1976 Soviet Top League

39th season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union Soviet Top League 1976 (spring–autumn) European Cup Torpedo Moscow Cup Winners' Cup Dinamo Moscow UEFA Cup Dinamo TbilisiDinamo Kiev 1975 1977 thumb | right The 1976 Soviet Top League was the 38th and 39th season of the first tier football competitions in the Soviet Union. By the end of the previous season, it was decided to shift to fall-spring calendar competition, but later in January the decision was reversed. However, it was decided to split competitions in the top tier in spring half and autumn half. According to the season's regulations, the split season championship was carried with consideration to the interest of the national team which was preparing for the 21st Olympic Games (1976 Summer Olympics) and the Europe Championship (UEFA Euro 1976).ФУТБОЛ - 1976. О ПРОВЕДЕНИИ СОРЕВНОВАНИЙ. football.lg.ua Qualification for the European competitions and league relegation was based only on the autumn half portion (39th season). Qualification for the 1976–77 UEFA Cup was reserved for the 1976 spring Champion. This reservation was canceled after Dinamo Moscow, which already qualified for the European competition, won the title. Spring 1976 spring Dinamo Moscow (8) Arkady Andreasyan (Ararat) Overview It was contested by 16 teams, and Dynamo Moscow won the championship. League standings main WDL Q 5 2 DYN RSFSR Dynamo Moscow ARA Armenian SSR Ararat Yerevan DTB Georgian SSR Dinamo Tbilisi KAR Ukrainian SSR Karpaty Lviv SHK Ukrainian SSR Shakhtar Donetsk KRY RSFSR Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev CSK RSFSR CSKA Moscow DK Ukrainian SSR Dynamo Kyiv DMI Belarusian SSR Dinamo Minsk CHE Ukrainian SSR Chornomorets Odessa DNI Ukrainian SSR Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk TOR RSFSR Torpedo Moscow ZEN RSFSR Zenit Leningrad SPA RSFSR Spartak Moscow LOK RSFSR Lokomotiv Moscow ZAR Ukrainian SSR Zaria Voroshilovgrad 9 4 2 17 8 C 8 3 4 22 13 7 4 4 18 10 7 4 4 25 19 7 4 4 15 16 6 5 4 18 15 5 5 5 20 16 5 5 5 14 12 6 3 6 17 18 4 7 4 14 18 6 2 7 18 18 5 4 6 15 20 4 5 6 14 15 4 2 9 10 18 3 3 9 17 23 2 4 9 9 24 Gold C complete 1) Total points (If two or more teams have equal points for the first place, the winner is determined by additional match (matches) on condition and place determined by the Soviet Union Sports Committee); 2) Total goal difference; 3) Head-to-head goal ratio; 4) Total goals scored in away matcheshttp://football.lg.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6711:1976reglament&catid=216:19768soyuznerushimiy&Itemid=775 ФУТБОЛ - 1976. О ПРОВЕДЕНИЕ СОРЕВНОВАНИЙ. (Football – 1976. On conducting the competitions. Центральный стадион им. В.И.Ленина (Tsentralny Stadion imeni V.I.Lenina) 20 July 2023 20 July 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230720045703/http://football.lg.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6711:1976reglament&catid=216:19768soyuznerushimiy&Itemid=775 live Results main FBR grey ARA CHO CSK DNI DYK DMN DYN DTB KAR KRY LOK SHA SPA TOR ZAR ZEN Dynamo Moscow 1–0 2–1 null 4–1 null 2–1 null 1–0 0–0 null null null 1–0 null null Ararat Yerevan null 1–1 null 2–0 null 0–0 1–2 null 4–0 null 2–0 null 0–1 3–2 null Dinamo Tbilisi null null 3–0 null 1–0 1–1 null null null 4–1 1–1 null 1–0 null 3–0 Karpaty Lviv 1–1 2–1 null 4–0 2–0 null null null 2–2 null 1–2 null 2–0 null 3–0 Shakhtar Donetsk null null 1–0 null null 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 null null 1–0 1–0 null null Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev 1–0 1–1 null null 2–2 null null null null 1–0 0–0 2–1 null 3–0 4–2 CSKA Moscow null null null 1–1 null 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 null null null 1–2 3–2 3–0 Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 null -:+ 3–1 null 1–2 null 0–0 null 2–0 null null null 0–0 2–1 Dinamo Minsk null 0–1 2–1 4–2 null 2–0 null null 2–1 null 2–0 null 2–1 1–1 null Chornomorets Odessa null null 0–1 null null 1–1 null 1–1 null 2–1 1–0 0–0 null 2–0 null Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1–0 2–3 null 1–2 0–0 null 2–0 null 2–0 null null 1–0 null null 2–0 Torpedo Moscow 0–0 null null null 1–2 null 0–4 3–1 null null 1–1 1–2 null null 2–1 Zenit Leningrad 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 null null 2–1 1–1 3–1 null null null 0–0 null null Spartak Moscow null null null null null 1–0 null 0–1 null 4–1 1–4 0–1 null 0–3 0–0 Lokomotiv Moscow 2–3 null 0–0 0–1 1–2 null null null null null 2–0 2–3 2–1 null null Zaria Voroshilovgrad 0–0 0–1 null null 0–2 null null null 3–1 0–0 null null 1–1 null 1–0 The match between Dynamo Kiev and Dinamo Tbilisi resulted in a goalless victory for Tbilisi. The team from Kiev fielded an ineligible player. complete Таблица результатов (Results table) Top scorers 8 goals Arkady Andreasyan (Ararat) 7 goals Nikolai Kazaryan (Ararat) 6 goals Ravil Aryapov (Krylya Sovetov) Vladimir Danilyuk (Karpaty) David Kipiani (Dinamo Tbilisi) Boris Kopeikin (CSKA Moscow) Anatoliy Shepel (Dynamo Moscow) 5 goals Lev Brovarsky (Karpaty) Anatoli Degterev (Torpedo Moscow) Sergei Grishin (Torpedo Moscow) Sergei Malko (Dnipro) Aleksandr Markin (Zenit) Yuri Smirnov (Krylya Sovetov) Pyotr Vasilevsky (Dinamo Minsk) Autumn 1976 autumn Torpedo Moscow Spartak Moscow, Dinamo Minsk (13) Aleksandr Markin (Zenit) 120 252 Overview It was performed in 16 teams, and Torpedo Moscow won the championship. League standings main WDL QR 2 TOR RSFSR Torpedo Moscow DK Ukrainian SSR Dynamo Kyiv DTB Georgian SSR Dinamo Tbilisi KAR Ukrainian SSR Karpaty Lviv ZEN RSFSR Zenit Leningrad DYN RSFSR Dynamo Moscow CSK RSFSR CSKA Moscow LOK RSFSR Lokomotiv Moscow CHE Ukrainian SSR Chornomorets Odessa SHK Ukrainian SSR Shakhtar Donetsk KRY RSFSR Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev ZAR Ukrainian SSR Zaria Voroshilovgrad DNI Ukrainian SSR Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk ARA Armenian SSR Ararat Yerevan SPA RSFSR Spartak Moscow DMI Belarusian SSR Dinamo Minsk 9 2 4 20 9 C 6 6 3 22 16 6 5 4 16 12 6 5 4 22 19 6 4 5 22 16 7 2 6 15 13 5 5 5 21 16 6 3 6 13 13 7 1 7 14 20 5 4 6 12 10 5 4 6 12 15 6 2 7 12 17 Head-to-head goals ratio: Zaria advantage. 6 2 7 12 17 ZAR 4 6 5 14 20 5 3 7 15 18 R 2 4 9 10 21 R green1 Qualification for European Cup first round CC blue1 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round UC UC yellow1 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round CWC red1 Relegation to First League R R 1) Total points (If two or more teams have equal points for the first place, the winner is determined by additional match (matches) on condition and place determined by the Soviet Union Sports Committee); 2) Total goal difference; 3) Head-to-head goal ratio; 4) Total goals scored in away matches complete Results main FBR grey ARA CHO CSK DNI DYK DMN DYN DTB KAR KRY LOK SHA SPA TOR ZAR ZEN Torpedo Moscow null 1–0 2–0 null 1–1 null null 4–0 1–0 1–0 null null null 2–2 null Dynamo Kyiv 3–2 null null null null 1–1 null 1–0 null 2–0 null 1–3 3–2 3–1 null Dinamo Tbilisi null 0–0 null 1–0 3–1 null 0–0 null null null 3–0 1–0 1–1 null 2–0 Karpaty Lviv null 2–2 3–1 0–3 2–0 null 4–1 null null null 3–1 null null null 2–2 Zenit Leningrad 1–0 1–1 null null null 3–3 1–0 null null null 3–1 0–0 5–0 null 0–0 Dynamo Moscow null 1–0 null null 2–1 null 1–0 null null null 1–0 3–0 0–0 null 2–0 CSKA Moscow 0–2 null 0–0 1–1 null 2–1 null 4–0 1–0 5–1 null null null 1–2 null Lokomotiv Moscow 0–1 2–1 null null null null 1–0 null null 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–3 null Chornomorets Odessa null null 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–1 null 1–1 2–0 null null null null null 2–0 Shakhtar Donetsk null 0–0 3–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 null 1–0 null null 0–0 null null null 2–1 Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev null null 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 null null 2–0 0–0 null null null 1–0 null Zaria Voroshilovgrad 0–2 1–1 null null null null 0–1 null 1–0 null 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 null Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1–0 null null 1–0 null null 1–0 null 1–2 0–3 3–1 null 0–0 1–0 null Ararat Yerevan 1–0 null null 2–2 null null 1–1 null 2–0 1–0 0–0 null null 2–3 null Spartak Moscow null null 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 null null 0–1 1–0 null null null null 1–1 Dinamo Minsk 0–1 0–3 null null null null 2–1 0–1 null null 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–2 null complete Таблица результатов (Results table) Top scorers 13 goals Aleksandr Markin (Zenit) 8 goals Vladimir Danilyuk (Karpaty) Boris Kopeikin (CSKA Moscow) 6 goals Mikhail Bulgakov (Spartak Moscow) 5 goals Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv) Fyodor Chorba (Karpaty) Yevgeni Khrabrostin (Torpedo Moscow) Nazar Petrosyan (Ararat) Aleksandr Pogorelov (Chornomorets) Vladimir Sakharov (Torpedo Moscow) Pyotr Yakovlev (Dnipro) Andrei Yakubik (Dynamo Moscow) Status of Spartak Moscow After Spartak's relegation, there were some figures in the Soviet government who believed the team should be allowed to stay in the first division due to its size and history, but this idea was opposed by Leonid Brezhnev, himself a Spartak supporter, and was ultimately discarded.2023-04-21 Генсек СССР Брежнев хотел развернуть самолет, чтобы посмотреть футбол в Киеве. Решение изменил в последний момент - 21 апреля 2023 - Sport24 https://sport24.ru/news/football/2023-04-21-leonid-brezhnev-glava-tsk-kpss-lyubil-futbol-za-kogo-bolel-spartak-tsska-skandal-v-futbole 2025-07-04 sport24.ru ru Attendances No. Club Average 1 Dinamo Tbilisi 29,867 2 Karpaty 28,467 3 Dinamo Minsk 28,438 4 Ararat 26,193 5 Shakhtar 22,067 6 Dynamo Kyiv 21,107 7 Krylia Sovetov 19,800 8 Zenit 15,781 9 Dynamo Moscow 15,529 10 Chornomorets 15,357 11 Zorya 14,800 12 Dnipro 14,313 13 Spartak Moscow 13,629 14 PFC CSKA 12,694 15 Torpedo Moscow 11,550 16 Lokomotiv Moscow 7,007Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sov/avesov76.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk Jul 31, 2026 References External links Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF) ФУТБОЛ - 1976. О ПРОВЕДЕНИИ СОРЕВНОВАНИЙ (Regulations). football.lg.ua (in Russian) 1969 1 Soviet