# 1978 Soviet Second League

1978 Soviet Second League was a Soviet competition in the Soviet Second League.

## Qualifying groups
### Group I [Northwest and Central]

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | RUS | Fakel Voronezh | 46 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 105 | 17 | +88 | 80 | Promoted |
| 2 | RUS | Iskra Smolensk | 46 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 81 | 31 | +50 | 72 | |
| 3 | RUS | Volga Kalinin | 46 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 84 | 33 | +51 | 69 | |
| 4 | RUS | Textilshchik Ivanovo | 46 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 66 | 32 | +34 | 65 | |
| 5 | RUS | Novolipetsk Lipetsk | 46 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 66 | 37 | +29 | 58 | |
| 6 | BLR | Dinamo Brest | 46 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 58 | |
| 7 | LVA | Daugava Riga | 46 | 25 | 6 | 15 | 75 | 48 | +27 | 56 | |
| 8 | RUS | Spartak Kostroma | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 62 | 51 | +11 | 53 | |
| 9 | RUS | Dinamo Vologda | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 52 | |
| 10 | LTU | Atlantas Klaipeda | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 63 | 42 | +21 | 51 | |
| 11 | RUS | Lokomotiv Kaluga | 46 | 21 | 7 | 18 | 54 | 59 | −5 | 49 | |
| 12 | RUS | Torpedo Vladimir | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 48 | |
| 13 | BLR | Khimik Grodno | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 44 | |
| 14 | BLR | GomSelMash Gomel | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 41 | |
| 15 | BLR | Dvina Vitebsk | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 41 | |
| 16 | BLR | Dnepr Mogilyov | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 51 | 56 | −5 | 40 | |
| 17 | LVA | Zvejnieks Liepaja | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 37 | |
| 18 | RUS | Baltika Kaliningrad | 46 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 51 | 74 | −23 | 33 | |
| 19 | RUS | Saturn Rybinsk | 46 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 31 | 57 | −26 | 32 | |
| 20 | RUS | Dinamo Bryansk | 46 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 37 | 72 | −35 | 31 | |
| 21 | RUS | Moskvich Moskva | 46 | 12 | 5 | 29 | 37 | 86 | −49 | 29 | |
| 22 | RUS | Volzhanin Kineshma | 46 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 42 | 105 | −63 | 25 | |
| 23 | RUS | Sever Murmansk | 46 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 23 | 85 | −62 | 24 | |
| 24 | RUS | Krasnaya Presnya Moskva | 46 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 25 | 76 | −51 | 16 | |
* ↑ Mashinostroitel Gomel changed name to GomSelMash.
* 1 2 3 +

### Group II [Ukraine]

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Metalist Kharkiv (C, P) | 44 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 66 | 20 | +46 | 70 | Promoted |
| 2 | Kolos Nikopol | 44 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 59 | 32 | +27 | 62 | |
| 3 | SKA Kiev | 44 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 71 | 29 | +42 | 60 | |
| 4 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 44 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 63 | 29 | +34 | 59 | |
| 5 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 44 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 55 | 25 | +30 | 57 | |
| 6 | Krystal Kherson | 44 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 46 | 28 | +18 | 54 | |
| 7 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 44 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 49 | |
| 8 | Avanhard Rovno | 44 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 47 | |
| 9 | SKA Lviv | 44 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 52 | 43 | +9 | 46 | |
| 10 | Spartak Zhytomyr | 44 | 19 | 7 | 18 | 50 | 40 | +10 | 45 | |
| 11 | Desna Chernihiv | 44 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 45 | |
| 12 | Lokomotyv Vinnytsia | 44 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 44 | |
| 13 | Hoverla Uzhhorod | 44 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 40 | |
| 14 | Atlantyka Sevastopol | 44 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 49 | 54 | −5 | 39 | |
| 15 | Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | 44 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 38 | 46 | −8 | 38 | |
| 16 | Kolos Poltava | 44 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 37 | |
| 17 | Novator Zhdanov | 44 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 53 | 70 | −17 | 36 | |
| 18 | Dnipro Cherkasy | 44 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 34 | |
| 19 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 44 | 12 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 56 | −28 | 33 | |
| 20 | Frunzenets Sumy | 44 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 39 | 59 | −20 | 33 | |
| 21 | Torpedo Lutsk | 44 | 13 | 6 | 25 | 32 | 72 | −40 | 32 | |
| 22 | Shakhtar Horlivka | 44 | 13 | 5 | 26 | 36 | 72 | −36 | 31 | Avoided relegation |
| 23 | Start Tiraspol | 44 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 22 | 66 | −44 | 21 | Moldavian SSR; Avoided relegation |

### Group III [Volga–Russian South]

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Spartak Nalchik | 46 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 86 | 38 | +48 | 67 | Promoted |
| 2 | Mashuk Pyatigorsk | 46 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 75 | 34 | +41 | 63 | |
| 3 | RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu | 46 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 84 | 43 | +41 | 60 | |
| 4 | Rotor Volgograd | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 76 | 38 | +38 | 56 | |
| 5 | Sokol Saratov | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 55 | |
| 6 | Druzhba Maykop | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 54 | |
| 7 | Torpedo Taganrog | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 55 | 41 | +14 | 52 | |
| 8 | Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 51 | |
| 9 | Cement Novorossiysk | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 49 | |
| 10 | Uralan Elista | 46 | 21 | 6 | 19 | 60 | 59 | +1 | 48 | |
| 11 | Volga Gorkiy | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 48 | |
| 12 | Dinamo Makhachkala | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 67 | 54 | +13 | 47 | |
| 13 | Stal Cheboksary | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 47 | |
| 14 | Spartak Oryol | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 55 | 60 | −5 | 44 | |
| 15 | Spartak Ryazan | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 44 | |
| 16 | Volgar Astrakhan | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 61 | 67 | −6 | 44 | |
| 17 | Dinamo Stavropol | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 64 | 68 | −4 | 42 | |
| 18 | Salyut Belgorod | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 56 | 71 | −15 | 40 | |
| 19 | Khimik Novomoskovsk | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 44 | 61 | −17 | 39 | |
| 20 | Trud Volzhskiy | 46 | 14 | 7 | 25 | 52 | 73 | −21 | 35 | |
| 21 | Khimik Dzerzhinsk | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 36 | 64 | −28 | 35 | |
| 22 | Revtrud Tambov | 46 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 43 | 75 | −32 | 30 | |
| 23 | Avangard Kursk | 46 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 39 | 94 | −55 | 27 | |
| 24 | Mashinostroitel Tula | 46 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 39 | 70 | −31 | 27 | |
* 1 2 +
* ↑ Torpedo Volzhskiy changed name to Trud.

### Group IV [Caucasus and Ural]

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | RUS | Zvezda Perm | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 77 | 42 | +35 | 60 | Promoted |
| 2 | GEO | Guria Lanchkhuti | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 82 | 48 | +34 | 59 | |
| 3 | GEO | Dinamo Zugdidi | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 64 | 45 | +19 | 53 | |
| 4 | ARM | Shirak Leninakan | 46 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 73 | 51 | +22 | 53 | |
| 5 | RUS | Torpedo Togliatti | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 52 | |
| 6 | RUS | Rubin Kazan | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 64 | 50 | +14 | 52 | |
| 7 | ARM | Kotaik Abovyan | 46 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 66 | 64 | +2 | 51 | |
| 8 | GEO | Lokomotiv Samtredia | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 74 | 71 | +3 | 50 | |
| 9 | GEO | Dila Gori | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 50 | |
| 10 | RUS | Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola | 46 | 22 | 5 | 19 | 57 | 54 | +3 | 49 | |
| 11 | AZE | Avtomobilist Baku | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 49 | |
| 12 | RUS | Zenit Izhevsk | 46 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 67 | 53 | +14 | 49 | |
| 13 | GEO | Dinamo Batumi | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 48 | |
| 14 | RUS | Turbina Naberezhnyye Chelny | 46 | 21 | 5 | 20 | 53 | 63 | −10 | 47 | |
| 15 | AZE | Karabakh Stepanakert | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 55 | 46 | +9 | 47 | |
| 16 | RUS | Gazovik Orenburg | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 58 | 56 | +2 | 44 | |
| 17 | RUS | Dinamo Kirov | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 64 | 65 | −1 | 43 | |
| 18 | GEO | Dinamo Sukhumi | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 61 | 66 | −5 | 42 | |
| 19 | RUS | Uralets Nizhniy Tagil | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 63 | 69 | −6 | 40 | |
| 20 | ARM | SKIF Yerevan | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 40 | |
| 21 | RUS | Gastello Ufa | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 38 | |
| 22 | AZE | Hazar Lenkoran | 46 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 44 | 76 | −32 | 36 | |
| 23 | AZE | Progress Kirovabad | 46 | 13 | 3 | 30 | 45 | 97 | −52 | 29 | |
| 24 | AZE | Araz Nahichevan | 46 | 9 | 5 | 32 | 38 | 111 | −73 | 23 | |
* 1 2 -
* 1 2 3 +

### Group V [Central Asia and West Siberia]

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | KGZ | Alga Frunze | 44 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 66 | 22 | +44 | 67 | Promoted |
| 2 | UZB | Avtomobilist Termez | 44 | 30 | 4 | 10 | 81 | 45 | +36 | 64 | |
| 3 | UZB | Yangiyer | 44 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 67 | 30 | +37 | 60 | |
| 4 | UZB | Zarafshan Navoi | 44 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 76 | 49 | +27 | 55 | |
| 5 | UZB | Buston Jizak | 44 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 68 | 47 | +21 | 54 | |
| 6 | UZB | Shahrihanets Shahrihan | 44 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 58 | 36 | +22 | 52 | |
| 7 | KAZ | Khimik Jambul | 44 | 23 | 5 | 16 | 66 | 51 | +15 | 51 | |
| 8 | UZB | Horezm Yangiaryk | 44 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 66 | 43 | +23 | 51 | |
| 9 | UZB | Hiva | 44 | 20 | 8 | 16 | 59 | 44 | +15 | 48 | |
| 10 | RUS | Stroitel Tyumen | 44 | 20 | 8 | 16 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 48 | |
| 11 | UZB | Neftyanik Fergana | 44 | 19 | 6 | 19 | 57 | 58 | −1 | 44 | |
| 12 | UZB | Pahtachi Gulistan | 44 | 19 | 6 | 19 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 44 | |
| 13 | RUS | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 44 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 58 | 65 | −7 | 42 | |
| 14 | UZB | Amudarya Nukus | 44 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 39 | |
| 15 | RUS | Signal Chelyabinsk | 44 | 13 | 12 | 19 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 38 | |
| 16 | KAZ | Orbita Kzil-Orda | 44 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 48 | 52 | −4 | 37 | |
| 17 | KAZ | Metallurg Chimkent | 44 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 46 | 65 | −19 | 37 | |
| 18 | KAZ | Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk | 44 | 15 | 6 | 23 | 41 | 66 | −25 | 36 | |
| 19 | UZB | Dinamo Samarkand | 44 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 46 | 69 | −23 | 34 | |
| 20 | TJK | Hojent Leninabad | 44 | 14 | 5 | 25 | 56 | 78 | −22 | 33 | |
| 21 | UZB | Textilshchik Namangan | 44 | 12 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 64 | −32 | 31 | |
| 22 | UZB | KarshiStroi Karshi | 44 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 69 | −39 | 27 | |
| 23 | UZB | Start Tashkent | 44 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 33 | 76 | −43 | 20 | |
* ↑ Irrigator Jizak changed name to Buston.
* 1 2 3 4 +
* ↑ Neftyanik Tyumen changed name to Stroitel.

### Group VI (Kazakhstan and East Siberia)

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | KAZ | Traktor Pavlodar | 40 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 59 | 24 | +35 | 57 | Promoted |
| 2 | KAZ | Shakhtyor Karaganda | 40 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 67 | 37 | +30 | 55 | |
| 3 | KAZ | Tselinnik Tselinograd | 40 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 65 | 44 | +21 | 50 | |
| 4 | RUS | Angara Angarsk | 40 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 52 | 40 | +12 | 49 | |
| 5 | RUS | Zvezda Irkutsk | 40 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 64 | 47 | +17 | 45 | |
| 6 | RUS | Dinamo Barnaul | 40 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 44 | 43 | +1 | 44 | |
| 7 | RUS | SKA Khabarovsk | 40 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 63 | 49 | +14 | 44 | |
| 8 | RUS | Chkalovets Novosibirsk | 40 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 42 | |
| 9 | RUS | Luch Vladivostok | 40 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 42 | |
| 10 | RUS | Torpedo Rubtsovsk | 40 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 42 | |
| 11 | RUS | Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude | 40 | 17 | 7 | 16 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 41 | |
| 12 | RUS | Avtomobilist Krasnoyarsk | 40 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 40 | |
| 13 | KAZ | Spartak Semipalatinsk | 40 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 61 | 50 | +11 | 39 | |
| 14 | RUS | Irtysh Omsk | 40 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 55 | 60 | −5 | 38 | |
| 15 | KAZ | Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk | 40 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 33 | |
| 16 | RUS | Amur Blagoveshchensk | 40 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 42 | 52 | −10 | 33 | |
| 17 | KAZ | Gornyak Nikolskiy | 40 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 51 | 65 | −14 | 32 | |
| 18 | KAZ | Bulat Temirtau | 40 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 32 | |
| 19 | RUS | Amur Komsomolsk-na-Amure | 40 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 32 | |
| 20 | RUS | Torpedo Tomsk | 40 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 46 | 71 | −25 | 28 | |
| 21 | RUS | Energiya Bratsk | 40 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 78 | −46 | 22 | |
* ↑ Selenga Ulan-Ude changed name to Lokomotiv.
* 1 2 +