1978 in Soviet football

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

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