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1976 Soviet Top League

39th season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union

39th season of top-tier football league in Soviet Union

FieldValue
competitionSoviet Top League
season1976 (spring–autumn)
continentalcup1European Cup
continentalcup1 qualifiersTorpedo Moscow
continentalcup2Cup Winners' Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiersDinamo Moscow
continentalcup3UEFA Cup
continentalcup3 qualifiersDinamo Tbilisi
Dinamo Kiev
prevseason1975
nextseason1977

Dinamo Kiev 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).

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

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Dynamo Moscow won the championship.

League standings

Results

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

Overview

It was performed in 16 teams, and Torpedo Moscow won the championship.

League standings

Results

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.

Attendances

No.ClubAverage
1Dinamo Tbilisi29,867
2Karpaty28,467
3Dinamo Minsk28,438
4Ararat26,193
5Shakhtar22,067
6Dynamo Kyiv21,107
7Krylia Sovetov19,800
8Zenit15,781
9Dynamo Moscow15,529
10Chornomorets15,357
11Zorya14,800
12Dnipro14,313
13Spartak Moscow13,629
14PFC CSKA12,694
15Torpedo Moscow11,550
16Lokomotiv Moscow7,007

Source:

References

References

  1. [http://football.lg.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6711:1976reglament&catid=216:19768soyuznerushimiy&Itemid=775 ФУТБОЛ - 1976. О ПРОВЕДЕНИИ СОРЕВНОВАНИЙ.] football.lg.ua
  2. "ФУТБОЛ - 1976. О ПРОВЕДЕНИЕ СОРЕВНОВАНИЙ. (Football – 1976. On conducting the competitions.". Центральный стадион им. В.И.Ленина (Tsentralny Stadion imeni V.I.Lenina).
  3. (2023-04-21). "Генсек СССР Брежнев хотел развернуть самолет, чтобы посмотреть футбол в Киеве. Решение изменил в последний момент - 21 апреля 2023 - Sport24".
  4. https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/sov/avesov76.htm
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