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    Replaced or withdrawn teams

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

League standings


Notes:

Number of teams by union republic

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
Nikolai Agafonov
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
Fyodor Novikov
FC Kairat Alma-AtaBoris Stukalov
FC Neftchi BakuRuslan Abdullaev
Kazbek Tuaev
FC Dinamo StavropolViktor Nosov
Vladimir Kitin
FC Kotayk AbovyanArkady Andreasyan
FC Zenit Saint PetersburgYury Morozov
FC Zimbru KishinevIon Caras
FC Geolog TyumenRudolf Atamalyan
Serhiy Morozov
FC Kuban KrasnodarVladimir Brazhnikov
Yuri Marushkin
FK Pārdaugava RigaJānis Skredelis