# 1991 Soviet Lower Second League, Zone 1

1991 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the last season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Soviet Lower Second League. The competition was won for the first time by FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka.

## Teams
### Promoted teams

* Avtomobilist Sumy – Champion of the Fitness clubs competitions (KFK) finals, Zone 3 winner (debut)
* Mayak Ochakiv – Runner-up of the Fitness clubs competitions (KFK) finals, Zone 5 winner (debut)
* Stal Komunarsk – Participant of the Fitness clubs competitions (KFK) finals, Zone 4 winner (debut)
* Temp Shepetivka – Participant of the Fitness clubs competitions (KFK) finals, Zone 2 winner (debut)
* Vahonobudivnyk Stakhanov – Participant of the Fitness clubs competitions (KFK) finals, Zone 6 winner (debut)
* Karpaty Kamianka-Buzka – Participant of the Fitness clubs competitions (KFK) finals, Zone 1 winner (debut)
* Pryladyst Mukacheve – Runner-up of the Fitness clubs competitions (KFK), Zone 2 (returning to professional level after an absence of 21 seasons)
* Khimik Severodonetsk – Fourth-placed team of the Fitness clubs competitions (KFK) finals, Zone 4 (returning to professional level after an absence of 21 seasons)

### Relegated teams

* Zakarpattia Uzhhorod – 20th place

### Renamed teams

Prior to the start of the season Avanhard Rivne was renamed to Veres Rivne.

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 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 | Promoted |
| 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 | Relegated |
| 26 | Mayak Kharkiv (R) | 50 | 0 | 10 | 40 | 31 | 121 | −90 | 10 | Relegated |

### Top goalscorers

The following were the top ten goalscorers.
| # | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
| 1 | Ihor Plotko | 28 | Kolos Nikopol |
| 2 | Yuriy Maksymov | 27 | Krystal Kherson |
| 3 | Roman Hryhorchuk | 26 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk |
| 3 | Viktor Hromov | 26 | Shakhtar Pavlohrad |
| 5 | Volodymyr Trubnykov | 25 | Shakhtar Pavlohrad |
| 6 | Mykhailo Zubchuk | 22 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih |
| 6 | Volodymyr Kukhlevskyi | 22 | Pryladyst Mukacheve |
| 8 | Anatoliy Lukashenko | 18 | Polissya Zhytomyr |
| 8 | Yuriy Makarov | 18 | Dynamo Bila Tserkva |
| 10 | Eduard Denysenko | 17 | Zirka Kirovohrad |
| 10 | Petro Rusak | 17 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk |
| 10 | Volodymyr Tymchenko | 17 | Naftovyk Okhtyrka |
| 10 | Borys Shurshyn | 17 | Naftovyk Okhtyrka |

## Champions

Note: in parentheses are shown games played and goals scored (if any), in bold are indicated "home-grown" players
* Naftovyk Okhtyrka
* Goalkeepers: Yuriy Prokhorov (46), Valentyn Symakovych (23).
* Defenders: Viktor Yayichnyk (49, 4), Viktor Popovych (48, 3), Serhiy Sukharev (48), Anatoliy Yermak (46, 3), Ihor Zadorozhnyi (45, 14), Vasyl Yermak (43).
* Midfielders: Volodymyr Tymchenko (49, 17), Sergei Fomin (49, 5), Borys Shurshyn (49, 17), Serhiy Horokh (48, 7), Mykola Lypynskyi (48, 9), Ihor Yudanov (16), Serhiy Lystopadov (14).
* Forwards: Pavlo Matviychenko (45, 7), Stanislav Starikov (3).
* Head coach — Valeriy Dushkov, nachalnik komandy (team's chief) — Viktor Hodyryev, coaches — Valeriy Boyarchuk, Hennadiy Makarov.
* Players who left team during the season: Vasyl Sarayev (MF, 0) → Avtomobilist Sumy, Igor Yermokhin (FW, 21, 1) → Torpedo Moscow, Viktor Rudyi (FW, 1) → Bukovyna Chernivtsi