1986 Soviet Top League
Matches played | 240 |
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Goals scored | 579 (2.41 per match) |
Top goalscorer | (21) Aleksandr Borodyuk (Dynamo Moscow) |
Biggest home win | Spartak 7–0 Dynamo Mn. (26th) |
Biggest away win | Dynamo Mn. 0–4 Torpedo (11th) Torpedo Kt. 0–4 Dynamo (27th) |
Highest scoring | Dinamo Mn. 7–2 Žalgiris (30th) |
← 1985 → |
The 1986
A total of sixteen teams participated in the league, which was two teams fewer than in the 1985 season and no teams were promoted from the First League due to the league reorganization. Also it was the only season when the Top League contained more Ukrainian clubs rather than Russian 5 to 4. The overdraw concept was preserved with no more than 10 draws being allowed (same as the previous season). Dynamo Kyiv, however, was excused from the rule because the Soviet national football team, consisting almost exclusively out of the first team of Dynamo Kyiv, participated at the 1986 FIFA World Cup. The reduction of the league was compensated by the introduction of a new competition, the Cup of Football Federation of USSR. For that purpose the league took a short break in September when the new competition kicked off and involved only the participants of the Soviet Top League. The new competition was brief, lasting for just over a month.
The season began on March 1 and lasted until November 22, 1986, however some additional postponed games were played until December 7. The season was won by
The top five clubs of the league later entered European competitions, joined additionally by the losing cup finalist
Teams
Promoted teams
- none
Location
League standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Dynamo Kyiv (C) | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 53 | 33 | +20 | 39 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
2 | Dinamo Moscow
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30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 38[a] | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
3 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 52 | 21 | +31 | 37 | |
4 | Zenit Leningrad | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 33 | |
5 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 33 | |
6 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 31 | |
7 | Kairat Alma-Ata
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30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 30 | |
8 | Žalgiris Vilnius
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30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 30 | |
9 | Torpedo Moscow | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 30[a] | |
10 | Dinamo Minsk | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 28 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
11 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
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30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 28 | |
12 | Metalist Kharkiv | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 27 | |
13 | Neftçi Baku
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30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 26[b] | |
14 | Ararat Yerevan | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 44 | −17 | 26 | |
15 | Chornomorets Odessa (R)
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30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 23 | Relegation to First League |
16 | Torpedo Kutaisi (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 60 | −36 | 17 |
Next year promotion
Results
Top scorers
- 21 goals
- Aleksandr Borodyuk (Dynamo Moscow)
- 17 goals
- Oleh Protasov (Dnipro)
- Sergey Rodionov (Spartak Moscow)
- 13 goals
- Mashalla Akhmedov(Neftchi)
- Georgi Kondratyev(Dinamo Minsk)
- 12 goals
- Alexei Mikhailichenko(Dynamo Kyiv)
- Ihor Petrov (Shakhtar)
- Yuri Savichev (Torpedo Moscow)
- 10 goals
- Ihor Belanov(Dynamo Kyiv)
- Revaz Chelebadze (Dynamo Tbilisi)
- Arminas Narbekovas (Žalgiris)
- Yevstafi Pekhlevanidi(Kairat)
Medal squads
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
1. FC Dynamo Kyiv |
Goalkeepers: Viktor Chanov (30), Mykhaylo Mykhaylov (3). Midfielders: Vasyl Rats (30 / 7), Pavlo Yakovenko (28 / 2), Vadym Yevtushenko (27 / 6), Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (20 / 12), Oleksandr Zavarov (20 / 4), Ivan Yaremchuk (15 / 3). Forwards: Ihor Belanov (22 / 10), Oleksandr Shcherbakov (12 / 1).
Manager: Valeriy Lobanovskyi. Transferred out during the season: Mykhaylo Olefirenko (to FC Shakhtar Donetsk), Ivan Palamar (to FC Nyva Vinnytsia). |
2. FC Dynamo Moscow |
Goalkeepers: Aleksei Prudnikov (30), Aleksandr Uvarov (1). Manager: Eduard Malofeyev. Transferred out during the season: FC Dynamo Stavropol), Valeri Matyunin (to FC Fakel Voronezh ).
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3. FC Spartak Moscow |
Goalkeepers: Rinat Dasayev (24), Stanislav Cherchesov (7). Gennadi Bogachyov (4), Yuri Klyuchnikov (1).Midfielders: Renat Ataulin (15), Sergei Volgin (9 / 1), Andrei Mitin (8 / 1), Vladimir Kapustin (8), Igor Shalimov (5 / 1), Nikolai Latysh (5), Igor Ivanov (4).Forwards: (9 / 1). Manager: Konstantin Beskov. Transferred out during the season: FC Pakhtakor Tashkent), Yuri Klyuchnikov (to FC Sokol Saratov ).
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Number of teams by union republic
Rank | Union republic
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Number of teams | Club(s) |
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1 | Ukrainian SSR | 5 | Chernomorets Odessa, Dinamo Kiev, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Shakhter Donetsk |
2 | RSFSR | 4 | Zenit Leningrad
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3 | Georgian SSR | 2 | Dinamo Tbilisi, Torpedo Kutaisi |
4 | Armenian SSR | 1 | Ararat Yerevan |
Azerbaijan SSR | Neftchi Baku
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Belarusian SSR | Dinamo Minsk | ||
Kazakh SSR | Kairat Alma-Ata
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Lithuanian SSR | Zhalgiris Vilnius
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