1985 Soviet First League Explained

Season:1985
Nextseason:1986

The 1985 Soviet First League (Russian: Чемпионат СССР 1985 года в первой лиге, Chempionat SSSR 1985 goda v pervoi lige) was a fifteenth season of the Soviet First League.

First stage

Group East

Second stage

Group B

Transitional tournaments

Higher League Promotion

Promotion tournament took place in Moscow on 27 November — 15 December 1985.

Second League Relegation

Group V

Top scorers

PlayerClubGoals
1Valeri ShmarovCSKA Moscow29 (1)
2Aleksandrs StarkovsDaugava Riga25
3Avtandil GorgiladzeDinamo Batumi23 (4)
Jevgeņijs MiļevskisDaugava Riga23 (4)
5Aleksandr NikitinRotor Volgograd22
6Sergei BerezinSKA Khabarovsk19 (1)
7Heorhiy KoliadyukMetallurg Zaporozhye18
8Viktor RafalchukSKA Karpaty Lvov16 (6)
9Eduard VeranyanFC Kotayk15 (1)
Vitaly RazdayevKuzbass Kemerevo15 (3)

Number of teams by union republic

RankUnion republicNumber of teamsClub(s)
111CSKA Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Rotor Volgograd, SKA Khabarovsk, Dinamo Stavropol, Kuzbass Kemerovo, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Kuban Krasnodar, Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, Iskra Smolensk
23SKA Karpaty Lvov, Kolos Nikopol, Metallurg Zaporozhye
32Guria Lanchkhuti, Dinamo Batumi
Pakhtakor Tashkent, Zvezda Dzhizak
51Daugava Riga
Pamir Dushanbe
Kotaik Abovian
Nistru Kishinev
Atlantas Klapeida

See also

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