1986 Soviet First League

The 1986 Soviet First League was the 47th season of the second tier of association football in the Soviet Union.

Soviet First League

Season	1986
Champions	CSKA Moscow
Promoted	CSKA Moscow Guria Lanchkhuti
Relegated	Kuban Krasnodar SKA Khabarovsk Iskra Smolensk Atlantas Klaipėda Nistru Kishinev
← 1985 1987 →

Teams

• Demoted from the Soviet Top League: FC Fakel Voronezh and FC SKA Rostov/Donu.
• Promoted from the Soviet Second League: FC Rostselmash Rostov/Donu, FC Iskra Smolensk, and FC Atalantas Klaipėda.

League standings

Note: 12 draws limit was applied during the season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	CSKA Moscow (C, P)	46	26	9	11	63	35	+28	61	Promotion to Top League
2	Guria Lanchkhuti (P)	46	28	5	13	80	66	+14	61
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	76	48	+28	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: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. There was a limit for the draws earned, 12. Only twelve draws earn a point, in contrast, over the limit draws earn no points.

Match for 1st place

23 November 1986

CSKA Moscow	2–0	Guria Lanchkhuti
Kolesnikov 40' S.Fokin 70' (pen.)	Report	82' Danelia

Uzhhorod

Attendance: 7,200

Referee: Vladimir Kuznetsov (Omsk)

Top scorers

#	Player	Club	Goals
1	Vazgen Manasyan	Pamir Dushanbe	27 (3)
	Besik Pridonishvili	Guria Lanchkhuti	27 (6)
3	Aleksandrs Starkovs	Daugava Riga	22
4	Sergei Okunev	Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu	21 (1)
	Aleksandr Minayev	Fakel Voronezh	21 (3)
6	Aleksandr Gitselov	Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu	19 (1)
	Sergei Berezin	CSKA Moscow	19 (3)
	Yevhen Shakhov	Metallurg Zaporozhye	19 (7)
9	Mukhsin Mukhamadiev	Pamir Dushanbe	18
	Vyacheslav Lendel	SKA Karpaty Lvov	18
	Genādijs Šitiks	Daugava Riga	18 (5)

Number of teams by union republic

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	RSFSR	13	CSKA Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, Rotor Volgograd, Fakel Voronezh, Kuzbass Kemerovo, Shinnik Yaroslavl, SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Spartak Vladikavkaz, Dinamo Stavropol, Kuban Krasnodar, SKA Khabarovsk, Iskra Smolensk
2	Ukrainian SSR	3	SKA Karpaty Lvov, Kolos Nikopol, Metallurg Zaporozhye
3	Georgian SSR	2	Guria Lanchkhuti, Dinamo Batumi
4	Uzbek SSR	1	Pakhtakor Tashkent
	Latvian SSR		Daugava Riga
	Tajik SSR		Pamir Dushanbe
	Armenian SSR		Kotaik Abovian
	Lithuanian SSR		Atlantas Klapeida
	Moldavian SSR		Nistru Kishinev

See also

• Soviet First League

External links

• 1986 First League. football.lg.ua (Luhansk Our Football)