1985 in Soviet football

The 1985 Soviet football championship was the 54th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Dinamo Kiev won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the eleventh time.

Honours
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Top League

 * For the following season the League was reduced to 16 members. The teams that finished 15th and 16th played a mini-tournament with the two best out of the Soviet First League. Out of this tournament the two best teams continued on in the Soviet Top League.


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

Playoffs

 * Group A


 * Group B


 * Group V

Group 6
For places 1-14

Group 8
For places 1-6

Top goalscorers
Top League
 * Oleh Protasov (Dnepr Dneprpetrovsk) – 35 goals

First League
 * Valeriy Shmarov (CSKA Moscow) – 29 goals