# 1977 in Soviet football

The 1977 Soviet football championship was the 46th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union, the 40th among teams of masters. Dinamo Kiev won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the eighth time.

## Honours

| Competition | Competition | Winner | Runner-up |
| Top League | Top League | Dinamo Kiev (8) | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| First League | First League | Spartak Moscow (1) | Pakhtakor Tashkent |
| Second League | Group 1 | Zhalgiris Vilnius | Iskra Smolensk |
| Second League | Group 2 | SKA Odessa | SKA Kiev |
| Second League | Group 3 | Kuban Krasnodar | Fakel Voronezh |
| Second League | Group 4 | Spartak Nalchik | Dinamo Makhachkala |
| Second League | Group 5 | Yangiyer | Alga Frunze |
| Second League | Group 6 | Spartak Semipalatinsk | SKA Khabarovsk |
| Soviet Cup | Soviet Cup | Dinamo Moscow (5) | Torpedo Moscow |
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

## Soviet Union football championship
### Top League

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv (C) | 30 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 51 | 12 | +39 | 43 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 30 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 43 | 26 | +17 | 39 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Torpedo Moscow | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 37 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Dynamo Moscow | 30 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 35 | |
| 5 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 30 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 34 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 32 | |
| 7 | Chornomorets Odessa | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 30 | |
| 8 | Kairat Alma-Ata | 30 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 29 | |
| 9 | Zaria Voroshilovgrad | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 28 | |
| 10 | Zenit Leningrad | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 28 | |
| 11 | Ararat Yerevan | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 27 | |
| 12 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 27 | |
| 13 | Neftchi Baku | 30 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 27 | |
| 14 | CSKA Moscow | 30 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 27 | |
| 15 | Karpaty Lviv (R) | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 26 | Relegation to First League |
| 16 | Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev (R) | 30 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 59 | −41 | 11 | Relegation to First League |

### First League

| Pos | Rep | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | RUS | Spartak Moskva | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 83 | 42 | +41 | 54 | Promoted |
| 2 | UZB | Pahtakor Tashkent | 38 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 57 | 28 | +29 | 52 | Promoted |
| 3 | UKR | Tavria Simferopol | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 57 | 34 | +23 | 49 | |
| 4 | BLR | Dinamo Minsk | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 47 | |
| 5 | TJK | Pamir Dushanbe | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 45 | |
| 6 | RUS | Kuzbass Kemerovo | 38 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 51 | 38 | +13 | 45 | |
| 7 | RUS | Terek Grozny | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 59 | 48 | +11 | 41 | |
| 8 | RUS | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 50 | 44 | +6 | 41 | |
| 9 | GEO | Torpedo Kutaisi | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 38 | |
| 10 | RUS | SKA Rostov-na-Donu | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 36 | |
| 11 | MDA | Nistru Kishinev | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 36 | |
| 12 | RUS | UralMash Sverdlovsk | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 52 | 62 | −10 | 36 | |
| 13 | RUS | Dinamo Leningrad | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 51 | 54 | −3 | 34 | |
| 14 | UKR | Spartak Ivano-Frankovsk | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 34 | |
| 15 | RUS | Spartak Orjonikidze | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 33 | |
| 16 | UKR | Metallurg Zaporozhye | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 35 | 48 | −13 | 33 | |
| 17 | TKM | Kolhozchi Ashkhabad | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 43 | 60 | −17 | 32 | |
| 18 | UKR | Krivbass Krivoi Rog | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 28 | Relegated |
| 19 | RUS | Zvezda Perm | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 32 | 62 | −30 | 24 | Relegated |
| 20 | RUS | Rubin Kazan | 38 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 40 | 76 | −36 | 22 | Relegated |
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### Top goalscorers

Top League
* Oleh Blokhin (Dinamo Kiev) – 17 goals
First League
* Ihor Nadeyin (Nistru Kishinev), Vitaliy Razdayev (Kuzbass Kemerovo), Anatoliy Zinchenko (Dinamo Leningrad) – 19 goals