1981 Soviet Second League, Zone 5

See also: 1981 Soviet Second League
Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR
Season1981
ChampionsKryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Promotednone (after playoffs)
Relegatednone (some teams withdrawn)
Top goalscorer22 - 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

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Locations of teams in Second League, Zone 5
  • Kolos Mezhyrich – Champion of the Fitness clubs competitions (KFK) (debut)

Renamed teams

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

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