1976 Soviet First League

Soviet First League
Season	1976
	← 1975 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.

Final standings

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	Promoted

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:

#	Player	Club	Goals
1	Elbrus Abbasov	Neftçi Baku	28
2	Vitaly Razdayev	Kuzbass Kemerovo	19
3	Anatoliy Novikov	Kuzbass Kemerovo	16
3	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

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