1980 Soviet First League

Soviet First League
Season	1980
	← 1979 1981 →

The 1980 Soviet First League was the tenth season of the Soviet First League and the 40th season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Tavria Simferopol (C, P)	46	28	9	9	82	42	+40	65	Promotion to Top League
2	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (P)	46	27	8	11	60	47	+13	62	Promotion to Top League
3	Metalist Kharkiv	46	24	12	10	76	40	+36	60
4	Pamir Dushanbe	46	23	9	14	62	51	+11	55
5	Kolos Nikopol	46	20	11	15	70	47	+23	51
6	SKA Khabarovsk	46	20	10	16	45	60	−15	50
7	Dinamo Stavropol	46	23	3	20	64	66	−2	49
8	Nistru Kishinev	46	20	8	18	60	55	+5	48
9	Iskra Smolensk	46	18	11	17	50	46	+4	47
10	Zarya Voroshilovgrad	46	19	8	19	68	60	+8	46
11	Guria Lanchkhuti	46	18	10	18	68	73	−5	46
12	Fakel Voronezh	46	17	16	13	49	36	+13	46^[a]
13	Torpedo Kutaisi	46	18	9	19	62	54	+8	45
14	Kuzbass Kemerovo	46	18	7	21	61	77	−16	43
15	Spartak Ordjonikidze	46	17	9	20	43	50	−7	43
16	SKA Odessa	46	16	10	20	52	47	+5	42
17	Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk	46	16	10	20	54	67	−13	42
18	Žalgiris Vilnius	46	15	14	17	50	39	+11	42^[a]
19	Buston Dzhizak	46	15	12	19	48	61	−13	42
20	Metallurg Zaporozhia	46	15	11	20	57	67	−10	41
21	Shinnik Yaroslavl	46	14	15	17	51	57	−6	40^[a]
22	Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev (R)	46	11	16	19	43	62	−19	34^[a]	Relegation to Second League
23	Spartak Nalchik (R)	46	8	15	23	35	59	−24	28^[a]
24	Uralmash Sverdlovsk (R)	46	8	5	33	35	82	−47	21

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e 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.

#	Player	Club	Goals
1	Volodymyr Naumenko	Tavriya Simferopol	33 (2)
2	Anatoliy Bykov	Dynamo Stavropol	23 (1)
3	Gennady Smirnov	Fakel Voronezh	22 (2)
4	Vitaly Razdayev	Kuzbass Kemerevo	21
4	Nodar Bachiashvili	Metallist Kharkov	21 (1)
6	Merab Megreladze	Guria Lanchkhuti	20
7	Oleksandr Pogoryelov	Kolos Nikopol	19
7	Vadim Pavlenko	Dnepr Dneprpropetrovsk	19 (5)
9	Ivan Shariy	Metallurg Zaporozhye	18 (1)

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	RSFSR	10	SKA Khabarovsk, Dinamo Stavropol, Iskra Smolensk, Fakel Voronezh, Kuzbass Kemerevo, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, Spartak Nalchik, Uralmash Sverdlovsk
2	Ukrainian SSR	8	Tavria Simferopol, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Kolos Nikopol, Zaria Voroshilovgrad, SKA Odessa, Prykarpatye Ivano-Frankovsk, Metallurg Zaporozhye
3	Georgian SSR	2	Torpedo Kutaisi, Guria Lanchkhuti
4	Tajik SSR	1	Pamir Dushanbe
	Moldavian SSR		Nistru Kishinev
	Lithuanian SSR		Žalgiris Vilnius
	Uzbek SSR		Buston Dzhizak