1980 Soviet First League
Football league season
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The 1980 Soviet First League was the tenth season of the Soviet First League and the 40th season of the Soviet second tier league competition.
| Season | 1980 |
|---|---|
← 1979 1981 → | |
Final standings
| 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[a] | |
| 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[a] | |
| 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[a] | |
| 22 | Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev (R) |
46 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 43 | 62 | −19 | 34[a] | Relegation to Second League |
| 23 | Spartak Nalchik (R) |
46 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 35 | 59 | −24 | 28[a] | |
| 24 | Uralmash Sverdlovsk (R) |
46 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 35 | 82 | −47 | 21 |
- 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.
Top scorers
| # | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volodymyr Naumenko | Tavriya Simferopol | 33 (2) |
| 2 | Anatoliy Bykov | Dynamo Stavropol | 23 (1) |
| 3 | Gennady Smirnov | Fakel Voronezh | 22 (2) |
| 4 | Vitaly Razdayev | Kuzbass Kemerevo | 21 |
| Nodar Bachiashvili | Metallist Kharkov | 21 (1) | |
| 6 | Merab Megreladze | Guria Lanchkhuti | 20 |
| 7 | Oleksandr Pogoryelov | Kolos Nikopol | 19 |
| Vadim Pavlenko | Dnepr Dneprpropetrovsk | 19 (5) | |
| 9 | Ivan Shariy | Metallurg Zaporozhye | 18 (1) |