# 1986 Soviet Second League, Zone 6

1986 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 56th season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Soviet Second League in Zone 6. The season started on 28 March 1986 with the game Sudobudivnyk Mykolaiv – Nyva Ternopil.
The 1986 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won by FC Zorya Luhansk. Qualified for the interzonal playoffs, the team from Luhansk Oblast managed to gain promotion by winning its group.
The "Ruby Cup" of Molod Ukrayiny newspaper (for the most scored goals) was received by SC Tavriya Simferopol.

## Format

The season consisted of two stages preliminary and final tournaments. During the preliminary tournament participants were split into two groups of 14 teams in each with the seven best of each group qualifying for the championship group of the next stage and the seven worst played a consolation tournament.
In the final stage of both championship and consolation tournaments teams played home and away only with teams of another group. The winner of championship tournament further participated in the Soviet Second League interzonal playoffs in an effort to gain promotion to the First League, while the worst team of consolation tournament relegated to amateurs.

## Teams
### Promoted teams

* Naftovyk Okhtyrka – Champion of the Fitness clubs competitions (KFK) (debut)

### Relegated teams

* None

### Renamed teams

* FC Shakhtar Pavlohrad used to be known as Kolos Mezhyrich and located in one of the city of Pavlohrad's suburbs.

## Preliminary stage
### Group 1
#### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tavriya Simferopol | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 68 | 23 | +45 | 38 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 2 | Zorya Voroshylovhrad | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 34 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 3 | Nyva Ternopil | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 33 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 4 | Torpedo Lutsk | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 32 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 5 | Sudobudivnyk Mykolaiv | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 29 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 6 | SKA Odesa | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 28 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 7 | Avanhard Rivne | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 26 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 8 | Mayak Kharkiv | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 25 | |
| 9 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 24 | |
| 10 | Desna Chernihiv | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 23 | |
| 11 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 23 | 25 | −2 | 23 | |
| 12 | Krystal Kherson | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 45 | −20 | 21 | |
| 13 | Atlantyka Sevastopol | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 45 | −26 | 15 | |
| 14 | Stakhanovets Stakhanov | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 40 | −23 | 13 | |

### Group 2
#### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | SKA Kyiv | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 21 | +18 | 34 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 2 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 30 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 3 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 30 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 4 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 30 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 5 | Okean Kerch | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 29 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 6 | Torpedo Zaporizhia | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 29 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 7 | Nyva Vinnytsia | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 29 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 8 | Dynamo Irpin | 26 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 29 | |
| 9 | Spartak Zhytomyr | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 24 | |
| 10 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 51 | −23 | 22 | |
| 11 | Naftovyk Okhtyrka | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 22 | |
| 12 | Shakhtar Horlivka | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 21 | |
| 13 | Shakhtar Pavlohrad | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 21 | |
| 14 | Novator Zhdanov | 26 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 40 | −26 | 14 | |

## Final stage
### Championship tournament
#### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Zorya Voroshylovhrad(C) (Q) | 40 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 69 | 35 | +34 | 60 | Qualified for interzonal competitions among other Zone winners |
| 2 | Tavriya Simferopol | 40 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 102 | 46 | +56 | 59 | |
| 3 | SKA Kyiv | 40 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 65 | 42 | +23 | 49 | |
| 4 | Nyva Ternopil | 40 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 48 | |
| 5 | Torpedo Lutsk | 40 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 47 | |
| 6 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 40 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 45 | |
| 7 | Nyva Vinnytsia | 40 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 43 | |
| 8 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 40 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 64 | 50 | +14 | 43 | |
| 9 | Torpedo Zaporizhzhia | 40 | 17 | 7 | 16 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 41 | |
| 10 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 40 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 41 | |
| 11 | Avanhard Rivne | 40 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 41 | |
| 12 | Sudobudivnyk Mykolaiv | 40 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 41 | |
| 13 | SKA Odesa | 40 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 37 | |
| 14 | Okean Kerch | 40 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 46 | 63 | −17 | 32 | |

### Consolation tournament
#### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 15 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 40 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 41 | |
| 16 | Dynamo Irpin | 40 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 41 | |
| 17 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 40 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 40 | |
| 18 | Shakhtar Horlivka | 40 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 39 | |
| 19 | Naftovyk Okhtyrka | 40 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 38 | |
| 20 | Spartak Zhytomyr | 40 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 38 | |
| 21 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 40 | 16 | 5 | 19 | 48 | 79 | −31 | 37 | |
| 22 | Mayak Kharkiv | 40 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 37 | |
| 23 | Desna Chernihiv | 40 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 36 | |
| 24 | Shakhtar Pavlohrad | 40 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 34 | |
| 25 | Krystal Kherson | 40 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 51 | 72 | −21 | 32 | |
| 26 | Novator Zhdanov | 40 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 50 | −19 | 31 | |
| 27 | Atlantyka Sevastopol | 40 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 37 | 60 | −23 | 27 | |
| 28 | Stakhanovets Stakhanov (R) | 40 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 65 | −36 | 22 | Relegated |

## Top goalscorers

The following were the top ten goalscorers.
| # | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
| 1 | Viktor Nastashevsky | 25 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih |
| 2 | Volodymyr Naumenko | 23 | Tavriya Simferopol |
| 3 | Yuriy Yaroshenko | 18 | Zoria Voroshylovhrad |
| 3 | Eduard Valenko | 18 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi |
| 5 | Petro Pryadun | 17 | Nyva Ternopil |
| 5 | Yuriy Bondarenko | 17 | Tavriya Simferopol |