1980 Soviet First League

Soviet First League
Season	1980
	← 1979 1981 →

The 1980 Soviet First League was the tenth season of the Soviet First League and the 40th season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Final standings

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	Promotion to Top League
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:

^ ^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.

#	Player	Club	Goals
1	Volodymyr Naumenko	Tavriya Simferopol	33 (2)
2	Anatoliy Bykov	Dynamo Stavropol	23 (1)
3	Gennady Smirnov	Fakel Voronezh	22 (2)
4	Vitaly Razdayev	Kuzbass Kemerevo	21
4	Nodar Bachiashvili	Metallist Kharkov	21 (1)
6	Merab Megreladze	Guria Lanchkhuti	20
7	Oleksandr Pogoryelov	Kolos Nikopol	19
7	Vadim Pavlenko	Dnepr Dneprpropetrovsk	19 (5)
9	Ivan Shariy	Metallurg Zaporozhye	18 (1)

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	RSFSR	10	SKA Khabarovsk, Dinamo Stavropol, Iskra Smolensk, Fakel Voronezh, Kuzbass Kemerevo, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Krylia Sovetov Kuibyshev, Spartak Nalchik, Uralmash Sverdlovsk
2	Ukrainian SSR	8	Tavria Simferopol, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Metallist Kharkov, Kolos Nikopol, Zaria Voroshilovgrad, SKA Odessa, Prykarpatye Ivano-Frankovsk, Metallurg Zaporozhye
3	Georgian SSR	2	Torpedo Kutaisi, Guria Lanchkhuti
4	Tajik SSR	1	Pamir Dushanbe
	Moldavian SSR		Nistru Kishinev
	Lithuanian SSR		Žalgiris Vilnius
	Uzbek SSR		Buston Dzhizak

v t e Second level Soviet football championship seasons
Group B	1936 1937 1938 1939 1940
Second Group	1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
Class B	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
Second Group (Class A)	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
First Group (Class A)	1970
First League	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

v t e 1980 in Soviet football
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Domestic leagues	Supreme League First League Second League (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, Finals)
Domestic cups	Soviet Cup
European competitions	European Cup 1979–80 1980–81 Cup Winners' Cup 1979–80 1980–81 UEFA Cup 1979–80 1980–81
Related to national team	Senior