1986 Soviet First League

Soviet First League
Season1986
ChampionsCSKA Moscow
PromotedCSKA Moscow
Guria Lanchkhuti
RelegatedKuban Krasnodar
SKA Khabarovsk
Iskra Smolensk
Atlantas Klaipėda
Nistru Kishinev
← 1985
1987 →

The 1986 Soviet First League was the 47th season of the second tier of association football in the Soviet Union.

Teams

League standings

Note: 12 draws limit was applied during the season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 CSKA Moscow (C, P) 46 26 9 11 63 35 +28 61 Promotion to Top League
2 Guria Lanchkhuti (P) 46 28 5 13 80 66 +14 61
3 Daugava Riga 46 24 14 8 82 46 +36 60[a]
4 SKA Karpaty Lviv 46 22 10 14 69 52 +17 54
5 Pamir Dushanbe 46 21 13 12 76 48 +28 54[a]
6 Lokomotiv Moscow 46 21 11 14 63 48 +15 53
7 Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don 46 21 10 15 86 69 +17 52
8 Rotor Volgograd 46 22 7 17 69 56 +13 51
9 Kolos Nikopol 46 20 11 15 48 45 +3 51
10 Fakel Voronezh 46 20 8 18 56 44 +12 48
11 Dinamo Batumi 46 20 8 18 50 59 −9 48
12 Metalurh Zaporizhia 46 17 11 18 59 54 +5 45
13 Kuzbass Kemerevo 46 16 13 17 63 61 +2 44[a]
14 Shinnik Yaroslavl 46 16 14 16 41 45 −4 44[a]
15 SKA Rostov-on-Don 46 16 11 19 54 51 +3 43
16 Spartak Ordjonikidze 46 15 12 19 58 66 −8 42
17 Pakhtakor Tashkent 46 15 10 21 55 73 −18 40
18 Dynamo Stavropol 46 14 15 17 66 58 +8 40[a]
19 Kotayk Abovyan 46 14 13 19 46 54 −8 40[a]
20 Kuban Krasnodar (R) 46 14 14 18 41 48 −7 40[a] Relegation to Second League
21 SKA Khabarovsk (R) 46 12 12 22 49 61 −12 36
22 Iskra Smolensk (R) 46 11 13 22 30 60 −30 34[a]
23 Atlantas Klaipėda (R) 46 9 11 26 40 75 −35 29
24 Nistru Chisinau (R) 46 6 9 31 31 101 −70 21
Source: RSSSF[1]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h There was a limit for the draws earned, 12. Only twelve draws earn a point, in contrast, over the limit draws earn no points.

Match for 1st place

CSKA Moscow 2–0 Guria Lanchkhuti
Kolesnikov 40'
S.Fokin 70' (pen.)
Report  82' Danelia
Attendance: 7,200[1]
Referee: Vladimir Kuznetsov (Omsk)

Top scorers

# Player Club Goals
1 Vazgen Manasyan Pamir Dushanbe 27 (3)
Besik Pridonishvili Guria Lanchkhuti 27 (6)
3 Aleksandrs Starkovs Daugava Riga 22
4 Sergei Okunev Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu 21 (1)
Aleksandr Minayev Fakel Voronezh 21 (3)
6 Aleksandr Gitselov Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu 19 (1)
Sergei Berezin CSKA Moscow 19 (3)
Yevhen Shakhov Metallurg Zaporozhye 19 (7)
9 Mukhsin Mukhamadiev Pamir Dushanbe 18
Vyacheslav Lendel SKA Karpaty Lvov 18
Genādijs Šitiks Daugava Riga 18[1] (5)

Number of teams by union republic

Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1 RSFSR 13 CSKA Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, Rotor Volgograd, Fakel Voronezh, Kuzbass Kemerovo, Shinnik Yaroslavl, SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Spartak Vladikavkaz, Dinamo Stavropol, Kuban Krasnodar, SKA Khabarovsk, Iskra Smolensk
2 Ukrainian SSR 3 SKA Karpaty Lvov, Kolos Nikopol, Metallurg Zaporozhye
3 Georgian SSR 2 Guria Lanchkhuti, Dinamo Batumi
4 Uzbek SSR 1 Pakhtakor Tashkent
Latvian SSR Daugava Riga
Tajik SSR Pamir Dushanbe
Armenian SSR Kotaik Abovian
Lithuanian SSR Atlantas Klapeida
Moldavian SSR Nistru Kishinev

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Balitsky, Andrei; Dreiman, Theodore (2021-06-02). "Soviet Union 1986". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2026-02-01. Retrieved 2026-03-19.