1978 Soviet Top League

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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 →

Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1978 season.

Overview[edit]

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[edit]

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).

Results[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

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