1980 Soviet First League

The 1980 Soviet First League was the tenth season of the Soviet First League and the 40th season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Soviet First League
Season1980
1979
1981

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1   Tavria Simferopol (C, P) 46 28 9 9 82 42 +40 65 Promotion to Top League
2   Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (P) 46 27 8 11 60 47 +13 62
3   Metalist Kharkiv 46 24 12 10 76 40 +36 60
4   Pamir Dushanbe 46 23 9 14 62 51 +11 55
5   Kolos Nikopol 46 20 11 15 70 47 +23 51
6   SKA Khabarovsk 46 20 10 16 45 60 −15 50
7   Dinamo Stavropol 46 23 3 20 64 66 −2 49
8   Nistru Kishinev 46 20 8 18 60 55 +5 48
9   Iskra Smolensk 46 18 11 17 50 46 +4 47
10   Zarya Voroshilovgrad 46 19 8 19 68 60 +8 46
11   Guria Lanchkhuti 46 18 10 18 68 73 −5 46
12   Fakel Voronezh 46 17 16 13 49 36 +13 46[a]
13   Torpedo Kutaisi 46 18 9 19 62 54 +8 45
14   Kuzbass Kemerovo 46 18 7 21 61 77 −16 43
15   Spartak Ordjonikidze 46 17 9 20 43 50 −7 43
16   SKA Odessa 46 16 10 20 52 47 +5 42
17   Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 46 16 10 20 54 67 −13 42
18   Žalgiris Vilnius 46 15 14 17 50 39 +11 42[a]
19   Buston Dzhizak 46 15 12 19 48 61 −13 42
20   Metallurg Zaporozhia 46 15 11 20 57 67 −10 41
21   Shinnik Yaroslavl 46 14 15 17 51 57 −6 40[a]
22   Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev (R) 46 11 16 19 43 62 −19 34[a] Relegation to Second League
23   Spartak Nalchik (R) 46 8 15 23 35 59 −24 28[a]
24   Uralmash Sverdlovsk (R) 46 8 5 33 35 82 −47 21
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e There was a draw limit for the draws earned, 12. Only twelve draws earn a point, in contrast, over the limit draws earn no points.

Top scorers

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# Player Club Goals
1 Volodymyr Naumenko Tavriya Simferopol 33 (2)
2 Anatoliy Bykov Dynamo Stavropol 23 (1)
3 Gennady Smirnov Fakel Voronezh 22 (2)
4 Vitaly Razdayev Kuzbass Kemerevo 21
Nodar Bachiashvili Metallist Kharkov 21 (1)
6 Merab Megreladze Guria Lanchkhuti 20
7 Oleksandr Pogoryelov Kolos Nikopol 19
Vadim Pavlenko Dnepr Dneprpropetrovsk 19 (5)
9 Ivan Shariy Metallurg Zaporozhye 18 (1)

Number of teams by union republic

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Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1   RSFSR 10 SKA Khabarovsk, Dinamo Stavropol, Iskra Smolensk, Fakel Voronezh, Kuzbass Kemerevo, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, Spartak Nalchik, Uralmash Sverdlovsk
2   Ukrainian SSR 8 Tavria Simferopol, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Kolos Nikopol, Zaria Voroshilovgrad, SKA Odessa, Prykarpatye Ivano-Frankovsk, Metallurg Zaporozhye
3   Georgian SSR 2 Torpedo Kutaisi, Guria Lanchkhuti
4   Tajik SSR 1 Pamir Dushanbe
  Moldavian SSR Nistru Kishinev
  Lithuanian SSR Žalgiris Vilnius
  Uzbek SSR Buston Dzhizak
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