1991 in Ukrainian football

1991 in Ukrainian football

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Men's Domestic Leagues
Div	League^[a]	Season^[b]
I	Top League	Chornomorets Odesa (4th overall)
II	First League	Bukovyna Chernivtsi (5th overall)
III	Second League (West)	Karpaty Lviv (Winners)
IV	Lower Second League (Zone 1)	Naftovyk Okhtyrka (Winners)
Rep	KFK championship	Novator Mariupol (Champions)

Women's Domestic Leagues
Div	League	Season
I	Top League	Arena Kyiv
II	First League	Luys Simferopol / Nika Zaporizhia
III	Second League	Yunist-Helios Luhansk

Men's Domestic Cups
Div	Name	Champion	Runner-Up
I	1990–91 Soviet Cup	(Ukrainian teams eliminated)
I	1991–92 Soviet Cup	(Ukrainian teams withdrew)
II
III	Cup of the Ukrainian SSR	Veres Rivne	Temp Shepetivka
Rep	Cup of the Ukrainian SSR among KFK	(no competition)

Women's Domestic Cups
Div	Name	Champion	Runner-Up
I	Soviet Cup	(Ukrainian teams eliminated)

The 1991 season was the 61st season of competitive football in Ukraine which was a union republic within the Soviet Union. Teams from Ukraine competed in two types of competitions All-Union and republican.

Men

Soviet Top League

Six Ukrainian teams (Chornomorets Odesa, Dynamo Kyiv, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Shakhtar Donetsk, Metalurh Zaporizhia, and Metalist Kharkiv) play in this league, which also contains six teams from the Russian SFSR and four more from other union republics.

Overall standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CSKA Moscow (C)	30	17	9	4	57	32	+25	43	Qualification for Champions League first round
2	Spartak Moscow	30	17	7	6	57	30	+27	41	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Torpedo Moscow	30	13	10	7	36	20	+16	36	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Chornomorets	30	10	16	4	39	24	+15	36	Withdrew from the league
5	Dynamo Kyiv	30	13	9	8	43	34	+9	35	Withdrew from the league
6	Dynamo Moscow	30	12	7	11	43	42	+1	31	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
7	Ararat	30	11	7	12	29	36	−7	29	Withdrew from the league
8	Dinamo Minsk	30	9	11	10	29	31	−2	29
9	Dnipro	30	9	10	11	31	36	−5	28	Withdrew from the league
10	Pamir Dushanbe	30	7	13	10	28	32	−4	27
11	Spartak Vladikavkaz	30	9	8	13	33	41	−8	26
12	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	6	14	10	33	41	−8	26	Withdrew from the league
13	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	30	9	7	14	27	38	−11	25^[c]	Withdrew from the league
14	Pakhtakor Tashkent	30	9	7	14	37	45	−8	25^[c]
15	Metalist Kharkiv^[d]	30	8	9	13	32	43	−11	25	Withdrew from the league
16	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	5	8	17	18	47	−29	18	Avoided relegation

Source: footbook.ru footballfacts.ru
Rules for classification: 1) Total points (If two or more teams have equal points for the first place, the winner is determined by additional single round-robin play-off on condition and place determined by the Federation); 2) Total wins; 3) Head-to-head results (3.1. points 3.2. goal difference 3.3. goal scored); 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total games scored; 6) Draw lots^[1]
(C) Champions
Notes:

↑ The Soviet Union was a union of 15 union republics including Russia. All union republics were allowed to compete at the Soviet football championship.
↑ In Soviet leagues; the Ukrainian team ranked highest in the combined league standings
1 2 Metallurg received more head-to-head points against Pakhtakor.
↑ Metallist placed last in total wins tie-breaker to Metallurg and Pakhtakor.

Soviet First League

Two Ukrainian teams (Bukovyna Chernivtsi and Tavriya Simferopol) play in this league, which also contains 11 teams from the Russian SFSR and nine more teams from other union republics.

Overall standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rotor Volgograd (C)	42	24	11	7	79	44	+35	59	Promoted to the 1992 Soviet Top League
2	Tiligul Tiraspol	42	22	10	10	64	45	+19	54
3	Uralmash Yekaterinburg/Sverdlovsk	42	21	9	12	68	40	+28	51
4	Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don	42	20	10	12	47	39	+8	50
5	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	42	20	8	14	56	49	+7	48	Withdrew
6	Tavriya Simferopol	42	19	10	13	64	56	+8	48	Withdrew
7	Neftiannik Fergona	42	21	5	16	54	56	−2	47	Promoted to the 1992 Soviet Top League
8	Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod	42	17	13	12	46	35	+11	47
9	Novbahor	42	19	7	16	60	53	+7	45
10	Dinamo Sukhumi	42	16	11	15	50	50	0	43
11	Textilschik Kamyshin	42	15	13	14	56	52	+4	43
12	Shinnik Yaroslavl	42	17	7	18	57	59	−2	41
13	Fakel Voronezh	42	17	7	18	45	50	−5	41
14	Kairat Almaty	42	17	6	19	58	52	+6	40	Promoted to the 1992 Soviet Top League
15	Neftchi Baku	42	17	5	20	60	58	+2	39	Promoted to the 1992 Soviet Top League
16	Dinamo Stavropol	42	14	11	17	50	54	−4	39
17	Kotayk Abovyan	42	15	7	20	30	48	−18	37	Withdrew
18	Zenit St. Petersburg/Leningrad	42	11	14	17	44	50	−6	36	Promoted to the 1992 Soviet Top League
19	Zimbru Chisinau	42	11	13	18	36	49	−13	35
20	Geolog Tyumen	42	11	13	18	32	47	−15	35
21	Kuban Krasnodar	42	8	10	24	40	68	−28	26
22	Pardaugava Riga	42	7	6	29	31	73	−42	20	Withdrew

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions

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

Soviet Second League

Eleven Ukrainian teams (Karpaty Lviv, Zorya Luhansk, Nyva Ternopil, Nyva Vinnytsia, Torpedo Zaporizhzhia, Volyn Lutsk, SKA Odesa, Kremin Kreminchuk, Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv, FC Halychyna Drohobych, and Vorskla Poltava) play in this league and all in the west zone of the league. Beside Ukrainian teams in the west zone competed 11 other teams from various union republics. In whole there are three zones West, Center, and East.

Zone West

Pos	Republic^[a]	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ukraine	Karpaty Lviv	42	24	11	7	47	27	+20	59
2	Ukraine	Zorya Luhansk^[b]	42	26	5	11	69	34	+35	57
3	Azerbaijan	Dinamo Gandzha	42	26	4	12	48	48	0	56^[c]
4	Ukraine	Nyva Ternopil^[d]	42	25	6	11	56	29	+27	56
5	Ukraine	Nyva Vinnytsia^[b]	42	21	7	14	54	40	+14	49
6	Russia (1W)	Torpedo Taganrog	42	19	9	14	46	30	+16	47
7	Ukraine	Torpedo Zaporizhzhia	42	18	10	14	63	50	+13	46
8	Ukraine	Volyn Lutsk^[d]	42	19	7	16	46	33	+13	45
9	Moldova	Tigina-Apoel Bendery^[d]	42	18	8	16	49	39	+10	44
10	Ukraine	SKA Odesa^[d]	42	18	7	17	46	42	+4	43
11	Azerbaijan	Karabakh Agdam	42	20	2	20	20	47	−27	42^[c]
12	Belarus	Dnepr Mogilev^[e]	42	18	6	18	47	37	+10	42
13	Ukraine	Kremin Kremenchuk^[d]	42	16	9	17	56	50	+6	41
14	Moldova	Zaria Beltsy	42	16	7	19	63	82	−19	39
15	Ukraine	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv^[d]	42	15	8	19	61	55	+6	38
16	Belarus	Dinamo Brest^[d]	42	14	9	19	50	50	0	37
17	Russia (1W)	Spartak Nalchik	42	15	6	21	51	67	−16	36
18	Ukraine(1)	Halychyna Drohobych	42	14	7	21	42	66	−24	35
19	Ukraine(1)	Vorskla Poltava	42	10	11	21	39	60	−21	31
20	Belarus	KIM Vitebsk^[e]	42	11	8	23	43	55	−12	30
21	Azerbaijan	Goyazan Kazakh	42	13	2	27	29	61	−32	28^[c]
22	Belarus	Khimik Grodno^[d]	42	7	9	26	32	55	−23	23

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

↑ Numerous clubs refused to play away games in Azerbaijan due to the First Nagorno-Karabakh War (Operation Ring).
1 2 Teams that refused to play against Goyazan Kazakh only: Zarya Luhansk and Niva Vinnitsa.
1 2 3
All Azerbaijani clubs received multiple technical wins such
- Dinamo Gandzha: 10 technical wins; +20 points
- Karabakh Agdam: 11 technical wins; +22 points
- Goyazan Kazakh: 4 technical wins; +8 points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Teams that refused to play against Dinamo Gandzha and Karabakh Agdam: Nyva Ternopil, Volyn Lutsk, Tigina-Apoel Bendery, SKA Odesa, Dnepr Mogilev, Kremen Kremenchug, Sudnostroitel Nikolayev, Dinamo Brest, KIM Vitebsk, and Khimik Grodno.
1 2 Teams that refused to play against all Azerbaijani clubs: Dnepr Mogilev and KIM Vitebsk.

Soviet Lower Second League

26 teams play in this league, all of which are based in Ukraine.

Zone 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Naftovyk Okhtyrka (C, P)	50	29	17	4	87	34	+53	75	Promoted
2	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk (P)	50	31	9	10	86	43	+43	71	Promoted
3	Kolos Nikopol	50	28	13	9	86	45	+41	69
4	Veres Rivne	50	28	13	9	67	38	+29	69
5	Pryladyst Mukachevo	50	24	14	12	67	42	+25	62
6	Krystal Kherson	50	23	15	12	82	60	+22	61
7	Dynamo Bila Tserkva	50	25	9	16	69	50	+19	59
8	Avtomobilist Sumy	50	20	14	16	51	40	+11	54
9	Temp Shepetivka (P)	50	19	15	16	64	53	+11	53	Promoted
10	Polissya Zhytomyr	50	22	7	21	64	66	−2	51
11	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	50	19	13	18	75	64	+11	51
12	Shakhtar Pavlohrad	50	19	12	19	84	66	+18	50
13	Desna Chernihiv	50	20	9	21	59	59	0	49
14	Podillya Khmelnytskyi	50	18	13	19	54	55	−1	49
15	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	50	20	8	22	59	64	−5	48
16	Karpaty Kamyanka-Buzka	50	15	15	20	48	55	−7	45
17	Stal Kommunarsk	50	15	15	20	58	73	−15	45
18	Dnipro Cherkasy	50	17	10	23	47	59	−12	44
19	Khimik Sievierodonetsk	50	15	13	22	52	70	−18	43
20	Vahonobudivnyk Stakhanov	50	17	8	25	56	75	−19	42
21	SKA Kyiv	50	11	20	19	48	60	−12	42
22	Chaika Sevastopol	50	13	15	22	58	77	−19	41
23	Mayak Ochakiv	50	15	10	25	51	76	−25	40
24	Okean Kerch (R)	50	15	10	25	49	72	−23	40	Relegated
25	Zirka Kirovohrad (R)	50	12	13	25	55	90	−35	37
26	Mayak Kharkiv (R)	50	0	10	40	31	121	−90	10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Ukrainian championship among KFK

94 teams play in this league, all of which are based in Ukraine. 1991 KFK competitions (Ukraine) season