1986 in Soviet football

Football in the Soviet Union
Season	1986
Men's football
Top League	Dinamo Kiev
First League	CSKA Moscow
Second League	Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev (Finals 1); Geolog Tyumen (Finals 2); Zaria Voroshilovgrad (Finals 3)
Soviet Cup	Torpedo Moscow

The 1986 Soviet football championship was the 55th seasons of competitive

Honours

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	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	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	30	11	8	11	33	39	−6	30
8	Žalgiris Vilnius	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	30	8	12	10	41	41	0	28
12	Metalist Kharkiv	30	9	9	12	21	25	−4	27
13	Neftçi Baku	30	8	12	10	33	38	−5	26^[b]
14	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	Torpedo Kutaisi (R)	30	5	7	18	24	60	−36	17	Relegation to First League

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	CSKA Moscow (C, P)	46	26	9	11	61	35	+26	61	Promotion to Top League
2	Guria Lanchkhuti (P)	46	28	5	13	80	64	+16	61	Promotion to Top League
3	Daugava Riga	46	24	14	8	82	46	+36	60^[a]
4	SKA Karpaty Lviv	46	22	10	14	69	52	+17	54
5	Pamir Dushanbe	46	21	13	12	62	46	+16	54^[a]
6	Lokomotiv Moscow	46	21	11	14	63	48	+15	53
7	Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don	46	21	10	15	86	69	+17	52
8	Rotor Volgograd	46	22	7	17	69	56	+13	51
9	Kolos Nikopol	46	20	11	15	48	45	+3	51
10	Fakel Voronezh	46	20	8	18	56	44	+12	48
11	Dinamo Batumi	46	20	8	18	50	59	−9	48
12	Metalurh Zaporizhia	46	17	11	18	59	54	+5	45
13	Kuzbass Kemerevo	46	16	13	17	63	61	+2	44^[a]
14	Shinnik Yaroslavl	46	16	14	16	41	45	−4	44^[a]
15	SKA Rostov-on-Don	46	16	11	19	54	51	+3	43
16	Spartak Ordjonikidze	46	15	12	19	58	66	−8	42
17	Pakhtakor Tashkent	46	15	10	21	55	73	−18	40
18	Dynamo Stavropol	46	14	15	17	66	58	+8	40^[a]
19	Kotayk Abovyan	46	14	13	19	46	54	−8	40^[a]
20	Kuban Krasnodar (R)	46	14	14	18	41	48	−7	40^[a]	Relegation to Second League
21	SKA Khabarovsk (R)	46	12	12	22	49	61	−12	36
22	Iskra Smolensk (R)	46	11	13	22	30	60	−30	34^[a]
23	Atlantas Klaipėda (R)	46	9	11	26	40	75	−35	29
24	Nistru Chisinau (R)	46	6	9	31	31	101	−70	21

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h There was a limit for the draws earned, 12. Only twelve draws earn a point, in contrast, over the limit draws earn no points.