1976 in Soviet football
| 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 | |
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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 |
| 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 |
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 | |
| 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 |
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 | |
| 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:
Notes:
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