# 1979 Soviet Top League

Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1979 season.

## Overview

1979 Top League was composed of 18 teams, the championship was won by Spartak Moscow.
On 11 August 1979, a mid-air collision killed virtually the entire FC Pakhtakor Tashkent team. The Top League ordered all the other teams to make three players available for a draft to restock the team, and Pakhtakor was given exemption from relegation for the next three years.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Spartak Moscow (C) | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 66 | 25 | +41 | 50 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 57 | 33 | +24 | 48 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Dynamo Kyiv | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 26 | +25 | 47 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 34 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 54 | 27 | +27 | 46 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | Dynamo Moscow | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 27 | +14 | 42 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 6 | Dinamo Minsk | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 36 | |
| 7 | Ararat Yerevan | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 44 | 32 | +12 | 32 | |
| 8 | CSKA Moscow | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 32 | |
| 9 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 30 | |
| 10 | Zenit Leningrad | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 30 | |
| 11 | Chornomorets Odessa | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 28 | |
| 12 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 24 | |
| 13 | Kairat Alma-Ata | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 24 | |
| 14 | Neftchi Baku | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 50 | −21 | 24 | |
| 15 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 24 | |
| 16 | Torpedo Moscow | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 24 | |
| 17 | Zaria Voroshilovgrad (R) | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 41 | 62 | −21 | 20 | Relegation to First League |
| 18 | Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev (R) | 34 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 60 | −36 | 19 | Relegation to First League |
* ↑ 2 points deducted (8 draw limit)
* 1 2 4 points deducted (8 draw limit)
* 1 2 3 4 5 1 point deducted (8 draw limit)
* ↑ 5 points deducted (8 draw limit)
* 1 2 3 points deducted (8 draw limit)
* ↑ 6 points deducted (8 draw limit)

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARA | CHO | CSK | DYK | DMN | DYN | DTB | KAI | KRY | LOK | NEF | PAK | SHA | SKA | SPA | TOR | ZAR | ZEN |
| Ararat Yerevan | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Chornomorets Odessa | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
| CSKA Moscow | 1–3 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Dinamo Minsk | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 3–1 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Kairat Alma-Ata | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–8 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Neftçi Baku | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Pakhtakor Tashkent | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| SKA Rostov-on-Don | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Spartak Moscow | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Torpedo Moscow | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Zaria Voroshilovgrad | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–5 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | | 1–2 |
| Zenit Leningrad | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |

## Top scorers
### 26 goals

* Vitali Starukhin (Shakhtar)

### 17 goals

* Sergey Andreyev (SKA Rostov-on-Don)
* Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv)
* Khoren Hovhannisyan (Ararat)
* Valeriy Petrakov (Lokomotiv Moscow)

### 16 goals

* Yuri Chesnokov (CSKA Moscow)
* Vladimir Kazachyonok (Zenit)

### 14 goals

* Aleksandr Prokopenko (Dinamo Minsk)
* Georgi Yartsev (Spartak Moscow)
* Nikolai Vasilyev (Torpedo Moscow)