1978 Soviet Second League, Zone 2

Football league season
Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR
Season1978
ChampionsMetalist Kharkiv
PromotedMetalist Kharkiv
Relegatednone
Top goalscorer19 - Volodymyr Sakalov (Bukovyna)
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The 1978 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 48th season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Soviet Second League in Zone 2. The season started on 2 April 1978.

The 1978 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won by Metalist Kharkiv.

The "Ruby Cup" of Molod Ukrayiny newspaper (for the most scored goals) was received by SKA Kiev.

Teams

Location map

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Locations of teams in Second League, Zone 2

Relegated teams

  • Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih – (returning after two seasons)

Relocated teams

Renamed teams

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Metalist Kharkiv (C, P) 44 29 12 3 66 20 +46 70 Promoted
2 Kolos Nikopol 44 26 10 8 59 32 +27 62
3 SKA Kiev 44 23 14 7 71 29 +42 60
4 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 44 24 11 9 63 29 +34 59
5 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 44 23 11 10 55 25 +30 57
6 Krystal Kherson 44 20 14 10 46 28 +18 54
7 Zirka Kirovohrad 44 17 15 12 42 33 +9 49
8 Avanhard Rovno 44 19 9 16 55 39 +16 47
9 SKA Lviv 44 16 14 14 52 43 +9 46
10 Spartak Zhytomyr 44 19 7 18 50 40 +10 45
11 Desna Chernihiv 44 16 13 15 37 33 +4 45
12 Lokomotyv Vinnytsia 44 14 16 14 30 31 −1 44
13 Hoverla Uzhhorod 44 15 10 19 44 53 −9 40
14 Atlantyka Sevastopol 44 13 13 18 49 54 −5 39
15 Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv 44 11 16 17 38 46 −8 38
16 Kolos Poltava 44 14 9 21 40 53 −13 37
17 Novator Zhdanov 44 12 12 20 53 70 −17 36
18 Dnipro Cherkasy 44 11 12 21 29 53 −24 34
19 Podillya Khmelnytskyi 44 12 9 23 28 56 −28 33
20 Frunzenets Sumy 44 10 13 21 39 59 −20 33
21 Torpedo Lutsk 44 13 6 25 32 72 −40 32
22 Shakhtar Horlivka 44 13 5 26 36 72 −36 31 Avoided relegation
23 Start Tiraspol 44 6 9 29 22 66 −44 21  Moldavian SSR; Avoided relegation
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Top goalscorers

The following were the top ten goalscorers.

# Scorer Goals
(Pen.) 		Team
1 Yuriy Bondarenko 20 Krystal Kherson
Yevhen Dereviaha Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv
3 Valeriy Petrov 19 Atlantyka Sevastopol
Yaroslav Yatsyshyn Spartak Zhytomyr
5 Vitaliy Dmytrenko 18 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
6 Volodymyr Chyrkov 16 Avanhard Rivno
Mykola Pinchuk SKA Kiev
Mykola Tabachuk Podillya Khmelnytskyi

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Start Tiraspol was established as a phoenix club of previously disbanded in 1971 Dnestr Tiraspol. It was established as a factory team of the Tiraspol's 1 May Factory. Several players of Speranta moved to the new Tiraspol team, while Speranta itself was transferred to the football championship of the Moldavian SSR.[1]

References

  1. ^ Novitskiy, S. History of one provincial team (part 2) (История одной провинциальной команды (часть 2)). MoldFootball.com. 29 December 2010.

External links

  • 1979 Soviet Second League, Zone 2 (Ukrainian SSR football championship). Luhansk football portal
  • 1978 Soviet championships (all leagues) at helmsoccer.narod.ru
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