1986 Soviet Top League

49th season of top-tier football league in Soviet UnionMay 2026 Soviet Top League 1986 FC Dynamo Kyiv(12th title) Chornomorets, Torpedo Kt. European Cup Dynamo Kyiv Cup Winners' Cup Dinamo Mn. (finalist) UEFA Cup Dynamo MoscowSpartak MoscowZenit LeningradDinamo Tbilisi (21) Aleksandr Borodyuk (Dynamo Moscow) Spartak 7–0 Dynamo Mn. (26th) Dynamo Mn. 0–4 Torpedo (11th)Torpedo Kt. 0–4 Dynamo (27th) Dinamo Mn. 7–2 Žalgiris (30th) 240 579 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 Promoted teams none Location center 700 500 52.0 50.0 53.9 27.566667 Dynamo Mi right Red pog.svg blue 43.2775 76.895833 Kairat left Red pog.svg blue 54.683333 25.283333 Žalgiris right Red pog.svg blue 50.45 30.523333 Dynamo K left Red pog.svg blue 48.45 34.983333 Dnepr left Red pog.svg blue 48.002778 37.805278 Shakhter right Red pog.svg blue 50.004444 36.231389 Metallist right Red pog.svg blue 46.485722 30.743444 Chornomorets right Red pog.svg blue 40.395278 49.882222 Neftchi right Red pog.svg blue 41.716667 44.783333 Dynamo T right Red pog.svg blue 42.25 42.7 Torpedo K left Red pog.svg blue 40.183333 44.516667 Ararat right Red pog.svg blue 59.95 30.3 Zenit left Red pog.svg blue 55.75 37.61 Dynamo left Red pog.svg blue 55.75 37.61 Spartak top Red pog.svg blue 55.75 37.61 Torpedo M bottom Red pog.svg blue 4 Locations of teams in the 1989 Top League League standings main WDL QR 2 DK Ukrainian SSR Dynamo Kyiv DMO RSFSR Dinamo Moscow SPA RSFSR Spartak Moscow ZEN RSFSR Zenit Leningrad DTB Georgian SSR Dinamo Tbilisi SHK Ukrainian SSR Shakhtar Donetsk KAI Kazakh SSR Kairat Alma-Ata ŽAL Lithuanian SSR Žalgiris Vilnius TMO RSFSR Torpedo Moscow DMI Belarusian SSR Dinamo Minsk DNI Ukrainian SSR Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk MET Ukrainian SSR Metalist Kharkiv NEF Azerbaijan SSR Neftçi Baku ARA Armenian SSR Ararat Yerevan CHE Ukrainian SSR Chornomorets Odessa TKU Georgian SSR Torpedo Kutaisi 14 11 5 53 33 C 14 11 5 46 26 14 9 7 52 21 12 9 9 44 36 12 9 9 36 36 11 9 10 40 38 11 8 11 33 39 11 8 11 32 37 10 11 9 31 28 10 8 12 37 40 8 12 10 41 41 9 9 12 21 25 8 12 10 33 38 8 10 12 27 44 8 7 15 29 37 R 5 7 18 24 60 R -1 1 point deducted (10 draw limit) -1 DMO -2 2 points deducted (10 draw limit) green1 Qualification for European Cup first round CC blue1 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round UC UC UC UC yellow1 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round CWC red1 Relegation to First League R R complete Next year promotion CSKA Moscow (Russian SFSR) Guria Lanchkhuti (Georgian SSR) Results main FBR grey ARA CHO DNI DYK DMN DYN DTB KAI MKH NEF SHA SPA TKU TOR ŽAL ZEN Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 2–1 5–3 1–3 4–1 1–0 0–3 0–0 3–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 5–0 Dynamo Moscow 1–1 2–1 3–4 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 6–0 2–0 2–1 Spartak Moscow 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 4–0 7–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 6–2 1–1 5–0 Zenit Leningrad 0–3 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–2 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 0–1 2–1 Dinamo Tbilisi 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 4–3 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 Shakhtar Donetsk 3–3 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 5–0 Kairat Alma-Ata 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 4–1 0–3 1–0 2–2 3–2 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 Žalgiris Vilnius 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–2 Torpedo Moscow 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 Dinamo Minsk 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 4–0 1–2 2–1 7–2 0–4 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 Dnipro 2–2 1–2 1–3 0–0 2–3 1–0 5–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 Metalist Kharkiv 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 Neftçi Baku 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 3–3 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 Ararat Yerevan 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–3 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–3 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 Chornomorets Odessa 1–4 1–3 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 3–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 Torpedo Kutaisi 0–0 0–4 0–1 1–4 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 0–0 1–3 2–3 2–1 complete Top scorers 21 goals Aleksandr Borodyuk (Dynamo Moscow) 17 goals Oleh Protasov (Dnipro) Sergey Rodionov (Spartak Moscow) 13 goals Mashalla Akhmedov (Neftchi) Georgi Kondratyev (Dinamo Minsk) 12 goals Alexei Mikhailichenko (Dynamo Kyiv) Ihor Petrov (Shakhtar) Yuri Savichev (Torpedo Moscow) 10 goals Ihor Belanov (Dynamo Kyiv) Revaz Chelebadze (Dynamo Tbilisi) Arminas Narbekovas (Žalgiris) Yevstafi Pekhlevanidi (Kairat) 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 Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)1 Ukrainian SSR5Chernomorets Odessa, Dinamo Kiev, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Shakhter Donetsk2 RSFSR4Dinamo Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Zenit Leningrad3 Georgian SSR2Dinamo Tbilisi, Torpedo Kutaisi4 Armenian SSR1Ararat Yerevan Azerbaijan SSRNeftchi Baku Belarusian SSRDinamo Minsk Kazakh SSRKairat Alma-Ata Lithuanian SSRZhalgiris Vilnius Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sov/avesov86.htm Historical attendances www.european-football-statistics.co.uk No. Club Average Change Highest 1 Dinamo Tbilisi 37,153 -31,7% 74,300 2 Ararat 37,140 39,3% 67,600 3 Dynamo Kyiv 33,913 -5,6% 100,000 4 Shakhtar Donetsk 24,813 14,4% 37,500 5 Zenit 24,347 -2,2% 57,200 6 Torpedo Kutaisi 21,767 -18,7% 32,000 7 Dnipro 20,513 -19,6% 30,000 8 Spartak Moscow 19,967 -20,6% 45,000 9 Metalist Kharkiv 15,920 -17,6% 31,000 10 Chornomorets 14,480 -16,6% 39,000 11 Dynamo Moscow 13,527 48,2% 35,000 12 Dinamo Minsk 13,273 -45,7% 32,000 13 Neftçhi 12,767 12,1% 30,200 14 Kairat 9,900 -39,7% 18,000 15 Torpedo Moscow 8,273 43,2% 30,000 16 Žalgiris 6,773 -17,1% 12,000 References External links 1986 Calendar for the Soviet Football competitions 1986 season. RSSSF Category:Soviet Top League seasons 1 Soviet