1980 Soviet Top League

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Soviet Top League
Season1980
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 played306
Goals scored690 (2.25 per match)
Top goalscorer(20) Sergey Andreyev (SKA)
← 1979
1981 →

Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1980 season.

Contents

Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and Dynamo Kyiv won the championship.

League standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dynamo Kyiv (C)3421946323+4051Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Spartak Moscow 3418974926+2345Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Zenit Leningrad 34161085142+942
4 Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Dinamo Tbilisi 34167115132+1939Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round [lower-alpha 1]
5 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg CSKA Moscow 34131293632+436 [lower-alpha 2] Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
6 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Shakhtar Donetsk 34139124540+535
7 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Chornomorets Odessa 34139123737035
8 Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951-1991).svg Dinamo Minsk 341112114142−132 [lower-alpha 2]
9 Flag of Armenian SSR.svg Ararat Yerevan 341111123943−432 [lower-alpha 3]
10 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg SKA Rostov-on-Don 341110134147−632Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
11 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Torpedo Moscow 341011132832−430 [lower-alpha 3]
12 Flag of the Kazakh SSR.svg Kairat Alma-Ata 341011133344−1130 [lower-alpha 3]
13 Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1956-1991).svg Neftchi Baku 34109152941−1229
14 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Dynamo Moscow 34914113233−128 [lower-alpha 4]
15 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Kuban Krasnodar 34910153243−1128
16 Flag of the Uzbek SSR.svg Pakhtakor Tashkent 3498172643−1726
17 Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg Karpaty Lviv (R)3498172346−2326Relegation to First League
18 Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg Lokomotiv Moscow (R)3489173444−1025
Source: [ citation needed ]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Dinamo Tbilisi qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions.
  2. 1 2 2 points deducted (10 draw limit)
  3. 1 2 3 1 point deducted (10 draw limit)
  4. ↑ 4 points deducted (10 draw limit)

Results

Home \ Away ARA CHO CSK DYK DMN DYN DTB KAI KAR KUB LOK NEF PAK SHA SKA SPA TOR ZEN
Ararat Yerevan 0–00–23–32–11–10–10–12–01–12–13–05–22–01–12–11–00–0
Chornomorets Odessa 0–00–02–13–21–11–02–11–13–01–00–12–01–11–10–04–22–0
CSKA Moscow 1–02–02–21–10–00–22–22–00–00–10–00–01–33–10–04–12–1
Dynamo Kyiv 2–11–03–02–02–01–05–03–04–02–02–01–05–04–02–00–02–2
Dinamo Minsk 2–11–11–02–01–01–12–11–11–02–11–10–12–11–02–00–02–2
Dynamo Moscow 0–23–11–21–02–11–11–10–00–00–12–14–10–11–12–21–11–1
Dinamo Tbilisi 4–11–02–00–14–01–03–02–03–01–01–21–13–00–02–42–15–1
Kairat Alma-Ata 3–22–11–12–21–10–10–02–02–11–12–10–10–03–21–00–12–0
Karpaty Lviv 0–01–21–22–43–11–01–20–02–11–02–01–01–01–01–00–41–2
Kuban Krasnodar 2–04–00–11–13–20–32–22–03–00–02–13–01–00–10–01–00–2
Lokomotiv Moscow 2–20–10–21–11–33–00–01–03–01–13–10–11–12–31–20–02–4
Neftçi Baku 1–11–01–00–11–01–02–02–00–01–13–02–21–30–40–00–00–2
Pakhtakor Tashkent 1–20–13–00–11–01–20–31–01–01–10–22–20–02–11–20–01–0
Shakhtar Donetsk 5–11–01–20–12–23–23–00–11–13–02–22–12–12–00–22–05–2
SKA Rostov-on-Don 1–33–22–20–00–00–12–12–23–12–02–10–21–10–01–11–02–0
Spartak Moscow 5–02–40–11–01–00–02–13–03–02–12–13–02–02–02–11–01–1
Torpedo Moscow 1–01–01–11–20–01–12–02–20–02–11–21–01–01–00–10–22–0
Zenit Leningrad 2–03–01–02–25–30–03–21–01–02–02–01–01–01–12–21–13–1
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

20 goals
19 goals
17 goals
14 goals
12 goals
11 goals
10 goals

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