Europe South America North & Central America Africa Asia
Club M V D L G P
1 Liaoning 30 20 7 3 52-14 47

Champion

2 1st August 30 17 10 3 56-25 44
3 Beijing 30 16 12 2 41-18 44
4 Tianjin 30 13 11 6 39-29 37
5 Guangdong 30 14 8 8 39-26 36
6 Guangzhou 30 10 14 6 23-23 34
7 Hebei 30 10 10 10 36-29 30
8 Shandong 30 9 12 9 29-32 30
9 Shenyang 30 8 13 9 29-28 29
10 Shanghai 30 9 11 10 35-34 29
11 Hubei 30 6 13 11 26-32 25
12 Beijing Army Unit 30 8 9 13 23-35 25
13 Fujian 30 8 8 14 25-38 24
14 Jiangsu 30 3 12 15 18-50 18
15 Shaanxi 30 3 8 19 20-51 14
16 Yunnan 30 1 12 17 19-51 14
Club M V D L G P
1 Seiko 22 19 3 0 60-14 41

Champion

2 Happy Valley 22 11 5 6 39-20 27
3 Eastern 22 7 11 4 26-19 25
4 Tung Sing 22 9 6 7 33-29 24
5 Kui Tan 22 8 8 6 24-21 24
6 Urban Services 22 8 7 7 30-31 23
7 Sea Bee 22 6 10 6 24-21 22
8 South China 22 7 5 10 29-34 19
9 Caroline Hill 22 7 5 10 23-35 19
10 Yuen Long 22 5 8 9 23-33 18
11 Police Hong Kong 22 5 5 12 16-36 15

Relegated

12 Blake Garden 22 0 7 15 15-11 7

Relegated

Iran

1978-79

Club M V D L G P
1 Shahbaz FC 12 8 2 2 18

Champion

2 Persepolis FC 12 6 5 1 17
3 Taj Tehran 12 7 3 2 17
4 Pas Tehran 12 7 2 3 16
5 Niroo Ahwaz 12 4 7 1 15
6 Malavan 12 3 6 3 12
7 Bank Melli 12 3 6 3 12
8 Teraktor Sazi 12 3 6 3 12
9 Sanat Naft 12 5 2 5 12
10 Bargh Shiraz 12 4 4 4 12
11 Machine Sazi 12 4 4 4 12
12 Zob Ahan 12 4 3 5 11
13 ? 12 4 2 6 10
14 Aboomoslem 12 3 3 6 9
15 Daraei FC 12 2 3 7 7
16 Homa FC 12 2 3 7 7

Iraq

1978-79

Club M V D L G P
1 Al Zawraa 19

Champion

2 Al Shorta 15
3 Al Talaba 15
4 Al Minaa 15
5 Al Tayaran 15
6 Al Jaish 13
7 Al Sinaa 13
8 Shabab Baghdad 11
9 Al Tijara 11
10 Amana Baghdad 11
11 Salahaddin 8
12 Ittihad Basra 7

Relegated

13 Al Thawra 3

Relegated

Israel

1978-79

Club M V D L G P
1 Maccabi Telaviv 30 18 8 4 47-16 44

Champion

2 Beitar Jerusalem 30 14 12 4 50-23 40
3 Maccabi Netanya 30 12 12 6 47-33 36
4 Bnei Yehuda 30 8 17 5 28-21 33
5 Hapoel Haifa 30 9 13 8 27-24 31
6 Hapoel Tel Aviv 30 9 13 8 27-30 31
7 Maccabi Jaffa 30 12 7 11 38-42 31
8 Hapoel Yehud 30 8 13 9 25-25 29
9 Beer Sheva 30 9 11 10 31-33 29
10 Hapoel Kfar Saba 30 9 11 10 38-41 29
11 Beitar Tel Aviv 30 8 11 11 30-30 27
12 Shimshon 30 8 11 11 30-35 27
13 Maccabi Petah Tikva 30 8 11 11 25-46 27
14 Hapoel Hadera 30 10 5 15 35-44 25
15 Hapoel Jerusalem 30 5 13 12 18-26 23
16 Hapoel Rishon LeZion 30 4 10 16 19-46 16

Japan

1978

Division 1

Japan Soccer League

Club M V D L G P
1 Mitsubishi Motors 18 13 1 4 30-13 54

Champion

2 Yanmar Diesel 18 11 2 5 33-26 47
3 Fujita Industries 18 9 7 2 35-14 46
4 Yomiuri 18 10 2 6 40-30 43
5 Hitachi 18 8 1 9 26-30 34
6 Toyo Kogyo 18 7 3 8 23-34 34
7 Nippon Kokan 18 7 2 9 19-21 30
8 Nippon Steel 18 5 4 9 16-18 26
9 Fujitsu 18 3 4 11 14-29 17
10 Furukawa Electric 18 3 2 11 9-30 15

Kuwait

1978-79

Club M V D L G P
1 Al-Kuwait 14 9 3 2 20-7 21

Champion

2 Al-Arabi 14 8 4 2 29-11 20
3 Al-Qadisiya 14 7 6 1 23-14 20
4 Kazma SC 14 6 2 6 16-14 14
5 Al Nasr Kuwait 14 5 3 6 14-13 13
6 Al-Salmiya 14 5 2 7 19-16 12
7 Al-Yarmouk 14 2 3 9 7-32 7
8 Al-Shabab Kuwait 14 1 3 10 9-30 5
Club M V D L G P
1 Al-Hilal 18 30

Champion

2 Al-Nasr Riyadh 18 28
3 Al-Ittihad Jeddah 18 24
4 Al-Ahli Jeddah 18 20
5 Al-Qadisiyah Khobar 18 19
6 Al-Ittifaq 18 16
7 Al-Nahda 18 14
8 Al-Wahda 18 14
9 Al-Tai 18 9

Relegated

10 Al-Riyadh 18 7

Relegated

Syria

1978-79

Club M V D L G P
1 Al-Jaish Damascus 28 24 3 1 80-9 102

Champion

2 Al-Shorta Damascus 28 96
3 Al-Ittihad Aleppo 28 84
4 Al-Karama 28 68
5 Al-Horriya 28 58
6 Al-Foutoua 28 54
7 Al-Wathba 28 52
8 Al-Majd 28 48
9 Tishreen 28 46
10 Hottin Latakia 28 46
11 ? 28 46
12 Al-Yarmouk Aleppo 28 40
13 Al-Jazeera Hasaka 28 40
14 Al-Wahda Damascus 28 38
15 Al-Taliya 28 14