1985 Soviet First League

Soviet First League
Season	1985
	← 1984 1986 →

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.

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: ^{[citation needed]}

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: ^{[citation needed]}

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^[a]	Qualification for Promotion play-off
3	SKA Karpaty Lvov	42	21	13	8	66	44	+22	54^[a]
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^[a]
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: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c 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^[a]
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^[a]	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: ^{[citation needed]}
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b 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: ^{[citation needed]}

Second League Relegation

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: ^{[citation needed]}
(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: ^{[citation needed]}
(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: ^{[citation needed]}

Top scorers

#	Player	Club	Goals
1	Valeri Shmarov	CSKA Moscow	29 (1)
2	Aleksandrs Starkovs	Daugava Riga	25
3	Avtandil Gorgiladze	Dinamo Batumi	23 (4)
3	Jevgeņijs Miļevskis	Daugava Riga	23 (4)
5	Aleksandr Nikitin	Rotor Volgograd	22
6	Sergei Berezin	SKA Khabarovsk	19 (1)
7	Heorhiy Koliadyuk	Metallurg Zaporozhye	18
8	Viktor Rafalchuk	SKA Karpaty Lvov	16 (6)
9	Eduard Veranyan	FC Kotayk	15 (1)
9	Vitaly Razdayev	Kuzbass Kemerevo	15 (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
3	Uzbek SSR	2	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

External links

1985. First League. (1985. Первая лига.) Luhansk Nash Futbol.

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v t e 1985 in Soviet football
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Domestic leagues	Supreme League First League Second League (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, Finals)
Domestic cups	Soviet Cup 1984–85 1985–86
European competitions	European Cup 1984–85 1985–86 Cup Winners' Cup 1984–85 1985–86 UEFA Cup 1984–85 1985–86
Related to national team	Senior Youth U-19 Juniors

First stage

Group West

Group East

Second stage

Group A

Group B

Transitional tournaments

Higher League Promotion

Second League Relegation

Group A

Group B

Group V

Top scorers

Number of teams by union republic

See also

External links