1979 Soviet Second League, Zone 2

1979 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 49th season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Soviet Second League in Zone 2. The season started on 31 March 1981.

The 1979 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won by Kolos Nikopol.

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

Teams

Location map

Podillya

Spartak

Frunzenets

Hoverla

Nyva

Avanhard

SKA L.

Desna

Torpedo

Bukovyna

Dnipro

Krystal

Atlantyka

Novator

Okean

Kryvbas

Zirka

SKA K.

Shakhtar

Metalurh

Kolos N.

Kolos P.

Sudnobudivnyk

Avtomobilist

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Locations of teams in Second League, Zone 5

Promoted teams

• Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk – Champion of the Fitness clubs competitions (KFK) (debut)
• Okean Kerch – Third place runner-up of the Fitness clubs competitions (KFK) (returning after 10 seasons)

Renamed teams

• Nyva Vinnytsia was called Lokomotyv Vinnytsia
• Avtomobilist Tiraspol was called Start Tiraspol

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kolos Nikopol (C, P)	46	28	12	6	68	32	+36	68	Promoted
2	SKA Kiev	46	26	12	8	65	32	+33	64
3	SKA Lviv	46	25	11	10	67	33	+34	61
4	Avanhard Rivne	46	23	14	9	76	41	+35	60
5	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	46	24	10	12	55	32	+23	58
6	Spartak Zhytomyr	46	22	12	12	57	41	+16	56
7	Krystal Kherson	46	21	10	15	63	45	+18	52
8	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	46	18	16	12	62	47	+15	52
9	Zirka Kirovohrad	46	20	10	16	44	40	+4	50
10	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv	46	18	13	15	48	47	+1	49
11	Kolos Poltava	46	18	9	19	48	52	−4	45
12	Atlantyka Sevastopol	46	17	9	20	54	62	−8	43
13	Podillia Khmelnytskyi	46	17	8	21	44	57	−13	42
14	Dnipro Cherkasy	46	14	13	19	38	49	−11	41
15	Novator Zhdanov	46	17	6	23	47	54	−7	40
16	Hoverla Uzhhorod	46	10	19	17	36	46	−10	39
17	Desna Chernihiv	46	13	12	21	37	57	−20	38
18	Okean Kerch	46	12	14	20	36	52	−16	38
19	Frunzenets Sumy	46	13	10	23	47	62	−15	36
20	Torpedo Lutsk	46	10	16	20	42	69	−27	36
21	Nyva Vinnytsia	46	11	13	22	36	44	−8	35
22	Avtomobilist Tiraspol	46	11	13	22	28	47	−19	35	Moldavian SSR
23	Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk	46	13	8	25	37	71	−34	34
24	Shakhtar Horlivka	46	11	10	25	53	76	−23	32	Avoided relegation

Top goalscorers

The following were the top ten goalscorers.

See also

• Soviet Second League

Notes

External links

• 1979 Soviet Second League, Zone 6 (Ukrainian SSR football championship). Luhansk football portal
• 1979 Soviet championships (all leagues) at helmsoccer.narod.ru