| Season: | 1991 |
| Winners: | Karpaty Lviv, Asmaral Moscow, Okean Nakhodka |
| Relegated: | 12 teams (cancelled) |
| Nextseason: | 1992 |
1991 Soviet Second League was the last edition of the Soviet Second League competition. There were three groups (known as zones) with 66 teams in total (22 in each group). Competitions in the last year "Baltic League" were not held as the Soviet Union was crumbling down.
Next seasons all of the clubs competed in their own national championships and most of them at the top level.
| Rank | Union republic | Number of teams | Club(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 | ||
| 2 | 11 | SKA Odesa, Galichina Drogobich, Karpaty Lvov, Kremin Kremenchuk, Niva Ternopol, Niva Vinnitsa, Sudostroitel Nikolaev, Torpedo Zaporizhzhia, Volyn Lutsk, Vorskla Poltava, Zaria Lugansk | |
| 3 | 8 | Ekibastuzets Ekibastuz, Khimik Dzhambul, Meliorator Chimkent, Shakhter Karaganda, Traktor Pavlodar, Tselinnik Tselinograd, Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk, Zhetysu Taldy-Kurgan | |
| 4 | 5 | Avtomobilist Kokand, Kasansaets Kasansai, Nuravshon Bukhara, Sogdiana Dzhizzakh, Surkhan Termez | |
| 5 | 4 | Dinamo Brest, Dnepr Mogilev, Khimik Grodno, KIM Vitebsk | |
| 6 | 3 | Dinamo Gandzha, Goyazan Kazakh, Karabakh Agdam | |
| 7 | 2 | Ararat-2 Yerevan, Lori Kirovakan | |
| Tigina Bendery, Zaria Beltsy | |||
| 9 | 1 | Alga Bishkek | |
| Vakhsh Kourgan‑Tyube | |||
| Kopet-Dag Ashkhabat | |||