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

Previous encounters

Previously these two teams met each other three times in the competition.^[1] 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 v Ararat Yerevan

3 September 1976

Dinamo Tbilisi	3–0	Ararat Yerevan
Kipiani  27' Kanteladze  64' (pen.) Chelebadze  68'	Report

Lenin's Central Stadium, Moscow Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Pavel Kazakov (Moscow)

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

See also

• 1976 Soviet Top League

References

External links

• The competition calendar 1
• The competition calendar 2