- Spring Overview League standings Top scorers
- Autumn Overview League standings Top scorers
- References
{{Infobox football league season
| competition = Soviet Top League
| season = 1976 (spring–autumn)
| continentalcup1 = Champions League
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Torpedo Moscow
| continentalcup2 = Cup Winners' Cup
| continentalcup2 qualifiers = Dinamo Moscow
| continentalcup3 = UEFA Cup
| continentalcup3 qualifiers = Dinamo Tbilisi
Dinamo Kiev
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| nextseason = 1977
}}Statistics of Soviet Top League in season 1976. Spring{{Infobox football league season
| competition = Soviet Top League
| winners = Dinamo Moscow
| league topscorer = (8) Arkady Andreasyan (Ararat)
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}}OverviewIt was contested by 16 teams, and Dynamo Moscow won the championship. League standings| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | 1 | Dynamo Moscow | 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
- 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{{Infobox football league season
| competition = Soviet Top League
| winners = Torpedo Moscow
| relegated = Spartak Moscow, Dinamo Minsk
| league topscorer = (13) Aleksandr Markin (Zenit)
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}}OverviewIt was performed in 16 teams, and Torpedo Moscow won the championship. League standings| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | 1 | Torpedo Moscow | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 20 | | 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 18 | | 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 | | 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 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 13 | | 16 | Dinamo Minsk | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 8 |
Top scorers- 13 goals
- 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)
References- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090602084017/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/ussrhist.html Soviet Union - List of final tables (RSSSF)]
{{Soviet Top League Seasons}}{{1975–76 in European football (UEFA)}}{{1976–77 in European football (UEFA)}} 4 : Soviet Top League seasons|1976 in Soviet football leagues|1975–76 in European association football leagues|1976–77 in European association football leagues |