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
Matches played240
Goals scored579 (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)
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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

Location

Map
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Locations of teams in the 1989 Top League

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv (C) 30 14 11 5 53 33 +20 39 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dinamo Moscow 30 14 11 5 46 26 +20 38[a] Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow 30 14 9 7 52 21 +31 37
4 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad 30 12 9 9 44 36 +8 33
5 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi 30 12 9 9 36 36 0 33
6 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtar Donetsk 30 11 9 10 40 38 +2 31
7 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Alma-Ata 30 11 8 11 33 39 −6 30
8 Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Žalgiris Vilnius 30 11 8 11 32 37 −5 30
9 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow 30 10 11 9 31 28 +3 30[a]
10 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Minsk 30 10 8 12 37 40 −3 28 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
11 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30 8 12 10 41 41 0 28
12 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metalist Kharkiv 30 9 9 12 21 25 −4 27
13 Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftçi Baku 30 8 12 10 33 38 −5 26[b]
14 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Ararat Yerevan 30 8 10 12 27 44 −17 26
15 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Chornomorets Odessa (R) 30 8 7 15 29 37 −8 23 Relegation to First League
16 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Torpedo Kutaisi (R) 30 5 7 18 24 60 −36 17
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 \ Away ARA CHO DNI DYK DMN DYN DTB KAI MKH NEF SHA SPA TKU TOR ŽAL ZEN
Ararat Yerevan 1–1 3–3 2–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 1–3
Chornomorets Odessa 0–0 2–2 1–4 3–0 1–3 1–3 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 0–2 2–2
Dnipro 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 2–3 5–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 2–0 1–2 2–2 0–0
Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 2–1 1–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 4–1 2–1 5–0 0–0 0–3 5–3
Dinamo Minsk 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–4 7–2 1–2
Dynamo Moscow 6–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–4
Dinamo Tbilisi 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 4–3 2–1 0–1
Kairat Alma-Ata 3–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–3 4–1 1–1
Metalist Kharkiv 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–3 0–0 1–0
Neftçi Baku 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 3–3 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1
Shakhtar Donetsk 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–3 3–1 5–0 1–1 3–1 1–1
Spartak Moscow 6–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 7–0 2–2 0–0 3–0 0–0 4–0 2–0 5–0 4–0 2–0 0–0
Torpedo Kutaisi 2–3 2–1 3–2 0–0 0–0 0–4 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–3 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–4
Torpedo Moscow 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–1
Žalgiris Vilnius 4–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–1
Zenit Leningrad 3–1 0–1 3–0 0–3 1–2 0–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–1
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

Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1  Ukrainian SSR 5 Chernomorets Odessa, Dinamo Kiev, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Shakhter Donetsk
2  RSFSR 4 Dinamo Moscow, Spartak Moscow, Torpedo Moscow, Zenit Leningrad
3  Georgian SSR 2 Dinamo Tbilisi, Torpedo Kutaisi
4  Armenian SSR 1 Ararat Yerevan
 Azerbaijan SSR Neftchi Baku
 Belarusian SSR Dinamo Minsk
 Kazakh SSR Kairat Alma-Ata
 Lithuanian SSR Zhalgiris Vilnius

External links

Soviet Top League
1986 in Soviet football
1985–86 in European football (UEFA)
1986–87 in European football (UEFA)
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