USSR Football Championship 1979

USSR Football Championship 1979
USSR Football Championship 1979
Time spending	March 24 - November 25, 1979
Number of participants	eighteen
Top places
Winner	Spartak Moscow (10th time)
Second place	"Shakhtar Donetsk
Third place	Dynamo Kiev
Tournament statistics
Matches played	306
Bombardier (s)	Vitaly Starukhin ( Shakhtar ) (26 goals)

The 42nd USSR Football Championship was played from March 24 to November 25, 1979 . The winner was the Moscow Spartak .

On August 11, 15 players, a doctor and the administrator of the Pakhtakor team were killed in a plane crash over Dneprodzerzhinsk . After that, for three years the team was protected from relegation from the Premier League.

Content

Major League. Summary table

M	Team	AND	AT	N	P	M	ABOUT	UEFA
	"Spartak Moscow	34	21	10	3	66-25	50 (-2)	Cc
	"Shakhtar Donetsk	34	twenty	8	6	57-33	48	KU
	Dynamo Kiev	34	21	5	8	51-26	47	KU
four	Dynamo Tbilisi	34	19	12	3	54-27	46 (-4)	QC
5	Dynamo Moscow	34	17	9	8	41-27	42 (-1)	KU
6	Dynamo Minsk	34	fifteen	6	13	48-38	36
7	"Ararat" Yerevan	34	12	13	9	44-32	32 (-5)
8	CSKA Moscow	34	12	8	fourteen	46-46	32
9	Pakhtakor Tashkent	34	eleven	9	fourteen	42-53	30 (-1)
10	Zenit Leningrad	34	eleven	9	fourteen	41-45	30 (-1)
eleven	"Chernomorets" Odessa	34	10	eleven	13	32-37	28 (-3)
12	Lokomotiv Moscow	34	8	12	fourteen	44-57	24 (-4)
13	"Kairat" Alma-Ata	34	8	9	17	29-44	24 (-1)
fourteen	Neftchi Baku	34	8	8	eighteen	29-50	24
fifteen	SKA Rostov-on-Don	34	8	fourteen	12	37-50	24 (-6)
16	Torpedo Moscow	34	8	9	17	32-46	24 (-1)
17	"Dawn" Voroshilovgrad	34	6	eleven	17	41-62	20 (-3)
eighteen	"Wings of the Soviets" Kuibyshev	34	7	5	22	24-60	19

The draw limit is 8.

Top scorer - Vitaliy Starukhin ( Shakhtar ) - 26 goals in 32 matches.

League One. Summary table

M	Team	AND	AT	N	P	G	ABOUT
one	"Carpathians" Lviv	46	27	10	9	89‑43	64
2	"Kuban" Krasnodar	46	22	12	12	70‑43	56
3	"Pamir" Dushanbe	46	23	7	16	56-50	53
four	"Shinnik" Yaroslavl	46	twenty	fifteen	eleven	50‑38	52
5	"Torch" Voronezh	46	twenty	10	16	70-54	fifty
6	Zalgiris Vilnius	46	19	10	17	61-54	48
7	Metalist Kharkiv	46	19	10	17	43‑47	48
8	"Nistru" Chisinau	46	eighteen	fourteen	fourteen	53-51	48
9	Uralmash Sverdlovsk	46	eighteen	12	16	55‑45	48
10	Metallurg Zaporozhye	46	19	8	19	69‑65	46
eleven	“Torpedo” Kutaisi	46	17	fifteen	fourteen	44-40	46
12	Kuzbass Kemerovo	46	17	12	17	49‑50	46
13	Spartak Ordzhonikidze	46	19	7	twenty	49‑44	45
fourteen	Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk	46	19	7	twenty	52‑61	45
fifteen	SKA Odessa	46	17	eleven	eighteen	54‑61	45
16	Spartak Nalchik	46	16	12	eighteen	50‑48	44
17	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	46	16	fourteen	16	57‑60	44
eighteen	"Tavria" Simferopol	46	16	eleven	19	50-56	43
19	Terek Grozny	46	17	8	21	59‑63	42
twenty	"Star" Perm	46	16	9	21	45‑56	41
21	"Tractor" Pavlodar	46	fourteen	eleven	21	37-57	39
22	Dynamo Leningrad	46	fifteen	8	23	52-57	38
23	Kolkhozchi Ashgabat	46	eleven	12	23	41‑76	34
24	"Alga" Frunze	46	10	9	27	37‑73	29th

League Two. Final position

Zone 1

M	Team	AND	AT	N	P	M	ABOUT
one	"Spark" Smolensk	46	thirty	13	3	86-26	73
2	"Textile worker" Ivanovo	46	25	12	9	69-38	62
3	Dynamo Brest	46	24	fourteen	8	77-35	62
four	Dynamo Vologda	46	22	16	8	55-38	60
5	"Daugava" Riga	46	26	7	13	97-48	59
6	Spartak Kostroma	46	25	9	12	61-36	59
7	"Chemist" Grodno	46	22	13	eleven	56-33	57
8	Atlantas Klaipeda	46	21	fourteen	eleven	58-39	56
9	Saturn Rybinsk	46	21	eleven	fourteen	62-46	53
10	"Volga" Kalinin	46	twenty	12	fourteen	55-39	52
eleven	Moskvich Moscow	46	eighteen	16	12	52-41	52
12	"Dvina" Vitebsk	46	fifteen	21	10	49-38	51
13	Lokomotiv Kaluga	46	eighteen	fourteen	fourteen	55-37	fifty
fourteen	Dynamo Bryansk	46	21	6	19	60-56	48
fifteen	Zveinieks Liepaja	46	fourteen	16	16	46-55	44
16	"North" Murmansk	46	13	13	twenty	47-68	39
17	Dnipro Mogilev	46	12	13	21	41-62	37
eighteen	Krasnaya Presnya Moscow	46	eleven	12	23	34-67	34
19	"Mechanical Engineer" Tula	46	8	eighteen	twenty	41-72	34
twenty	Volzhanin Kineshma	46	9	eleven	26	41-71	29th
21	"Gomselmash" Gomel	46	7	fourteen	25	34-71	28
22	Baltika Kaliningrad	46	8	eleven	27	34-71	27
23	FSM Moscow	46	7	8	31	41-80	22
24	"Builder" Cherepovets	46	3	10	33	20-104	16

Zone 2

M	Team	AND	AT	N	P	M	ABOUT
one	Kolos Nikopol	46	28	12	6	68-32	68
2	SKA Kiev	46	26	12	8	65-32	64
3	SKA Lviv	46	25	eleven	10	67-33	61
four	"Vanguard" Exactly	46	23	fourteen	9	76-41	60
5	"Bukovina" Chernivtsi	46	24	10	12	55-32	58
6	Spartak Zhytomyr	46	22	12	12	57-41	56
7	"Crystal" Kherson	46	21	10	fifteen	63-45	52
8	Krivbass Kryvyi Rih	46	eighteen	16	12	62-47	52
9	"Star" Kirovohrad	46	twenty	10	16	44-40	fifty
10	"Shipbuilder" Nikolaev	46	eighteen	13	fifteen	48-47	49
eleven	"Ear" Poltava	46	eighteen	9	19	48-52	45
12	"Atlantic" Sevastopol	46	17	9	twenty	54-62	43
13	"Podillia" Khmelnitsky	46	17	8	21	44-57	42
fourteen	Dnipro Cherkasy	46	fourteen	13	19	38-49	41
fifteen	"Innovator" Zhdanov	46	17	6	23	47-54	40
16	Goverla Uzhhorod	46	10	19	17	36-46	39
17	"Desna" Chernihiv	46	13	12	21	37-57	38
eighteen	"Ocean" Kerch	46	12	fourteen	twenty	36-52	38
19	"Frunzenec" Sumy	46	13	10	23	47-62	36
twenty	Torpedo Lutsk	46	10	16	twenty	42-69	36
21	"Niva" Vinnytsia	46	eleven	13	22	36-44	35
22	"Motorist" Tiraspol	46	eleven	13	22	28-47	35
23	Metallurg Dneprodzerzhinsk	46	13	8	25	37-71	34
24	Shakhtar Horlivka	46	eleven	10	25	53-76	32

Zone 3

M	Team	AND	AT	N	P	M	ABOUT
one	Dynamo Stavropol	48	37	four	7	91-31	78
2	"Rotor" Volgograd	48	29th	8	eleven	102-36	66
3	Metallurg Lipetsk	48	28	10	10	75-40	66
four	"Mashuk" Pyatigorsk	48	25	8	fifteen	67-46	58
5	Spartak Oryol	48	24	9	fifteen	82-63	57
6	"Falcon" Saratov	48	23	eleven	fourteen	71-49	57
7	"Volga" Gorky	48	24	8	16	62-51	56
8	Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don	48	24	8	16	92-63	56
9	Torpedo Taganrog	48	23	9	16	69-50	55
10	Dynamo Makhachkala	48	23	9	16	75-53	55
eleven	"Banner of Labor" Orekhovo-Zuevo	48	24	6	eighteen	68-51	54
12	"Chemist" Dzerzhinsk	48	21	9	eighteen	59-52	51
13	"Friendship" Maykop	48	twenty	9	19	56-54	49
fourteen	Torpedo Vladimir	48	19	eleven	eighteen	66-59	49
fifteen	Uralan Elista	48	twenty	8	twenty	63-64	48
16	Spartak Ryazan	48	eighteen	9	21	46-47	45
17	"Salute" Belgorod	48	17	7	24	67-76	41
eighteen	"Steel" Cheboksary	48	16	8	24	50-67	40
19	"Revtrud" Tambov	48	16	7	25	51-69	39
twenty	"Cement" Novorossiysk	48	12	13	23	37-65	37
21	"Volgar" Astrakhan	48	fourteen	8	26	58-84	36
22	"Labor" Volzhsky	48	12	9	27	52-80	33
23	"Vanguard" Kursk	48	13	6	29th	46-87	32
24	"Chemist" Novomoskovsk	48	eleven	9	28	43-87	31
25	"Turbine" Syzran	48	four	3	41	32-156	eleven

Zone 4

M	Team	AND	AT	N	P	M	ABOUT
one	"Guria" Lanchkhuti	46	31	four	eleven	110-50	66
2	Lokomotiv Samtredia	46	28	9	9	109-49	65
3	“Karabakh” Stepanakert	46	29th	5	12	65-38	63
four	Zenit Izhevsk	46	23	13	10	70-42	59
5	Kotayk Abovyan	46	26	6	fourteen	83-43	58
6	"Araz" Nakhchivan	46	27	3	16	88-78	57
7	Dynamo Zugdidi	46	21	10	fifteen	53-45	52
8	Dynamo Sukhumi	46	eighteen	16	12	49-39	52
9	"Dila" Gori	46	21	8	17	74-65	fifty
10	"Kolkheti" Poti	46	22	5	19	72-55	49
eleven	"Shirak" Leninakan	46	twenty	7	19	56-48	47
12	"Gazovik" Orenburg	46	19	9	eighteen	58-66	47
13	Gastello Ufa	46	17	10	19	42-47	44
fourteen	"Khazar" Lankaran	46	19	5	22	54-72	43
fifteen	Dynamo Batumi	46	19	5	22	53-65	43
16	Motorist Baku	46	17	9	twenty	54-63	43
17	"Turbine" Naberezhnye Chelny	46	16	10	twenty	49-62	42
eighteen	"Uralets" Nizhny Tagil	46	13	10	23	45-60	36
19	"Rubin Kazan	46	10	16	twenty	48-65	36
twenty	"Progress" Kirovabad	46	13	7	26	56-96	33
21	Dynamo Kirov	46	12	7	27	33-60	31
22	Arabkir Yerevan	46	10	eleven	25	55-101	31
23	"Friendship" Yoshkar-Ola	46	12	5	29th	43-73	29th
24	Torpedo Togliatti	46	10	8	28	51-88	28

Zone 5

M	Team	AND	AT	N	P	M	ABOUT
one	"Buston" Jizzakh	46	29th	eleven	6	74-35	69
2	"Shakhrikhanets" Shakhrikhan	46	28	7	eleven	73-39	63
3	"Aktobe" Aktyubinsk	46	24	8	fourteen	79-44	56
four	"Yangiyer" Yangiyer	46	23	9	fourteen	75-54	55
5	Metallurg Chimkent	46	24	6	16	73-50	54
6	"Builder" Tyumen	46	22	9	fifteen	59-39	53
7	Dynamo Samarkand	46	21	10	fifteen	59-39	52
8	"Oilman" Ferghana	46	19	eleven	16	72-50	49
9	"Meliorator" Kzyl-Orda	46	twenty	8	eighteen	52-60	48
10	Khorezm Hankey	46	19	8	19	66-72	46
eleven	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	46	17	12	17	51-59	46
12	Khiva Khiva	46	19	7	twenty	54-70	45
13	Karshistroy Karshi	46	eighteen	8	twenty	60-60	44
fourteen	Zarafshan Navoi	46	17	10	19	51-53	44
fifteen	"Pakhtachi" Gulistan	46	17	9	twenty	53-61	43
16	"Motorist" Termez	46	eighteen	6	22	57-63	42
17	"Narimanovets" Narimanov	46	17	8	21	49-64	42
eighteen	Amu Darya Nukus	46	eighteen	5	23	57-76	41
19	"Chemist" Dzhambul	46	16	9	21	53-63	41
twenty	"Signal" Chelyabinsk	46	16	6	24	51-49	38
21	Khojent Leninabad	46	16	6	24	50-70	38
22	Pakhtakor Kurgan-Tyube	46	fifteen	6	25	46-71	36
23	The Textile Worker Namangan	46	13	7	26	41-69	33
24	"Labor" Shevchenko	46	7	12	27	53-98	26

Zone 6

M	Team	AND	AT	N	P	M	ABOUT
one	SKA Khabarovsk	40	25	9	6	84-37	59
2	Shakhtar Karaganda	40	25	8	7	64-31	58
3	"Ray" Vladivostok	40	22	8	10	69-38	52
four	Amur Blagoveshchensk	40	22	7	eleven	53-25	51
5	Spartak Semipalatinsk	40	22	6	12	74-49	fifty
6	Torpedo Rubtsovsk	40	22	6	12	60-43	fifty
7	Dynamo Barnaul	40	19	12	9	65-43	fifty
8	"Star" Irkutsk	40	twenty	8	12	73-54	48
9	Dynamo Tselinograd	40	19	10	eleven	77-43	48
10	"Angara" Angarsk	40	19	7	fourteen	54-46	45
eleven	"Motorist" Krasnoyarsk	40	17	8	fifteen	54-47	42
12	Irtysh Omsk	40	17	6	17	49-52	40
13	Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude	40	16	7	17	50-52	39
fourteen	Amur Komsomolsk-on-Amur	40	fourteen	6	twenty	48-52	34
fifteen	"East" Ust-Kamenogorsk	40	13	7	twenty	48-57	33
16	Bulat Temirtau	40	13	6	21	41-66	32
17	"Manometer" Tomsk	40	12	8	twenty	37-55	32
eighteen	"The coal miner" Ekibastuz	40	9	6	25	31-63	24
19	Chkalovets Novosibirsk	40	7	10	23	35-70	24
twenty	"Vanguard" Petropavlovsk	40	5	7	28	23-83	17
21	"Torpedo" Kokchetav	40	four	four	32	37-120	12