1981 Soviet Second League, Zone 5
Football league season
| Season | 1981 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih |
| Promoted | none (after playoffs) |
| Relegated | none (some teams withdrawn) |
| Top goalscorer | 22 - Serhiy Shevchenko [uk] (Nyva) |
← 1980 1982 → | |
1981 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 51st season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Soviet Second League in Zone 5. The season started on 4 April 1981.
The 1981 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won by Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. Qualified for the interzonal playoffs, the team from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast did not manage to gain promotion by placing second in its group.
The "Ruby Cup" of Molod Ukrayiny newspaper (for the most scored goals) was received by Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih.
Teams
Location map
Promoted teams
- Kolos Mezhyrich – Champion of the Fitness clubs competitions (KFK) (debut)
Renamed teams
- Vuhlyk Horlivka was called Shakhtar Horlivka
- Shakhtar Stakhanov was called Stakhanovets Stakhanov
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (C, Q) | 44 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 68 | 33 | +35 | 65 | Qualified for interzonal competitions among other Zone winners |
| 2 | Nyva Vinnytsia | 44 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 60 | 34 | +26 | 57 | |
| 3 | Avanhard Rivne | 44 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 62 | 23 | +39 | 56 | |
| 4 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 44 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 58 | 28 | +30 | 55 | |
| 5 | Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | 44 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 51 | |
| 6 | Atlantyka Sevastopol | 44 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 64 | 40 | +24 | 51 | |
| 7 | Vuhlyk Horlivka | 44 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 53 | 44 | +9 | 51 | |
| 8 | Torpedo Lutsk | 44 | 20 | 8 | 16 | 56 | 35 | +21 | 48 | |
| 9 | SKA Lviv | 44 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 47 | Merged with Karpaty Lviv |
| 10 | Kolos Mezhyrich | 44 | 19 | 8 | 17 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 46 | |
| 11 | Spartak Zhytomyr | 44 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 43 | |
| 12 | Desna Chernihiv | 44 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 41 | |
| 13 | Okean Kerch | 44 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 40 | |
| 14 | Podillia Khmelnytskyi | 44 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 45 | 64 | −19 | 39 | |
| 15 | Krystal Kherson | 44 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 62 | 73 | −11 | 39 | |
| 16 | Novator Zhdanov | 44 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 41 | 63 | −22 | 39 | |
| 17 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 44 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 39 | |
| 18 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 44 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 38 | |
| 19 | Kolos Poltava | 44 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 61 | −28 | 38 | |
| 20 | Dnipro Cherkasy | 44 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 37 | |
| 21 | Frunzenets Sumy | 44 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 36 | 56 | −20 | 37 | |
| 22 | Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk | 44 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 31 | 71 | −40 | 29 | |
| 23 | Shakhtar Stakhanov | 44 | 10 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 73 | −39 | 26 | Avoided relegation |
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Top goalscorers
The following were the top ten goalscorers.
| # | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serhiy Shevchenko [uk] | 22 | Nyva Vinnytsia |
| 2 | Vitaliy Dmytrenko | 21 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih |
| 3 | Fedir Vasylchenko | 20 | Vuhlyk Horlivka |
| 4 | Oleksandr Novikov | 19 | Kolos Mezhyrich |
| 5 | Pavlo Petrov | 17 | Atlantyka Sevastopol |
| 6 | Volodymyr Chyrkov | 16 | Avanhard Rivno |
| Vilhelm Tellinher | Podillia Khmelnytskyi |
See also
Notes
External links
- 1981 Soviet Second League, Zone 6 (Ukrainian SSR football championship). Luhansk football portal
- 1981 Soviet championships (all leagues) at helmsoccer.narod.ru
- v
- t
- e
(amateurs)
| Championship of cities | |
|---|---|
| Republican competitions of factories and sports societies |
(professionals)
| Soviet Class B | |
|---|---|
| Soviet Second League | |
| Soviet Lower Second League |
|
Note: in 1970, Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR included competitions in both Soviet Class A Second Group (upper level) and Soviet Class B (lower level). Next year 1971, Class B was disbanded, while Class A Second Group was changed to the Soviet Second League.
