1976 in Soviet football

{{Short description|44th–45th season of competitive football in the Soviet Union}}

{{Infobox football country season

| country = the Soviet Union

| season = 1976

| division1 = Top League

| champions1 = Dinamo Moscow {{small|(spring)}}
Torpedo Moscow {{small|(fall)}}

| division2 = First League

| champions2 = Kairat Alma-Ata

| division3 = Second League

| champions3 = Guria Lanchkhuti {{small|(Group 1)}}
Meliorator Yangiyer {{small|(Group 2)}}
Dinamo Leningrad {{small|(Group 3)}}
Mashuk Pyatigorsk {{small|(Group 4)}}
UralMash Sverdlovsk {{small|(Group 5)}}
Krivbass Krivoi Rog {{small|(Group 6)}}

| domestic = Soviet Cup

| dchampions = Dinamo Tbilisi

| prevseason = 1975

| nextseason = 1977

| flagicon = yes

}}

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

class="wikitable"
style="width:15em" colspan=2|Competitionstyle="width:15em"|Winnerstyle="width:15em"|Runner-up
rowspan=2|Top LeaguespringDinamo Moscow (11*)Ararat Yerevan
fallTorpedo Moscow (3)Dinamo Kiev
colspan=2|First LeagueKairat Alma-Ata (1)Neftchi Baku
rowspan=6|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
colspan=2|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

{{Main|1976 Soviet Top League}}

=Top League=

==Spring==

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|show_limit=5

|winpoints=2

|team1=DYN|name_DYN={{flagicon|RSFSR}} Dynamo Moscow

|team2=ARA|name_ARA={{flagicon|Armenian SSR}} Ararat Yerevan

|team3=DTB|name_DTB={{flagicon|Georgian SSR}} Dinamo Tbilisi

|team4=KAR|name_KAR={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} Karpaty Lviv

|team5=SHK|name_SHK={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} Shakhtar Donetsk

|team6=KRY|name_KRY={{flagicon|RSFSR}} Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev

|team7=CSK|name_CSK={{flagicon|RSFSR}} CSKA Moscow

|team8=DK |name_DK ={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} Dynamo Kyiv

|team9=DMI|name_DMI={{flagicon|Belarusian SSR}} Dinamo Minsk

|team10=CHE|name_CHE={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} Chornomorets Odessa

|team11=DNI|name_DNI={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

|team12=TOR|name_TOR={{flagicon|RSFSR}} Torpedo Moscow

|team13=ZEN|name_ZEN={{flagicon|RSFSR}} Zenit Leningrad

|team14=SPA|name_SPA={{flagicon|RSFSR}} Spartak Moscow

|team15=LOK|name_LOK={{flagicon|RSFSR}} Lokomotiv Moscow

|team16=ZAR|name_ZAR={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} Zaria Voroshilovgrad

|win_DYN=9|draw_DYN=4|loss_DYN=2|gf_DYN=17|ga_DYN=8|status_DYN=C

|win_ARA=8|draw_ARA=3|loss_ARA=4|gf_ARA=22|ga_ARA=13

|win_DTB=7|draw_DTB=4|loss_DTB=4|gf_DTB=18|ga_DTB=10

|win_KAR=7|draw_KAR=4|loss_KAR=4|gf_KAR=25|ga_KAR=19

|win_SHK=7|draw_SHK=4|loss_SHK=4|gf_SHK=15|ga_SHK=16

|win_KRY=6|draw_KRY=5|loss_KRY=4|gf_KRY=18|ga_KRY=15

|win_CSK=5|draw_CSK=5|loss_CSK=5|gf_CSK=20|ga_CSK=16

|win_DK =5|draw_DK =5|loss_DK =5|gf_DK =14|ga_DK =12

|win_DMI=6|draw_DMI=3|loss_DMI=6|gf_DMI=17|ga_DMI=18

|win_CHE=4|draw_CHE=7|loss_CHE=4|gf_CHE=14|ga_CHE=18

|win_DNI=6|draw_DNI=2|loss_DNI=7|gf_DNI=18|ga_DNI=18

|win_TOR=5|draw_TOR=4|loss_TOR=6|gf_TOR=15|ga_TOR=20

|win_ZEN=4|draw_ZEN=5|loss_ZEN=6|gf_ZEN=14|ga_ZEN=15

|win_SPA=4|draw_SPA=2|loss_SPA=9|gf_SPA=10|ga_SPA=18

|win_LOK=3|draw_LOK=3|loss_LOK=9|gf_LOK=17|ga_LOK=23

|win_ZAR=2|draw_ZAR=4|loss_ZAR=9|gf_ZAR=9|ga_ZAR=24

|col_C=Gold|text_C=

|result1=C

|update=complete|source=

}}

==Autumn (Fall)==

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=QR

|winpoints=2

|team1=TOR|name_TOR={{flagicon|RSFSR}} Torpedo Moscow

|team2=DK |name_DK ={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} Dynamo Kyiv

|team3=DTB|name_DTB={{flagicon|Georgian SSR}} Dinamo Tbilisi

|team4=KAR|name_KAR={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} Karpaty Lviv

|team5=ZEN|name_ZEN={{flagicon|RSFSR}} Zenit Leningrad

|team6=DYN|name_DYN={{flagicon|RSFSR}} Dynamo Moscow

|team7=CSK|name_CSK={{flagicon|RSFSR}} CSKA Moscow

|team8=LOK|name_LOK={{flagicon|RSFSR}} Lokomotiv Moscow

|team9=CHE|name_CHE={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} Chornomorets Odessa

|team10=SHK|name_SHK={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} Shakhtar Donetsk

|team11=KRY|name_KRY={{flagicon|RSFSR}} Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev

|team12=ZAR|name_ZAR={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} Zaria Voroshilovgrad

|team13=DNI|name_DNI={{flagicon|Ukrainian SSR}} Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

|team14=ARA|name_ARA={{flagicon|Armenian SSR}} Ararat Yerevan

|team15=SPA|name_SPA={{flagicon|RSFSR}} Spartak Moscow

|team16=DMI|name_DMI={{flagicon|Belarusian SSR}} Dinamo Minsk

|win_TOR=9|draw_TOR=2|loss_TOR=4|gf_TOR=20|ga_TOR=9|status_TOR=C

|win_DK =6|draw_DK =6|loss_DK =3|gf_DK =22|ga_DK =16

|win_DTB=6|draw_DTB=5|loss_DTB=4|gf_DTB=16|ga_DTB=12

|win_KAR=6|draw_KAR=5|loss_KAR=4|gf_KAR=22|ga_KAR=19

|win_ZEN=6|draw_ZEN=4|loss_ZEN=5|gf_ZEN=22|ga_ZEN=16

|win_DYN=7|draw_DYN=2|loss_DYN=6|gf_DYN=15|ga_DYN=13

|win_CSK=5|draw_CSK=5|loss_CSK=5|gf_CSK=21|ga_CSK=16

|win_LOK=6|draw_LOK=3|loss_LOK=6|gf_LOK=13|ga_LOK=13

|win_CHE=7|draw_CHE=1|loss_CHE=7|gf_CHE=14|ga_CHE=20

|win_SHK=5|draw_SHK=4|loss_SHK=6|gf_SHK=12|ga_SHK=10

|win_KRY=5|draw_KRY=4|loss_KRY=6|gf_KRY=12|ga_KRY=15

|win_ZAR=6|draw_ZAR=2|loss_ZAR=7|gf_ZAR=12|ga_ZAR=17

|win_DNI=6|draw_DNI=2|loss_DNI=7|gf_DNI=12|ga_DNI=17

|win_ARA=4|draw_ARA=6|loss_ARA=5|gf_ARA=14|ga_ARA=20

|win_SPA=5|draw_SPA=3|loss_SPA=7|gf_SPA=15|ga_SPA=18|status_SPA=R

|win_DMI=2|draw_DMI=4|loss_DMI=9|gf_DMI=10|ga_DMI=21|status_DMI=R

|col_CC=green1|text_CC=Qualification for European Cup first round

|result1=CC

|col_UC=blue1|text_UC=Qualification for UEFA Cup first round

|result2=UC|result3=UC

|col_CWC=yellow1|text_CWC=Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round

|result6=CWC

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to First League

|result15=R|result16=R

|update=complete|source=

}}

=First League=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=PR

|winpoints=2

|sortable_table=y

|show_groups=y

|group_header={{abbr|Rep|Republic}}

|team1=KAA|group_KAA=KAZ|name_KAA=Kayrat Alma-Ata

|team2=NBA|group_NBA=AZE|name_NBA=Neftchi Baku

|team3=PTA|group_PTA=UZB|name_PTA=Pahtakor Tashkent

|team4=TSI|group_TSI=UKR|name_TSI=Tavria Simferopol

|team5=NKI|group_NKI=MDA|name_NKI=Nistru Kishinev

|team6=ZPE|group_ZPE=RUS|name_ZPE=Zvezda Perm

|team7=TKU|group_TKU=GEO|name_TKU=Torpedo Kutaisi

|team8=KKE|group_KKE=RUS|name_KKE=Kuzbass Kemerovo

|team9=KAS|group_KAS=TKM|name_KAS=Kolhozchi Ashkhabad|note_KAS=Kolhozchi Ashkhabad was called Stroitel.

|team10=SYA|group_SYA=RUS|name_SYA=Shinnik Yaroslavl

|team11=PDU|group_PDU=TJK|name_PDU=Pamir Dushanbe

|team12=SKA|group_SKA=RUS|name_SKA=SKA Rostov-na-Donu

|team13=MZA|group_MZA=UKR|name_MZA=Metallurg Zaporozhye

|team14=SIF|group_SIF=UKR|name_SIF=Spartak Ivano-Frankovsk

|team15=SOR|group_SOR=RUS|name_SOR=Spartak Orjonikidze

|team16=TGR|group_TGR=RUS|name_TGR=Terek Grozny

|team17=RKA|group_RKA=RUS|name_RKA=Rubin Kazan

|team18=KKR|group_KKR=RUS|name_KKR=Kuban Krasnodar

|team19=DRI|group_DRI=LVA|name_DRI=Daugava Riga

|team20=ENA|group_ENA=RUS|name_ENA=Elbrus Nalchik|note_ENA=Elbrus Nalchik was called Spartak.

|split2=y

|split17=y

|win_KAA=24|draw_KAA=8|loss_KAA=6|gf_KAA=55|ga_KAA=23

|win_NBA=22|draw_NBA=10|loss_NBA=6|gf_NBA=70|ga_NBA=34

|win_PTA=18|draw_PTA=12|loss_PTA=8|gf_PTA=63|ga_PTA=31

|win_TSI=17|draw_TSI=12|loss_TSI=9|gf_TSI=59|ga_TSI=32

|win_NKI=15|draw_NKI=14|loss_NKI=9|gf_NKI=51|ga_NKI=40

|win_ZPE=15|draw_ZPE=12|loss_ZPE=11|gf_ZPE=53|ga_ZPE=45

|win_TKU=13|draw_TKU=15|loss_TKU=10|gf_TKU=46|ga_TKU=38

|win_KKE=16|draw_KKE=7|loss_KKE=15|gf_KKE=59|ga_KKE=50

|win_KAS=16|draw_KAS=7|loss_KAS=15|gf_KAS=61|ga_KAS=62

|win_SYA=15|draw_SYA=8|loss_SYA=15|gf_SYA=41|ga_SYA=39

|win_PDU=14|draw_PDU=10|loss_PDU=14|gf_PDU=43|ga_PDU=51

|win_SKA=13|draw_SKA=10|loss_SKA=15|gf_SKA=41|ga_SKA=43

|win_MZA=14|draw_MZA=8|loss_MZA=16|gf_MZA=38|ga_MZA=40

|win_SIF=13|draw_SIF=10|loss_SIF=15|gf_SIF=47|ga_SIF=53

|win_SOR=11|draw_SOR=14|loss_SOR=13|gf_SOR=40|ga_SOR=50

|win_TGR=10|draw_TGR=13|loss_TGR=15|gf_TGR=39|ga_TGR=60

|win_RKA=6|draw_RKA=18|loss_RKA=14|gf_RKA=39|ga_RKA=55

|win_KKR=10|draw_KKR=7|loss_KKR=21|gf_KKR=34|ga_KKR=69

|win_DRI=7|draw_DRI=10|loss_DRI=21|gf_DRI=33|ga_DRI=56

|win_ENA=5|draw_ENA=7|loss_ENA=26|gf_ENA=32|ga_ENA=73

|hth_-=-|hth_+=+

|hth_PTA=-

|hth_KAS=+

|hth_SKA=-

|hth_TGR=+

|hth_DRI=+

|col_P=inherit|text_P=Promoted

|result1=P|result2=P

|col_R=inherit|text_R=Relegated

|result18=R|result19=R|result20=R

|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/su76.html rsssf.com]

}}

=Second League (playoffs)=

{{more|1976 Soviet Second League}}

[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

{{Reflist}}