1990 Soviet Second League

The Second League was restructured reducing number of zones from 9 to 3 due to withdrawals by clubs from Estonia, Georgia, Latvia (except Pardaugava Riga, a majority-Russian club) and Lithuania as they declared independence from the Soviet Union.

Second League

Season	1990
Champions	Bukovyna Chernivtsi, Uralmash Sverdlovsk, Neftyanik Fergana
Promoted	6 teams
Relegated	12 teams
← 1989 1991 →

Final standings

West

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Misc
1	Bukovina Chernovtsy	50	29	17	4	87	34	53	75	First Liga
2	Daugava Riga	50	31	9	10	86	43	43	71	First Liga
3	Karpaty Lvov	50	28	13	9	86	45	41	69
4	Niva Ternopol	50	28	13	9	67	38	29	69
5	Niva Vinnitsa	50	24	14	12	67	42	25	62
6	SKA Odessa	50	23	15	12	82	60	22	61
7	Zarya Lugansk	50	25	9	16	69	50	19	59
8	Spartak Nalchik	50	20	14	16	51	40	11	54
9	Dinamo Brest	50	19	15	16	64	53	11	53
10	Kremin Kremenchug	50	22	7	21	64	66	-2	51
11	Zaria Balti	50	19	13	18	75	64	11	51
12	Vorskla Poltava	50	19	12	19	84	66	18	50
13	Dnepr Mogilev	50	20	9	21	59	59	0	49
14	Galichina Drogobich	50	18	13	19	54	55	-1	49
15	Khimik Grodno	50	20	8	22	59	64	-5	48
16	Start Ulyanovsk	50	15	15	20	48	55	-7	45
17	Volyn Lutsk	50	15	15	20	58	73	-15	45
18	Lori Kirovokan	50	17	10	23	47	59	-12	44
19	Iskra Smolensk	50	15	13	22	52	70	-18	43
20	Zakarpatie Uzhgorod	50	17	8	25	56	75	-19	42
21	Baltika Kaliningrad	50	11	20	19	48	60	-12	42
22	Shirak Leninakan	50	13	15	22	58	77	-19	41

Legend:

	- Promoted
	- Relegated

Republican Representation

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

Center

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Misc
1	Uralmash Sverdlovsk	42	23	13	6	62	21	41	59	First Liga
2	Tekstilshchik Kamyshin	42	22	8	12	73	49	24	52	First Liga
3	Krylia Sovetov Samara	49	19	11	12	53	35	18	49
4	Metallurg Lipetsk	42	18	13	11	56	43	13	49
5	Kyapaz Gyanja	42	21	5	16	66	65	1	47
6	Tsement Novorossiysk	42	19	9	14	65	54	11	47
7	Druzhba Maykop	42	19	7	16	56	56	0	45
8	Torpedo Ryazan	42	15	15	12	41	44	-3	45
9	Dynamo Bryansk	42	18	8	16	59	53	6	44
10	Zvezda Perm	42	15	14	13	68	45	23	44
11	Goyazan Gazakh	42	19	4	19	56	56	0	42
12	Torpedo Vladimir	50	19	12	19	84	66	18	50
13	Terek Grozny	50	20	9	21	59	59	0	49
14	Gastello Ufa	50	18	13	19	54	55	-1	49
15	Zenit Izhevsk	50	20	8	22	59	64	-5	48
16	Nart Cherkessk	50	15	15	20	48	55	-7	45
17	Torpedo Volzhskiy	50	15	15	20	58	73	-15	45
18	Sokol Saratov	50	17	10	23	47	59	-12	44
19	Mashuk Pyatigorsk	50	15	13	22	52	70	-18	43
20	SKA Rostov-na-Donu	50	17	8	25	56	75	-19	42
21	Zarya Kaluga	50	11	20	19	48	60	-12	42
22	Volgar Astrakhan	50	13	15	22	58	77	-19	41

Legend:

	- Promoted
	- Relegated

Republican Representation

•  Russian SFSR 20
•  Azerbaijan SSR 2

East

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Misc
1	Neftyanik Fergana	42	23	13	6	62	21	41	59	First Liga
2	Novbakhor Namangan	42	22	8	12	73	49	24	52	First Liga
3	Okean Nakhodka	49	19	11	12	53	35	18	49
4	Amur Blagoveshchensk	42	18	13	11	56	43	13	49
5	Meliorator Chimkent	42	21	5	16	66	65	1	47
6	Khimik Jambul	42	19	9	14	65	54	11	47
7	Avtomobilist Kokand	42	19	7	16	56	56	0	45
8	Kopet-Dag Ashkhabad	42	15	15	12	41	44	-3	45
9	Alga Frunze	42	18	8	16	59	53	6	44
10	Traktor Pavlodar	42	15	14	13	68	45	23	44
11	Zvezda Irkutsk	42	19	4	19	56	56	0	42
12	Sogdiana Jizak	50	19	12	19	84	66	18	50
13	Dinamo Barnaul	50	20	9	21	59	59	0	49
14	Shakhter Karaganda	50	18	13	19	54	55	-1	49
15	Vakhsh Kurgan-Tyube	50	20	8	22	59	64	-5	48
16	Tselinnik Tselinograd	50	15	15	20	48	55	-7	45
17	Ekibastuzets Ekibastuz	50	15	15	20	58	73	-15	45
18	Surkhan Termez	50	17	10	23	47	59	-12	44
19	Kaysar Kzil-Orda	50	15	13	22	52	70	-18	43
20	Irtysh Omsk	50	17	8	25	56	75	-19	42
21	Zarafshan Navoi	50	11	20	19	48	60	-12	42
22	Spartak Andizhan	50	13	15	22	58	77	-19	41

Legend:

	- Promoted
	- Relegated

Republican Representation

•  Kazakh SSR: 7
•  Uzbek SSR 7
•  Russian SFSR: 5
•  Turkmen SSR: 1
•  Kyrgyz SSR: 1
•  Tajik SSR: 1

References

• All-Soviet Archive Site
• Results. RSSSF