1980 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 50th season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Soviet Second League in Zone 5. The season started on 5 April 1981. This season the Soviet Second League went through minor reorganization and Ukrainian Championship was moved from the Zone 2 to Zone 5. The Moldavian Avtomobilist Tiraspol was removed from the competition and placed in different zone.
The 1980 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won by SKA Kiev. Qualified for the interzonal playoffs, the team from Kiev managed to gain promotion by placing first in its group.
The "Ruby Cup" of Molod Ukrayiny newspaper (for the most scored goals) was received by SKA Kiev.
Teams Location map
Promoted teams Stakhanovets Stakhanov – Champion of the Fitness clubs competitions (KFK) (debut)
Renamed teams Stakhanovets Stakhanov was called Shakhtar Stakhanov
Realigned teams Avtomobilist Tiraspol was moved to Zone VIII
Final standings
Top goalscorers The following were the top ten goalscorers. #ScorerGoals(Pen.)Team1Volodymyr Chyrkov25Avanhard Rivno2Ivan Hamaliy20SKA Lviv3Mykola Pinchuk19SKA Kiev4Viktor Nastashevsky18SKA KievOleksandr MartyshovMetalurh DniprodzerzhynskYuriy KermanNovator Zhdanov7Oleksandr Mykha17Atlantyka Sevastopol8Volodymyr Sakalov16Bukovyna Chernivtsi
See also Soviet Second League
Notes
External links 1980 Soviet Second League, Zone 6 (Ukrainian SSR football championship) . Luhansk football portal 1980 Soviet championships (all leagues) at helmsoccer.narod.ru