1979 Soviet First League

The 1979 Soviet First League was the ninth season of the Soviet First League and the 39th season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Karpaty Lviv (C, P)	46	27	10	9	89	43	+46	64	Promotion to Top League
2	Kuban Krasnodar (P)	46	22	12	12	70	43	+27	56
3	Pamir Dushanbe	46	23	7	16	56	50	+6	53
4	Shinnik Yaroslavl	46	20	15	11	50	38	+12	52[a]
5	Fakel Voronezh	46	20	10	16	70	54	+16	50
6	Žalgiris Vilnius	46	19	10	17	61	54	+7	48
7	Metalist Kharkiv	46	19	10	17	43	47	−4	48
8	Nistru Kishinev	46	18	14	14	53	51	+2	48[a]
9	Uralmash Sverdlovsk	46	18	12	16	55	45	+10	48
10	Metallurg Zaporozhia	46	19	8	19	69	65	+4	46
11	Torpedo Kutaisi	46	17	15	14	44	40	+4	46[a]
12	Kuzbass Kemerovo	46	17	12	17	49	50	−1	46
13	Spartak Ordjonikidze	46	19	7	20	49	44	+5	45
14	Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk	46	19	7	20	52	61	−9	45
15	SKA Odessa	46	17	11	18	54	61	−7	45
16	Spartak Nalchik	46	16	12	18	50	48	+2	44
17	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	46	16	14	16	57	60	−3	44[a]
18	Tavria Simferopol	46	16	11	19	50	56	−6	43
19	Terek Grozny (R)	46	17	8	21	59	63	−4	42	Relegation to Second League
20	Zvezda Perm (R)	46	16	9	21	45	56	−11	41
21	Traktor Pavlodar (R)	46	14	11	21	37	57	−20	39
22	Dinamo Leningrad (R)	46	15	8	23	52	57	−5	38
23	Kolhozchi Ashkhabad (R)	46	11	12	23	41	76	−35	34
24	Alga Frunze (R)	46	10	9	27	37	73	−36	29

Rank	Union republic	Number of teams	Club(s)
1	RSFSR	10	Kuban Krasnodar, Shinnik Yaroslavl, Fakel Voronezh, Uralmash Sverdlovsk, Kuzbass Kemerevo, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Spartak Nalchik, Terek Grozny, Zvezda Perm, Dinamo Leningrad
2	Ukrainian SSR	7	Karpaty Lvov, Metallist Kharkov, Metallurg Zaporozhye, Prykarpatye Ivano-Frankovsk, SKA Odessa, Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk, Tavria Simferopol
3	Tajik SSR	1	Pamir Dushanbe
	Lithuanian SSR		Žalgiris Vilnius
	Moldavian SSR		Nistru Kishinev
	Georgian SSR		Torpedo Kutaisi
	Kazakh SSR		Traktor Pavlodar
	Turkmen SSR		Kolhozchi Ashkhabad
	Kyrgyz SSR		Alga Frunze

• 1979 season. RSSSF