Football in the Soviet Union

Season	1980
Men's football
Top League	Dinamo Kiev
First League	Tavriya Simferopol
Second League	Spartak Kostroma (Finals 1) Traktor Pavlodar (Finals 2) SKA Kiev (Finals 3)
Soviet Cup	Shakhter Donetsk

The 1980 Soviet football championship was the 49th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Dinamo Kiev won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the ninth time.

Honours

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	Dynamo Kyiv (C)	34	21	9	4	63	23	+40	51	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Spartak Moscow	34	18	9	7	49	26	+23	45	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Zenit Leningrad	34	16	10	8	51	42	+9	42
4	Dinamo Tbilisi	34	16	7	11	51	32	+19	39	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
5	CSKA Moscow	34	13	12	9	36	32	+4	36[lower-alpha 2]	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
6	Shakhtar Donetsk	34	13	9	12	45	40	+5	35
7	Chornomorets Odessa	34	13	9	12	37	37	0	35
8	Dinamo Minsk	34	11	12	11	41	42	−1	32[lower-alpha 2]
9	Ararat Yerevan	34	11	11	12	39	43	−4	32[lower-alpha 3]
10	SKA Rostov-on-Don	34	11	10	13	41	47	−6	32	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
11	Torpedo Moscow	34	10	11	13	28	32	−4	30[lower-alpha 3]
12	Kairat Alma-Ata	34	10	11	13	33	44	−11	30[lower-alpha 3]
13	Neftchi Baku	34	10	9	15	29	41	−12	29
14	Dynamo Moscow	34	9	14	11	32	33	−1	28[lower-alpha 4]
15	Kuban Krasnodar	34	9	10	15	32	43	−11	28
16	Pakhtakor Tashkent	34	9	8	17	26	43	−17	26
17	Karpaty Lviv (R)	34	9	8	17	23	46	−23	26	Relegation to First League
18	Lokomotiv Moscow (R)	34	8	9	17	34	44	−10	25

Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. ↑ Dinamo Tbilisi qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions.
2. 1 2 2 points deducted (10 draw limit)
3. 1 2 3 1 point deducted (10 draw limit)
4. ↑ 4 points deducted (10 draw limit)

First League

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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 1]
22	Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev (R)	46	11	16	19	43	62	−19	34[lower-alpha 1]	Relegation to Second League
23	Spartak Nalchik (R)	46	8	15	23	35	59	−24	28[lower-alpha 1]
24	Uralmash Sverdlovsk (R)	46	8	5	33	35	82	−47	21

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

1. 1 2 3 4 5 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.

[Oct 26 – Nov 12]

References

External links

• 1980 Soviet football championship. RSSSF