1978 Soviet Top League
| Season | 1978 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| Relegated | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk |
| Champions League | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Dinamo Moscow |
| UEFA Cup | Dinamo Kiev Shakhter Donetsk |
| Top goalscorer | (19) Georgi Yartsev (Spartak) |
← 1977 1979 → | |
Statistics of Soviet Top League in season 1978.
Overview
It was performed in 16 teams, and Dinamo Tbilisi won the championship.
Introduction of draw limit, a number of games tied during a season.
League standings
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 24 | 21 | 42 |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 42 | 20 | 22 | 38 |
| 3 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 42 | 31 | 11 | 37 |
| 4 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 37 | 23 | 14 | 36 |
| 5 | Spartak Moscow | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 33 | 9 | 33 |
| 6 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 40 | -4 | 32 |
| 7 | Chornomorets Odessa | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 41 | 26 | 15 | 32 |
| 8 | Torpedo Moscow | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 36 | 29 | 7 | 30 |
| 9 | Zaria Voroshilovgrad | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 44 | -6 | 26 |
| 10 | Zenit Leningrad | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 46 | -15 | 26 |
| 11 | Pakhtakor Tashkent | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 43 | -1 | 26 |
| 12 | Kairat Almaty | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 41 | -12 | 25 |
| 13 | Neftchi Baku | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 39 | -11 | 23 |
| 14 | Ararat Yerevan | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 42 | -22 | 22 |
| 15 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 40 | -14 | 22 |
| 16 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 25 | 39 | -14 | 21 |
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)