# 1985 Soviet First League

The 1985 Soviet First League (Russian: Чемпионат СССР 1985 года в первой лиге, Chempionat SSSR 1985 goda v pervoi lige) was a fifteenth season of the Soviet First League.

## First stage
### Group West

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Daugava Riga | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 12 | +22 | 29 | Qualification for Group A |
| 2 | SKA Karpaty Lviv | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 23 | Qualification for Group A |
| 3 | Kotayk Abovyan | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 22 | Qualification for Group A |
| 4 | Kolos Nikopol | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 21 | Qualification for Group A |
| 5 | Dynamo Stavropol | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 21 | Qualification for Group A |
| 6 | Dinamo Batumi | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 21 | Qualification for Group A |
| 7 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 19 | Qualification for Group B |
| 8 | Spartak Ordjonikidze | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 18 | Qualification for Group B |
| 9 | Guria Lanchkhuti | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 17 | Qualification for Group B |
| 10 | Kuban Krasnodar | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 16 | Qualification for Group B |
| 11 | Nistru Kishinev | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 35 | −19 | 13 | Qualification for Group B |

### Group East

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 26 | Qualification for Group A |
| 2 | Pamir Dushanbe | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 25 | Qualification for Group A |
| 3 | CSKA Moscow | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 25 | Qualification for Group A |
| 4 | Rotor Volgograd | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 21 | +13 | 24 | Qualification for Group A |
| 5 | SKA Khabarovsk | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 23 | Qualification for Group A |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 27 | −9 | 20 | Qualification for Group A |
| 7 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 23 | +1 | 20 | Qualification for Group B |
| 8 | Kuzbass Kemerevo | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 19 | Qualification for Group B |
| 9 | Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 19 | Qualification for Group B |
| 10 | Zvezda Dzhizak | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 38 | −18 | 12 | Qualification for Group B |
| 11 | Iskra Smolensk | 20 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 28 | −21 | 7 | Qualification for Group B |

## Second stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Daugava Riga | 42 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 78 | 35 | +43 | 60 | Qualification for Promotion play-off |
| 2 | CSKA Moscow | 42 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 81 | 37 | +44 | 54 | Qualification for Promotion play-off |
| 3 | SKA Karpaty Lviv | 42 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 66 | 44 | +22 | 54 | |
| 4 | Pamir Dushanbe | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 52 | |
| 5 | Kolos Nikopol | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 46 | |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 43 | |
| 7 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 51 | 53 | −2 | 42 | |
| 8 | Rotor Volgograd | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 61 | 56 | +5 | 42 | |
| 9 | SKA Khabarovsk | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 56 | 68 | −12 | 41 | |
| 10 | Kotayk Abovyan | 42 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 54 | 65 | −11 | 37 | |
| 11 | Dinamo Batumi | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 56 | 71 | −15 | 35 | |
| 12 | Dynamo Stavropol | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 35 | 54 | −19 | 33 | |
* 1 2 3 There was a draw limit of no more than 12. Only twelve draws earn a point, in contrast, over the limit draws earn no points.

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 13 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 40 | |
| 14 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 40 | |
| 15 | Kuzbass Kemerevo | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 62 | 52 | +10 | 39 | |
| 16 | Spartak Ordjonikidze | 38 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 38 | |
| 17 | Guria Lanchkhuti | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 37 | |
| 18 | Kuban Krasnodar | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 34 | |
| 19 | Nistru Kishinev | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 38 | 54 | −16 | 32 | |
| 20 | Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev (R) | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 32 | Qualification for Relegation play-off |
| 21 | Iskra Smolensk (O) | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 48 | −21 | 24 | Qualification for Relegation play-off |
| 22 | Zvezda Dzhizak (R) | 38 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 37 | 78 | −41 | 22 | Qualification for Relegation play-off |
* 1 2 There was a draw limit of no more than 12. Only twelve draws earn a point, in contrast, over the limit draws earn no points.

## Transitional tournaments
### Higher League Promotion

Promotion tournament took place in Moscow on 27 November — 15 December 1985.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | CHE | NEF | CSK | DAU |
| 1 | Chornomorets Odesa | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Neftchi Baku | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | CSKA Moscow | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 |
| 4 | Daugava Riga | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | |

### Second League Relegation
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ROS | TAV | ZVZ | SOX |
| 1 | Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don (P) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 10 | | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Tavriya Simferopol | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 7 | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 4–2 |
| 3 | Zvezda Dzhizak (R) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 6 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 3–2 |
| 4 | Soxibkor Khalkabad | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ATL | ZVZ | MER | KRY |
| 1 | Atlantas Klaipeda (P) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Zvezda Perm | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 7 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Mertskhali Makharadze | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 6 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 2–2 |
| 4 | Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev (R) | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |

#### Group V

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ISK | MEL | GEO | DYN |
| 1 | Iskra Smolensk | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 11 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Meliorator Chimkent | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 7 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Geolog Tyumen | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 4–2 |
| 4 | Dynamo Bryansk | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 2 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | |

## Top scorers

| # | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Valeri Shmarov | CSKA Moscow | 29 (1) |
| 2 | Aleksandrs Starkovs | Daugava Riga | 25 |
| 3 | Avtandil Gorgiladze | Dinamo Batumi | 23 (4) |
| 3 | Jevgeņijs Miļevskis | Daugava Riga | 23 (4) |
| 5 | Aleksandr Nikitin | Rotor Volgograd | 22 |
| 6 | Sergei Berezin | SKA Khabarovsk | 19 (1) |
| 7 | Heorhiy Kolyadyuk | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 18 |
| 8 | Viktor Rafalchuk | SKA Karpaty Lviv | 16 (6) |
| 9 | Eduard Veranyan | FC Kotayk | 15 (1) |
| 9 | Vitaly Razdayev | Kuzbass Kemerevo | 15 (3) |

## Number of teams by union republic

| Rank | Union republic | Number of teams | Club(s) |
| 1 | RSFSR | 11 | CSKA Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Rotor Volgograd, SKA Khabarovsk, Dinamo Stavropol, Kuzbass Kemerovo, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Kuban Krasnodar, Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, Iskra Smolensk |
| 2 | Ukrainian SSR | 3 | SKA Karpaty Lviv, Kolos Nikopol, Metalurh Zaporizhzhia |
| 3 | Georgian SSR | 2 | Guria Lanchkhuti, Dinamo Batumi |
| 3 | Uzbek SSR | 2 | Pakhtakor Tashkent, Zvezda Dzhizak |
| 5 | Latvian SSR | 1 | Daugava Riga |
| 5 | Tajik SSR | 1 | Pamir Dushanbe |
| 5 | Armenian SSR | 1 | Kotaik Abovian |
| 5 | Moldavian SSR | 1 | Nistru Kishinev |
| 5 | Lithuanian SSR | 1 | Atlantas Klapeida |