1979 in Soviet football

none the Soviet Union 1979 Top League Spartak Moscow First League Karpaty Lvov Second League Iskra Smolensk (Group 1)Kolos Nikopol (Group 2)Dinamo Stavropol (Group 3)Guria Lanchkhuti (Group 4)Buston Dzhizak (Group 5)SKA Khabarovsk (Group 6) Soviet Cup Dinamo Tbilisi 1978 1980 yes 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. Honours CompetitionWinnerRunner-upTop LeagueSpartak Moscow (10)Shakhter DonetskFirst LeagueKarpaty Lvov (2)Kuban KrasnodarSecond LeagueGroup 1Iskra SmolenskTekstilschik IvanovoGroup 2Kolos NikopolSKA KievGroup 3Dinamo StavropolRotor VolgogradGroup 4Guria LanchkhutiLokomotiv SamtrediaGroup 5Buston DzhizakShakhrikhanets ShakhrikhanGroup 6SKA KhabarovskShakhter KaragandaSoviet CupDinamo 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 1979 Soviet Top League Top League main WDL QR 2 SPA RSFSR Spartak Moscow SHK Ukrainian SSR Shakhtar Donetsk DK Ukrainian SSR Dynamo Kyiv DTB Georgian SSR Dinamo Tbilisi DYN RSFSR Dynamo Moscow DMI Belarusian SSR Dinamo Minsk ARA Armenian SSR Ararat Yerevan CSK RSFSR CSKA Moscow PAK Uzbek SSR Pakhtakor Tashkent ZEN RSFSR Zenit Leningrad CHE Ukrainian SSR Chornomorets Odessa LOK RSFSR Lokomotiv Moscow KAI Kazakh SSR Kairat Alma-Ata NEF Azerbaijan SSR Neftchi Baku SKA RSFSR SKA Rostov-on-Don TOR RSFSR Torpedo Moscow ZAR Ukrainian SSR Zaria Voroshilovgrad KRY RSFSR Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev 21 10 3 66 25 C 20 8 6 57 33 21 5 8 51 26 19 12 3 54 27 17 9 8 41 27 15 6 13 48 38 12 13 9 44 32 12 8 14 46 46 11 9 14 42 53 11 9 14 41 45 10 11 13 32 37 8 12 14 44 57 8 9 17 29 44 8 8 18 29 50 8 14 12 37 50 8 9 17 32 46 6 11 17 41 62 R 7 5 22 24 60 R -2 2 points deducted (8 draw limit) -4 4 points deducted (8 draw limit) -1 1 point deducted (8 draw limit) -5 5 points deducted (8 draw limit) -1 DYN -1 DYN -3 3 points deducted (8 draw limit) -4 DTB -1 DYN -6 6 points deducted (8 draw limit) -1 DYN -3 CHE green1 Qualification for European Cup first round CC blue1 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round UC UC UC yellow1 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round CWC red1 Relegation to First League R R complete First League main WDL PR 2 KLV Ukrainian SSR Karpaty Lviv KKR Russian SFSR Kuban Krasnodar PDU Tajik SSR Pamir Dushanbe SYA Russian SFSR Shinnik Yaroslavl FVO Russian SFSR Fakel Voronezh ŽVI Lithuanian SSR Žalgiris Vilnius MKH Ukrainian SSR Metalist Kharkiv NKI Moldavian SSR Nistru Kishinev UMS Russian SFSR Uralmash Sverdlovsk MZA Ukrainian SSR Metallurg Zaporozhia TKU Georgian SSR Torpedo Kutaisi KKE Russian SFSR Kuzbass Kemerovo SOR Russian SFSR Spartak Ordjonikidze SIF Ukrainian SSR Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk SOD Ukrainian SSR SKA Odessa SNA Russian SFSR Spartak Nalchik DDN Ukrainian SSR Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk TSI Ukrainian SSR Tavria Simferopol TGR Russian SFSR Terek Grozny ZPE Russian SFSR Zvezda Perm TPA Kazakh SSR Traktor Pavlodar DLE Russian SFSR Dinamo Leningrad KAS Turkmen SSR Kolhozchi Ashkhabad AFR Kyrgyz SSR Alga Frunze 27 10 9 89 43 C,P 22 12 12 70 43 P 23 7 16 56 50 20 15 11 50 38 20 10 16 70 54 19 10 17 61 54 19 10 17 43 47 18 14 14 53 51 18 12 16 55 45 19 8 19 69 65 17 15 14 44 40 17 12 17 49 50 19 7 20 49 44 19 7 20 52 61 17 11 18 54 61 16 12 18 50 48 16 14 16 57 60 16 11 19 50 56 17 8 21 59 63 R 16 9 21 45 56 R 14 11 21 37 57 R 15 8 23 52 57 R 11 12 23 41 76 R 10 9 27 37 73 R 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. -3 LIMIT -2 LIMIT -3 LIMIT -2 LIMIT green1 Promotion to Top League P P red1 Relegation to Second League R R R R R R complete rsssf.com Second League 1979 Soviet Second League Group 1 main WDL P 2 y y Rep Republic ISM RUS Iskra Smolensk TIV RUS Textilshchik Ivanovo BRS BLR Dinamo Brest DVO RUS Dinamo Vologda DRI LVA Daugava Riga SKO RUS Spartak Kostroma KGR BLR Khimik Grodno AKL LTU Atlantas Klaipeda SRY RUS Saturn Rybinsk VKA RUS Volga Kalinin MMO RUS Moskvich Moskva DVI BLR Dvina Vitebsk LKA RUS Lokomotiv Kaluga BRY RUS Dinamo Bryansk ZLI LVA Zvejnieks Liepaja SMU RUS Sever Murmansk DMO BLR Dnepr Mogilyov KPM RUS Krasnaya Presnya Moskva MTU RUS Mashinostroitel Tula VKI RUS Volzhanin Kineshma GOM BLR GomSelMash Gomel BKA RUS Baltika Kaliningrad FMO RUS FSM Moskva SCH RUS Stroitel Cherepovets y 30 13 3 86 26 25 12 9 69 38 24 14 8 77 35 22 16 8 55 38 26 7 13 97 47 25 9 12 61 36 22 13 11 56 33 21 14 11 58 39 21 11 14 62 46 20 12 14 55 39 18 16 12 52 41 15 21 10 49 38 18 14 14 55 37 21 6 19 60 56 14 16 16 46 55 13 13 20 47 68 12 13 21 41 62 11 12 23 34 67 8 18 20 40 72 9 11 26 41 71 7 14 25 34 71 8 11 27 34 71 7 8 31 41 80 3 10 33 20 104 + + + inherit Promoted P complete Group 2 1979 Soviet Second League, Zone 2 Group 3 main WDL P 2 y DST Dinamo Stavropol RVO Rotor Volgograd MLI Metallurg Lipetsk Novolipetsk Lipetsk changed name to Metallurg. MPY Mashuk Pyatigorsk SOR Spartak Oryol SSA Sokol Saratov VGO Volga Gorkiy ROS RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu TTA Torpedo Taganrog DMK Dinamo Makhachkala ZNA Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo KDZ Khimik Dzerzhinsk DRM Druzhba Maykop TVL Torpedo Vladimir UEL Uralan Elista SRY Spartak Ryazan SBE Salyut Belgorod SCH Stal Cheboksary RTA Revtrud Tambov CNO Cement Novorossiysk VAS Volgar Astrakhan TVO Trud Volzhskiy AKU Avangard Kursk KNO Khimik Novomoskovsk TSY Turbina Syzran y 37 4 7 91 31 29 8 11 102 36 28 10 10 75 40 25 8 15 67 46 24 9 15 82 63 23 11 14 71 49 24 8 16 62 51 24 8 16 92 63 23 9 16 69 50 23 9 16 75 53 24 6 18 68 51 21 9 18 59 52 20 9 19 56 54 19 11 18 66 59 20 8 20 63 64 18 9 21 46 47 17 7 24 67 76 16 8 24 50 67 16 7 25 51 69 12 13 23 37 65 14 8 26 58 84 12 9 27 52 80 13 6 29 46 87 11 9 28 43 87 4 3 41 32 156 + inherit Promoted P complete Group 4 main WDL P 2 y y Rep Republic GLA GEO Guria Lanchkhuti LSA GEO Lokomotiv Samtredia KST AZE Karabakh Stepanakert ZIZ RUS Zenit Izhevsk KAB ARM Kotaik Abovyan ANA AZE Araz Nahichevan DZU GEO Dinamo Zugdidi DSU GEO Dinamo Sukhumi DGO GEO Dila Gori KPO GEO Kolkheti Poti SLE ARM Shirak Leninakan GOR RUS Gazovik Orenburg GUF RUS Gastello Ufa HLE AZE Hazar Lenkoran DBA GEO Dinamo Batumi ABA AZE Avtomobilist Baku TNC RUS Turbina Naberezhnyye Chelny UNT RUS Uralets Nizhniy Tagil RKA RUS Rubin Kazan PKI AZE Progress Kirovabad DKI RUS Dinamo Kirov AYE ARM Arabkir Yerevan DYO RUS Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola TTO RUS Torpedo Togliatti y 31 4 11 110 50 28 9 9 109 49 29 5 12 65 38 23 13 10 70 42 26 6 14 83 43 27 3 16 88 78 21 10 15 53 45 18 16 12 49 39 21 8 17 74 65 22 5 19 72 55 20 7 19 56 48 19 9 18 58 66 17 10 19 42 47 19 5 22 54 72 19 5 22 53 65 17 9 20 54 63 16 10 20 49 62 13 10 23 45 60 10 16 20 48 65 13 7 26 56 96 12 7 27 33 60 10 11 25 55 101 12 5 29 43 73 10 8 28 51 88 + + + inherit Promoted P complete Group 5 main WDL P 2 y y Rep Republic BJI UZB Buston Jizak SSH UZB Shahrihanets Shahrihan AAK KAZ Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk YAN UZB Yangiyer MCH KAZ Metallurg Chimkent STY RUS Stroitel Tyumen DSA UZB Dinamo Samarkand NFE UZB Neftyanik Fergana MKO KAZ Meliorator Kzil-Orda Orbita Kzil-Orda changed name to Meliorator. HYA UZB Horezm Yangiaryk MMA RUS Metallurg Magnitogorsk HIV UZB Hiva KSK UZB KarshiStroi Karshi ZNA UZB Zarafshan Navoi PGU UZB Pahtachi Gulistan ATE UZB Avtomobilist Termez NBA UZB Narimanovets Bagat ANU UZB Amudarya Nukus KJA KAZ Khimik Jambul SCH RUS Signal Chelyabinsk HLE TJK Hojent Leninabad PKT TJK Pahtakor Kurgan-Tyube TNA UZB Textilshchik Namangan TSH KAZ Trud Shevchenko y 29 11 6 74 35 28 7 11 73 39 24 8 14 79 44 23 9 14 75 54 24 6 16 73 50 22 9 15 59 39 21 10 15 59 39 19 11 16 72 50 20 8 18 52 60 19 8 19 66 72 17 12 17 51 59 19 7 20 54 70 18 8 20 60 60 17 10 19 51 53 17 9 20 53 61 18 6 22 57 63 17 8 21 49 64 18 5 23 57 76 16 9 21 53 63 16 6 24 51 49 16 6 24 50 70 15 6 25 46 71 13 7 26 41 69 7 12 27 53 98 + + + + inherit Promoted P complete Group 6 main WDL P 2 y y Rep Republic SKH RUS SKA Khabarovsk SKA KAZ Shakhtyor Karaganda LVL RUS Luch Vladivostok ABL RUS Amur Blagoveshchensk SSE KAZ Spartak Semipalatinsk TRU RUS Torpedo Rubtsovsk DBA RUS Dinamo Barnaul ZIR RUS Zvezda Irkutsk TTS KAZ Tselinnik Tselinograd AAN RUS Angara Angarsk AKR RUS Avtomobilist Krasnoyarsk IOM RUS Irtysh Omsk LUU RUS Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude AMU RUS Amur Komsomolsk-na-Amure VUK KAZ Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk BTE KAZ Bulat Temirtau MTO RUS Manometr Tomsk Torpedo Tomsk changed name to Manometr. UEK KAZ Ugolshchik Ekibastuz CNO RUS Chkalovets Novosibirsk APE KAZ Avangard Petropavlovsk TKO KAZ Torpedo Kokchetav y 25 9 6 84 37 25 8 7 64 31 22 8 10 69 38 22 7 11 53 25 22 6 12 74 49 22 6 12 60 43 19 12 9 65 43 20 8 12 73 54 19 10 11 77 43 19 7 14 54 46 17 8 15 54 47 17 6 17 49 52 16 7 17 50 52 14 6 20 48 52 13 7 20 48 57 13 6 21 41 66 12 8 20 37 55 9 6 25 31 63 7 10 23 35 70 5 7 28 23 83 4 4 32 37 120 + + + + inherit Promoted P complete rsssf.com Top goalscorers Top League Vitaliy Starukhin (Shakhter Donetsk) – 26 goals First League Stepan Yurchyshyn (Karpaty Lvov) – 42 goals See also Football at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR References External links 1979 Soviet football championship. RSSSF 1979