1976 in Soviet football

The 1976 Soviet football championship was the 44th–45th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union, the 38th–39th among teams of masters. Dinamo Moscow won the Top League spring championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the eleventh and the last time, while Torpedo Moscow won the Top League fall championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the third and also the last time.

Football in the Soviet Union
Season1976
Men's football
Top LeagueDinamo Moscow (spring)
Torpedo Moscow (fall)
First LeagueKairat Alma-Ata
Second LeagueGuria Lanchkhuti (Group 1)
Meliorator Yangiyer (Group 2)
Dinamo Leningrad (Group 3)
Mashuk Pyatigorsk (Group 4)
UralMash Sverdlovsk (Group 5)
Krivbass Krivoi Rog (Group 6)
Soviet CupDinamo Tbilisi
← 1975 Soviet Union 1977 →

Honours

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Competition Winner Runner-up
Top League spring Dinamo Moscow (11*) Ararat Yerevan
fall Torpedo Moscow (3) Dinamo Kiev
First League Kairat Alma-Ata (1) Neftchi Baku
Second League Group 1 Guria Lanchkhuti Dinamo Brest
Group 2 Meliorator Yangiyer Neftyanik Fergana
Group 3 Dinamo Leningrad Iskra Smolensk
Group 4 Mashuk Pyatigorsk RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu
Group 5 UralMash Sverdlovsk SKA Khabarovsk
Group 6 Krivbass Krivoi Rog Metallist Kharkov
Soviet Cup Dinamo Tbilisi (1) Ararat Yerevan

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Soviet Union football championship

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Top League

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Spring

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Dynamo Moscow (C) 15 9 4 2 17 8 +9 22
2   Ararat Yerevan 15 8 3 4 22 13 +9 19
3   Dinamo Tbilisi 15 7 4 4 18 10 +8 18
4   Karpaty Lviv 15 7 4 4 25 19 +6 18
5   Shakhtar Donetsk 15 7 4 4 15 16 −1 18
6   Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev 15 6 5 4 18 15 +3 17
7   CSKA Moscow 15 5 5 5 20 16 +4 15
8   Dynamo Kyiv 15 5 5 5 14 12 +2 15
9   Dinamo Minsk 15 6 3 6 17 18 −1 15
10   Chornomorets Odessa 15 4 7 4 14 18 −4 15
11   Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 15 6 2 7 18 18 0 14
12   Torpedo Moscow 15 5 4 6 15 20 −5 14
13   Zenit Leningrad 15 4 5 6 14 15 −1 13
14   Spartak Moscow 15 4 2 9 10 18 −8 10
15   Lokomotiv Moscow 15 3 3 9 17 23 −6 9
16   Zaria Voroshilovgrad 15 2 4 9 9 24 −15 8
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions

Autumn (Fall)

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1   Torpedo Moscow (C) 15 9 2 4 20 9 +11 20 Qualification for European Cup first round
2   Dynamo Kyiv 15 6 6 3 22 16 +6 18 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3   Dinamo Tbilisi 15 6 5 4 16 12 +4 17
4   Karpaty Lviv 15 6 5 4 22 19 +3 17
5   Zenit Leningrad 15 6 4 5 22 16 +6 16
6   Dynamo Moscow 15 7 2 6 15 13 +2 16 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
7   CSKA Moscow 15 5 5 5 21 16 +5 15
8   Lokomotiv Moscow 15 6 3 6 13 13 0 15
9   Chornomorets Odessa 15 7 1 7 14 20 −6 15
10   Shakhtar Donetsk 15 5 4 6 12 10 +2 14
11   Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev 15 5 4 6 12 15 −3 14
12   Zaria Voroshilovgrad 15 6 2 7 12 17 −5 14
13   Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 15 6 2 7 12 17 −5 14
14   Ararat Yerevan 15 4 6 5 14 20 −6 14
15   Spartak Moscow (R) 15 5 3 7 15 18 −3 13 Relegation to First League
16   Dinamo Minsk (R) 15 2 4 9 10 21 −11 8
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

First League

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Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 KAZ Kayrat Alma-Ata 38 24 8 6 55 23 +32 56 Promoted
2 AZE Neftchi Baku 38 22 10 6 70 34 +36 54
3 UZB Pahtakor Tashkent 38 18 12 8 63 31 +32 48[a]
4 UKR Tavria Simferopol 38 17 12 9 59 32 +27 46
5 MDA Nistru Kishinev 38 15 14 9 51 40 +11 44
6 RUS Zvezda Perm 38 15 12 11 53 45 +8 42
7 GEO Torpedo Kutaisi 38 13 15 10 46 38 +8 41
8 RUS Kuzbass Kemerovo 38 16 7 15 59 50 +9 39
9 TKM Kolhozchi Ashkhabad[b] 38 16 7 15 61 62 −1 39[c]
10 RUS Shinnik Yaroslavl 38 15 8 15 41 39 +2 38
11 TJK Pamir Dushanbe 38 14 10 14 43 51 −8 38
12 RUS SKA Rostov-na-Donu 38 13 10 15 41 43 −2 36[a]
13 UKR Metallurg Zaporozhye 38 14 8 16 38 40 −2 36
14 UKR Spartak Ivano-Frankovsk 38 13 10 15 47 53 −6 36
15 RUS Spartak Orjonikidze 38 11 14 13 40 50 −10 36
16 RUS Terek Grozny 38 10 13 15 39 60 −21 33[c]
17 RUS Rubin Kazan 38 6 18 14 39 55 −16 30
18 RUS Kuban Krasnodar 38 10 7 21 34 69 −35 27 Relegated
19 LVA Daugava Riga 38 7 10 21 33 56 −23 24[c]
20 RUS Elbrus Nalchik[d] 38 5 7 26 32 73 −41 17
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ a b -
  2. ^ Kolhozchi Ashkhabad was called Stroitel.
  3. ^ a b c +
  4. ^ Elbrus Nalchik was called Spartak.

Second League (playoffs)

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[Nov 1, 5]
Guria Lanchkhuti     0-0 0-2  URALMASH Sverdlovsk 
Meliorator Yangiyer  1-1 2-3  DINAMO Leningrad 
Mashuk Pyatigorsk    1-0 0-2  Krivbass Krivoi Rog
Replay
[Nov 11]
KRIVBASS Krivoi Rog  3-0 Mashuk Pyatigorsk [in Simferopol]

Top goalscorers

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Top League

First League

References

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