The 1985 Soviet First League (Russian: Чемпионат СССР 1985 года в первой лиге, Chempionat SSSR 1985 goda v pervoi lige) was a fifteenth season of the Soviet First League.

First stage

Group West

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Daugava Riga	20	12	5	3	34	12	+22	29	Qualification for Group A
2	SKA Karpaty Lvov	20	8	7	5	25	18	+7	23
3	Kotayk Abovyan	20	10	2	8	28	24	+4	22
4	Kolos Nikopol	20	9	3	8	26	25	+1	21
5	Dynamo Stavropol	20	9	3	8	15	17	−2	21
6	Dinamo Batumi	20	9	3	8	28	27	+1	21
7	Metallurg Zaporozhia	20	7	5	8	17	25	−8	19	Qualification for Group B
8	Spartak Ordjonikidze	20	8	2	10	24	24	0	18
9	Guria Lanchkhuti	20	7	3	10	20	26	−6	17
10	Kuban Krasnodar	20	7	2	11	26	26	0	16
11	Nistru Kishinev	20	5	3	12	16	35	−19	13

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Group East

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Shinnik Yaroslavl	20	9	8	3	25	21	+4	26	Qualification for Group A
2	Pamir Dushanbe	20	9	7	4	28	15	+13	25
3	CSKA Moscow	20	9	7	4	36	20	+16	25
4	Rotor Volgograd	20	8	8	4	34	21	+13	24
5	SKA Khabarovsk	20	10	3	7	33	32	+1	23
6	Lokomotiv Moscow	20	7	6	7	18	27	−9	20
7	Pakhtakor Tashkent	20	6	8	6	24	23	+1	20	Qualification for Group B
8	Kuzbass Kemerevo	20	8	3	9	27	24	+3	19
9	Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev	20	5	9	6	16	19	−3	19
10	Zvezda Dzhizak	20	3	6	11	20	38	−18	12
11	Iskra Smolensk	20	1	5	14	7	28	−21	7

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Second stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Daugava Riga	42	24	12	6	78	35	+43	60	Qualification for Promotion play-off
2	CSKA Moscow	42	21	14	7	81	37	+44	54[lower-alpha 1]
3	SKA Karpaty Lvov	42	21	13	8	66	44	+22	54[lower-alpha 1]
4	Pamir Dushanbe	42	21	10	11	59	41	+18	52
5	Kolos Nikopol	42	20	6	16	52	55	−3	46
6	Lokomotiv Moscow	42	16	11	15	52	51	+1	43
7	Shinnik Yaroslavl	42	15	14	13	51	53	−2	42[lower-alpha 1]
8	Rotor Volgograd	42	15	12	15	61	56	+5	42
9	SKA Khabarovsk	42	16	9	17	56	68	−12	41
10	Kotayk Abovyan	42	16	5	21	54	65	−11	37
11	Dinamo Batumi	42	13	9	20	56	71	−15	35
12	Dynamo Stavropol	42	13	7	22	35	54	−19	33

Source:
Notes:

1. 1 2 3 There was a draw limit of no more than 12. Only twelve draws earn a point, in contrast, over the limit draws earn no points.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
13	Metallurg Zaporozhia	38	16	8	14	49	52	−3	40
14	Pakhtakor Tashkent	38	14	13	11	48	38	+10	40[lower-alpha 1]
15	Kuzbass Kemerevo	38	17	5	16	62	52	+10	39
16	Spartak Ordjonikidze	38	17	4	17	49	52	−3	38
17	Guria Lanchkhuti	38	15	7	16	50	52	−2	37
18	Kuban Krasnodar	38	13	8	17	51	50	+1	34
19	Nistru Kishinev	38	12	8	18	38	54	−16	32
20	Krylya Sovetov Kuybyshev (R)	38	10	13	15	36	42	−6	32[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for Relegation play-off
21	Iskra Smolensk (O)	38	8	8	22	27	48	−21	24
22	Zvezda Dzhizak (R)	38	7	8	23	37	78	−41	22

Source:
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. 1 2 There was a draw limit of no more than 12. Only twelve draws earn a point, in contrast, over the limit draws earn no points.

Transitional tournaments

Higher League Promotion

Promotion tournament took place in Moscow on 27 November — 15 December 1985.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		CHE	NEF	CSK	DAU
1	Chernomorets Odessa	6	3	3	0	6	3	+3	9			0–0	2–1	1–0
2	Neftchi Baku	6	2	3	1	9	4	+5	7		1–1		1–1	3–0
3	CSKA Moscow	6	1	3	2	7	7	0	5		1–1	2–0		0–1
4	Daugava Riga	6	1	1	4	3	11	−8	3		0–1	0–4	2–2

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Second League Relegation

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ROS	TAV	ZVZ	SOX
1	Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don (P)	6	5	0	1	14	4	+10	10			1–0	5–0	2–0
2	Tavriya Simferopol	6	3	1	2	11	7	+4	7		2–1		4–1	4–2
3	Zvezda Dzhizak (R)	6	3	0	3	8	15	−7	6		1–3	2–1		3–2
4	Soxibkor Khalkabad	6	0	1	5	5	12	−7	1		1–2	0–0	0–1

Source:
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ATL	ZVZ	MER	KRY
1	Atlantas Klaipeda (P)	6	4	1	1	9	6	+3	9			2–1	3–1	2–1
2	Zvezda Perm	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	7		2–0		3–0	1–0
3	Mertskhali Makharadze	6	2	2	2	7	9	−2	6		1–1	2–0		2–2
4	Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev (R)	6	0	2	4	4	8	−4	2		0–1	1–1	0–1

Source:
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group V

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ISK	MEL	GEO	DYN
1	Iskra Smolensk	6	5	1	0	10	2	+8	11			2–0	2–1	2–0
2	Meliorator Chimkent	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4	7		0–1		2–0	5–1
3	Geolog Tyumen	6	1	2	3	8	10	−2	4		0–0	1–2		4–2
4	Dynamo Bryansk	6	0	2	4	9	19	−10	2		1–3	3–3	2–2

Source:

Top scorers

Number of teams by union republic

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	RSFSR	11	CSKA Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Rotor Volgograd, SKA Khabarovsk, Dinamo Stavropol, Kuzbass Kemerovo, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Kuban Krasnodar, Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, Iskra Smolensk
2	Ukrainian SSR	3	SKA Karpaty Lvov, Kolos Nikopol, Metallurg Zaporozhye
3	Georgian SSR	2	Guria Lanchkhuti, Dinamo Batumi
	Uzbek SSR		Pakhtakor Tashkent, Zvezda Dzhizak
5	Latvian SSR	1	Daugava Riga
	Tajik SSR		Pamir Dushanbe
	Armenian SSR		Kotaik Abovian
	Moldavian SSR		Nistru Kishinev
	Lithuanian SSR		Atlantas Klapeida

See also

• Soviet First League

External links

• 1985. First League. (1985. Первая лига.) Luhansk Nash Futbol.