41st season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union
Football league season
| Season | 1978 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| Relegated | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk |
| European Cup | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Dinamo Moscow |
| UEFA Cup | Dinamo Kiev Shakhter Donetsk |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 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 season.
League standings※
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification/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 | 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 | 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 | |
| 8 | Torpedo Moscow
|
30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 30 | |
| 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 | |
| 16 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (R)
|
30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 25 | 39 | −14 | 21 | Relegation——to First League |
Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ 1 point deducted (8 draw limit).
- ^ 2 points deducted (8 draw limit).
- ^ 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:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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)