1978 Soviet First League

The 1978 Soviet First League was the eighth season of the Soviet First League and the 38th season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Soviet First League
Season1978
1977
1979

Final standings

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Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 RUS   Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev 38 21 14 3 59 25 +34 56[a] Promoted
2 RUS   SKA Rostov-on-Don 38 20 14 4 64 35 +29 54
3 BLR   Dinamo Minsk 38 21 11 6 57 28 +29 53
4 UKR   Karpaty Lviv 38 21 10 7 60 37 +23 52[a]
5 RUS   Terek Grozny 38 16 9 13 56 56 0 41
6 RUS   Kuban Krasnodar 38 16 9 13 51 46 +5 41[b]
7 LTU   Žalgiris Vilnius 38 11 19 8 38 37 +1 41[b]
8 UKR   Tavriya Simferopol 38 14 12 12 48 38 +10 40
9 GEO   Torpedo Kutaisi 38 14 9 15 44 41 +3 37
10 MDA   Nistru Chișinău 38 13 11 14 42 40 +2 37
11 UKR   SKA Odessa 38 12 10 16 43 51 −8 34[b]
12 RUS   Shinnik Yaroslavl 38 12 10 16 37 42 −5 34
13 TJK   Pamir Dushanbe 38 10 14 14 47 41 +6 34
14 UKR   Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 38 10 14 14 39 47 −8 34
15 UKR   Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 38 13 6 19 43 58 −15 32
16 RUS   Kuzbass Kemerovo 38 12 7 19 38 54 −16 31
17 RUS   Uralmash Sverdlovsk 38 10 11 17 31 50 −19 31
18 RUS   Spartak Orzhonikidze 38 10 8 20 30 50 −20 28
19 RUS   Dinamo Leningrad 38 7 13 18 47 65 −18 27
20 TKM   Kolhozchi Ashgabad 38 7 9 22 27 60 −33 23
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ a b -
  2. ^ a b c +

Number of teams by union republic

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Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1   RSFSR 9 Terek Grozny, Kuban Krasnodar, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Kuzbass Kemerevo, Uralmash Sverdlovsk, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Dinamo Leningrad, Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, SKA Rostov-na-Donu
2   Ukrainian SSR 5 Karpaty Lvov, Tavria Simferopol, SKA Odessa, Metallurg Zaporozhye, Prykarpatye Ivano-Frankovsk
3   Belarusian SSR 1 Dinamo Minsk
  Lithuanian SSR Žalgiris Vilnius
  Georgian SSR Torpedo Kutaisi
  Moldavian SSR Nistru Kishinev
  Tajik SSR Pamir Dushanbe
  Turkmen SSR Kolhozchi Ashkhabad

See also

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