1976 Soviet Cup Final
# 1976 Soviet Cup Final

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 was contested between Dinamo Tbilisi and Ararat Yerevan. Ararat were current cup holders winning it in 1975. Dinamo defeated the opponent 3–0 and won the cup for the first time.

## Road to Final

| Round 1 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 1–1 aet 4–5 pen. | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| - | - | - | - |
| Round 2 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 3–0 | FC Zenit Leningrad |
| Quarter-final | Dinamo Tbilisi | 2–1 | Karpaty Lviv |
| Semi-final | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0–2 | Dinamo Tbilisi |
| Round 1 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 0–1 | Ararat Yerevan |
| Round 2 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 0–1 aet | Ararat Yerevan |
| Quarter-final | Ararat Yerevan | 2–1 | CSKA Moscow |
| Semi-final | Ararat Yerevan | 2–1 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |

## Previous encounters

Previously 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.

## Match details

Dinamo Tbilisi: :

| GK | David Gogia |
| - | - |
| DF | Nodar Khizanishvili |
| DF | Piruz Kanteladze |
| DF | Shota Khinchagashvili |
| DF | Zorbeg Ebralidze |
| DF | Aleksandre Chivadze |
| MF | Manuchar Machaidze (c) |
| MF | Revaz Chelebadze |
| MF | Vladimir Gutsaev |
| MF | David Kipiani 75' |
| FW | Vakhtang Kopaleishvili |
| Substitutes: |||
| FW | Zurab Tsereteli 75' |
| Manager: |||
| Nodar Akhalkatsi |||

Ararat Yerevan: :

| GK | Avetis Hovsepyan |
| - | - |
| DF | Sanasar Gevorgyan |
| DF | Armenak Sargsyan (c) |
| DF | Alexander Mirzoyan |
| DF | Norayr Mesropyan |
| MF | Samvel Petrosyan |
| MF | Artyom Parsadanyan |
| MF | Khoren Oganesian 89' |
| FW | Alexander Keropyan |
| MF | Nazar Petrosyan |
| FW | Robert Halaydzhyan 46' |
| Substitutes: |||
| FW | Nikolay Ghazaryan 46' |
| MF | Armen Azaryan 89' |
| Manager: |||
| Eduard Markarov |||

* Soviet Cup 1976 Winners
* Dinamo Tbilisi First title
