1985 Soviet Top League


Teams

Promoted teams

Final table

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1. FC Dynamo Kyiv

Goalkeepers: Mykhaylo Mykhaylov, Viktor Chanov.

Defenders: Anatoliy Demyanenko, Oleh Kuznetsov, Sergei Baltacha, Volodymyr Bezsonov, Vasyl Yevseyev, Ivan Palamar, Mykhaylo Olefirenko, Vadym Karatayev.

Midfielders: Vasyl Rats, Ivan Yaremchuk, Oleksandr Zavarov, Andriy Bal, Pavlo Yakovenko, Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko.

Forwards: Ihor Belanov, Oleg Blokhin, Vadym Yevtushenko, Oleksandr Hushchyn, Viktor Khlus.
Manager: Valeriy Lobanovskyi.
Transferred out during the season: Viktor Khlus.
2. FC Spartak Moscow

Goalkeepers: Rinat Dasayev, Stanislav Cherchesov.

Defenders: Aleksandr Bubnov, Boris Kuznetsov, Gennady Morozov, Vladimir Sochnov, Almir Kayumov, Aleksandr Shibayev.

Midfielders: Fyodor Cherenkov, Yevgeni Kuznetsov, Sergei Novikov, Yuri Gavrilov, Sergey Shavlo, Yevgeni Sidorov, Guram Adzhoyev.

Forwards: Sergey Rodionov, Andrei Rudakov, Vladimir Kapustin, Mikhail Rusyayev, Oleg Kuzhlev.
Manager: Konstantin Beskov.
Transferred out during the season: none.
3. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Goalkeepers: Serhiy Krakovskyi, Valeriy Horodov.

Defenders: Serhiy Puchkov, Oleksandr Lysenko, Ivan Vyshnevskyi, Sergei Bashkirov, Oleksandr Sorokalet, Sergey Kulinich, Anatoliy Nazarenko, Volodymyr Gerashchenko, Petro Kutuzov, Ihor Deli.

Midfielders: Hennadiy Lytovchenko, Vyktor Kuznetsov, Oleksiy Cherednyk, Andriy Dilay, Volodymyr Bahmut, Borys Shurshin, Mykola Kudrytsky, Serhiy Khudozhylov, Mykola Fedorenko.

Forwards: Oleh Protasov, Oleh Taran, Volodymyr Lyutyi, Volodymyr Mozolyuk, Andriy Sydelnykov.
Manager: Volodymyr Yemets.
Transferred out during the season:''' Serhiy Khudozhylov, Mykola Fedorenko.

Number of teams by union republic