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{{Short description|48th season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union}}
{{Infobox football league season
| competition        = [[Soviet Top League]]
| season             = 1985
| dates              = 1 March – 23 November<hr>{{small|{{small|27 November – 15 December<br>(relegation tournament)}}}}
| winners            = [[FC Dynamo Kyiv]]
| relegated          = [[FC Fakel Voronezh]], [[FC SKA Rostov-na-Donu]]
| continentalcup1    = [[1986–87 European Cup|European Cup]]
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = [[Dynamo Kyiv]]
| continentalcup2    = [[1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup|Cup Winners' Cup]]
| continentalcup2 qualifiers = [[1985&ndash;86 Soviet Cup|Torpedo Moscow]]
| continentalcup3    = [[1986–87 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup]]
| continentalcup3 qualifiers = [[FC Dinamo Minsk]]<br />[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]<br />[[Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
| league topscorer   = (35) [[Oleh Protasov]] ([[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]])
| biggest home win   = 
| biggest away win   = 
| highest scoring    = 
| matches            = 306
| total goals        = 795
| longest wins       = 
| longest unbeaten   = 
| longest losses     = 
| highest attendance = 
| lowest attendance  = 
| average attendance = 
| prevseason = [[1984 Soviet Top League|1984]]
| nextseason = [[1986 Soviet Top League|1986]]
}}
The '''1985 Soviet Top League''' was the 16th season of the [[Soviet Top League]], the highest tier football league in the [[Soviet Union]]. It also was 48th season of the top tier club competition. [[Zenit Leningrad]] were the defending champions.

==Teams==

===Promoted teams===
* [[FC Fakel Voronezh]] – champion ''(returning for the first time since 1961 after twenty 24 seasons, known as Trud Voronezh)''
* [[FC Torpedo Kutaisi]] – 2nd place ''(returning after a season)''

===Location===
{{OSM Location map
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| width        = 700
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| mark-coord3  = {{coord|53.9      |27.566667}} |label3 = Dynamo Mi    |label-pos3 = right | mark3 = Red pog.svg  | label-color3 = blue
| mark-coord4  = {{coord|43.2775   |76.895833}} |label4 = Kairat       |label-pos4 = left  | mark4 = Red pog.svg  | label-color4 = blue
| mark-coord8  = {{coord|54.683333 |25.283333}} |label8 = Žalgiris     |label-pos8 = right | mark8 = Red pog.svg  | label-color8 = blue
| mark-coord1  = {{coord|50.45     |30.523333}} |label1 = Dynamo K     |label-pos1 = left  | mark1 = Red pog.svg  | label-color1 = blue
| mark-coord6  = {{coord|48.45     |34.983333}} |label6 = Dnepr        |label-pos6 = left  | mark6 = Red pog.svg  | label-color6 = blue
| mark-coord7  = {{coord|48.002778 |37.805278}} |label7 = Shakhter     |label-pos7 = right | mark7 = Red pog.svg  | label-color7 = blue
| mark-coord9  = {{coord|50.004444 |36.231389}} |label9 = Metallist    |label-pos9 = right | mark9 = Red pog.svg  | label-color9 = blue
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| mark-coord10 = {{coord|40.395278 |49.882222}} |label10 = Neftchi      |label-pos10 = right | mark10 = Red pog.svg  | label-color10 = blue
| mark-coord11 = {{coord|41.716667 |44.783333}} |label11 = Dynamo T     |label-pos11 = right | mark11 = Red pog.svg  | label-color11 = blue
| mark-coord   = {{coord|42.25     |42.7     }} |label = Torpedo K    |label-pos = left  | mark = Red pog.svg  | label-color = blue
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| mark-coord13 = {{coord|55.75     |37.61    }} |label13 = Dynamo       |label-pos13 = left  | mark13 = Red pog.svg  | label-color13 = blue
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| mark-coord17 = {{coord|47.233333 |39.7     }} |label17 = SKA R/D    |label-pos17 = bottom| mark17 = Red pog.svg  | label-color17 = blue

| zoom    = 4        <!--(1=whole world, 18=a street)-->
| caption = Locations of teams in the 1989 Top League
}}
==Final table==
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=QR
|winpoints=2

|team1=DK |name_DK ={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|team2=SPA|name_SPA={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|team3=DNI|name_DNI={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]
|team4=DMI|name_DMI={{flagicon|Belarusian SSR}} [[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
|team5=TOR|name_TOR={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|team6=ZEN|name_ZEN={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Leningrad]]
|team7=ŽAL|name_ŽAL={{flagicon|Lithuanian SSR}} [[FK Žalgiris|Žalgiris Vilnius]]
|team8=DTB|name_DTB={{flagicon|Georgian SSR}} [[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|team9=KAI|name_KAI={{flagicon|Kazakh SSR}} [[FC Qairat Almaty|Kairat Alma-Ata]]
|team10=MET|name_MET={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist Kharkiv]]
|team11=TKU|name_TKU={{flagicon|Georgian SSR}} [[FC Torpedo Kutaisi|Torpedo Kutaisi]]
|team12=SHK|name_SHK={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|team13=ARA|name_ARA={{flagicon|Armenian SSR}} [[FC Ararat Yerevan|Ararat Yerevan]]
|team14=DMO|name_DMO={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC Dinamo Moscow|Dinamo Moscow]]
|team15=CHE|name_CHE={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Chornomorets Odessa|Chornomorets Odessa]]
|team16=NEF|name_NEF={{flagicon|Azerbaijan SSR}} [[PFC Neftchi|Neftçi Baku]]
|team17=FAK|name_FAK={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC Fakel Voronezh|Fakel Voronezh]]
|team18=SKA|name_SKA={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[FC SKA Rostov-na-Donu|SKA Rostov-na-Donu]]

|win_DK =20|draw_DK =8|loss_DK =6|gf_DK =64|ga_DK =26|status_DK =C
|win_SPA=18|draw_SPA=10|loss_SPA=6|gf_SPA=72|ga_SPA=28
|win_DNI=16|draw_DNI=11|loss_DNI=7|gf_DNI=71|ga_DNI=41
|win_DMI=16|draw_DMI=9|loss_DMI=9|gf_DMI=40|ga_DMI=31
|win_TOR=13|draw_TOR=10|loss_TOR=11|gf_TOR=42|ga_TOR=40
|win_ZEN=14|draw_ZEN=7|loss_ZEN=13|gf_ZEN=48|ga_ZEN=38
|win_ŽAL=12|draw_ŽAL=11|loss_ŽAL=11|gf_ŽAL=43|ga_ŽAL=49
|win_DTB=11|draw_DTB=10|loss_DTB=13|gf_DTB=34|ga_DTB=39
|win_KAI=11|draw_KAI=13|loss_KAI=10|gf_KAI=43|ga_KAI=46
|win_MET=12|draw_MET=7|loss_MET=15|gf_MET=39|ga_MET=55
|win_TKU=11|draw_TKU=9|loss_TKU=14|gf_TKU=40|ga_TKU=51
|win_SHK=10|draw_SHK=12|loss_SHK=12|gf_SHK=46|ga_SHK=45
|win_ARA=10|draw_ARA=12|loss_ARA=12|gf_ARA=42|ga_ARA=46
|win_DMO=11|draw_DMO=7|loss_DMO=16|gf_DMO=37|ga_DMO=50
|win_CHE=11|draw_CHE=7|loss_CHE=16|gf_CHE=44|ga_CHE=65|status_CHE=O
|win_NEF=9|draw_NEF=11|loss_NEF=14|gf_NEF=30|ga_NEF=40|status_NEF=O
|win_FAK=9|draw_FAK=9|loss_FAK=16|gf_FAK=24|ga_FAK=45|status_FAK=R
|win_SKA=7|draw_SKA=7|loss_SKA=20|gf_SKA=36|ga_SKA=60|status_SKA=R

|adjust_points_DNI=-1|hth_DNI=1 point deducted (10 draw limit)
|adjust_points_ŽAL=-1|hth_ŽAL=DNI
|adjust_points_KAI=-3|hth_KAI=3 points deducted (10 draw limit)
|adjust_points_SHK=-2|hth_SHK=2 points deducted (10 draw limit)
|adjust_points_ARA=-2|hth_ARA=SHK
|adjust_points_NEF=-1|hth_NEF=DNI

|col_C=green1|text_C=Qualification for [[1986–87 European Cup#First round|European Cup first round]]
|result1=C
|col_UC=blue1|text_UC=Qualification for [[1986–87 UEFA Cup#First round|UEFA Cup first round]]
|result2=UC|result3=UC|result4=UC
|col_RP=red2|text_RP=Qualification for Relegation play-off
|result15=RP|result16=RP
|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to [[1986 Soviet First League|First League]]
|result17=R|result18=R
|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/ussrhist.html rsssf.com]
}}

==Post-season promotion/relegation tournament==
* For the following season the League was reduced to 16 members. The teams that finished 15th and 16th played a mini-tournament in format of home-away double round-robin with the two best out of the Soviet First League (Daugava Riga and CSKA Moscow). Out of this tournament the two best teams (Chernomorets Odessa and Nefchi Baku) continued on in ''the Soviet Top League''. The tournament was conducted in winter-like conditions from 27 November to 15 December.
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|winpoints=2

|team1=CHE|name_CHE={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} [[FC Chornomorets Odessa|Chornomorets Odessa]]
|team2=NEF|name_NEF={{flagicon|Azerbaijan SSR}} [[PFC Neftchi Baku|Neftçi Baku]]
|team3=DAU|name_DAU={{flagicon|Latvian SSR}} [[FC Daugava Riga|Daugava Riga]]
|team4=CSK|name_CSK={{flagicon|RSFSR}} [[PFC CSKA Moskva|CSKA Moscow]]
|win_CHE=3|draw_CHE=3|loss_CHE=0|gf_CHE=6|ga_CHE=3
|win_NEF=2|draw_NEF=3|loss_NEF=1|gf_NEF=9|ga_NEF=4
|win_DAU=1|draw_DAU=3|loss_DAU=2|gf_DAU=7|ga_DAU=7
|win_CSK=1|draw_CSK=1|loss_CSK=4|gf_CSK=3|ga_CSK=11

|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/ussrhist.html rsssf.com]
}}

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

==Results==
{{#invoke:sports results|main
|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey
|team1=ARA|team2=CHO|team3=DNI|team4=DYK|team5=DMN
|team6=DYN|team7=DTB|team8=FAK|team9=KAI|team10=MKH
|team11=NEF|team12=SHA|team13=SKA|team14=SPA|team15=TKU
|team16=TOR|team17=ŽAL|team18=ZEN

|name_DYK=[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|match_DYK_SPA=2–0
|match_DYK_DNI=0–0
|match_DYK_DMN=1–1
|match_DYK_TOR=1–2
|match_DYK_ZEN=3–1
|match_DYK_ŽAL=3–0
|match_DYK_DTB=2–0
|match_DYK_KAI=3–0
|match_DYK_MKH=2–0
|match_DYK_TKU=1–0
|match_DYK_SHA=2–0
|match_DYK_ARA=4–0
|match_DYK_DYN=5–0
|match_DYK_CHO=0–1
|match_DYK_NEF=2–1
|match_DYK_FAK=2–0
|match_DYK_SKA=4–2

|name_SPA=[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|match_SPA_DYK=1–2
|match_SPA_DNI=3–0
|match_SPA_DMN=3–0
|match_SPA_TOR=1–0
|match_SPA_ZEN=2–0
|match_SPA_ŽAL=4–1
|match_SPA_DTB=0–0
|match_SPA_KAI=1–1
|match_SPA_MKH=4–1
|match_SPA_TKU=0–0
|match_SPA_SHA=1–1
|match_SPA_ARA=0–0
|match_SPA_DYN=5–1
|match_SPA_CHO=6–0
|match_SPA_NEF=2–0
|match_SPA_FAK=2–0
|match_SPA_SKA=3–0

|name_DNI=[[FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk|Dnipro]]
|match_DNI_DYK=1–1
|match_DNI_SPA=0–0
|match_DNI_DMN=1–0
|match_DNI_TOR=3–3
|match_DNI_ZEN=2–1
|match_DNI_ŽAL=5–0
|match_DNI_DTB=2–1
|match_DNI_KAI=4–3
|match_DNI_MKH=1–0
|match_DNI_TKU=2–0
|match_DNI_SHA=5–4
|match_DNI_ARA=2–0
|match_DNI_DYN=2–0
|match_DNI_CHO=3–3
|match_DNI_NEF=4–0
|match_DNI_FAK=6–0
|match_DNI_SKA=2–0

|name_DMN=[[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
|match_DMN_DYK=0–2
|match_DMN_SPA=2–0
|match_DMN_DNI=2–1
|match_DMN_TOR=0–0
|match_DMN_ZEN=0–0
|match_DMN_ŽAL=0–1
|match_DMN_DTB=3–0
|match_DMN_KAI=1–1
|match_DMN_MKH=2–1
|match_DMN_TKU=2–1
|match_DMN_SHA=1–1
|match_DMN_ARA=3–2
|match_DMN_DYN=1–0
|match_DMN_CHO=4–1
|match_DMN_NEF=2–0
|match_DMN_FAK=2–1
|match_DMN_SKA=3–0

|name_TOR=[[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
|match_TOR_DYK=1–4
|match_TOR_SPA=2–1
|match_TOR_DNI=0–3
|match_TOR_DMN=0–0
|match_TOR_ZEN=1–3
|match_TOR_ŽAL=3–2
|match_TOR_DTB=2–0
|match_TOR_KAI=1–1
|match_TOR_MKH=2–0
|match_TOR_TKU=0–2
|match_TOR_SHA=0–0
|match_TOR_ARA=2–1
|match_TOR_DYN=1–2
|match_TOR_CHO=0–0
|match_TOR_NEF=3–0
|match_TOR_FAK=2–0
|match_TOR_SKA=2–0

|name_ZEN=[[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit Leningrad]]
|match_ZEN_DYK=1–1
|match_ZEN_SPA=1–4
|match_ZEN_DNI=2–1
|match_ZEN_DMN=3–1
|match_ZEN_TOR=1–2
|match_ZEN_ŽAL=3–1
|match_ZEN_DTB=3–0
|match_ZEN_KAI=3–0
|match_ZEN_MKH=4–1
|match_ZEN_TKU=2–0
|match_ZEN_SHA=2–1
|match_ZEN_ARA=1–1
|match_ZEN_DYN=2–0
|match_ZEN_CHO=3–1
|match_ZEN_NEF=3–1
|match_ZEN_FAK=2–0
|match_ZEN_SKA=1–3

|name_ŽAL=[[FK Žalgiris Vilnius|Žalgiris Vilnius]]
|match_ŽAL_DYK=1–0
|match_ŽAL_SPA=1–1
|match_ŽAL_DNI=1–0
|match_ŽAL_DMN=1–1
|match_ŽAL_TOR=1–2
|match_ŽAL_ZEN=0–0
|match_ŽAL_DTB=0–1
|match_ŽAL_KAI=0–0
|match_ŽAL_MKH=1–1
|match_ŽAL_TKU=2–2
|match_ŽAL_SHA=1–0
|match_ŽAL_ARA=4–1
|match_ŽAL_DYN=1–5
|match_ŽAL_CHO=1–0
|match_ŽAL_NEF=2–1
|match_ŽAL_FAK=2–1
|match_ŽAL_SKA=5–1

|name_DTB=[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]]
|match_DTB_DYK=2–1
|match_DTB_SPA=2–1
|match_DTB_DNI=1–1
|match_DTB_DMN=0–1
|match_DTB_TOR=0–0
|match_DTB_ZEN=1–0
|match_DTB_ŽAL=1–1
|match_DTB_KAI=2–1
|match_DTB_MKH=3–1
|match_DTB_TKU=2–0
|match_DTB_SHA=5–0
|match_DTB_ARA=0–0
|match_DTB_DYN=2–1
|match_DTB_CHO=3–3
|match_DTB_NEF=2–1
|match_DTB_FAK=0–0
|match_DTB_SKA=2–1

|name_KAI=[[FC Kairat Almaty|Kairat Alma-Ata]]
|match_KAI_DYK=2–1
|match_KAI_SPA=4–4
|match_KAI_DNI=1–1
|match_KAI_DMN=2–0
|match_KAI_TOR=1–1
|match_KAI_ZEN=2–1
|match_KAI_ŽAL=2–0
|match_KAI_DTB=0–0
|match_KAI_MKH=1–1
|match_KAI_TKU=4–1
|match_KAI_SHA=2–1
|match_KAI_ARA=2–0
|match_KAI_DYN=0–0
|match_KAI_CHO=2–1
|match_KAI_NEF=1–0
|match_KAI_FAK=2–2
|match_KAI_SKA=1–0

|name_MKH=[[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist Kharkiv]]
|match_MKH_DYK=2–2
|match_MKH_SPA=0–7
|match_MKH_DNI=2–1
|match_MKH_DMN=1–1
|match_MKH_TOR=1–0
|match_MKH_ZEN=1–0
|match_MKH_ŽAL=2–1
|match_MKH_DTB=1–0
|match_MKH_KAI=3–0
|match_MKH_TKU=3–1
|match_MKH_SHA=1–0
|match_MKH_ARA=2–1
|match_MKH_DYN=0–1
|match_MKH_CHO=2–1
|match_MKH_NEF=1–1
|match_MKH_FAK=1–0
|match_MKH_SKA=2–0

|name_TKU=[[FC Torpedo Kutaisi|Torpedo Kutaisi]]
|match_TKU_DYK=2–1
|match_TKU_SPA=1–2
|match_TKU_DNI=4–3
|match_TKU_DMN=1–1
|match_TKU_TOR=1–2
|match_TKU_ZEN=1–1
|match_TKU_ŽAL=1–1
|match_TKU_DTB=1–0
|match_TKU_KAI=1–0
|match_TKU_MKH=4–1
|match_TKU_SHA=1–4
|match_TKU_ARA=1–1
|match_TKU_DYN=2–1
|match_TKU_CHO=2–0
|match_TKU_NEF=2–1
|match_TKU_FAK=1–0
|match_TKU_SKA=0–0

|name_SHA=[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|match_SHA_DYK=1–2
|match_SHA_SPA=1–2
|match_SHA_DNI=1–1
|match_SHA_DMN=3–0
|match_SHA_TOR=2–1
|match_SHA_ZEN=1–0
|match_SHA_ŽAL=0–0
|match_SHA_DTB=2–1
|match_SHA_KAI=2–1
|match_SHA_MKH=2–1
|match_SHA_TKU=1–1
|match_SHA_ARA=0–0
|match_SHA_DYN=1–1
|match_SHA_CHO=4–0
|match_SHA_NEF=1–1
|match_SHA_FAK=0–1
|match_SHA_SKA=3–1

|name_ARA=[[FC Ararat Yerevan|Ararat Yerevan]]
|match_ARA_DYK=1–1
|match_ARA_SPA=0–0
|match_ARA_DNI=3–5
|match_ARA_DMN=1–0
|match_ARA_TOR=2–1
|match_ARA_ZEN=1–0
|match_ARA_ŽAL=3–3
|match_ARA_DTB=1–0
|match_ARA_KAI=4–2
|match_ARA_MKH=3–1
|match_ARA_TKU=3–1
|match_ARA_SHA=3–3
|match_ARA_DYN=1–1
|match_ARA_CHO=1–2
|match_ARA_NEF=0–0
|match_ARA_FAK=3–0
|match_ARA_SKA=2–0

|name_DYN=[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dynamo Moscow]]
|match_DYN_DYK=1–2
|match_DYN_SPA=2–0
|match_DYN_DNI=1–1
|match_DYN_DMN=0–1
|match_DYN_TOR=1–2
|match_DYN_ZEN=2–3
|match_DYN_ŽAL=0–1
|match_DYN_DTB=1–0
|match_DYN_KAI=1–0
|match_DYN_MKH=2–1
|match_DYN_TKU=1–3
|match_DYN_SHA=2–0
|match_DYN_ARA=1–1
|match_DYN_CHO=3–1
|match_DYN_NEF=0–1
|match_DYN_FAK=0–0
|match_DYN_SKA=3–4

|name_CHO=[[FC Chornomorets Odessa|Chornomorets Odessa]]
|match_CHO_DYK=0–3
|match_CHO_SPA=1–4
|match_CHO_DNI=2–1
|match_CHO_DMN=0–2
|match_CHO_TOR=3–2
|match_CHO_ZEN=0–0
|match_CHO_ŽAL=2–3
|match_CHO_DTB=1–1
|match_CHO_KAI=0–1
|match_CHO_MKH=4–3
|match_CHO_TKU=3–0
|match_CHO_SHA=3–2
|match_CHO_ARA=2–1
|match_CHO_DYN=2–0
|match_CHO_NEF=1–1
|match_CHO_FAK=2–1
|match_CHO_SKA=1–3

|name_NEF=[[PFC Neftchi|Neftçi Baku]]
|match_NEF_DYK=1–1
|match_NEF_SPA=2–2
|match_NEF_DNI=1–1
|match_NEF_DMN=0–1
|match_NEF_TOR=1–1
|match_NEF_ZEN=2–1
|match_NEF_ŽAL=1–0
|match_NEF_DTB=1–0
|match_NEF_KAI=4–1
|match_NEF_MKH=0–0
|match_NEF_TKU=3–1
|match_NEF_SHA=0–0
|match_NEF_ARA=1–0
|match_NEF_DYN=0–0
|match_NEF_CHO=1–0
|match_NEF_FAK=1–0
|match_NEF_SKA=1–2

|name_FAK=[[FC Fakel Voronezh|Fakel Voronezh]]
|match_FAK_DYK=1–3
|match_FAK_SPA=0–5
|match_FAK_DNI=0–2
|match_FAK_DMN=2–1
|match_FAK_TOR=1–0
|match_FAK_ZEN=0–0
|match_FAK_ŽAL=1–1
|match_FAK_DTB=0–0
|match_FAK_KAI=1–1
|match_FAK_MKH=2–0
|match_FAK_TKU=2–0
|match_FAK_SHA=1–1
|match_FAK_ARA=1–0
|match_FAK_DYN=0–1
|match_FAK_CHO=1–1
|match_FAK_NEF=1–0
|match_FAK_SKA=2–0

|name_SKA=[[FC SKA Rostov-na-Donu|SKA Rostov-na-Donu]]
|match_SKA_DYK=0–0
|match_SKA_SPA=0–2
|match_SKA_DNI=1–1
|match_SKA_DMN=0–1
|match_SKA_TOR=1–1
|match_SKA_ZEN=1–0
|match_SKA_ŽAL=1–3
|match_SKA_DTB=6–2
|match_SKA_KAI=1–1
|match_SKA_MKH=1–1
|match_SKA_TKU=1–1
|match_SKA_SHA=1–3
|match_SKA_ARA=0–1
|match_SKA_DYN=1–2
|match_SKA_CHO=1–2
|match_SKA_NEF=2–1
|match_SKA_FAK=1–2

|update=complete|source=
}}

==Top scorers==
;35 goals
* [[Oleh Protasov]] (Dnipro)

;14 goals
* [[Vladimir Klementyev]] (Zenit)
* [[Sergey Rodionov]] (Spartak Moscow)

;13 goals
* [[Fyodor Cherenkov]] (Spartak Moscow)
* [[Oleh Taran]] (Dnipro)

;12 goals
* [[Oleg Blokhin]] (Dynamo Kyiv)
* [[Viktor Grachyov]] (Shakhtar)
* [[Sigitas Jakubauskas]] (Žalgiris)

;11 goals
* [[Georgi Kondratyev]] (Dinamo Minsk)
* [[Sergei Volgin]] (Kairat)

==Medal squads==
''(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)''
{| class="wikitable" Width="700"
|- bgcolor="#19217F"
| align="center" width="700" |<span style="color:#FFFFFF;"> '''1. FC Dynamo Kyiv''' </span>
|- bgcolor="#E8E8E8"
| align="left" width="700" |
'''Goalkeepers:''' [[Mykhaylo Mykhaylov]] (34), [[Viktor Chanov]] (1).<br />
'''Defenders:''' [[Anatoliy Demyanenko]] (34 / 8), [[Oleh Kuznetsov]] (29 / 1), [[Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha|Sergei Baltacha]] (26 / 1), [[Volodymyr Bezsonov]] (25), [[Vasyl Yevseyev]] (19), [[Ivan Palamar]] (2), [[Mykhaylo Olefirenko]] (1), [[Vadym Karatayev]] (1).<br />
'''Midfielders:''' [[Vasyl Rats]] (34 / 6), [[Ivan Yaremchuk]] (33 / 3), [[Oleksandr Zavarov]] (31 / 9), [[Andriy Bal]] (31 / 1), [[Pavlo Yakovenko]] (29), [[Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko]] (20 / 2).<br />
'''Forwards:''' [[Ihor Belanov]] (31 / 10), [[Oleg Blokhin]] (29 / 12), [[Vadym Yevtushenko]] (22 / 10), [[Oleksandr Hushchyn]] (2), [[Viktor Khlus]] (2).

'''Manager:''' [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi]].

'''Transferred out during the season:''' [[Viktor Khlus]] (to [[FC Chornomorets Odesa]]).
|- bgcolor="#FF0000"
| align="center" width="700" |<span style="color:#FFFFFF;"> '''2. FC Spartak Moscow''' </span>
|- bgcolor="#E8E8E8"
| align="left" width="700" |
'''Goalkeepers:''' [[Rinat Dasayev]] (34), [[Stanislav Cherchesov]] (2).<br />
'''Defenders:''' [[Aleksandr Bubnov]] (34), [[Boris Kuznetsov (footballer, born 1957)|Boris Kuznetsov]] (34), [[Gennady Morozov]] (31 / 1), [[Vladimir Sochnov]] (24 / 2), [[Almir Kayumov]] (14), [[Aleksandr Shibayev (footballer)|Aleksandr Shibayev]] (4).<br />
'''Midfielders:''' [[Fyodor Cherenkov]] (33 / 13), [[Yevgeni Kuznetsov (footballer born 1961)|Yevgeni Kuznetsov]] (33 / 7), [[Sergei Borisovich Novikov|Sergei Novikov]] (31 / 7), [[Yuri Gavrilov (footballer, born 1953)|Yuri Gavrilov]] (26 / 6), [[Sergey Shavlo]] (25 / 6), [[Yevgeni Sidorov (footballer, born 1956)|Yevgeni Sidorov]] (24 / 4), [[Guram Adzhoyev (footballer, born 1961)|Guram Adzhoyev]] (7 / 1).<br />
'''Forwards:''' [[Sergey Rodionov]] (29 / 14), [[Andrei Borisovich Rudakov|Andrei Rudakov]] (23 / 8), [[Vladimir Kapustin]] (13 / 1), [[Mikhail Rusyayev]] (5 / 2), [[Oleg Kuzhlev]] (5).

'''Manager:''' [[Konstantin Beskov]].

'''Transferred out during the season:''' none.
|- bgcolor="#0359ac"
| align="center" width="700" |<span style="color:#FFFFFF;"> '''3. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk''' </span>
|- bgcolor="#E8E8E8"
| align="left" width="700" |
'''Goalkeepers:''' [[Serhiy Krakovskyi]] (32), [[Valeriy Horodov]] (6).<br />
'''Defenders:''' [[Serhiy Puchkov]] (32 / 1), [[Oleksandr Lysenko]] (31 / 2), [[Ivan Vyshnevskyi (footballer)|Ivan Vyshnevskyi]] (31), [[Sergei Bashkirov]] (29 / 1), [[Oleksandr Sorokalet (footballer)|Oleksandr Sorokalet]] (11), [[Sergey Kulinich]] (3), [[Anatoliy Nazarenko]] (3), [[Volodymyr Gerashchenko]] (2), [[Petro Kutuzov]] (2), [[Ihor Deli]] (1).<br />
'''Midfielders:''' [[Hennadiy Lytovchenko]] (34 / 7), [[Vyktor Kuznetsov (footballer)|Vyktor Kuznetsov]] (33 / 3), [[Oleksiy Cherednyk]] (28 / 1), [[Andriy Dilay]] (27), [[Volodymyr Bahmut]] (20 / 1), [[Borys Shurshin]] (12 / 2), [[Mykola Kudrytsky]] (9), [[Serhiy Khudozhylov]] (2), [[Mykola Fedorenko]] (1).<br />
'''Forwards:''' [[Oleh Protasov]] (33 / 35), [[Oleh Taran]] (27 / 13), [[Volodymyr Lyutyi]] (22 / 4), [[Volodymyr Mozolyuk]] (1), [[Andriy Sydelnykov]] (1).

'''Manager:''' [[Volodymyr Yemets]].

'''Transferred out during the season:''' [[Serhiy Khudozhylov]], [[Mykola Fedorenko]] (both to [[FC Kolos Nikopol]]).
|}

==Number of teams by union republic==
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! [[Union republic]]
! Number of teams
! Club(s)
|-
| align="center" rowspan=1|1
| {{flag|RSFSR}}
| align="center" rowspan=1|6
| align="center"|[[FC Dynamo Moscow|Dinamo Moscow]], [[FC Fakel Voronezh|Fakel Voronezh]], [[FC SKA Rostov-na-Donu|SKA Rostov-na-Donu]], [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]], [[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]], [[FC Zenit Leningrad|Zenit Leningrad]]
|-
| align="center" rowspan=1|2
| {{flag|Ukrainian SSR}}
| align="center" rowspan=1|5
| align="center"|[[FC Chornomorets Odesa|Chernomorets Odessa]], [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dinamo Kiev]], [[FC Dnipro|Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk]], [[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metallist Kharkov]], [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhter Donetsk]]
|-
| align="center" rowspan=1|3
| {{flag|Georgian SSR}}
| align="center" rowspan=1|2
| align="center"|[[FC Dinamo Tbilisi|Dinamo Tbilisi]], [[FC Torpedo Kutaisi|Torpedo Kutaisi]]
|-
| align="center" rowspan=5|4
| {{flag|Armenian SSR}}
| align="center" rowspan=5|1
| align="center"|[[FC Ararat Yerevan|Ararat Yerevan]]
|-
| {{flag|Azerbaijan SSR}}
| align="center"|[[PFC Neftchi Baku|Neftchi Baku]]
|-
| {{flag|Belarusian SSR}}
| align="center"|[[FC Dinamo Minsk|Dinamo Minsk]]
|-
| {{flag|Kazakh SSR}}
| align="center"|[[FC Kairat Almaty|Kairat Alma-Ata]]
|-
| {{flag|Lithuanian SSR}}
| align="center"|[[FC Zhalgiris Vilnius|Zhalgiris Vilnius]]
|-
|}

==Attendances==

{{row counter|{| class{{=}}"wikitable sortable"
!#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance<ref>https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sov/avesov85.htm</ref>
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[Dinamo Tbilisi]] || 17 || 54,429
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[Dynamo Kyiv]] || 17 || 35,918
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[Torpedo Kutaisi]] || 17 || 26,765
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[Ararat Yerevan]] || 17 || 26,659
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[Fakel Voronezh]] || 17 || 25,676
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[FC Dnipro]] || 17 || 25,506
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[FC Spartak Moscow]] || 17 || 25,159
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[FC Zenit]] || 17 || 24,882
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[FC Dinamo Minsk]] || 17 || 24,435
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[Shakhtar Donetsk]] || 17 || 21,688
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[Metalist Kharkiv]] || 17 || 19,324
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[Chornomorets Odesa]] || 17 || 17,371
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[FC Kairat]] || 17 || 16,424
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[Neftçi PFK|Neftçi]] || 17 || 11,388
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[SKA Rostov-on-Don]] || 17 || 9,771
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[FC Dynamo Moscow]] || 17 || 9,129
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[FK Žalgiris]] || 17 || 8,171
|-
| style{{=}}"text-align:center;"| _row_count || [[FC Torpedo Moscow]] || 17 || 5,776
|-
|} }}

==References==
{{reflist}}
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/su85.html#85l 1985 season]

{{Soviet Top League seasons}}
{{1985 in Soviet football}}
{{1984–85 in European football (UEFA)}}
{{1985–86 in European football (UEFA)}}

[[Category:Soviet Top League seasons]]
[[Category:1985 in Soviet football leagues|1]]
[[Category:1985–86 in European association football leagues|Soviet]]
[[Category:1984–85 in European association football leagues|Soviet]]