1978 Soviet Top League

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:

References

• Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)