Fyodor Novikov |
| FC Kairat Alma-Ata | Boris Stukalov |
| FC Neftchi Baku | Ruslan Abdullaev Kazbek Tuaev |
| FC Dinamo Stavropol | Viktor Nosov Vladimir Kitin |
| FC Kotayk Abovyan | Arkady Andreasyan |
| FC Zenit Saint Petersburg | Yury Morozov |
| FC Zimbru Kishinev | Ion Caras |
| FC Geolog Tyumen | Rudolf Atamalyan Serhiy Morozov |
| FC Kuban Krasnodar | Vladimir Brazhnikov Yuri Marushkin |
| FK Pārdaugava Riga | Jānis Skredelis |