1980 Soviet First League

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	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	UKR	Tavria Simferopol	46	28	9	9	82	42	+40	65	Promoted
2	UKR	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk	46	27	8	11	60	47	+13	62
3	UKR	Metallist Kharkov	46	24	12	10	76	40	+36	60
4	TJK	Pamir Dushanbe	46	23	9	14	62	51	+11	55
5	UKR	Kolos Nikopol	46	20	11	15	70	47	+23	51[lower-alpha 1]
6	RUS	SKA Khabarovsk	46	20	10	16	45	60	−15	50[lower-alpha 1]
7	RUS	Dinamo Stavropol	46	23	3	20	64	66	−2	49[lower-alpha 1]
8	MDA	Nistru Kishinev	46	20	8	18	60	55	+5	48
9	RUS	Iskra Smolensk	46	18	11	17	50	46	+4	47[lower-alpha 1]
10	UKR	Zarya Voroshilovgrad	46	19	8	19	68	60	+8	46[lower-alpha 2]
11	GEO	Guria Lanchkhuti	46	18	10	18	68	73	−5	46[lower-alpha 1]
12	RUS	Fakel Voronezh	46	17	16	13	49	36	+13	46[lower-alpha 3]
13	GEO	Torpedo Kutaisi	46	18	9	19	62	54	+8	45
14	RUS	Kuzbass Kemerovo	46	18	7	21	61	77	−16	43
15	RUS	Spartak Orjonikidze	46	17	9	20	43	50	−7	43
16	UKR	SKA Odessa	46	16	10	20	52	47	+5	42
17	UKR	Spartak Ivano-Frankovsk	46	16	10	20	54	67	−13	42
18	LTU	Žalgiris Vilnius	46	15	14	17	50	39	+11	42[lower-alpha 4]
19	UZB	Buston Jizak	46	15	12	19	48	61	−13	42[lower-alpha 1]
20	UKR	Metallurg Zaporozhye	46	15	11	20	57	67	−10	41
21	RUS	Shinnik Yaroslavl	46	14	15	17	51	57	−6	40[lower-alpha 5]
22	RUS	Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev	46	11	16	19	43	62	−19	34[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]	Relegated
23	RUS	Spartak Nalchik	46	8	15	23	35	59	−24	28[lower-alpha 5]
24	RUS	UralMash Sverdlovsk	46	8	5	33	35	82	−47	21

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. +
2. -
3. 4 points deducted?
4. 2 points deducted?
5. 3 points deducted?

External links

• 1980 season. RSSSF