The 1978 Soviet football championship was the 47th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union, the 41st among teams of masters. Dinamo Tbilisi won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the second time.
Honours
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition
Soviet Union football championship
Top League
First League
Second League (playoffs)
[Nov 10, Nov 15]
Metallist Kharkov 1-0 0-1 Fakel Voronezh
Traktor Pavlodar 0-1 0-2 Zvezda Perm
Spartak Nalchik 2-0 0-1 Alga Frunze
Top goalscorers
Top League
Georgiy Yartsev (Spartak Moscow) – 19 goals
First League
Sergei Andreyev (SKA Rostov-na-Donu), Aleksandr Ploshnik (Kuban Krasnodar) – 20 goals