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
Top scorers
#PlayerClubGoals1Volodymyr NaumenkoTavriya Simferopol33 (2)2Anatoliy BykovDynamo Stavropol23 (1)3Gennady SmirnovFakel Voronezh22 (2)4Vitaly RazdayevKuzbass Kemerevo21Nodar BachiashviliMetallist Kharkov21 (1)6Merab MegreladzeGuria Lanchkhuti207Oleksandr PogoryelovKolos Nikopol19Vadim PavlenkoDnepr Dneprpropetrovsk19 (5)9Ivan ShariyMetallurg Zaporozhye18 (1)
Number of teams by union republic Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)1 10SKA Khabarovsk, Dinamo Stavropol, Iskra Smolensk, Fakel Voronezh, Kuzbass Kemerevo, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, Spartak Nalchik, Uralmash Sverdlovsk2 8Tavria Simferopol, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Kolos Nikopol, Zaria Voroshilovgrad, SKA Odessa, Prykarpatye Ivano-Frankovsk, Metallurg Zaporozhye3 2Torpedo Kutaisi, Guria Lanchkhuti4 1Pamir Dushanbe Nistru Kishinev Žalgiris Vilnius Buston Dzhizak
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