1979 Soviet First League

The 1979 Soviet First League was the ninth season of the Soviet First League and the 39th season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Final standings

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	UKR	Karpaty Lvov	46	27	10	9	89	43	+46	64	Promoted
2	RUS	Kuban Krasnodar	46	22	12	12	70	43	+27	56
3	TJK	Pamir Dushanbe	46	23	7	16	56	50	+6	53
4	RUS	Shinnik Yaroslavl	46	20	15	11	50	38	+12	52[lower-alpha 1]
5	RUS	Fakel Voronezh	46	20	10	16	70	54	+16	50[lower-alpha 2]
6	LTU	Žalgiris Vilnius	46	19	10	17	61	54	+7	48
7	UKR	Metallist Kharkov	46	19	10	17	43	47	−4	48[lower-alpha 2]
8	MDA	Nistru Kishinev	46	18	14	14	53	51	+2	48[lower-alpha 3]
9	RUS	UralMash Sverdlovsk	46	18	12	16	55	45	+10	48
10	UKR	Metallurg Zaporozhye	46	19	8	19	69	65	+4	46
11	GEO	Torpedo Kutaisi	46	17	15	14	44	40	+4	46[lower-alpha 1]
12	RUS	Kuzbass Kemerovo	46	17	12	17	49	50	−1	46
13	RUS	Spartak Orjonikidze	46	19	7	20	49	44	+5	45
14	UKR	Spartak Ivano-Frankovsk	46	19	7	20	52	61	−9	45
15	UKR	SKA Odessa	46	17	11	18	54	61	−7	45
16	RUS	Spartak Nalchik	46	16	12	18	50	48	+2	44[lower-alpha 2]
17	UKR	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk	46	16	14	16	57	60	−3	44[lower-alpha 4][lower-alpha 3]
18	UKR	Tavria Simferopol	46	16	11	19	50	56	−6	43
19	RUS	Terek Grozny	46	17	8	21	59	63	−4	42	Relegated
20	RUS	Zvezda Perm	46	16	9	21	45	56	−11	41[lower-alpha 2]
21	KAZ	Traktor Pavlodar	46	14	11	21	37	57	−20	39[lower-alpha 2]
22	RUS	Dinamo Leningrad	46	15	8	23	52	57	−5	38
23	TKM	Kolhozchi Ashkhabad	46	11	12	23	41	76	−35	34
24	KGZ	Alga Frunze	46	10	9	27	37	73	−36	29[lower-alpha 2]

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. 3 points deducted?
2. +
3. 2 points deducted?
4. -

External links

• 1979 season. RSSSF