# 1985 in Soviet football

The 1985 Soviet football championship was the 54th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Dinamo Kiev won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the eleventh time.

## Honours

| Competition | Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
| Top League | Top League | Dinamo Kiev (11) | Spartak Moscow |
| First League | First League | Daugava Riga (1) | CSKA Moscow |
| Second League | Group 1 | Dinamo Briansk | Zorkiy Krasnogorsk |
| Second League | Group 2 | Zvezda Perm | Uralmash Sverdlovsk |
| Second League | Group 3 | Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu | Spartak Nalchik |
| Second League | Group 4 | Geolog Tyumen | Zvezda Irkutsk |
| Second League | Group 5 | Atlantas Klapeida | Metallurg Lipetsk |
| Second League | Group 6 | Tavriya Simferopol | Niva Vinnitsa |
| Second League | Group 7 | Sokhibkor Khalkabad | Neftyanik Fergana |
| Second League | Group 8 | Meliorator Chimkent | Tselinnik Telinograd |
| Second League | Group 9 | Mertskhali Makharadze | Kiapaz Kirovobad |
| Soviet Cup | Soviet Cup | Dinamo Kiev (7) | 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) | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 64 | 26 | +38 | 48 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Spartak Moscow | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 72 | 28 | +44 | 46 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 71 | 41 | +30 | 42 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Dinamo Minsk | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 41 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Torpedo Moscow | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 36 | Qualification for CWC first round |
| 6 | Zenit Leningrad | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 35 | |
| 7 | Žalgiris Vilnius | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 34 | |
| 8 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 32 | |
| 9 | Kairat Alma-Ata | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 32 | |
| 10 | Metalist Kharkiv | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 31 | |
| 11 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 31 | |
| 12 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 30 | |
| 13 | Ararat Yerevan | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 30 | |
| 14 | Dinamo Moscow | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 29 | |
| 15 | Chornomorets Odessa (O) | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 44 | 65 | −21 | 29 | Qualification for Relegation play-off |
| 16 | Neftçi Baku (O) | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 28 | Qualification for Relegation play-off |
| 17 | Fakel Voronezh (R) | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 45 | −21 | 27 | Relegation to First League |
| 18 | SKA Rostov-na-Donu (R) | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 36 | 60 | −24 | 21 | Relegation to First League |
* 1 2 3 1 point deducted (10 draw limit)
* ↑ 3 points deducted (10 draw limit)
* 1 2 2 points deducted (10 draw limit)
* For the following season the League was reduced to 16 members. The teams that finished 15th and 16th played a mini-tournament with the two best out of the Soviet First League. Out of this tournament the two best teams continued on in the Soviet Top League.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Chornomorets Odessa | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 |
| 2 | Neftçi Baku | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 |
| 3 | Daugava Riga | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | CSKA Moscow | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 3 |
* For the 1986 season there was no promotion out of the Soviet First League.

### First League
#### For places 1–12

| 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 Lvov | 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.

#### For places 13–22

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 13 | Metallurg Zaporozhia | 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.

#### Playoffs
##### 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 | |

### Second League
#### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Dinamo Bryansk | 32 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 73 | 30 | +43 | 51 |
| 2 | Zorkiy Krasnogorsk | 32 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 56 | 26 | +30 | 46 |
| 3 | Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo | 32 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 67 | 34 | +33 | 43 |
| 4 | Arsenal Tula | 32 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 42 |
| 5 | Zarya Kaluga | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 58 | 31 | +27 | 41 |
| 6 | Textilshchik Ivanovo | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 39 |
| 7 | Krasnaya Presnya Moskva | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 38 |
| 8 | Spartak Kostroma | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 27 | +13 | 38 |
| 9 | Dinamo Vologda | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 55 | 41 | +14 | 37 |
| 10 | Stroitel Cherepovets | 32 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 29 |
| 11 | Spartak Ryazan | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 27 |
| 12 | FSM Moskva | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 56 | −24 | 24 |
| 13 | Torpedo Vladimir | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 53 | −30 | 22 |
| 14 | Saturn Rybinsk | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 21 |
| 15 | Dinamo Kashira | 32 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 57 | −26 | 21 |
| 16 | Volzhanin Kineshma | 32 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 31 | 72 | −41 | 13 |
| 17 | Volga Kalinin | 32 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 69 | −54 | 12 |

#### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Zvezda Perm | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 20 | +21 | 43 |
| 2 | UralMash Sverdlovsk | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 21 | +19 | 38 |
| 3 | Dinamo Kirov | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 36 |
| 4 | Uralets Nizhniy Tagil | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 22 | +19 | 35 |
| 5 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 35 |
| 6 | Gastello Ufa | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 33 |
| 7 | Rubin Kazan | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 30 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 27 |
| 9 | Svetotekhnika Saransk | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 26 |
| 10 | Khimik Dzerzhinsk | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 26 |
| 11 | Zenit Izhevsk | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 20 |
| 12 | Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola | 28 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 29 | 54 | −25 | 19 |
| 13 | Torpedo Togliatti | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 41 | −15 | 19 |
| 14 | Turbina Naberezhnyye Chelny | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 44 | −21 | 19 |
| 15 | Stal Cheboksary | 28 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 41 | −24 | 14 |

#### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu | 30 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 61 | 26 | +35 | 49 |
| 2 | Spartak Nalchik | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 16 | +28 | 44 |
| 3 | Sokol Saratov | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 79 | 34 | +45 | 42 |
| 4 | Uralan Elista | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 62 | 35 | +27 | 42 |
| 5 | Atommash Volgodonsk | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 35 |
| 6 | Terek Grozny | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 56 | 43 | +13 | 34 |
| 7 | Druzhba Maykop | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 53 | 41 | +12 | 30 |
| 8 | Mashuk Pyatigorsk | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 30 |
| 9 | Torpedo Volzhskiy | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 27 |
| 10 | Cement Novorossiysk | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 26 |
| 11 | Nart Cherkessk | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 25 |
| 12 | Volgar Astrakhan | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 34 | 59 | −25 | 23 |
| 13 | Torpedo Taganrog | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 23 |
| 14 | Dinamo Makhachkala | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 33 | 66 | −33 | 20 |
| 15 | Salyut Belgorod | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 28 | 53 | −25 | 16 |
| 16 | Strela Voronezh | 30 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 27 | 72 | −45 | 14 |

#### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Geolog Tyumen | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 49 | 31 | +18 | 35 |
| 2 | Zvezda Irkutsk | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 32 |
| 3 | Irtysh Omsk | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 32 |
| 4 | Torpedo Rubtsovsk | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 29 | +11 | 31 |
| 5 | Metallurg Novokuznetsk | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 30 |
| 6 | Selenga Ulan-Ude | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 25 | +12 | 30 |
| 7 | Dinamo Barnaul | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 30 |
| 8 | Manometr Tomsk | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 29 |
| 9 | Luch Vladivostok | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 27 |
| 10 | Avtomobilist Krasnoyarsk | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 26 |
| 11 | Lokomotiv Chita | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 36 | −17 | 21 |
| 12 | Amur Komsomolsk-na-Amure | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 37 | −17 | 17 |
| 13 | Angara Angarsk | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 42 | −17 | 17 |
| 14 | Amur Blagoveshchensk | 26 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 59 | −44 | 7 |

#### Group 5

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | LTU | Atlantas Klaipeda | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 45 |
| 2 | RUS | Metallurg Lipetsk | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 46 | 24 | +22 | 40 |
| 3 | BLR | Dnepr Mogilyov | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 64 | 34 | +30 | 39 |
| 4 | BLR | Khimik Grodno | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 43 | 27 | +16 | 36 |
| 5 | RUS | Avangard Kursk | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 35 |
| 6 | BLR | Dinamo Brest | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 33 |
| 7 | MDA | Zarya Beltsy | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 31 |
| 8 | EST | Sport Tallinn | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 30 |
| 9 | MDA | Avtomobilist Tiraspol | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 30 |
| 10 | RUS | Spartak Tambov | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 29 |
| 11 | RUS | Baltika Kaliningrad | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 27 |
| 12 | RUS | Spartak Oryol | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 26 |
| 13 | LVA | Zvejnieks Liepaja | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 25 |
| 14 | BLR | Vityaz Vitebsk | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 49 | −17 | 20 |
| 15 | BLR | GomSelMash Gomel | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 41 | −17 | 20 |
| 16 | RUS | Dinamo Leningrad | 30 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 55 | −33 | 14 |
* ↑ SVSM Tallinn changed name to Sport.
* ↑ Dvina Vitebsk changed name to Vityaz.

#### Group 6

| Pos | Team v t e | 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 | |

#### Group 7

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | UZB | Sohibkor Halkabad | 32 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 65 | 22 | +43 | 55 |
| 2 | UZB | Neftyanik Fergana | 32 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 66 | 29 | +37 | 44 |
| 3 | UZB | Zarafshan Navoi | 32 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 53 | 33 | +20 | 40 |
| 4 | UZB | Dinamo Samarkand | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 40 |
| 5 | UZB | Horezm Yangiaryk | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 36 |
| 6 | UZB | Shahrihanets Shahrihan | 32 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 35 |
| 7 | UZB | Kasansayets Kasansay | 32 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 33 |
| 8 | UZB | Tselinnik Turtkul | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 42 | 59 | −17 | 31 |
| 9 | UZB | Avtomobilist Namangan | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 29 |
| 10 | UZB | Yangiyer | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 28 |
| 11 | UZB | Hiva | 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 27 |
| 12 | UZB | Geolog Karshi | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 60 | −25 | 27 |
| 13 | KGZ | Alay Osh | 32 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 26 |
| 14 | TJK | Hojent Leninabad | 32 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 42 | 60 | −18 | 25 |
| 15 | UZB | Surhan Termez | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 24 |
| 16 | KGZ | Alga Frunze | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 24 |
| 17 | UZB | Narimanovets Bagat | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 54 | −27 | 20 |
* 1 2 +

#### Group 8

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Meliorator Chimkent | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 86 | 31 | +55 | 54 |
| 2 | Tselinnik Tselinograd | 36 | 22 | 4 | 10 | 64 | 42 | +22 | 48 |
| 3 | Traktor Pavlodar | 36 | 20 | 3 | 13 | 55 | 44 | +11 | 43 |
| 4 | Shakhtyor Karaganda | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 47 | 42 | +5 | 42 |
| 5 | Energetik Kustanay | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 60 | 42 | +18 | 38 |
| 6 | Spartak Semipalatinsk | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 35 |

#### Group 9

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | GEO | Mertskhali Makharadze | 30 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 43 |
| 2 | AZE | Kyapaz Kirovabad | 30 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 74 | 30 | +44 | 39 |
| 3 | ARM | Spartak Oktemberyan | 30 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 38 |
| 4 | TKM | Kolhozchi Ashkhabad | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 30 | +22 | 37 |
| 5 | AZE | Karabakh Stepanakert | 30 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 36 |
| 6 | AZE | Gyanjlik Baku | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 35 |
| 7 | GEO | Dinamo Sukhumi | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 44 | 30 | +14 | 34 |
| 8 | GEO | Dila Gori | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 32 |
| 9 | GEO | Kolkheti Poti | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 31 |
| 10 | GEO | Lokomotiv Samtredia | 30 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 30 |
| 11 | GEO | Meshakhte Tkibuli | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 29 |
| 12 | AZE | Avtomobilist Mingechaur | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 28 |
| 13 | GEO | Lokomotiv Tbilisi | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 24 |
| 14 | ARM | Shirak Leninakan | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 31 | 55 | −24 | 21 |
| 15 | AZE | Araz Nahichevan | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 18 | 53 | −35 | 17 |
| 16 | ARM | Olimpia Artashat | 30 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 93 | −71 | 6 |

### Top goalscorers

Top League
* Oleh Protasov (Dnepr Dneprpetrovsk) – 35 goals
First League
* Valeriy Shmarov (CSKA Moscow) – 29 goals