1976 Soviet First League Explained

Season:	1976
Nextseason:	1977

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.

Top scorers

	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

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

See also

• Soviet First League

External links

• 1976 season. RSSSF