# 1979 Soviet Second League

1979 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 | Iskra Smolensk | 46 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 86 | 26 | +60 | 73 | Promoted |
| 2 | RUS | Textilshchik Ivanovo | 46 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 69 | 38 | +31 | 62 | |
| 3 | BLR | Dinamo Brest | 46 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 77 | 35 | +42 | 62 | |
| 4 | RUS | Dinamo Vologda | 46 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 60 | |
| 5 | LVA | Daugava Riga | 46 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 97 | 47 | +50 | 59 | |
| 6 | RUS | Spartak Kostroma | 46 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 61 | 36 | +25 | 59 | |
| 7 | BLR | Khimik Grodno | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 56 | 33 | +23 | 57 | |
| 8 | LTU | Atlantas Klaipeda | 46 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 58 | 39 | +19 | 56 | |
| 9 | RUS | Saturn Rybinsk | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 62 | 46 | +16 | 53 | |
| 10 | RUS | Volga Kalinin | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 55 | 39 | +16 | 52 | |
| 11 | RUS | Moskvich Moskva | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 52 | |
| 12 | BLR | Dvina Vitebsk | 46 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 51 | |
| 13 | RUS | Lokomotiv Kaluga | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 50 | |
| 14 | RUS | Dinamo Bryansk | 46 | 21 | 6 | 19 | 60 | 56 | +4 | 48 | |
| 15 | LVA | Zvejnieks Liepaja | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 44 | |
| 16 | RUS | Sever Murmansk | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 47 | 68 | −21 | 39 | |
| 17 | BLR | Dnepr Mogilyov | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 41 | 62 | −21 | 37 | |
| 18 | RUS | Krasnaya Presnya Moskva | 46 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 34 | 67 | −33 | 34 | |
| 19 | RUS | Mashinostroitel Tula | 46 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 40 | 72 | −32 | 34 | |
| 20 | RUS | Volzhanin Kineshma | 46 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 41 | 71 | −30 | 29 | |
| 21 | BLR | GomSelMash Gomel | 46 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 34 | 71 | −37 | 28 | |
| 22 | RUS | Baltika Kaliningrad | 46 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 71 | −37 | 27 | |
| 23 | RUS | FSM Moskva | 46 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 41 | 80 | −39 | 22 | |
| 24 | RUS | Stroitel Cherepovets | 46 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 20 | 104 | −84 | 16 | |
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### Group II [Ukraine]

| Pos | Team v t e | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Kolos Nikopol (C, P) | 46 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 68 | 32 | +36 | 68 | Promoted |
| 2 | SKA Kiev | 46 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 65 | 32 | +33 | 64 | |
| 3 | SKA Lviv | 46 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 67 | 33 | +34 | 61 | |
| 4 | Avanhard Rivne | 46 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 76 | 41 | +35 | 60 | |
| 5 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 46 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 55 | 32 | +23 | 58 | |
| 6 | Spartak Zhytomyr | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 56 | |
| 7 | Krystal Kherson | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 63 | 45 | +18 | 52 | |
| 8 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 52 | |
| 9 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 50 | |
| 10 | Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 49 | |
| 11 | Kolos Poltava | 46 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 48 | 52 | −4 | 45 | |
| 12 | Atlantyka Sevastopol | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 54 | 62 | −8 | 43 | |
| 13 | Podillia Khmelnytskyi | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 42 | |
| 14 | Dnipro Cherkasy | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 38 | 49 | −11 | 41 | |
| 15 | Novator Zhdanov | 46 | 17 | 6 | 23 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 40 | |
| 16 | Hoverla Uzhhorod | 46 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 39 | |
| 17 | Desna Chernihiv | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 57 | −20 | 38 | |
| 18 | Okean Kerch | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 38 | |
| 19 | Frunzenets Sumy | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 47 | 62 | −15 | 36 | |
| 20 | Torpedo Lutsk | 46 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 42 | 69 | −27 | 36 | |
| 21 | Nyva Vinnytsia | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 35 | |
| 22 | Avtomobilist Tiraspol | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 28 | 47 | −19 | 35 | Moldavian SSR |
| 23 | Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk | 46 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 37 | 71 | −34 | 34 | |
| 24 | Shakhtar Horlivka | 46 | 11 | 10 | 25 | 53 | 76 | −23 | 32 | Avoided relegation |

### Group III [Volga–Russian South]

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Dinamo Stavropol | 48 | 37 | 4 | 7 | 91 | 31 | +60 | 78 | Promoted |
| 2 | Rotor Volgograd | 48 | 29 | 8 | 11 | 102 | 36 | +66 | 66 | |
| 3 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 48 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 75 | 40 | +35 | 66 | |
| 4 | Mashuk Pyatigorsk | 48 | 25 | 8 | 15 | 67 | 46 | +21 | 58 | |
| 5 | Spartak Oryol | 48 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 82 | 63 | +19 | 57 | |
| 6 | Sokol Saratov | 48 | 23 | 11 | 14 | 71 | 49 | +22 | 57 | |
| 7 | Volga Gorkiy | 48 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 62 | 51 | +11 | 56 | |
| 8 | RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu | 48 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 92 | 63 | +29 | 56 | |
| 9 | Torpedo Taganrog | 48 | 23 | 9 | 16 | 69 | 50 | +19 | 55 | |
| 10 | Dinamo Makhachkala | 48 | 23 | 9 | 16 | 75 | 53 | +22 | 55 | |
| 11 | Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo | 48 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 68 | 51 | +17 | 54 | |
| 12 | Khimik Dzerzhinsk | 48 | 21 | 9 | 18 | 59 | 52 | +7 | 51 | |
| 13 | Druzhba Maykop | 48 | 20 | 9 | 19 | 56 | 54 | +2 | 49 | |
| 14 | Torpedo Vladimir | 48 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 66 | 59 | +7 | 49 | |
| 15 | Uralan Elista | 48 | 20 | 8 | 20 | 63 | 64 | −1 | 48 | |
| 16 | Spartak Ryazan | 48 | 18 | 9 | 21 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 45 | |
| 17 | Salyut Belgorod | 48 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 67 | 76 | −9 | 41 | |
| 18 | Stal Cheboksary | 48 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 50 | 67 | −17 | 40 | |
| 19 | Revtrud Tambov | 48 | 16 | 7 | 25 | 51 | 69 | −18 | 39 | |
| 20 | Cement Novorossiysk | 48 | 12 | 13 | 23 | 37 | 65 | −28 | 37 | |
| 21 | Volgar Astrakhan | 48 | 14 | 8 | 26 | 58 | 84 | −26 | 36 | |
| 22 | Trud Volzhskiy | 48 | 12 | 9 | 27 | 52 | 80 | −28 | 33 | |
| 23 | Avangard Kursk | 48 | 13 | 6 | 29 | 46 | 87 | −41 | 32 | |
| 24 | Khimik Novomoskovsk | 48 | 11 | 9 | 28 | 43 | 87 | −44 | 31 | |
| 25 | Turbina Syzran | 48 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 32 | 156 | −124 | 11 | |
* ↑ Novolipetsk Lipetsk changed name to Metallurg.

### Group IV [Caucasus and Ural]

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | GEO | Guria Lanchkhuti | 46 | 31 | 4 | 11 | 110 | 50 | +60 | 66 | Promoted |
| 2 | GEO | Lokomotiv Samtredia | 46 | 28 | 9 | 9 | 109 | 49 | +60 | 65 | |
| 3 | AZE | Karabakh Stepanakert | 46 | 29 | 5 | 12 | 65 | 38 | +27 | 63 | |
| 4 | RUS | Zenit Izhevsk | 46 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 70 | 42 | +28 | 59 | |
| 5 | ARM | Kotaik Abovyan | 46 | 26 | 6 | 14 | 83 | 43 | +40 | 58 | |
| 6 | AZE | Araz Nahichevan | 46 | 27 | 3 | 16 | 88 | 78 | +10 | 57 | |
| 7 | GEO | Dinamo Zugdidi | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 53 | 45 | +8 | 52 | |
| 8 | GEO | Dinamo Sukhumi | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 52 | |
| 9 | GEO | Dila Gori | 46 | 21 | 8 | 17 | 74 | 65 | +9 | 50 | |
| 10 | GEO | Kolkheti Poti | 46 | 22 | 5 | 19 | 72 | 55 | +17 | 49 | |
| 11 | ARM | Shirak Leninakan | 46 | 20 | 7 | 19 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 47 | |
| 12 | RUS | Gazovik Orenburg | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 58 | 66 | −8 | 47 | |
| 13 | RUS | Gastello Ufa | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 44 | |
| 14 | AZE | Hazar Lenkoran | 46 | 19 | 5 | 22 | 54 | 72 | −18 | 43 | |
| 15 | GEO | Dinamo Batumi | 46 | 19 | 5 | 22 | 53 | 65 | −12 | 43 | |
| 16 | AZE | Avtomobilist Baku | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 54 | 63 | −9 | 43 | |
| 17 | RUS | Turbina Naberezhnyye Chelny | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 49 | 62 | −13 | 42 | |
| 18 | RUS | Uralets Nizhniy Tagil | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 45 | 60 | −15 | 36 | |
| 19 | RUS | Rubin Kazan | 46 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 48 | 65 | −17 | 36 | |
| 20 | AZE | Progress Kirovabad | 46 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 56 | 96 | −40 | 33 | |
| 21 | RUS | Dinamo Kirov | 46 | 12 | 7 | 27 | 33 | 60 | −27 | 31 | |
| 22 | ARM | Arabkir Yerevan | 46 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 55 | 101 | −46 | 31 | |
| 23 | RUS | Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola | 46 | 12 | 5 | 29 | 43 | 73 | −30 | 29 | |
| 24 | RUS | Torpedo Togliatti | 46 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 51 | 88 | −37 | 28 | |
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### Group V [Central Asia and West Siberia]

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | UZB | Buston Jizak | 46 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 74 | 35 | +39 | 69 | Promoted |
| 2 | UZB | Shahrihanets Shahrihan | 46 | 28 | 7 | 11 | 73 | 39 | +34 | 63 | |
| 3 | KAZ | Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk | 46 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 79 | 44 | +35 | 56 | |
| 4 | UZB | Yangiyer | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 75 | 54 | +21 | 55 | |
| 5 | KAZ | Metallurg Chimkent | 46 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 73 | 50 | +23 | 54 | |
| 6 | RUS | Stroitel Tyumen | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 59 | 39 | +20 | 53 | |
| 7 | UZB | Dinamo Samarkand | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 59 | 39 | +20 | 52 | |
| 8 | UZB | Neftyanik Fergana | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 72 | 50 | +22 | 49 | |
| 9 | KAZ | Meliorator Kzil-Orda | 46 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 52 | 60 | −8 | 48 | |
| 10 | UZB | Horezm Yangiaryk | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 66 | 72 | −6 | 46 | |
| 11 | RUS | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 51 | 59 | −8 | 46 | |
| 12 | UZB | Hiva | 46 | 19 | 7 | 20 | 54 | 70 | −16 | 45 | |
| 13 | UZB | KarshiStroi Karshi | 46 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 44 | |
| 14 | UZB | Zarafshan Navoi | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 51 | 53 | −2 | 44 | |
| 15 | UZB | Pahtachi Gulistan | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 53 | 61 | −8 | 43 | |
| 16 | UZB | Avtomobilist Termez | 46 | 18 | 6 | 22 | 57 | 63 | −6 | 42 | |
| 17 | UZB | Narimanovets Bagat | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 49 | 64 | −15 | 42 | |
| 18 | UZB | Amudarya Nukus | 46 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 57 | 76 | −19 | 41 | |
| 19 | KAZ | Khimik Jambul | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 53 | 63 | −10 | 41 | |
| 20 | RUS | Signal Chelyabinsk | 46 | 16 | 6 | 24 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 38 | |
| 21 | TJK | Hojent Leninabad | 46 | 16 | 6 | 24 | 50 | 70 | −20 | 38 | |
| 22 | TJK | Pahtakor Kurgan-Tyube | 46 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 46 | 71 | −25 | 36 | |
| 23 | UZB | Textilshchik Namangan | 46 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 41 | 69 | −28 | 33 | |
| 24 | KAZ | Trud Shevchenko | 46 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 53 | 98 | −45 | 26 | |
* ↑ Orbita Kzil-Orda changed name to Meliorator.
* 1 2 3 +

### Group VI (Kazakhstan and East Siberia)

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | RUS | SKA Khabarovsk | 40 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 84 | 37 | +47 | 59 | Promoted |
| 2 | KAZ | Shakhtyor Karaganda | 40 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 64 | 31 | +33 | 58 | |
| 3 | RUS | Luch Vladivostok | 40 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 69 | 38 | +31 | 52 | |
| 4 | RUS | Amur Blagoveshchensk | 40 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 53 | 25 | +28 | 51 | |
| 5 | KAZ | Spartak Semipalatinsk | 40 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 74 | 49 | +25 | 50 | |
| 6 | RUS | Torpedo Rubtsovsk | 40 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 60 | 43 | +17 | 50 | |
| 7 | RUS | Dinamo Barnaul | 40 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 65 | 43 | +22 | 50 | |
| 8 | RUS | Zvezda Irkutsk | 40 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 73 | 54 | +19 | 48 | |
| 9 | KAZ | Tselinnik Tselinograd | 40 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 77 | 43 | +34 | 48 | |
| 10 | RUS | Angara Angarsk | 40 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 45 | |
| 11 | RUS | Avtomobilist Krasnoyarsk | 40 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 54 | 47 | +7 | 42 | |
| 12 | RUS | Irtysh Omsk | 40 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 40 | |
| 13 | RUS | Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude | 40 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 39 | |
| 14 | RUS | Amur Komsomolsk-na-Amure | 40 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 48 | 52 | −4 | 34 | |
| 15 | KAZ | Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk | 40 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 48 | 57 | −9 | 33 | |
| 16 | KAZ | Bulat Temirtau | 40 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 41 | 66 | −25 | 32 | |
| 17 | RUS | Manometr Tomsk | 40 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 32 | |
| 18 | KAZ | Ugolshchik Ekibastuz | 40 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 63 | −32 | 24 | |
| 19 | RUS | Chkalovets Novosibirsk | 40 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 70 | −35 | 24 | |
| 20 | KAZ | Avangard Petropavlovsk | 40 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 23 | 83 | −60 | 17 | |
| 21 | KAZ | Torpedo Kokchetav | 40 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 37 | 120 | −83 | 12 | |
* ↑ Torpedo Tomsk changed name to Manometr.
* 1 2 3 +