# 1978 Soviet Top League

Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1978 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Dinamo Tbilisi won the championship.
Introduction of draw limit, a number of games tied during a season.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dinamo Tbilisi (C) | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 24 | +21 | 42 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 42 | 20 | +22 | 38 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 37 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 37 | 23 | +14 | 36 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 33 | |
| 6 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 32 | |
| 7 | Chornomorets Odessa | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 32 | |
| 8 | Torpedo Moscow | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 30 | |
| 9 | Zaria Voroshilovgrad | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 26 | |
| 10 | Zenit Leningrad | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 46 | −15 | 26 | |
| 11 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 26 | |
| 12 | Kairat Alma-Ata | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 25 | |
| 13 | Neftchi Baku | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 23 | |
| 14 | Ararat Yerevan | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 42 | −22 | 22 | |
| 15 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 40 | −14 | 22 | |
| 16 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (R) | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 25 | 39 | −14 | 21 | Relegation to First League |
* 1 2 1 point deducted (8 draw limit).
* 1 2 2 points deducted (8 draw limit).
* ↑ 3 points deducted (8 draw limit).

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARA | CHO | CSK | DNI | DYK | DYN | DTB | KAI | LOK | NEF | PAK | SHA | SPA | TOR | ZAR | ZEN |
| Ararat Yerevan | | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Chornomorets Odessa | 3–1 | | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| CSKA Moscow | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| Kairat Alma-Ata | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Neftçi Baku | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Spartak Moscow | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| Torpedo Moscow | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Zaria Voroshilovgrad | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 4–0 |
| Zenit Leningrad | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–4 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |

## Top scorers
### 19 goals

* Georgi Yartsev (Spartak Moscow)

### 15 goals

* Ramaz Shengelia (Dinamo Tbilisi)

### 13 goals

* Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv)

### 11 goals

* Nikolai Latysh (Shakhtar)

### 10 goals

* Vladimir Klementyev (Zenit)

### 9 goals

* Nikolai Kolesov (Dynamo Moscow)

### 8 goals

* Aleksei Belenkov (CSKA Moscow)
* Vakhtang Koridze (Dinamo Tbilisi)
* Viktor Kuznetsov (Zorya Voroshylovhrad)

### 7 goals

* Konstantin Bakanov (Pakhtakor)
* Anatoliy Banishevskiy (Neftchi)
* Yuri Chesnokov (CSKA Moscow)
* Vladimir Fyodorov (Pakhtakor)
* Yevgeni Khrabrostin (Torpedo Moscow)
* David Kipiani (Dinamo Tbilisi)
* Aleksandr Maksimenkov (Dynamo Moscow)
* Vladimir Onischenko (Dynamo Kyiv)
* Vladimir Ploskina (Chornomorets)
* Andrei Redkous (Zenit)
* Yuri Reznik (Shakhtar)
* Vitaliy Shevchenko (Chornomorets)
* Vitali Starukhin (Shakhtar)