1976 Soviet First League

The 1976 Soviet First League was the sixth season of the Soviet First League and the 36th season of the Soviet second tier league competition.

Soviet First League
Season1976
1975
1977

Final standings

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Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 KAZ   Kairat Alma-Ata 38 24 8 6 55 23 +32 56 Promoted
2 AZE   Neftçi Baku 38 22 10 6 70 34 +36 54
3 UZB   Pahtakor Tashkent 38 18 12 8 63 31 +32 48[a]
4 UKR   Tavriya Simferopol 38 17 12 9 59 32 +27 46
5 MDA   Nistru Chișinău 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 Ashgabad 38 16 7 15 61 62 −1 39[b]
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-on-Don 38 13 10 15 41 43 −2 36[a]
13 UKR   Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 38 14 8 16 38 40 −2 36
14 UKR   Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 38 13 10 15 47 53 −6 36
15 RUS   Spartak Orzhonikidze 38 11 14 13 40 50 −10 36
16 RUS   Terek Grozny 38 10 13 15 39 60 −21 33[b]
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[b]
20 RUS   Elbrus Nalchik 38 5 7 26 32 73 −41 17
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ a b -
  2. ^ a b c +

Top scorers

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# Player Club Goals
1 Elbrus Abbasov Neftçi Baku 28
2 Vitaly Razdayev Kuzbass Kemerovo 19
3 Anatoliy Novikov Kuzbass Kemerovo 16
Vladimir Fyodorov Pahtakor Tashkent 16
4 Nikolai Smolnikov Neftçi Baku 14
Alexander Ploshnik Kuban Krasnodar 14
Sergei Gorohovodatsky Kairat Alma-Ata 14
5 Yevgeniy Piunovskiy Nistru Chișinău 13

Number of teams by union republic

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Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)
1   RSFSR 9 Zvezda Perm, Kuzbass Kemerevo, Shinnik Yaroslavl, SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Terek Grozny, Rubin Kazan, Kuban Krasnodar, Elbrus Nalchik
2   Ukrainian SSR 3 Tavria Simferopol, Metallurg Zaporozhye, Prykarpatye Ivano-Frankovsk
3   Kazakh SSR 1 Kairat Alma-Ata
  Azerbaijan SSR Neftchi Baku
  Uzbek SSR Pakhtakor Tashkent
  Moldavian SSR Nistru Kishinev
  Georgian SSR Torpedo Kutaisi
  Turkmen SSR Kolhozchi Ashkhabad
  Tajik SSR Pamir Dushanbe
  Latvian SSR Daugave Riga

See also

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