1985 in Soviet football

The 1985 Soviet football championship was the 54th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Dinamo Kiev won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the eleventh time.

Football in the Soviet Union
Season1985
Men's football
Top LeagueDinamo Kiev
First LeagueDaugava Riga
Second LeagueDinamo Briansk (Group 1)
Zvezda Perm (Group 2)
Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu (Group 3)
Geolog Tyumen (Group 4)
Atlantas Klapeida (Group 5)
Tavriya Simferopol (Group 6)
Sokhibkor Khalkabad (Group 7)
Meliorator Chimkent (Group 8)
Mertskhali Makharadze (Group 9)
Soviet CupDinamo Kiev
Soviet Union

Honours
CompetitionWinnerRunner-up
Top LeagueDinamo Kiev (11)Spartak Moscow
First LeagueDaugava Riga (1)CSKA Moscow
Second LeagueGroup 1Dinamo BrianskZorkiy Krasnogorsk
Group 2Zvezda PermUralmash Sverdlovsk
Group 3Rostselmash Rostov-na-DonuSpartak Nalchik
Group 4Geolog TyumenZvezda Irkutsk
Group 5Atlantas KlapeidaMetallurg Lipetsk
Group 6Tavriya SimferopolNiva Vinnitsa
Group 7Sokhibkor KhalkabadNeftyanik Fergana
Group 8Meliorator ChimkentTselinnik Telinograd
Group 9Mertskhali MakharadzeKiapaz Kirovobad
Soviet Cup Dinamo Kiev (7) Shakhter Donetsk

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Soviet Union football championship
Main article: 1985 Soviet Top League

Top League
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv (C) 34 20 8 6 64 26 +38 48 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow 34 18 10 6 72 28 +44 46 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 34 16 11 7 71 41 +30 42[lower-alpha 1]
4 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Minsk 34 16 9 9 40 31 +9 41
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow 34 13 10 11 42 40 +2 36 Qualification for CWC first round
6 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad 34 14 7 13 48 38 +10 35
7 Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Žalgiris Vilnius 34 12 11 11 43 49 −6 34[lower-alpha 1]
8 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi 34 11 10 13 34 39 −5 32
9 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Alma-Ata 34 11 13 10 43 46 −3 32[lower-alpha 2]
10 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metalist Kharkiv 34 12 7 15 39 55 −16 31
11 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Torpedo Kutaisi 34 11 9 14 40 51 −11 31
12 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtar Donetsk 34 10 12 12 46 45 +1 30[lower-alpha 3]
13 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Ararat Yerevan 34 10 12 12 42 46 −4 30[lower-alpha 3]
14 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dinamo Moscow 34 11 7 16 37 50 −13 29
15 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Chornomorets Odessa (O) 34 11 7 16 44 65 −21 29 Qualification for Relegation play-off
16 Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftçi Baku (O) 34 9 11 14 30 40 −10 28[lower-alpha 1]
17 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Fakel Voronezh (R) 34 9 9 16 24 45 −21 27 Relegation to First League
18 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Rostov-na-Donu (R) 34 7 7 20 36 60 −24 21
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 point deducted (10 draw limit)
  2. 3 points deducted (10 draw limit)
  3. 2 points deducted (10 draw limit)
  • For the following season the League was reduced to 16 members. The teams that finished 15th and 16th played a mini-tournament with the two best out of the Soviet First League. Out of this tournament the two best teams continued on in the Soviet Top League.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Chornomorets Odessa 6 3 3 0 6 3 +3 9
2 Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftçi Baku 6 2 3 1 9 4 +5 7
3 Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Daugava Riga 6 1 3 2 7 7 0 5
4 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 6 1 1 4 3 11 −8 3
Source: rsssf.com
  • For the 1986 season there was no promotion out of the Soviet First League.

For places 1–12
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.

For places 13–22
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.

Playoffs
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:

Second League
Further information: 1985 Soviet Second League

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Dinamo Bryansk 32 23 5 4 73 30 +43 51
2 Zorkiy Krasnogorsk 32 18 10 4 56 26 +30 46
3 Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo 32 16 11 5 67 34 +33 43
4 Arsenal Tula 32 15 12 5 50 34 +16 42
5 Zarya Kaluga 32 17 7 8 58 31 +27 41
6 Textilshchik Ivanovo 32 16 7 9 49 33 +16 39
7 Krasnaya Presnya Moskva 32 16 6 10 47 28 +19 38
8 Spartak Kostroma 32 14 10 8 40 27 +13 38
9 Dinamo Vologda 32 15 7 10 55 41 +14 37
10 Stroitel Cherepovets 32 13 3 16 39 44 −5 29
11 Spartak Ryazan 32 8 11 13 28 40 −12 27
12 FSM Moskva 32 7 10 15 32 56 −24 24
13 Torpedo Vladimir 32 7 8 17 23 53 −30 22
14 Saturn Rybinsk 32 7 7 18 29 48 −19 21
15 Dinamo Kashira 32 5 11 16 31 57 −26 21
16 Volzhanin Kineshma 32 4 5 23 31 72 −41 13
17 Volga Kalinin 32 5 2 25 15 69 −54 12
Source:

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Zvezda Perm 28 19 5 4 41 20 +21 43
2 UralMash Sverdlovsk 28 15 8 5 40 21 +19 38
3 Dinamo Kirov 28 15 6 7 41 28 +13 36
4 Uralets Nizhniy Tagil 28 15 5 8 41 22 +19 35
5 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 28 14 7 7 49 25 +24 35
6 Gastello Ufa 28 14 5 9 40 35 +5 33
7 Rubin Kazan 28 13 4 11 34 32 +2 30
8 Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk 28 10 7 11 44 51 −7 27
9 Svetotekhnika Saransk 28 11 4 13 36 41 −5 26
10 Khimik Dzerzhinsk 28 8 10 10 32 29 +3 26
11 Zenit Izhevsk 28 8 4 16 25 34 −9 20
12 Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola 28 8 3 17 29 54 −25 19
13 Torpedo Togliatti 28 6 7 15 26 41 −15 19
14 Turbina Naberezhnyye Chelny 28 6 7 15 23 44 −21 19
15 Stal Cheboksary 28 2 10 16 17 41 −24 14
Source:

Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu 30 20 9 1 61 26 +35 49
2 Spartak Nalchik 30 19 6 5 44 16 +28 44
3 Sokol Saratov 30 19 4 7 79 34 +45 42
4 Uralan Elista 30 19 4 7 62 35 +27 42
5 Atommash Volgodonsk 30 14 7 9 57 49 +8 35
6 Terek Grozny 30 14 6 10 56 43 +13 34
7 Druzhba Maykop 30 12 6 12 53 41 +12 30
8 Mashuk Pyatigorsk 30 10 10 10 34 37 −3 30
9 Torpedo Volzhskiy 30 10 7 13 39 44 −5 27
10 Cement Novorossiysk 30 10 6 14 35 39 −4 26
11 Nart Cherkessk 30 9 7 14 31 40 −9 25
12 Volgar Astrakhan 30 10 3 17 34 59 −25 23
13 Torpedo Taganrog 30 7 9 14 33 52 −19 23
14 Dinamo Makhachkala 30 7 6 17 33 66 −33 20
15 Salyut Belgorod 30 5 6 19 28 53 −25 16
16 Strela Voronezh 30 5 4 21 27 72 −45 14
Source:

Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Geolog Tyumen 26 13 9 4 49 31 +18 35
2 Zvezda Irkutsk 26 13 6 7 43 26 +17 32
3 Irtysh Omsk 26 12 8 6 41 36 +5 32[lower-alpha 1]
4 Torpedo Rubtsovsk 26 14 3 9 40 29 +11 31
5 Metallurg Novokuznetsk 26 13 4 9 46 33 +13 30
6 Selenga Ulan-Ude 26 12 6 8 37 25 +12 30
7 Dinamo Barnaul 26 12 6 8 41 31 +10 30
8 Manometr Tomsk 26 11 7 8 40 31 +9 29
9 Luch Vladivostok 26 11 5 10 31 31 0 27
10 Avtomobilist Krasnoyarsk 26 11 4 11 31 31 0 26
11 Lokomotiv Chita 26 7 7 12 19 36 −17 21
12 Amur Komsomolsk-na-Amure 26 6 5 15 20 37 −17 17
13 Angara Angarsk 26 5 7 14 25 42 −17 17
14 Amur Blagoveshchensk 26 1 5 20 15 59 −44 7
Source:
Notes:
  1. -

Group 5
Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 LTU Atlantas Klaipeda 30 19 7 4 49 25 +24 45
2 RUS Metallurg Lipetsk 30 15 10 5 46 24 +22 40
3 BLR Dnepr Mogilyov 30 15 9 6 64 34 +30 39
4 BLR Khimik Grodno 30 15 6 9 43 27 +16 36
5 RUS Avangard Kursk 30 14 7 9 27 24 +3 35
6 BLR Dinamo Brest 30 13 7 10 40 33 +7 33
7 MDA Zarya Beltsy 30 12 7 11 41 34 +7 31
8 EST Sport Tallinn[lower-alpha 1] 30 13 4 13 43 45 −2 30
9 MDA Avtomobilist Tiraspol 30 11 8 11 36 41 −5 30
10 RUS Spartak Tambov 30 10 9 11 32 42 −10 29
11 RUS Baltika Kaliningrad 30 12 3 15 41 50 −9 27
12 RUS Spartak Oryol 30 8 10 12 29 32 −3 26
13 LVA Zvejnieks Liepaja 30 11 3 16 36 49 −13 25
14 BLR Vityaz Vitebsk[lower-alpha 2] 30 7 6 17 32 49 −17 20
15 BLR GomSelMash Gomel 30 7 6 17 24 41 −17 20
16 RUS Dinamo Leningrad 30 5 4 21 22 55 −33 14
Source:
Notes:
  1. SVSM Tallinn changed name to Sport.
  2. Dvina Vitebsk changed name to Vityaz.

Group 6
Further information: 1985 Soviet Second League, Zone 6
For places 1-14

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Tavriya Simferopol(C) (Q) 40 25 10 5 69 35 +34 60 Qualified for interzonal competitions among other Zone winners
2 Nyva Vinnytsia 40 22 15 3 102 46 +56 59
3 Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv 40 20 9 11 65 42 +23 49
4 SKA Kiev 40 17 14 9 53 38 +15 48
5 SKA Odessa 40 19 9 12 50 39 +11 47
6 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 40 16 13 11 58 48 +10 45
7 Nyva Ternopil 40 17 9 14 44 44 0 43
8 Kolos Mezhyrich 40 16 11 13 64 50 +14 43
9 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 40 17 7 16 49 47 +2 41
10 Zirka Kirovohrad 40 16 9 15 50 49 +1 41
11 Atlantyka Sevastopol 40 16 9 15 46 44 +2 41
12 Shakhtar Horlivka 40 14 13 13 49 39 +10 41
13 Zorya Voroshilovgrad 40 14 10 16 46 40 +6 38
14 Okean Kerch 40 12 8 20 42 62 −20 32
Source:

Group 7
Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 UZB Sohibkor Halkabad 32 25 5 2 65 22 +43 55
2 UZB Neftyanik Fergana 32 19 6 7 66 29 +37 44
3 UZB Zarafshan Navoi 32 18 4 10 53 33 +20 40
4 UZB Dinamo Samarkand 32 16 8 8 47 27 +20 40
5 UZB Horezm Yangiaryk 32 13 10 9 34 26 +8 36[lower-alpha 1]
6 UZB Shahrihanets Shahrihan 32 16 3 13 46 37 +9 35
7 UZB Kasansayets Kasansay 32 14 5 13 48 45 +3 33
8 UZB Tselinnik Turtkul 32 13 5 14 42 59 −17 31
9 UZB Avtomobilist Namangan 32 11 7 14 27 36 −9 29
10 UZB Yangiyer 32 11 6 15 37 50 −13 28
11 UZB Hiva 32 11 5 16 27 40 −13 27
12 UZB Geolog Karshi 32 10 7 15 35 60 −25 27[lower-alpha 1]
13 KGZ Alay Osh 32 10 6 16 45 46 −1 26
14 TJK Hojent Leninabad 32 11 3 18 42 60 −18 25
15 UZB Surhan Termez 32 9 6 17 32 41 −9 24
16 KGZ Alga Frunze 32 7 10 15 32 40 −8 24
17 UZB Narimanovets Bagat 32 6 8 18 27 54 −27 20
Source:
Notes:
  1. +

Group 8

 
For places 1-6
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Meliorator Chimkent 36 24 6 6 86 31 +55 54
2 Tselinnik Tselinograd 36 22 4 10 64 42 +22 48
3 Traktor Pavlodar 36 20 3 13 55 44 +11 43
4 Shakhtyor Karaganda 36 17 8 11 47 42 +5 42
5 Energetik Kustanay 36 16 6 14 60 42 +18 38
6 Spartak Semipalatinsk 36 13 9 14 46 51 −5 35
Source:

Group 9
Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 GEO Mertskhali Makharadze 30 21 1 8 59 33 +26 43
2 AZE Kyapaz Kirovabad 30 18 3 9 74 30 +44 39
3 ARM Spartak Oktemberyan 30 18 2 10 57 39 +18 38
4 TKM Kolhozchi Ashkhabad 30 16 5 9 52 30 +22 37
5 AZE Karabakh Stepanakert 30 17 2 11 52 41 +11 36
6 AZE Gyanjlik Baku 30 16 3 11 39 32 +7 35[lower-alpha 1]
7 GEO Dinamo Sukhumi 30 15 4 11 44 30 +14 34
8 GEO Dila Gori 30 13 6 11 42 40 +2 32
9 GEO Kolkheti Poti 30 14 3 13 46 42 +4 31
10 GEO Lokomotiv Samtredia 30 14 2 14 46 48 −2 30
11 GEO Meshakhte Tkibuli 30 12 5 13 47 46 +1 29
12 AZE Avtomobilist Mingechaur 30 12 4 14 41 44 −3 28
13 GEO Lokomotiv Tbilisi 30 8 8 14 28 42 −14 24
14 ARM Shirak Leninakan 30 9 3 18 31 55 −24 21
15 AZE Araz Nahichevan 30 4 9 17 18 53 −35 17
16 ARM Olimpia Artashat 30 1 4 25 22 93 −71 6
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. +

Top goalscorers

Top League

First League

References
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