# 1980 Soviet Top League

Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1980 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and Dynamo Kyiv won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv (C) | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 63 | 23 | +40 | 51 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Spartak Moscow | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 45 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Zenit Leningrad | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 42 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 39 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | CSKA Moscow | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 36 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 35 | |
| 7 | Chornomorets Odessa | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 35 | |
| 8 | Dinamo Minsk | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 32 | |
| 9 | Ararat Yerevan | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 32 | |
| 10 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 32 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 11 | Torpedo Moscow | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 30 | |
| 12 | Kairat Alma-Ata | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 30 | |
| 13 | Neftchi Baku | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 29 | |
| 14 | Dynamo Moscow | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 28 | |
| 15 | Kuban Krasnodar | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 28 | |
| 16 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 26 | |
| 17 | Karpaty Lviv (R) | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 46 | −23 | 26 | Relegation to First League |
| 18 | Lokomotiv Moscow (R) | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 25 | Relegation to First League |
* ↑ Dinamo Tbilisi qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions.
* 1 2 2 points deducted (10 draw limit)
* 1 2 3 1 point deducted (10 draw limit)
* ↑ 4 points deducted (10 draw limit)

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARA | CHO | CSK | DYK | DMN | DYN | DTB | KAI | KAR | KUB | LOK | NEF | PAK | SHA | SKA | SPA | TOR | ZEN |
| Ararat Yerevan | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Chornomorets Odessa | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 |
| CSKA Moscow | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 5–1 |
| Kairat Alma-Ata | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Karpaty Lviv | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 |
| Kuban Krasnodar | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 |
| Neftçi Baku | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 5–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 5–2 |
| SKA Rostov-on-Don | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Spartak Moscow | 5–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Torpedo Moscow | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 2–0 |
| Zenit Leningrad | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 5–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |

## Top scorers
### 20 goals

* Sergey Andreyev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)

### 19 goals

* Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv)

### 17 goals

* Ramaz Shengelia (Dinamo Tbilisi)

### 14 goals

* Yuriy Horyachev (Chornomorets)
* Aleksandr Tarkhanov (CSKA Moscow)

### 12 goals

* Vladimir Kazachyonok (Zenit)
* Valeriy Petrakov (Lokomotiv Moscow)

### 11 goals

* Revaz Chelebadze (Dinamo Tbilisi)

### 10 goals

* Andranik Khachatryan (Ararat)
* Pyotr Vasilevsky (Dinamo Minsk)