| Season | 1980 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Dinamo Kiev |
| Relegated | Karpaty Lvov, Lokomotiv Moscow |
| European Cup | Dinamo Kiev |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| UEFA Cup | Spartak Moscow CSKA Moscow Zenit Leningrad |
| Matches | 306 |
| Goals | 690 (2.25 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | (20) Sergey Andreyev (SKA) |
← 1979 1981 → | |
Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1980 season.
It was contested by 18 teams, and Dynamo Kyiv won the championship.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 63 | 23 | +40 | 51 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 45 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 42 | |
| 4 | | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 39 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round [a] |
| 5 | | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 36 [b] | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 35 | |
| 7 | | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 35 | |
| 8 | | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 32 [b] | |
| 9 | | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 32 [c] | |
| 10 | | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 32 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 11 | | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 30 [c] | |
| 12 | | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 30 [c] | |
| 13 | | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 29 | |
| 14 | | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 28 [d] | |
| 15 | | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 28 | |
| 16 | | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 26 | |
| 17 | | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 46 | −23 | 26 | Relegation to First League |
| 18 | | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 25 |
| No. | Club | Average |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 45,471 |
| 2 | Kuban | 31,706 |
| 3 | Shakhtar | 29,118 |
| 4 | Zenit | 27,176 |
| 5 | Dynamo Kyiv | 25,971 |
| 6 | Spartak Moscow | 23,059 |
| 7 | Rostov-on-Don | 23,059 |
| 8 | Karpaty | 22,824 |
| 9 | Paxtakor | 21,647 |
| 10 | Dinamo Minsk | 20,706 |
| 11 | Kairat | 18,882 |
| 12 | Ararat | 17,794 |
| 13 | Chornomorets | 16,118 |
| 14 | Neftçhi | 16,000 |
| 15 | Dynamo Moscow | 10,088 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moscow | 8,324 |
| 17 | PFC CSKA | 8,029 |
| 18 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 3,088 |
Source: [1]