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.


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Republic
1	PFC CSKA Moscow(P)	46	26	9	11	61	35	26	61	Russian SFSR
2	FC Guria Lanchkhuti(P)	46	28	5	13	80	64	16	61	Georgian SSR
3	FC Daugava Riga	46	24	14	8	82	46	36	60	Latvian SSR
4	SKA Karpaty Lviv	46	22	10	14	69	52	17	54	Ukrainian SSR
5	FC Pamir Dushanbe	46	21	13	12	62	46	16	54	Tajik SSR
6	FC Lokomotiv Moscow	46	21	11	14	63	48	15	53	Russian SFSR
7	FC Rostselmash Rostov/Donu	46	21	10	15	86	69	17	52	Russian SFSR
8	FC Rotor Volgograd	46	22	7	17	69	56	13	51	Russian SFSR
9	FC Kolos Nikopol	46	20	11	15	48	45	3	51	Ukrainian SSR
10	FC Fakel Voronezh	46	20	8	18	56	44	12	48	Russian SFSR
11	FC Dinamo Batumi	46	20	8	18	50	59	-9	48	Georgian SSR
12	FC Metalurh Zaporizhia	46	17	11	18	59	54	5	45	Ukrainian SSR
13	FC Kuzbass Kemerevo	46	16	13	17	63	61	2	44	Russian SFSR
14	FC Shinnik Yaroslavl	46	16	14	16	41	45	-4	44	Russian SFSR
15	FC SKA Rostov/Donu	46	16	11	19	54	51	3	43	Russian SFSR
16	FC Spartak Ordjonikidze	46	15	12	19	58	66	-8	42	Russian SFSR
17	FC Pakhtakor Tashkent	46	15	10	21	55	73	-18	40	Uzbek SSR
18	FC Dynamo Stavropol	46	14	15	17	66	58	8	40	Russian SFSR
19	FC Kotayk Abovyan	46	14	13	19	46	54	-8	40	Armenian SSR
20	FC Kuban Krasnodar	46	14	14	18	41	48	-7	40	Russian SFSR
21	FC SKA Khabarovsk	46	12	12	22	49	61	-12	36	Russian SFSR
22	FC Iskra Smolensk	46	11	13	22	30	60	-30	34	Russian SFSR
23	FC Atalantas Klaipėda	46	9	11	26	40	75	-35	29	Lithuanian SSR
24	FC Nistru Chisinau	46	6	9	31	31	101	-70	21	Moldavian SSR

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