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 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev 38 21 14 3 59 25 +34 56[lower-alpha 1] Promoted
2 RUS Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Rostov-on-Don 38 20 14 4 64 35 +29 54
3 BLR Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Minsk 38 21 11 6 57 28 +29 53
4 UKR Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Karpaty Lviv 38 21 10 7 60 37 +23 52[lower-alpha 1]
5 RUS Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Terek Grozny 38 16 9 13 56 56 0 41
6 RUS Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Kuban Krasnodar 38 16 9 13 51 46 +5 41[lower-alpha 2]
7 LTU Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic Žalgiris Vilnius 38 11 19 8 38 37 +1 41[lower-alpha 2]
8 UKR Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Tavriya Simferopol 38 14 12 12 48 38 +10 40
9 GEO Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Torpedo Kutaisi 38 14 9 15 44 41 +3 37
10 MDA Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Nistru Chișinău 38 13 11 14 42 40 +2 37
11 UKR Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic SKA Odessa 38 12 10 16 43 51 −8 34[lower-alpha 2]
12 RUS Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Shinnik Yaroslavl 38 12 10 16 37 42 −5 34
13 TJK Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic Pamir Dushanbe 38 10 14 14 47 41 +6 34
14 UKR Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 38 10 14 14 39 47 −8 34
15 UKR Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 38 13 6 19 43 58 −15 32
16 RUS Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Kuzbass Kemerovo 38 12 7 19 38 54 −16 31
17 RUS Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Uralmash Sverdlovsk 38 10 11 17 31 50 −19 31
18 RUS Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Orzhonikidze 38 10 8 20 30 50 −20 28
19 RUS Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dinamo Leningrad 38 7 13 18 47 65 −18 27
20 TKM Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic 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

See also
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