1985 Soviet Top League

Soviet Top League
Season1985
Dates1 March – 23 November
27 November – 15 December
(relegation tournament)
ChampionsFC Dynamo Kyiv
RelegatedFC Fakel Voronezh, FC SKA Rostov-na-Donu
European CupDynamo Kyiv
Cup Winners' CupTorpedo Moscow
UEFA CupFC Dinamo Minsk
Spartak Moscow
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Matches306
Goals795 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer(35) Oleh Protasov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)
← 1984
1986 →

The 1985 Soviet Top League was the 16th season of the Soviet Top League, the highest tier football league in the Soviet Union. It also was 48th season of the top tier club competition. Zenit Leningrad were the defending champions.

Teams

  • FC Fakel Voronezh – champion (returning for the first time since 1961 after twenty 24 seasons, known as Trud Voronezh)
  • FC Torpedo Kutaisi – 2nd place (returning after a season)

Location

Map
350km
217miles
Torpedo K
SKA R/D
Fakel
Torpedo M
Spartak
Dynamo
Chornomorets
Dynamo T
Neftchi
Metallist
Žalgiris
Shakhter
Dnepr
Zenit
Kairat
Dynamo Mi
Ararat
Dynamo K
Locations of teams in the 1989 Top League

Final table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv (C)3420866426+3848Qualification for European Cup first round
2Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow34181067228+4446Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk34161177141+3042[a]
4Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Minsk3416994031+941
5Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow341310114240+236
6Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad34147134838+1035
7Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Žalgiris Vilnius341211114349−634[a]
8Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi341110133439−532
9Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Alma-Ata341113104346−332[b]
10Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metalist Kharkiv34127153955−1631
11Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Torpedo Kutaisi34119144051−1131
12Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtar Donetsk341012124645+130[c]
13Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Ararat Yerevan341012124246−430[c]
14Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dinamo Moscow34117163750−1329
15Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Chornomorets Odessa (O)34117164465−2129Qualification for Relegation play-off
16Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftçi Baku (O)34911143040−1028[a]
17Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Fakel Voronezh (R)3499162445−2127Relegation to First League
18Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Rostov-na-Donu (R)3477203660−2421
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c 1 point deducted (10 draw limit)
  2. ^ 3 points deducted (10 draw limit)
  3. ^ a b 2 points deducted (10 draw limit)

Post-season promotion/relegation tournament

  • For the following season the League was reduced to 16 members. The teams that finished 15th and 16th played a mini-tournament in format of home-away double round-robin with the two best out of the Soviet First League (Daugava Riga and CSKA Moscow). Out of this tournament the two best teams (Chernomorets Odessa and Nefchi Baku) continued on in the Soviet Top League. The tournament was conducted in winter-like conditions from 27 November to 15 December.
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Chornomorets Odessa633063+39
2Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftçi Baku623194+57
3Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Daugava Riga61327705
4Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow6114311−83
Source: rsssf.com
  • For the 1986 season there was no promotion out of the Soviet First League.

Results

Home \ AwayARACHODNIDYKDMNDYNDTBFAKKAIMKHNEFSHASKASPATKUTORŽALZEN
Ararat Yerevan1–23–51–11–01–11–03–04–23–10–03–32–00–03–12–13–31–0
Chornomorets Odessa2–12–10–30–22–01–12–10–14–31–13–21–31–43–03–22–30–0
Dnipro2–03–31–11–02–02–16–04–31–04–05–42–00–02–03–35–02–1
Dynamo Kyiv4–00–10–01–15–02–02–03–02–02–12–04–22–01–01–23–03–1
Dinamo Minsk3–24–12–10–21–03–02–11–12–12–01–13–02–02–10–00–10–0
Dynamo Moscow1–13–11–11–20–11–00–01–02–10–12–03–42–01–31–20–12–3
Dinamo Tbilisi0–03–31–12–10–12–10–02–13–12–15–02–12–12–00–01–11–0
Fakel Voronezh1–01–10–21–32–10–10–01–12–01–01–12–00–52–01–01–10–0
Kairat Alma-Ata2–02–11–12–12–00–00–02–21–11–02–11–04–44–11–12–02–1
Metalist Kharkiv2–12–12–12–21–10–11–01–03–01–11–02–00–73–11–02–11–0
Neftçi Baku1–01–01–11–10–10–01–01–04–10–00–01–22–23–11–11–02–1
Shakhtar Donetsk0–04–01–11–23–01–12–10–12–12–11–13–11–21–12–10–01–0
SKA Rostov-na-Donu0–11–21–10–00–11–26–21–21–11–12–11–30–21–11–11–31–0
Spartak Moscow0–06–03–01–23–05–10–02–01–14–12–01–13–00–01–04–12–0
Torpedo Kutaisi1–12–04–32–11–12–11–01–01–04–12–11–40–01–21–21–11–1
Torpedo Moscow2–10–00–31–40–01–22–02–01–12–03–00–02–02–10–23–21–3
Žalgiris Vilnius4–11–01–01–01–11–50–12–10–01–12–11–05–11–12–21–20–0
Zenit Leningrad1–13–12–11–13–12–03–02–03–04–13–12–11–31–42–01–23–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

35 goals
14 goals
13 goals
12 goals
11 goals

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. FC Dynamo Kyiv

Goalkeepers: Mykhaylo Mykhaylov (34), Viktor Chanov (1).
Defenders: Anatoliy Demyanenko (34 / 8), Oleh Kuznetsov (29 / 1), Sergei Baltacha (26 / 1), Volodymyr Bezsonov (25), Vasyl Yevseyev (19), Ivan Palamar (2), Mykhaylo Olefirenko (1), Vadym Karatayev (1).
Midfielders: Vasyl Rats (34 / 6), Ivan Yaremchuk (33 / 3), Oleksandr Zavarov (31 / 9), Andriy Bal (31 / 1), Pavlo Yakovenko (29), Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (20 / 2).
Forwards: Ihor Belanov (31 / 10), Oleg Blokhin (29 / 12), Vadym Yevtushenko (22 / 10), Oleksandr Hushchyn (2), Viktor Khlus (2).

Manager: Valeriy Lobanovskyi.

Transferred out during the season: Viktor Khlus (to FC Chornomorets Odesa).

2. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Rinat Dasayev (34), Stanislav Cherchesov (2).
Defenders: Aleksandr Bubnov (34), Boris Kuznetsov (34), Gennady Morozov (31 / 1), Vladimir Sochnov (24 / 2), Almir Kayumov (14), Aleksandr Shibayev (4).
Midfielders: Fyodor Cherenkov (33 / 13), Yevgeni Kuznetsov (33 / 7), Sergei Novikov (31 / 7), Yuri Gavrilov (26 / 6), Sergey Shavlo (25 / 6), Yevgeni Sidorov (24 / 4), Guram Adzhoyev (7 / 1).
Forwards: Sergey Rodionov (29 / 14), Andrei Rudakov (23 / 8), Vladimir Kapustin (13 / 1), Mikhail Rusyayev (5 / 2), Oleg Kuzhlev (5).

Manager: Konstantin Beskov.

Transferred out during the season: none.

3. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Goalkeepers: Serhiy Krakovskyi (32), Valeriy Horodov (6).
Defenders: Serhiy Puchkov (32 / 1), Oleksandr Lysenko (31 / 2), Ivan Vyshnevskyi (31), Sergei Bashkirov (29 / 1), Oleksandr Sorokalet (11), Sergey Kulinich (3), Anatoliy Nazarenko (3), Volodymyr Gerashchenko (2), Petro Kutuzov (2), Ihor Deli (1).
Midfielders: Hennadiy Lytovchenko (34 / 7), Vyktor Kuznetsov (33 / 3), Oleksiy Cherednyk (28 / 1), Andriy Dilay (27), Volodymyr Bahmut (20 / 1), Borys Shurshin (12 / 2), Mykola Kudrytsky (9), Serhiy Khudozhylov (2), Mykola Fedorenko (1).
Forwards: Oleh Protasov (33 / 35), Oleh Taran (27 / 13), Volodymyr Lyutyi (22 / 4), Volodymyr Mozolyuk (1), Andriy Sydelnykov (1).

Manager: Volodymyr Yemets.

Transferred out during the season: Serhiy Khudozhylov, Mykola Fedorenko (both to FC Kolos Nikopol).

Number of teams by union republic

RankUnion republicNumber of teamsClub(s)
1 RSFSR6Dinamo Moscow, Fakel Voronezh, SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Zenit Leningrad
2 Ukrainian SSR5Chernomorets Odessa, Dinamo Kiev, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Shakhter Donetsk
3 Georgian SSR2Dinamo Tbilisi, Torpedo Kutaisi
4 Armenian SSR1Ararat Yerevan
Azerbaijan SSRNeftchi Baku
Belarusian SSRDinamo Minsk
Kazakh SSRKairat Alma-Ata
Lithuanian SSRZhalgiris Vilnius

Attendances

#Football clubHome gamesAverage attendance[1]
1Dinamo Tbilisi1754,429
2Dynamo Kyiv1735,918
3Torpedo Kutaisi1726,765
4Ararat Yerevan1726,659
5Fakel Voronezh1725,676
6FC Dnipro1725,506
7FC Spartak Moscow1725,159
8FC Zenit1724,882
9FC Dinamo Minsk1724,435
10Shakhtar Donetsk1721,688
11Metalist Kharkiv1719,324
12Chornomorets Odesa1717,371
13FC Kairat1716,424
14Neftçi1711,388
15SKA Rostov-on-Don179,771
16FC Dynamo Moscow179,129
17FK Žalgiris178,171
18FC Torpedo Moscow175,776

References

  1. ^ https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sov/avesov85.htm
  • 1985 season
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