1985 Soviet First League

The 1985 Soviet First League (Russian: Чемпионат СССР 1985 года в первой лиге, Chempionat SSSR 1985 goda v pervoi lige) was a fifteenth season of the Soviet First League.

Soviet First League
Season1985
1984
1986

First stage

Group West

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Daugava Riga 20 12 5 3 34 12 +22 29 Qualification for Group A
2 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic SKA Karpaty Lvov 20 8 7 5 25 18 +7 23
3 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Kotayk Abovyan 20 10 2 8 28 24 +4 22
4 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Kolos Nikopol 20 9 3 8 26 25 +1 21
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Stavropol 20 9 3 8 15 17 2 21
6 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Batumi 20 9 3 8 28 27 +1 21
7 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metallurg Zaporozhia 20 7 5 8 17 25 8 19 Qualification for Group B
8 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Ordjonikidze 20 8 2 10 24 24 0 18
9 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Guria Lanchkhuti 20 7 3 10 20 26 6 17
10 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Kuban Krasnodar 20 7 2 11 26 26 0 16
11 Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Nistru Kishinev 20 5 3 12 16 35 19 13
Source:

Group East

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Shinnik Yaroslavl 20 9 8 3 25 21 +4 26 Qualification for Group A
2 Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic Pamir Dushanbe 20 9 7 4 28 15 +13 25
3 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 20 9 7 4 36 20 +16 25
4 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Rotor Volgograd 20 8 8 4 34 21 +13 24
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Khabarovsk 20 10 3 7 33 32 +1 23
6 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow 20 7 6 7 18 27 9 20
7 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Pakhtakor Tashkent 20 6 8 6 24 23 +1 20 Qualification for Group B
8 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Kuzbass Kemerevo 20 8 3 9 27 24 +3 19
9 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev 20 5 9 6 16 19 3 19
10 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Zvezda Dzhizak 20 3 6 11 20 38 18 12
11 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Iskra Smolensk 20 1 5 14 7 28 21 7
Source:

Second stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Daugava Riga 42 24 12 6 78 35 +43 60 Qualification for Promotion play-off
2 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 42 21 14 7 81 37 +44 54[lower-alpha 1]
3 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic SKA Karpaty Lvov 42 21 13 8 66 44 +22 54[lower-alpha 1]
4 Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic Pamir Dushanbe 42 21 10 11 59 41 +18 52
5 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Kolos Nikopol 42 20 6 16 52 55 3 46
6 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow 42 16 11 15 52 51 +1 43
7 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Shinnik Yaroslavl 42 15 14 13 51 53 2 42[lower-alpha 1]
8 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Rotor Volgograd 42 15 12 15 61 56 +5 42
9 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Khabarovsk 42 16 9 17 56 68 12 41
10 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Kotayk Abovyan 42 16 5 21 54 65 11 37
11 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Batumi 42 13 9 20 56 71 15 35
12 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Stavropol 42 13 7 22 35 54 19 33
Source:
Notes:
  1. There was a draw limit of no more than 12. Only twelve draws earn a point, in contrast, over the limit draws earn no points.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
13 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metallurg Zaporozhia 38 16 8 14 49 52 3 40
14 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Pakhtakor Tashkent 38 14 13 11 48 38 +10 40[lower-alpha 1]
15 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Kuzbass Kemerevo 38 17 5 16 62 52 +10 39
16 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Ordjonikidze 38 17 4 17 49 52 3 38
17 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Guria Lanchkhuti 38 15 7 16 50 52 2 37
18 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Kuban Krasnodar 38 13 8 17 51 50 +1 34
19 Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Nistru Kishinev 38 12 8 18 38 54 16 32
20 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev (R) 38 10 13 15 36 42 6 32[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for Relegation play-off
21 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Iskra Smolensk (O) 38 8 8 22 27 48 21 24
22 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Zvezda Dzhizak (R) 38 7 8 23 37 78 41 22
Source:
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. There was a draw limit of no more than 12. Only twelve draws earn a point, in contrast, over the limit draws earn no points.

Transitional tournaments

Higher League Promotion

Promotion tournament took place in Moscow on 27 November — 15 December 1985.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts CHE NEF CSK DAU
1 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Chernomorets Odessa 6 3 3 0 6 3 +3 9 0–0 2–1 1–0
2 Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftchi Baku 6 2 3 1 9 4 +5 7 1–1 1–1 3–0
3 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 6 1 3 2 7 7 0 5 1–1 2–0 0–1
4 Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Daugava Riga 6 1 1 4 3 11 8 3 0–1 0–4 2–2
Source:

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ROS TAV ZVZ SOX
1 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don (P) 6 5 0 1 14 4 +10 10 1–0 5–0 2–0
2 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Tavriya Simferopol 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 7 2–1 4–1 4–2
3 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Zvezda Dzhizak (R) 6 3 0 3 8 15 7 6 1–3 2–1 3–2
4 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Soxibkor Khalkabad 6 0 1 5 5 12 7 1 1–2 0–0 0–1
Source:
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ATL ZVZ MER KRY
1 Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Atlantas Klaipeda (P) 6 4 1 1 9 6 +3 9 2–1 3–1 2–1
2 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zvezda Perm 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 7 2–0 3–0 1–0
3 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Mertskhali Makharadze 6 2 2 2 7 9 2 6 1–1 2–0 2–2
4 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev (R) 6 0 2 4 4 8 4 2 0–1 1–1 0–1
Source:
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group V

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ISK MEL GEO DYN
1 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Iskra Smolensk 6 5 1 0 10 2 +8 11 2–0 2–1 2–0
2 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Meliorator Chimkent 6 3 1 2 12 8 +4 7 0–1 2–0 5–1
3 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Geolog Tyumen 6 1 2 3 8 10 2 4 0–0 1–2 4–2
4 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Bryansk 6 0 2 4 9 19 10 2 1–3 3–3 2–2
Source:

Top scorers

#PlayerClubGoals
1Valeri ShmarovCSKA Moscow29 (1)
2Aleksandrs StarkovsDaugava Riga25
3Avtandil GorgiladzeDinamo Batumi23 (4)
Jevgeņijs MiļevskisDaugava Riga23 (4)
5Aleksandr NikitinRotor Volgograd22
6Sergei BerezinSKA Khabarovsk19 (1)
7Heorhiy KoliadyukMetallurg Zaporozhye18
8Viktor RafalchukSKA Karpaty Lvov16 (6)
9Eduard VeranyanFC Kotayk15 (1)
Vitaly RazdayevKuzbass Kemerevo15 (3)

Number of teams by union republic

Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1  RSFSR 11 CSKA Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Rotor Volgograd, SKA Khabarovsk, Dinamo Stavropol, Kuzbass Kemerovo, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Kuban Krasnodar, Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, Iskra Smolensk
2  Ukrainian SSR 3 SKA Karpaty Lvov, Kolos Nikopol, Metallurg Zaporozhye
3  Georgian SSR 2 Guria Lanchkhuti, Dinamo Batumi
 Uzbek SSR Pakhtakor Tashkent, Zvezda Dzhizak
5  Latvian SSR 1 Daugava Riga
 Tajik SSR Pamir Dushanbe
 Armenian SSR Kotaik Abovian
 Moldavian SSR Nistru Kishinev
 Lithuanian SSR Atlantas Klapeida

See also

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