# 1980 Soviet Second League

1980 Soviet Second League was a Soviet competition in the Soviet Second League.

## Qualifying groups
### Group I [Russian Federation]

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Spartak Kostroma | 36 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 59 | 17 | +42 | 57 |
| 2 | Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo | 36 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 70 | 24 | +46 | 52 |
| 3 | Spartak Ryazan | 36 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 55 | 26 | +29 | 52 |
| 4 | Saturn Rybinsk | 36 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 61 | 28 | +33 | 49 |
| 5 | Spartak Tambov | 36 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 49 |
| 6 | Volga Kalinin | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 48 | 31 | +17 | 45 |
| 7 | Textilshchik Ivanovo | 36 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 46 | 24 | +22 | 44 |
| 8 | TOZ Tula | 36 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 66 | 43 | +23 | 43 |
| 9 | Torpedo Vladimir | 36 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 46 | 42 | +4 | 37 |
| 10 | Sever Murmansk | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 39 | 48 | −9 | 36 |
| 11 | Stroitel Cherepovets | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 35 |
| 12 | Moskvich Moskva | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 37 | 58 | −21 | 32 |
| 13 | Dinamo Leningrad | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 31 |
| 14 | Lokomotiv Kaluga | 36 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 36 | 58 | −22 | 25 |
| 15 | Baltika Kaliningrad | 36 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 30 | 47 | −17 | 24 |
| 16 | Dinamo Vologda | 36 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 51 | −20 | 23 |
| 17 | Krasnaya Presnya Moskva | 36 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 71 | −40 | 19 |
| 18 | FSM Moskva | 36 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 64 | −42 | 19 |
| 19 | Volzhanin Kineshma | 36 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 70 | −54 | 12 |
* ↑ Revtrud Tambov changed name to Spartak.
* ↑ Mashinostroitel Tula changed name to TOZ.

### Group II [Russian Federation]

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Torpedo Togliatti | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 59 | 22 | +37 | 52 |
| 2 | Zvezda Perm | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 47 | 22 | +25 | 49 |
| 3 | Dinamo Kirov | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 51 | 26 | +25 | 46 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Chelyabinsk | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 45 | 21 | +24 | 46 |
| 5 | Irtysh Omsk | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 42 |
| 6 | Khimik Dzerzhinsk | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 40 |
| 7 | Zenit Izhevsk | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 38 |
| 8 | Gastello Ufa | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 36 |
| 9 | Turbina Naberezhnyye Chelny | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 35 |
| 10 | Rubin Kazan | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 35 |
| 11 | Stal Cheboksary | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 33 |
| 12 | Fakel Tyumen | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 32 |
| 13 | Uralets Nizhniy Tagil | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 30 |
| 14 | Gazovik Orenburg | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 30 |
| 15 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 51 | −26 | 23 |
| 16 | Volga Gorkiy | 34 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 56 | −28 | 17 |
| 17 | Svetotekhnika Saransk | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 80 | −58 | 14 |
| 18 | Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola | 34 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 63 | −40 | 14 |
* ↑ Signal Chelyabinsk changed name to Lokomotiv.
* ↑ Stroitel Tyumen changed name to Fakel.

### Group III [Russian Federation]

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Rotor Volgograd | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 75 | 20 | +55 | 53 |
| 2 | Mashuk Pyatigorsk | 34 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 51 |
| 3 | RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 65 | 28 | +37 | 44 |
| 4 | Terek Grozny | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 43 |
| 5 | Dinamo Makhachkala | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 40 |
| 6 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 40 |
| 7 | Uralan Elista | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 49 | 55 | −6 | 36 |
| 8 | Spartak Oryol | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 43 | 40 | +3 | 36 |
| 9 | Cement Novorossiysk | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 36 |
| 10 | Torpedo Volzhskiy | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 35 |
| 11 | Druzhba Maykop | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 32 |
| 12 | Torpedo Taganrog | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 29 |
| 13 | Atommash Volgodonsk | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 29 |
| 14 | Volgar Astrakhan | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 28 |
| 15 | Avangard Kursk | 34 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 37 | 62 | −25 | 25 |
| 16 | Salyut Belgorod | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 40 | 60 | −20 | 25 |
| 17 | Sokol Saratov | 34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 38 | 64 | −26 | 22 |
| 18 | Dinamo Bryansk | 34 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 28 | 79 | −51 | 8 |
* ↑ Trud Volzhskiy changed name to Torpedo.

### Group IV [Russian Federation]

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Dinamo Barnaul | 44 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 64 | 29 | +35 | 67 |
| 2 | Torpedo Rubtsovsk | 44 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 74 | 49 | +25 | 57 |
| 3 | Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude | 44 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 49 |
| 4 | Amur Blagoveshchensk | 44 | 21 | 5 | 18 | 55 | 49 | +6 | 47 |
| 5 | Avtomobilist Krasnoyarsk | 44 | 20 | 6 | 18 | 58 | 47 | +11 | 46 |
| 6 | Angara Angarsk | 44 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 73 | 53 | +20 | 45 |
| 7 | Chkalovets Novosibirsk | 44 | 18 | 6 | 20 | 55 | 58 | −3 | 42 |
| 8 | Zvezda Irkutsk | 44 | 17 | 6 | 21 | 54 | 61 | −7 | 40 |
| 9 | Amur Komsomolsk-na-Amure | 44 | 15 | 8 | 21 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 38 |
| 10 | Luch Vladivostok | 44 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 40 | 60 | −20 | 35 |
| 11 | Zapsibovets Novokuznetsk | 44 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 42 | 77 | −35 | 34 |
| 12 | Torpedo Tomsk | 44 | 12 | 4 | 28 | 31 | 64 | −33 | 28 |
* ↑ Manometr Tomsk changed name to Torpedo.

### Group V [Ukraine]

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | SKA Kiev (C, Q) | 44 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 83 | 33 | +50 | 65 | Qualified for interzonal competitions among other Zone winners |
| 2 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 44 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 70 | 35 | +35 | 61 | |
| 3 | SKA Lviv | 44 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 60 | |
| 4 | Avanhard Rivne | 44 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 54 | 30 | +24 | 59 | |
| 5 | Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | 44 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 54 | 27 | +27 | 55 | |
| 6 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 44 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 53 | |
| 7 | Spartak Zhytomyr | 44 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 55 | 43 | +12 | 51 | |
| 8 | Desna Chernihiv | 44 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 50 | 29 | +21 | 49 | |
| 9 | Atlantyka Sevastopol | 44 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 47 | |
| 10 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 44 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 55 | 47 | +8 | 47 | |
| 11 | Krystal Kherson | 44 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 46 | |
| 12 | Frunzenets Sumy | 44 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 44 | |
| 13 | Nyva Vinnytsia | 44 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 42 | |
| 14 | Okean Kerch | 44 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 38 | |
| 15 | Hoverla Uzhhorod | 44 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 38 | |
| 16 | Podillia Khmelnytskyi | 44 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 64 | −32 | 35 | |
| 17 | Dnipro Cherkasy | 44 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 35 | |
| 18 | Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk | 44 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 33 | |
| 19 | Novator Zhdanov | 44 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 38 | 62 | −24 | 33 | |
| 20 | Torpedo Lutsk | 44 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 43 | 76 | −33 | 32 | |
| 21 | Kolos Poltava | 44 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 37 | 61 | −24 | 31 | |
| 22 | Stakhanovets Stakhanov | 44 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 22 | 56 | −34 | 30 | |
| 23 | Shakhtar Horlivka | 44 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 40 | 92 | −52 | 28 | Avoided relegation |

### Group VI (Central Asia)

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | UZB | Dinamo Samarkand | 36 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 80 | 38 | +42 | 56 |
| 2 | UZB | Neftyanik Fergana | 36 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 70 | 32 | +38 | 52 |
| 3 | UZB | Hiva | 36 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 59 | 37 | +22 | 48 |
| 4 | UZB | Start Tashkent | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 62 | 36 | +26 | 45 |
| 5 | UZB | Horezm Yangiaryk | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 45 |
| 6 | UZB | Avtomobilist Termez | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 54 | 31 | +23 | 42 |
| 7 | UZB | Sohibkor Yangiyul | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 59 | 44 | +15 | 42 |
| 8 | UZB | Zarafshan Navoi | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 39 |
| 9 | UZB | Shahrihanets Shahrihan | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 48 | 46 | +2 | 36 |
| 10 | UZB | Hisar Shahrisabz | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 35 |
| 11 | UZB | Narimanovets Bagat | 36 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 34 |
| 12 | UZB | Yeshlik Turakurgan | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 33 |
| 13 | UZB | Pahtachi Gulistan | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 32 |
| 14 | UZB | Yangiyer | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 31 |
| 15 | TJK | Hojent Leninabad | 36 | 13 | 3 | 20 | 40 | 60 | −20 | 29 |
| 16 | UZB | Amudarya Nukus | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 36 | 65 | −29 | 26 |
| 17 | UZB | KarshiStroi Karshi | 36 | 11 | 3 | 22 | 39 | 58 | −19 | 25 |
| 18 | TJK | Pahtakor Kurgan-Tyube | 36 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 38 | 83 | −45 | 19 |
| 19 | UZB | Buhara | 36 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 28 | 78 | −50 | 15 |
* 1 2 3 4 5 +

### Group VII (Kazakhstan)

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | KAZ | Traktor Pavlodar | 38 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 86 | 29 | +57 | 65 |
| 2 | KGZ | Alga Frunze | 38 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 81 | 20 | +61 | 59 |
| 3 | KAZ | Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk | 38 | 26 | 3 | 9 | 68 | 27 | +41 | 55 |
| 4 | KAZ | Tselinnik Tselinograd | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 76 | 27 | +49 | 55 |
| 5 | KAZ | Ekibastuzets Ekibastuz | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 62 | 41 | +21 | 52 |
| 6 | KAZ | Shakhtyor Karaganda | 38 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 64 | 39 | +25 | 48 |
| 7 | KAZ | Khimik Jambul | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 46 |
| 8 | KAZ | Metallurg Chimkent | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 59 | 34 | +25 | 45 |
| 9 | KAZ | Spartak Semipalatinsk | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 62 | 53 | +9 | 41 |
| 10 | KAZ | Jezkazganets Jezkazgan | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 40 |
| 11 | KAZ | Bulat Temirtau | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 47 | +3 | 38 |
| 12 | KAZ | Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 33 |
| 13 | KAZ | Khimik Stepnogorsk | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 32 |
| 14 | KAZ | Torpedo Kokchetav | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 31 |
| 15 | KAZ | Meliorator Kzil-Orda | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 48 | 65 | −17 | 29 |
| 16 | KAZ | Uralets Uralsk | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 72 | −50 | 24 |
| 17 | KAZ | Avangard Petropavlovsk | 38 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 30 | 59 | −29 | 24 |
| 18 | KAZ | Trud Shevchenko | 38 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 70 | −45 | 21 |
| 19 | KAZ | Prikaspiyets Guryev | 38 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 95 | −68 | 15 |
| 20 | KAZ | SKIF Alma-Ata | 38 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 100 | −84 | 7 |
* 1 2 -
* ↑ Ugolshchik Ekibastuz changed name to Ekibastuzets.
* 1 2 3 4 5 +

### Group VIII (Soviet Republics)

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | BLR | Khimik Grodno | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 44 |
| 2 | LVA | Daugava Riga | 32 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 55 | 28 | +27 | 41 |
| 3 | MDA | Avtomobilist Tiraspol | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 37 | 24 | +13 | 35 |
| 4 | BLR | Dinamo Brest | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 34 |
| 5 | LTU | Atlantas Klaipeda | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 33 |
| 6 | BLR | GomSelMash Gomel | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 32 |
| 7 | BLR | Dnepr Mogilyov | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 27 |
| 8 | LVA | Zvejnieks Liepaja | 32 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 22 | 48 | −26 | 22 |
| 9 | BLR | Dvina Vitebsk | 32 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 47 | −24 | 20 |

### Group IX (Caucasus)

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | GEO | Lokomotiv Samtredia | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 43 |
| 2 | ARM | Kotaik Abovyan | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 62 | 24 | +38 | 42 |
| 3 | ARM | Arabkir Yerevan | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 47 | 37 | +10 | 35 |
| 4 | GEO | Dinamo Sukhumi | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 48 | 31 | +17 | 33 |
| 5 | GEO | Kolkheti Poti | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 33 |
| 6 | TKM | Kolhozchi Ashkhabad | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 32 |
| 7 | AZE | Hazar Lenkoran | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 31 |
| 8 | AZE | Avtomobilist Mingechaur | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 30 |
| 9 | AZE | Progress Kirovabad | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 28 |
| 10 | GEO | Dinamo Batumi | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 28 |
| 11 | AZE | Karabakh Stepanakert | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 28 |
| 12 | GEO | Dila Gori | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 27 |
| 13 | GEO | Metallurg Rustavi | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 26 |
| 14 | GEO | Dinamo Zugdidi | 30 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 31 | 56 | −25 | 24 |
| 15 | ARM | Shirak Leninakan | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 28 | 43 | −15 | 21 |
| 16 | AZE | Araz Nahichevan | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 60 | −37 | 19 |
* 1 2 +

## Final group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | RUS | Spartak Kostroma | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 5 | Promoted |
| 2 | RUS | Rotor Volgograd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 4 | |
| 3 | GEO | Lokomotiv Samtredia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | KAZ | Traktor Pavlodar | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | Promoted |
| 2 | UZB | Dinamo Samarkand | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 5 | |
| 3 | RUS | Torpedo Togliatti | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | UKR | SKA Kiev | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | Promoted |
| 2 | BLR | Khimik Grodno | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | RUS | Dinamo Barnaul | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 | |