1991 Soviet Second League B

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Second Lower League
Season1991
Champions10 teams
1990
1992

1991 Soviet Lower Second League was the second and the last season of the Soviet Second League B since its reestablishing in 1990. The league was divided into 10 zones (groups) with 217 participants.

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At least four out those 10 zones were part of republican championships. Among those republics were Ukrainian SSR, Armenian SSR, Azerbaijani SSR, and Kazakh SSR. Five more zones were dominated majorly by clubs of the Russian SFSR and one more zone was a collective competition among clubs of the Central Asia less the Kazakh SSR.

Four former Soviet republics that technically were still part of the Soviet Union conducted separate competitions. Among those republics were Baltic republics Estonian SSR, Latvian SSR, and Lithuanian SSR as well as Georgian SSR. An attempt to conduct separate Soviet Baltic League that conducted in 1990 fell through and separate Baltic clubs (predominantly from the Latvian SSR) were allowed to compete in regular league competitions of the Soviet Union.

Political situation

The Soviet football competitions were conducted with the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between the Soviet Armenia and the Soviet Azerbaijan. Because of that some clubs that territorially were located in the Azerbaijani SSR (i.e. Artsakh Stepanakert from Stepanakert) were nonetheless allowed to compete in republican championship of the Armenian SSR.

Following the end of the football season, in the Moldavian SSR started a hot phase of the Transnistria conflict that was initiated by Soviet authorities led by Igor Smirnov and supported by the Odesa Military District authorities. At the same time political situations in Tajikistan and Georgia following their first presidential elections were deteriorating and escalated into so called Georgian Civil War and Tajikistani Civil War with a direct intervention of the Russian Armed Forces.

In December 1991 there was signed Belavezha Accords between representatives of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine.

Final standings

I Zone (Ukraine)

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Naftovyk Okhtyrka (C, P)50291748734+5375Promoted
2 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk (P)50319108643+4371
3 Kolos Nikopol 50281398645+4169
4 Veres Rivne 50281396738+2969
5 Pryladyst Mukachevo 502414126742+2562
6 Krystal Kherson 502315128260+2261
7 Dynamo Bila Tserkva 50259166950+1959
8 Avtomobilist Sumy 502014165140+1154
9 Temp Shepetivka (P)501915166453+1153Promoted
10 Polissya Zhytomyr 50227216466251
11 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 501913187564+1151
12 Shakhtar Pavlohrad 501912198466+1850
13 Desna Chernihiv 50209215959049
14 Podillya Khmelnytskyi 501813195455149
15 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 50208225964548
16 Karpaty Kamyanka-Buzka 501515204855745
17 Stal Kommunarsk 5015152058731545
18 Dnipro Cherkasy 5017102347591244
19 Khimik Sievierodonetsk 5015132252701843
20 Vahonobudivnyk Stakhanov 501782556751942
21 SKA Kyiv 5011201948601242
22 Chaika Sevastopol 5013152258771941
23 Mayak Ochakiv 5015102551762540
24 Okean Kerch (R)5015102549722340Relegated
25 Zirka Kirovohrad (R)5012132555903537
26 Mayak Kharkiv (R)5001040311219010
Source: [ citation needed ]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

II Zone (Armenia)

PosTeam [a] PldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Syunik Kapan [b] (C)38322410740+6766
2 Shirak Gyumri [c] 38304411224+8864
3 Artsakh Stepanakert 3826579845+5357
4 Spitak 382531011261+5153
5 Araks Hoktemberyan 38234117863+1550
6 Koshkagorts Yerevan 38202168467+1742
7 Malatia Yerevan 38168145954+540
8 Yerazank Stepanakert 38174176767038
9 FIMA Yerevan 38173185864637
10 Pahatsoyagorts Noyemberyan 381551851641335
11 Zvartnots Echmiadzin 381442059761732
12 Impuls Dilijan 381271960812131
13 Zoravan Yegvard 38127196170931
14 Zangezur Goris 381252152812929
15 Nairi Yerevan 381091960802029
16 Moush Charentsavan 381091947762929
17 Alashkert Martuni 381242251792828
18 Nig Aparan 381062246672126
19 Kasakh Ashtarak 388102035713626
20 Almast Yerevan 387328361036717
Source: [ citation needed ]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. The Zone included clubs from Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan.
  2. Kapan changed name to Syunik Kapan.
  3. Leninakan City were renamed as Gyumri.

III Zone (Azerbaijan)

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Khazar Sumgait 38285511224+8861
2 Stroitel Baku 38221068232+5054
3 Avtomobilist Yevlakh 38211077628+4852
4 Pambigchi Barda 3822796034+2651
5 Kyur Mingechaur 38181196733+3447
6 Araz Baku 38161484833+1546
7 FC Gyanjlik Navagi 38187136147+1443
8 FC Dashgin Zakatali 38202166963+642
9 FC Avey Akstafa 38184164842+640[+]
10 FC Vilyash Massali 381410145453+138
11 FC Khazar Lenkoran 38173184554937
12 FC Shahdag Kusari 38157165257537
13 FC Agrofirma Kuba [a] 38157164453937
14 FC Inshaatchi Shemaha 381461849591034
15 FC Azeri Baku 381210165154334[+]
16 FC Stroitel Sabirabad 381442037693232
17 FC MCOP-Dinamo Baku 381010183541630
18 FC Shirvan Kyurdamir 381062233865326
19 FC Plastik Salyani 38362924987412
20 FC Badamli Nahichevan [b] 38233320107877
Source: [ citation needed ]
Notes:
  1. Shahdag Kuba changed name to Agrofirma.
  2. Araz Nahichevan changed name to Badamli.

IV Zone (South Russia)

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Zhemchuzhina Sochi 42271059133+5864[+] [RUS 1W]
2 Uralan Elista 42265116244+1857[RUS 1W]
3 Asmaral Kislovodsk 42253146746+2153[+] [RUS 1W]
4 Etalon Baksan 42236136438+2652[+] [RUS 2]
5 Atommash Volgodonsk 422011115938+2151[RUS 1C]
6 Khimik Belorechensk 42218137345+2850[RUS 2]
7 FC Signal Izobilny 421812125447+748
8 FC Dinamo Makhachkala 42231188262+2047
9 FC Zvezda Gorodishche 42206167047+2346[RUS 2]
10 FC SKA Rostov-na-Donu 42198156240+2246[-] [RUS 2]
11 FC Volgar Astrakhan 42197166250+1245
12 FC Mashuk Pyatigorsk 421612145640+1644
13 FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz 42186186063342[RUS 2]
14 FC Druzhba Budyonnovsk 421610165957+242[+] [RUS 2]
15 FC Lokomotiv Mineralnyye Vody 4215101751611040[RUS 2]
16 FC Torpedo Armavir 421581946561038
17 FC Vaynah Shali 421362346803432[+] [RUS 2]
18 FC Remontnik Prokhladny 4211102149712232[RUS 2]
19 FC Kuban Timashevsk 421092334693529[+]
20 FC Sherstyanik Nevinnomyssk 421142739703126[+] [RUS 2]
21 FC Kaspiy Kaspiysk 426102632986622
22 FC Dinamo Gagra 428232371006318[+]
Source: [ citation needed ]

V Zone (Center)

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 FC Spartak Anapa 4228777926+5363[RUS 1W]
2 FC Svetotekhnika Saransk 42257107635+4157[RUS 1C]
3 FC Bujak Komrat 422111105843+1553[+] [MDA]
4 FC Energomash Belgorod [a] 42228126838+3052[RUS 1W]
5 FC Zarya Kaluga 42218136747+2050[-]
6 FC Rhythm Belgorod 42218135847+1150[+] [RUS 2]
7 FC Kuban Barannikovskiy 421911126341+2249[RUS 2]
8 FC Avangard Kursk 42224165648+848
9 FC Shakhtyor Shakhty 42208147865+1348
10 FC Start Yeisk 421810146146+1546
11 FC Oka Kolomna 421516116147+1446
12 FC Arsenal Tula 42197165441+1345
13 FC Spartak Tambov 42197165749+845
14 FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk 421411174653739
15 FC Rus Volgograd 421662043712838[+]
16 FC Buran Voronezh 42149194543+237
17 FC Avangard Kamyshin 4213101950621236[+] [RUS 2]
18 FC Spartak Oryol 42139205661535[RUS 2]
19 FC Torpedo Mytishchi 421372248651733[+] [RUS 2]
20 FC Torgmash Lyubertsy 42862842925022[RUS 2]
21 FC Metallurg Krasny Sulin 42843025815620[+] [RUS 2]
22 FC Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani 425235301209012[RUS 2]
Source: [ citation needed ]
Notes:
  1. Salyut Belgorod changed name to Energomash.

VI Zone (North Russia and Moscow)

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 FC Prometheus-Dinamo S-Peterburg 4229767225+4765[RUS 1W]
2 FC Textilshchik Ivanovo 4228686936+3364 [a]
3 FC RAF Jelgava 4228687139+3262[LVA]
4 FC Dinamo Vologda 42261067538+3762[RUS 1W]
5 FC Baltika Kaliningrad 4224997245+2757[-] [RUS 2]
6 FC Volzhanin Kineshma 42231185930+2957[RUS 2]
7 FC Iskra Smolensk 422110115235+1752[-] [RUS 2]
8 FC Bulat Cherepovets [b] 42219124834+1451[RUS 2]
9 FC Mashinostroitel Pskov 421710155440+1444
10 FC Prometheus Lyubertsy 421514134741+644[+]
11 FC Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo 421611154634+1243[RUS 2]
12 FC Kirovets Sankt-Peterburg 421314153638240
13 FC Saturn Ramenskoye 421215153544939
14 FC Progress Chernyakhovsk 421392044541035[+] [RUS 2]
15 FC Spartak Petrozavodsk 4211121933481534[RUS 2]
16 FC Gomselmash Gomel 421352440541431[BLR]
17 FC Spartak Kostroma 429132027573031[RUS 2]
18 FC Zvezda Moskva 421092341713029
19 FC Presnya Moskva 42882628643624[+] [RUS 2]
20 FC Dinamo-2 Moskva 407102337582124[RUS 2]
21 FC Volochanin Vyshniy Volochok 42792622674523[+] [RUS 2]
22 FC CSKA-2 Moskva 42453325815613[RUS 2]
Source: [ citation needed ]
Notes:
  1. 2 bonus points?
  2. Khimik Cherepovets changed name to Bulat.

VII Zone (Ural)

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 FC Rubin Kazan 4230847920+5968[RUS 1C]
2 FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk 42251077331+4260
3 FC Uralets Nizhniy Tagil 42275108933+5659
4 FC Torpedo Miass 42257107432+4257
5 FC Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola 4224997036+3457
6 FC Zenit Chelyabinsk 42256117445+2956
7 FC Dinamo Kirov 42239106733+3455
8 FC Sibir Kurgan [a] 42209134631+1549[RUS 2]
9 FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 42206165236+1646[+] [RUS 2]
10 FC Gazovik Izhevsk 42196175849+944
11 FC Azamat Cheboksary [b] 42188166246+1644[RUS 2]
12 FC Znamya Arzamas 421611155649+743
13 FC Kauchuk Sterlitamak 421671952701839
14 FC Electron Vyatskiye Polyany 4213111840541437[+] [RUS 2]
15 FC Avtopribor Oktyabrskiy 421392038592135[RUS 2]
16 FC Metallurg Novotroitsk 421452345783333[+] [RUS 2]
17 FC Zenit Penza [c] 42129215055533[RUS 2]
18 FC Gazovik Orenburg 4211102141743332
19 FC Bashselmash Neftekamsk 42782732774522
20 FC Sokol Sarapul 426102631794822[+]
21 FC Zarya Podgorny 42592820806019[RUS 2]
22 FC EVM Ruzayevka 425433271098214[+]
Source: [ citation needed ]
Notes:
  1. Zauralye Kurgan changed name to Sibir.
  2. Stal Cheboksary changed name to Azamat.
  3. Granite Penza changed name to Zenit.

VIII Zone (Kazakhstan)

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 FC Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk 3626736323+4059
2 FC Spartak Semipalatinsk 3626647922+5758
3 FC Kustanayets Kustanay 3625658225+5756
4 FC Kaysar Kzil-Orda 3624579228+6453[-]
5 FC Metallurg Jezkazgan [a] 3622596642+2449
6 FC Gornyak Khromtau 36215107427+4747
7 FC Alay Osh 36194135151042[KGZ]
8 FC Metallist Petropavlovsk 36167135750+739
9 FC Bulat Temirtau 36159124535+1039
10 FC Metallurg Yermak 36164166359+436
11 FC Kokshetau Kokchetav [b] 36148144550536
12 FC Montazhnik Turkestan 361171853721929
13 FC Arman Kentau 361152053772427[+]
14 FC Dostuk Sokuluk 361062031522126[KGZ]
15 FC Aktau [c] 36962142723024
16 FC Olimpia Alma-Ata [d] 36872142743223
17 FC Uralets Uralsk 36822639713218
18 FC Hosilot Farhor 365427271057814[+] [TJK]
19 FC Ak-Kanat Uzun-Agach 3641312897699
Source: [ citation needed ]
Notes:
  1. Jezkazganets Jezkazgan changed name to Metallurg.
  2. Spartak Kokchetav changed name to Kokshetau.
  3. Shevchenko City were renamed as Aktau.
  4. SKIF Alma-Ata changed name to Olimpia.

IX Zone (Central Asia)

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Traktor Tashkent 50339810343+6075[UZB]
2 Umid Tashkent 502911109351+4269[+] [UZB]
3 Khujand [a] 5027131010853+5567[TJK]
4 Chirchik 50277169264+2861[UZB]
5 Zarafshan Navoi 50269156744+2361[-] [UZB]
6 Kimegar Almalyk [b] 502510159661+3560[UZB]
7 Shahrihonchi Shahrihan 502591610671+3559[+] [UZB]
8 Marokand Samarkand [c] 50258179269+2358[UZB]
9 FC Regar Tursun-Zade 50265197472+257[TJK]
10 FC Nebitchi Nebit-Dag 50257188354+2957[TKM]
11 FC Aral Nukus 50246206864+454[UZB]
12 FC Bagdodchi Bagdad 50238198183254[+] [UZB]
13 FC Navruz Andizhan [d] 502210187661+1554[-] [UZB]
14 FC Ahal Akdashayak 50244227569+652[TKM]
15 FC Yangiyer 502010207772+550[UZB]
16 FC Yeshlik Turakurgan 50224248684+248
17 FC Sokhibkor Khalkabad 501910216573848
18 FC Sverdlovets Tashkent Region 501714197572+348
19 FC Merv Mary 501772659812241[TKM]
20 FC Geolog Karshi 501582758913338[UZB]
21 FC Gulistonchi Gulistan 5013102742894736[+] [UZB]
22 FC Binokor Bukhara 501553034855135
23 FC Turtkulchi Turtkul [e] 501382961892834[UZB]
24 FC Naryn Khakkulabad 5010132743803733[+] [UZB]
25 FC Konchi Angren [f] 501173253974429[UZB]
26 FC Kuruvchi Urgench [g] 507835361319522
Source: [ citation needed ]
Notes:
  1. Leninabad City were renamed as Hujand.
  2. Metallurg Almalyk changed name to Kimegar.
  3. Dinamo Samarkand changed name to Marokand.
  4. Spartak Andizhan changed name to Navruz.
    • Tselinnik Turtkul changed name to Turtkulchi.
  5. Shakhtyor Angren changed name to Konchi.
  6. Jeyhun Urgench changed name to Kuruvchi.

X Zone (Russia Far East)

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Lokomotiv Chita 34211034612+3452[RUS 1E]
2 SKA Khabarovsk 3423385822+3649
3 Irtysh Omsk 3420775121+3047[-] [RUS 1E]
4 Chkalovets Novosibirsk 3419876031+2946[RUS 1E]
5 Metallurg Novokuznetsk 3419695134+1744
6 Tom Tomsk 3416994329+1441
7 Metallurg Krasnoyarsk [a] 34168105131+2040
8 Luch Vladivostok 34151093728+940
9 Vulkan Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy 34129133639333
10 Dinamo Yakutsk 341291328381033[+] [RUS 1E]
11 Amur Komsomolsk-na-Amure 34812143238628[RUS 1E]
12 Selenga Ulan-Ude 341071733451227
13 Dinamo Kemerovo 348101618311326[+] [RUS 2]
14 Angara Angarsk 34871929492023[RUS 2]
15 Torpedo Rubtsovsk 34871938592123
16 Shakhtyor Artyom 34852127583121[+] [RUS 2]
17 Shakhtyor Leninsk-Kuznetskiy 34852124563221[RUS 2]
18 Progress Biysk 34582119604118
Source: [ citation needed ]
Notes:
  1. Avtomobilist Krasnoyarsk changed name to Metallurg.

See also