1976 Soviet Top League

Statistics of Soviet Top League for the 1976 season.

Spring[]

Overview[]

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

League standings[]

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

Top scorers[]

8 goals

• Arkady Andreasyan (Ararat)

7 goals

• (Ararat)

6 goals

• Ravil Aryapov (Krylya Sovetov)
• (Karpaty)
• David Kipiani (Dinamo Tbilisi)
• Boris Kopeikin (CSKA Moscow)
• Anatoliy Shepel (Dynamo Moscow)

5 goals

• Lev Brovarsky (Karpaty)
• (Torpedo Moscow)
• (Torpedo Moscow)
• (Dnipro)
• Aleksandr Markin (Zenit)
• (Krylya Sovetov)
• Pyotr Vasilevsky (Dinamo Minsk)

Autumn[]

Overview[]

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

League standings[]

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
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

Top scorers[]

13 goals

• Aleksandr Markin (Zenit)

8 goals

• (Karpaty)
• Boris Kopeikin (CSKA Moscow)

6 goals

• (Spartak Moscow)

5 goals

• Oleg Blokhin (Dynamo Kyiv)
• (Karpaty)
• Yevgeni Khrabrostin (Torpedo Moscow)
• Nazar Petrosyan (Ararat)
• Aleksandr Pogorelov (Chornomorets)
• Vladimir Sakharov (Torpedo Moscow)
• (Dnipro)
• Andrei Yakubik (Dynamo Moscow)

References[]

• Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)