1976 Soviet Cup final

March 2022 1976 Soviet Cup final 1976 Soviet Cup Dinamo Tbilisi 3 Ararat Yerevan 0 3 September 1976 Lenin's Central Stadium Moscow Pavel Kazakov (Moscow) 45,000 1975 1977 The 1976 Soviet Cup final was a football match that took place at the Lenin's Central Stadium, Moscow on 3 September 1976. The match was the 35th Soviet Cup final and it was contested by defending champions Ararat Yerevan and Dinamo Tbilisi. Goals from David Kipiani, Piruz Kanteladze and Revaz Chelebadze helped Dinamo Tbilisi to a 3–0 win as they won the cup for the first time. It was the first time that a team from the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic had won the cup and the fourth successive season in which a team from outside the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic won the competition. Background Ararat Yerevan had reached the Soviet Cup final twice before, defeating Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 after extra time in 1973 and Zaria Voroshilovgrad 2–1 in 1975. They were the defending champions and the only team from the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic to reach a final.Stokkermans Karel USSR (Soviet Union) - List of Cup Finals https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/ussrcuphist.html RSSSF 16 July 2025 24 January 2013 Dinamo Tbilisi had reached the final on four previous occasions but had never won the competition before. They were the only team from the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic to reach the final. The proceeding three tournaments had been won by Ararat (2) and Dynamo Kyiv (1) meaning this would be the fourth season in a row that a team from outside the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic won the competition. Previous encounters Previously these two teams met each other three times in the competition. Dinamo knocked–out opponents two times, while Ararat have done it once. The club from Tbilisi progressed in 1937, winning the game 4–1 and in 1971 competition 0–0, 2–1, while the club from Yerevan eliminated the opponent in 1975 winning the game 3–1.USSR Cup, Dynamo (Tbilisi) – Ararat (Yerevan) http://wildstat.com/p/2093/cht/24/club1/URS_Dinamo_Tbilisi/club2/URS_Ararat_Erevan WildStat 16 July 2025 Road to Final All sixteen Soviet Top League clubs including Dinamo and Ararat entered the competition in the second round.Balitskiy Andrei Dreiman Theodore Soviet Union 1976 https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/su76.html RSSSF 16 July 2025 11 July 2013 Dinamo Tbilisi In the second round Dinamo defeated Metalurh Zaporizhya 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw after extra time. They then defeated Zenit Leningrad 3–0 to advance to the quarter-finals. A 2–1 win against Karpaty Lviv saw them into the semi-finals where they defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 2–0. Ararat Yerevan After defeating SKA Rostov-on-Don 1–0 in the second round, Ararat required extra time to over come Lokomotiv Moscow by the same score line in the third round. In the quarter-finals they defeated CSKA Moscow 2–1 before defeating Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk by the same score line in the semi-final and advancing to the final. Dinamo Tbilisi Round 2Metalurh Zaporizhya1–1 a.e.t. 4–5 pen. Dinamo TbilisiRound 3Dinamo Tbilisi3–0FC Zenit LeningradQuarter-finalDinamo Tbilisi2–1Karpaty LvivSemi-finalShakhtar Donetsk0–2Dinamo TbilisiArarat Yerevan Round 2SKA Rostov-on-Don0–1Ararat YerevanRound 3Lokomotiv Moscow0–1 aet Ararat YerevanQuarter-finalArarat Yerevan2–1CSKA MoscowSemi-finalArarat Yerevan2–1Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Match details 3 September 1976 Dinamo Tbilisi 3–0 Кубок СССР 1976 http://fc-dynamo.ru/cup/prot.php?id=380300 FC Dynamo 16 July 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20200828040421/http://fc-dynamo.ru/cup/prot.php?id=380300 28 August 2020 ru USSR Cup 1976 Ararat Yerevan Kipiani 27 Kanteladze 64 pen. Chelebadze 68 Lenin's Central Stadium, Moscow 45,000 Pavel Kazakov (Moscow) Dinamo Tbilisi:GK Georgian SSR David GogiaDF Georgian SSR Nodar KhizanishviliDF Georgian SSR Piruz KanteladzeDF Georgian SSR Shota KhinchagashviliDF Georgian SSR Zorbeg EbralidzeDF Georgian SSR Aleksandre ChivadzeMF Georgian SSR Manuchar Machaidze (c)MF Georgian SSR Revaz ChelebadzeMF Georgian SSR Vladimir GutsaevMF Georgian SSR David Kipiani 75FW Georgian SSR Vakhtang KopaleishviliSubstitutes:FW Georgian SSR Zurab Tsereteli 75Manager:Georgian SSR Nodar AkhalkatsiArarat Yerevan:GK Armenian SSR Avetis HovsepyanDF Armenian SSR Sanasar GevorgyanDF Armenian SSR Armenak Sargsyan (c)DF Azerbaijan SSR Alexander MirzoyanDF Armenian SSR Norayr MesropyanMF Armenian SSR Samvel PetrosyanMF Armenian SSR Artyom ParsadanyanMF Armenian SSR Khoren Oganesian 89FW Armenian SSR Alexander KeropyanMF Turkmen SSR Nazar PetrosyanFW Armenian SSR Robert Halaydzhyan 46Substitutes:FWArmenian SSR Nikolay Ghazaryan 46MFArmenian SSR Armen Azaryan 89Manager:Azerbaijan SSR Eduard Markarov Soviet Cup 1976 WinnersDinamo TbilisiFirst title See also 1976 Soviet Top League References External links The competition calendar 1 The competition calendar 2 Category:Soviet Cup finals Category:1976 in Soviet football Category:FC Ararat Yerevan Category:FC Dinamo Tbilisi matches Category:September 1976 sports events in Europe Category:1976 in Moscow