| Season: | 1991 |
| League Topscorer: | 28 - Ihor Plotko (Kolos Nikopol) |
| Nextseason: | 1992 |
1991 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the last season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Soviet Lower Second League. The competition was won for the first time by FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka.
Prior to the start of the season Avanhard Rivne was renamed to Veres Rivne.
The following were the top ten goalscorers.
| Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ihor Plotko | 28 | Kolos Nikopol |
| 2 | Yuriy Maksymov | 27 | Krystal Kherson |
| 3 | Roman Hryhorchuk | 26 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk |
| Viktor Hromov | Shakhtar Pavlohrad | ||
| 5 | Volodymyr Trubnykov | 25 | Shakhtar Pavlohrad |
| 6 | Mykhailo Zubchuk | 22 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih |
| Volodymyr Kukhlevsky | Pryladyst Mukacheve | ||
| 8 | Anatoliy Lukashenko | 18 | Polissya Zhytomyr |
| Yuriy Makarov | Dynamo Bila Tserkva | ||
| 10 | Eduard Denysenko | 17 | Zirka Kirovohrad |
| Petro Rusak | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | ||
| Volodymyr Tymchenko | Naftovyk Okhtyrka | ||
| Borys Shurshyn | Naftovyk Okhtyrka |
Note: in parentheses are shown games played and goals scored (if any), in bold are indicated "home-grown" players
| Naftovyk Okhtyrka[1] | |
| Goalkeepers: Yuriy Prokhorov (46), Valentyn Symakovych (23). Defenders: Viktor Yayichnyk (49, 4), Viktor Popovych (48, 3), Serhiy Sukharev (48), Anatoliy Yermak (46, 3), Ihor Zadorozhnyi (45, 14), Vasyl Yermak (43). Midfielders: Volodymyr Tymchenko (49, 17), Sergei Fomin (49, 5), Borys Shurshyn (49, 17), Serhiy Horokh (48, 7), Mykola Lypynskyi (48, 9), Ihor Yudanov (16), Serhiy Lystopadov (14). Forwards: Pavlo Matviychenko (45, 7), Stanislav Starikov (3). Head coach — Valeriy Dushkov, nachalnik komandy (team's chief) — Viktor Hodyryev, coaches — Valeriy Boyarchuk,[2] Hennadiy Makarov. Players who left team during the season: Vasyl Sarayev (MF, 0) → Avtomobilist Sumy, Igor Yermokhin (FW, 21, 1) → Torpedo Moscow, Viktor Rudyi (FW, 1) → Bukovyna Chernivtsi |