1980 Soviet First League

The 1980 Soviet First League was the tenth season of the Soviet First League and the 40th season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Soviet First League

Season	1980
← 1979 1981 →

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Tavria Simferopol (C, P)	46	28	9	9	82	42	+40	65	Promotion to Top League
2	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (P)	46	27	8	11	60	47	+13	62
3	Metalist Kharkiv	46	24	12	10	76	40	+36	60
4	Pamir Dushanbe	46	23	9	14	62	51	+11	55
5	Kolos Nikopol	46	20	11	15	70	47	+23	51
6	SKA Khabarovsk	46	20	10	16	45	60	−15	50
7	Dinamo Stavropol	46	23	3	20	64	66	−2	49
8	Nistru Kishinev	46	20	8	18	60	55	+5	48
9	Iskra Smolensk	46	18	11	17	50	46	+4	47
10	Zarya Voroshilovgrad	46	19	8	19	68	60	+8	46
11	Guria Lanchkhuti	46	18	10	18	68	73	−5	46
12	Fakel Voronezh	46	17	16	13	49	36	+13	46[a]
13	Torpedo Kutaisi	46	18	9	19	62	54	+8	45
14	Kuzbass Kemerovo	46	18	7	21	61	77	−16	43
15	Spartak Ordjonikidze	46	17	9	20	43	50	−7	43
16	SKA Odessa	46	16	10	20	52	47	+5	42
17	Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk	46	16	10	20	54	67	−13	42
18	Žalgiris Vilnius	46	15	14	17	50	39	+11	42[a]
19	Buston Dzhizak	46	15	12	19	48	61	−13	42
20	Metallurg Zaporozhia	46	15	11	20	57	67	−10	41
21	Shinnik Yaroslavl	46	14	15	17	51	57	−6	40[a]
22	Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev (R)	46	11	16	19	43	62	−19	34[a]	Relegation to Second League
23	Spartak Nalchik (R)	46	8	15	23	35	59	−24	28[a]
24	Uralmash Sverdlovsk (R)	46	8	5	33	35	82	−47	21

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. 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.

Top scorers

#	Player	Club	Goals
1	Volodymyr Naumenko	Tavriya Simferopol	33 (2)
2	Anatoliy Bykov	Dynamo Stavropol	23 (1)
3	Gennady Smirnov	Fakel Voronezh	22 (2)
4	Vitaly Razdayev	Kuzbass Kemerevo	21
	Nodar Bachiashvili	Metallist Kharkov	21 (1)
6	Merab Megreladze	Guria Lanchkhuti	20
7	Oleksandr Pogoryelov	Kolos Nikopol	19
	Vadim Pavlenko	Dnepr Dneprpropetrovsk	19 (5)
9	Ivan Shariy	Metallurg Zaporozhye	18 (1)

Number of teams by union republic

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	RSFSR	10	SKA Khabarovsk, Dinamo Stavropol, Iskra Smolensk, Fakel Voronezh, Kuzbass Kemerevo, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, Spartak Nalchik, Uralmash Sverdlovsk
2	Ukrainian SSR	8	Tavria Simferopol, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Kolos Nikopol, Zaria Voroshilovgrad, SKA Odessa, Prykarpatye Ivano-Frankovsk, Metallurg Zaporozhye
3	Georgian SSR	2	Torpedo Kutaisi, Guria Lanchkhuti
4	Tajik SSR	1	Pamir Dushanbe
	Moldavian SSR		Nistru Kishinev
	Lithuanian SSR		Žalgiris Vilnius
	Uzbek SSR		Buston Dzhizak

External links

• 1980 season. RSSSF