| Team
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1991 league and position
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Head coach
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| FC Zhemchuzhina-Amerus Enterprises Sochi
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Soviet Second League B, Zone 4, 1st (as FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi)
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Arsen Naydyonov
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| FC Uralan Elista
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Soviet Second League B, Zone 4, 2nd
|
Arnold Lendengolts
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| FC Gekris Novorossiysk
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Soviet Second League, Center, 13th (as FC Tsement Novorossiysk)
|
Oleg Dolmatov
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| FC Druzhba Maykop
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Soviet Second League, Center, 15th
|
Nurbiy Khakunov
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| FC Terek Grozny
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Soviet Second League, Center, 5th
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Khaydar Alkhanov
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| FC Dynamo Vologda
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Soviet Second League B, Zone 6, 4th
|
Leon Agubyants
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| FC Metallurg Lipetsk
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Soviet Second League, Center, 4th
|
Aleksandr Ignatenko
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| PFC Spartak Nalchik
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Soviet Second League, West, 17th
|
Kazbek Tlyarugov
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| FC Spartak Anapa
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Soviet Second League B, Zone 5, 1st
|
Akop Kalandzhan
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| FC Torpedo Vladimir
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Soviet Second League, Center, 3rd
|
Yuri Pyanov
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| FC Asmaral Kislovodsk
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Soviet Second League B, Zone 4, 3rd (as FC Narzan Kislodovsk)
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Gennadi Sarychev (until July) Eduard Malofeyev (from July)
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| FC Torpedo Taganrog
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Soviet Second League, West, 6th
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Valeri Volodin (until July) Anatoly Bulgakov (from August)
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| FC Nart Cherkessk
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Soviet Second League, Center, 17th
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Leonid Shlyak
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| FC APK Azov
|
Soviet Second League, Center, 16th
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Aleksandr Irkhin (until July) Vladimir Inyutin (from September)
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| FC Tekstilshchik Ivanovo
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Soviet Second League B, Zone 6, 2nd
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Vladimir Belkov
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| FC Energomash Belgorod
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Soviet Second League B, Zone 5, 4th
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Viktor Prokhorov
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| FC Prometey-Dynamo St. Petersburg
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Soviet Second League B, Zone 6, 1st
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Vladimir Pronin (until May) Vladimir Goncharov (from June)
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| FC Trion-Volga Tver
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Soviet Second League, Center, 20th (as FC Volga Tver)
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Viktor Arzhanykh (until August) Boris Zhuravlyov (from September)
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