Statistics of

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (), served as the top division (tier) of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The league's name was a conditional designation used for brevity since being completely owned and g ...

for the 1980 season.

Overview

It was contested by 18 teams, and

Dynamo Kyiv The Football Club 'Dynamo Kyiv', also known as Dynamo Kyiv, or simply Dynamo, ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society ...

won the championship.

League standings

Results

Top scorers

;20 goals *

Sergey Andreyev Sergey Vasilyevich Andreyev (; born 16 May 1956) is a football manager and a former Soviet and Russian player. International career Andreyev earned 26 caps and scored 8 goals for the USSR national team, and participated in the 1982 FIFA World ...

(SKA Rostov-on-Don) ;19 goals *

Oleg Blokhin Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin, or Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin (, ; born 5 November 1952), is a Ukrainian former football player and manager. Regarded as one of the greatest footballers of his generation, Blokhin was a standout striker for Dynamo ...

(Dynamo Kyiv) ;17 goals *

Ramaz Shengelia Ramaz Shengelia ( ka, რამაზ შენგელია; 1 January 1957 – 21 June 2012) was a Georgian and Soviet footballer who played as a striker. Club career Born in Kutaisi, Shengelia started career in his hometown club Torpedo K ...

(Dinamo Tbilisi) ;14 goals *

Yuriy Horyachev Jury, Jurij, Iurii, Iouri, Yury, Yuri, Youri, Yurii, Yuriy or Yurij is the Slavic (, or , or , or ) form of the masculine given name George; it is derived directly from the Greek form Georgios and related to Polish Jerzy, Czech Jiří, and Slov ...

(Chornomorets) *

Aleksandr Tarkhanov Aleksandr Fyodorovich Tarkhanov (, ; born 6 September 1954) is a Russian football coach and a former Soviet player. He is the manager of Ural-2 Yekaterinburg. International career Tarkhanov made his debut for USSR on 28 November 1976 in a fri ...

(CSKA Moscow) ;12 goals *

Vladimir Kazachyonok Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kazachyonok (; 6 September 1952 – 26 March 2017) was a Soviet football player and Russian coach. He was the academy director with Zenit St. Petersburg until his death in 2017. International career Kazachyonok made ...

(Zenit) * Valeriy Petrakov (Lokomotiv Moscow) ;11 goals *

Revaz Chelebadze Revaz Chelebadze ( ka, რევაზ ჩელებაძე; born 2 October 1955) is a Georgian retired footballer who played as a striker. He was nicknamed Chele (an allusion to Pelé), for his brilliant technical play and ability to ...

(Dinamo Tbilisi) ;10 goals * Andranik Khachatryan (Ararat) * Pyotr Vasilevsky (Dinamo Minsk)

References

Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)
{{1980–81 in European football (UEFA) Soviet Top League seasons 1

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