# 1976 in Soviet football

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 | Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
| Top League | spring | Dinamo Moscow (11*) | Ararat Yerevan |
| Top League | fall | Torpedo Moscow (3) | Dinamo Kiev |
| First League | First League | Kairat Alma-Ata (1) | Neftchi Baku |
| Second League | Group 1 | Guria Lanchkhuti | Dinamo Brest |
| Second League | Group 2 | Meliorator Yangiyer | Neftyanik Fergana |
| Second League | Group 3 | Dinamo Leningrad | Iskra Smolensk |
| Second League | Group 4 | Mashuk Pyatigorsk | RostSelMash Rostov-na-Donu |
| Second League | Group 5 | UralMash Sverdlovsk | SKA Khabarovsk |
| Second League | Group 6 | Krivbass Krivoi Rog | Metallist Kharkov |
| Soviet Cup | 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 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 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 | Relegation to First League |

### 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 | Promoted |
| 3 | UZB | Pahtakor Tashkent | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 63 | 31 | +32 | 48 | |
| 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 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 61 | 62 | −1 | 39 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Relegated |
| 20 | RUS | Elbrus Nalchik | 38 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 32 | 73 | −41 | 17 | Relegated |
* 1 2 -
* ↑ Kolhozchi Ashkhabad was called Stroitel.
* 1 2 3 +
* ↑ Elbrus Nalchik was called Spartak.

### 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