1979 Soviet First League

Soviet First League
Season1979
1978
1980

The 1979 Soviet First League was the ninth season of the Soviet First League and the 39th season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Karpaty Lviv (C, P) 46 27 10 9 89 43 +46 64 Promotion to Top League
2 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Kuban Krasnodar (P) 46 22 12 12 70 43 +27 56
3 Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic Pamir Dushanbe 46 23 7 16 56 50 +6 53
4 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Shinnik Yaroslavl 46 20 15 11 50 38 +12 52[a]
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Fakel Voronezh 46 20 10 16 70 54 +16 50
6 Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Žalgiris Vilnius 46 19 10 17 61 54 +7 48
7 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metalist Kharkiv 46 19 10 17 43 47 −4 48
8 Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Nistru Kishinev 46 18 14 14 53 51 +2 48[a]
9 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Uralmash Sverdlovsk 46 18 12 16 55 45 +10 48
10 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metallurg Zaporozhia 46 19 8 19 69 65 +4 46
11 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Torpedo Kutaisi 46 17 15 14 44 40 +4 46[a]
12 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Kuzbass Kemerovo 46 17 12 17 49 50 −1 46
13 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Ordjonikidze 46 19 7 20 49 44 +5 45
14 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 46 19 7 20 52 61 −9 45
15 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic SKA Odessa 46 17 11 18 54 61 −7 45
16 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Nalchik 46 16 12 18 50 48 +2 44
17 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 46 16 14 16 57 60 −3 44[a]
18 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Tavria Simferopol 46 16 11 19 50 56 −6 43
19 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Terek Grozny (R) 46 17 8 21 59 63 −4 42 Relegation to Second League
20 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zvezda Perm (R) 46 16 9 21 45 56 −11 41
21 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Traktor Pavlodar (R) 46 14 11 21 37 57 −20 39
22 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dinamo Leningrad (R) 46 15 8 23 52 57 −5 38
23 Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic Kolhozchi Ashkhabad (R) 46 11 12 23 41 76 −35 34
24 Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic Alga Frunze (R) 46 10 9 27 37 73 −36 29
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d There was a draw limit for the draws earned, 12. Only twelve draws earn a point, in contrast, over the limit draws earn no points.

Number of teams by union republic

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Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1  RSFSR 10 Kuban Krasnodar, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Fakel Voronezh, Uralmash Sverdlovsk, Kuzbass Kemerevo, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Spartak Nalchik, Terek Grozny, Zvezda Perm, Dinamo Leningrad
2  Ukrainian SSR 7 Karpaty Lvov, Metallist Kharkov, Metallurg Zaporozhye, Prykarpatye Ivano-Frankovsk, SKA Odessa, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Tavria Simferopol
3  Tajik SSR 1 Pamir Dushanbe
 Lithuanian SSR Žalgiris Vilnius
 Moldavian SSR Nistru Kishinev
 Georgian SSR Torpedo Kutaisi
 Kazakh SSR Traktor Pavlodar
 Turkmen SSR Kolhozchi Ashkhabad
 Kyrgyz SSR Alga Frunze
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