1979 in Soviet football

The 1979 Soviet football championship was the 48th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Spartak Moscow won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the tenth time.

Football in the Soviet Union
Season1979
Men's football
Top LeagueSpartak Moscow
First LeagueKarpaty Lvov
Second LeagueIskra Smolensk (Group 1)
Kolos Nikopol (Group 2)
Dinamo Stavropol (Group 3)
Guria Lanchkhuti (Group 4)
Buston Dzhizak (Group 5)
SKA Khabarovsk (Group 6)
Soviet CupDinamo Tbilisi
← 1978 Soviet Union 1980 →

Honours

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Competition Winner Runner-up
Top League Spartak Moscow (10) Shakhter Donetsk
First League Karpaty Lvov (2) Kuban Krasnodar
Second League Group 1 Iskra Smolensk Tekstilschik Ivanovo
Group 2 Kolos Nikopol SKA Kiev
Group 3 Dinamo Stavropol Rotor Volgograd
Group 4 Guria Lanchkhuti Lokomotiv Samtredia
Group 5 Buston Dzhizak Shakhrikhanets Shakhrikhan
Group 6 SKA Khabarovsk Shakhter Karaganda
Soviet Cup Dinamo Tbilisi (2) Dinamo Moscow

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

Soviet Union football championship

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Top League

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1   Spartak Moscow (C) 34 21 10 3 66 25 +41 50[a] Qualification for European Cup first round
2   Shakhtar Donetsk 34 20 8 6 57 33 +24 48 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3   Dynamo Kyiv 34 21 5 8 51 26 +25 47
4   Dinamo Tbilisi 34 19 12 3 54 27 +27 46[b] Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
5   Dynamo Moscow 34 17 9 8 41 27 +14 42[c] Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
6   Dinamo Minsk 34 15 6 13 48 38 +10 36
7   Ararat Yerevan 34 12 13 9 44 32 +12 32[d]
8   CSKA Moscow 34 12 8 14 46 46 0 32
9   Pakhtakor Tashkent 34 11 9 14 42 53 −11 30[c]
10   Zenit Leningrad 34 11 9 14 41 45 −4 30[c]
11   Chornomorets Odessa 34 10 11 13 32 37 −5 28[e]
12   Lokomotiv Moscow 34 8 12 14 44 57 −13 24[b]
13   Kairat Alma-Ata 34 8 9 17 29 44 −15 24[c]
14   Neftchi Baku 34 8 8 18 29 50 −21 24
15   SKA Rostov-on-Don 34 8 14 12 37 50 −13 24[f]
16   Torpedo Moscow 34 8 9 17 32 46 −14 24[c]
17   Zaria Voroshilovgrad (R) 34 6 11 17 41 62 −21 20[e] Relegation to First League
18   Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev (R) 34 7 5 22 24 60 −36 19
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ 2 points deducted (8 draw limit)
  2. ^ a b 4 points deducted (8 draw limit)
  3. ^ a b c d e 1 point deducted (8 draw limit)
  4. ^ 5 points deducted (8 draw limit)
  5. ^ a b 3 points deducted (8 draw limit)
  6. ^ 6 points deducted (8 draw limit)

First League

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   Karpaty Lviv (C, P) 46 27 10 9 89 43 +46 64 Promotion to Top League
2   Kuban Krasnodar (P) 46 22 12 12 70 43 +27 56
3   Pamir Dushanbe 46 23 7 16 56 50 +6 53
4   Shinnik Yaroslavl 46 20 15 11 50 38 +12 52[a]
5   Fakel Voronezh 46 20 10 16 70 54 +16 50
6   Žalgiris Vilnius 46 19 10 17 61 54 +7 48
7   Metalist Kharkiv 46 19 10 17 43 47 −4 48
8   Nistru Kishinev 46 18 14 14 53 51 +2 48[a]
9   Uralmash Sverdlovsk 46 18 12 16 55 45 +10 48
10   Metallurg Zaporozhia 46 19 8 19 69 65 +4 46
11   Torpedo Kutaisi 46 17 15 14 44 40 +4 46[a]
12   Kuzbass Kemerovo 46 17 12 17 49 50 −1 46
13   Spartak Ordjonikidze 46 19 7 20 49 44 +5 45
14   Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 46 19 7 20 52 61 −9 45
15   SKA Odessa 46 17 11 18 54 61 −7 45
16   Spartak Nalchik 46 16 12 18 50 48 +2 44
17   Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 46 16 14 16 57 60 −3 44[a]
18   Tavria Simferopol 46 16 11 19 50 56 −6 43
19   Terek Grozny (R) 46 17 8 21 59 63 −4 42 Relegation to Second League
20   Zvezda Perm (R) 46 16 9 21 45 56 −11 41
21   Traktor Pavlodar (R) 46 14 11 21 37 57 −20 39
22   Dinamo Leningrad (R) 46 15 8 23 52 57 −5 38
23   Kolhozchi Ashkhabad (R) 46 11 12 23 41 76 −35 34
24   Alga Frunze (R) 46 10 9 27 37 73 −36 29
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d There was a draw limit for the draws earned, 12. Only twelve draws earn a point, in contrast, over the limit draws earn no points.

Second League

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Group 1

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Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 RUS Iskra Smolensk 46 30 13 3 86 26 +60 73 Promoted
2 RUS Textilshchik Ivanovo 46 25 12 9 69 38 +31 62
3 BLR Dinamo Brest 46 24 14 8 77 35 +42 62
4 RUS Dinamo Vologda 46 22 16 8 55 38 +17 60
5 LVA Daugava Riga 46 26 7 13 97 47 +50 59
6 RUS Spartak Kostroma 46 25 9 12 61 36 +25 59
7 BLR Khimik Grodno 46 22 13 11 56 33 +23 57
8 LTU Atlantas Klaipeda 46 21 14 11 58 39 +19 56
9 RUS Saturn Rybinsk 46 21 11 14 62 46 +16 53
10 RUS Volga Kalinin 46 20 12 14 55 39 +16 52
11 RUS Moskvich Moskva 46 18 16 12 52 41 +11 52
12 BLR Dvina Vitebsk 46 15 21 10 49 38 +11 51
13 RUS Lokomotiv Kaluga 46 18 14 14 55 37 +18 50
14 RUS Dinamo Bryansk 46 21 6 19 60 56 +4 48
15 LVA Zvejnieks Liepaja 46 14 16 16 46 55 −9 44
16 RUS Sever Murmansk 46 13 13 20 47 68 −21 39
17 BLR Dnepr Mogilyov 46 12 13 21 41 62 −21 37
18 RUS Krasnaya Presnya Moskva 46 11 12 23 34 67 −33 34
19 RUS Mashinostroitel Tula 46 8 18 20 40 72 −32 34
20 RUS Volzhanin Kineshma 46 9 11 26 41 71 −30 29
21 BLR GomSelMash Gomel 46 7 14 25 34 71 −37 28
22 RUS Baltika Kaliningrad 46 8 11 27 34 71 −37 27
23 RUS FSM Moskva 46 7 8 31 41 80 −39 22[a]
24 RUS Stroitel Cherepovets 46 3 10 33 20 104 −84 16[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b +

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Kolos Nikopol (C, P) 46 28 12 6 68 32 +36 68 Promoted
2 SKA Kiev 46 26 12 8 65 32 +33 64
3 SKA Lviv 46 25 11 10 67 33 +34 61
4 Avanhard Rivne 46 23 14 9 76 41 +35 60
5 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 46 24 10 12 55 32 +23 58
6 Spartak Zhytomyr 46 22 12 12 57 41 +16 56
7 Krystal Kherson 46 21 10 15 63 45 +18 52
8 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 46 18 16 12 62 47 +15 52
9 Zirka Kirovohrad 46 20 10 16 44 40 +4 50
10 Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv 46 18 13 15 48 47 +1 49
11 Kolos Poltava 46 18 9 19 48 52 −4 45
12 Atlantyka Sevastopol 46 17 9 20 54 62 −8 43
13 Podillia Khmelnytskyi 46 17 8 21 44 57 −13 42
14 Dnipro Cherkasy 46 14 13 19 38 49 −11 41
15 Novator Zhdanov 46 17 6 23 47 54 −7 40
16 Hoverla Uzhhorod 46 10 19 17 36 46 −10 39
17 Desna Chernihiv 46 13 12 21 37 57 −20 38
18 Okean Kerch 46 12 14 20 36 52 −16 38
19 Frunzenets Sumy 46 13 10 23 47 62 −15 36
20 Torpedo Lutsk 46 10 16 20 42 69 −27 36
21 Nyva Vinnytsia 46 11 13 22 36 44 −8 35
22 Avtomobilist Tiraspol 46 11 13 22 28 47 −19 35   Moldavian SSR
23 Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk 46 13 8 25 37 71 −34 34
24 Shakhtar Horlivka 46 11 10 25 53 76 −23 32 Avoided relegation
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Group 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Dinamo Stavropol 48 37 4 7 91 31 +60 78 Promoted
2 Rotor Volgograd 48 29 8 11 102 36 +66 66
3 Metallurg Lipetsk[a] 48 28 10 10 75 40 +35 66
4 Mashuk Pyatigorsk 48 25 8 15 67 46 +21 58
5 Spartak Oryol 48 24 9 15 82 63 +19 57
6 Sokol Saratov 48 23 11 14 71 49 +22 57
7 Volga Gorkiy 48 24 8 16 62 51 +11 56
8 RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu 48 24 8 16 92 63 +29 56
9 Torpedo Taganrog 48 23 9 16 69 50 +19 55
10 Dinamo Makhachkala 48 23 9 16 75 53 +22 55
11 Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo 48 24 6 18 68 51 +17 54
12 Khimik Dzerzhinsk 48 21 9 18 59 52 +7 51
13 Druzhba Maykop 48 20 9 19 56 54 +2 49
14 Torpedo Vladimir 48 19 11 18 66 59 +7 49
15 Uralan Elista 48 20 8 20 63 64 −1 48
16 Spartak Ryazan 48 18 9 21 46 47 −1 45
17 Salyut Belgorod 48 17 7 24 67 76 −9 41
18 Stal Cheboksary 48 16 8 24 50 67 −17 40
19 Revtrud Tambov 48 16 7 25 51 69 −18 39
20 Cement Novorossiysk 48 12 13 23 37 65 −28 37
21 Volgar Astrakhan 48 14 8 26 58 84 −26 36
22 Trud Volzhskiy 48 12 9 27 52 80 −28 33
23 Avangard Kursk 48 13 6 29 46 87 −41 32
24 Khimik Novomoskovsk 48 11 9 28 43 87 −44 31
25 Turbina Syzran 48 4 3 41 32 156 −124 11[b]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Novolipetsk Lipetsk changed name to Metallurg.
  2. ^ +

Group 4

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Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 GEO Guria Lanchkhuti 46 31 4 11 110 50 +60 66 Promoted
2 GEO Lokomotiv Samtredia 46 28 9 9 109 49 +60 65
3 AZE Karabakh Stepanakert 46 29 5 12 65 38 +27 63
4 RUS Zenit Izhevsk 46 23 13 10 70 42 +28 59
5 ARM Kotaik Abovyan 46 26 6 14 83 43 +40 58
6 AZE Araz Nahichevan 46 27 3 16 88 78 +10 57
7 GEO Dinamo Zugdidi 46 21 10 15 53 45 +8 52
8 GEO Dinamo Sukhumi 46 18 16 12 49 39 +10 52
9 GEO Dila Gori 46 21 8 17 74 65 +9 50
10 GEO Kolkheti Poti 46 22 5 19 72 55 +17 49[a]
11 ARM Shirak Leninakan 46 20 7 19 56 48 +8 47
12 RUS Gazovik Orenburg 46 19 9 18 58 66 −8 47
13 RUS Gastello Ufa 46 17 10 19 42 47 −5 44
14 AZE Hazar Lenkoran 46 19 5 22 54 72 −18 43
15 GEO Dinamo Batumi 46 19 5 22 53 65 −12 43
16 AZE Avtomobilist Baku 46 17 9 20 54 63 −9 43
17 RUS Turbina Naberezhnyye Chelny 46 16 10 20 49 62 −13 42
18 RUS Uralets Nizhniy Tagil 46 13 10 23 45 60 −15 36
19 RUS Rubin Kazan 46 10 16 20 48 65 −17 36
20 AZE Progress Kirovabad 46 13 7 26 56 96 −40 33
21 RUS Dinamo Kirov 46 12 7 27 33 60 −27 31
22 ARM Arabkir Yerevan 46 10 11 25 55 101 −46 31[a]
23 RUS Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola 46 12 5 29 43 73 −30 29
24 RUS Torpedo Togliatti 46 10 8 28 51 88 −37 28
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b +

Group 5

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Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 UZB Buston Jizak 46 29 11 6 74 35 +39 69 Promoted
2 UZB Shahrihanets Shahrihan 46 28 7 11 73 39 +34 63
3 KAZ Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk 46 24 8 14 79 44 +35 56
4 UZB Yangiyer 46 23 9 14 75 54 +21 55
5 KAZ Metallurg Chimkent 46 24 6 16 73 50 +23 54
6 RUS Stroitel Tyumen 46 22 9 15 59 39 +20 53
7 UZB Dinamo Samarkand 46 21 10 15 59 39 +20 52
8 UZB Neftyanik Fergana 46 19 11 16 72 50 +22 49
9 KAZ Meliorator Kzil-Orda[a] 46 20 8 18 52 60 −8 48
10 UZB Horezm Yangiaryk 46 19 8 19 66 72 −6 46
11 RUS Metallurg Magnitogorsk 46 17 12 17 51 59 −8 46
12 UZB Hiva 46 19 7 20 54 70 −16 45
13 UZB KarshiStroi Karshi 46 18 8 20 60 60 0 44
14 UZB Zarafshan Navoi 46 17 10 19 51 53 −2 44
15 UZB Pahtachi Gulistan 46 17 9 20 53 61 −8 43
16 UZB Avtomobilist Termez 46 18 6 22 57 63 −6 42
17 UZB Narimanovets Bagat 46 17 8 21 49 64 −15 42[b]
18 UZB Amudarya Nukus 46 18 5 23 57 76 −19 41
19 KAZ Khimik Jambul 46 16 9 21 53 63 −10 41
20 RUS Signal Chelyabinsk 46 16 6 24 51 49 +2 38
21 TJK Hojent Leninabad 46 16 6 24 50 70 −20 38
22 TJK Pahtakor Kurgan-Tyube 46 15 6 25 46 71 −25 36[b]
23 UZB Textilshchik Namangan 46 13 7 26 41 69 −28 33
24 KAZ Trud Shevchenko 46 7 12 27 53 98 −45 26[b]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Orbita Kzil-Orda changed name to Meliorator.
  2. ^ a b c +

Group 6

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Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 RUS SKA Khabarovsk 40 25 9 6 84 37 +47 59 Promoted
2 KAZ Shakhtyor Karaganda 40 25 8 7 64 31 +33 58
3 RUS Luch Vladivostok 40 22 8 10 69 38 +31 52
4 RUS Amur Blagoveshchensk 40 22 7 11 53 25 +28 51
5 KAZ Spartak Semipalatinsk 40 22 6 12 74 49 +25 50
6 RUS Torpedo Rubtsovsk 40 22 6 12 60 43 +17 50
7 RUS Dinamo Barnaul 40 19 12 9 65 43 +22 50
8 RUS Zvezda Irkutsk 40 20 8 12 73 54 +19 48
9 KAZ Tselinnik Tselinograd 40 19 10 11 77 43 +34 48
10 RUS Angara Angarsk 40 19 7 14 54 46 +8 45
11 RUS Avtomobilist Krasnoyarsk 40 17 8 15 54 47 +7 42
12 RUS Irtysh Omsk 40 17 6 17 49 52 −3 40
13 RUS Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude 40 16 7 17 50 52 −2 39
14 RUS Amur Komsomolsk-na-Amure 40 14 6 20 48 52 −4 34
15 KAZ Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk 40 13 7 20 48 57 −9 33
16 KAZ Bulat Temirtau 40 13 6 21 41 66 −25 32
17 RUS Manometr Tomsk[a] 40 12 8 20 37 55 −18 32
18 KAZ Ugolshchik Ekibastuz 40 9 6 25 31 63 −32 24[b]
19 RUS Chkalovets Novosibirsk 40 7 10 23 35 70 −35 24
20 KAZ Avangard Petropavlovsk 40 5 7 28 23 83 −60 17[b]
21 KAZ Torpedo Kokchetav 40 4 4 32 37 120 −83 12[b]
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ Torpedo Tomsk changed name to Manometr.
  2. ^ a b c +

Top goalscorers

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Top League

First League

See also

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References

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