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:
No. Club Average 1 Dinamo Tbilisi 56,867 2 Shakhtar Donetsk 27,133 3 Chornomorets 23,000 4 Spartak Moscow 22,800 5 Dynamo Kyiv 21,107 6 Paxtakor 18,533 7 Zenit 17,133 8 Kairat 16,800 9 Neftçhi 15,133 10 Dnipro 14,067 11 Zorya 12,267 12 Torpedo Moscow 12,253 13 Ararat 10,033 14 Dynamo Moscow 8,987 15 PFC CSKA 7,627 16 Lokomotiv Moscow 6,253
References
Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)