1986 Soviet Top League

Soviet Top League
Season1986
ChampionsFC Dynamo Kyiv
(12th title)
RelegatedChornomorets, Torpedo Kt.
European CupDynamo Kyiv
Cup Winners' CupDinamo Mn. (finalist)
UEFA CupDynamo Moscow
Spartak Moscow
Zenit Leningrad
Dinamo Tbilisi
Matches240
Goals579 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer(21) Aleksandr Borodyuk (Dynamo Moscow)
Biggest home winSpartak 7–0 Dynamo Mn. (26th)
Biggest away winDynamo Mn. 0–4 Torpedo (11th)
Torpedo Kt. 0–4 Dynamo (27th)
Highest scoringDinamo Mn. 7–2 Žalgiris (30th)
← 1985
1987 →

The 1986 Soviet Top League season was the 17th in Top League and 49th of its kind (between clubs). Dynamo Kyiv were the defending 11-times champions.

A total of sixteen teams participated in the league, which was two teams fewer than in the 1985 season and no teams were promoted from the First League due to the league reorganization. Also it was the only season when the Top League contained more Ukrainian clubs rather than Russian 5 to 4. The overdraw concept was preserved with no more than 10 draws being allowed (same as the previous season). Dynamo Kyiv, however, was excused from the rule because the Soviet national football team, consisting almost exclusively out of the first team of Dynamo Kyiv, participated at the 1986 FIFA World Cup. The reduction of the league was compensated by the introduction of a new competition, the Cup of Football Federation of USSR. For that purpose the league took a short break in September when the new competition kicked off and involved only the participants of the Soviet Top League. The new competition was brief, lasting for just over a month.

The season began on March 1 and lasted until November 22, 1986, however some additional postponed games were played until December 7. The season was won by Dynamo Kyiv once again for the 12th time on the last day of the season on December 7 when they faced off against their main opponent Dynamo Moscow in Kiev, pulling off a dramatic 2–1 win and thus passing their Moscow rivals in the final league standings.

The top five clubs of the league later entered European competitions, joined additionally by the losing cup finalist Dinamo Minsk, beaten by Dynamo Kyiv in the 1987 Final. The winner of the 1986 League Cup Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk did not qualify for any European tournaments.

Teams

  • none

Location

Map
350km
217miles
Torpedo K
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

League standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv (C)30141155333+2039Qualification for European Cup first round
2Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dinamo Moscow30141154626+2038[a]Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow3014975221+3137
4Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad3012994436+833
5Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi3012993636033
6Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtar Donetsk30119104038+231
7Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Alma-Ata30118113339−630
8Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Žalgiris Vilnius30118113237−530
9Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow30101193128+330[a]
10Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Minsk30108123740−328Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
11Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk30812104141028
12Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metalist Kharkiv3099122125−427
13Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftçi Baku30812103338−526[b]
14Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Ararat Yerevan30810122744−1726
15Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Chornomorets Odessa (R)3087152937−823Relegation to First League
16Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Torpedo Kutaisi (R)3057182460−3617
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 1 point deducted (10 draw limit)
  2. ^ 2 points deducted (10 draw limit)

Next year promotion

Results

Home \ AwayARACHODNIDYKDMNDYNDTBKAIMKHNEFSHASPATKUTORŽALZEN
Ararat Yerevan1–13–32–20–00–12–01–01–00–02–11–03–10–00–11–3
Chornomorets Odessa0–02–21–43–01–31–32–01–01–01–00–13–01–20–22–2
Dnipro2–11–02–21–01–22–35–02–11–11–01–32–01–22–20–0
Dynamo Kyiv2–02–12–13–22–11–31–02–01–14–12–15–00–00–35–3
Dinamo Minsk0–00–01–11–12–04–02–11–03–11–22–12–10–47–21–2
Dynamo Moscow6–02–01–01–10–22–01–10–02–13–02–12–11–11–13–4
Dinamo Tbilisi1–00–21–21–12–11–22–02–22–01–00–02–14–32–10–1
Kairat Alma-Ata3–01–12–22–11–01–10–03–23–12–01–01–00–34–11–1
Metalist Kharkiv1–01–01–01–01–01–21–11–02–00–10–02–12–30–01–0
Neftçi Baku0–03–12–10–01–10–02–20–10–03–32–11–12–02–01–1
Shakhtar Donetsk1–12–11–13–32–11–01–12–02–01–33–15–01–13–11–1
Spartak Moscow6–21–11–11–07–02–20–03–00–04–02–05–04–02–00–0
Torpedo Kutaisi2–32–13–20–00–00–40–02–20–01–32–20–11–01–01–4
Torpedo Moscow0–11–01–11–10–00–00–20–11–03–10–00–22–00–01–1
Žalgiris Vilnius4–11–00–00–22–11–11–01–11–01–00–11–11–21–02–1
Zenit Leningrad3–10–13–00–31–20–03–03–11–11–21–00–12–10–22–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

21 goals
17 goals
13 goals
12 goals
10 goals

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. FC Dynamo Kyiv

Goalkeepers: Viktor Chanov (30), Mykhaylo Mykhaylov (3).
Defenders: Anatoliy Demyanenko (29 / 2), Oleh Kuznetsov (27 / 2), Andriy Bal (26), Volodymyr Bezsonov (16 / 1), Vasyl Yevseyev (15), Sergei Baltacha (13), Vladimir Gorilyi (9), Vadym Karatayev (8 / 1), Mykhaylo Olefirenko (2), Ivan Palamar (1).
Midfielders: Vasyl Rats (30 / 7), Pavlo Yakovenko (28 / 2), Vadym Yevtushenko (27 / 6), Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (20 / 12), Oleksandr Zavarov (20 / 4), Ivan Yaremchuk (15 / 3).
Forwards: Oleg Blokhin (23 / 2), Ihor Belanov (22 / 10), Oleksandr Shcherbakov (12 / 1).

Manager: Valeriy Lobanovskyi.

Transferred out during the season: Mykhaylo Olefirenko (to FC Shakhtar Donetsk), Ivan Palamar (to FC Nyva Vinnytsia).

2. FC Dynamo Moscow

Goalkeepers: Aleksei Prudnikov (30), Aleksandr Uvarov (1).
Defenders: Aleksandr Novikov (27 / 1), Boris Pozdnyakov (27 / 1), Sergei Silkin (25), Igor Bulanov (24 / 3), Viktor Losev (23), Sergei Kozhanov (15), Aleksandr Golovnya (8), Vladimir Demidov (8), Vasili Zhupikov (6).
Midfielders: Vasili Karatayev (30 / 4), Igor Dobrovolski (28 / 4), Viktor Vasilyev (21), Aleksandr Molodtsov (15 / 1), Andrey Kobelev (15), Yuri Pudyshev (6), Valeri Matyunin (2).
Forwards: Aleksandr Borodyuk (28 / 21), Sergei Stukashov (25 / 7), Igor Kolyvanov (17 / 4).

Manager: Eduard Malofeyev.

Transferred out during the season: Vasili Zhupikov (to Sport Tallinn), Yuri Pudyshev (to FC Dynamo Stavropol), Valeri Matyunin (to FC Fakel Voronezh).

3. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Rinat Dasayev (24), Stanislav Cherchesov (7).
Defenders: Boris Kuznetsov (30), Vagiz Khidiyatullin (27 / 4), Aleksandr Bubnov (21), Yuri Susloparov (20), Aleksandr Shibayev (18), Almir Kayumov (15), Gennady Morozov (13), Valeri Popelnukha (5), Gennadi Bogachyov (4), Yuri Klyuchnikov (1).
Midfielders: Yevgeni Kuznetsov (26 / 3), Fyodor Cherenkov (22 / 8), Sergei Novikov (17 / 3), Aleksei Yeryomenko (15 / 4), Renat Ataulin (15), Sergei Volgin (9 / 1), Andrei Mitin (8 / 1), Vladimir Kapustin (8), Igor Shalimov (5 / 1), Nikolai Latysh (5), Igor Ivanov (4).
Forwards: Andrei Rudakov (24 / 9), Sergey Rodionov (23 / 17), Mikhail Rusyayev (11), Oleg Kuzhlev (9 / 1).

Manager: Konstantin Beskov.

Transferred out during the season: Sergei Volgin (to FC Kairat), Nikolai Latysh (to FC Zirka Kirovohrad), Igor Ivanov (to FC Pakhtakor Tashkent), Yuri Klyuchnikov (to FC Sokol Saratov).

Number of teams by union republic

RankUnion republicNumber of teamsClub(s)
1 Ukrainian SSR5Chernomorets Odessa, Dinamo Kiev, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Shakhter Donetsk
2 RSFSR4Dinamo Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Zenit Leningrad
3 Georgian SSR2Dinamo Tbilisi, Torpedo Kutaisi
4 Armenian SSR1Ararat Yerevan
Azerbaijan SSRNeftchi Baku
Belarusian SSRDinamo Minsk
Kazakh SSRKairat Alma-Ata
Lithuanian SSRZhalgiris Vilnius

Attendances

Source:[1]

No.ClubAverageChangeHighest
1Dinamo Tbilisi37,153-31,7%74,300
2Ararat37,14039,3%67,600
3Dynamo Kyiv33,913-5,6%100,000
4Shakhtar Donetsk24,81314,4%37,500
5Zenit24,347-2,2%57,200
6Torpedo Kutaisi21,767-18,7%32,000
7Dnipro20,513-19,6%30,000
8Spartak Moscow19,967-20,6%45,000
9Metalist Kharkiv15,920-17,6%31,000
10Chornomorets14,480-16,6%39,000
11Dynamo Moscow13,52748,2%35,000
12Dinamo Minsk13,273-45,7%32,000
13Neftçhi12,76712,1%30,200
14Kairat9,900-39,7%18,000
15Torpedo Moscow8,27343,2%30,000
16Žalgiris6,773-17,1%12,000

References

  1. ^ https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sov/avesov86.htm
  • 1986 Calendar for the Soviet Football competitions
  • 1986 season. RSSSF
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