# 1980 in Soviet football

The 1980 Soviet football championship was the 49th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Dinamo Kiev won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the ninth time.

## Honours

| Competition | Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
| Top League | Top League | Dinamo Kiev (9) | Spartak Moscow |
| First League | First League | Tavriya Simferopol (1) | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk |
| Second League | Finals 1 | Spartak Kostroma | Rotor Volgograd |
| Second League | Finals 2 | Traktor Pavlodar | Dinamo Samarkand |
| Second League | Finals 3 | SKA Kiev | Khimik Grodno |
| Soviet Cup | Soviet Cup | Shakhter Donetsk (3) | Dinamo Tbilisi |
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

## Soviet Union football championship
### Top League

| 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)

### First League

| 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 | Promotion to Top League |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 22 | Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev (R) | 46 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 43 | 62 | −19 | 34 | Relegation to Second League |
| 23 | Spartak Nalchik (R) | 46 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 35 | 59 | −24 | 28 | Relegation to Second League |
| 24 | Uralmash Sverdlovsk (R) | 46 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 35 | 82 | −47 | 21 | Relegation to Second League |
* 1 2 3 4 5 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.

### Finals 1

| 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 | |

### Finals 2

| 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 | |

### Finals 3

| 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 | |

### Top goalscorers

Top League
* Sergei Andreyev (SKA Rostov-na-Donu) – 20 goals
First League
* Volodymyr Naumenko (Tavriya Simferopol) – 33 goals