1980 Soviet First League

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Soviet First League
Season1980
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The 1980 Soviet First League was the tenth season of the Soviet First League and the 40th season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Tavria Simferopol (C, P) 46 28 9 9 82 42 +40 65 Promotion to Top League
2 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (P) 46 27 8 11 60 47 +13 62
3 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metalist Kharkiv 46 24 12 10 76 40 +36 60
4 Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic Pamir Dushanbe 46 23 9 14 62 51 +11 55
5 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Kolos Nikopol 46 20 11 15 70 47 +23 51
6 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Khabarovsk 46 20 10 16 45 60 −15 50
7 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dinamo Stavropol 46 23 3 20 64 66 −2 49
8 Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Nistru Kishinev 46 20 8 18 60 55 +5 48
9 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Iskra Smolensk 46 18 11 17 50 46 +4 47
10 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Zarya Voroshilovgrad 46 19 8 19 68 60 +8 46
11 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Guria Lanchkhuti 46 18 10 18 68 73 −5 46
12 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Fakel Voronezh 46 17 16 13 49 36 +13 46[a]
13 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Torpedo Kutaisi 46 18 9 19 62 54 +8 45
14 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Kuzbass Kemerovo 46 18 7 21 61 77 −16 43
15 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Ordjonikidze 46 17 9 20 43 50 −7 43
16 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic SKA Odessa 46 16 10 20 52 47 +5 42
17 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 46 16 10 20 54 67 −13 42
18 Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Žalgiris Vilnius 46 15 14 17 50 39 +11 42[a]
19 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Buston Dzhizak 46 15 12 19 48 61 −13 42
20 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metallurg Zaporozhia 46 15 11 20 57 67 −10 41
21 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Shinnik Yaroslavl 46 14 15 17 51 57 −6 40[a]
22 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev (R) 46 11 16 19 43 62 −19 34[a] Relegation to Second League
23 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Nalchik (R) 46 8 15 23 35 59 −24 28[a]
24 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Uralmash Sverdlovsk (R) 46 8 5 33 35 82 −47 21
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e 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.

Top scorers

# Player Club Goals
1 Volodymyr Naumenko Tavriya Simferopol 33 (2)
2 Anatoliy Bykov Dynamo Stavropol 23 (1)
3 Gennady Smirnov Fakel Voronezh 22 (2)
4 Vitaly Razdayev Kuzbass Kemerevo 21
Nodar Bachiashvili Metallist Kharkov 21 (1)
6 Merab Megreladze Guria Lanchkhuti 20
7 Oleksandr Pogoryelov Kolos Nikopol 19
Vadim Pavlenko Dnepr Dneprpropetrovsk 19 (5)
9 Ivan Shariy Metallurg Zaporozhye 18 (1)

Number of teams by union republic

Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1  RSFSR 10 SKA Khabarovsk, Dinamo Stavropol, Iskra Smolensk, Fakel Voronezh, Kuzbass Kemerevo, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, Spartak Nalchik, Uralmash Sverdlovsk
2  Ukrainian SSR 8 Tavria Simferopol, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Kolos Nikopol, Zaria Voroshilovgrad, SKA Odessa, Prykarpatye Ivano-Frankovsk, Metallurg Zaporozhye
3  Georgian SSR 2 Torpedo Kutaisi, Guria Lanchkhuti
4  Tajik SSR 1 Pamir Dushanbe
 Moldavian SSR Nistru Kishinev
 Lithuanian SSR Žalgiris Vilnius
 Uzbek SSR Buston Dzhizak