1978 Soviet Top League

Soviet Top League

Season	1978
Champions	Dinamo Tbilisi
Relegated	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk
European Cup	Dinamo Tbilisi
Cup Winners' Cup	Dinamo Moscow
UEFA Cup	Dinamo Kiev Shakhter Donetsk
Matches	240
Goals	560 (2.33 per match)
Top goalscorer	(19) Georgi Yartsev (Spartak)
← 1977 1979 →

Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1978 season.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Dinamo Tbilisi won the championship.

Introduction of draw limit, a number of games tied during a season.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dinamo Tbilisi (C)	30	17	8	5	45	24	+21	42	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Dynamo Kyiv	30	15	9	6	42	20	+22	38[a]	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	16	5	9	42	31	+11	37
4	Dynamo Moscow	30	14	10	6	37	23	+14	36[b]	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
5	Spartak Moscow	30	14	5	11	42	33	+9	33
6	CSKA Moscow	30	14	4	12	36	40	−4	32
7	Chornomorets Odessa	30	12	10	8	41	26	+15	32[b]
8	Torpedo Moscow	30	11	11	8	36	29	+7	30[c]
9	Zaria Voroshilovgrad	30	9	8	13	38	44	−6	26
10	Zenit Leningrad	30	9	8	13	31	46	−15	26
11	Pakhtakor Tashkent	30	9	8	13	42	43	−1	26
12	Kairat Alma-Ata	30	9	7	14	29	41	−12	25
13	Neftchi Baku	30	8	7	15	28	39	−11	23
14	Ararat Yerevan	30	8	6	16	20	42	−22	22
15	Lokomotiv Moscow	30	7	9	14	26	40	−14	22[a]
16	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (R)	30	9	3	18	25	39	−14	21	Relegation to First League

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. 1 point deducted (8 draw limit).
2. 2 points deducted (8 draw limit).
3. 3 points deducted (8 draw limit).

Results

Home \ Away	ARA	CHO	CSK	DNI	DYK	DYN	DTB	KAI	LOK	NEF	PAK	SHA	SPA	TOR	ZAR	ZEN
Ararat Yerevan		0–2	3–0	1–0	1–4	1–4	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–0
Chornomorets Odessa	3–1		4–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–0
CSKA Moscow	2–1	2–1		1–0	0–1	2–4	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	0–1	1–0	1–2		1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–1
Dynamo Kyiv	3–0	0–0	0–0	5–1		1–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	3–0	0–2	4–1	1–0
Dynamo Moscow	1–1	2–3	1–2	1–0	0–0		1–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	3–1
Dinamo Tbilisi	3–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	1–0	1–1		1–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–1	3–1
Kairat Alma-Ata	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–2		2–2	0–0	3–2	0–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	3–2
Lokomotiv Moscow	2–1	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–2		2–1	3–2	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0
Neftçi Baku	2–0	0–0	2–1	4–1	0–1	1–1	3–3	1–0	2–0		0–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	0–1
Pakhtakor Tashkent	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	5–1		2–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	3–0
Shakhtar Donetsk	2–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	3–1	2–1		1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0
Spartak Moscow	3–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–2	1–2	2–1	4–1	1–0	5–1	2–1	2–0		0–1	4–1	1–1
Torpedo Moscow	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–2		2–0	3–0
Zaria Voroshilovgrad	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–1	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	3–0		4–0
Zenit Leningrad	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	5–4	0–3	3–1	1–1	1–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

19 goals

• Georgi Yartsev (Spartak Moscow)

15 goals

• Ramaz Shengelia (Dinamo Tbilisi)

13 goals

• Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv)

11 goals

• Nikolai Latysh (Shakhtar)

10 goals

• Vladimir Klementyev (Zenit)

9 goals

• Nikolai Kolesov (Dynamo Moscow)

8 goals

• Aleksei Belenkov (CSKA Moscow)
• Vakhtang Koridze (Dinamo Tbilisi)
• Viktor Kuznetsov (Zorya Voroshylovhrad)

7 goals

• Konstantin Bakanov (Pakhtakor)
• Anatoliy Banishevskiy (Neftchi)
• Yuri Chesnokov (CSKA Moscow)
• Vladimir Fyodorov (Pakhtakor)
• Yevgeni Khrabrostin (Torpedo Moscow)
• David Kipiani (Dinamo Tbilisi)
• Aleksandr Maksimenkov (Dynamo Moscow)
• Vladimir Onischenko (Dynamo Kyiv)
• Vladimir Ploskina (Chornomorets)
• Andrei Redkous (Zenit)
• Yuri Reznik (Shakhtar)
• Vitaliy Shevchenko (Chornomorets)
• Vitali Starukhin (Shakhtar)

Attendances

Source:^[1]

No.	Club	Average
1	Dinamo Tbilisi	56,867
2	Shakhtar Donetsk	27,133
3	Chornomorets	23,000
4	Spartak Moscow	22,800
5	Dynamo Kyiv	21,107
6	Paxtakor	18,533
7	Zenit	17,133
8	Kairat	16,800
9	Neftçhi	15,133
10	Dnipro	14,067
11	Zorya	12,267
12	Torpedo Moscow	12,253
13	Ararat	10,033
14	Dynamo Moscow	8,987
15	PFC CSKA	7,627
16	Lokomotiv Moscow	6,253

References

1. https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sov/avesov78.htm

• Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)