1986 Soviet First League

• 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.
• There is some strange thing about FC Iskra Smolensk as it competed in both Soviet Leagues of 1985 the First and the Second simultaneously.

League standings

Note: 12 draws limit was applied during the season.

No	Club	GP	W	D	L	GF-GA	Pts	Rpblc
1	PFC CSKA Moscow(P)	46	26	9	11	61-35	61	Russian SFSR
2	FC Guria Lanchkhuti(P)	46	28	5	13	80-64	61	Georgian SSR
3	FC Daugava Riga	46	24	14	8	82-46	60	Latvian SSR
4	SKA Karpaty Lviv	46	22	10	14	69-52	54	Ukrainian SSR
5	FC Pamir Dushanbe	46	21	13	12	62-46	54	Tajik SSR
6	FC Lokomotiv Moscow	46	21	11	14	63-48	53	Russian SFSR
7	FC Rostselmash Rostov/Donu	46	21	10	15	86-69	52	Russian SFSR
8	FC Rotor Volgograd	46	22	7	17	69-56	51	Russian SFSR
9	FC Kolos Nikopol	46	20	11	15	48-45	51	Ukrainian SSR
10	FC Fakel Voronezh	46	20	8	18	56-44	48	Russian SFSR
11	FC Dinamo Batumi	46	20	8	18	50-59	48	Georgian SSR
12	FC Metalurh Zaporizhia	46	17	11	18	59-54	45	Ukrainian SSR
13	FC Kuzbass Kemerevo	46	16	13	17	63-61	44	Russian SFSR
14	FC Shinnik Yaroslavl	46	16	14	16	41-45	44	Russian SFSR
15	FC SKA Rostov/Donu	46	16	11	19	54-51	43	Russian SFSR
16	FC Spartak Ordjonikidze	46	15	12	19	58-66	42	Russian SFSR
17	FC Pakhtakor Tashkent	46	15	10	21	55-73	40	Uzbek SSR
18	FC Dynamo Stavropol	46	14	15	17	66-58	40	Russian SFSR
19	FC Kotayk Abovyan	46	14	13	19	46-54	40	Armenian SSR
20	FC Kuban Krasnodar	46	14	14	18	41-48	40	Russian SFSR
21	FC SKA Khabarovsk	46	12	12	22	49-61	36	Russian SFSR
22	FC Iskra Smolensk	46	11	13	22	30-60	34	Russian SFSR
23	FC Atalantas Klaipėda	46	9	11	26	40-75	29	Lithuanian SSR
24	FC Nistru Chisinau	46	6	9	31	31-101	21	Moldavian SSR

Note

• There was a limit for the draws earned, 12. Only twelve draws earn a point, in contrast, over the limit draws earn no points.

See also

• Soviet First League