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
Soviet Union

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

CompetitionWinnerRunner-up
Top LeaguespringDinamo Moscow (11*)Ararat Yerevan
fallTorpedo Moscow (3)Dinamo Kiev
First LeagueKairat Alma-Ata (1)Neftchi Baku
Second LeagueGroup 1Guria LanchkhutiDinamo Brest
Group 2Meliorator YangiyerNeftyanik Fergana
Group 3Dinamo LeningradIskra Smolensk
Group 4Mashuk PyatigorskRostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu
Group 5UralMash SverdlovskSKA Khabarovsk
Group 6Krivbass Krivoi RogMetallist 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 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow (C) 15 9 4 2 17 8 +9 22
2 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Ararat Yerevan 15 8 3 4 22 13 +9 19
3 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi 15 7 4 4 18 10 +8 18
4 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Karpaty Lviv 15 7 4 4 25 19 +6 18
5 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtar Donetsk 15 7 4 4 15 16 −1 18
6 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev 15 6 5 4 18 15 +3 17
7 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 15 5 5 5 20 16 +4 15
8 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv 15 5 5 5 14 12 +2 15
9 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Minsk 15 6 3 6 17 18 −1 15
10 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Chornomorets Odessa 15 4 7 4 14 18 −4 15
11 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 15 6 2 7 18 18 0 14
12 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow 15 5 4 6 15 20 −5 14
13 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad 15 4 5 6 14 15 −1 13
14 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow 15 4 2 9 10 18 −8 10
15 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow 15 3 3 9 17 23 −6 9
16 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Zaria Voroshilovgrad 15 2 4 9 9 24 −15 8
Source:
(C) Champions

Autumn (Fall)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow (C) 15 9 2 4 20 9 +11 20 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv 15 6 6 3 22 16 +6 18 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi 15 6 5 4 16 12 +4 17
4 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Karpaty Lviv 15 6 5 4 22 19 +3 17
5 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad 15 6 4 5 22 16 +6 16
6 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow 15 7 2 6 15 13 +2 16 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
7 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 15 5 5 5 21 16 +5 15
8 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow 15 6 3 6 13 13 0 15
9 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Chornomorets Odessa 15 7 1 7 14 20 −6 15
10 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtar Donetsk 15 5 4 6 12 10 +2 14
11 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev 15 5 4 6 12 15 −3 14
12 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Zaria Voroshilovgrad 15 6 2 7 12 17 −5 14
13 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 15 6 2 7 12 17 −5 14
14 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Ararat Yerevan 15 4 6 5 14 20 −6 14
15 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Spartak Moscow (R) 15 5 3 7 15 18 −3 13 Relegation to First League
16 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Minsk (R) 15 2 4 9 10 21 −11 8
Source:
(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
3 UZB Pahtakor Tashkent 38 18 12 8 63 31 +32 48[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2] 38 16 7 15 61 62 −1 39[lower-alpha 3]
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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 3]
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[lower-alpha 3]
20 RUS Elbrus Nalchik[lower-alpha 4] 38 5 7 26 32 73 −41 17
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. 1 2 -
  2. ↑ Kolhozchi Ashkhabad was called Stroitel.
  3. 1 2 3 +
  4. ↑ 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

First League

References

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