1979 Soviet First League
Football league season
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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.
| Season | 1979 |
|---|---|
← 1978 1980 → | |
Final standings
| 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 | |
| 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 |
- 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.