# 1985 Soviet Second League, Zone 6

1985 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 55th season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Soviet Second League in Zone 6. The season started on 30 March 1985.
The 1985 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won by SC Tavriya Simferopol. Qualified for the interzonal playoffs, the team from Crimean Oblast did not manage to gain promotion by placing second in 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

* Torpedo Zaporizhia – Champion of the Fitness clubs competitions (KFK) (debut)

### Relegated teams

* Zorya Luhansk – 20th place (returning after an absence of 27 seasons)
* Tavriya Simferopol – 21st place (returning after an absence of 11 seasons)

### Renamed teams

* FC Nyva Ternopil used to be located in Berezhany.

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nyva Vinnytsia | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 68 | 23 | +45 | 38 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 2 | Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 34 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 3 | SKA Kyiv | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 33 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 4 | Nyva Ternopil | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 32 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 5 | SKA Odesa | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 29 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 6 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 28 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 7 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 26 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 8 | Torpedo Lutsk | 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 | Dynamo Irpin | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 23 | 25 | −2 | 23 | |
| 12 | Podillia Khmelnytskyi | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 45 | −20 | 21 | |
| 13 | Avanhard Rivne | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 45 | −26 | 15 | |
| 14 | Spartak Zhytomyr | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 40 | −23 | 13 | |

### Group 2
#### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tavriya Simferopol | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 21 | +18 | 34 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 2 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 30 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 3 | Atlantyka Sevastopol | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 30 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 4 | Shakhtar Horlivka | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 30 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 5 | Kolos Mezhyrich | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 29 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 6 | Zorya Voroshilovgrad | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 29 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 7 | Okean Kerch | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 29 | Qualified for the championship tournament |
| 8 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 26 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 29 | |
| 9 | Mayak Kharkiv | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 24 | |
| 10 | Krystal Kherson | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 51 | −23 | 22 | |
| 11 | Novator Zhdanov | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 22 | |
| 12 | Torpedo Zaporizhia | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 21 | |
| 13 | Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 21 | |
| 14 | Stakhonovets Stakhanov | 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 | Tavriya Simferopol(C) (Q) | 40 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 69 | 35 | +34 | 60 | Qualified for interzonal competitions among other Zone winners |
| 2 | Nyva Vinnytsia | 40 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 102 | 46 | +56 | 59 | |
| 3 | Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | 40 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 65 | 42 | +23 | 49 | |
| 4 | SKA Kiev | 40 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 48 | |
| 5 | SKA Odessa | 40 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 47 | |
| 6 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 40 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 45 | |
| 7 | Nyva Ternopil | 40 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 43 | |
| 8 | Kolos Mezhyrich | 40 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 64 | 50 | +14 | 43 | |
| 9 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 40 | 17 | 7 | 16 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 41 | |
| 10 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 40 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 41 | |
| 11 | Atlantyka Sevastopol | 40 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 41 | |
| 12 | Shakhtar Horlivka | 40 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 41 | |
| 13 | Zorya Voroshilovgrad | 40 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 38 | |
| 14 | Okean Kerch | 40 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 42 | 62 | −20 | 32 | |

### Consolation tournament
#### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 15 | Torpedo Lutsk | 40 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 41 | |
| 16 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 40 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 41 | |
| 17 | Krystal Kherson | 40 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 40 | |
| 18 | Novator Zhdanov | 40 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 39 | |
| 19 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 40 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 38 | |
| 20 | Dynamo Irpin | 40 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 38 | |
| 21 | Desna Chernihiv | 40 | 16 | 5 | 19 | 48 | 79 | −31 | 37 | |
| 22 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 40 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 37 | |
| 23 | Avanhard Rivne | 40 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 36 | |
| 24 | Torpedo Zaporizhia | 40 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 34 | |
| 25 | Mayak Kharkiv | 40 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 51 | 72 | −21 | 32 | |
| 26 | Spartak Zhytomyr | 40 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 50 | −19 | 31 | |
| 27 | Stakhanovets Stakhanov | 40 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 37 | 60 | −23 | 27 | |
| 28 | Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk (R) | 40 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 65 | −36 | 22 | Relegated |

## Top goalscorers

The following were the top ten goalscorers.
| # | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
| 1 | Volodymyr Naumenko | 29 | Tavriya Simferopol |
| 2 | Yuriy Smahin | 25 | Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv |
| 3 | Ihor Yavorskyi | 20 | Nyva Ternopil |
| 3 | Viktor Mhlynets | 20 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi |
| 5 | Volodymyr Yurchenko | 19 | SKA Kiev |
| 6 | Semen Osynovsky | 18 | Tavriya Simferopol |
| 7 | Pasha Kasanov | 17 | Nyva Vinnytsia |
| 7 | Stepan Pavlov | 17 | Atlantyka Sevastopol |
| 7 | Hennadiy Horshkov | 17 | Desna Chernihiv |