1978 Soviet Top League

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Soviet Top League
Season1978
Champions Dinamo Tbilisi
Relegated Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk
European Cup Dinamo Tbilisi
Cup Winners' Cup Dinamo Moscow
UEFA Cup Dinamo Kiev
Shakhter Donetsk
Matches played240
Goals scored560 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorer(19) Georgi Yartsev (Spartak)
← 1977
1979 →

Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1978 season.

Contents

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Dinamo Tbilisi won the championship.

Introduction of draw limit, a number of games tied during a season.

League standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dinamo Tbilisi (C)3017854524+2142Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dynamo Kyiv 3015964220+2238 [lower-alpha 1] Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Shakhtar Donetsk 3016594231+1137
4 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Dynamo Moscow 30141063723+1436 [lower-alpha 2] Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
5 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Spartak Moscow 30145114233+933
6 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg CSKA Moscow 30144123640−432
7 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Chornomorets Odessa 30121084126+1532 [lower-alpha 2]
8 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Torpedo Moscow 30111183629+730 [lower-alpha 3]
9 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Zaria Voroshilovgrad 3098133844−626
10 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Zenit Leningrad 3098133146−1526
11 Flag of the Uzbek SSR.svg Pakhtakor Tashkent 3098134243−126
12 Flag of the Kazakh SSR.svg Kairat Alma-Ata 3097142941−1225
13 Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1956-1991).svg Neftchi Baku 3087152839−1123
14 Flag of Armenian SSR.svg Ararat Yerevan 3086162042−2222
15 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Lokomotiv Moscow 3079142640−1422 [lower-alpha 1]
16 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (R)3093182539−1421Relegation to First League
Source: [ citation needed ]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 1 point deducted (8 draw limit).
  2. 1 2 2 points deducted (8 draw limit).
  3. ↑ 3 points deducted (8 draw limit).

Results

Home \ Away ARA CHO CSK DNI DYK DYN DTB KAI LOK NEF PAK SHA SPA TOR ZAR ZEN
Ararat Yerevan 0–23–01–01–41–40–01–01–11–01–01–11–00–12–20–0
Chornomorets Odessa 3–14–02–00–00–10–11–10–11–04–11–02–12–11–13–0
CSKA Moscow 2–12–11–00–12–41–22–02–11–13–11–01–22–12–12–1
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0–11–01–21–01–00–12–01–03–10–11–20–22–00–22–1
Dynamo Kyiv 3–00–00–05–11–01–03–03–11–12–21–23–00–24–11–0
Dynamo Moscow 1–12–31–21–00–01–12–03–11–01–02–10–00–12–13–1
Dinamo Tbilisi 3–02–14–11–01–01–11–02–01–03–01–12–02–24–13–1
Kairat Alma-Ata 2–01–11–01–00–01–01–22–20–03–20–10–12–22–13–2
Lokomotiv Moscow 2–10–31–11–01–10–10–00–22–13–22–00–10–01–10–0
Neftçi Baku 2–00–02–14–10–11–13–31–02–00–21–03–10–02–10–1
Pakhtakor Tashkent 2–01–11–01–11–10–03–01–01–15–12–11–31–10–13–0
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–03–11–22–12–01–11–11–32–13–12–11–02–12–01–0
Spartak Moscow 3–01–11–21–00–21–22–14–11–05–12–12–00–14–11–1
Torpedo Moscow 1–02–20–01–21–20–01–04–02–11–01–11–22–22–03–0
Zaria Voroshilovgrad 1–02–11–02–21–20–11–22–21–21–02–12–20–03–04–0
Zenit Leningrad 0–10–02–12–21–01–11–02–13–11–05–40–33–11–11–1
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

19 goals
15 goals
13 goals
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals

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Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1977 season.

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