The 1978 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 48th season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Soviet Second League in Zone 2. The season started on 2 April 1978.
| Season | 1978 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Metalist Kharkiv |
| Promoted | Metalist Kharkiv |
| Relegated | none |
| Top goalscorer | 19 - Volodymyr Sakalov (Bukovyna) |
← 1977 1979 → | |
The 1978 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won by Metalist Kharkiv.
The "Ruby Cup" of Molod Ukrayiny newspaper (for the most scored goals) was received by SKA Kiev.
Teams edit
Location map edit
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Relegated teams edit
- Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih – (returning after two seasons)
Relocated teams edit
- Start Tiraspol replaced Speranța Drochia[a] (returning after eight seasons absence, previously as Dnestr Tiraspol in 1969)
Renamed teams edit
- FC Khvylya Khmelnytskyi changed its name to FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi.
Final standings edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metalist Kharkiv (C, P) | 44 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 66 | 20 | +46 | 70 | Promoted |
| 2 | Kolos Nikopol | 44 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 59 | 32 | +27 | 62 | |
| 3 | SKA Kiev | 44 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 71 | 29 | +42 | 60 | |
| 4 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 44 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 63 | 29 | +34 | 59 | |
| 5 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 44 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 55 | 25 | +30 | 57 | |
| 6 | Krystal Kherson | 44 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 46 | 28 | +18 | 54 | |
| 7 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 44 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 49 | |
| 8 | Avanhard Rovno | 44 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 47 | |
| 9 | SKA Lviv | 44 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 52 | 43 | +9 | 46 | |
| 10 | Spartak Zhytomyr | 44 | 19 | 7 | 18 | 50 | 40 | +10 | 45 | |
| 11 | Desna Chernihiv | 44 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 45 | |
| 12 | Lokomotyv Vinnytsia | 44 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 44 | |
| 13 | Hoverla Uzhhorod | 44 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 40 | |
| 14 | Atlantyka Sevastopol | 44 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 49 | 54 | −5 | 39 | |
| 15 | Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | 44 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 38 | |
| 16 | Kolos Poltava | 44 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 37 | |
| 17 | Novator Zhdanov | 44 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 53 | 70 | −17 | 36 | |
| 18 | Dnipro Cherkasy | 44 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 34 | |
| 19 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 44 | 12 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 56 | −28 | 33 | |
| 20 | Frunzenets Sumy | 44 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 39 | 59 | −20 | 33 | |
| 21 | Torpedo Lutsk | 44 | 13 | 6 | 25 | 32 | 72 | −40 | 32 | |
| 22 | Shakhtar Horlivka | 44 | 13 | 5 | 26 | 36 | 72 | −36 | 31 | Avoided relegation |
| 23 | Start Tiraspol | 44 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 22 | 66 | −44 | 21 |  Moldavian SSR; Avoided relegation
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Top goalscorers edit
The following were the top ten goalscorers.
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ Start Tiraspol was established as a phoenix club of previously disbanded in 1971 Dnestr Tiraspol. It was established as a factory team of the Tiraspol's 1 May Factory. Several players of Speranta moved to the new Tiraspol team, while Speranta itself was transferred to the football championship of the Moldavian SSR.[1]
References edit
- ^ Novitskiy, S. History of one provincial team (part 2) (История одной провинциальной команды (часть 2)). MoldFootball.com. 29 December 2010.
External links edit
- 1979 Soviet Second League, Zone 2 (Ukrainian SSR football championship). Luhansk football portal
- 1978 Soviet championships (all leagues) at helmsoccer.narod.ru