1978 Soviet Second League

Second League
Season	1978
	← 1977 1979 →

1978 Soviet Second League was a Soviet competition in the Soviet Second League.

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	RUS	Fakel Voronezh	46	36	8	2	105	17	+88	80	Promoted

2	RUS	Iskra Smolensk	46	33	6	7	81	31	+50	72
3	RUS	Volga Kalinin	46	30	9	7	84	33	+51	69
4	RUS	Textilshchik Ivanovo	46	26	13	7	66	32	+34	65
5	RUS	Novolipetsk Lipetsk	46	24	10	12	66	37	+29	58
6	BLR	Dinamo Brest	46	24	10	12	62	37	+25	58
7	LVA	Daugava Riga	46	25	6	15	75	48	+27	56
8	RUS	Spartak Kostroma	46	20	13	13	62	51	+11	53
9	RUS	Dinamo Vologda	46	19	14	13	45	33	+12	52
10	LTU	Atlantas Klaipeda	46	20	11	15	63	42	+21	51
11	RUS	Lokomotiv Kaluga	46	21	7	18	54	59	−5	49
12	RUS	Torpedo Vladimir	46	19	10	17	45	40	+5	48
13	BLR	Khimik Grodno	46	14	16	16	42	54	−12	44
14	BLR	GomSelMash Gomel^[a]	46	16	9	21	56	60	−4	41
15	BLR	Dvina Vitebsk	46	13	15	18	43	43	0	41
16	BLR	Dnepr Mogilyov	46	15	10	21	51	56	−5	40
17	LVA	Zvejnieks Liepaja	46	12	13	21	32	50	−18	37
18	RUS	Baltika Kaliningrad	46	11	11	24	51	74	−23	33
19	RUS	Saturn Rybinsk	46	7	18	21	31	57	−26	32
20	RUS	Dinamo Bryansk	46	11	9	26	37	72	−35	31
21	RUS	Moskvich Moskva	46	12	5	29	37	86	−49	29^[b]
22	RUS	Volzhanin Kineshma	46	9	7	30	42	105	−63	25^[b]
23	RUS	Sever Murmansk	46	7	10	29	23	85	−62	24
24	RUS	Krasnaya Presnya Moskva	46	4	8	34	25	76	−51	16^[b]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Metalist Kharkiv (C, P)	44	29	12	3	66	20	+46	70	Promoted
2	Kolos Nikopol	44	26	10	8	59	32	+27	62
3	SKA Kiev	44	23	14	7	71	29	+42	60
4	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	44	24	11	9	63	29	+34	59
5	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	44	23	11	10	55	25	+30	57
6	Krystal Kherson	44	20	14	10	46	28	+18	54
7	Zirka Kirovohrad	44	17	15	12	42	33	+9	49
8	Avanhard Rovno	44	19	9	16	55	39	+16	47
9	SKA Lviv	44	16	14	14	52	43	+9	46
10	Spartak Zhytomyr	44	19	7	18	50	40	+10	45
11	Desna Chernihiv	44	16	13	15	37	33	+4	45
12	Lokomotyv Vinnytsia	44	14	16	14	30	31	−1	44
13	Hoverla Uzhhorod	44	15	10	19	44	53	−9	40
14	Atlantyka Sevastopol	44	13	13	18	49	54	−5	39
15	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv	44	11	16	17	38	46	−8	38
16	Kolos Poltava	44	14	9	21	40	53	−13	37
17	Novator Zhdanov	44	12	12	20	53	70	−17	36
18	Dnipro Cherkasy	44	11	12	21	29	53	−24	34
19	Podillya Khmelnytskyi	44	12	9	23	28	56	−28	33
20	Frunzenets Sumy	44	10	13	21	39	59	−20	33
21	Torpedo Lutsk	44	13	6	25	32	72	−40	32
22	Shakhtar Horlivka	44	13	5	26	36	72	−36	31	Avoided relegation
23	Start Tiraspol	44	6	9	29	22	66	−44	21	Moldavian SSR; Avoided relegation

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Spartak Nalchik	46	29	9	8	86	38	+48	67	Promoted

2	Mashuk Pyatigorsk	46	27	9	10	75	34	+41	63
3	RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu	46	22	16	8	84	43	+41	60
4	Rotor Volgograd	46	22	12	12	76	38	+38	56
5	Sokol Saratov	46	20	15	11	61	37	+24	55
6	Druzhba Maykop	46	20	14	12	42	39	+3	54
7	Torpedo Taganrog	46	21	10	15	55	41	+14	52
8	Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo	46	18	15	13	43	37	+6	51
9	Cement Novorossiysk	46	18	13	15	49	57	−8	49^[a]
10	Uralan Elista	46	21	6	19	60	59	+1	48
11	Volga Gorkiy	46	18	12	16	50	46	+4	48
12	Dinamo Makhachkala	46	19	9	18	67	54	+13	47
13	Stal Cheboksary	46	18	11	17	48	53	−5	47^[a]
14	Spartak Oryol	46	17	10	19	55	60	−5	44
15	Spartak Ryazan	46	17	10	19	39	45	−6	44
16	Volgar Astrakhan	46	16	12	18	61	67	−6	44
17	Dinamo Stavropol	46	16	10	20	64	68	−4	42
18	Salyut Belgorod	46	16	8	22	56	71	−15	40
19	Khimik Novomoskovsk	46	15	9	22	44	61	−17	39
20	Trud Volzhskiy^[b]	46	14	7	25	52	73	−21	35
21	Khimik Dzerzhinsk	46	11	13	22	36	64	−28	35
22	Revtrud Tambov	46	8	14	24	43	75	−32	30
23	Avangard Kursk	46	9	9	28	39	94	−55	27
24	Mashinostroitel Tula	46	8	11	27	39	70	−31	27

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	RUS	Zvezda Perm	46	25	10	11	77	42	+35	60^[a]	Promoted

2	GEO	Guria Lanchkhuti	46	24	11	11	82	48	+34	59
3	GEO	Dinamo Zugdidi	46	21	11	14	64	45	+19	53
4	ARM	Shirak Leninakan	46	19	15	12	73	51	+22	53
5	RUS	Torpedo Togliatti	46	20	12	14	61	37	+24	52
6	RUS	Rubin Kazan	46	20	12	14	64	50	+14	52^[a]
7	ARM	Kotaik Abovyan	46	23	5	18	66	64	+2	51^[b]
8	GEO	Lokomotiv Samtredia	46	21	8	17	74	71	+3	50
9	GEO	Dila Gori	46	18	14	14	59	53	+6	50
10	RUS	Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola	46	22	5	19	57	54	+3	49
11	AZE	Avtomobilist Baku	46	20	9	17	60	60	0	49
12	RUS	Zenit Izhevsk	46	16	17	13	67	53	+14	49
13	GEO	Dinamo Batumi	46	18	12	16	62	48	+14	48
14	RUS	Turbina Naberezhnyye Chelny	46	21	5	20	53	63	−10	47
15	AZE	Karabakh Stepanakert	46	19	9	18	55	46	+9	47^[b]
16	RUS	Gazovik Orenburg	46	17	10	19	58	56	+2	44
17	RUS	Dinamo Kirov	46	17	9	20	64	65	−1	43
18	GEO	Dinamo Sukhumi	46	15	12	19	61	66	−5	42
19	RUS	Uralets Nizhniy Tagil	46	16	8	22	63	69	−6	40
20	ARM	SKIF Yerevan	46	12	16	18	40	49	−9	40
21	RUS	Gastello Ufa	46	14	10	22	48	61	−13	38
22	AZE	Hazar Lenkoran	46	14	8	24	44	76	−32	36^[b]
23	AZE	Progress Kirovabad	46	13	3	30	45	97	−52	29
24	AZE	Araz Nahichevan	46	9	5	32	38	111	−73	23

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	KGZ	Alga Frunze	44	29	9	6	66	22	+44	67	Promoted

2	UZB	Avtomobilist Termez	44	30	4	10	81	45	+36	64
3	UZB	Yangiyer	44	26	8	10	67	30	+37	60
4	UZB	Zarafshan Navoi	44	24	7	13	76	49	+27	55
5	UZB	Buston Jizak^[a]	44	23	8	13	68	47	+21	54
6	UZB	Shahrihanets Shahrihan	44	22	8	14	58	36	+22	52
7	KAZ	Khimik Jambul	44	23	5	16	66	51	+15	51
8	UZB	Horezm Yangiaryk	44	19	13	12	66	43	+23	51
9	UZB	Hiva	44	20	8	16	59	44	+15	48^[b]
10	RUS	Stroitel Tyumen^[c]	44	20	8	16	53	51	+2	48
11	UZB	Neftyanik Fergana	44	19	6	19	57	58	−1	44
12	UZB	Pahtachi Gulistan	44	19	6	19	51	51	0	44
13	RUS	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	44	16	10	18	58	65	−7	42
14	UZB	Amudarya Nukus	44	15	9	20	39	54	−15	39
15	RUS	Signal Chelyabinsk	44	13	12	19	44	56	−12	38
16	KAZ	Orbita Kzil-Orda	44	16	5	23	48	52	−4	37
17	KAZ	Metallurg Chimkent	44	14	9	21	46	65	−19	37
18	KAZ	Aktyubinets Aktyubinsk	44	15	6	23	41	66	−25	36
19	UZB	Dinamo Samarkand	44	12	10	22	46	69	−23	34
20	TJK	Hojent Leninabad	44	14	5	25	56	78	−22	33
21	UZB	Textilshchik Namangan	44	12	7	25	32	64	−32	31^[b]
22	UZB	KarshiStroi Karshi	44	9	9	26	30	69	−39	27^[b]
23	UZB	Start Tashkent	44	8	4	32	33	76	−43	20^[b]

Group I [Northwest and Central]

Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	KAZ	Traktor Pavlodar	40	25	7	8	59	24	+35	57	Promoted

2	KAZ	Shakhtyor Karaganda	40	23	9	8	67	37	+30	55
3	KAZ	Tselinnik Tselinograd	40	20	10	10	65	44	+21	50
4	RUS	Angara Angarsk	40	21	7	12	52	40	+12	49
5	RUS	Zvezda Irkutsk	40	19	7	14	64	47	+17	45
6	RUS	Dinamo Barnaul	40	17	10	13	44	43	+1	44
7	RUS	SKA Khabarovsk	40	16	12	12	63	49	+14	44
8	RUS	Chkalovets Novosibirsk	40	17	8	15	52	54	−2	42
9	RUS	Luch Vladivostok	40	15	12	13	55	50	+5	42
10	RUS	Torpedo Rubtsovsk	40	15	12	13	48	43	+5	42
11	RUS	Lokomotiv Ulan-Ude^[a]	40	17	7	16	40	47	−7	41
12	RUS	Avtomobilist Krasnoyarsk	40	16	8	16	45	53	−8	40
13	KAZ	Spartak Semipalatinsk	40	15	9	16	61	50	+11	39
14	RUS	Irtysh Omsk	40	14	10	16	55	60	−5	38
15	KAZ	Vostok Ust-Kamenogorsk	40	13	7	20	46	56	−10	33
16	RUS	Amur Blagoveshchensk	40	12	9	19	42	52	−10	33
17	KAZ	Gornyak Nikolskiy	40	12	8	20	51	65	−14	32
18	KAZ	Bulat Temirtau	40	12	8	20	36	47	−11	32^[b]
19	RUS	Amur Komsomolsk-na-Amure	40	11	10	19	40	53	−13	32^[b]
20	RUS	Torpedo Tomsk	40	8	12	20	46	71	−25	28
21	RUS	Energiya Bratsk	40	8	6	26	32	78	−46	22

v t e Third level Soviet football championship seasons
Group V	1936 1937 1938 ... 1962
Class B	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Class A Second Group	1970
Second League	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

v t e 1978 in Soviet football
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Domestic leagues	Supreme League First League Second League (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Domestic cups	Soviet Cup
European competitions	European Cup 1977–78 1978–79 Cup Winners' Cup 1977–78 1978–79 UEFA Cup 1977–78 1978–79