# 1991 in Soviet football

The 1991 Soviet football championship was the 60th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. With the ongoing armed conflicts throughout the former Soviet Union (Moldova, Georgia, Tajikistan), the Army main football team, CSKA Moscow, won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the seventh time. It became de facto the last full-scale season of the falling apart Soviet Union.

## Honours
### Men's competitions

| Competition | Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
| Top League | Top League | CSKA Moscow (7) | Spartak Moscow |
| First League | First League | Rotor Volgograd (1) | Tiligul Tiraspol |
| Second League | West | Karpaty Lvov | Zaria Lugansk |
| Second League | Center | Asmaral Moscow | Krylia Sovetov Samara |
| Second League | East | Okean Nakhodka | Kopetdag Ashkhabad |
| Lower Second League | Group 1 | Neftianik Akhtyrka | Prikarpatie Ivano-Frankovsk |
| Lower Second League | Group 2 | Siunik Kapan | Shirak Giumri |
| Lower Second League | Group 3 | Khazar Sumgait | Stroitel Baku |
| Lower Second League | Group 4 | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | Uralan Elista |
| Lower Second League | Group 5 | Spartak Anapa | Svetotekhnika Saransk |
| Lower Second League | Group 6 | Dinamo Saint Petersburg | Tekstilschik Ivanovo |
| Lower Second League | Group 7 | Rubin Kazan | Metallurg Magnitogorsk |
| Lower Second League | Group 8 | Aktiubinets Aktiubinsk | Spartak Semipalatinsk |
| Lower Second League | Group 9 | Traktor Tashkent | Umid Tashkent |
| Lower Second League | Group 10 | Lokomotiv Chita | SKA Khabarovsk |
| Soviet Cup | Soviet Cup | CSKA Moscow (5) | Torpedo Moscow |
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

### Women's competitions

| Competition | Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
| Top League | Top League | Tekstilschik Ramenskoye (1) | Nadezhda Mogilev |
| First League | First League | Energiya Voronezh (1) | Spartak-13 Moscow |
| Second League | Second League | Rus Moscow (1) | Syuyumbike Zelenodolsk |
| Soviet Cup | Soviet Cup | Sibiryachka Krasnoyarsk (1*) | Prometei Saint Petersburg |
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

## Soviet Union men's football championship
### Top League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 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 | Withdrew from the league |
| 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 | Withdrew from the league |
| 14 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 25 | |
| 15 | Metalist Kharkiv | 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 |
* 1 2 Metallurg received more head-to-head points against Pakhtakor.
* ↑ Metallist placed last in total wins tie-breaker to Metallurg and Pakhtakor.

### First League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | Promoted to the 1992 Soviet Top League |
| 3 | Uralmash Yekaterinburg/Sverdlovsk | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 68 | 40 | +28 | 51 | Promoted to the 1992 Soviet Top League |
| 4 | Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 50 | Promoted to the 1992 Soviet Top League |
| 5 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 56 | 49 | +7 | 48 | Withdrew |
| 6 | Tavriya Simferopol | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 64 | 56 | +8 | 48 | Withdrew |
| 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 | Promoted to the 1992 Soviet Top League |
| 9 | Novbahor | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 60 | 53 | +7 | 45 | Promoted to the 1992 Soviet Top League |
| 10 | Dinamo Sukhumi | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 43 | Promoted to the 1992 Soviet Top League |
| 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 | Promoted to the 1992 Soviet Top League |
| 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 |
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

### West

| Pos | Republic | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Ukraine | Karpaty Lviv | 42 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 59 |
| 2 | Ukraine | Zorya Luhansk | 42 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 69 | 34 | +35 | 57 |
| 3 | Azerbaijan | Dinamo Gandzha | 42 | 26 | 4 | 12 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 56 |
| 4 | Ukraine | Nyva Ternopil | 42 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 56 | 29 | +27 | 56 |
| 5 | Ukraine | Nyva Vinnytsia | 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 | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 45 |
| 9 | Moldova | Tigina-Apoel Bendery | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 44 |
| 10 | Ukraine | SKA Odesa | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 43 |
| 11 | Azerbaijan | Karabakh Agdam | 42 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 20 | 47 | −27 | 42 |
| 12 | Belarus | Dnepr Mogilev | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 42 |
| 13 | Ukraine | Kremin Kremenchuk | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 56 | 50 | +6 | 41 |
| 14 | Moldova | Zaria Beltsy | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 63 | 82 | −19 | 39 |
| 15 | Ukraine | Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 61 | 55 | +6 | 38 |
| 16 | Belarus | Dinamo Brest | 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 | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 30 |
| 21 | Azerbaijan | Goyazan Kazakh | 42 | 13 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 61 | −32 | 28 |
| 22 | Belarus | Khimik Grodno | 42 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 32 | 55 | −23 | 23 |
* ↑ Numerous clubs refused to play away games in Azerbaijan due to the First Nagorno-Karabakh War (Operation Ring).
* 1 2 Teams that refused to play against Goyazan Kazakh only: Zarya Luhansk and Niva Vinnitsa.
* 1 2 3 All Azerbaijani clubs received multiple technical wins such Dinamo Gandzha: 10 technical wins; +20 pointsKarabakh Agdam: 11 technical wins; +22 pointsGoyazan Kazakh: 4 technical wins; +8 points
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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.
* 1 2 Teams that refused to play against all Azerbaijani clubs: Dnepr Mogilev and KIM Vitebsk.

#### Representation

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

### Center

| Pos | Republic | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Russia | Asmaral Moscow (C) | 42 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 86 | 32 | +54 | 62 |
| 2 | Russia | KSS | 42 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 83 | 41 | +42 | 60 |
| 3 | Russia (1W) | Torpedo Vladimir | 42 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 79 | 40 | +39 | 57 |
| 4 | Russia (1W) | Metallurg Lipetsk | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 49 |
| 5 | Russia (1W) | Terek Grozny | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 49 |
| 6 | Russia (1C) | Lada Togliatti | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 63 | 61 | +2 | 44 |
| 7 | Russia (1C) | Torpedo Volzhsky | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 44 |
| 8 | Russia (1C) | Sokol Saratov | 42 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 72 | 74 | −2 | 42 |
| 9 | Russia (1C) | Zenit Izhevsk | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 67 | 45 | +22 | 42 |
| 10 | Russia (1C) | KAMAZ | 42 | 19 | 3 | 20 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 41 |
| 11 | Russia (2) | Dynamo Briansk | 42 | 18 | 5 | 19 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 41 |
| 12 | Russia (1C) | Torpedo Riazan | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 41 |
| 13 | Russia (1W) | Cement Novorossiysk | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 70 | 56 | +14 | 40 |
| 14 | Russia (1C) | Zvezda Perm | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 58 | 53 | +5 | 40 |
| 15 | Russia (1W) | Druzhba Maikop | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 58 | 59 | −1 | 38 |
| 16 | Russia (1W) | APK Azov | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 37 |
| 17 | Russia (1W) | Nart Cherkessk | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 37 |
| 18 | Russia (1C) | Gastello Ufa | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 43 | 69 | −26 | 34 |
| 19 | Russia (2) | Start Ulyanovsk | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 34 |
| 20 | Russia (1W) | Volga Tver | 42 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 35 | 66 | −31 | 33 |
| 21 | | Ararat-2 Yerevan | 42 | 14 | 2 | 26 | 37 | 80 | −43 | 30 |
| 22 | Armenia | Lori Kirovakan | 42 | 12 | 5 | 25 | 32 | 98 | −66 | 29 |
* ↑ 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.
* 1 2 Lada Togliatti did not arrive for the away game against Lori Kirovakan.
* ↑ +6
* ↑ +8

### East

| Pos | Republic | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Russia | Okean Nakhodka | 42 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 68 | 33 | +35 | 61 |
| 2 | Turkmenistan | Kopetdag Ashkhabat | 42 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 89 | 36 | +53 | 58 |
| 3 | Kyrgyzstan | Alga Bishkek | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 60 | 31 | +29 | 54 |
| 4 | Uzbekistan | Nurafshon Bukhara | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 72 | 45 | +27 | 49 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 69 | 62 | +7 | 47 |
| 6 | Russia (1E) | Zvezda Irkutsk | 42 | 20 | 5 | 17 | 62 | 45 | +17 | 45 |
| 7 | Russia (1E) | Kuzbass Kemerevo | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 58 | 61 | −3 | 44 |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | Tselinnik Tselinograd | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 44 |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | Traktor Pavlodar | 42 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 54 | 50 | +4 | 43 |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | Shakhter Karaganda | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 43 |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | Khimik Dzhambul | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 56 | 47 | +9 | 43 |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | Meliorator Chimkent | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 43 |
| 13 | Russia (1E) | Amur Blagoveschensk | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 51 | 53 | −2 | 43 |
| 14 | Uzbekistan | Avtomobilist Kokand | 42 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 67 | 71 | −4 | 42 |
| 15 | Russia (1E) | Dynamo Barnaul | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 60 | 64 | −4 | 42 |
| 16 | Uzbekistan | Sogdiana Dzhizak | 42 | 18 | 5 | 19 | 56 | 55 | +1 | 41 |
| 17 | Uzbekistan | Kasansayets Kasansai | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 69 | 66 | +3 | 40 |
| 18 | Kazakhstan | Ekibastuzets Ekibastuz | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 37 |
| 19 | Russia (1E) | Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 37 | 59 | −22 | 34 |
| 20 | Uzbekistan | Surkhan Termez | 42 | 12 | 3 | 27 | 37 | 65 | −28 | 27 |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | Zhetysu Taldy‑Kurgan | 42 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 44 | 96 | −52 | 24 |
| 22 | Tajikistan | Vakhsh Kurgan‑Tyube | 42 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 36 | 98 | −62 | 20 |
* ↑ Capital city of the Kyrgyz SSR Frunze was renamed into Bishkek.

#### Representation

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

### Lower Second League
#### Group 1

| Pos | Team v t e | 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 |

#### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Syunik Kapan (C) | 38 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 107 | 40 | +67 | 66 |
| 2 | Shirak Gyumri | 38 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 112 | 24 | +88 | 64 |
| 3 | Artsakh Stepanakert | 38 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 98 | 45 | +53 | 57 |
| 4 | Spitak | 38 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 112 | 61 | +51 | 53 |
| 5 | Araks Hoktemberyan | 38 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 78 | 63 | +15 | 50 |
| 6 | Koshkagorts Yerevan | 38 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 84 | 67 | +17 | 42 |
| 7 | Malatia Yerevan | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 59 | 54 | +5 | 40 |
| 8 | Yerazank Stepanakert | 38 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 67 | 67 | 0 | 38 |
| 9 | FIMA Yerevan | 38 | 17 | 3 | 18 | 58 | 64 | −6 | 37 |
| 10 | Pahatsoyagorts Noyemberyan | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 51 | 64 | −13 | 35 |
| 11 | Zvartnots Echmiadzin | 38 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 59 | 76 | −17 | 32 |
| 12 | Impuls Dilijan | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 60 | 81 | −21 | 31 |
| 13 | Zoravan Yegvard | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 61 | 70 | −9 | 31 |
| 14 | Zangezur Goris | 38 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 52 | 81 | −29 | 29 |
| 15 | Nairi Yerevan | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 60 | 80 | −20 | 29 |
| 16 | Moush Charentsavan | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 47 | 76 | −29 | 29 |
| 17 | Alashkert Martuni | 38 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 51 | 79 | −28 | 28 |
| 18 | Nig Aparan | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 46 | 67 | −21 | 26 |
| 19 | Kasakh Ashtarak | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 71 | −36 | 26 |
| 20 | Almast Yerevan | 38 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 36 | 103 | −67 | 17 |
* ↑ The Zone included clubs from Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan.
* ↑ Kapan changed name to Syunik Kapan.
* ↑ Leninakan City were renamed as Gyumri.

#### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Khazar Sumgait | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 112 | 24 | +88 | 61 | |
| 2 | Stroitel Baku | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 82 | 32 | +50 | 54 | |
| 3 | Avtomobilist Yevlakh | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 76 | 28 | +48 | 52 | |
| 4 | Pambigchi Barda | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 60 | 34 | +26 | 51 | |
| 5 | Kyur Mingechaur | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 67 | 33 | +34 | 47 | |
| 6 | Araz Baku | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 46 | |
| 7 | FC Gyanjlik Navagi | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 43 | |
| 8 | FC Dashgin Zakatali | 38 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 69 | 63 | +6 | 42 | |
| 9 | FC Avey Akstafa | 38 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 40 | [+] |
| 10 | FC Vilyash Massali | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 54 | 53 | +1 | 38 | |
| 11 | FC Khazar Lenkoran | 38 | 17 | 3 | 18 | 45 | 54 | −9 | 37 | |
| 12 | FC Shahdag Kusari | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 52 | 57 | −5 | 37 | |
| 13 | FC Agrofirma Kuba | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 37 | |
| 14 | FC Inshaatchi Shemaha | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 49 | 59 | −10 | 34 | |
| 15 | FC Azeri Baku | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 51 | 54 | −3 | 34 | [+] |
| 16 | FC Stroitel Sabirabad | 38 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 37 | 69 | −32 | 32 | |
| 17 | FC MCOP-Dinamo Baku | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 30 | |
| 18 | FC Shirvan Kyurdamir | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 33 | 86 | −53 | 26 | |
| 19 | FC Plastik Salyani | 38 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 98 | −74 | 12 | |
| 20 | FC Badamli Nahichevan | 38 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 107 | −87 | 7 | |
* ↑ Shahdag Kuba changed name to Agrofirma.
* ↑ Araz Nahichevan changed name to Badamli.

#### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Zhemchuzhina Sochi | 42 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 91 | 33 | +58 | 64 | [+] [RUS 1W] |
| 2 | Uralan Elista | 42 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 62 | 44 | +18 | 57 | [RUS 1W] |
| 3 | Asmaral Kislovodsk | 42 | 25 | 3 | 14 | 67 | 46 | +21 | 53 | [+] [RUS 1W] |
| 4 | Etalon Baksan | 42 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 64 | 38 | +26 | 52 | [+] [RUS 2] |
| 5 | Atommash Volgodonsk | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 59 | 38 | +21 | 51 | [RUS 1C] |
| 6 | Khimik Belorechensk | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 73 | 45 | +28 | 50 | [RUS 2] |
| 7 | FC Signal Izobilny | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 48 | [RUS 2] |
| 8 | FC Dinamo Makhachkala | 42 | 23 | 1 | 18 | 82 | 62 | +20 | 47 | |
| 9 | FC Zvezda Gorodishche | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 70 | 47 | +23 | 46 | [RUS 2] |
| 10 | FC SKA Rostov-na-Donu | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 62 | 40 | +22 | 46 | [-] [RUS 2] |
| 11 | FC Volgar Astrakhan | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 62 | 50 | +12 | 45 | [-] [RUS 2] |
| 12 | FC Mashuk Pyatigorsk | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 44 | [-] [RUS 2] |
| 13 | FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 60 | 63 | −3 | 42 | [RUS 2] |
| 14 | FC Druzhba Budyonnovsk | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 59 | 57 | +2 | 42 | [+] [RUS 2] |
| 15 | FC Lokomotiv Mineralnyye Vody | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 51 | 61 | −10 | 40 | [RUS 2] |
| 16 | FC Torpedo Armavir | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 38 | [RUS 2] |
| 17 | FC Vaynah Shali | 42 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 46 | 80 | −34 | 32 | [+] [RUS 2] |
| 18 | FC Remontnik Prokhladny | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 49 | 71 | −22 | 32 | [RUS 2] |
| 19 | FC Kuban Timashevsk | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 69 | −35 | 29 | [+] |
| 20 | FC Sherstyanik Nevinnomyssk | 42 | 11 | 4 | 27 | 39 | 70 | −31 | 26 | [+] [RUS 2] |
| 21 | FC Kaspiy Kaspiysk | 42 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 98 | −66 | 22 | [+] [RUS 2] |
| 22 | FC Dinamo Gagra | 42 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 37 | 100 | −63 | 18 | [+] |

#### Group 5

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | FC Spartak Anapa | 42 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 79 | 26 | +53 | 63 | [RUS 1W] |
| 2 | FC Svetotekhnika Saransk | 42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 76 | 35 | +41 | 57 | [RUS 1C] |
| 3 | FC Bujak Komrat | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 58 | 43 | +15 | 53 | [+] [MDA] |
| 4 | FC Energomash Belgorod | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 68 | 38 | +30 | 52 | [RUS 1W] |
| 5 | FC Zarya Kaluga | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 67 | 47 | +20 | 50 | [-] |
| 6 | FC Rhythm Belgorod | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 58 | 47 | +11 | 50 | [+] [RUS 2] |
| 7 | FC Kuban Barannikovskiy | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 63 | 41 | +22 | 49 | [RUS 2] |
| 8 | FC Avangard Kursk | 42 | 22 | 4 | 16 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 48 | [RUS 2] |
| 9 | FC Shakhtyor Shakhty | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 78 | 65 | +13 | 48 | [RUS 2] |
| 10 | FC Start Yeisk | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 61 | 46 | +15 | 46 | [RUS 2] |
| 11 | FC Oka Kolomna | 42 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 46 | [RUS 2] |
| 12 | FC Arsenal Tula | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 45 | [RUS 2] |
| 13 | FC Spartak Tambov | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 45 | [RUS 2] |
| 14 | FC Khimik Dzerzhinsk | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 39 | [RUS 2] |
| 15 | FC Rus Volgograd | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 43 | 71 | −28 | 38 | [+] |
| 16 | FC Buran Voronezh | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 37 | |
| 17 | FC Avangard Kamyshin | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 50 | 62 | −12 | 36 | [+] [RUS 2] |
| 18 | FC Spartak Oryol | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 56 | 61 | −5 | 35 | [RUS 2] |
| 19 | FC Torpedo Mytishchi | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 48 | 65 | −17 | 33 | [+] [RUS 2] |
| 20 | FC Torgmash Lyubertsy | 42 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 42 | 92 | −50 | 22 | [RUS 2] |
| 21 | FC Metallurg Krasny Sulin | 42 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 25 | 81 | −56 | 20 | [+] [RUS 2] |
| 22 | FC Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani | 42 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 30 | 120 | −90 | 12 | [RUS 2] |
* ↑ Salyut Belgorod changed name to Energomash.

#### Group 6

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | FC Prometheus-Dinamo S-Peterburg | 42 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 72 | 25 | +47 | 65 | [RUS 1W] |
| 2 | FC Textilshchik Ivanovo | 42 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 69 | 36 | +33 | 64 | [RUS 1W] |
| 3 | FC RAF Jelgava | 42 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 71 | 39 | +32 | 62 | [LVA] |
| 4 | FC Dinamo Vologda | 42 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 75 | 38 | +37 | 62 | [RUS 1W] |
| 5 | FC Baltika Kaliningrad | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 72 | 45 | +27 | 57 | [-] [RUS 2] |
| 6 | FC Volzhanin Kineshma | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 59 | 30 | +29 | 57 | [RUS 2] |
| 7 | FC Iskra Smolensk | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 52 | [-] [RUS 2] |
| 8 | FC Bulat Cherepovets | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 51 | [RUS 2] |
| 9 | FC Mashinostroitel Pskov | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 44 | [RUS 2] |
| 10 | FC Prometheus Lyubertsy | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 44 | [+] |
| 11 | FC Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 43 | [RUS 2] |
| 12 | FC Kirovets Sankt-Peterburg | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 40 | [RUS 2] |
| 13 | FC Saturn Ramenskoye | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 39 | [RUS 2] |
| 14 | FC Progress Chernyakhovsk | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 35 | [+] [RUS 2] |
| 15 | FC Spartak Petrozavodsk | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 34 | [RUS 2] |
| 16 | FC Gomselmash Gomel | 42 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 31 | [BLR] |
| 17 | FC Spartak Kostroma | 42 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 27 | 57 | −30 | 31 | [RUS 2] |
| 18 | FC Zvezda Moskva | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 41 | 71 | −30 | 29 | [RUS 2] |
| 19 | FC Presnya Moskva | 42 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 64 | −36 | 24 | [+] [RUS 2] |
| 20 | FC Dinamo-2 Moskva | 40 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 37 | 58 | −21 | 24 | [RUS 2] |
| 21 | FC Volochanin Vyshniy Volochok | 42 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 22 | 67 | −45 | 23 | [+] [RUS 2] |
| 22 | FC CSKA-2 Moskva | 42 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 81 | −56 | 13 | [RUS 2] |
* ↑ 2 bonus points?
* ↑ Khimik Cherepovets changed name to Bulat.

#### Group 7

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | FC Rubin Kazan | 42 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 79 | 20 | +59 | 68 | [RUS 1C] |
| 2 | FC Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 73 | 31 | +42 | 60 | [RUS 1C] |
| 3 | FC Uralets Nizhniy Tagil | 42 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 89 | 33 | +56 | 59 | [RUS 1C] |
| 4 | FC Torpedo Miass | 42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 74 | 32 | +42 | 57 | [RUS 1C] |
| 5 | FC Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 70 | 36 | +34 | 57 | [RUS 1C] |
| 6 | FC Zenit Chelyabinsk | 42 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 74 | 45 | +29 | 56 | [RUS 1C] |
| 7 | FC Dinamo Kirov | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 67 | 33 | +34 | 55 | [RUS 1C] |
| 8 | FC Sibir Kurgan | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 49 | [RUS 2] |
| 9 | FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 46 | [+] [RUS 2] |
| 10 | FC Gazovik Izhevsk | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 58 | 49 | +9 | 44 | [+] [RUS 2] |
| 11 | FC Azamat Cheboksary | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 62 | 46 | +16 | 44 | [RUS 2] |
| 12 | FC Znamya Arzamas | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 56 | 49 | +7 | 43 | [RUS 2] |
| 13 | FC Kauchuk Sterlitamak | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 52 | 70 | −18 | 39 | [RUS 2] |
| 14 | FC Electron Vyatskiye Polyany | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 37 | [+] [RUS 2] |
| 15 | FC Avtopribor Oktyabrskiy | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 38 | 59 | −21 | 35 | [RUS 2] |
| 16 | FC Metallurg Novotroitsk | 42 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 45 | 78 | −33 | 33 | [+] [RUS 2] |
| 17 | FC Zenit Penza | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 33 | [RUS 2] |
| 18 | FC Gazovik Orenburg | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 41 | 74 | −33 | 32 | [RUS 2] |
| 19 | FC Bashselmash Neftekamsk | 42 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 32 | 77 | −45 | 22 | |
| 20 | FC Sokol Sarapul | 42 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 79 | −48 | 22 | [+] |
| 21 | FC Zarya Podgorny | 42 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 20 | 80 | −60 | 19 | [RUS 2] |
| 22 | FC EVM Ruzayevka | 42 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 27 | 109 | −82 | 14 | [+] |
* ↑ Zauralye Kurgan changed name to Sibir.
* ↑ Stal Cheboksary changed name to Azamat.
* ↑ Granite Penza changed name to Zenit.

#### Group 8

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | FC Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk | 36 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 63 | 23 | +40 | 59 | |
| 2 | FC Spartak Semipalatinsk | 36 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 79 | 22 | +57 | 58 | |
| 3 | FC Kustanayets Kustanay | 36 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 82 | 25 | +57 | 56 | |
| 4 | FC Kaysar Kzil-Orda | 36 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 92 | 28 | +64 | 53 | [-] |
| 5 | FC Metallurg Jezkazgan | 36 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 66 | 42 | +24 | 49 | |
| 6 | FC Gornyak Khromtau | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 74 | 27 | +47 | 47 | |
| 7 | FC Alay Osh | 36 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 42 | [KGZ] |
| 8 | FC Metallist Petropavlovsk | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 57 | 50 | +7 | 39 | |
| 9 | FC Bulat Temirtau | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 39 | |
| 10 | FC Metallurg Yermak | 36 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 63 | 59 | +4 | 36 | |
| 11 | FC Kokshetau Kokchetav | 36 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 50 | −5 | 36 | |
| 12 | FC Montazhnik Turkestan | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 53 | 72 | −19 | 29 | |
| 13 | FC Arman Kentau | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 53 | 77 | −24 | 27 | [+] |
| 14 | FC Dostuk Sokuluk | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 26 | [KGZ] |
| 15 | FC Aktau | 36 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 42 | 72 | −30 | 24 | |
| 16 | FC Olimpia Alma-Ata | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 42 | 74 | −32 | 23 | |
| 17 | FC Uralets Uralsk | 36 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 39 | 71 | −32 | 18 | |
| 18 | FC Hosilot Farhor | 36 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 27 | 105 | −78 | 14 | [+] [TJK] |
| 19 | FC Ak-Kanat Uzun-Agach | 36 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 28 | 97 | −69 | 9 | |
* ↑ Jezkazganets Jezkazgan changed name to Metallurg.
* ↑ Spartak Kokchetav changed name to Kokshetau.
* ↑ Shevchenko City were renamed as Aktau.
* ↑ SKIF Alma-Ata changed name to Olimpia.

#### Group 9

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Traktor Tashkent | 50 | 33 | 9 | 8 | 103 | 43 | +60 | 75 | [UZB] |
| 2 | Umid Tashkent | 50 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 93 | 51 | +42 | 69 | [+] [UZB] |
| 3 | Khujand | 50 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 108 | 53 | +55 | 67 | [TJK] |
| 4 | Chirchik | 50 | 27 | 7 | 16 | 92 | 64 | +28 | 61 | [UZB] |
| 5 | Zarafshan Navoi | 50 | 26 | 9 | 15 | 67 | 44 | +23 | 61 | [-] [UZB] |
| 6 | Kimegar Almalyk | 50 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 96 | 61 | +35 | 60 | [UZB] |
| 7 | Shahrihonchi Shahrihan | 50 | 25 | 9 | 16 | 106 | 71 | +35 | 59 | [+] [UZB] |
| 8 | Marokand Samarkand | 50 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 92 | 69 | +23 | 58 | [UZB] |
| 9 | FC Regar Tursun-Zade | 50 | 26 | 5 | 19 | 74 | 72 | +2 | 57 | [TJK] |
| 10 | FC Nebitchi Nebit-Dag | 50 | 25 | 7 | 18 | 83 | 54 | +29 | 57 | [TKM] |
| 11 | FC Aral Nukus | 50 | 24 | 6 | 20 | 68 | 64 | +4 | 54 | [UZB] |
| 12 | FC Bagdodchi Bagdad | 50 | 23 | 8 | 19 | 81 | 83 | −2 | 54 | [+] [UZB] |
| 13 | FC Navruz Andizhan | 50 | 22 | 10 | 18 | 76 | 61 | +15 | 54 | [-] [UZB] |
| 14 | FC Ahal Akdashayak | 50 | 24 | 4 | 22 | 75 | 69 | +6 | 52 | [TKM] |
| 15 | FC Yangiyer | 50 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 77 | 72 | +5 | 50 | [UZB] |
| 16 | FC Yeshlik Turakurgan | 50 | 22 | 4 | 24 | 86 | 84 | +2 | 48 | [UZB] |
| 17 | FC Sokhibkor Khalkabad | 50 | 19 | 10 | 21 | 65 | 73 | −8 | 48 | [UZB] |
| 18 | FC Sverdlovets Tashkent Region | 50 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 75 | 72 | +3 | 48 | [UZB] |
| 19 | FC Merv Mary | 50 | 17 | 7 | 26 | 59 | 81 | −22 | 41 | [TKM] |
| 20 | FC Geolog Karshi | 50 | 15 | 8 | 27 | 58 | 91 | −33 | 38 | [UZB] |
| 21 | FC Gulistonchi Gulistan | 50 | 13 | 10 | 27 | 42 | 89 | −47 | 36 | [+] [UZB] |
| 22 | FC Binokor Bukhara | 50 | 15 | 5 | 30 | 34 | 85 | −51 | 35 | [+] [UZB] |
| 23 | FC Turtkulchi Turtkul | 50 | 13 | 8 | 29 | 61 | 89 | −28 | 34 | [UZB] |
| 24 | FC Naryn Khakkulabad | 50 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 43 | 80 | −37 | 33 | [+] [UZB] |
| 25 | FC Konchi Angren | 50 | 11 | 7 | 32 | 53 | 97 | −44 | 29 | [UZB] |
| 26 | FC Kuruvchi Urgench | 50 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 36 | 131 | −95 | 22 | [UZB] |
* ↑ Leninabad City were renamed as Hujand.
* ↑ Metallurg Almalyk changed name to Kimegar.
* ↑ Dinamo Samarkand changed name to Marokand.
* ↑ Spartak Andizhan changed name to Navruz.
* ↑ Tselinnik Turtkul changed name to Turtkulchi.
* ↑ Shakhtyor Angren changed name to Konchi.
* ↑ Jeyhun Urgench changed name to Kuruvchi.

#### Group 10

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Lokomotiv Chita | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 46 | 12 | +34 | 52 | [RUS 1E] |
| 2 | SKA Khabarovsk | 34 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 58 | 22 | +36 | 49 | [RUS 1E] |
| 3 | Irtysh Omsk | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 21 | +30 | 47 | [-] [RUS 1E] |
| 4 | Chkalovets Novosibirsk | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 60 | 31 | +29 | 46 | [RUS 1E] |
| 5 | Metallurg Novokuznetsk | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 34 | +17 | 44 | [RUS 1E] |
| 6 | Tom Tomsk | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 41 | [RUS 1E] |
| 7 | Metallurg Krasnoyarsk | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 40 | [RUS 1E] |
| 8 | Luch Vladivostok | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 40 | [RUS 1E] |
| 9 | Vulkan Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 33 | |
| 10 | Dinamo Yakutsk | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 33 | [+] [RUS 1E] |
| 11 | Amur Komsomolsk-na-Amure | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 28 | [RUS 1E] |
| 12 | Selenga Ulan-Ude | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 27 | [RUS 1E] |
| 13 | Dinamo Kemerovo | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 31 | −13 | 26 | [+] [RUS 2] |
| 14 | Angara Angarsk | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 49 | −20 | 23 | [RUS 2] |
| 15 | Torpedo Rubtsovsk | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 38 | 59 | −21 | 23 | [RUS 2] |
| 16 | Shakhtyor Artyom | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 27 | 58 | −31 | 21 | [+] [RUS 2] |
| 17 | Shakhtyor Leninsk-Kuznetskiy | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 56 | −32 | 21 | [RUS 2] |
| 18 | Progress Biysk | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 19 | 60 | −41 | 18 | [RUS 2] |
* ↑ Avtomobilist Krasnoyarsk changed name to Metallurg.

### Top goalscorers

Top League
* Igor Kolyvanov (Dinamo Moscow) – 18 goals
First League
* Serhiy Husyev (Tiligul Tiraspol) – 25 goals

## Soviet Union women's football championship
### Top League. Final stage

The final stage included winners and runners-up from both groups of the Top League. All matches took place in Sevastopol.
| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Tekstilschik Ramenskoye | 1 |
| Arena Kiev | 0 | | |
| Arena Kiev | 0 | Tekstilschik Ramenskoye | 0 (6) |
| | | Nadezhda Mogilev | 0 (5) |
| Nadezhda Mogilev | 0 (2) | Nadezhda Mogilev | 0 (5) |
| SKIF Malakhovka | 0 (0) | | |
| SKIF Malakhovka | 0 (0) | Third place | Third place |
| | | SKIF Malakhovka | 1 |
| | | Arena Kiev | 0 |

### First League. Final stage

The final stage included all winners of the four groups. All three matches took place in Voronezh.
| Pos | Republic | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Russian SFSR | Energiya Voronezh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 | [RUSSIA] |
| 2 | Russian SFSR | Spartak-13 Moscow | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | [RUSSIA] |
| 3 | Russian SFSR | CSKA-Transexpo Moscow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 | [RUSSIA] |
| 4 | Kyrgyz SSR | Azaliya Kant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew / no show |

### Second League. Final stage

The final stage included all winners of the three groups. The two matches that took place all were in Moscow.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
| 1 | Rus Moscow | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 | |
| 2 | Syuyumbike Zelenodolsk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 | |
| 3 | Kaluzhanka Kaluga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | no show |