# 1979 in Soviet football

The 1979 Soviet football championship was the 48th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Spartak Moscow won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the tenth time.

## Honours

| Competition | Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
| Top League | Top League | Spartak Moscow (10) | Shakhter Donetsk |
| First League | First League | Karpaty Lvov (2) | Kuban Krasnodar |
| Second League | Group 1 | Iskra Smolensk | Tekstilschik Ivanovo |
| Second League | Group 2 | Kolos Nikopol | SKA Kiev |
| Second League | Group 3 | Dinamo Stavropol | Rotor Volgograd |
| Second League | Group 4 | Guria Lanchkhuti | Lokomotiv Samtredia |
| Second League | Group 5 | Buston Dzhizak | Shakhrikhanets Shakhrikhan |
| Second League | Group 6 | SKA Khabarovsk | Shakhter Karaganda |
| Soviet Cup | Soviet Cup | Dinamo Tbilisi (2) | Dinamo Moscow |
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 | 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)

### First League

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Karpaty Lviv (C, P) | 46 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 89 | 43 | +46 | 64 | Promotion to Top League |
| 2 | Kuban Krasnodar (P) | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 70 | 43 | +27 | 56 | Promotion to Top League |
| 3 | Pamir Dushanbe | 46 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 56 | 50 | +6 | 53 | |
| 4 | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 52 | |
| 5 | Fakel Voronezh | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 70 | 54 | +16 | 50 | |
| 6 | Žalgiris Vilnius | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 61 | 54 | +7 | 48 | |
| 7 | Metalist Kharkiv | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 48 | |
| 8 | Nistru Kishinev | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 48 | |
| 9 | Uralmash Sverdlovsk | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 55 | 45 | +10 | 48 | |
| 10 | Metallurg Zaporozhia | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 69 | 65 | +4 | 46 | |
| 11 | Torpedo Kutaisi | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 44 | 40 | +4 | 46 | |
| 12 | Kuzbass Kemerovo | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 46 | |
| 13 | Spartak Ordjonikidze | 46 | 19 | 7 | 20 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 45 | |
| 14 | Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk | 46 | 19 | 7 | 20 | 52 | 61 | −9 | 45 | |
| 15 | SKA Odessa | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 54 | 61 | −7 | 45 | |
| 16 | Spartak Nalchik | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 44 | |
| 17 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 57 | 60 | −3 | 44 | |
| 18 | Tavria Simferopol | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 50 | 56 | −6 | 43 | |
| 19 | Terek Grozny (R) | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 59 | 63 | −4 | 42 | Relegation to Second League |
| 20 | Zvezda Perm (R) | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 41 | Relegation to Second League |
| 21 | Traktor Pavlodar (R) | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 37 | 57 | −20 | 39 | Relegation to Second League |
| 22 | Dinamo Leningrad (R) | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 52 | 57 | −5 | 38 | Relegation to Second League |
| 23 | Kolhozchi Ashkhabad (R) | 46 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 41 | 76 | −35 | 34 | Relegation to Second League |
| 24 | Alga Frunze (R) | 46 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 37 | 73 | −36 | 29 | Relegation to Second League |
* 1 2 3 4 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.

### Second League
#### Group 1

| 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 | |
* 1 2 +

#### Group 2

| 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 3

| 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 4

| 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 | |
* 1 2 +

#### Group 5

| 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 6

| 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 +

### Top goalscorers

Top League
* Vitaliy Starukhin (Shakhter Donetsk) – 26 goals
First League
* Stepan Yurchyshyn (Karpaty Lvov) – 42 goals