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1991 Soviet Second League

Field	Value
competition	Second League
season	1991
winners	Karpaty Lviv, Asmaral Moscow, Okean Nakhodka
promoted	Karpaty Lviv, Asmaral Moscow, Okean Nakhodka
relegated	12 teams (cancelled)
prevseason	1990
nextseason	1992

1991 Soviet Second League was the last edition of the Soviet Second League competition. There were three groups (known as zones) with 66 teams in total (22 in each group). Competitions in the last year "Baltic League" were not held as the Soviet Union was crumbling down.

Next seasons all of the clubs competed in their own national championships and most of them at the top level.

Teams

Locations

Final standings

Zone West

;Representation

Ukrainian SSR: 11
Byelorussian SSR: 4
Moldavian SSR 2
Russian SFSR 2
Azerbaijan SSR 3

Center

Several clubs refused to play away games in Armenia due to the First Nagorno-Karabakh War (Operation Ring). Both Armenian clubs received multiple technical wins such Lori Kirovakan 4 technical wins, Ararat-2 Yerevan - 3.

Teams that refused to play against Armenian clubs: Metallurg Lipetsk, KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny, and Dinamo Bryansk.

East

;Representation

Kazakh SSR: 8
Russian SFSR: 6
Uzbek SSR: 5
Kyrgyz SSR: 1
Turkmen SSR: 1
Tajik SSR: 1

Number of teams by union republic

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	RSFSR	28	Amur Blagoveschensk, APK Azov, Asmaral Moscow, Dinamo Barnaul, Dinamo Briansk, Druzhba Maikop, Gastello Ufa, KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny, Krylya Sovetov Samara, Kuzbass Kemerevo, Lada Togliatti, Metallurg Lipetsk, Nart Cherkessk, Okean Nakhodka, Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sokol Saratov, Spartak Nalchik, Start Ulyanovsk, Terek Grozny, Torpedo Riazan, Torpedo Taganrog, Torpedo Vladimir, Torpedo Volzhsky, Tsement Novorossiysk, Volga Tver, Zenit Izhevsk, Zvezda Irkutsk, Zvezda Perm
2	Ukrainian SSR	11	SKA Odesa, Galichina Drogobich, Karpaty Lvov, Kremin Kremenchuk, Niva Ternopol, Niva Vinnitsa, Sudostroitel Nikolaev, Torpedo Zaporizhzhia, Volyn Lutsk, Vorskla Poltava, Zaria Lugansk
3	Kazakh SSR	8	Ekibastuzets Ekibastuz, Khimik Dzhambul, Meliorator Chimkent, Shakhter Karaganda, Traktor Pavlodar, Tselinnik Tselinograd, Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk, Zhetysu Taldy-Kurgan
4	Uzbek SSR	5	Avtomobilist Kokand, Kasansaets Kasansai, Nuravshon Bukhara, Sogdiana Dzhizzakh, Surkhan Termez
5	Byelorussian SSR	4	Dinamo Brest, Dnepr Mogilev, Khimik Grodno, KIM Vitebsk
6	Azerbaijan SSR	3	Dinamo Gandzha, Goyazan Kazakh, Karabakh Agdam
7	Armenian SSR	2	Ararat-2 Yerevan, Lori Kirovakan
Moldavian SSR	Tigina Bendery, Zaria Beltsy
9	Kyrgyz SSR	1	Alga Bishkek
Tajik SSR	Vakhsh Kourgan‑Tyube
Turkmen SSR	Kopet-Dag Ashkhabat

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