1986 in Soviet football

The 1986 Soviet football championship was the 55th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Dinamo Kiev won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the twelfth time.

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

Top goalscorers
Top League
 * Aleksandr Borodyuk (Dynamo Moscow) – 21 goals

First League
 * Vazgen Manasyan (Pamir Dushanbe), Besik Pridonishvili (Guria Lanchkhuti) – 27 goals