1979 Soviet Top League
Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1979 season.Overview
1979 Top League was composed of 18 teams, the championship was won by Spartak Moscow.
On 11 August 1979, a mid-air collision killed virtually the entire FC Pakhtakor Tashkent team. The Top League ordered all the other teams to make three players available for a draft to restock the team, and Pakhtakor was given exemption from relegation for the next three years.League standings
Top scorers
;26 goals
;17 goals
;16 goals
;14 goals