1978 in Soviet football

Football in the Soviet Union
Season1978
Men's football
Top LeagueDinamo Tbilisi
First LeagueKrylia Sovetov Kuibyshev
Second LeagueFakel Voronezh (Group 1)
Metallist Kharkov (Group 2)
Spartak Nalchik (Group 3)
Zvezda Perm (Group 4)
Alga Frunze (Group 5)
Traktor Pavlodar (Group 6)
Soviet CupDinamo Kiev
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The 1978 Soviet football championship was the 47th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union, the 41st among teams of masters. Dinamo Tbilisi won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the second time.

Honours

Competition Winner Runner-up
Top League Dinamo Tbilisi (2) Dinamo Kiev
First League Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev (5*) SKA Rostov-na-Donu
Second League Group 1 Fakel Voronezh Iskra Smolensk
Group 2 Metallist Kharkov Kolos Nikopol
Group 3 Spartak Nalchik Mashuk Piatigorsk
Group 4 Zvezda Perm Guria Lanchkhuti
Group 5 Alga Frunze Avtomobilist Termez
Group 6 Traktor Pavlodar Shakhter Karaganda
Soviet Cup Dinamo Kiev (5) Shakhter Donetsk

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Soviet Union football championship

Main article: 1978 Soviet Top League

Top League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi (C) 30 17 8 5 45 24 +21 42 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv 30 15 9 6 42 20 +22 38[a] Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtar Donetsk 30 16 5 9 42 31 +11 37
4 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow 30 14 10 6 37 23 +14 36[b] Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow 30 14 5 11 42 33 +9 33
6 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 30 14 4 12 36 40 −4 32
7 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Chornomorets Odessa 30 12 10 8 41 26 +15 32[b]
8 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow 30 11 11 8 36 29 +7 30[c]
9 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Zaria Voroshilovgrad 30 9 8 13 38 44 −6 26
10 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad 30 9 8 13 31 46 −15 26
11 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Pakhtakor Tashkent 30 9 8 13 42 43 −1 26
12 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Alma-Ata 30 9 7 14 29 41 −12 25
13 Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftchi Baku 30 8 7 15 28 39 −11 23
14 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Ararat Yerevan 30 8 6 16 20 42 −22 22
15 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow 30 7 9 14 26 40 −14 22[a]
16 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (R) 30 9 3 18 25 39 −14 21 Relegation to First League
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b 1 point deducted (8 draw limit).
  2. ^ a b 2 points deducted (8 draw limit).
  3. ^ 3 points deducted (8 draw limit).

First League

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 RUS Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev 38 21 14 3 59 25 +34 56[a] Promoted
2 RUS SKA Rostov-na-Donu 38 20 14 4 64 35 +29 54
3 BLR Dinamo Minsk 38 21 11 6 57 28 +29 53
4 UKR Karpaty Lvov 38 21 10 7 60 37 +23 52[a]
5 RUS Terek Grozny 38 16 9 13 56 56 0 41
6 RUS Kuban Krasnodar 38 16 9 13 51 46 +5 41[b]
7 LTU Žalgiris Vilnius 38 11 19 8 38 37 +1 41[b]
8 UKR Tavria Simferopol 38 14 12 12 48 38 +10 40
9 GEO Torpedo Kutaisi 38 14 9 15 44 41 +3 37
10 MDA Nistru Kishinev 38 13 11 14 42 40 +2 37
11 UKR SKA Odessa 38 12 10 16 43 51 −8 34[b]
12 RUS Shinnik Yaroslavl 38 12 10 16 37 42 −5 34
13 TJK Pamir Dushanbe 38 10 14 14 47 41 +6 34
14 UKR Metallurg Zaporozhye 38 10 14 14 39 47 −8 34
15 UKR Spartak Ivano-Frankovsk 38 13 6 19 43 58 −15 32
16 RUS Kuzbass Kemerovo 38 12 7 19 38 54 −16 31
17 RUS UralMash Sverdlovsk 38 10 11 17 31 50 −19 31
18 RUS Spartak Orjonikidze 38 10 8 20 30 50 −20 28
19 RUS Dinamo Leningrad 38 7 13 18 47 65 −18 27
20 TKM Kolhozchi Ashkhabad 38 7 9 22 27 60 −33 23
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ a b -
  2. ^ a b c +

Second League (playoffs)

Further information: 1978 Soviet Second League
[Nov 10, Nov 15]
Metallist Kharkov      1-0 0-1  Fakel Voronezh     (5–3 p)
Traktor Pavlodar       0-1 0-2  Zvezda Perm 
Spartak Nalchik        2-0 0-1  Alga Frunze

Top goalscorers

Top League

First League

References