No	Club	GP	W	D	L	GF-GA	Pts	Rpblc	Notes
1	Dynamo FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...  Kyiv	34	20	8	6	64-26	48	Ukrainian SSR
2	Spartak FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...  Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	34	18	10	6	72-28	46	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
3	Dnipro FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Dnipropetrovsk.-BRIT:The club's franchise traces its history all the way back when the first team that was formed in 1918 by the Petrovsky factory and was called as BRIT . The team participated in the regional competition...  Dnipropetrovsk Dnipropetrovsk Dnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country...	34	16	11	7	71-41	42	Ukrainian SSR	-1
4	Dinamo Minsk Minsk - Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...	34	16	9	9	40-31	41	Byelorussian SSR
5	Torpedo FC Torpedo Moscow FC Torpedo Moscow is an association football club, based in Moscow, Russia. The club was founded in 1930. On March 19, 2009 it was denied membership of the Professional Football League and did not play in the professional competitions in 2009...  Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	34	13	10	11	42-40	36	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
6	Zenit FC Zenit Saint Petersburg Football Club Zenit is a Russian football club from the city of Saint-Petersburg. Founded in 1925 , the club plays in the Russian Premier League...  Leningrad Leningrad Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...	34	14	7	13	48-38	35	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
7	Žalgiris Vilnius Vilnius Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...	34	12	11	11	43-49	34	Lithuanian SSR	-1
8	Dinamo FC Dinamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian football team, based in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936...  Tbilisi Tbilisi Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...	34	11	10	13	34-39	32	Georgian SSR
9	Kairat Almaty Almaty Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500...	34	11	13	10	43-46	32	Kazakh SSR	-3
10	Metalist FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kharkiv. It competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the highest football level in the country. Founded in 1925, the team worked its way up the rungs of the Soviet football system, eventually being promoted to the Soviet Top...  Kharkiv Kharkiv Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...	34	12	7	15	39-55	31	Ukrainian SSR
11	Torpedo FC Torpedo Kutaisi FC Torpedo Kutaisi is a Georgian professional football club based in Kutaisi, Georgia's second largest city. ‘Torpedo Kutaisi’ was founded in 1946 and in just three years the club became the winner of the Football Championship of that time. By the end of 1964, the Football Federation of the former...  Kutaisi Kutaisi Kutaisi is Georgia's second largest city and the capital of the western region of Imereti. It is 221 km to the west of Tbilisi.-Geography:...	34	11	9	14	40-51	31	Georgian SSR
12	Shakhtar FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year...  Donetsk Donetsk Donetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the economic and cultural Donets Basin region...	34	10	12	12	46-45	30	Ukrainian SSR	-2
13	Ararat FC Ararat Yerevan FC Ararat Yerevan , is an Armenian football club, based in Yerevan. Currently, the club plays in the Armenian Premier League, and is one of the most popular teams in Armenia.- History :...  Yerevan Yerevan Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...	34	10	12	12	42-46	30	Armenian SSR	-2
14	Dinamo Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	34	11	7	16	37-50	29	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
15	Chornomorets FC Chornomorets Odessa FC Chornomorets Odesa is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Odessa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. During the reconstruction , the team played in the 4,610 Spartak Stadium...  Odessa Odessa Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...	34	11	7	16	44-65	29	Ukrainian SSR	Relegation play-off
16	Neftçi PFC Neftchi Neftchi Baku PFC , also known simply as Neftchi, is an Azerbaijani football club based in the capital, Baku, that currently plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League...  Baku Baku Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...	34	9	11	14	30-40	28	Azerbaijan SSR	-1; Relegation play-off
17	Fakel FC Fakel Voronezh FC Fakel Voronezh is a Russian association football club based in Voronezh. Currently the club plays in the Russian First Division. The name of the club means "Torch" ....  Voronezh Voronezh Voronezh is a city in southwestern Russia, the administrative center of Voronezh Oblast. It is located on both sides of the Voronezh River, away from where it flows into the Don. It is an operating center of the Southeastern Railway , as well as the center of the Don Highway...	34	9	9	16	24-45	27	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic	Relegated
18	SKA Rostov-na-Donu	34	7	7	20	36-60	21	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic	Relegated

• Draw limit - 10 games, overlimit is deducted.
• Next season the League has been planned to be reduced to 16 members. The teams that placed 15th and 16th played a mini-tournament with the two best out of the Soviet First League. Out of this tournament two best teams continued on in the Soviet Top League.

No	Club	GP	W	D	L	GF-GA	Pts	Rpblc	Notes
1	Chornomorets FC Chornomorets Odessa FC Chornomorets Odesa is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Odessa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. During the reconstruction , the team played in the 4,610 Spartak Stadium...  Odessa Odessa Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...	6	3	3	0	6-3	9	Ukrainian SSR
2	Neftçi Baku Baku Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...	6	2	3	1	9-4	7	Azerbaijan SSR
3	Daugava Riga Riga Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...	6	1	3	2	7-7	5	Latvian SSR
4	CSKA Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...	6	1	1	4	3-11	3	Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

• For the 1986 season there was no promotion out of the Soviet First League.

Top scorers

• Oleh Protasov (Dnipro)

• Vladimir Klementyev
  Vladimir Klementyev
  Vladimir Alekseyevich Klementyev is a Soviet professional football coach and a former player.-Honours:* Soviet Top League champion: 1984.* Soviet Top League bronze: 1980.* USSR Federation Cup finalist: 1986.-External links:*...
  
   (Zenit)
• Sergey Rodionov
  Sergey Rodionov
  Sergei Yurievich Rodionov is a Russian football coach. Previously, he was a footballer who played most of his career as a striker for Spartak Moscow....
  
   (Spartak Moscow)

• Fyodor Cherenkov
  Fyodor Cherenkov
  Fyodor Fyodorovich Cherenkov is a Soviet and Russian football midfielder who played for Spartak Moscow and Red Star Football Club ....
  
   (Spartak Moscow)
• Oleh Taran
  Oleh Taran
  Oleh Anatolyevich Taran is a former Ukrainian football player, now coach. He was a prolific forward with a quick dribling and a powerful shot...
  
   (Dnipro)

• Oleg Blokhin
  Oleg Blokhin
  Oleh Volodymyrovych "Oleg" Blokhin is a Ukrainian football coach and current head coach of the Ukrainian national team. Blokhin was formerly a standout striker for Dynamo Kyiv and the Soviet national team...
  
   (Dynamo Kyiv)
• Viktor Grachyov
  Viktor Grachyov
  Viktor Oleksandrovych Hrachov is a retired Soviet and Ukrainian football player and currently a manager.- Statistics :*Other - USSR Super Cup & USSR Federation Cup-International career:...
  
   (Shakhtar)
• Sigitas Jakubauskas
  Sigitas Jakubauskas
  Sigitas Jakubauskas is a retired Soviet and Lithuanian football player.-International career:Jakubauskas played his only game for USSR on August 7, 1985 in a friendly against Romania.-References:...
  
   (Žalgiris)

• Georgi Kondratyev
  Georgi Kondratyev
  Heorhiy Pyatrovich Kandratsyew is a retired Soviet and Belarussian football player and a current manager. He is currently managing Belarus Olympic team.-International career:...
  
   (Dinamo Minsk)
• Sergei Volgin
  Sergei Volgin
  Sergei Volgin is a Kazakh football coach and currently unemployed.He played 174 games in Soviet Top League and scored 34 goals. His position was midfielder....
  
   (Kairat)

Medal squads