1986 Soviet First League

Soviet First League
Season	1986
Champions	CSKA Moscow
Promoted	CSKA Moscow; Guria Lanchkhuti
Relegated	Kuban Krasnodar; SKA Khabarovsk; Iskra Smolensk; Atlantas Klaipėda; Nistru Kishinev
	← 1985 1987 →

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

Teams

Note: 12 draws limit was applied during the season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	CSKA Moscow (C, P)	46	26	9	11	63	35	+28	61	Promotion to Top League
2	Guria Lanchkhuti (P)	46	28	5	13	80	66	+14	61	Promotion to Top League
3	Daugava Riga	46	24	14	8	82	46	+36	60^[a]
4	SKA Karpaty Lviv	46	22	10	14	69	52	+17	54
5	Pamir Dushanbe	46	21	13	12	76	48	+28	54^[a]
6	Lokomotiv Moscow	46	21	11	14	63	48	+15	53
7	Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don	46	21	10	15	86	69	+17	52
8	Rotor Volgograd	46	22	7	17	69	56	+13	51
9	Kolos Nikopol	46	20	11	15	48	45	+3	51
10	Fakel Voronezh	46	20	8	18	56	44	+12	48
11	Dinamo Batumi	46	20	8	18	50	59	−9	48
12	Metalurh Zaporizhia	46	17	11	18	59	54	+5	45
13	Kuzbass Kemerevo	46	16	13	17	63	61	+2	44^[a]
14	Shinnik Yaroslavl	46	16	14	16	41	45	−4	44^[a]
15	SKA Rostov-on-Don	46	16	11	19	54	51	+3	43
16	Spartak Ordjonikidze	46	15	12	19	58	66	−8	42
17	Pakhtakor Tashkent	46	15	10	21	55	73	−18	40
18	Dynamo Stavropol	46	14	15	17	66	58	+8	40^[a]
19	Kotayk Abovyan	46	14	13	19	46	54	−8	40^[a]
20	Kuban Krasnodar (R)	46	14	14	18	41	48	−7	40^[a]	Relegation to Second League
21	SKA Khabarovsk (R)	46	12	12	22	49	61	−12	36
22	Iskra Smolensk (R)	46	11	13	22	30	60	−30	34^[a]
23	Atlantas Klaipėda (R)	46	9	11	26	40	75	−35	29
24	Nistru Chisinau (R)	46	6	9	31	31	101	−70	21

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h There was a limit for the draws earned, 12. Only twelve draws earn a point, in contrast, over the limit draws earn no points.

23 November 1986

CSKA Moscow	2–0	Guria Lanchkhuti
Kolesnikov 40' S.Fokin 70' (pen.)	Report	82' Danelia

Attendance: 7,200

#	Player	Club	Goals
1	Vazgen Manasyan	Pamir Dushanbe	27 (3)
1	Besik Pridonishvili	Guria Lanchkhuti	27 (6)
3	Aleksandrs Starkovs	Daugava Riga	22
4	Sergei Okunev	Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu	21 (1)
4	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)

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	RSFSR	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	Ukrainian SSR	3	SKA Karpaty Lvov, Kolos Nikopol, Metallurg Zaporozhye
3	Georgian SSR	2	Guria Lanchkhuti, Dinamo Batumi
4	Uzbek SSR	1	Pakhtakor Tashkent
	Latvian SSR		Daugava Riga
	Tajik SSR		Pamir Dushanbe
	Armenian SSR		Kotaik Abovian
	Lithuanian SSR		Atlantas Klapeida
	Moldavian SSR		Nistru Kishinev