1986 Soviet Top League

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Zenit Leningrad
Dinamo Tbilisi
Matches played240
Goals scored579 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer(21) Aleksandr Borodyuk (Dynamo Moscow)
Biggest home winSpartak 7–0 Dynamo Mn. (26th)
Biggest away winDynamo Mn. 0–4 Torpedo (11th)
Torpedo Kt. 0–4 Dynamo (27th)
Highest scoringDinamo Mn. 7–2 Žalgiris (30th)
1985

The 1986

Dynamo Kyiv
were the defending 11-times champions.

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

Kiev
, pulling off a dramatic 2–1 win and thus passing their Moscow rivals in the final league standings.

The top five clubs of the league later entered European competitions, joined additionally by the losing cup finalist

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
did not qualify for any European tournaments.

Teams

  • none

Location

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Torpedo K
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

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv (C) 30 14 11 5 53 33 +20 39 Qualification for European Cup first round
2
Dinamo Moscow
30 14 11 5 46 26 +20 38[a] Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow 30 14 9 7 52 21 +31 37
4 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad 30 12 9 9 44 36 +8 33
5 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi 30 12 9 9 36 36 0 33
6 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtar Donetsk 30 11 9 10 40 38 +2 31
7
Kairat Alma-Ata
30 11 8 11 33 39 −6 30
8
Žalgiris Vilnius
30 11 8 11 32 37 −5 30
9 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow 30 10 11 9 31 28 +3 30[a]
10 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Minsk 30 10 8 12 37 40 −3 28 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
11
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
30 8 12 10 41 41 0 28
12 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metalist Kharkiv 30 9 9 12 21 25 −4 27
13
Neftçi Baku
30 8 12 10 33 38 −5 26[b]
14 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Ararat Yerevan 30 8 10 12 27 44 −17 26
15
Chornomorets Odessa
(R)
30 8 7 15 29 37 −8 23 Relegation to First League
16 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Torpedo Kutaisi (R) 30 5 7 18 24 60 −36 17
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 1 point deducted (10 draw limit)
  2. ^ 2 points deducted (10 draw limit)

Next year promotion

Results

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

Top scorers

21 goals
17 goals
13 goals
  • Mashalla Akhmedov
    (Neftchi)
  • Georgi Kondratyev
    (Dinamo Minsk)
12 goals
10 goals

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. FC Dynamo Kyiv

Goalkeepers: Viktor Chanov (30), Mykhaylo Mykhaylov (3).
Defenders:

Vladimir Gorilyi (9), Vadym Karatayev (8 / 1), Mykhaylo Olefirenko (2), Ivan Palamar
(1).
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).
Defenders: Aleksandr Novikov (27 / 1), Boris Pozdnyakov (27 / 1), Sergei Silkin (25), Igor Bulanov (24 / 3), Viktor Losev (23), Sergei Kozhanov (15), Aleksandr Golovnya (8), Vladimir Demidov (8), Vasili Zhupikov (6).
Midfielders: Vasili Karatayev (30 / 4), Igor Dobrovolski (28 / 4), Viktor Vasilyev (21), Aleksandr Molodtsov (15 / 1), Andrey Kobelev (15), Yuri Pudyshev (6), Valeri Matyunin (2).
Forwards: Aleksandr Borodyuk (28 / 21), Sergei Stukashov (25 / 7), Igor Kolyvanov (17 / 4).

Manager: Eduard Malofeyev.

Transferred out during the season:

FC Dynamo Stavropol), Valeri Matyunin (to FC Fakel Voronezh
).

3. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Rinat Dasayev (24), Stanislav Cherchesov (7).
Defenders:

Gennadi Bogachyov (4), Yuri Klyuchnikov
(1).
Midfielders:
(4).
Forwards:
(9 / 1).

Manager: Konstantin Beskov.

Transferred out during the season:

FC Pakhtakor Tashkent), Yuri Klyuchnikov (to FC Sokol Saratov
).

Number of teams by union republic

Rank
Union republic
Number of teams Club(s)
1  Ukrainian SSR 5 Chernomorets Odessa, Dinamo Kiev, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Shakhter Donetsk
2  RSFSR 4
Zenit Leningrad
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

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