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 CompetitionWinnerRunner-upTop LeaguespringDinamo Moscow (11*)Ararat YerevanfallTorpedo Moscow (3)Dinamo KievFirst LeagueKairat Alma-Ata (1)Neftchi BakuSecond LeagueGroup 1Guria LanchkhutiDinamo BrestGroup 2Meliorator YangiyerNeftyanik FerganaGroup 3Dinamo LeningradIskra SmolenskGroup 4Mashuk PyatigorskRostSelMash Rostov-na-DonuGroup 5UralMash SverdlovskSKA KhabarovskGroup 6Krivbass Krivoi RogMetallist KharkovSoviet CupDinamo 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

Autumn (Fall)

First League

Second League (playoffs)

[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 (spring) Arkadiy Andriasyan (Ararat Yerevan) – 8 goals (autumn) Aleksandr Markin (Zenit Leningrad) – 13 goals

First League Elbrus Abbasov (Neftchi Baku) – 28 goals

References

External links 1976 Soviet football championship. RSSSF