Soviet Top League
Season1980
ChampionsDinamo Kiev
RelegatedKarpaty Lvov, Lokomotiv Moscow
European CupDinamo Kiev
Cup Winners' CupDinamo Tbilisi
UEFA CupSpartak Moscow
CSKA Moscow
Zenit Leningrad
Matches played306
Goals scored690 (2.25 per match)
Top goalscorer(20) Sergey Andreyev (SKA)
← 1979
1981 →

Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1980 season.

Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and Dynamo Kyiv won the championship.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv (C) 34 21 9 4 63 23 +40 51 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow 34 18 9 7 49 26 +23 45 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad 34 16 10 8 51 42 +9 42
4 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi 34 16 7 11 51 32 +19 39 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 34 13 12 9 36 32 +4 36[b] Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
6 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtar Donetsk 34 13 9 12 45 40 +5 35
7 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Chornomorets Odessa 34 13 9 12 37 37 0 35
8 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Minsk 34 11 12 11 41 42 −1 32[b]
9 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Ararat Yerevan 34 11 11 12 39 43 −4 32[c]
10 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic SKA Rostov-on-Don 34 11 10 13 41 47 −6 32 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
11 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow 34 10 11 13 28 32 −4 30[c]
12 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Alma-Ata 34 10 11 13 33 44 −11 30[c]
13 Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftchi Baku 34 10 9 15 29 41 −12 29
14 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow 34 9 14 11 32 33 −1 28[d]
15 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Kuban Krasnodar 34 9 10 15 32 43 −11 28
16 Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic Pakhtakor Tashkent 34 9 8 17 26 43 −17 26
17 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Karpaty Lviv (R) 34 9 8 17 23 46 −23 26 Relegation to First League
18 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow (R) 34 8 9 17 34 44 −10 25
Source:[citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Dinamo Tbilisi qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions.
  2. ^ a b 2 points deducted (10 draw limit)
  3. ^ a b c 1 point deducted (10 draw limit)
  4. ^ 4 points deducted (10 draw limit)

Results

Home \ Away ARA CHO CSK DYK DMN DYN DTB KAI KAR KUB LOK NEF PAK SHA SKA SPA TOR ZEN
Ararat Yerevan 0–0 0–2 3–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 5–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0
Chornomorets Odessa 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–2 2–0
CSKA Moscow 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–3 3–1 0–0 4–1 2–1
Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 5–0 3–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 5–0 4–0 2–0 0–0 2–2
Dinamo Minsk 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–2
Dynamo Moscow 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 4–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1
Dinamo Tbilisi 4–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 4–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–4 2–1 5–1
Kairat Alma-Ata 3–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 3–2 1–0 0–1 2–0
Karpaty Lviv 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–4 3–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–4 1–2
Kuban Krasnodar 2–0 4–0 0–1 1–1 3–2 0–3 2–2 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–2
Lokomotiv Moscow 2–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–3 3–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 0–0 2–4
Neftçi Baku 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–3 0–4 0–0 0–0 0–2
Pakhtakor Tashkent 1–2 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–3 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–0
Shakhtar Donetsk 5–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–2 3–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 5–2
SKA Rostov-on-Don 1–3 3–2 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0
Spartak Moscow 5–0 2–4 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1
Torpedo Moscow 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–0
Zenit Leningrad 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 5–3 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–1
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

20 goals
19 goals
17 goals
14 goals
12 goals
11 goals
10 goals

References

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