1979 Soviet First League

Soviet First League
Season	1979
	← 1978 1980 →

The 1979 Soviet First League was the ninth season of the Soviet First League and the 39th season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Karpaty Lviv (C, P)	46	27	10	9	89	43	+46	64	Promotion to Top League
2	Kuban Krasnodar (P)	46	22	12	12	70	43	+27	56	Promotion to Top League
3	Pamir Dushanbe	46	23	7	16	56	50	+6	53
4	Shinnik Yaroslavl	46	20	15	11	50	38	+12	52^[a]
5	Fakel Voronezh	46	20	10	16	70	54	+16	50
6	Žalgiris Vilnius	46	19	10	17	61	54	+7	48
7	Metalist Kharkiv	46	19	10	17	43	47	−4	48
8	Nistru Kishinev	46	18	14	14	53	51	+2	48^[a]
9	Uralmash Sverdlovsk	46	18	12	16	55	45	+10	48
10	Metallurg Zaporozhia	46	19	8	19	69	65	+4	46
11	Torpedo Kutaisi	46	17	15	14	44	40	+4	46^[a]
12	Kuzbass Kemerovo	46	17	12	17	49	50	−1	46
13	Spartak Ordjonikidze	46	19	7	20	49	44	+5	45
14	Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk	46	19	7	20	52	61	−9	45
15	SKA Odessa	46	17	11	18	54	61	−7	45
16	Spartak Nalchik	46	16	12	18	50	48	+2	44
17	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	46	16	14	16	57	60	−3	44^[a]
18	Tavria Simferopol	46	16	11	19	50	56	−6	43
19	Terek Grozny (R)	46	17	8	21	59	63	−4	42	Relegation to Second League
20	Zvezda Perm (R)	46	16	9	21	45	56	−11	41
21	Traktor Pavlodar (R)	46	14	11	21	37	57	−20	39
22	Dinamo Leningrad (R)	46	15	8	23	52	57	−5	38
23	Kolhozchi Ashkhabad (R)	46	11	12	23	41	76	−35	34
24	Alga Frunze (R)	46	10	9	27	37	73	−36	29

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	RSFSR	10	Kuban Krasnodar, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Fakel Voronezh, Uralmash Sverdlovsk, Kuzbass Kemerevo, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Spartak Nalchik, Terek Grozny, Zvezda Perm, Dinamo Leningrad
2	Ukrainian SSR	7	Karpaty Lvov, Metallist Kharkov, Metallurg Zaporozhye, Prykarpatye Ivano-Frankovsk, SKA Odessa, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Tavria Simferopol
3	Tajik SSR	1	Pamir Dushanbe
	Lithuanian SSR		Žalgiris Vilnius
	Moldavian SSR		Nistru Kishinev
	Georgian SSR		Torpedo Kutaisi
	Kazakh SSR		Traktor Pavlodar
	Turkmen SSR		Kolhozchi Ashkhabad
	Kyrgyz SSR		Alga Frunze

v t e Second level Soviet football championship seasons
Group B	1936 1937 1938 1939 1940
Second Group	1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
Class B	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
Second Group (Class A)	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
First Group (Class A)	1970
First 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 1979 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 1978–79 1979–80 Cup Winners' Cup 1978–79 1979–80 UEFA Cup 1978–79 1979–80

Number of teams by union republic