1980–81 Soviet League season
# 1980–81 Soviet League season

The 1980–81 Soviet League Season was the 35th year of competition in the Soviet Championship League. CSKA Moscow won the championship, its 5th in a row and 24th overall.

## First round

| R | | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | CSKA Moscow | 44 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 268 | 98 | 77 |
| 2 | Spartak Moscow | 44 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 220 | 124 | 66 |
| 3 | Dynamo Moscow | 44 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 192 | 114 | 58 |
| 4 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 44 | 21 | 5 | 18 | 167 | 148 | 47 |
| 5 | Dynamo Riga | 44 | 20 | 6 | 18 | 148 | 138 | 46 |
| 6 | Sokil Kyiv | 44 | 20 | 5 | 19 | 151 | 152 | 45 |
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| 7 | Krylya Sovetov | 44 | 19 | 7 | 18 | 143 | 146 | 45 |
| 8 | Torpedo Gorki | 44 | 19 | 7 | 18 | 137 | 153 | 45 |
| 9 | Khimik Voskresensk | 44 | 18 | 2 | 24 | 154 | 169 | 38 |
| 10 | SKA Saint Petersburg | 44 | 15 | 4 | 25 | 122 | 205 | 34 |
| 11 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | 44 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 110 | 226 | 15 |
| 12 | Dinamo Minsk | 44 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 89 | 228 | 12 |

## Final round

| R | | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | CSKA Moscow | 49 | 40 | 6 | 3 | 299 | 113 | 86 |
| 2 | Spartak Moscow | 49 | 32 | 6 | 11 | 240 | 141 | 70 |
| 3 | Dynamo Moscow | 49 | 27 | 8 | 14 | 215 | 134 | 62 |
| 4 | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 49 | 23 | 6 | 20 | 178 | 172 | 52 |
| 5 | Dynamo Riga | 49 | 22 | 6 | 21 | 163 | 157 | 50 |
| 6 | Sokil Kyiv | 49 | 22 | 5 | 22 | 167 | 173 | 49 |

## Relegation

| R | | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Torpedo Gorki | 56 | 28 | 9 | 19 | 207 | 193 | 65 |
| 8 | Khimik Voskresensk | 56 | 27 | 2 | 27 | 218 | 207 | 56 |
| 9 | Krylya Sovetov | 56 | 24 | 7 | 25 | 203 | 203 | 55 |
| 10 | SKA Saint Petersburg | 56 | 25 | 5 | 26 | 201 | 229 | 55 |
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| 11 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | 56 | 11 | 7 | 38 | 170 | 269 | 29 |
| 12 | Dinamo Minsk | 56 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 148 | 267 | 27 |
