1991 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the last season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Soviet Lower Second League. The competition was won for the first time by FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka.
Teams Map
Promoted teams Avtomobilist Sumy – Champion of the Fitness clubs competitions (KFK) finals, Zone 3 winner (debut) Mayak Ochakiv – Runner-up of the Fitness clubs competitions (KFK) finals, Zone 5 winner (debut) Stal Komunarsk – Participant of the Fitness clubs competitions (KFK) finals, Zone 4 winner (debut) Temp Shepetivka – Participant of the Fitness clubs competitions (KFK) finals, Zone 2 winner (debut) Vahonobudivnyk Stakhanov – Participant of the Fitness clubs competitions (KFK) finals, Zone 6 winner (debut) Karpaty Kamianka-Buzka – Participant of the Fitness clubs competitions (KFK) finals, Zone 1 winner (debut) Pryladyst Mukacheve – Runner-up of the Fitness clubs competitions (KFK), Zone 2 (returning to professional level after an absence of 21 seasons) Khimik Severodonetsk – Fourth-placed team of the Fitness clubs competitions (KFK) finals, Zone 4 (returning to professional level after an absence of 21 seasons)
Relegated teams Zakarpattia Uzhhorod – 20th place
Renamed teams
Prior to the start of the season Avanhard Rivne was renamed to Veres Rivne.
Final standings
Top goalscorers
The following were the top ten goalscorers.
#ScorerGoals(Pen.)Team1 Ihor Plotko28Kolos Nikopol2 Yuriy Maksymov27Krystal Kherson3 Roman Hryhorchuk26Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Viktor HromovShakhtar Pavlohrad5 Volodymyr Trubnykov25Shakhtar Pavlohrad6 Mykhailo Zubchuk22Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Volodymyr KukhlevskyiPryladyst Mukacheve8 Anatoliy Lukashenko18Polissya Zhytomyr Yuriy MakarovDynamo Bila Tserkva10 Eduard Denysenko17Zirka Kirovohrad Petro RusakPrykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Volodymyr TymchenkoNaftovyk Okhtyrka Borys ShurshynNaftovyk Okhtyrka
Champions Note: in parentheses are shown games played and goals scored (if any), in bold are indicated "home-grown" players Naftovyk Okhtyrka1991. Вторая лига. 1 зона. Составы команд. football.lg.uaGoalkeepers: Yuriy Prokhorov (46), Valentyn Symakovych (23).
Defenders: Viktor Yayichnyk (49, 4), Viktor Popovych (48, 3), Serhiy Sukharev (48), Anatoliy Yermak (46, 3), Ihor Zadorozhnyi (45, 14), Vasyl Yermak (43).
Midfielders: Volodymyr Tymchenko (49, 17), Sergei Fomin (49, 5), Borys Shurshyn (49, 17), Serhiy Horokh (48, 7), Mykola Lypynskyi (48, 9), Ihor Yudanov (16), Serhiy Lystopadov (14).
Forwards: Pavlo Matviychenko (45, 7), Stanislav Starikov (3).
Head coach — Valeriy Dushkov, nachalnik komandy (team's chief) — Viktor Hodyryev, coaches — Valeriy Boyarchuk,Человек не умирает, он просто уходит в другой мир. yalta.org.ua Hennadiy Makarov.
Players who left team during the season: Vasyl Sarayev (MF, 0) → Avtomobilist Sumy, Igor Yermokhin (FW, 21, 1) → Torpedo Moscow, Viktor Rudyi (FW, 1) → Bukovyna Chernivtsi
References
External links 1991 Second League, Zone 1 . Zorya Luhansk website. 1991 Soviet Championship 1991 Soviet Championship at rsssf.com