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 Daugava Riga 20 12 5 3 34 12 +22 29 Qualification for Group A
2 SKA Karpaty Lvov 20 8 7 5 25 18 +7 23
3 Kotayk Abovyan 20 10 2 8 28 24 +4 22
4 Kolos Nikopol 20 9 3 8 26 25 +1 21
5 Dynamo Stavropol 20 9 3 8 15 17 −2 21
6 Dinamo Batumi 20 9 3 8 28 27 +1 21
7 Metallurg Zaporozhia 20 7 5 8 17 25 −8 19 Qualification for Group B
8 Spartak Ordjonikidze 20 8 2 10 24 24 0 18
9 Guria Lanchkhuti 20 7 3 10 20 26 −6 17
10 Kuban Krasnodar 20 7 2 11 26 26 0 16
11 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 Shinnik Yaroslavl 20 9 8 3 25 21 +4 26 Qualification for Group A
2 Pamir Dushanbe 20 9 7 4 28 15 +13 25
3 CSKA Moscow 20 9 7 4 36 20 +16 25
4 Rotor Volgograd 20 8 8 4 34 21 +13 24
5 SKA Khabarovsk 20 10 3 7 33 32 +1 23
6 Lokomotiv Moscow 20 7 6 7 18 27 −9 20
7 Pakhtakor Tashkent 20 6 8 6 24 23 +1 20 Qualification for Group B
8 Kuzbass Kemerevo 20 8 3 9 27 24 +3 19
9 Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev 20 5 9 6 16 19 −3 19
10 Zvezda Dzhizak 20 3 6 11 20 38 −18 12
11 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 Daugava Riga 42 24 12 6 78 35 +43 60 Qualification for Promotion play-off
2 CSKA Moscow 42 21 14 7 81 37 +44 54[lower-alpha 1]
3 SKA Karpaty Lvov 42 21 13 8 66 44 +22 54[lower-alpha 1]
4 Pamir Dushanbe 42 21 10 11 59 41 +18 52
5 Kolos Nikopol 42 20 6 16 52 55 −3 46
6 Lokomotiv Moscow 42 16 11 15 52 51 +1 43
7 Shinnik Yaroslavl 42 15 14 13 51 53 −2 42[lower-alpha 1]
8 Rotor Volgograd 42 15 12 15 61 56 +5 42
9 SKA Khabarovsk 42 16 9 17 56 68 −12 41
10 Kotayk Abovyan 42 16 5 21 54 65 −11 37
11 Dinamo Batumi 42 13 9 20 56 71 −15 35
12 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 Metallurg Zaporozhia 38 16 8 14 49 52 −3 40
14 Pakhtakor Tashkent 38 14 13 11 48 38 +10 40[lower-alpha 1]
15 Kuzbass Kemerevo 38 17 5 16 62 52 +10 39
16 Spartak Ordjonikidze 38 17 4 17 49 52 −3 38
17 Guria Lanchkhuti 38 15 7 16 50 52 −2 37
18 Kuban Krasnodar 38 13 8 17 51 50 +1 34
19 Nistru Kishinev 38 12 8 18 38 54 −16 32
20 Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev (R) 38 10 13 15 36 42 −6 32[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for Relegation play-off
21 Iskra Smolensk (O) 38 8 8 22 27 48 −21 24
22 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 Chernomorets Odessa 6 3 3 0 6 3 +3 9 0–0 2–1 1–0
2 Neftchi Baku 6 2 3 1 9 4 +5 7 1–1 1–1 3–0
3 CSKA Moscow 6 1 3 2 7 7 0 5 1–1 2–0 0–1
4 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 Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don (P) 6 5 0 1 14 4 +10 10 1–0 5–0 2–0
2 Tavriya Simferopol 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 7 2–1 4–1 4–2
3 Zvezda Dzhizak (R) 6 3 0 3 8 15 −7 6 1–3 2–1 3–2
4 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 Atlantas Klaipeda (P) 6 4 1 1 9 6 +3 9 2–1 3–1 2–1
2 Zvezda Perm 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 7 2–0 3–0 1–0
3 Mertskhali Makharadze 6 2 2 2 7 9 −2 6 1–1 2–0 2–2
4 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 Iskra Smolensk 6 5 1 0 10 2 +8 11 2–0 2–1 2–0
2 Meliorator Chimkent 6 3 1 2 12 8 +4 7 0–1 2–0 5–1
3 Geolog Tyumen 6 1 2 3 8 10 −2 4 0–0 1–2 4–2
4 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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