1979 Soviet Top League

Soviet Top League
Season1979
ChampionsSpartak Moscow
RelegatedZaria Voroshilovgrad, Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev
European CupSpartak Moscow
Cup Winners' CupDinamo Tbilisi
UEFA CupDinamo Moscow
Dinamo Kiev
Shakhter Donetsk
Matches306
Goals758 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorer(26) Vitaliy Starukhin (Shakhter)
← 1978
1980 →

Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1979 season.

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow (C) 34 21 10 3 66 25 +41 50[a] Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtar Donetsk 34 20 8 6 57 33 +24 48 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv 34 21 5 8 51 26 +25 47
4 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi 34 19 12 3 54 27 +27 46[b] Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow 34 17 9 8 41 27 +14 42[c] Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
6 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Minsk 34 15 6 13 48 38 +10 36
7 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Ararat Yerevan 34 12 13 9 44 32 +12 32[d]
8 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 34 12 8 14 46 46 0 32
9 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Pakhtakor Tashkent 34 11 9 14 42 53 −11 30[c]
10 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad 34 11 9 14 41 45 −4 30[c]
11 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Chornomorets Odessa 34 10 11 13 32 37 −5 28[e]
12 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow 34 8 12 14 44 57 −13 24[b]
13 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Alma-Ata 34 8 9 17 29 44 −15 24[c]
14 Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftchi Baku 34 8 8 18 29 50 −21 24
15 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Rostov-on-Don 34 8 14 12 37 50 −13 24[f]
16 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow 34 8 9 17 32 46 −14 24[c]
17 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Zaria Voroshilovgrad (R) 34 6 11 17 41 62 −21 20[e] Relegation to First League
18 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev (R) 34 7 5 22 24 60 −36 19
Source:
(C) Champions; (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 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 0–0 0–0 4–2 0–0 2–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1
Chornomorets Odessa 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–2
CSKA Moscow 1–3 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 4–0 1–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–5 1–2 2–1 1–1
Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 3–1 5–1 4–3 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 3–0
Dinamo Minsk 3–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 2–0 6–2 3–1
Dynamo Moscow 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–2 0–0
Dinamo Tbilisi 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 4–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 3–1 3–0 2–0
Kairat Alma-Ata 1–0 1–3 2–3 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–2 2–2 3–1 0–1 1–2 4–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–0
Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev 0–3 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–4 2–0 1–3 2–1 0–4 0–1 1–1 0–3 2–1 0–5 1–0 1–0 0–2
Lokomotiv Moscow 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 4–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 5–0 1–8 1–0 1–2 1–1
Neftçi Baku 4–2 1–0 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 2–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–2
Pakhtakor Tashkent 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–1
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–3 1–0 3–2 4–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–1
SKA Rostov-on-Don 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 2–0 2–3 2–1 2–2 1–0
Spartak Moscow 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 4–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–1 3–1 3–1
Torpedo Moscow 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–4 1–2 0–3 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 6–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–2
Zaria Voroshilovgrad 1–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 4–1 3–5 1–2 1–2 4–2 1–2
Zenit Leningrad 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–3 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–2
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

26 goals
17 goals
16 goals
14 goals

Attendances

Source:[1]

No.ClubAverage
1Dinamo Tbilisi55,882
2Shakhtar Donetsk38,471
3Spartak Moscow30,588
4Paxtakor29,941
5Dinamo Minsk19,824
6Chornomorets19,353
7Zenit18,000
8Rostov-on-Don17,806
9Neftçhi16,412
10Kairat16,353
11Dynamo Kyiv15,706
12Ararat15,047
13Krylia Sovetov13,118
14Zorya11,118
15Torpedo Moscow10,647
16PFC CSKA10,471
17Dynamo Moscow10,147
18Lokomotiv Moscow4,735

References

  1. ↑ "Historical attendances". www.european-football-statistics.co.uk. Retrieved 2026-08-29.
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