1986 Soviet First League Explained

The 1986 Soviet First League was the 47th season of the second tier of association football in the Soviet Union.

Teams

• Demoted from the Soviet Top League: FC Fakel Voronezh and FC SKA Rostov/Donu.
• Promoted from the Soviet Second League: FC Rostselmash Rostov/Donu, FC Iskra Smolensk, and FC Atalantas Klaipėda.

League standings

Note: 12 draws limit was applied during the season.

Match for 1st place

Top scorers

	Player	Club	Goals
1	Vazgen Manasyan	Pamir Dushanbe	27 (3)
	Besik Pridonishvili	Guria Lanchkhuti	27 (6)
3	Aleksandrs Starkovs	Daugava Riga	22
4	Sergei Okunev	Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu	21 (1)
	Aleksandr Minayev	Fakel Voronezh	21 (3)
6	Aleksandr Gitselov	Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu	19 (1)
	Sergei Berezin	CSKA Moscow	19 (3)
	Yevhen Shakhov	Metallurg Zaporozhye	19 (7)
9	Mukhsin Mukhamadiev	Pamir Dushanbe	18
	Vyacheslav Lendel	SKA Karpaty Lvov	18
	Genādijs Šitiks	Daugava Riga	18 (5)

Number of teams by union republic

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1		13	CSKA Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu, Rotor Volgograd, Fakel Voronezh, Kuzbass Kemerovo, Shinnik Yaroslavl, SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Spartak Vladikavkaz, Dinamo Stavropol, Kuban Krasnodar, SKA Khabarovsk, Iskra Smolensk
2		3	SKA Karpaty Lvov, Kolos Nikopol, Metallurg Zaporozhye
3		2	Guria Lanchkhuti, Dinamo Batumi
4		1	Pakhtakor Tashkent
	Daugava Riga
	Pamir Dushanbe
	Kotaik Abovian
	Atlantas Klapeida
	Nistru Kishinev

See also

• Soviet First League

External links

• 1986 First League. football.lg.ua (Luhansk Our Football)