1991 Soviet Second League, Zone West was the last season of association football competition of theSoviet Second League in the Zone West. The competition was won byFC Karpaty Lviv.

The group (zone) consisted predominantly out of Ukrainian clubs. Withfall of the Soviet Union and discontinuation of Soviet competition, most clubs of the group joined their top national leagues. Because of theFirst Nagorno-Karabakh War (Operation Ring), many clubs refused to travel toAzerbaijan and were awarded technical losses.

• Torpedo Zaporizhzhia – Winner of theLower Second League(Returning after a season)
• Sudnostroitel Nikoplayev – Runner-up of theLower Second League(Returning after a season)

• Karabakh Agdam – Winner of theLower Second League(Returning after a season)

• Torpedo Taganrog – Winner of theLower Second League(Returning after a season)

• Tigina-Apoel Bendery – Runner-up of theLower Second League(Returning after a season)

• KIM Vitebsk – Runner-up of theLower Second League(Returning after a season)

• Azerbaijani teams that in 1990 competed in Zone "Center" of the Second League moved to Zone "West", while Armenian teams were moved to their place.

• Prior to the start of the seasonKapaz Gandzha was renamed toDinamo Gandzha.
• Prior to the start of the seasonTigina Bendery was renamed toTigina-Apoel Bendery.

Pos	Republic[a]	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ukraine	Karpaty Lviv	42	24	11	7	47	27	+20	59
2	Ukraine	Zorya Luhansk[b]	42	26	5	11	69	34	+35	57
3	Azerbaijan	Dinamo Gandzha	42	26	4	12	48	48	0	56[c]
4	Ukraine	Nyva Ternopil[d]	42	25	6	11	56	29	+27	56
5	Ukraine	Nyva Vinnytsia[b]	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[d]	42	19	7	16	46	33	+13	45
9	Moldova	Tigina-Apoel Bendery[d]	42	18	8	16	49	39	+10	44
10	Ukraine	SKA Odesa[d]	42	18	7	17	46	42	+4	43
11	Azerbaijan	Karabakh Agdam	42	20	2	20	20	47	−27	42[c]
12	Belarus	Dnepr Mogilev[e]	42	18	6	18	47	37	+10	42
13	Ukraine	Kremin Kremenchuk[d]	42	16	9	17	56	50	+6	41
14	Moldova	Zaria Beltsy	42	16	7	19	63	82	−19	39
15	Ukraine	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv[d]	42	15	8	19	61	55	+6	38
16	Belarus	Dinamo Brest[d]	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[e]	42	11	8	23	43	55	−12	30
21	Azerbaijan	Goyazan Kazakh	42	13	2	27	29	61	−32	28[c]
22	Belarus	Khimik Grodno[d]	42	7	9	26	32	55	−23	23

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

The following were the top ten goalscorers.

• Second League at rsssf.com
• 1991 Second League, West at the Luhansk football portal

• 1991 Soviet Second League
• 1991 in Russian football leagues
• 1991 in Ukrainian association football leagues
• 1991 in Azerbaijani sport
• 1991 in Belarusian football
• 1991–92 in Moldovan football
• 1990–91 in Moldovan football
• 1991–92 in Azerbaijani football
• 1990–91 in Azerbaijani football

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