The 1976 Soviet Cup final was a football match that took place at the Lenin's Central Stadium, Moscow on 3 September 1976. The match was the 35th Soviet Cup final and it was contested by defending champions Ararat Yerevan and Dinamo Tbilisi.
| Event | 1976 Soviet Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 3 September 1976 | ||||||
| Venue | Lenin's Central Stadium, Moscow | ||||||
| Referee | Pavel Kazakov (Moscow) | ||||||
| Attendance | 45,000 | ||||||
Goals from David Kipiani, Piruz Kanteladze and Revaz Chelebadze helped Dinamo Tbilisi to a 3–0 win as they won the cup for the first time. It was the first time that a team from the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic had won the cup and the fourth successive season in which a team from outside the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic won the competition.
Background
editArarat Yerevan had reached the Soviet Cup final twice before, defeating Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 after extra time in 1973 and Zaria Voroshilovgrad 2–1 in 1975. They were the defending champions and the only team from the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic to reach a final.[1]
Dinamo Tbilisi had reached the final on four previous occasions but had never won the competition before. They were the only team from the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic to reach the final.[1]
The proceeding three tournaments had been won by Ararat (2) and Dynamo Kyiv (1) meaning this would be the fourth season in a row that a team from outside the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic won the competition.[1]
Previous encounters
editPreviously these two teams met each other three times in the competition. Dinamo knocked–out opponents two times, while Ararat have done it once. The club from Tbilisi progressed in 1937, winning the game 4–1 and in 1971 competition 0–0, 2–1, while the club from Yerevan eliminated the opponent in 1975 winning the game 3–1.[2]
Road to Final
editAll sixteen Soviet Top League clubs including Dinamo and Ararat entered the competition in the second round.[3]
Dinamo Tbilisi
editIn the second round Dinamo defeated Metalurh Zaporizhya 5–4 on penalties after a 1–1 draw after extra time. They then defeated Zenit Leningrad 3–0 to advance to the quarter-finals. A 2–1 win against Karpaty Lviv saw them into the semi-finals where they defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 2–0.[3]
Ararat Yerevan
editAfter defeating SKA Rostov-on-Don 1–0 in the second round, Ararat required extra time to over come Lokomotiv Moscow by the same score line in the third round. In the quarter-finals they defeated CSKA Moscow 2–1 before defeating Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk by the same score line in the semi-final and advancing to the final.[3]
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Dinamo Tbilisi
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Ararat Yerevan
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Match details
edit| Dinamo Tbilisi | 3–0 | Ararat Yerevan |
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Kipiani  27' Kanteladze 64' (pen.) Chelebadze 68' |
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| Soviet Cup 1976 Winners |
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| Dinamo Tbilisi First title |
See also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 Stokkermans, Karel (24 January 2013). "USSR (Soviet Union) - List of Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ↑ "USSR Cup, Dynamo (Tbilisi) – Ararat (Yerevan)". WildStat. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- 1 2 3 Balitskiy, Andrei; Dreiman, Theodore (11 July 2013). "Soviet Union 1976". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ↑ "Кубок СССР 1976" [USSR Cup 1976] (in Russian). FC Dynamo. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2025.