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.

1976 Soviet Cup Final
Event1976 Soviet Cup
Dinamo Tbilisi Ararat Yerevan
3 0
Date3 September 1976
VenueLenin's Central Stadium, Moscow
RefereePavel Kazakov (Moscow)
Attendance45,000

Road to Final

Dinamo Tbilisi

Round 1Metalurh Zaporizhya1–1 aet
4–5 pen.		Dinamo Tbilisi
Round 2Dinamo Tbilisi3–0FC Zenit Leningrad
Quarter-finalDinamo Tbilisi2–1Karpaty Lviv
Semi-finalShakhtar Donetsk0–2Dinamo Tbilisi

Ararat Yerevan

Round 1SKA Rostov-on-Don0–1Ararat Yerevan
Round 2Lokomotiv Moscow0–1 aetArarat Yerevan
Quarter-finalArarat Yerevan2–1CSKA Moscow
Semi-finalArarat Yerevan2–1Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

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 Tbilisi3–0Ararat Yerevan
Kipiani  27'
Kanteladze  64' (pen.)
Chelebadze  68'		 Report
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


Soviet Cup 1976 Winners
Dinamo Tbilisi
First title

See also

References
  1. "USSR Cup, Dynamo (Tbilisi) - Ararat (Yerevan)". wildstat.com. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
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