1978 Soviet Top League

Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1978 season.

Soviet Top League
Season1978
ChampionsDinamo Tbilisi
RelegatedDnepr Dnepropetrovsk
European CupDinamo Tbilisi
Cup Winners' CupDinamo Moscow
UEFA CupDinamo Kiev
Shakhter Donetsk
Matches played240
Goals scored560 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorer(19) Georgi Yartsev (Spartak)
1977
1979

Overview

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It was contested by 16 teams, and Dinamo Tbilisi won the championship.

Introduction of draw limit, a number of games tied during a season.

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1   Dinamo Tbilisi (C) 30 17 8 5 45 24 +21 42 Qualification for European Cup first round
2   Dynamo Kyiv 30 15 9 6 42 20 +22 38[a] Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3   Shakhtar Donetsk 30 16 5 9 42 31 +11 37
4   Dynamo Moscow 30 14 10 6 37 23 +14 36[b] Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
5   Spartak Moscow 30 14 5 11 42 33 +9 33
6   CSKA Moscow 30 14 4 12 36 40 −4 32
7   Chornomorets Odessa 30 12 10 8 41 26 +15 32[b]
8   Torpedo Moscow 30 11 11 8 36 29 +7 30[c]
9   Zaria Voroshilovgrad 30 9 8 13 38 44 −6 26
10   Zenit Leningrad 30 9 8 13 31 46 −15 26
11   Pakhtakor Tashkent 30 9 8 13 42 43 −1 26
12   Kairat Alma-Ata 30 9 7 14 29 41 −12 25
13   Neftchi Baku 30 8 7 15 28 39 −11 23
14   Ararat Yerevan 30 8 6 16 20 42 −22 22
15   Lokomotiv Moscow 30 7 9 14 26 40 −14 22[a]
16   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).

Results

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Home \ Away ARA CHO CSK DNI DYK DYN DTB KAI LOK NEF PAK SHA SPA TOR ZAR ZEN
Ararat Yerevan 0–2 3–0 1–0 1–4 1–4 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–0
Chornomorets Odessa 3–1 4–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–0
CSKA Moscow 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–4 1–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 0–2 2–1
Dynamo Kyiv 3–0 0–0 0–0 5–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–0 0–2 4–1 1–0
Dynamo Moscow 1–1 2–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–1
Dinamo Tbilisi 3–0 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 4–1 3–1
Kairat Alma-Ata 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–0 3–2 0–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 3–2
Lokomotiv Moscow 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 3–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0
Neftçi Baku 2–0 0–0 2–1 4–1 0–1 1–1 3–3 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–1
Pakhtakor Tashkent 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 5–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 3–0
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0
Spartak Moscow 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–2 2–1 4–1 1–0 5–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 4–1 1–1
Torpedo Moscow 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–0 3–0
Zaria Voroshilovgrad 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 4–0
Zenit Leningrad 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 5–4 0–3 3–1 1–1 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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19 goals
15 goals
13 goals
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals

References

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