1991 in Ukrainian football

← 1990 ·  · 1992 →

Men's Domestic Leagues  | Div  | League[a] | Season[b]

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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

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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

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I | 1990–91 Soviet Cup | (Ukrainian teams eliminated)
1991–92 Soviet Cup | (Ukrainian teams withdrew)

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

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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.

## Domestic leagues

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### Men

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#### Soviet Top League

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Main article: 1991 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

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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
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]
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:

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

#### Soviet First League

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Main article: 1991 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
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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
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
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

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Main articles: 1991 Soviet Second League and 1991 Soviet Second League, Zone West

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
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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:

1. ^ Numerous clubs refused to play away games in Azerbaijan due to the First Nagorno-Karabakh War (Operation Ring).
2. ^ a b Teams that refused to play against Goyazan Kazakh only: Zarya Luhansk and Niva Vinnitsa.
3. ^ a b c 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

4. ^ a b c d e f g h 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.
5. ^ a b Teams that refused to play against all Azerbaijani clubs: Dnepr Mogilev and KIM Vitebsk.

#### Soviet Lower Second League

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Main articles: 1991 Soviet Second League B and 1991 Soviet Lower Second League, Zone 1

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

Zone 1
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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
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

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Main article: 1991 KFK competitions (Ukraine)

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

### Women

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#### Soviet Top League

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Six Ukrainian teams (Arena Kyiv, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Lehenda Chernihiv, Luhanochka Luhansk, Nyva-Olimp Kyiv and Dynamo Kyiv) play in this league, which also contains nine teams from the Russian SFSR and nine more teams from other union republics.

Overall standings
Zone 1  Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | SKIF Malakhovka  | 22  | 16  | 4  | 2  | 35  | 6  | +29  | 36  | Play-off
2  | Tekstilshchik Ramenskoye  | 22  | 15  | 5  | 2  | 40  | 13  | +27  | 35
3  | SKA-Merey Alma-Ata[a] | 22  | 14  | 5  | 3  | 42  | 10  | +32  | 33  |
4  | Volzhanka Cheboksary  | 22  | 12  | 6  | 4  | 32  | 14  | +18  | 30
5  | Prometey St-Peterburg  | 22  | 13  | 3  | 6  | 32  | 18  | +14  | 29
6  | Legenda Chernigov  | 22  | 8  | 6  | 8  | 22  | 11  | +11  | 22
7  | Interlenprom St-Peterburg  | 22  | 8  | 4  | 10  | 23  | 22  | +1  | 20
8  | Niva-Olimp Kyiv  | 22  | 7  | 6  | 9  | 28  | 29  | −1  | 20
9  | Nig Aparan  | 22  | 6  | 2  | 14  | 22  | 44  | −22  | 14
10  | Erebuni Yerevan  | 22  | 3  | 4  | 15  | 11  | 42  | −31  | 10
11  | Shturm Pitkyaranta  | 22  | 2  | 4  | 16  | 6  | 41  | −35  | 8
12  | Viktoriya Kashira  | 22  | 1  | 5  | 16  | 5  | 48  | −43  | 7

Source: [citation needed]
Notes:

1. ^ After the season, SKA-Merey Alma-Ata (founded as Graciya Alma-Ata) were relocated and renamed CSK VVS Samara, due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Zone 2  Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Arena Kyiv  | 22  | 14  | 3  | 5  | 29  | 12  | +17  | 31  | Play-off
2  | Nadezhda Mogilyov  | 22  | 13  | 5  | 4  | 32  | 11  | +21  | 31
3  | Spartak Moscow  | 22  | 12  | 6  | 4  | 36  | 13  | +23  | 30  |
4  | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk  | 22  | 12  | 4  | 6  | 34  | 19  | +15  | 28
5  | RAF Jelgava  | 22  | 12  | 4  | 6  | 39  | 29  | +10  | 28
6  | Niva Grodno  | 22  | 11  | 4  | 7  | 24  | 22  | +2  | 26
7  | Codru Chisinau  | 22  | 8  | 5  | 9  | 23  | 21  | +2  | 21
8  | Luganochka Lugansk  | 22  | 7  | 7  | 8  | 23  | 23  | 0  | 21
9  | Dinamo Kyiv  | 22  | 8  | 4  | 10  | 31  | 27  | +4  | 20
10  | Taraggi Baku  | 22  | 5  | 2  | 15  | 14  | 41  | −27  | 12
11  | Araz Baku  | 22  | 3  | 6  | 13  | 12  | 36  | −24  | 12
12  | SiM Moscow  | 22  | 1  | 2  | 19  | 5  | 51  | −46  | 4

Source: [citation needed]

NB: total goal difference -3

Play-off (in Sevastopol)
Semifinals

Team 1  |  Score  | Team 2
Tekstilshchik Ramenskoye  | 1-0  | Arena Kyiv
Nadezhda Mogilyov  | 0-0
[2-0 pen]  | SKIF Malakhovka
Third-place match

Team 1  |  Score  | Team 2
SKIF Malakhovka  | 1-0  | Arena Kyiv
Final

Team 1  |  Score  | Team 2
Tekstilshchik Ramenskoye  | 0-0
[6-5 pen]  | Nadezhda Mogilov

#### Soviet First League

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Eight Ukrainian teams (Luys Simferopol, Bukovynka Chernivtsi, Chornomorochka Odesa, Svitlana Dnipropetrovsk, Nika Zaporizhia, ZSU Zaporizhia, Radosin Kyiv, and Debiut-88 Kharkiv play in this league, which also contains 18 teams from the Russian SFSR and six more teams from other union republics.

Zone 1  Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | CSKA-Transexpo Moscow  | 14  | 10  | 1  | 3  | 33  | 8  | +25  | 21  | Play-off
2  | Luys Simferopol  | 14  | 8  | 5  | 1  | 22  | 6  | +16  | 21  |
3  | Bukovinka Chernovtsy  | 14  | 9  | 2  | 3  | 34  | 9  | +25  | 20
4  | Chernomorochka Odessa  | 14  | 8  | 2  | 4  | 30  | 13  | +17  | 18
5  | Svetlana Dnepropetrovsk  | 14  | 6  | 1  | 7  | 15  | 25  | −10  | 13
6  | Fortuna Ogre  | 14  | 4  | 2  | 8  | 10  | 28  | −18  | 10
7  | Elektronika Minsk  | 14  | 4  | 1  | 9  | 10  | 19  | −9  | 9
8  | University Moscow  | 14  | 0  | 0  | 14  | 3  | 49  | −46  | 0

Source: [citation needed]

Zone 2  Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Energiya Voronezh  | 14  | 13  | 1  | 0  | 49  | 2  | +47  | 27  | Play-off
2  | Nika Zaporozhye  | 14  | 8  | 2  | 4  | 18  | 14  | +4  | 18  |
3  | Snezhana Lyubertsy  | 14  | 6  | 4  | 4  | 23  | 14  | +9  | 16
4  | ZGU Zaporozhye  | 14  | 6  | 4  | 4  | 22  | 15  | +7  | 16
5  | Zvezda Zagorsk  | 14  | 5  | 4  | 5  | 20  | 24  | −4  | 14
6  | Radosin Kyiv  | 14  | 5  | 2  | 7  | 15  | 14  | +1  | 12
7  | MISI Moscow  | 14  | 3  | 3  | 8  | 11  | 26  | −15  | 9
8  | Vologzhanka Vologda  | 14  | 0  | 0  | 14  | 3  | 52  | −49  | 0

Source: [citation needed]

Zone 3  Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Spartak-13 Moscow  | 14  | 11  | 2  | 1  | 43  | 9  | +34  | 24  | Play-off
2  | Sedin-Shiss Krasnodar  | 14  | 8  | 3  | 3  | 31  | 10  | +21  | 19  |
3  | Viktoriya Stavropol  | 14  | 4  | 8  | 2  | 15  | 8  | +7  | 16
4  | Atoris Moscow  | 14  | 5  | 5  | 4  | 17  | 11  | +6  | 15
5  | Volna Nizhny Novgorod  | 14  | 6  | 2  | 6  | 22  | 26  | −4  | 14
6  | Krylya Sovetov Saransk  | 14  | 3  | 6  | 5  | 10  | 14  | −4  | 12
7  | Nadezhda Voskresensk  | 14  | 2  | 2  | 10  | 8  | 37  | −29  | 6
8  | Debyut-88 Kharkov  | 14  | 2  | 2  | 10  | 7  | 38  | −31  | 6

Source: [citation needed]

Zone 4  Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Azaliya Kant  | 14  | 11  | 1  | 2  | 24  | 7  | +17  | 23  | Play-off
2  | Sibiryachka Krasnoyarsk  | 14  | 9  | 4  | 1  | 27  | 4  | +23  | 22  |
3  | Lada Togliatti  | 14  | 8  | 2  | 4  | 30  | 11  | +19  | 18
4  | Olimp Karaganda  | 14  | 7  | 3  | 4  | 23  | 9  | +14  | 17
5  | Taganay Zlatoust  | 14  | 5  | 3  | 6  | 18  | 23  | −5  | 13
6  | Shagala Guryev  | 14  | 4  | 3  | 7  | 12  | 26  | −14  | 11
7  | Kama Perm  | 14  | 2  | 0  | 12  | 8  | 33  | −25  | 4
8  | Tokhuchu Baku  | 14  | 1  | 2  | 11  | 5  | 34  | −29  | 4

Source: [citation needed]

First League Play-off (in Voronezh)  Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Energiya Voronezh  | 2  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 5  | 1  | +4  | 4  |
2  | Spartak-13 Moscow  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 2
3  | CSKA-Transexpo Moscow  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 4  | −4  | 0
4  | Azaliya Kant  | 0  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | —  | 0  | Withdrew

Source: [citation needed]

#### Soviet Second League

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Six Ukrainian teams (Elehiya Bobrovytsia, Atlanta Sevastopol, Yunist-Helios Luhansk, Mriya Kirovohrad, Azovchanka Mariupol, and Soyuz Kharkiv), which also contains 8 teams from the Russian SFSR and four more teams from other union republics.

Zone 1  Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Syuyumbike Zelenodolsk  | 10  | 7  | 1  | 2  | 27  | 11  | +16  | 15  | Play-off
2  | Gamma Kazan  | 10  | 7  | 0  | 3  | 30  | 8  | +22  | 14  |
3  | Azaliya-2 Bishkek  | 10  | 7  | 0  | 3  | 15  | 10  | +5  | 14
4  | Sibiryachka-2 Krasnoyarsk  | 10  | 4  | 1  | 5  | 17  | 22  | −5  | 9
5  | Dorozhnik Arkalyk  | 10  | 3  | 0  | 7  | 12  | 20  | −8  | 6
6  | Olimpiya Ishimbay  | 10  | 1  | 0  | 9  | 7  | 37  | −30  | 2

Source: [citation needed]

Zone 2  Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Kaluzhanka Kaluga  | 10  | 10  | 0  | 0  | 60  | 1  | +59  | 20  | Play-off
2  | Komandor Fryazino  | 10  | 7  | 0  | 3  | 26  | 6  | +20  | 14  |
3  | Trikotazhnitsa Bobruysk  | 10  | 6  | 0  | 4  | 18  | 16  | +2  | 12
4  | Elegiya Bobrovitsa  | 10  | 4  | 0  | 6  | 12  | 28  | −16  | 8
5  | Viktoriya Brest  | 10  | 2  | 0  | 8  | 9  | 47  | −38  | 4
6  | Atlanta Sevastopol  | 10  | 1  | 0  | 9  | 11  | 38  | −27  | 2

Source: [citation needed]

Zone 3  Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  | Rus Moscow  | 10  | 10  | 0  | 0  | 78  | 2  | +76  | 20  | Play-off
2  | Volna St-Peterburg  | 10  | 7  | 0  | 3  | 24  | 11  | +13  | 14  |
3  | Yunost-Gelios Lugansk  | 10  | 6  | 0  | 4  | 24  | 14  | +10  | 12
4  | Mriya Kirovograd  | 10  | 5  | 0  | 5  | 26  | 17  | +9  | 10
5  | Azovchanka Mariupol  | 10  | 2  | 0  | 8  | 10  | 54  | −44  | 4
6  | Soyuz Kharkov  | 10  | 0  | 0  | 10  | 1  | 67  | −66  | 0

Source: [citation needed]

NB: total goal difference -2

Second League Play-off

Team 1  |  Score  | Team 2
Rus Moscow  | bt  | Syuyumbike Zelenodolsk

Kaluzhanka Kaluga – withdrew

## Domestic cups

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### Men

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#### Soviet Cup

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Main articles: 1990–91 Soviet Cup and 1991 Soviet Cup Final

The last Ukrainian team Chornomorets Odesa was eliminated in quarterfinals. Since semifinals for the Soviet Cup played three Russian teams and Ararat Yerevan.

| Semifinals | | | Final |

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| Lokomotiv Moscow | 0 | |
| CSKA Moscow | 3 |
| | CSKA Moscow | 3 |
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| Torpedo Moscow (p) | 0 (7) |

| Ararat Yerevan | 0 (6) |

Main articles: 1991–92 Soviet Cup and 1992 Soviet Cup Final

All Ukrainian teams withdrew the competition at quarterfinals due to dissolution of the Soviet Union. Since semifinals for the Soviet Cup played three Russian teams and Pamir Dushanbe.

| Semifinals | | | Final |

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| Pamir Dushanbe | 0 |
| | Spartak Moscow | 2 |
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| Lokomotiv Moscow | 0 |

| Spartak Moscow | 2 |

#### Cup of the Ukrainian SSR

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Main article: 1991 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR

The Cup of the Ukrainian SSR is a two-legged home-and-away series played among the Second League Ukrainian teams.

Veres Rivno v Temp Shepetivka 24 November 1991 |  Veres Rivno | 1 - 2|  Temp Shepetivka | Rivno

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| Sarnavsky 22' |  | Dovhalets 31'
Bondarenko 31' | Stadium: Avanhard Stadium
Attendance: 4,277
Referee: Vadym Shevchenko (Kyiv)

Temp Shepetivka v Veres Rivno 28 November 1991 |  Temp Shepetivka | 1 - 1|  Veres Rivno | Khmelnytskyi

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| Bondarenko 57' |  | Mankuta 29' | Stadium: Sport Complex Podillya
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Valeriy Onufer (Uzhhorod)

Temp won 3–2 on aggregate

#### Ukrainian Cup among KFK

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The Ukrainian Cup among KFK is a republican cup contested among collectives of physical culture (CPhC or KFK) which in the Soviet Union had an amateur status compered to teams of masters which served as an official term for professional teams. Since 1989 the competition was not conducted.

### Women

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#### Soviet Cup

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The Soviet is a domestic cup contested by women's teams at the top division. Two last Ukrainian teams were eliminated at quarterfinals (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Lehenda Chernihiv).

Sibiryachka Krasnoyarsk v Prometey Saint-Petersburg September 21, 1991 |  Sibiryachka Krasnoyarsk | 0 - 0 (a.e.t.)
(3 – 2 p)|  Prometey Saint-Petersburg | Moscow

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### 1990–91 European competitions

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Main article: 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup

Dynamo Kyiv v  FC Barcelona 6 March 1991 Quarter-finals|  Dynamo Kyiv | 2–3|  FC Barcelona | Kyiv, Soviet Union

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19:00 | Zayets 33'
Salenko 81' (pen.) | Report | Bakero 5'
Urbano 45'
Stoichkov 63' (pen.) | Stadium: Republican Stadium, Kyiv
Attendance: 98,000
Referee: David Syme (Scotland)

FC Barcelona v  Dynamo Kyiv 19 March 1991 Quarter-finals|  FC Barcelona | 1–1|  Dynamo Kyiv | Barcelona, Spain

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20:45 | Amor 89' | Report | Yuran 62' | Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 61,500
Referee: Zoran Petrović (Yugoslavia)

FC Dynamo Kyiv eliminated from the European competitions.

### 1991–92 European competitions

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Main article: 1991–92 European Cup

HJK Helsinki v  Dynamo Kyiv 18 September 1991 First round|  HJK Helsinki | 0–1|  Dynamo Kyiv | Helsinki, Finland

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20:00 |  | Report | Kovalets 32' | Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 3,032
Referee: Marek Kowalczyk (Poland)

Dynamo Kyiv v  HJK Helsinki 2 October 1991 First round|  Dynamo Kyiv | 3–0|  HJK Helsinki | Kyiv, Soviet Union

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19:00 | Kovalets 28'
Moroz 48'
Hrytsyna 72' | Report |  | Stadium: Republican Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Erman Toroğlu (Turkey)

Dynamo Kyiv won 4–0 on aggregate.

Dynamo Kyiv v  Brøndby 23 October 1991 Second round|  Dynamo Kyiv | 1–1|  Brøndby | Kyiv, Soviet Union

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19:00 | Salenko 77' (pen.) | Report | Nielsen 12' | Attendance: 29,184
Referee: John Blankenstein (Netherlands)

Brøndby v  Dynamo Kyiv 6 November 1991 Second round|  Brøndby | 0–1|  Dynamo Kyiv | Brøndby, Denmark

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19:00 |  | Report | Yakovenko 6' | Stadium: Brøndby Stadium
Attendance: 13,712
Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)

Dynamo Kyiv won 2–1 on aggregate. Dynamo Kyiv qualified for the Group stage.

Dynamo Kyiv v  Benfica 27 November 1991 Group stage|  Dynamo Kyiv | 1–0|  Benfica | Kyiv, Soviet Union

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19:00 | Salenko 29' | Report |  | Stadium: Republican Stadium
Attendance: 41,500
Referee: Keith Hackett (England)

Sparta Prague v  Dynamo Kyiv 11 December 1991 Group stage|  Sparta Prague | 2–1|  Dynamo Kyiv | Prague, Czechoslovakia

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18:00 | Němeček 13'
Vrabec 22' | Report | Sharan 55' | Stadium: Letná Stadium
Attendance: 14,639
Referee: Rosario Lo Bello (Italy)

End of calendar year standing

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Barcelona | 2  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 2  | +1  | 3
Sparta Prague | 2  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 4  | 4  | 0  | 2
Dynamo Kyiv | 2  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 2  | 0  | 2
Benfica | 2  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1  | −1  | 1

Source: [citation needed]

## Notes

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## References

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1. ^ "ФУТБОЛ - 1991. О ПРОВЕДЕНИЕ СОРЕВНОВАНИЙ. (Football – 1991. On conducting the competitions". Центральный стадион им. В.И.Ленина (Tsentralny Stadion imeni V.I.Lenina). Archived from the original on 13 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.

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