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1991 Soviet Top League
54th season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union
54th season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Soviet Top League |
| season | 1991 |
| dates | 10 March – 2 November 1991 |
| winners | CSKA Moscow |
| (7th title) | |
| relegated | none (7 clubs withdrew) |
| continentalcup1 | [Champions League](1992-93-uefa-champions-league) |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | CSKA Moscow *(for Russia)* |
| continentalcup2 | [Cup Winners' Cup](1992-93-european-cup-winners-cup) |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | Spartak Moscow *(for Russia)* |
| continentalcup3 | [UEFA Cup](1992-93-uefa-cup) |
| continentalcup3 qualifiers | Dynamo Moscow |
| Torpedo Moscow | |
| *(for Russia)* | |
| league topscorer | (18) Igor Kolyvanov (Dynamo Moscow) |
| biggest home win | Spartak – Dynamo M. 7–1 (26th) |
| biggest away win | Dynamo M. – Torpedo 1–4 (18th) |
| Metalurh – Chornomorets 1–4 (16th) | |
| highest scoring | Spartak – Dynamo M. 7–1 (26th) |
| Dynamo M. – Dnipro 6–2 (28th) | |
| prevseason | [1990](1990-soviet-top-league) |
| nextseason | [1992](1992-soviet-top-league) (Soviet) |
| [1992](1992-russian-top-league) (Russia) |
(7th title) Torpedo Moscow (for Russia) Metalurh – Chornomorets 1–4 (16th) Dynamo M. – Dnipro 6–2 (28th) 1992 (Russia) The 1991 Soviet Top League season () was 22nd in the Top League and the 54th since the establishment of nationwide club competition, also the last one. Dynamo Kyiv were the defending 13-times champions and came fifth this season. A total of sixteen teams participated in the league, twelve of them have contested in the 1990 season while the remaining four were promoted from the Soviet First League due to withdrawals. The representatives of the Baltic states as well as Georgia chose not to take part in the competition.
The season began on 10 March and lasted until 2 November 1991. The season was won by PFC CSKA Moscow that returned to the top league prior to the last season while winning the Soviet Cup competition as well. The season's culmination occurred in its final rounds, when the army team managed to overtake Spartak, while with four rounds left in the season, Spartak was leading the table a point ahead of CSKA and a recent thrashing of Dynamo Moscow 7 to 1.
Due to participants withdrawal in the preceding season four new teams entered the league. Upon the conclusion of the season no clubs were relegated and 12 out of its 16 participants formed a base for either the Russian or the Ukrainian competitions, while other four participants joined their own newly formed national leagues. If the Soviet Union had remained intact, Metalist Kharkiv and Lokomotiv Moscow would have been relegated to the Soviet First League for the next season, while FC Rotor Volgograd and FC Tiligul Tiraspol would have been promoted to the Top League for 1992.
The top six clubs of the league later entered European competitions for their respective nations. The Ukrainian clubs chose to qualify through a separate national competition.
Participating teams
The league was expanded to 16 after the last season, during which number of clubs left the Soviet competitions (from Georgia and Baltic states). The last-placed FC Rotor Volgograd of the 1990 Soviet Top League lost promotion/relegation playoff to Lokomotiv Moscow and was relegated to the 1991 Soviet First League. Rotor Volgograd returned to the Soviet First League after two seasons absence, while at the same time Lokomotiv Moscow returned to the Soviet Top League after only a one-season absence.
Beside the fourth placed Lokomotiv three more teams were promoted and included the champion (FC Spartak Vladikavkaz) and the runners-up of the 1990 Soviet First League (FC Pakhtakor Tashkent and FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia).
- FC Spartak Vladikavkaz – champions (returning for the first time since 1970 after 20 seasons absence)
- FC Pakhtakor Tashkent – 2nd place (returning after six seasons)
- FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia – 3rd place (debut)
- FC Lokomotiv Moscow – promotion play-off (returning after a season)
Locations
Spartak CSKA Dynamo Lokomotiv Torpedo
Stadiums
| Stadium | Team | Opened | Capacity | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican Stadium, Kyiv | Dynamo Kyiv | 1923 | 100,062 | |
| Olympic Stadium Luzhniki, Moscow | Spartak Moscow | 1956 | 81,000 | |
| CSKA | ||||
| Central Stadium Dynamo, Moscow | Dynamo Moscow | 1928 | 71,430 | |
| Central Stadium Hrazdan, Yerevan | Ararat | 1970 | 70,000 | |
| BSS Central Stadium, Odesa | Chornomorets | 1935 | 55,000 | |
| Central Stadium Pakhtakor, Tashkent | Pakhtakor | 1956 | 55,000 | |
| OSC Metalist, Kharkiv | Metalist | 1926 | 42,000 | |
| Dinamo Stadium, Minsk | Dinamo Minsk | 1934 | 40,000 | |
| Meteor Stadium, Dnipropetrovsk | Dnipro | 1966 | 40,000 | |
| Republican Stadium Spartak, Vladikavkaz | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 1962 | 32,464 | |
| Central Stadium Shakhtar, Donetsk | Shakhtar | 1936 | 31,718 | |
| Central Stadium Lokomotiv, Moscow | Lokomotiv | 1966 | 30,000 | |
| SC Olimpiyskiy, Moscow | Dynamo Moscow | 1980 | 22,000 | used in round 2nd |
| Frunze Republican Stadium, Dushanbe | Pamir | 1946 | 21,400 | |
| Torpedo Stadium, Moscow | Torpedo | 1959 | 16,000 | |
| CSKA | used in round 29th | |||
| Abovyan City Stadium, Abovyan | Ararat | 1966 | 5,500 | used in rounds 19th, 22nd, 23rd |
| LFK CSKA, Moscow | CSKA | 1979 | 4,000 | used in rounds 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th |
| Spartak Moscow | used in round 3rd | |||
| Dynamo Moscow | used in rounds 1st, 5th, 6th | |||
| Lokomotiv | used in round 4th | |||
| Central Stadium Metalurh, Zaporizhzhia | Metalurh | 1938 | ? |
Managers
| Club | Head coach |
|---|---|
| PFC CSKA Moscow | Pavel Sadyrin |
| FC Spartak Moscow | Oleg Romantsev |
| FC Torpedo Moscow | Valentin Ivanov (until September) |
| Yevgeni Skomorokhov (from September) | |
| FC Chornomorets Odesa | Viktor Prokopenko |
| FC Dynamo Kyiv | Anatoliy Puzach |
| FC Dynamo Moscow | Semen Altman (until March) |
| Valery Gazzaev (from April) | |
| FC Dinamo Minsk | Eduard Malofeyev (until April) |
| Mikhail Vergeyenko (from April) | |
| FC Ararat Yerevan | Armen Sarkisyan |
| FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Yevhen Kucherevskyi |
| FC Pamir Dushanbe | Sharif Nazarov |
| FC Spartak Vladikavkaz | Valery Gazzaev (until March) |
| Nikolai Khudiyev (April to July) | |
| Ruslan Khadartsev (from July) | |
| FC Shakhtar Donetsk | Valeriy Yaremchenko |
| FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | Ihor Nadein |
| FC Pakhtakor Tashkent | Fyodor Novikov (until June) |
| Ahrol Inoyatov (from July to October) | |
| Alexander Tarkhanov (from November) | |
| FC Metalist Kharkiv | Leonid Tkachenko |
| FC Lokomotiv Moscow | Valeri Filatov |
Final standings
- Immediately following this season, initially only Ukrainian-based teams officially informed the Football Federation of the Soviet Union about their withdrawal and participation in own national competitions. Just before organization of the next season, the Football Federation of the Soviet Union discovered that Armenian Ararat has no intentions to continue its participation either.
Results
Number of teams by union republic
| Rank | Union republic | Number of teams | Club(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RSFSR | 6 | CSKA Moscow, Dynamo Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Spartak Vladikavkaz, Torpedo Moscow |
| Ukrainian SSR | Chornomorets Odesa, Dynamo Kyiv, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Metalist Kharkiv, Metalurh Zaporizhzhia, Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| 3 | Armenian SSR | 1 | Ararat Yerevan |
| Belarusian SSR | Dinamo Minsk | ||
| Tajik SSR | Pamir Dushanbe | ||
| Uzbek SSR | Pakhtakor Tashkent |
Top scorers
;18 goals
- Igor Kolyvanov (Dynamo Moscow)
;14 goals
- Oleg Salenko (Dynamo Kyiv)
- Igor Shkvyrin (Pakhtakor)
;13 goals
- Aleksandr Mostovoi (Spartak Moscow)
- Dmitri Radchenko (Spartak Moscow)
- Nazim Suleymanov (Spartak Vladikavkaz)
;12 goals
- Dmitri Kuznetsov (CSKA Moscow)
;10 goals
- Igor Korneev (CSKA Moscow)
- Andrei Piatnitski (Pakhtakor)
;9 goals
- Andrei Kobelev (Dynamo Moscow)
- Viktor Leonenko (Dynamo Moscow)
- Oleg Sergeyev (CSKA Moscow)
- Valeri Velichko (Dinamo Minsk)
Clean sheets
- Viktor Hryshko (Chornomorets Odesa)
;11 matches
- Yuri Kurbyko (Dinamo Minsk)
;10 matches
- Valeri Sarychev (Torpedo Moscow)
- Valeriy Horodov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)
- Andriy Kovtun (Shakhtar Donetsk)
;9 matches
- Stanislav Cherchesov (Spartak Moscow)
- Ihor Kutepov (Dynamo Kyiv)
;8 matches
- Aleksandr Podshivalov (Torpedo Moscow)
- Andrei Manannikov (Pamir Dushanbe)
Awards
| Prize | Founder | Laureate |
|---|---|---|
| Footballer of the Year | Football weekly | Igor Kolyvanov |
| Goalkeeper of the Year | Ogoniok magazine | Valeri Sarychev |
| Top Scorer | newspaper Labor | Igor Kolyvanov |
| Knight of Attack | Soviet Warrior magazine | Igor Kolyvanov |
| Top Rookie | Sport Games magazine | Valeriy Velichko |
| With Two Squads | Football Federation | Spartak Moscow |
| Grigory Fedotov Memorial | CSKA Moscow | Spartak Moscow |
| Fair Play | Person and Law magazine | Chornomorets Odesa |
| Large Score | Football weekly | Chornomorets Odesa |
| Will to Win | newspaper Sovetskaya Rossiya | Pamir Dushanbe |
| Best Difference of Aggregates | Start magazine | Spartak Moscow |
| Aggressive Visitor | newspaper Komsomol's Banner | CSKA Moscow |
| Danger of the Best | Sport Moscow weekly | Chornomorets Odesa |
| Progress Cup | newspaper Labor Newspaper | Chornomrets Odesa |
| First Height | newspaper Socialist Industry | CSKA Moscow |
Medal squads
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Attendances
| No. | Club | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spartak Vladikavkaz | 25,767 |
| 2 | Paxtakor | 17,247 |
| 3 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhya | 15,240 |
| 4 | Pamir | 15,200 |
| 5 | Spartak Moscow | 14,853 |
| 6 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 13,647 |
| 7 | Chornomorets | 12,800 |
| 8 | Dynamo Kyiv | 11,820 |
| 9 | PFC CSKA | 11,553 |
| 10 | Dinamo Minsk | 11,173 |
| 11 | Dnipro | 7,967 |
| 12 | Dynamo Moscow | 7,627 |
| 13 | Metalist | 6,553 |
| 14 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 4,040 |
| 15 | Torpedo Moscow | 3,967 |
| 16 | Ararat | 3,373 |
References
References
- "ФУТБОЛ - 1991. О ПРОВЕДЕНИЕ СОРЕВНОВАНИЙ. (Football – 1991. On conducting the competitions.". Центральный стадион им. В.И.Ленина (Tsentralny Stadion imeni V.I.Lenina).
- [https://www.championat.com/football/article-3296089-cska---chempion-sssr1991-vospominanija-foto-video.html ЦСКА-1991. Последнее золото СССР. Как это было]. www.championat.com. 27 October 2016
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