Vysshaya League (Soviet Union) 1978
Vysschaya League 1978 | |
master | Dinamo Tbilisi (2nd title) |
European Cup of National Champions |
Dinamo Tbilisi |
Uefa cup | Dynamo Kiev , Shakhtar Donetsk |
Cup winners | Dynamo Kiev |
European Cup Winners' Cup |
Dynamo Moscow |
Relegated | Dnieper Dnipropetrovsk |
Teams | 16 |
Games | 240 |
Gates | 560 (ø 2.33 per game) |
Top scorer | Georgi Yarzew ( Spartak Moscow ) |
← Vysschaya League 1977 | |
The Vysschaya League 1978 was the 41st season of the highest Soviet football league. It began on April 7th and ended on November 11th, 1978.
Dinamo Tbilisi won the Soviet football championship for the second time by four points ahead of defending champions Dynamo Kiev.
mode
The 16 teams each played against each other twice. The bottom of the table was relegated. The number of draws for which a team received points was limited to eight draws.
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points | republic |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Dinamo Tbilisi | 30th | 17th | 8th | 5 | 45:24 | +21 | 42:18 | GEO |
2. | Dynamo Kiev (M) | 30th | 15th | 9 | 6th | 42:20 | +22 | 38:21 | UKR |
3. | Shakhtar Donetsk | 30th | 16 | 5 | 9 | 42:31 | +11 | 37:23 | UKR |
4th | Dynamo Moscow (P) | 30th | 14th | 10 | 6th | 37:23 | +14 | 36:22 | RUS |
5. | Spartak Moscow (N) | 30th | 14th | 5 | 11 | 42:33 | +9 | 33:27 | RUS |
6th | CSKA Moscow | 30th | 14th | 4th | 12 | 36:40 | −4 | 32:28 | RUS |
7th | Chernomorets Odessa | 30th | 12 | 10 | 8th | 41:26 | +15 | 32:26 | UKR |
8th. | Torpedo Moscow | 30th | 11 | 11 | 8th | 36:29 | +7 | 30:27 | RUS |
9. | Pachtakor Tashkent (N) | 30th | 9 | 8th | 13 | 42:43 | −1 | 26:34 | UZB |
10. | Zarya Voroshilovgrad | 30th | 9 | 8th | 13 | 38:44 | −6 | 26:34 | UKR |
11. | Zenith Leningrad | 30th | 9 | 8th | 13 | 31:46 | −15 | 26:34 | RUS |
12. | Kairat Alma-Ata | 30th | 9 | 7th | 14th | 29:41 | −12 | 25:35 | KAZ |
13. | Neftçi Baku | 30th | 8th | 7th | 15th | 28:39 | −11 | 23:37 | AZE |
14th | FC Ararat Yerevan | 30th | 8th | 6th | 16 | 20:42 | −22 | 22:38 | POOR |
15th | Moscow locomotive | 30th | 7th | 9 | 14th | 26:40 | −14 | 22:37 | RUS |
16. | Dnieper Dnipropetrovsk | 30th | 9 | 3 | 18th | 25:39 | −14 | 21:39 | UKR |
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd less draw - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored
(M) | reigning master |
(P) | reigning cup winner |
(N) | Newcomers |
Crosstab
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1. | Dinamo Tbilisi | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 4: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 3-0 | 4: 1 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | |
2. | Dynamo Kiev | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 2: 2 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | 5: 1 | |
3. | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 3 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | |
4th | Dynamo Moscow | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 3 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | |
5. | Spartak Moscow | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 4: 1 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 5: 1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | |
6th | CSKA Moscow | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 4 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | |
7th | Chernomorets Odessa | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 4: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | |
8th. | Torpedo Moscow | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | |
9. | Pachtakor Tashkent | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 3 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 5: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | |
10. | Zarya Voroshilovgrad | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 4-0 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | |
11. | Zenith Leningrad | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0: 3 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 5: 4 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | |
12. | Kairat Alma-Ata | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | |
13. | Neftçi Baku | 3: 3 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 4: 1 | |
14th | FC Ararat Yerevan | 0-0 | 1: 4 | 1: 1 | 1: 4 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | |
15th | Moscow locomotive | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 3 | 0-0 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | |
16. | Dnieper Dnipropetrovsk | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 1-0 |
Web links
- Table of Honor on soccerlibrary.free.fr
- Soviet Union 1978 on rsssf.com
- Championship 1978 on footballfacts.ru (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 1978 season. In: wildstat.com. Accessed December 31, 2018 .