1976 in Soviet football

Football in the Soviet Union
Season	1976
Men's football
Top League	Dinamo Moscow (spring); Torpedo Moscow (fall)
First League	Kairat Alma-Ata
Second League	Guria 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 Cup	Dinamo Tbilisi

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.

Honours

Competition		Winner	Runner-up
Top League	spring	Dinamo Moscow (11*)	Ararat Yerevan
Top League	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

Top League

Spring

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)

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	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
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	Relegation to First League

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

First League

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	Promoted

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:

^ ^a ^b -
^ Kolhozchi Ashkhabad was called Stroitel.
^ ^a ^b ^c +
^ Elbrus Nalchik was called Spartak.

Second League (playoffs)

[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

Top League

(spring) Arkadiy Andriasyan (Ararat Yerevan) – 8 goals
(autumn) Aleksandr Markin (Zenit Leningrad) – 13 goals

First League

Elbrus Abbasov (Neftchi Baku) – 28 goals

References

External links

1976 Soviet football championship. RSSSF

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