1978 Soviet First League

The 1978 Soviet First League was the eighth season of the Soviet First League and the 38th season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Soviet First League
Season1978
← 1977
1979 →

Final standings
Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 RUS Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev 38 21 14 3 59 25 +34 56[lower-alpha 1] Promoted
2 RUS SKA Rostov-on-Don 38 20 14 4 64 35 +29 54
3 BLR Dinamo Minsk 38 21 11 6 57 28 +29 53
4 UKR Karpaty Lviv 38 21 10 7 60 37 +23 52[lower-alpha 1]
5 RUS Terek Grozny 38 16 9 13 56 56 0 41
6 RUS Kuban Krasnodar 38 16 9 13 51 46 +5 41[lower-alpha 2]
7 LTU Žalgiris Vilnius 38 11 19 8 38 37 +1 41[lower-alpha 2]
8 UKR Tavriya Simferopol 38 14 12 12 48 38 +10 40
9 GEO Torpedo Kutaisi 38 14 9 15 44 41 +3 37
10 MDA Nistru Chișinău 38 13 11 14 42 40 +2 37
11 UKR SKA Odessa 38 12 10 16 43 51 −8 34[lower-alpha 2]
12 RUS Shinnik Yaroslavl 38 12 10 16 37 42 −5 34
13 TJK Pamir Dushanbe 38 10 14 14 47 41 +6 34
14 UKR Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 38 10 14 14 39 47 −8 34
15 UKR Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 38 13 6 19 43 58 −15 32
16 RUS Kuzbass Kemerovo 38 12 7 19 38 54 −16 31
17 RUS Uralmash Sverdlovsk 38 10 11 17 31 50 −19 31
18 RUS Spartak Orzhonikidze 38 10 8 20 30 50 −20 28
19 RUS Dinamo Leningrad 38 7 13 18 47 65 −18 27
20 TKM Kolhozchi Ashgabad 38 7 9 22 27 60 −33 23
Source: rsssf.com
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Number of teams by union republic
Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1  RSFSR 9 Terek Grozny, Kuban Krasnodar, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Kuzbass Kemerevo, Uralmash Sverdlovsk, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Dinamo Leningrad, Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, SKA Rostov-na-Donu
2  Ukrainian SSR 5 Karpaty Lvov, Tavria Simferopol, SKA Odessa, Metallurg Zaporozhye, Prykarpatye Ivano-Frankovsk
3  Belarusian SSR 1 Dinamo Minsk
 Lithuanian SSR Žalgiris Vilnius
 Georgian SSR Torpedo Kutaisi
 Moldavian SSR Nistru Kishinev
 Tajik SSR Pamir Dushanbe
 Turkmen SSR Kolhozchi Ashkhabad

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