Statistics of

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for the 1978 season.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and

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won the championship. Introduction of

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, a number of games tied during a season.

League standings

Results

Top scorers

;19 goals *

Georgi Yartsev Georgi Aleksandrovich Yartsev (russian: Гео́ргий Алекса́ндрович Я́рцев; 11 April 1948 – 15 July 2022) was a Russian football coach and player. He was the head coach of the Russia national team between 2003 and 200 ...

(Spartak Moscow) ;15 goals *

Ramaz Shengelia Ramaz Shengelia ( ka, რამაზ შენგელია; 1 January 1957 – 21 June 2012) was a Georgian and Soviet football player. Club career Born in Kutaisi, Shengelia started career in his hometown club Torpedo Kutaisi in 1968. He spe ...

(Dinamo Tbilisi) ;13 goals *

Oleg Blokhin Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin, or Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin ( uk, Оле́г Володи́мирович Блохі́н, rus, Оле́г Влади́мирович Блохи́н; born 5 November 1952), is a former Ukrainian and Soviet footbal ...

(Dynamo Kyiv) ;11 goals * Nikolai Latysh (Shakhtar) ;10 goals *

Vladimir Klementyev Vladimir Alekseyevich Klementyev (russian: Владимир Алексеевич Клементьев; born January 4, 1956, in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg) is a Soviet professional football coach and a former player. Honours * Soviet Top Le ...

(Zenit) ;9 goals *

Nikolai Kolesov Nikolai Borisovich Kolesov (russian: Николай Борисович Колесов; born February 16, 1956; died August 23, 1998) was a Russian professional footballer. Club career He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1 ...

(Dynamo Moscow) ;8 goals * Aleksei Belenkov (CSKA Moscow) *

Vakhtang Koridze Vakhtang Ionovich Koridze ( ka, ვახტანგ ქორიძე) (born 24 December 1949 in Batumi) is a retired Georgian and Soviet football player. He was an integral member of the FC Dinamo Tbilisi side that won the Soviet league cha ...

(Dinamo Tbilisi) * Viktor Kuznetsov (Zorya Voroshylovhrad) ;7 goals * Konstantin Bakanov (Pakhtakor) *

Anatoliy Banishevskiy Anatoliy Andreyevich Banishevskiy ( az, Anatoli Andreyeviç Banişevski; russian: Анатолий Андреевич Банишевский; 23 February 1946, in Baku – 10 December 1997, in Baku) was an Azerbaijani footballer. Throughout most o ...

(Neftchi) * Yuri Chesnokov (CSKA Moscow) * Vladimir Fyodorov (Pakhtakor) * Yevgeni Khrabrostin (Torpedo Moscow) *

David Kipiani David Kipiani ( ka, დავით ყიფიანი; 18 November 1951 – 17 September 2001) was a Georgian football midfielder and manager. Kipiani principally played as a playmaker and is considered one of Georgia's greatest player ...

(Dinamo Tbilisi) * Aleksandr Maksimenkov (Dynamo Moscow) * Vladimir Onischenko (Dynamo Kyiv) * Vladimir Ploskina (Chornomorets) *

Andrei Redkous Andrei Viktorovich Redkous (russian: Андрей Викторович Редкоус; 13 June 1957 – 3 November 2021 Yuri Reznik Yuri Ivanovich Reznik ( uk, Юрій Іванович Резник, russian: Юрий Иванович Резник; born 13 August 1954) is a former Ukrainian professional footballer and coach. Club career He made his professional debut in the ...

(Shakhtar) *

Vitaliy Shevchenko Vitaly Viktorovich Shevchenko (russian: Виталий Викторович Шевченко; born 2 October 1951) is a Russian coach and former Soviet footballer. His last work was head-coach of FC Rotor Volgograd. He finished the Institute o ...

(Chornomorets) * Vitali Starukhin (Shakhtar)

References

Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)
{{1978–79 in European football (UEFA)

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