1979 Soviet Top League

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Soviet Top League
Season1979
Champions Spartak Moscow
Relegated Zaria Voroshilovgrad, Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev
European Cup Spartak Moscow
Cup Winners' Cup Dinamo Tbilisi
UEFA Cup Dinamo Moscow
Dinamo Kiev
Shakhter Donetsk
Matches played306
Goals scored758 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorer(26) Vitaliy Starukhin (Shakhter)
← 1978
1980 →

Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1979 season.

Contents

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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Spartak Moscow (C)34211036625+4150 [lower-alpha 1] Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Shakhtar Donetsk 3420865733+2448Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dynamo Kyiv 3421585126+2547
4 Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dinamo Tbilisi 34191235427+2746 [lower-alpha 2] Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
5 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Dynamo Moscow 3417984127+1442 [lower-alpha 3] Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
6 Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951-1991).svg Dinamo Minsk 34156134838+1036
7 Flag of Armenian SSR.svg Ararat Yerevan 34121394432+1232 [lower-alpha 4]
8 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg CSKA Moscow 34128144646032
9 Flag of the Uzbek SSR.svg Pakhtakor Tashkent 34119144253−1130 [lower-alpha 3]
10 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Zenit Leningrad 34119144145−430 [lower-alpha 3]
11 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Chornomorets Odessa 341011133237−528 [lower-alpha 5]
12 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Lokomotiv Moscow 34812144457−1324 [lower-alpha 2]
13 Flag of the Kazakh SSR.svg Kairat Alma-Ata 3489172944−1524 [lower-alpha 3]
14 Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1956-1991).svg Neftchi Baku 3488182950−2124
15 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg SKA Rostov-on-Don 34814123750−1324 [lower-alpha 6]
16 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Torpedo Moscow 3489173246−1424 [lower-alpha 3]
17 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Zaria Voroshilovgrad (R)34611174162−2120 [lower-alpha 5] Relegation to First League
18 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev (R)3475222460−3619
Source: [ citation needed ]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ 2 points deducted (8 draw limit)
  2. 1 2 4 points deducted (8 draw limit)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 1 point deducted (8 draw limit)
  4. ↑ 5 points deducted (8 draw limit)
  5. 1 2 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 2–02–13–14–10–00–04–20–02–20–03–11–12–02–01–10–01–1
Chornomorets Odessa 2–10–12–00–13–10–10–01–02–02–02–10–02–21–11–13–11–2
CSKA Moscow 1–33–00–11–20–02–04–01–00–32–11–10–02–22–51–22–11–1
Dynamo Kyiv 2–11–01–01–02–11–12–14–13–15–14–32–02–10–22–02–03–0
Dinamo Minsk 3–22–00–00–02–31–21–00–03–13–02–12–02–21–22–06–23–1
Dynamo Moscow 0–13–02–10–01–01–12–01–03–23–02–01–02–00–00–22–20–0
Dinamo Tbilisi 1–03–13–11–01–01–12–02–11–01–14–00–03–10–03–13–02–0
Kairat Alma-Ata 1–01–32–31–01–00–20–00–22–23–10–11–24–11–20–02–11–0
Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev 0–31–11–00–11–42–01–32–10–40–11–10–32–10–51–01–00–2
Lokomotiv Moscow 2–10–01–11–21–10–14–22–22–10–01–11–15–01–81–01–21–1
Neftçi Baku 4–21–00–30–11–20–11–21–03–02–00–13–12–20–21–01–12–2
Pakhtakor Tashkent 0–10–11–11–02–01–22–11–23–22–00–01–11–11–12–13–12–1
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–01–13–21–01–02–03–31–03–24–12–03–03–02–02–02–13–1
SKA Rostov-on-Don 0–01–12–10–01–01–21–10–02–00–02–01–32–02–32–12–21–0
Spartak Moscow 1–01–14–11–03–12–11–10–01–04–03–01–13–10–00–13–13–1
Torpedo Moscow 1–10–01–20–41–20–31–10–02–01–21–06–21–21–01–11–01–2
Zaria Voroshilovgrad 1–12–10–31–10–00–01–31–11–12–21–04–13–51–21–24–21–2
Zenit Leningrad 0–02–01–21–32–12–00–11–04–12–02–22–11–22–20–11–11–2
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

26 goals
17 goals
16 goals
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