1977 in Soviet football

The 1977 Soviet football championship was the 46th seasons of competitive football in the Soviet Union, the 40th among teams of masters. Dinamo Kiev won the Top League championship becoming the Soviet domestic champions for the eighth time.

Football in the Soviet Union
Season1977
Men's football
Top LeagueDinamo Kiev
First LeagueSpartak Moscow
Second LeagueZhalgiris Vilnius (Group 1)
SKA Odessa (Group 2)
Kuban Krasnodar (Group 3)
Spartak Nalchik (Group 4)
Yangiyer (Group 5)
Spartak Semipalatinsk (Group 6)
Soviet CupDinamo Moscow
Soviet Union

Honours
CompetitionWinnerRunner-up
Top LeagueDinamo Kiev (8)Dinamo Tbilisi
First LeagueSpartak Moscow (1)Pakhtakor Tashkent
Second LeagueGroup 1Zhalgiris VilniusIskra Smolensk
Group 2SKA OdessaSKA Kiev
Group 3Kuban KrasnodarFakel Voronezh
Group 4Spartak NalchikDinamo Makhachkala
Group 5YangiyerAlga Frunze
Group 6Spartak SemipalatinskSKA Khabarovsk
Soviet Cup Dinamo Moscow (5) Torpedo Moscow

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Soviet Union football championship
Main article: 1977 Soviet Top League

Top League
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dynamo Kyiv (C) 30 14 15 1 51 12 +39 43 Qualification for European Cup first round
2 Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Dinamo Tbilisi 30 13 13 4 43 26 +17 39 Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Torpedo Moscow 30 12 13 5 30 23 +7 37
4 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Dynamo Moscow 30 9 17 4 34 20 +14 35
5 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Shakhtar Donetsk 30 9 16 5 31 24 +7 34 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
6 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Lokomotiv Moscow 30 9 14 7 27 25 +2 32
7 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Chornomorets Odessa 30 11 8 11 33 41 −8 30
8 Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Kairat Alma-Ata 30 6 17 7 26 31 −5 29
9 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Zaria Voroshilovgrad 30 8 12 10 28 24 +4 28
10 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Zenit Leningrad 30 8 12 10 34 33 +1 28
11 Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Ararat Yerevan 30 7 13 10 28 34 −6 27
12 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30 9 9 12 24 31 −7 27
13 Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Neftchi Baku 30 5 17 8 25 34 −9 27
14 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic CSKA Moscow 30 5 17 8 28 39 −11 27
15 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Karpaty Lviv (R) 30 6 14 10 26 30 −4 26 Relegation to First League
16 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Krylya Sovetov Kuibyshev (R) 30 2 7 21 18 59 −41 11
Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

First League
Pos Rep Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 RUS Spartak Moskva 38 22 10 6 83 42 +41 54[lower-alpha 1] Promoted
2 UZB Pahtakor Tashkent 38 19 14 5 57 28 +29 52
3 UKR Tavria Simferopol 38 21 7 10 57 34 +23 49
4 BLR Dinamo Minsk 38 19 9 10 48 29 +19 47[lower-alpha 1]
5 TJK Pamir Dushanbe 38 19 7 12 54 36 +18 45
6 RUS Kuzbass Kemerovo 38 20 5 13 51 38 +13 45
7 RUS Terek Grozny 38 17 7 14 59 48 +11 41
8 RUS Shinnik Yaroslavl 38 14 13 11 50 44 +6 41
9 GEO Torpedo Kutaisi 38 15 8 15 45 48 −3 38
10 RUS SKA Rostov-na-Donu 38 12 12 14 43 48 −5 36
11 MDA Nistru Kishinev 38 11 14 13 45 51 −6 36
12 RUS UralMash Sverdlovsk 38 13 10 15 52 62 −10 36[lower-alpha 2]
13 RUS Dinamo Leningrad 38 11 12 15 51 54 −3 34[lower-alpha 2]
14 UKR Spartak Ivano-Frankovsk 38 10 14 14 38 52 −14 34
15 RUS Spartak Orjonikidze 38 11 11 16 38 45 −7 33
16 UKR Metallurg Zaporozhye 38 11 11 16 35 48 −13 33
17 TKM Kolhozchi Ashkhabad 38 12 8 18 43 60 −17 32
18 UKR Krivbass Krivoi Rog 38 10 8 20 43 59 −16 28[lower-alpha 2] Relegated
19 RUS Zvezda Perm 38 7 10 21 32 62 −30 24
20 RUS Rubin Kazan 38 6 10 22 40 76 −36 22
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. -
  2. +

Second League (playoffs)
Further information: 1976 Soviet Second League
[Oct 31, Nov 5]
Spartak Semipalatinsk  2-2 0-3  SKA Odessa 
Kuban Krasnodar        2-0 1-2  Yangiyer 
Spartak Nalchik        1-0 0-1  Žalgiris Vilnius
Replay
[Nov 8]
KUBAN Krasnodar        2-0  Yangiyer         [in Simferopol] 
Žalgiris Vilnius       2-1  Spartak Nalchik  [in Kishinev]

Top goalscorers

Top League

First League

References
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