1991 Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR

Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR – Pershaja Liha
Belarusian: Першая ліга чэмпіянату БССР па футболе

Season	1991
Champions	Metalurh Maladzechna (1st title)
Relegated	6 teams (competition reformed)
← 1990 1992 →

The 1991 Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR (Belarusian : Чэмпіянат БССР па футболе) was the 55th and last regular annual competition in football of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic at all-republican level. In the competition took part 44 teams in two tiers.

With the ongoing process of disintegration of the Soviet Union during 1991, upon conclusion of the season nine better clubs and six Soviet teams of masters from Belarus formed the First League (Top League) of independent Belarus.

Overview

The championship consisted of three tiers: First (Pershaja), Second (Druhaja) leagues and Trade Union competitions. Six teams were participating in the All-Union competitions and represented all the regional centers of Belarusian SSR: Dynama Mensk, Dynama Brest, Dnepr Mahiljow, KIM Vitsebsk, Njoman Hrodna, Homselmash Homiel.

The First League was contested by 15 teams, and Metalurh Maladzechna won the championship.

Pershaja Liha

Teams

Metalurh

SelMash
Tarpeda Mh

KIM
SKB

SKIF-ShVSM
Tarpeda Mn
Arbita
Sputnik

Shakhtsjor

Budawnik

Traktar

BelAZ

Abutnik

Veras

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Location of teams in 1991 First League (Pershaja Liha) of the BSSR

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Metalurh Maladzechna	28	17	7	4	68	24	+44	41	Qualification to Belarusian Premier League
2	Tarpeda Mahiljow	28	15	7	6	55	26	+29	37
3	SKB Vitsebsk	28	15	6	7	44	28	+16	36
4	Tarpeda Minsk	28	14	8	6	52	29	+23	36
5	Shakhtsjor Salihorsk	28	12	9	7	44	25	+19	33
6	Budawnik Staryja Darohi	28	11	9	8	35	30	+5	31
7	KIM Vitsebsk	28	11	7	10	32	28	+4	29	Qualification to Belarusian First League
8	Arbita Minsk	28	10	8	10	30	44	−14	28
9	Traktar Babruisk	28	8	12	8	31	26	+5	28	Qualification to Belarusian Premier League
10	BelAZ Zhodzina	28	8	11	9	37	35	+2	27
11	Abutnik Lida	28	7	8	13	23	42	−19	22
12	Sputnik Minsk	28	9	4	15	36	60	−24	22	Qualification to Belarusian First League
13	SelMash Mahiljow	28	7	5	16	26	46	−20	19
14	SKIF-ShVSM Minsk	28	6	4	18	29	63	−34	16
15	Veras Hrodna	28	3	9	16	15	51	−36	15

Source: rsssf.com

Druhaja Liha final standings

Football Championship of the Belarusian SSR – Druhaja Liha

Season	1991
Champions	Group 1: Vedrich Rechitsa Group 2: Luch Minsk
Promoted	Vedrich Rechitsa (competition reformed)
Relegated	18 teams (competition reformed)
← 1990 1992 →

Subgroup 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Vedrich Rechitsa	26	20	2	4	67	13	+54	42	Qualification to Belarusian Premier League
2	Kolos Ustie	26	18	5	3	56	24	+32	41	Qualification to Belarusian First League
3	Shinnik Bobruisk	26	17	4	5	55	17	+38	38
4	Belarus Maryina Gorka	26	16	4	6	33	13	+20	36
5	Polesie Mozyr	26	13	7	6	41	22	+19	33
6	Neman Stolbtsy	26	9	12	5	27	24	+3	30
7	Khimik Svetlogorsk	26	11	4	11	37	38	−1	26
8	Zaria Iazyl	26	10	5	11	42	38	+4	25	Qualification to Belarusian Second League
9	ZLiN Gomel	26	8	7	11	33	29	+4	23
10	Iskra Borisov	26	7	7	12	28	50	−22	21
11	Dnepr Rogachev	26	5	7	14	29	49	−20	17	Qualification to Belarusian Second League
12	Dinamo Borisov	26	6	3	17	22	49	−27	15
13	Dnepr Mogilev	26	5	5	16	23	45	−22	15
14	Dnepr Bykhov	26	1	2	23	8	88	−80	4

Source: kick-off.by, footballfacts.ru

Subgroup 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Luch Minsk	28	18	7	3	59	26	+33	43	Qualification to Belarusian First League
2	Kommunalnik Pinsk	28	17	8	3	51	22	+29	42
3	Niva Samokhvalovichi	28	18	5	5	62	27	+35	41
4	Khimik Baranovichi	28	12	11	5	34	20	+14	35
5	Stankostroitel Smorhon	28	15	4	9	44	36	+8	34	Qualification to Belarusian First League
6	Brestbytkhim Brest	28	11	9	8	30	25	+5	31
7	Neman Mosty	28	10	10	8	41	35	+6	30	Qualification to Belarusian Second League
8	Kolos Dzerzhinsk	28	11	7	10	40	36	+4	29
9	Smena-MVIZRU Minsk	28	10	3	15	39	49	−10	23	Qualification to Belarusian Second League
10	Stroitel Bereza	28	10	2	16	37	51	−14	22
11	Khimik Kletsk	28	6	8	14	42	63	−21	20
12	Metrostroi Minsk	28	7	5	16	39	47	−8	19
13	Traktor Minsk	28	6	7	15	33	44	−11	19
14	Albertin Slonim	28	6	4	18	26	67	−41	16
15	Fakel Oshmiany	28	5	4	19	36	66	−30	14

Source: kick-off.by, footballfacts.ru

References

• RSSSF
• history of the USSR championships among KFK (tables) (История первенств CCCР среди КФК (таблицы)). regional-football.ru