# 1986 in Soviet football

The 1986 Soviet football championship was the 55th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Dinamo Kiev won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the twelfth time.

## Honours

| Competition | Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
| Top League | Top League | Dinamo Kiev (12*) | Dinamo Moscow |
| First League | First League | CSKA Moscow (1) | Guria Lanchkhuti |
| Second League | Finals 1 | Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev | Kiapaz Kirovobad |
| Second League | Group 2 | Geolog Tyumen | Metallurg Lipetsk |
| Second League | Group 3 | Zaria Voroshilovgrad | Sokhibkor Khalkabad |
| Soviet Cup | Soviet Cup | Torpedo Moscow (6) | Shakhter Donetsk |
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

## Soviet Union football championship
### Top League

| 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 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 52 | 21 | +31 | 37 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Zenit Leningrad | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 44 | 36 | +8 | 33 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 33 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
* 1 2 1 point deducted (10 draw limit)
* ↑ 2 points deducted (10 draw limit)

### First League

| 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 | |
| 4 | SKA Karpaty Lviv | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 69 | 52 | +17 | 54 | |
| 5 | Pamir Dushanbe | 46 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 62 | 46 | +16 | 54 | |
| 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 | |
| 14 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 44 | |
| 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 | |
| 19 | Kotayk Abovyan | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 40 | |
| 20 | Kuban Krasnodar (R) | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 41 | 48 | −7 | 40 | Relegation to Second League |
| 21 | SKA Khabarovsk (R) | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 49 | 61 | −12 | 36 | Relegation to Second League |
| 22 | Iskra Smolensk (R) | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 30 | 60 | −30 | 34 | Relegation to Second League |
| 23 | Atlantas Klaipėda (R) | 46 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 40 | 75 | −35 | 29 | Relegation to Second League |
| 24 | Nistru Chisinau (R) | 46 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 101 | −70 | 21 | Relegation to Second League |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 There was a limit for the draws earned, 12. Only twelve draws earn a point, in contrast, over the limit draws earn no points.

### Group 1

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | RUS | Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Promoted |
| 2 | AZE | Kyapaz Kirovabad | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 3 | |
| 3 | RUS | Krasnaya Presnya Moskva | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 2 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | RUS | Geolog Tyumen | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Promoted |
| 2 | RUS | Metallurg Lipetsk | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | |
| 3 | KAZ | Meliorator Chimkent | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 2 | |

### Group 3

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | UKR | Zarya Voroshilovgrad | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | Promoted |
| 2 | UZB | Sohibkor Halkabad | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 4 | |
| 3 | RUS | Sokol Saratov | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | |

### Top goalscorers

Top League
* Aleksandr Borodyuk (Dynamo Moscow) – 21 goals
First League
* Vazgen Manasyan (Pamir Dushanbe), Besik Pridonishvili (Guria Lanchkhuti) – 27 goals