# 1990 Soviet Second League, Zone West

1990 Soviet Second League, Zone West was part of the season of association football competition of the Soviet Second League. The Zone West of the Second League was established as part of reorganization of the whole Second League when it was split into upper Second League (with three zones) and lower Second League (with ten zones). The competition was won by Bukovina Chernovtsy.
The games in the group started on April 7, 1990 with 8 match ups and finished on November 8, 1990 with final 11 matches.

## Teams

The Second League was restructured reducing number of zones from 9 to 3.

### Admitted teams

* 1989 Zone 6 - top nine teams (Volyn Lutsk, Bukovina Chernovtsy, Niva Ternopil, Zaria Luhansk, Niva Vinnitsa, Kremen Kremenchug, SKA Odesa, Vorskla Poltava, Zakarpatie Uzhhorod)
* 1989 Zone 5 - six teams (Karpaty Lviv, Baltika Kaliningrad, Dinamo Brest, Dnepr Mogilev, Khimir Grodno, Zaria Beltsy)
* 1989 Zone 3 - three teams (Lori Kirovokan, Spartak Nalchik, Shirak Leninakan)
* 1989 Zone 2 - a team (Start Ulyanovsk)
* 1989 Zone 1 - a team (Iskra Smolensk)

### Promoted teams

None

### Relegated teams

* FC Daugava Riga, 1944
* FC Galichina Drogobich

### Renamed teams

* Prior to the start of the season SKA-Karpaty Lviv was renamed to Galichina and moved to city of Drogobich (Drohobych).

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Bukovina Chernovtsy (C, P) | 42 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 69 | 27 | +42 | 58 | Promoted |
| 2 | Daugava Riga (P) | 42 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 67 | 37 | +30 | 56 | Promoted |
| 3 | Karpaty Lviv | 42 | 23 | 9 | 10 | 61 | 36 | +25 | 55 | |
| 4 | Nyva Ternopil | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 70 | 51 | +19 | 55 | |
| 5 | Niva Vinnitsa | 42 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 56 | 29 | +27 | 50 | |
| 6 | SKA Odesa | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 59 | 32 | +27 | 49 | |
| 7 | Zaria Luhansk | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 72 | 44 | +28 | 49 | |
| 8 | Spartak Nalchik | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 55 | 46 | +9 | 47 | |
| 9 | Dinamo Brest | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 45 | |
| 10 | Kremen Kremenchug | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 49 | 45 | +4 | 43 | |
| 11 | Zaria Beltsy | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 42 | |
| 12 | Vorskla Poltava | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 41 | |
| 13 | Dnepr Mogilev | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 58 | 54 | +4 | 40 | |
| 14 | Galichina Drogobich | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 52 | 50 | +2 | 39 | |
| 15 | Khimik Grodno | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 38 | |
| 16 | Start Ulyanovsk | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 37 | transferred to Zone Center |
| 17 | Volyn Lutsk | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 42 | 61 | −19 | 35 | |
| 18 | Lori Kirovokan | 42 | 15 | 4 | 23 | 42 | 79 | −37 | 34 | transferred to Zone Center |
| 19 | Iskra Smolensk (R) | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 46 | 66 | −20 | 32 | Relegated |
| 20 | Zakarpatie Uzhhorod (R) | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 42 | 70 | −28 | 31 | Relegated |
| 21 | Baltika Kaliningrad (R) | 42 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 32 | 64 | −32 | 27 | Relegated |
| 22 | Shirak Leninakan (R) | 42 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 33 | 104 | −71 | 21 | Relegated |
* ↑ The city of Voroshylovgrad was renamed into Luhansk.

### Representation by Republic

* Ukrainian SSR: 11
* Russian SFSR 4
* Byelorussian SSR: 3
* Armenian SSR 2
* Latvian SSR: 1
* Moldavian SSR 1

## Top goalscorers

The following were the top ten goalscorers.
| # | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |