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
Top scorers
#PlayerClubGoals1Elbrus AbbasovNeftçi Baku282Vitaly RazdayevKuzbass Kemerovo193Anatoliy NovikovKuzbass Kemerovo16Vladimir FyodorovPahtakor Tashkent164Nikolai SmolnikovNeftçi Baku14Alexander PloshnikKuban Krasnodar14Sergei GorohovodatskyKairat Alma-Ata14 5Yevgeniy PiunovskiyNistru Chișinău13
Number of teams by union republic Rank Union republic Number of teams Club(s)1 9Zvezda Perm, Kuzbass Kemerevo, Shinnik Yaroslavl, SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Spartak Ordzhonikidze, Terek Grozny, Rubin Kazan, Kuban Krasnodar, Elbrus Nalchik2 3Tavria Simferopol, Metallurg Zaporozhye, Prykarpatye Ivano-Frankovsk3 1Kairat 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