1979 in Soviet football

The 1979 Soviet football championship was the 48th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Spartak Moscow won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the tenth time.

Honours CompetitionWinnerRunner-upTop LeagueSpartak Moscow (10)Shakhter DonetskFirst LeagueKarpaty Lvov (2)Kuban KrasnodarSecond LeagueGroup 1Iskra SmolenskTekstilschik IvanovoGroup 2Kolos NikopolSKA KievGroup 3Dinamo StavropolRotor VolgogradGroup 4Guria LanchkhutiLokomotiv SamtrediaGroup 5Buston DzhizakShakhrikhanets ShakhrikhanGroup 6SKA KhabarovskShakhter KaragandaSoviet CupDinamo Tbilisi (2)Dinamo Moscow

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Soviet Union football championship

Top League

First League

Second League

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Top goalscorers

Top League Vitaliy Starukhin (Shakhter Donetsk) – 26 goals

First League Stepan Yurchyshyn (Karpaty Lvov) – 42 goals

See also Football at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR

References

External links 1979 Soviet football championship. RSSSF