1991 Soviet First League

Soviet First League 1991 Rotor Volgograd none (25) Serhiy Husyev (Tiligul Tiraspol) 1990 1992 Russia 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 (returning after an absence of 10 seasons) FC Bukovina Chernovtsy – Winner of the 1990 Soviet Second League, Zone West (debut) FC Neftianik Fergona – Winner of the 1990 Soviet Second League, Zone East (debut) FC Novbakhor Namangan – Runner-up of the 1990 Soviet Second League, Zone East (debut) FC Textilshchik Kamyshin – Runner-up of the 1990 Soviet Second League, Zone Center (debut) FC Daugava Riga – Runner-up of the 1990 Soviet 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 Replaced or withdrawn teams With fall of the Soviet Union, the promoted FC Daugava Riga was dissolved and replaced with FC Pardaugava Riga that was based on the junior squad of the Latvia national U-21 football team and took part in the 1990 Baltic League placing only 15th out 17 teams. Locations Soviet Union Soviet Union location map (no rivers).svg 1100 none Location of teams in the 1991 Soviet First League. Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Rotor bottom 48.7 44.516667 Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Tiligul right 46.840278 29.643333 Soviet Union Uralmash top 56.833333 60.583333 Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Rostselmash right 47.233333 39.7 Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Bukovyna right 48.3 25.933333 Soviet Union Tavriya left 44.951944 34.102222 Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Neftiannik bottom 40.386389 71.786389 Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Lokomotiv top 56.326944 44.0075 Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Novbahor top 41.001111 71.668333 Soviet Union Dinamo Sukh left 43 41.016667 Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Tekstilschik right 50.083333 45.4 Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Shinnik top 57.616667 39.85 Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Fakel top 51.671667 39.210556 Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Kairat top 43.2775 76.895833 Soviet Union Neftchi top 40.395278 49.882222 Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Dinamo Stav bottom 45.05 41.983333 Soviet Union #f8f9fa Kotayk left 40.273889 44.625556 Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Zenit bottom 59.9375 30.308611 Soviet Union #f8f9fa Zimbru left 47.022887 28.835335 Soviet Union Geolog top 57.15 65.533333 Soviet Union Kuban left 45.033333 38.966667 Soviet Union #FFFFF0 Pardaugava bottom 56.948889 24.106389 League standings main WDL QR 2 RVL Russian SFSR Rotor Volgograd TTR Moldavian SSR Tiligul Tiraspol URY Russian SFSR Uralmash Yekaterinburg/Sverdlovsk RRD Russian SFSR Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don BUK Ukrainian SSR Bukovyna Chernivtsi TSM Ukrainian SSR Tavriya Simferopol NFG Uzbek SSR Neftiannik Fergona LNN Russian SFSR Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod NOV Uzbek SSR Novbahor DSK Georgian SSR Dinamo Sukhumi TKM Russian SFSR Textilschik Kamyshin SHY Russian SFSR Shinnik Yaroslavl FVR Russian SFSR Fakel Voronezh KAL Kazakh SSR Kairat Almaty NBK Azerbaijan SSR Neftchi Baku DST Russian SFSR Dinamo Stavropol KAB Armenian SSR Kotayk Abovyan ZEN Russian SFSR Zenit St. Petersburg/Leningrad ZCH Moldavian SSR Zimbru Chisinau TYU Russian SFSR Geolog Tyumen KUB Russian SFSR Kuban Krasnodar PRG Latvian SSR Pardaugava Riga 24 11 7 79 44 C 22 10 10 64 45 21 9 12 68 40 20 10 12 47 39 20 8 14 56 49 19 10 13 64 56 21 5 16 54 56 17 13 12 46 35 19 7 16 60 53 16 11 15 50 50 15 13 14 56 52 17 7 18 57 59 17 7 18 45 50 17 6 19 58 52 17 5 20 60 58 14 11 17 50 54 15 7 20 30 48 11 14 17 44 50 11 13 18 36 49 11 13 18 32 47 8 10 24 40 68 7 6 29 31 73 green1 Promoted to the 1992 Soviet Top League A A A A A A A A A A A black1 Withdrew R R R R complete 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 Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)1 RSFSR11Dinamo Stavropol, Fakel Voronezh, Geolog Tyumen, Kuban Krasnodar, Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod, Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, Rotor Volgograd, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Tekstilschik Kamyshin, Uralmash Yekaterinburg, Zenit Saint Petersburg2 Moldavian SSR2Tiligul Tiraspol, Zimbru Kishenev Ukrainian SSRBukovina Chernovtsy, Tavriya Simferopol Uzbek SSRNavbahor Namangan, Neftiannik Fergana5 Armenian SSR1Kotaik Abovian Azerbaijan SSRNeftchi Baku Georgian SSRDinamo Sukhumi Kazakh SSRKairat Alma-Ata Latvian SSRPardaugava Riga Top scorers #PlayerClubGoalsGames1Serhiy Husyev«Tiligul Tiraspol»25362Serhiy Shevchenko«Tavriya Simferopol»21403Valeri Shushlyakov«Uralmash Yekaterinburg»20384Vladislav Lemish«Kuban Krasnodar»20425Rustam Zabirov«Navbahor Namangan»19356Yuri Kalitvintsev«Rotor Volgograd»18377Aleksandr Tikhonov«Rostselmash Rostov»17408Yunis Hüseynov«Neftchi Baku»16349Vəli Qasımov«Neftchi Baku»163810Rustem Shaymukhametov«Textilshchik Kamyshin»153811Yuriy Hudymenko«Rotor Volgograd»1539 Managers Club Head coachFC Rotor Volgograd Leonid KoltunSC Tiligul Tiraspol Vladimir VeberFC Uralmash SverdlovskFC Uralmash Yekaterinburg Korney Shperling (until July)Nikolai Agafonov (from July)FC Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu Enver YulgushovFC Bukovina Chernovtsy Yukhym ShkolnykovSC Tavriya Simferopol Anatoliy ZayaevFC Neftiannik Fergona Yuriy SarkisyanFC Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod Valeri OvchinnikovFC Navbakhor Namangan Igor VolchokFC Dinamo Sukhumi Oleg DolmatovFC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin Sergei PavlovFC Shinnik Yaroslavl Stanislav VorotilinFC Fakel Voronezh Sergei Savchenkov (until June)Fyodor Novikov (from July)FC Kairat Alma-Ata Boris StukalovFC Neftchi Baku Ruslan Abdullaev (until April)Kazbek Tuaev (from May)FC Dinamo Stavropol Viktor Nosov (until July)Vladimir Kitin (from July, interim)FC Kotayk Abovyan Arkady AndreasyanFC Zenit Saint Petersburg Yury MorozovFC Zimbru Kishinev Ion CarasFC Geolog Tyumen Rudolf AtamalyanSerhiy Morozov (from July)FC Kuban Krasnodar Vladimir Brazhnikov (until July)Yuri Marushkin (from July)FK Pārdaugava Riga Jānis Skredelis See also 1991 Soviet Top League 1991 Soviet Second League 1991 Soviet Second League B External links 1990 First League at the RSSSF Category:Soviet First League seasons 2 Soviet Soviet Category:1991 in Abkhazia Category:1991 in Armenian football Category:1991 in Kazakhstani football Category:1991 in Latvian football Category:1991–92 in Moldovan 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