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1980 in Soviet football

The 1980 Soviet football championship was the 49th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union. Dinamo Kiev won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the ninth time.

Football in the Soviet Union
Season1980
Men's football
Top LeagueDinamo Kiev
First LeagueTavriya Simferopol
Second LeagueSpartak Kostroma (Finals 1)
Traktor Pavlodar (Finals 2)
SKA Kiev (Finals 3)
Soviet CupShakhter Donetsk
← 1979 Soviet Union 1981 →

Honours edit

Competition Winner Runner-up
Top League Dinamo Kiev (9) Spartak Moscow
First League Tavriya Simferopol (1) Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk
Second League Finals 1 Spartak Kostroma Rotor Volgograd
Finals 2 Traktor Pavlodar Dinamo Samarkand
Finals 3 SKA Kiev Khimik Grodno
Soviet Cup Shakhter Donetsk (3) Dinamo Tbilisi

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Soviet Union football championship edit

Main article: 1980 Soviet Top League

Top League edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1   Dynamo Kyiv (C) 34 21 9 4 63 23 +40 51 Qualification for European Cup first round
2   Spartak Moscow 34 18 9 7 49 26 +23 45 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3   Zenit Leningrad 34 16 10 8 51 42 +9 42
4   Dinamo Tbilisi 34 16 7 11 51 32 +19 39 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
5   CSKA Moscow 34 13 12 9 36 32 +4 36[b] Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
6   Shakhtar Donetsk 34 13 9 12 45 40 +5 35
7   Chornomorets Odessa 34 13 9 12 37 37 0 35
8   Dinamo Minsk 34 11 12 11 41 42 −1 32[b]
9   Ararat Yerevan 34 11 11 12 39 43 −4 32[c]
10   SKA Rostov-on-Don 34 11 10 13 41 47 −6 32 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
11   Torpedo Moscow 34 10 11 13 28 32 −4 30[c]
12   Kairat Alma-Ata 34 10 11 13 33 44 −11 30[c]
13   Neftchi Baku 34 10 9 15 29 41 −12 29
14   Dynamo Moscow 34 9 14 11 32 33 −1 28[d]
15   Kuban Krasnodar 34 9 10 15 32 43 −11 28
16   Pakhtakor Tashkent 34 9 8 17 26 43 −17 26
17   Karpaty Lviv (R) 34 9 8 17 23 46 −23 26 Relegation to First League
18   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)

First League edit

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
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d e 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.

Second League (finals) edit

Further information: 1980 Soviet Second League
[Oct 26 – Nov 12]

Finals 1 edit

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 RUS Spartak Kostroma 4 2 1 1 4 7 −3 5 Promoted
2 RUS Rotor Volgograd 4 2 0 2 8 5 +3 4
3 GEO Lokomotiv Samtredia 4 1 1 2 4 4 0 3
Source: [citation needed]

Finals 2 edit

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 KAZ Traktor Pavlodar 4 2 1 1 5 2 +3 5 Promoted
2 UZB Dinamo Samarkand 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 5
3 RUS Torpedo Togliatti 4 1 0 3 3 9 −6 2
Source: [citation needed]

Finals 3 edit

Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 UKR SKA Kiev 4 2 2 0 8 5 +3 6 Promoted
2 BLR Khimik Grodno 4 1 3 0 5 4 +1 5
3 RUS Dinamo Barnaul 4 0 1 3 3 7 −4 1
Source: rsssf.com

Top goalscorers edit

Top League

First League

References edit

External links edit

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