1978_Soviet_First_League

Soviet First League
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1978 Soviet First League

Football league season

The 1978 Soviet First League was the eighth season of the Soviet First League and the 38th season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

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Pos	Rep	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	RUS	Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev	38	21	14	3	59	25	+34	56^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Promoted
2	RUS	SKA Rostov-on-Don	38	20	14	4	64	35	+29	54
3	BLR	Dinamo Minsk	38	21	11	6	57	28	+29	53

4	UKR	Karpaty Lviv	38	21	10	7	60	37	+23	52^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	RUS	Terek Grozny	38	16	9	13	56	56	0	41
6	RUS	Kuban Krasnodar	38	16	9	13	51	46	+5	41^{[lower-alpha 2]}
7	LTU	Žalgiris Vilnius	38	11	19	8	38	37	+1	41^{[lower-alpha 2]}
8	UKR	Tavriya Simferopol	38	14	12	12	48	38	+10	40
9	GEO	Torpedo Kutaisi	38	14	9	15	44	41	+3	37
10	MDA	Nistru Chișinău	38	13	11	14	42	40	+2	37
11	UKR	SKA Odessa	38	12	10	16	43	51	−8	34^{[lower-alpha 2]}
12	RUS	Shinnik Yaroslavl	38	12	10	16	37	42	−5	34
13	TJK	Pamir Dushanbe	38	10	14	14	47	41	+6	34
14	UKR	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	38	10	14	14	39	47	−8	34
15	UKR	Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk	38	13	6	19	43	58	−15	32
16	RUS	Kuzbass Kemerovo	38	12	7	19	38	54	−16	31
17	RUS	Uralmash Sverdlovsk	38	10	11	17	31	50	−19	31
18	RUS	Spartak Orzhonikidze	38	10	8	20	30	50	−20	28
19	RUS	Dinamo Leningrad	38	7	13	18	47	65	−18	27
20	TKM	Kolhozchi Ashgabad	38	7	9	22	27	60	−33	23

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	RSFSR	9	Terek Grozny, Kuban Krasnodar, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Kuzbass Kemerevo, Uralmash Sverdlovsk, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Dinamo Leningrad, Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, SKA Rostov-na-Donu
2	Ukrainian SSR	5	Karpaty Lvov, Tavria Simferopol, SKA Odessa, Metallurg Zaporozhye, Prykarpatye Ivano-Frankovsk
3	Belarusian SSR	1	Dinamo Minsk
	Lithuanian SSR		Žalgiris Vilnius
	Georgian SSR		Torpedo Kutaisi
	Moldavian SSR		Nistru Kishinev
	Tajik SSR		Pamir Dushanbe
	Turkmen SSR		Kolhozchi Ashkhabad

1978 Soviet First League