1979 Soviet Top League

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Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev
European CupSpartak Moscow
Cup Winners' CupDinamo Tbilisi
UEFA CupDinamo Moscow
Dinamo Kiev
Shakhter Donetsk
Matches played306
Goals scored758 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorer(26) Vitaliy Starukhin (Shakhter)
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Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1979 season.

Overview

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

On 11 August 1979, a

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 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow (C) 34 21 10 3 66 25 +41 50[a] Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtar Donetsk 34 20 8 6 57 33 +24 48 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv 34 21 5 8 51 26 +25 47
4 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi 34 19 12 3 54 27 +27 46[b] Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow 34 17 9 8 41 27 +14 42[c] Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
6 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Minsk 34 15 6 13 48 38 +10 36
7 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Ararat Yerevan 34 12 13 9 44 32 +12 32[d]
8 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 34 12 8 14 46 46 0 32
9
Pakhtakor Tashkent
 34 11 9 14 42 53 −11 30[c]
10 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad 34 11 9 14 41 45 −4 30[c]
11
Chornomorets Odessa
 34 10 11 13 32 37 −5 28[e]
12 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow 34 8 12 14 44 57 −13 24[b]
13 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Alma-Ata 34 8 9 17 29 44 −15 24[c]
14
Neftchi Baku
 34 8 8 18 29 50 −21 24
15 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Rostov-on-Don 34 8 14 12 37 50 −13 24[f]
16 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow 34 8 9 17 32 46 −14 24[c]
17
Zaria Voroshilovgrad
(R) 		34 6 11 17 41 62 −21 20[e] Relegation to First League
18
Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev
(R) 		34 7 5 22 24 60 −36 19
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ 2 points deducted (8 draw limit)
  2. ^ a b 4 points deducted (8 draw limit)
  3. ^ a b c d e 1 point deducted (8 draw limit)
  4. ^ 5 points deducted (8 draw limit)
  5. ^ a b 3 points deducted (8 draw limit)
  6. ^ 6 points deducted (8 draw limit)

Results

Home \ Away ARA
CHO
 CSK DYK DMN DYN DTB KAI
KRY
 LOK
NEF
PAK
 SHA SKA SPA TOR
ZAR
 ZEN
Ararat Yerevan 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 0–0 0–0 4–2 0–0 2–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1
Chornomorets Odessa
 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–2
CSKA Moscow 1–3 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–5 1–2 2–1 1–1
Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 3–1 5–1 4–3 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 3–0
Dinamo Minsk 3–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 2–0 6–2 3–1
Dynamo Moscow 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–2 0–0
Dinamo Tbilisi 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 3–1 3–0 2–0
Kairat Alma-Ata 1–0 1–3 2–3 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–2 2–2 3–1 0–1 1–2 4–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–0
Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev
 0–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–4 2–0 1–3 2–1 0–4 0–1 1–1 0–3 2–1 0–5 1–0 1–0 0–2
Lokomotiv Moscow 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 4–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 5–0 1–8 1–0 1–2 1–1
Neftçi Baku
 4–2 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 2–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–2
Pakhtakor Tashkent
 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–1
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–3 1–0 3–2 4–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–1
SKA Rostov-on-Don 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 2–0 2–3 2–1 2–2 1–0
Spartak Moscow 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 4–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 3–1
Torpedo Moscow 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–4 1–2 0–3 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 6–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2
Zaria Voroshilovgrad
 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 4–1 3–5 1–2 1–2 4–2 1–2
Zenit Leningrad 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–3 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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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