1985 Soviet Top League

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Soviet Top League
Season1985
ChampionsFC Dynamo Kyiv
RelegatedFC Fakel Voronezh, FC SKA Rostov-na-Donu
European CupDynamo Kyiv
Cup Winners' CupTorpedo Moscow
UEFA CupFC Dinamo Minsk
Spartak Moscow
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Matches played306
Goals scored795 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer(35) Oleh Protasov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)
← 1984
1986 →

Teams[]

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  • FC Fakel Voronezh – champion (returning for the first time since 1961 after twenty 24 seasons, known as Trud Voronezh)
  • FC Torpedo Kutaisi – 2nd place (returning after a season)

Location[]

[Interactive fullscreen map]
Locations of teams in the 1989 Top League

Final table[]

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[a]
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
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[a]
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[b]
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[c]
13 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Ararat Yerevan 34 10 12 12 42 46 −4 30[c]
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[a]
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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c 1 point deducted (10 draw limit)
  2. ^ 3 points deducted (10 draw limit)
  3. ^ a b 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.

Results[]

Home \ Away DYK SPA DNI DMN TOR ZEN ŽAL DTB KAI MKH TKU SHA ARA DYN CHO NEF FAK SKA
Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 5–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 4–2
Spartak Moscow 1–2 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 0–0 1–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 5–1 6–0 2–0 2–0 3–0
Dnipro 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–3 2–1 5–0 2–1 4–3 1–0 2–0 5–4 2–0 2–0 3–3 4–0 6–0 2–0
Dinamo Minsk 0–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–1 3–0
Torpedo Moscow 1–4 2–1 0–3 0–0 1–3 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 2–0 2–0
Zenit Leningrad 1–1 1–4 2–1 3–1 1–2 3–1 3–0 3–0 4–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 1–3
Žalgiris Vilnius 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 4–1 1–5 1–0 2–1 2–1 5–1
Dinamo Tbilisi 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 5–0 0–0 2–1 3–3 2–1 0–0 2–1
Kairat Alma-Ata 2–1 4–4 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–0
Metalist Kharkiv 2–2 0–7 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0
Torpedo Kutaisi 2–1 1–2 4–3 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–4 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0
Shakhtar Donetsk 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 4–0 1–1 0–1 3–1
Ararat Yerevan 1–1 0–0 3–5 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–3 1–0 4–2 3–1 3–1 3–3 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–0 2–0
Dynamo Moscow 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–3 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–3 2–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 3–4
Chornomorets Odessa 0–3 1–4 2–1 0–2 3–2 0–0 2–3 1–1 0–1 4–3 3–0 3–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–3
Neftçi Baku 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2
Fakel Voronezh 1–3 0–5 0–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0
SKA Rostov-na-Donu 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 6–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers[]

35 goals
  • Oleh Protasov (Dnipro)
14 goals
13 goals
  • Fyodor Cherenkov (Spartak Moscow)
  • Oleh Taran (Dnipro)
12 goals
11 goals

Medal squads[]

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. FC Dynamo Kyiv

Goalkeepers: Mykhaylo Mykhaylov (34), Viktor Chanov (1).
Defenders: Anatoliy Demyanenko (34 / 8), Oleh Kuznetsov (29 / 1), Sergei Baltacha (26 / 1), Volodymyr Bezsonov (25), Vasyl Yevseyev (19), (2), Mykhaylo Olefirenko (1), Vadym Karatayev (1).
Midfielders: Vasyl Rats (34 / 6), Ivan Yaremchuk (33 / 3), Oleksandr Zavarov (31 / 9), Andriy Bal (31 / 1), Pavlo Yakovenko (29), Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (20 / 2).
Forwards: Ihor Belanov (31 / 10), Oleg Blokhin (29 / 12), Vadym Yevtushenko (22 / 10), Oleksandr Hushchyn (2), Viktor Khlus (2).

Manager: Valeriy Lobanovskyi.

Transferred out during the season: Viktor Khlus (to FC Chornomorets Odesa).

2. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Rinat Dasayev (34), Stanislav Cherchesov (2).
Defenders: Aleksandr Bubnov (34), Boris Kuznetsov (34), Gennady Morozov (31 / 1), Vladimir Sochnov (24 / 2), Almir Kayumov (14), Aleksandr Shibayev (4).
Midfielders: Fyodor Cherenkov (33 / 13), Yevgeni Kuznetsov (33 / 7), Sergei Novikov (31 / 7), Yuri Gavrilov (26 / 6), Sergey Shavlo (25 / 6), Yevgeni Sidorov (24 / 4), Guram Adzhoyev (7 / 1).
Forwards: Sergey Rodionov (29 / 14), Andrei Rudakov (23 / 8), Vladimir Kapustin (13 / 1), Mikhail Rusyayev (5 / 2), Oleg Kuzhlev (5).

Manager: Konstantin Beskov.

Transferred out during the season: none.

3. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Goalkeepers: Serhiy Krakovskyi (32), Valeriy Horodov (6).
Defenders: Serhiy Puchkov (32 / 1), Oleksandr Lysenko (31 / 2), Ivan Vyshnevskyi (31), (29 / 1), Oleksandr Sorokalet (11), Sergey Kulinich (3), (3), Volodymyr Gerashchenko (2), (2), (1).
Midfielders: Hennadiy Lytovchenko (34 / 7), (33 / 3), Oleksiy Cherednyk (28 / 1), (27), Volodymyr Bahmut (20 / 1), (12 / 2), Mykola Kudrytsky (9), (2), Mykola Fedorenko (1).
Forwards: Oleh Protasov (33 / 35), Oleh Taran (27 / 13), Volodymyr Lyutyi (22 / 4), Volodymyr Mozolyuk (1), Andriy Sydelnykov (1).

Manager: Volodymyr Yemets.

Transferred out during the season: , Mykola Fedorenko (both to FC Kolos Nikopol).

Number of teams by union republic[]

Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1  RSFSR 6 Dinamo Moscow, Fakel Voronezh, SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Zenit Leningrad
2  Ukrainian SSR 5 Chernomorets Odessa, Dinamo Kiev, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Shakhter Donetsk
3  Georgian SSR 2 Dinamo Tbilisi, Torpedo Kutaisi
4  Armenian SSR 1 Ararat Yerevan
 Azerbaijan SSR Neftchi Baku
 Belarusian SSR Dinamo Minsk
 Kazakh SSR Kairat Alma-Ata
 Lithuanian SSR Zhalgiris Vilnius

References[]

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