1991 Soviet Second League, Zone West

Main article: 1991 Soviet Second League

1991 Soviet Second League, Zone West was the last season of association football competition of the Soviet Second League in the Zone West. The competition was won by FC Karpaty Lviv.

Second League

Season	1991
Champions	Karpaty Lviv
Promoted	cancelled
Relegated	4 teams (cancelled)
Top goalscorer	(22) - Ihor Yavorsky (Nyva Ternopil)
← 1990 1992 (Ukraine) →

The group (zone) consisted predominantly out of Ukrainian clubs. With fall of the Soviet Union and discontinuation of Soviet competition, most clubs of the group joined their top national leagues. Because of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War (Operation Ring), many clubs refused to travel to Azerbaijan and were awarded technical losses.

Teams

Promoted teams

Zone 1 (Ukraine)

• Torpedo Zaporizhzhia – Winner of the Lower Second League (Returning after a season)
• Sudnostroitel Nikoplayev – Runner-up of the Lower Second League (Returning after a season)

Zone 3 (Azerbaijan)

• Karabakh Agdam – Winner of the Lower Second League (Returning after a season)

Zone 4

• Torpedo Taganrog – Winner of the Lower Second League (Returning after a season)

Zone 5

• Tigina-Apoel Bendery – Runner-up of the Lower Second League (Returning after a season)

Zone 6

• KIM Vitebsk – Runner-up of the Lower Second League (Returning after a season)

Transferred team from other zones

• Azerbaijani teams that in 1990 competed in Zone "Center" of the Second League moved to Zone "West", while Armenian teams were moved to their place.

Renamed teams

• Prior to the start of the season Kapaz Gandzha was renamed to Dinamo Gandzha.
• Prior to the start of the season Tigina Bendery was renamed to Tigina-Apoel Bendery.

Final standings

Pos	Republic[a]	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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. Teams that refused to play against Goyazan Kazakh only: Zarya Luhansk and Niva Vinnitsa.
3. 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. 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. Teams that refused to play against all Azerbaijani clubs: Dnepr Mogilev and KIM Vitebsk.

Representation by republic

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

Top goalscorers

The following were the top ten goalscorers.

#	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Ihor Yavorsky	22	Nyva Ternopil
2	Yuriy Horyachev	19	Sudobudivnyk Mykolaiv
	Oleksandr Sevidov		Zorya Luhansk
4	Viktor Sakhno	18	Zaria Balti
5	Vitaliy Parakhnevych	16	SKA Odesa
6	Oleh Volotek	15	Zorya Luhansk
	Aleksandr Gridyushko		KIM Vitebsk
	Ivan Shariy		Nyva Vinnytsia
9	Volodymyr Mozolyuk	14	Volyn Lutsk
	Sergei Muradyan		Kremin Kremenchuk
	Oleg Radushko		Dnepr Mogilev

External links

• Second League at rsssf.com
• 1991 Second League, West at the Luhansk football portal