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1978 Soviet Top League

41st season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union

Field	Value
competition	Soviet Top League
season	1978
winners	Dinamo Tbilisi
relegated	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk
continentalcup1	European Cup
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Dinamo Tbilisi
continentalcup2	Cup Winners' Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Dinamo Moscow
continentalcup3	UEFA Cup
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Dinamo Kiev
Shakhter Donetsk
league topscorer	(19) Georgi Yartsev (Spartak)
matches	240
total goals	560
prevseason	1977
nextseason	1979

Shakhter Donetsk Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1978 season.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Dinamo Tbilisi won the championship.

Introduction of draw limit, a number of games tied during a season.

League standings

Results

Top scorers

;19 goals

Georgi Yartsev (Spartak Moscow)

;15 goals

Ramaz Shengelia (Dinamo Tbilisi)

;13 goals

Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv)

;11 goals

Nikolai Latysh (Shakhtar)

;10 goals

Vladimir Klementyev (Zenit)

;9 goals

Nikolai Kolesov (Dynamo Moscow)

;8 goals

Aleksei Belenkov (CSKA Moscow)
Vakhtang Koridze (Dinamo Tbilisi)
Viktor Kuznetsov (Zorya Voroshylovhrad)

;7 goals

Konstantin Bakanov (Pakhtakor)
Anatoliy Banishevskiy (Neftchi)
Yuri Chesnokov (CSKA Moscow)
Vladimir Fyodorov (Pakhtakor)
Yevgeni Khrabrostin (Torpedo Moscow)
David Kipiani (Dinamo Tbilisi)
Aleksandr Maksimenkov (Dynamo Moscow)
Vladimir Onischenko (Dynamo Kyiv)
Vladimir Ploskina (Chornomorets)
Andrei Redkous (Zenit)
Yuri Reznik (Shakhtar)
Vitaliy Shevchenko (Chornomorets)
Vitali Starukhin (Shakhtar)

Attendances

Source:

No.	Club	Average
1	Dinamo Tbilisi	56,867
2	Shakhtar Donetsk	27,133
3	Chornomorets	23,000
4	Spartak Moscow	22,800
5	Dynamo Kyiv	21,107
6	Paxtakor	18,533
7	Zenit	17,133
8	Kairat	16,800
9	Neftçhi	15,133
10	Dnipro	14,067
11	Zorya	12,267
12	Torpedo Moscow	12,253
13	Ararat	10,033
14	Dynamo Moscow	8,987
15	PFC CSKA	7,627
16	Lokomotiv Moscow	6,253

References

Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)

References

https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sov/avesov78.htm

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