1985 Soviet Top League

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The 1985 Soviet Top League was the 16th season of the

Zenit Leningrad
were the defending champions.

Teams

  • 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

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500km
300miles
Torpedo K
SKA R/D
Fakel
Torpedo M
Spartak
Dynamo
Chornomorets
Dynamo T
Neftchi
Metallist
Žalgiris
Shakhter
Dnepr
Zenit
Kairat
Dynamo Mi
Ararat
.
Dynamo K
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
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
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
Dinamo Moscow
 34 11 7 16 37 50 −13 29
15
Chornomorets Odessa
(O) 		34 11 7 16 44 65 −21 29 Qualification for Relegation play-off
16
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
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. ^ 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)

Post-season promotion/relegation tournament

  • For the following season the League was reduced to 16 members. The teams that finished 15th and 16th played a mini-tournament in format of home-away double round-robin with the two best out of the Soviet First League (Daugava Riga and CSKA Moscow). Out of this tournament the two best teams (Chernomorets Odessa and Nefchi Baku) continued on in the Soviet Top League. The tournament was conducted in winter-like conditions from 27 November to 15 December.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1
Chornomorets Odessa
 6 3 3 0 6 3 +3 9
2
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
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 ARA
CHO
DNI
 DYK DMN DYN DTB FAK
KAI
 MKH
NEF
 SHA
SKA
 SPA TKU TOR
ŽAL
 ZEN
Ararat Yerevan 1–2 3–5 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 4–2 3–1 0–0 3–3 2–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 3–3 1–0
Chornomorets Odessa
 2–1 2–1 0–3 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 4–3 1–1 3–2 1–3 1–4 3–0 3–2 2–3 0–0
Dnipro
 2–0 3–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 6–0 4–3 1–0 4–0 5–4 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–3 5–0 2–1
Dynamo Kyiv 4–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 5–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 4–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 3–1
Dinamo Minsk 3–2 4–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–0
Dynamo Moscow 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–4 2–0 1–3 1–2 0–1 2–3
Dinamo Tbilisi 0–0 3–3 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 5–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0
Fakel Voronezh 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–3 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–5 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0
Kairat Alma-Ata
 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–4 4–1 1–1 2–0 2–1
Metalist Kharkiv 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–7 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–0
Neftçi Baku
 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1
Shakhtar Donetsk 0–0 4–0 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0
SKA Rostov-na-Donu
 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 6–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–0
Spartak Moscow 0–0 6–0 3–0 1–2 3–0 5–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 4–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 2–0
Torpedo Kutaisi 1–1 2–0 4–3 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–1 1–4 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1
Torpedo Moscow 2–1 0–0 0–3 1–4 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 3–2 1–3
Žalgiris Vilnius
 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–5 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 5–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–0
Zenit Leningrad 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 4–1 3–1 2–1 1–3 1–4 2–0 1–2 3–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

35 goals
14 goals
13 goals
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:

Sergei Baltacha (26 / 1), Volodymyr Bezsonov (25), Vasyl Yevseyev (19), Ivan Palamar (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:

Yevgeni Sidorov (24 / 4), Guram Adzhoyev
(7 / 1).
Forwards:
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:

Volodymyr Gerashchenko (2), Petro Kutuzov (2), Ihor Deli
(1).
Midfielders: Hennadiy Lytovchenko (34 / 7), Vyktor Kuznetsov (33 / 3), Oleksiy Cherednyk (28 / 1), Andriy Dilay (27), Volodymyr Bahmut (20 / 1), Borys Shurshin (12 / 2), Mykola Kudrytsky (9), Serhiy Khudozhylov (2), Mykola Fedorenko (1).
Forwards:
Andriy Sydelnykov
(1).

Manager: Volodymyr Yemets.

Transferred out during the season:

FC Kolos Nikopol
).

Number of teams by union republic

Rank
Union republic
 Number of teams Club(s)
1  RSFSR 6
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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