1979 Soviet Top League

Overview

1979 Top League was composed of 18 teams, the championship was won by Spartak Moscow.

On 11 August 1979, a mid-air collision killed virtually the entire FC Pakhtakor Tashkent team. The Top League ordered all the other teams to make three players available for a draft to restock the team, and Pakhtakor was given exemption from relegation for the next three years.

League standings
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[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 2] Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
5 Dynamo Moscow 34 17 9 8 41 27 +14 42[lower-alpha 3] 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[lower-alpha 4]
8 CSKA Moscow 34 12 8 14 46 46 0 32
9 Pakhtakor Tashkent 34 11 9 14 42 53 −11 30[lower-alpha 3]
10 Zenit Leningrad 34 11 9 14 41 45 −4 30[lower-alpha 3]
11 Chornomorets Odessa 34 10 11 13 32 37 −5 28[lower-alpha 5]
12 Lokomotiv Moscow 34 8 12 14 44 57 −13 24[lower-alpha 2]
13 Kairat Almaty 34 8 9 17 29 44 −15 24[lower-alpha 3]
14 Neftchi Baku 34 8 8 18 29 50 −21 24
15 SKA Rostov-on-Don 34 8 14 12 37 50 −13 24[lower-alpha 6]
16 Torpedo Moscow 34 8 9 17 32 46 −14 24[lower-alpha 3]
17 Zaria Voroshilovgrad (R) 34 6 11 17 41 62 −21 20[lower-alpha 5] Relegation to First League
18 Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev (R) 34 7 5 22 24 60 −36 19
Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. 2 points deducted (8 draw limit)
  2. 4 points deducted (8 draw limit)
  3. 1 point deducted (8 draw limit)
  4. 5 points deducted (8 draw limit)
  5. 3 points deducted (8 draw limit)
  6. 6 points deducted (8 draw limit)

Top scorers
26 goals
  • Vitali Starukhin (Shakhtar)
17 goals
  • Sergey Andreyev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)
  • Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv)
  • Khoren Hovhannisyan (Ararat)
  • Valeriy Petrakov (Lokomotiv Moscow)
16 goals
14 goals

References
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