1990 Soviet Second League

Teams

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

West

Admitted teams

• 1989 Zone 6 - top nine teams (Volyn Lutsk, Bukovina Chernovtsy, Niva Ternopol, Zaria Lugansk, Niva Vinnitsa, Kremen Kremenchug, SKA Odessa, Vorskla Poltava, Zakarpatie Uzhgorod)
• 1989 Zone 5 - six teams (Karpaty Lvov, 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 Lvov was renamed to Galichina and moved to city of Drogobich (Drohobych).

P	Team	G	W	D	L	Dif	Pts	Misc
1	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	50	29	17	4	87-34	75	First Liga
2	Daugava Riga	50	31	9	10	86-43	71	First Liga
3	Karpaty Lviv	50	28	13	9	86-45	69
4	Nyva Ternopil	50	28	13	9	67-38	69
5	Nyva Vinnytsia	50	24	14	12	67-42	62
6	SKA Odessa	50	23	15	12	82-60	61
7	Zorya Luhansk	50	25	9	16	69-50	59
8	Spartak Nalchik	50	20	14	16	51-40	54
9	Dinamo Brest	50	19	15	16	64-53	53
10	Kremin Kremenchuk	50	22	7	21	64-66	51
11	Zaria Balti	50	19	13	18	75-64	51
12	Vorskla Poltava	50	19	12	19	84-66	50
13	Dnepr Mogilev	50	20	9	21	59-59	49
14	Halychyna Drohobych	50	18	13	19	54-55	49
15	Khimik Grodno	50	20	8	22	59-64	48
16	Start Ulyanovsk	50	15	15	20	48-55	45
17	Volyn Lutsk	50	15	15	20	58-73	45
18	Lori Kirovokan	50	17	10	23	47-59	44
19	Iskra Smolensk	50	15	13	22	52-70	43
20	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	50	17	8	25	56-75	42
21	Baltika Kaliningrad	50	11	20	19	48-60	42
22	Shirak Leninakan	50	13	15	22	58-77	41

Legend:

Republican Representation

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

Center

P	Team	G	W	D	L	Dif	Pts	Misc
1	Uralmash Sverdlovsk	42	23	13	6	62-21	59	First Liga
2	Tekstilshchik Kamyshin	42	22	8	12	73-49	52	First Liga
3	Krylia Sovetov Samara	49	19	11	12	53-35	49
4	Metallurg Lipetsk	42	18	13	11	56-43	49
5	Kyapaz Gyanja	42	21	5	16	66-65	47
6	Tsement Novorossiysk	42	19	9	14	65-54	47
7	Druzhba Maykop	42	19	7	16	56-56	45
8	Torpedo Ryazan	42	15	15	12	41-44	45
9	Dynamo Bryansk	42	18	8	16	59-53	44
10	Zvezda Perm	42	15	14	13	68-45	44
11	Goyazan Khazakh	42	19	4	19	56-56	42

Legend:

References

• All-Soviet Archive Site
• Results. RSSSF