1979 Soviet First League

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.

Soviet First League
Season1979
1978
1980

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   Karpaty Lviv (C, P) 46 27 10 9 89 43 +46 64 Promotion to Top League
2   Kuban Krasnodar (P) 46 22 12 12 70 43 +27 56
3   Pamir Dushanbe 46 23 7 16 56 50 +6 53
4   Shinnik Yaroslavl 46 20 15 11 50 38 +12 52[a]
5   Fakel Voronezh 46 20 10 16 70 54 +16 50
6   Žalgiris Vilnius 46 19 10 17 61 54 +7 48
7   Metalist Kharkiv 46 19 10 17 43 47 −4 48
8   Nistru Kishinev 46 18 14 14 53 51 +2 48[a]
9   Uralmash Sverdlovsk 46 18 12 16 55 45 +10 48
10   Metallurg Zaporozhia 46 19 8 19 69 65 +4 46
11   Torpedo Kutaisi 46 17 15 14 44 40 +4 46[a]
12   Kuzbass Kemerovo 46 17 12 17 49 50 −1 46
13   Spartak Ordjonikidze 46 19 7 20 49 44 +5 45
14   Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 46 19 7 20 52 61 −9 45
15   SKA Odessa 46 17 11 18 54 61 −7 45
16   Spartak Nalchik 46 16 12 18 50 48 +2 44
17   Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 46 16 14 16 57 60 −3 44[a]
18   Tavria Simferopol 46 16 11 19 50 56 −6 43
19   Terek Grozny (R) 46 17 8 21 59 63 −4 42 Relegation to Second League
20   Zvezda Perm (R) 46 16 9 21 45 56 −11 41
21   Traktor Pavlodar (R) 46 14 11 21 37 57 −20 39
22   Dinamo Leningrad (R) 46 15 8 23 52 57 −5 38
23   Kolhozchi Ashkhabad (R) 46 11 12 23 41 76 −35 34
24   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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