The 1985 Soviet First League (, Chempionat SSSR 1985 goda v pervoi lige) was a fifteenth season of the Soviet First League.
First stage Group West
Group East
Second stage Group A
Group B
Transitional tournaments Higher League Promotion Promotion tournament took place in Moscow on 27 November — 15 December 1985.
Second League Relegation Group A
Group B
Group V
Top scorers
#PlayerClubGoals1Valeri ShmarovCSKA Moscow29 (1)2Aleksandrs StarkovsDaugava Riga253Avtandil GorgiladzeDinamo Batumi23 (4)Jevgeņijs MiļevskisDaugava Riga23 (4)5Aleksandr NikitinRotor Volgograd226Sergei BerezinSKA Khabarovsk19 (1)7Heorhiy KolyadyukMetalurh Zaporizhzhia188Viktor RafalchukSKA Karpaty Lviv16 (6)9Eduard VeranyanFC Kotayk15 (1)Vitaly RazdayevKuzbass Kemerevo15 (3)
Number of teams by union republic Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)1 11CSKA Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Rotor Volgograd, SKA Khabarovsk, Dinamo Stavropol, Kuzbass Kemerovo, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Kuban Krasnodar, Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, Iskra Smolensk2 3SKA Karpaty Lviv, Kolos Nikopol, Metalurh Zaporizhzhia3 2Guria Lanchkhuti, Dinamo Batumi Pakhtakor Tashkent, Zvezda Dzhizak5 1Daugava Riga Pamir Dushanbe Kotaik Abovian Nistru Kishinev Atlantas Klapeida
See also Soviet First League
External links 1985. First League. (1985. Первая лига.) Luhansk Nash Futbol.