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.
Season | 1991 |
---|---|
Champions | Rotor Volgograd |
Relegated | none |
Top goalscorer | (25) Serhiy Husyev (Tiligul Tiraspol) |
← 1990 |
Teams
Promoted teams
- FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg – Winner of the Second League, Zone East (returning after an absence of 10 seasons)
- FC Bukovina Chernovtsy – Winner of the Second League, Zone West (debut)
- FC Neftianik Fergona – Winner of the Second League finals (debut)
- FC Novbakhor Namangan – Winner of the Second League finals (debut)
- FC Textilshchik Kamyshin – Winner of the Second League finals (debut)
- FC Daugava Riga – Winner of the 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Replaced or withdrawn teams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
Bukovyna
Lokomotiv
Dinamo Sukh
Kairat
Neftchi
Dinamo Stav
Kotayk
Zimbru
Pardaugava
League standings
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD | Pts | Republic |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | FC Rotor Volgograd (C) | 42 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 79 | 44 | 35 | 59 | |
2 | FC Tiligul Tiraspol | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 64 | 45 | 19 | 54 | |
3 | FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 68 | 40 | 28 | 51 | |
4 | FC Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 39 | 8 | 50 | |
5 | FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 56 | 49 | 7 | 48 | |
6 | SC Tavriya Simferopol | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 64 | 56 | 8 | 48 | |
7 | FC Neftiannik Fergona | 42 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 54 | 56 | -2 | 47 | |
8 | FC Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 46 | 35 | 11 | 47 | |
9 | FC Novbahor | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 60 | 53 | 7 | 45 | |
10 | FC Dinamo Sukhumi | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 43 | |
11 | FC Textilschik Kamyshin | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 56 | 52 | 4 | 43 | |
12 | FC Shinnik Yaroslavl | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 57 | 59 | -2 | 41 | |
13 | FC Fakel Voronezh | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 45 | 50 | -5 | 41 | |
14 | FC Kairat Almaty | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 58 | 52 | 6 | 40 | |
15 | PFC Neftchi Baku | 42 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 60 | 58 | 2 | 39 | |
16 | FC Dinamo Stavropol | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 50 | 54 | -4 | 39 | |
17 | FC Kotaik Abovian | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 30 | 48 | -18 | 37 | |
18 | FC Zenit Saint Petersburg | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 44 | 50 | -6 | 36 | |
19 | FC Zimbru Chisinau | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 36 | 49 | -13 | 35 | |
20 | FC Geolog Tyumen | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 32 | 47 | -15 | 35 | |
21 | FC Kuban Krasnodar | 42 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 40 | 68 | -28 | 26 | |
22 | FC Pardaugava Riga | 42 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 31 | 73 | -42 | 20 |
– participants that left the Soviet/Russian competitions.
Notes:
- The city of Leningrad was renamed into Saint Petersburg
- The city of Sverdlovsk was renamed into Yekaterinburg
Number of teams by union republic
Rank | Union republic | Number of teams | Club(s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 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 | 2 | Tiligul Tiraspol, Zimbru Kishenev | |
Bukovina Chernovtsy, Tavriya Simferopol | |||
Navbahor Namangan, Neftiannik Fergana | |||
5 | 1 | Kotaik Abovian | |
Neftchi Baku | |||
Dinamo Sukhumi | |||
Kairat Alma-Ata | |||
Pardaugava Riga | |||
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 |
External links
- 1990 First League at the RSSSF
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