1976 in paleontology
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1976.


1976 in paleontology, Dinosaurs, Newly named birds
An Apodiformes, Aegialornithidae Lydekker, 1891, transferred to the new genus Mesogiornis Mlíkovský, 2002. by Mlíkovský, 2002.


1976 in paleontology, Dinosaurs, Newly named birds
An Apodiformes, Aegialornithidae Lydekker, 1891, transferred to the new genus Mesogiornis Mlíkovský, 2002. by Mlíkovský, 2002., it is the type species of the new genus.


1976 in paleontology, Dinosaurs, Newly named birds
An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Alexornithiformes Brodkorb, 1976, Alexornithidae Brodkorb, 1976.


1976 in paleontology, Dinosaurs, Newly named birds
An Anatidae, transferred to the genus Dendrocygna by Jíří Mlíkovský & Petr Švec, 1986.


1976 in paleontology, Dinosaurs, Newly named birds
A Threskiornithidae, this is the type species of the new genus.


1976 in paleontology, Dinosaurs, Newly named birds
Described as a Piciformes, Primobucconidae Feduccia et Martin, 1976, now placed in the Coliiformes, Sandcileidae Houde et Olson, 1992, it is the type species of the new genus.


1976 in paleontology, Dinosaurs, Newly named birds
Described as a Threskiornithidae, placed in Aves Incertae Sedis by Olson, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus.


1976 in paleontology, Dinosaurs, Newly named birds
An Anatidae, transferred to the genus Anser by Jíří Mlíkovský & Petr Švec, 1986, and made the type species of his new genus Heteroanser by Nikita V. Zelenkov, 2012.


1976 in paleontology, Dinosaurs, Newly named birds
An Anatidae, this is the type species of this new genus but it is preoccupied by  Howardia Berlese et Leonardi, 1896. (Insecta: Hemiptera)so transferred to and becoming the type species of the new genus Palaeopapia Harrison et Walker, 1979 by Colin J. O. Harrison & Cyril A. Walker in 1979.


1976 in paleontology, Dinosaurs, Newly named birds
A Pelagornithidae Fürbringer, 1888, this is the typespecies of the new genus.


1976 in paleontology, Dinosaurs, Newly named birds
A Strigiformes, Ogygoptyngidae Rich et Bohaska, 1981., this is the type species and type genus of the new genus and the new family.


1976 in paleontology, Dinosaurs, Newly named birds
A Todidae, this is the type species of the new genus.


1976 in paleontology, Dinosaurs, Newly named birds
Described in the Burhinidae, placed in Aves Incertae Sedis by Mlíkovský 2002, according to Mayr et Smith, 2001  closely related to Palaeopapia eous (Harrison et Walker, 1976) and possibly synonymous with this species so they place it in the Anseriformes, this is the type species of the new genus.


1976 in paleontology, Dinosaurs, Newly named birds
A Phoenicopteridae, transferred to the genus Leakeyornis Vickers-Rich & Walker, 1983 by Patricia Vickers Rich & Cyril A. Walker, it is the type species of the new genus.


1976 in paleontology, Dinosaurs, Newly named birds
Described in the Phalacrocoracidae, placed in Aves Incertae Sedis by Mlíkovský 2002, this is the type species of the new genus.


1976 in paleontology, Dinosaurs, Newly named birds
An Alcidae, transferred to the genus Miomancalla N. A. Smith, 2011 by N. Adam Smith, 2011.


1976 in paleontology, Dinosaurs, Newly named birds
Described as a Piciformes, Primobucconidae Feduccia et Martin, 1976, made the type species of the new genus Cyrilavis Martin, 2010  and placed in the stem Psittaciformes, Halcyornithidae Harrison et Walker, 1972.


1976 in paleontology, Dinosaurs, Newly named birds
A Strigidae, transferred to the geus Bubo by Mlíkovský 1998.


1976 in paleontology, Dinosaurs, Newly named birds
A Phoenicopteriformes, Juncitarcidae, this is the type of this new genus but it is preoccupied by Tenuicrus Womersley, 1940. (Arachnida: Acarina)so transferred to and becoming the type species of the new genus Kashinia Harrison et Walker, 1979 by Colin J. O. Harrison & Cyril A. Walker in 1979.


1976 in paleontology, Dinosaurs, Newly named birds
Described in the Piciformes, Primobucconidae Feduccia & Martin, 1976, transferred to the Coliiformes, Sandcoleidae Houde et Olson, 1992 by Peter W. Houde & Storrs L. Olson, 1992.


1976 in paleontology, Dinosaurs, Newly named birds
Described in the Scolopacidae, placed in Aves Incertae Sedis by Mlíkovský 2002, this is the type species of the new genus.


1976 in paleontology, Dinosaurs, Newly named birds
Described in the Scolopacidae, placed in Aves Incertae Sedis by Mlíkovský 2002.


1976 in paleontology, Plesiosaurs, New taxa
preoccupied by a genus of mollusk, renamed to Georgiasaurus in 1977


1976 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).


1976 in poetry, Works published in English
Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:


1976 in poetry, Works published in other languages
Listed by language and often by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:


1976 in poetry, Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:


1976 in professional wrestling
1976 in professional wrestling describes the year's events in the world of professional wrestling.


1976 in radio
The year 1976 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting.


1976 in rail transport
This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1976.


1976 in science
The year 1976 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.


1976 in sports
1976 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.


1976 in television
The year 1976 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1976.


1976 in the Philippines
1976 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1976.


1976 in the United Arab Emirates
Events from the year 1976 in the United Arab Emirates.


1976 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year 1976 in the United Kingdom. This year is notable for the prolonged drought and subsequent heat wave.


1976 in the United States
Events from the year 1976 in the United States. Major events include Jimmy Carter defeating incumbent president Gerald Ford in the presidential election of that year, the incorporation of Apple Computer Company and Microsoft, and the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that Karen Ann Quinlan could be disconnected from her ventilator.


1976 in the environment
This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 1976. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.


1976 in video games
1976 has several new titles such as Road Race, Night Driver, Heavyweight Champ, Sea Wolf and Breakout.


1976 in video games, Highest-grossing arcade games, Japan
In Japan, Game Machine magazine published the first annual arcade game earnings chart for 1976 in their February 1977 issue, listing both arcade video games and electro-mechanical games (EM games) on the same arcade chart. Namco's EM racing game F-1 was the highest-grossing overall arcade game of the year, followed by Taito's video game Ball Park (originally released as Tornado Baseball by Midway Manufacturing in North America). The following titles were the highest-grossing arcade games of 1976, according to the first annual Game Machine chart.


1976 in video games, Highest-grossing arcade games, Japan
Note: Medal games are listed on a separate chart, with Nintendo's EVR Race being the highest-grossing medal game of the year.


1976 in video games, Highest-grossing arcade games, United States
In the United States, RePlay magazine began publishing annual lists of top-grossing arcade games in 1976, covering both arcade video games and pinball machines. The following titles were the top ten arcade video games of the year, in terms of coin drop earnings. Lifetime arcade cabinet sales are also given in a separate column.


1976 swine flu outbreak
In 1976, an outbreak of the swine flu, influenza A virus subtype H1N1 at Fort Dix, New Jersey caused one death, hospitalized 13, and led to a mass immunization program. After the program began, the vaccine was associated with an increase in reports of Guillain-Barré Syndrome, which can cause paralysis, respiratory arrest, and death. The immunization program was ended after approximately 25% of the population of the United States had been administered the vaccine.


1976 swine flu outbreak
Richard Krause, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1975 to 1984, writes that the government response to the swine flu outbreak was considered to be too fast.


1976 swine flu outbreak, Chronology
This chronology is heavily influenced by the official history of the affair, published in 1978 by the National Academies Press: The Swine Flu Affair: Decision-Making on a Slippery Disease.


1976 swine flu outbreak, Chronology
In January 1976, several soldiers at Fort Dix complained of a respiratory illness diagnosed as influenza. The next month, Private David Lewis, who had the symptoms, participated in a five-mile forced march, collapsed and died. The New Jersey Department of Health tested samples from the Fort Dix soldiers. While the majority of samples were of the more common A Victoria flu strain, two were not. The atypical samples were sent to the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia, which found evidence of swine influenza A related to the 1918 flu pandemic, which killed 50 to 100 million people worldwide.


1976 swine flu outbreak, Chronology
The Center for Disease Control (now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) verified the findings and informed both the World Health Organization and the state of New Jersey. On February 13, CDC Director David Sencer completed a memo calling for mass immunization for the swine flu. The CDC Assistant Director for Programs of the Center for Disease Control, Bruce Dull, held a press conference on February 19 to discuss the flu outbreak at Fort Dix and, in response to questions from reporters, mentioned the relationship of the flu strain to the 1918 outbreak.


1976 swine flu outbreak, Chronology
US President Gerald Ford was officially informed of the outbreak memo on March 15 and the suggested immunization program. He met with a "blue ribbon" panel that included Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin. Ford then made a televised announcement in support of the mass immunization program. A hearing was held before the United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, and C. Joseph Stetler, a drug company spokesman, requested government indemnity for the vaccine manufacturers. Pharmaceutical companies Sharp & Dohme (Merck & Co.), Merrell, Wyeth, and Parke-Davis also refused to sell doses to the government unless they were guaranteed a profit, a concession that the government also eventually made.


1976 swine flu outbreak, Chronology
The House Appropriations Committee reported out a special appropriations bill, including $135 million for the swine flu immunization program, which was approved on April 5. Two days later, the World Health Organization held a conference to discuss the implications of a swine flu outbreak for poorer nations.


1976 swine flu outbreak, Chronology
On April 8, an official from the Federal Insurance Company informed Merck & Co., a manufacturer of the swine flu vaccine, that it would exclude indemnity on Merck's product liability for the swine flu vaccine on July 1, 1976. T. Lawrence Jones, president of the American Insurance Association, informed the Office of Management and Budget that the insurance industry would not cover liability for the vaccine unless the government extended liability protection. The chairman of Merck wrote a memo a day later, April 13, to various government agencies, including the White House emphasizing the "duty to warn".


1976 swine flu outbreak, Chronology
In May, other vaccine manufacturers including Marion Merrell Dow, Parke-Davis, and Wyeth, were notified of indemnity problems by their respective insurers. Assistant Secretary Theodore Cooper (HEW) informed the White House on June 2 that indemnity legislation would be needed to secure Merrell's cooperation. In June, other vaccine manufacturers requested the same legislation. A little more than two weeks later, the Ford administration submitted a proposal to Congress that offered indemnity to vaccine manufacturers.


1976 swine flu outbreak, Chronology
Bruce Dull stated at a flu conference on July 1 that there were no parallels between the 1918 flu pandemic and the current situation. Later that month, J. Anthony Morris, a researcher in the Food and Drug Administration's Bureau of Biologics (BoB), was dismissed for insubordination and went public with findings that cast doubt on the safety of the vaccine, which was produced in fertilised hen’s eggs. Three days later, several manufacturers announced that they had ceased production of the vaccine. Later that month, investigations into alleged swine flu outbreaks in other parts of the world found no cases of the strain. On July 23, the President sent a letter that urged Congress to take action on indemnification.


1976 swine flu outbreak, Chronology
In early August, an outbreak of illness in Philadelphia was thought to be related to swine flu. It was later found to be an atypical pneumonia that is now called Legionnaires' disease. On August 6, Ford held a press conference and urged Congress to take action on the indemnification legislation. Four days later, both houses of Congress passed the legislation.


1976 swine flu outbreak, Chronology
Merrill became the first company to submit samples to the FDA's Bureau of Biologics for safety testing, which approved it on September 2. Merck made the first shipment of vaccines to state health departments by September 22. The first swine flu inoculations were given at the Indiana State Fair.


1976 swine flu outbreak, Chronology
In October, three people died of heart attacks after they had received the vaccine at the same Pittsburgh clinic, which sparked an investigation and the recall of that batch of vaccine. The investigation showed that the deaths were not related to the immunization. The President and his family received their immunizations before the television cameras. On November 2, Ford lost the presidential election to Jimmy Carter.


1976 swine flu outbreak, Chronology
Also in early November, Albert Sabin published a New York Times editorial, "Washington and the Flu." He agreed with the decision to create the vaccine and to be prepared for an outbreak but criticized the "scare tactics" that had been used by Washington to achieve that. He suggested to stockpile the vaccine and to have a wait-and-see strategy.


1976 swine flu outbreak, Chronology
By 15 December, cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) affecting vaccinated patients were reported in 10 states, including Minnesota, Maryland, and Alabama. Three more cases of Guillain-Barré were reported in early December, and the investigation into cases of it spread to eleven states. On December 16, a one-month suspension of the vaccination program was announced by Sencer. William Foege of the CDC estimated that the incidence of GBS was four times higher in vaccinated people than in those not receiving the swine flu vaccine.


1976 swine flu outbreak, Chronology
Ford told reporters that he agreed with the suspension, but he defended the decision to create the immunization program. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., was sworn in as Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare on January 20, 1977. On February 4, Sencer was informed that he would be replaced as the head of the CDC. The immunization program was not reinstated.


1976 swine flu outbreak, Chronology
A summarizing study concludes "that vaccination overall is of public health benefit, helping to reduce mortality and prevent the thousands of deaths that occur from annual seasonal outbreaks, despite the possibility of an increased risk of GBS". In total, GBS cases occurred in 362 patients during the six weeks after influenza vaccination of 45 million persons.


1976 swine flu outbreak, Aftermath
Laurence Gostin, in his article "At Law: Swine Flu Vaccine: What Is Fair? ", wrote that "the swine flu affair fails to tell us whether, in the face of scientific uncertainty, it is better to err on the side of caution or aggressive intervention." There is not even complete agreement about the causal relationship between the swine flu vaccine and Guillain-Barré syndrome, as noted in Gina Kolata's book Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It.


1976 swine flu outbreak, Aftermath
She wrote that the CDC did not have a "specific set of tests and symptoms to define Guillain-Barré" and that since doctors who reported cases already knew that a link was suspected, a bias in reporting was introduced. She quoted Keiji Fukuda: "if a new virus gets identified or reappears, you don't want to jump the gun and assume a pandemic is happening."


1976 Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake
The 1976 Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake occurred at 14:22 local time (12:22 UTC) on 24 November. The epicenter was located near Çaldıran, 20 km northeast of Muradiye, in the Van Province of eastern Turkey. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.3 with a maximum intensity of X on the Mercalli intensity scale. The area of severe damage, where over 80% of the buildings were destroyed, covered an area of 2,000 square kilometres. There were between 4,000 and 5,000 casualties.


1976 Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake, Tectonic setting
The easternmost part of Turkey lies within the complex zone of continuing continental collision between the Arabian Plate and the Eurasian Plate. The overall shortening that affects this area is accommodated partly by thrusting along the Bitlis-Zagros fold and thrust belt and partly by a mixture of sinistral strike-slip on SW-NE trending faults and dextral strike-slip on NW-SE trending faults. The earthquake was caused by movement on the Çaldıran Fault, one of the dextral faults, which had not been recognised before the earthquake.


1976 Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake, Tectonic setting
No earthquakes with magnitudes of 6 or greater were recorded within 100 km of Çaldıran in the preceding 74 years, possibly explaining why it was considered an area of only intermediate seismic risk (zone 3 out of the five zone system of seismic risking used in Turkey at the time, with zone 1 being the highest).


1976 Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake was associated with a 50–55 km zone of surface faulting, extending from three kilometres west of Sarikök in the west to just west of Baydoğan in the east. A maximum dextral offset of 3.5 m was recorded. The rupture width was estimated at 24 km and the fault zone was found to dip at 78° to the south. The duration of strong ground shaking is estimated at six seconds.


1976 Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake, Damage
In Çaldıran 95% of the houses were destroyed with all the others damaged to some extent and 615 of the 3,304 inhabitants were killed. In the villages around Çaldıran over 80% of the houses were destroyed and most of the rest were damaged; 2,313 of the 27,587 inhabitants were killed. In Muradiye almost all the houses were either completely collapsed or damaged and 159 of the 6,753 inhabitants were killed.


1976 Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake, Damage
Most of the buildings in the epicentral area were constructed of thick walls made from rubble masonry cemented with mud mortar. The structures were typically finished with a heavy earth roof with wooden supports. The very low resistance to lateral loads of these structures explains why almost all the buildings in Çaldıran collapsed in the earthquake, causing most of the deaths. Reinforced concrete structures generally performed well, with none suffering complete collapse. The performance of brick or stone masonry structures was mixed, with some collapsing and others being apparently unaffected.


1976 Úrvalsdeild, Overview
It was contested by 9 teams, and Valur won the championship. Valur's Ingi Björn Albertsson was the top scorer with 16 goals.


19763 Klimesh
19763 Klimesh, provisional designation 2000 MC, is a stony Phocaea asteroid and slow rotator from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. Discovered by NEAT at Haleakala Observatory in 2000, the asteroid was named for NEAT's software specialist Matthew Klimesh.


19763 Klimesh, Discovery
Klimesh was discovered on 18 June 2000, by NASA's and JPL's Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking program (NEAT) with the Maui Space Surveillance System (MSSS) at the Haleakala Observatory site on the island of Maui, Hawaii, in the United States. The body's observation arc begins 15 years prior to its official discovery observation, with a precovery from the Digitized Sky Survey taken at the Australian Siding Spring Observatory in September 1985.


19763 Klimesh, Orbit and classification
This asteroid is a member of the Phocaea family (701), a group of asteroids with similar orbital characteristics. It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.9–2.9 AU once every 3 years and 8 months (1,350 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.20 and an inclination of 23° with respect to the ecliptic.


19763 Klimesh, Physical characteristics
Klimesh has been characterized as a stony S-type asteroid. It is possibly a "tumbler", that is, it might undergo a non-principal axis rotation.


19763 Klimesh, Physical characteristics, Slow rotator
Klimesh is a slow rotator, as it has a rotation period of 101 hours with a brightness variation of 0.67 magnitude. The photometric observations were made by Czech astronomer Petr Pravec at the Ondřejov Observatory during the asteroid's 2011-opposition (U=2).


19763 Klimesh, Physical characteristics, Slow rotator
The result supersedes a period of 4.4 hours with an amplitude of 0.12, obtained from a fragmentary lightcurve by Italian astronomer Silvano Casulli (U=1).


19763 Klimesh, Physical characteristics, Diameter and albedo
According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Klimesh has a diameter of 5.65 and 7.27 kilometers with an albedo of 0.24 and 0.175, respectively. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link adopts Petr Pravec's revised WISE-data, that is, an albedo of 0.1635 and a diameter of 7.29 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 13.27.


19763 Klimesh, Naming
This minor planet was named after JPL researcher Matthew Klimesh (born 1968), developer of the compression algorithm used for handling the vast amount of data obtained by the discovering NEAT program. Since 1996 at JPL's Communications Systems and Research Section, his work includes data compression, rate–distortion theory and channel coding. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 9 May 2001 (M.P.C. 42677).


1976–77 1.Lig
Statistics of the Turkish First Football League for the 1976–77 season.


1976–77 1.Lig, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Trabzonspor won the championship.


1976–77 2. Bundesliga
The 1976–77 2. Bundesliga season was the third season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. It was played in two regional divisions, Nord and Süd.


1976–77 2. Bundesliga
FC St. Pauli, VfB Stuttgart and TSV 1860 Munich were promoted to the Bundesliga while Bonner SC, Göttingen 05, Wacker 04 Berlin, VfL Wolfsburg, Röchling Völklingen, Jahn Regensburg and BSV Schwenningen were relegated to the Oberligas and Amateurligas.


1976–77 2. Bundesliga, Nord
For the 1976–77 season saw Arminia Hannover, Bonner SC, SC Herford and VfL Wolfsburg promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Oberliga and Amateurligas while Bayer 05 Uerdingen and Hannover 96 had been relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Nord from the Bundesliga.


1976–77 2. Bundesliga, Süd
For the 1976–77 season saw BSV Schwenningen, Eintracht Trier, FV Würzburg 04 and KSV Baunatal promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Amateurligas and Kickers Offenbach relegated to the 2. Bundesliga Süd from the Bundesliga.


1976–77 2. Bundesliga, Promotion play-offs
The final place in the Bundesliga was contested between the two runners-up in the Nord and Süd divisions. TSV 1860 Munich were promoted to the Bundesliga after a third game was made necessary to decide the series.


1976–77 A Group
Statistics of Bulgarian A Football Group in the 1976–77 season.


1976–77 A Group, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Levski Sofia won the championship.


1976–77 AHL season
The 1976–77 AHL season was the 41st season of the American Hockey League. The league lost two teams, and divisions were dissolved. Six teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy is awarded is for first place in the regular season, and the John D. Chick Trophy is not awarded. The Nova Scotia Voyageurs repeated as first overall in the regular season, and won their third Calder Cup championship.


1976–77 AHL season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points;


1976–77 AHL season, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1976–77 AIAW Division I women's basketball rankings
A single human poll represents the 1976–77 AIAW Division I women's basketball rankings, the AP Poll, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. The women's basketball poll began during the 1976–1977 season, and was initially compiled by Mel Greenberg and published by The Philadelphia Inquirer. At first, it was a poll of coaches conducted via telephone, where coaches identified top teams and a list of the Top 20 team was produced.


1976–77 AIAW Division I women's basketball rankings
The initial list of coaches did not include Pat Summitt, who asked to join the group, not to improve her rankings, but because of the lack of media coverage, Summitt believed it would be a good way to stay on top of who the top teams were outside of her own schedule. The contributors continued to be coaches until 1994, when the AP took over administration of the poll from Greenberg, and switched to a panel of writers.


1976–77 AIAW Division I women's basketball rankings
The AP poll is currently a poll of sportswriters. The AP conducts polls weekly through the end of the regular season and conference play.


1976–77 Albanian Cup
1976–77 Albanian Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqipërisë) was the twenty-fifth season of Albania's annual cup competition. It began on August 1976 with the First Round and ended on May 1977 with the Final match. The winners of the competition qualified for the 1977-78 first round of the UEFA Cup. KF Tirana were the defending champions, having won their third Albanian Cup last season. The cup was won by KF Tirana.


1976–77 Albanian Cup
The rounds were played in a two-legged format similar to those of European competitions. If the aggregated score was tied after both games, the team with the higher number of away goals advanced. If the number of away goals was equal in both games, the match was decided by extra time and a penalty shootout, if necessary.


1976–77 Albanian Cup, Second round
All sixteen teams of the 1975–76 Superliga and First Division entered in this round. First and second legs were played on January 1977.


1976–77 Albanian Cup, Quarter finals
In this round entered the 8 winners from the previous round.


1976–77 Albanian Cup, Semifinals
In this round entered the four winners from the previous round.


1976–77 Albanian Cup, Final
In this round entered the two winners from the previous round.


1976–77 Albanian National Championship
The 1976–77 Albanian National Championship was the 38th season of the Albanian National Championship, the top professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1930.


1976–77 Albanian National Championship, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and Dinamo Tirana won the championship.


1976–77 Albanian National Championship, Final phase, Relegation round
Note: '17 Nëntori' is Tirana, 'Lokomotiva Durrës' is Teuta, 'Labinoti' is Elbasani, 'Traktori' is Lushnja


1976–77 Algerian Championnat National
The 1976–77 Algerian Championnat National was the 15th season of the Algerian Championnat National since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested the league, with MC Alger as the defending champions, The Championnat started on September 10, 1976. and ended on July 1, 1977.


1976–77 Algerian Cup
The 1976–77 Algerian Cup is the 15th edition of the Algerian Cup. MC Alger are the defending champions, having beaten MO Constantine 2–0 in the previous season's final.


1976–77 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
The 1976–77 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the seventh staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1970–71.


1976–77 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
St. Vincent's were the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Portlaoise in the second round of the Leinster Club Championship.


1976–77 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
On 13 March 1977, Austin Stacks won the championship following a 1-13 to 2-07 defeat of Ballerin in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park. It remains their only championship title.


1976–77 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
The 1976–77 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the seventh staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship began on 24 October 1976 and ended on 27 March 1977.


1976–77 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
James Stephens of Kilkenny were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Camross in the Leinster final. Cúchulainn's of Armagh, Kilmessan of Meath, Kiltormer of Galway and St. Gabriel's of London were first-time participants.


1976–77 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
On 27 March 1977, Glen Rovers won the championship following a 2-12 to 0-08 defeat of Camross in a replay of the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title overall and their first in four championship seasons.


1976–77 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
Frank Keenan of Camross was the championship's top scorer with 4-31.


1976–77 Allsvenskan (men's handball)
The 1976–77 Allsvenskan was the 43rd season of the top division of Swedish handball. 12 teams competed in the league. IK Heim won the regular season, but SoIK Hellas won the playoffs and claimed their seventh Swedish title. IFK Malmö and Västra Frölunda IF were relegated.


1976–77 Alpha Ethniki
The 1976–77 Alpha Ethniki was the 41st season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 3 October 1976 and ended on 27 June 1977. Panathinaikos won their 12th Greek title and their first one in seven years.


1976–77 Alpha Ethniki
The point system was: Win: 2 points - Draw: 1 point.


1976–77 Anglo-Scottish Cup
The 1976–77 Anglo-Scottish Cup was the second edition of the tournament. It was won by Nottingham Forest, who beat Orient in a two-legged final by 5–1 on aggregate.


1976–77 Anglo-Scottish Cup, Quarter-finals 2nd Leg
Ayr United were awarded semi-final place after Newcastle United were disqualified for fielding a weakened team during the first leg.


1976–77 Arsenal F.C. season
During the 1976–77 English football season, Arsenal F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


1976–77 Arsenal F.C. season, Season summary
In the 1976–77 season, former Tottenham boss Terry Neill was recruited by the Arsenal board to replace Bertie Mee in the summer, and at the age of 34 he became the youngest Arsenal manager to date.


1976–77 Arsenal F.C. season, Season summary
Arsenal started the season well with just 2 defeats in their first 9 league games but their title challenge soon began to fade and at one stage went on a poor run of 9 defeats in 11 league games picking up just 3 points out of the possible 22. The Gunners finished the season in a disappointing 8th place.


1976–77 Arsenal F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1976–77 Aston Villa F.C. season
The 1976–77 season was Aston Villa's 77th in the Football League and their second consecutive season in the top division.


1976–77 Aston Villa F.C. season
Andy Gray and was joint winner of England's golden boot with Arsenal's Malcolm Macdonald in 1976–77. Gray's 29 goals helped Villa to a fourth-place finish and victory in the League Cup, and earned him the PFA Young Player of the Year and PFA Players' Player of the Year awards.


1976–77 Aston Villa F.C. season, Diary of the season
31 Aug 1976: No fewer than nine teams are level on four points at the top of the First Division after three matches. Aston Villa lead on goal difference. Norwich City are the only team yet to register a point.


1976–77 Aston Villa F.C. season, Diary of the season
15 Dec 1976: Aston Villa beat Liverpool 5–1 in the League at Villa Park.


1976–77 Aston Villa F.C. season, Diary of the season
12 Mar 1977: The League Cup final ends in a 0–0 draw between Aston Villa and Everton at Wembley. Arsenal's 2–1 loss to Queens Park Rangers is their seventh consecutive League defeat, a club record.


1976–77 Aston Villa F.C. season, Diary of the season
16 Mar 1977: The Football League Cup final replay at Hillsborough ends in a 1–1 draw.


1976–77 Aston Villa F.C. season, Diary of the season
13 Apr 1977: The Football League Cup final is decided at the third attempt when Aston Villa beat Everton 3-2 in the second replay at Old Trafford. A last minute goal from Brian Little sends the trophy to Villa Park and prevents the possibility of a first-ever major English Cup Final penalty shoot-out.


1976–77 Aston Villa F.C. season, Diary of the season
16 May 1977: Ivor Linton made his debut in the First Division as a 17-year-old apprentice, as a substitute in a 1-0 home victory against Stoke City relegating the Potteries club. West Ham United and Queens Park Rangers win their last matches of the season to survive, and Bristol City keep their hopes alive by beating Liverpool 2–1. They go into their last match level on points with Coventry City and Sunderland.


1976–77 Aston Villa F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1976–77 Athenian League
The 1976–77 Athenian League season was the 54th in the history of Athenian League. The league consisted of 33 teams.


1976–77 Athenian League, Division One
The division featured two new teams, promoted from last season's Division Two:


1976–77 Atlanta Flames season
The 1976–77 Atlanta Flames season was the fifth season for the franchise.


1976–77 Atlanta Flames season, Regular season
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals againstNote: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1976–77 Atlanta Flames season, Player statistics, Skaters
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1976–77 Atlanta Flames season, Player statistics, Skaters
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Atlanta. Stats reflect time with the Flames only. ‡Traded mid-season


1976–77 Atlanta Flames season, Player statistics, Goaltending
Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average


1976–77 Atlanta Flames season, Transactions
The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1976–77 season.


1976–77 Atlanta Hawks season
The 1976–77 NBA season was the Hawks' 28th season in the NBA and ninth season in Atlanta.


1976–77 Australian region cyclone season
The 1976–77 Australian region cyclone season was a slightly above average tropical cyclone season.


1976–77 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Harry
Harry formed on 15 December near the Sunda Strait, and moved west-southwest through its existence. Its maximum intensity was reached as the cyclone passed north of the Cocos-Keeling Islands. The system then weakened and dissipated well east of Madagascar.


1976–77 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Cyclone Ted
Ted made landfall in Queensland on 19 December 1976. The storm killed 2 people and left $49 million in damage.


1976–77 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Otto
Otto made landfall near Bowen, Queensland in March 1977. The storm caused minimal wind damage but caused extensive beach erosion.


1976–77 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Overview
It was contested by 10 teams, and FC Wacker Innsbruck won the championship.


1976–77 Austrian Hockey League season
The 1976–77 Austrian Hockey League season was the 47th season of the Austrian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Austria. Seven teams participated in the league, and EC KAC won the championship.


1976–77 Belgian First Division, Overview
It was contested by 18 teams, and Club Brugge K.V. won the championship.


1976–77 Birmingham Bulls season
The 1976–77 Birmingham Bulls season was the Bulls' first season of operation in Birmingham, Alabama after the Toronto Toros relocated from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


1976–77 Birmingham Bulls season, Player stats
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;


1976–77 Birmingham Bulls season, Draft picks
Birmingham's draft picks (selected while still known as the Toronto Toros) at the 1976 WHA Amateur Draft.


1976–77 Birmingham City F.C. season
The 1976–77 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 74th in the Football League and their 43rd in the First Division. They finished in 13th position in the 22-team division. They entered the 1976–77 FA Cup at the third round proper and lost in the fourth to Leeds United, and lost to Blackpool in their opening second-round match in the League Cup.


1976–77 Birmingham City F.C. season
Twenty-one players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were thirteen different goalscorers. Midfielder Terry Hibbitt and forward Trevor Francis played in all 45 first-team matches over the season, and the leading goalscorer was Francis with 21 goals, all scored in the league. Kenny Burns scored 20, of which 19 came in league competition.


1976–77 Blackpool F.C. season
The 1976–77 season was Blackpool F.C. 's 69th season (66th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fifth. The club came within two points of promotion to the first division.


1976–77 Blackpool F.C. season
Former Blackpool player Allan Brown succeeded Harry Potts as manager prior to the start of the season.


1976–77 Blackpool F.C. season
Mickey Walsh was the club's top scorer for the third consecutive season, with 28 goals (26 in the league, one in the FA Cup and one in the League Cup).


1976–77 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team
The 1976–77 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team represented Boise State University during the 1976–77 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Broncos were led by fourth-year head coach Bus Connor and played their home games on campus at Bronco Gymnasium in Boise, Idaho.


1976–77 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team
They finished the regular season at 10–16 overall, with a 5–9 record in the Big Sky Conference, tied for fifth in the standings.


1976–77 Boise State Broncos men's basketball team
No Broncos were named to the all-conference team; junior guard Steve Connor was on the second team, and forward Danny Jones was honorable mention.


1976–77 Boston Bruins season
The 1976–77 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 53rd season in the NHL. The season involved participating in the Stanley Cup finals.


1976–77 Boston Bruins season, Regular season, Season standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals againstNote: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1976–77 Boston Bruins season, Playoffs
Guy Lafleur won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.


1976–77 Boston Celtics season
The 1976–77 Boston Celtics season was the 31st season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA).


1976–77 Boston Celtics season
Even though the Celtics were the defending NBA champions, they were an aging team in transition. 35-year-old Don Nelson retired as a player, but the key contributors left were aging, namely John Havlicek (age 36), Jo Jo White (31), and Paul Silas (33). The Celtics took steps to get younger in the frontcourt by sending Silas to the Denver Nuggets in a three-way that ended up bringing Detroit Pistons forward Curtis Rowe. The Celtics also traded a first-round draft pick to the Portland Trail Blazers for Sidney Wicks. Wicks and Rowe would provide athleticism, the Celtics felt, and, more importantly, allow John Havlicek to return to a sixth-man role and not log as many minutes as in the past.


1976–77 Boston Celtics season, Draft picks
The Celtics picked 16th in the 1976 NBA draft and selected Norm Cook, a 6–8, 210-lb. junior-eligible forward from the University of Kansas. Cook, however, did not contribute much, playing in only 25 games and averaging 2.5 points per game.


1976–77 Boston Celtics season, Regular season
The Celtics started the season 4-0 (with their first two games entering overtime, as well having another overtime game during their sixth game of the season), but Wicks and Rowe had trouble fitting in with Celtic coach Tom Heinsohn's system, and the team played .500 ball for most of the season. Charlie Scott suffered a broken foot and only played 31 games, which meant Havlicek had to log more minutes, primarily at off-guard. Depth was a problem for the Celtics, as backup center Jim Ard was the only reliable reserve. Havlicek, White, and Cowens carried most of the scoring load for the team all season.


1976–77 Bradford City A.F.C. season
The 1976–77 Bradford City A.F.C. season was the 64th in the club's history.


1976–77 Bradford City A.F.C. season
The club finished 4th in Division Four, winning promotion to Division Three, reached the 1st round of the FA Cup, and the 2nd round of the League Cup.


1976–77 Brentford F.C. season
During the 1976–77 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League Fourth Division. After a poor start to the season, Bill Dodgin Jr. appointed to replace inexperienced manager John Docherty. With re-election looking likely, Dodgin overhauled the playing squad and the Bees won 14 of the final 18 matches of the season to complete a remarkable turnaround and finish in mid-table.


1976–77 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
After Brentford's lowest-ever finish in the Fourth Division at the end of the previous season, manager John Docherty released defenders Alan Nelmes and Keith Lawrence and replaced them with John Fraser and Bobby Goldthorpe respectively. Also arriving at Griffin Park were defender Keith Pritchett and midfielder Steve Aylott, while teenagers Danis Salman, Gary Rolph, Graham Cox and Paul Walker all signed apprentice professional contracts.


1976–77 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
A catalogue of injuries to Fraser, Aylott, Riddick, Sweetzer, McCulloch, Allen and Johnson and a failure to win any of the first six games of the season led to manager Docherty quitting the club, after failing to win a vote of confidence from chairman Dan Tana. Physiotherapist Eddie Lyons was put in caretaker charge of the team for one match before Bill Dodgin Jr. was appointed manager on 16 September 1976, who followed in his father's footsteps by taking over the role.


1976–77 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
While Brentford were entrenched in the re-election places the first five months of Bill Dodgin Jr.'s reign, behind the scenes he overhauled the squad and sought players who would meld with his attacking philosophy. Between September 1976 and February 1977, Dodgin brought in midfielder Dave Carlton from his previous club Northampton Town and a number of players on loan – goalkeeper Tony Burns and midfielders Allan Glover, Steve Scrivens, Neil Smillie and John Bain.


1976–77 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
The sales of defender Keith Pritchett and forwards Roger Cross and Micky French generated over £20,000 in transfer fees, a small portion of which was spent on midfielders Paul Shrubb and Steve Phillips. Most significantly, teenage forward Gordon Sweetzer was promoted through the ranks and began to establish himself in the starting lineup in the New Year.


1976–77 Brentford F.C. season, Season summary
By January 1977, manager Dodgin's new-look squad was starting to produce results on the field, with Gordon Sweetzer scoring a hattrick in a 4–0 victory over Stockport County in the middle of the month. In late February, Brentford set off on a run which would see the club become one of the Fourth Division's form teams, winning 14 and drawing two of the final 18 matches of the season. Gordon Sweetzer established a strike partnership with fit-again Andrew McCulloch and showed prolific form, finishing the season with 23 goals from 28 appearances. In March, despite a shaky start, the £20,000 purchase of central defender Pat Kruse would prove to be an important signing for the future. Brentford finished the season in 15th place.


1976–77 British Home Championship
The 1976–77 British Home Championship launched a brand new era in Home Nations football during its final game, when jubilant Scottish fans invaded the pitch at Wembley Stadium following their team's 2-1 victory. Unlike a similar occasion in 1967, family football had given way to hooliganism and extensive damage was done to the stadium and riots in London throughout the night followed the occasion. It was events like this which eventually led to the tournament's cancellation in 1984.


1976–77 British Home Championship
The tournament itself was an open affair, with an opening victory for England cancelled out by a Scottish win over Northern Ireland and English defeat to Wales. The Welsh stood a good chance of winning the tournament outright for the first time since 1937, but could not beat the Irish in their final match, and ended up in a rare second-place position.


1976–77 British Home Championship
The Scots and English thus faced each other in the final match knowing the winner would take the trophy, the Scots achieving a victory on England's home ground to take the trophy for the second year in a row and demonstrate their dominance in British football. The match was followed by a mass pitch invasion by Scottish supporters.


1976–77 British Ice Hockey season
The 1976–77 British Ice Hockey season featured the Northern League for teams from Scotland and the north of England and the Southern League for teams from the rest of England.


1976–77 British Ice Hockey season
Fife Flyers won the Northern League and Streatham Redskins won the Southern League. Fife Flyers won the Icy Smith Cup.


1976–77 British Ice Hockey season, Northern League, Regular season
(*The Dundee Rockets played all games away for four points per match.)


1976–77 British Ice Hockey season, Southern League, Final
Streatham Redskins defeated Altrincham Aces 12:2 on aggregate (6:2, 6:0)


1976–77 Buffalo Braves season
The 1976–77 NBA season was the Braves seventh season in the NBA. The Braves were purchased by John Y. Brown, Jr., the former owner of the Kentucky Colonels in the now defunct American Basketball Association for $6.2 million. As part of an agreement with the Braves' former owner, Paul Snyder, Brown would give Snyder money received in player deals to reduce the purchase price. The sell-off began shortly after the season, as the Braves sold newly acquired Moses Malone. Malone was acquired in a trade with the Portland Trail Blazers after the ABA dispersal draft.


1976–77 Buffalo Braves season
Malone was now off to the Houston Rockets. The selling of players continued into the season as Bob McAdoo was sold to the New York Knicks. While the deals helped Brown pay virtually nothing for the franchise, it turned a promising franchise into a rebuilding one. Attendance fell off as the Braves finished in 4th place with a 30-52 record. The only spotlight was rookie Adrian Dantley, who captured Rookie of the Year honors with 20.3 points per game. However Dantley himself was traded following the season to the Indiana Pacers for Billy Knight.


1976–77 Buffalo Braves season, Offseason
Coach Ramsay had been hired in 1972 to a three-year contract. He served the 1975–76 season on a one-year extension. His contract was not renewed. Ramsay had guided the Braves to the playoffs three years in a row after enduring a 21–61 season, accumulating a 158–170 overall record. Local reports noted a personality conflict with owner Snyder. The Braves promoted assistant coach Tates Locke and signed him to a two-year contract.


1976–77 Buffalo Braves season, Offseason
Snyder threatened to sell the Braves if they did not sell 5,000 season tickets by June 12, 1976. However the season ticket drive by the Chamber of Commerce and other civic groups only resulted in 2,552 sales by the deadline date. In June 1976, Diplomat Hotel owner Irving Cowan obtained an option to purchase the Braves for $6.1 million, and planned to bring them to South Florida and the Hollywood Sportatorium. Pledges of more than 8,000 season tickets were received in Florida. On June 15, Snyder announced the planned sale.


1976–77 Buffalo Braves season, Offseason
The Wall Street Journal estimated the sale price to be in the $7–8 million range. However, the next day the city of Buffalo sued the Braves for breach of contract and sought a restraining order preventing the move. The suit was filed in New York Supreme Court for seeking $10 million from the Braves and the NBA for breaking a promise to sign a new 15-year lease. Another suit was filed as an anti-trust case in United States district court against the rest of the NBA seeking $48 million in damages in the event of a move.


1976–77 Buffalo Braves season, Offseason
The anti-trust case alleged that the move was an attempt to eliminate competition against a future Toronto NBA franchise and to discourage expansion of the American Basketball Association to southern Florida. The damages arose as treble damages related to a March 1 promise to sign a lease. Although Cowan claimed the move would still take place, the effort collapsed under the weight of the lawsuit and the Braves ended up signing a new lease with the city of Buffalo. In July, the Braves signed a new lease with the city for the Memorial Auditorium with the understanding that there was an ongoing effort to sell the team to local interests. The signing of the lease settled the lawsuits.


1976–77 Buffalo Braves season, Offseason, ABA Dispersal Draft
The American Basketball Association joined the NBA with the ABA–NBA merger in 1976. Of the teams remaining in the ABA, four joined the NBA. The remaining two ABA teams that did not join the NBA, the Kentucky Colonels and the Spirits of St. Louis, had their players assigned to a dispersal draft for draft purposes.


1976–77 Buffalo Braves season, Transactions
The Braves sent Ken Charles and Dick Gibbs and cash to the Atlanta Hawks for Tom Van Arsdale. Van Arsdale never played for the Braves who traded him in August to the Phoenix Suns for a 1977 NBA Draft 2nd round pick.


1976–77 Buffalo Braves season, Transactions
The Braves were involved in the following transactions during the 1976–77 season.


1976–77 Buffalo Sabres season
The 1976–77 Buffalo Sabres season was the Sabres' seventh season in the National Hockey League (NHL).


1976–77 Buffalo Sabres season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals againstNote: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1976–77 Buffalo Sabres season, Draft picks
Buffalo's draft picks at the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft held in Montreal, Quebec.


1976–77 Bulgarian Cup
The 1976–77 Bulgarian Cup was the 37th season of the Bulgarian Cup (in this period the tournament was named Cup of the Soviet Army). Levski Sofia won the competition, beating Lokomotiv Sofia 2–1 in the final at the Vasil Levski National Stadium.


1976–77 Bulgarian Hockey League season
The 1976–77 Bulgarian Hockey League season was the 25th season of the Bulgarian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Bulgaria. Five teams participated in the league, and Levski-Spartak Sofia won the championship.


1976–77 Bundesliga
The 1976–77 Bundesliga was the 14th season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 14 August 1976 and ended on 21 May 1977. Borussia Mönchengladbach were the defending champions.


1976–77 Bundesliga, Competition modus
Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the three teams with the fewest points were relegated to their respective 2. Bundesliga divisions.


1976–77 Bundesliga, Team changes to 1975–76
Hannover 96, Kickers Offenbach and Bayer 05 Uerdingen were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by Tennis Borussia Berlin, winners of the 2. Bundesliga Northern Division, 1. FC Saarbrücken, winners of the Southern Division and Borussia Dortmund, who won a two-legged promotion play-off against 1. FC Nürnberg.


1976–77 Bundesliga, Champion squad
Defenders: Rainer Bonhof (33 / 6); Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp (33 / 5); Hans Klinkhammer (29); Horst Wohlers (27 / 2); Berti Vogts (captain; 27 / 1); Frank Schäffer (27); Norbert Ringels (7). Midfielders: Herbert Wimmer (31 / 2); Uli Stielike (24 / 4); Horst Köppel (22 / 3); Wilfried Hannes (21 / 3); Christian Kulik (18 / 1); Dietmar Danner (3). Forwards: Allan Simonsen  (34 / 12); Jupp Heynckes (20 / 15); Herbert Heidenreich (20 / 2); Karl Del'Haye (16 / 1); Carsten Nielsen  (1). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)


1976–77 Bundesliga, Champion squad
On the roster but have not played in a league game: Wolfgang Kleff; Hans-Jakob Klingen; Ulrich Sude; Gerd Engels; Hans-Jürgen Offermanns; Rudolf Gores.


1976–77 Burnley F.C. season
The 1976–1977 season was Burnley's first consecutive season in the second tier of English football. They were initially managed by Joe Brown until February 1977, when Harry Potts took over.


1976–77 CHL season
The 1976–77 CHL season was the 14th season of the Central Hockey League, a North American minor professional league. Six teams participated in the regular season, and the Kansas City Blues won the league title.


1976–77 Calgary Cowboys season
The 1976–77 Calgary Cowboys season was the Calgary Cowboys' second and final season of operation in the World Hockey Association. The Cowboys failed to make the playoffs.


1976–77 Calgary Cowboys season, Player stats
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;


1976–77 Cardiff City F.C. season
The 1976–77 season was Cardiff City F.C. 's 50th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing eighteenth.


1976–77 Cardiff City F.C. season
The season also saw the arrival of Robin Friday who, although it would be his only full season at the club, made such an impression that he was voted as the club's all-time cult hero.


1976–77 Cardiff City F.C. season, Players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1976–77 Carlisle United F.C. season
For the 1976–77 season, Carlisle United F.C. competed in Football League Division Two.


1976–77 Celtic F.C. season
During the 1976–77 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in the Scottish Premier Division.


1976–77 Challenge Cup
The 1976–77 Challenge Cup was the 76th staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup. The final was contested by Leeds and Widnes at Wembley.


1976–77 Challenge Cup
Leeds beat Widnes 16-7 at Wembley in front of a crowd of 80,871.


1976–77 Challenge Cup
The winner of the Lance Todd Trophy was the Leeds prop, Steve Pitchford.


1976–77 Challenge Cup
This was Leeds’ tenth Cup Final win in fourteen Final appearances.


1976–77 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team
The 1976–77 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in the 1976–77 college basketball season. This was head coach Lee Rose's second season at Charlotte. The 49ers competed in the Sun Belt Conference and played their home games at the original Charlotte Coliseum. They finished the season 28–5 (5–1 in Sun Belt play) and won the Sun Belt Tournament to receive a bid to the 1977 NCAA Tournament. The 49ers would defeat Central Michigan, No. 6 Syracuse, and No. 1 Michigan to reach the Final Four (to date, the only appearance in school history). Charlotte lost a 2-point game to the eventual national champion, Marquette, in the national semifinals before falling to UNLV in the consolation game.


1976–77 Chester F.C. season
The 1976–77 season was the 39th season of competitive association football in the Football League played by Chester, an English club based in Chester, Cheshire.


1976–77 Chester F.C. season
Also, it was the second season spent in the Third Division after the promotion from the Fourth Division in 1975. Alongside competing in the Football League the club also participated in the FA Cup, Football League Cup and the Welsh Cup.


1976–77 Chicago Black Hawks season
The 1976–77 Chicago Black Hawks season was the Hawks' 51st season in the NHL, and the club was coming off a 32–30–18 record in 1975–76, earning 82 points, and finishing in first place in the Smythe Division. In the playoffs, the Black Hawks were quickly swept out in four games by the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL quarter-finals.


1976–77 Chicago Black Hawks season
During the off-season, the Hawks made a big free agent signing, as the club signed eight time Norris Trophy winner Bobby Orr. Orr missed the majority of the 1975–76 due to a knee injury, as he was limited to ten games in his final season with the Boston Bruins. The team also named Keith Magnuson to become a tri-captain, joining Stan Mikita and Pit Martin in that role. The NHL also made a few changes, as the Kansas City Scouts were relocated to Denver, Colorado, and renamed the Colorado Rockies, while the California Seals moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and were renamed the Cleveland Barons.


1976–77 Chicago Black Hawks season
The Black Hawks got off to a solid start to the season, as in the month of October, they had a 7–5–1 record, however, injuries took a toll on the team, and the Hawks fell into a slump. The Hawks went 3–14–4 in their next 21 games which cost longtime head coach Billy Reay his job. Reay had been with Chicago since 1963, and left the team with a record of 516-335-161 in his fourteen seasons with the club. He was replaced by recently retired Black Hawks defenseman Bill White, who played with the team from 1969–1975.


1976–77 Chicago Black Hawks season
Under White, the Hawks played better hockey, as they went 13–12–5 in his first 30 games, however, the team would go on an eight-game losing streak, and find themselves battling the Vancouver Canucks for the final playoff spot in the Smythe Division. The Hawks eventually finished the season with a 26–43–11 record, earning 63 points, and squeaked into the post-season. The 26 victories and 63 points was their fewest total since the team won 24 games and earned 55 points in 1957–58, while their 43 losses was their highest since losing 51 games in 1953–54.


1976–77 Chicago Black Hawks season
Offensively, the Black Hawks were led by Ivan Boldirev, who had a team high 24 goals, 38 assists and 62 points. Darcy Rota tied Boldirev for the team lead in goals, as he also scored 24 times, while earning 46 points. Pit Martin had 17 goals and 53 points, while Stan Mikita had 19 goals and 49 points while appearing in only 57 games. On defense, Dick Redmond led the way, scoring 22 goals and 47 points, while Phil Russell had 9 goals and 45 points from the blueline, along with a team high 233 penalty minutes. Bobby Orr, limited to only 20 games, earned 23 points, while posting a team best +6 rating.


1976–77 Chicago Black Hawks season
In goal, Tony Esposito played the majority of the games, winning 25 games, while registering a GAA of 3.45, and earning two shutouts.


1976–77 Chicago Black Hawks season
The Hawks opened the playoffs in a best of three preliminary series against the New York Islanders, who finished in second place in the Patrick Division with 106 points, which was 43 more than the Hawks. The series opened with two games at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in New York, and the Islanders made quick work of the Hawks in the first game, easily winning 5–2 to take the series lead. New York would then complete the two game sweep, narrowly defeating the Hawks 2–1 in the second game, as Chicago was swept out of the playoffs for the second consecutive season.


1976–77 Chicago Black Hawks season, Draft picks
Chicago's draft picks at the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft at the NHL Office in Montreal, Quebec.


1976–77 Chicago Bulls season
The 1976-77 NBA season was the Bulls' 11th season in the NBA.


1976–77 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team
The 1976–77 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati in the 1976-77 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bearcats were led by head coach Gale Catlett, as members of the Metro Conference. They finished the season 25–5, 4–2 in Metro play, finishing in second place. They defeated St. Louis, Memphis State, and Georgia Tech to win the Metro Tournament for the second consecutive year, and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. They lost 66–51 to national champions Marquette.


1976–77 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team, Previous season
The Bearcats finished the 1975–76 season 25–6, 2–1 in Metro play to win the regular season championship. As the number 1 seer, they defeated Georgia Tech and Memphis State to win the Metro Tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. They lost 79–78 to Notre Dame in the first round of the Midwest region.


1976–77 Cincinnati Stingers season
The 1976–77 Cincinnati Stingers season was the Stingers' second season of operation in the World Hockey Association (WHA).


1976–77 Cleveland Barons season
The 1976–77 Cleveland Barons season was the first season for this franchise in Cleveland, after nine seasons in the San Francisco Bay Area as the Oakland Seals/California Golden Seals. The Barons displaced the World Hockey Association's Cleveland Crusaders, who elected to relocate to Minnesota and become the Minnesota Fighting Saints.


1976–77 Cleveland Barons season
The Barons played in the tough Adams Division and spent most of the season in last place. Midway through the season, majority owner Melvin Swig announced the team might have trouble finishing the season. The club missed payroll twice in February, and only a loan from the league and NHLPA kept the team afloat. Following the season, minority owner George Gund III purchased a controlling interest in the club.


1976–77 Cleveland Barons season, Offseason, Amateur Draft
The franchise participated in the 1976 Amateur Draft as the California Golden Seals, the move to Cleveland not being approved until mid-July.


1976–77 Cleveland Barons season, Regular season
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals againstNote: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1976–77 Cleveland Barons season, Schedule and results, Regular season
Legend:  Win (2 points)  Loss (0 points)  Tie (1 point)


1976–77 Cleveland Barons season, Player stats, Skaters
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes


1976–77 Cleveland Barons season, Player stats, Skaters
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Barons. Stats reflect time with the Barons only. ‡Traded/released mid-season


1976–77 Cleveland Barons season, Player stats, Goaltenders
Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average


1976–77 Cleveland Barons season, Player stats, Goaltenders
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Seals. Stats reflect time with the Seals only. ‡Traded mid-season


1976–77 Cleveland Barons season, Transactions
The Barons were involved in the following transactions during the 1976–77 season:


1976–77 Cleveland Cavaliers season
The 1976–77 Cleveland Cavaliers season was the seventh season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).


1976–77 Clydebank F.C. season
The 1976–77 season was Clydebank's eleventh season after being elected to the Scottish Football League. They competed in Scottish League Division One where they finished 2nd behind St Mirren and entering promotion to the Premier League at the first attempt. They also competed in the Scottish League Cup, Scottish Cup and Anglo-Scottish Cup.


1976–77 Colchester United F.C. season
The 1976–77 season was Colchester United's 35th season in their history and first season back in fourth tier of English football, the Fourth Division following relegation the previous season. Alongside competing in the Fourth Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the League Cup.


1976–77 Colchester United F.C. season
Colchester bounced back to the Third Division at the first attempt under Bobby Roberts with a largely unchanged team from the previous season. He led them to a third-place finish in the league, while in the FA Cup, Colchester took First Division Derby County to a replay in the fourth round. In the League Cup, it took Second Division Millwall three attempts to dispatch the U's in a replay following the initial two legs.


1976–77 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
Colchester made an instant return to the Third Division after the board kept the faith in manager Bobby Roberts. The season began strongly with twelve successive home victories. Despite a first round League Cup defeat to Millwall, an impressive FA Cup run saw the U's lose out in the fourth round to First Division Derby County in a replay at the Baseball Ground. Over 14,000 fans had seen Colin Garwood equalise in the seventh minute of injury time in the first match at Layer Road.


1976–77 Colchester United F.C. season, Season overview
A settled side aided Colchester's progress across the season. Eight players played over 40 of the 46 league games. The two favoured forwards of Bobby Gough and Colin Garwood registered 17 and 16 goals respectively, while centre-half Steve Dowman scored twelve goals in his debut season. Colchester were promoted in third position behind only Cambridge United and Exeter City.


1976–77 Colchester United F.C. season, Squad statistics, Player debuts
Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.


1976–77 Colorado Rockies season
The 1976–77 Colorado Rockies season was the Rockies' first season. The Kansas City Scouts relocated in the off-season to Denver. With the World Hockey Association's Denver Spurs leaving Denver in a midnight move to Ottawa, Ontario just about 10 months earlier, Denver would get a franchise and the team would be anointed the Colorado Rockies. The team moved from Kansas City, which was a two-year NHL franchise that struggled from the beginning.


1976–77 Colorado Rockies season
The team took to the ice for their first regular season against the Toronto Maple Leafs on October 6, 1976. Rockies goalie Doug Favell played extremely well stopping 39 of the Toronto 41 shots on net. Wilf Paiement notching one goal, two assists and a fight. Rookie Larry Skinner scored the first NHL regular season goal for the franchise. The final score was 4–2.


1976–77 Colorado Rockies season
The team was competitive in the weak Smythe Division for a major portion of the season. Early in the season, the Rockies picked up wins by either the goon tactics of Steve Durbano, or through the heroic feats of their goalies, Doug Favell and Michel Plasse. Bill McKenzie was also a goalie for the Rockies but played in only five games.


1976–77 Colorado Rockies season, Offseason, NHL draft
The draft was held while the franchise was in Kansas City.


1976–77 Colorado Rockies season, Regular season
On some nights, the Rockies could come back from two and three goal deficits to get ties or the occasional win, but then the next night the team would be overmatched by one of the elite teams in the league.


1976–77 Colorado Rockies season, Regular season, Steve Durbano
Goonery was a big part of hockey in 1976 and the Rockies' goon at the beginning of the season was Steve Durbano. After losing three in a row, Durbano tried to get the Rockies going with goon tactics. Despite his goon tactics, Durbano did not last long with the franchise, playing only 18 games; his penalty minute total in that handful of games, however, was sufficient to lead the team for the season.


1976–77 Colorado Rockies season, Regular season, Goaltending
Teams were launching over 40 and 50 shots on net against Plasse and Favell. After a November game against the defending Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens, Plasse was noticeably hurt. The Canadiens were blasting the puck towards Plasse all game. One shot off the stick of Canadiens player Murray Wilson put Plasse down in the second period with an arm injury, but the goalie was able to get up and finish the game. The Rockies' forwards were able to come back twice from two-goal deficits to finally tie the game at three a piece with just about nine minutes left in the third. However it was Plasse preserved the tie stand by stopping 47 of 50 shots, 20 in the third period.


1976–77 Colorado Rockies season, Regular season, Ray Miron
A November 2–1 loss to the Cleveland Barons raised the ire of General Manager Ray Miron. During the second intermission, Miron burst into the locker room and said that if the Rockies didn't pull the game out, he was going to call up three minor leaguers and send down three Rockies. Miron kept his word after the 2–1 Rockies loss and called up Mike Kitchen, Paul Gardner and Jim McElmury. Gardner made a quick impact, tallying five goals in his first four NHL games. Kitchen helped shore up the defense. Despite a 5–3 loss to the Bruins, Bruin coach Don Cherry raved that he was "impressed" with the Rockies.


1976–77 Colorado Rockies season, Regular season, Playoff contention
The Rockies would be successful in upending divisional rivals the Minnesota North Stars. It took three goals in the third period, including two in the final two minutes, to win the game 4–2. After the game, coach Johnny Wilson was raving for his team. The Rockies had taken over sole possession of third place in the Smythe Division with the win. By February 1, the Rockies had a two-point third-place lead over Minnesota and Vancouver. The Rockies would face the New York Rangers on February 1, and the goaltender Plasse would stop 48 of 50 Ranger shots.


1976–77 Colorado Rockies season, Regular season, Playoff contention
His performance would help the Rockies to a 5–2 win. The win extended their third place lead to four points. A February 6 game against the Pittsburgh Penguins saw the Rockies score four unanswered third period goals to win the game 5–2. The Rockies had a former member of the WHA's Denver Spurs on the club. Ron Delorme, the former Spur, would score the game winner in his first stint with the team. He had been playing with Baltimore in the Southern Hockey League. The Rockies continued to be successful.


1976–77 Colorado Rockies season, Regular season, Playoff contention
The club enjoyed an 8–6 win against Minnesota, as it extended their third place margin to five points ahead of them. The Rockies were only five points behind second-place Chicago. On February 16, the Rockies won their fourth game of the season against the Detroit Red Wings. A February 20 triumph against the North Stars would be the last highlight of the season for the club. By March 27, the Rockies were officially out of the playoff hunt. This was attributed to an 18-game winless streak that began on February 22.


1976–77 Colorado Rockies season, Regular season, Playoff contention
The goaltending of Doug Favell and Plasse kept the team in contention during many games. A typical night saw the goaltenders facing 50 shots. When the Rockies were based in Kansas City, the Scouts had finished their tenure in Kansas City by only winning one game in their final 44. The winless streak finally stopped in a 6–3 win against the Vancouver Canucks. This was the second-to-the-last game of the season. The Rockies season ended with a loss to the LA Kings.


1976–77 Colorado Rockies season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against


1976–77 Colorado Rockies season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1976–77 Colorado Rockies season, Player statistics, Regular season
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals      MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts;


1976–77 Colorado Rockies season, Farm teams
In 1976–77, the Rockies had affiliations with three different teams, including: the Flint Generals, the Greensboro Generals, and the Rhode Island Reds.


1976–77 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team
The 1976–77 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1976–77 collegiate men's basketball season. The Huskies completed the season with a 17–10 overall record. The Huskies were an NCAA Division I Independent school for men's basketball this year, after the Yankee Conference became a football only conference. The Huskies played their home games at Hugh S. Greer Field House in Storrs, Connecticut and the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut, and were led by eighth-year head coach Dee Rowe.


1976–77 Copa del Rey
The 1976–77 Copa del Rey was the 75th staging of the Spanish Cup. The competition began on 22 September 1976 and concluded on 25 June 1977 with the final.


1976–77 Coppa Italia
The 1976–77 Coppa Italia was the 30th Coppa Italia, the major Italian domestic cup. The competition was won by Milan.


1976–77 Coupe de France
The Coupe de France 1976–1977 was its 60th edition. It was won by AS Saint-Étienne which defeated Stade de Reims in the Final.


1976–77 Cuban National Series
Citricultores, hailing from Matanzas Province, won the 16th Cuban National Series by a slim margin over Vegueros (Pinar del Río Province) and Metropolitanos (Havana).


1976–77 Cupa României
The 1976–77 Cupa României was the 39th edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.


1976–77 Cupa României
The title was won by Universitatea Craiova against Steaua București.


1976–77 Cupa României, Format
First round proper matches are played on the ground of the lowest ranked team, then from the second round proper the matches are played on a neutral location.


1976–77 Cupa României, Format
If a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes in extra time, and if the scored is still tight after 120 minutes, then the winner will be established at penalty kicks.


1976–77 Cupa României, Format
From the first edition, the teams from Divizia A entered in competition in sixteen finals, rule which remained till today.


1976–77 Cypriot Cup
The 1976–77 Cypriot Cup was the 35th edition of the Cypriot Cup. A total of 42 clubs entered the competition. It began on 15 December 1976 with the preliminary round and concluded on 12 June 1977 with the final which was held at GSP Stadium. Olympiakos Nicosia won their 1st Cypriot Cup trophy after beating Alki Larnaca 2–0 in the final.


1976–77 Cypriot Cup, Format
In the 1976–77 Cypriot Cup, participated all the teams of the Cypriot First Division, the Cypriot Second Division and the Cypriot Third Division.


1976–77 Cypriot Cup, Format
The competition consisted of six knock-out rounds. In all rounds each tie was played as a single leg and was held at the home ground of the one of the two teams, according to the draw results. Each tie winner was qualifying to the next round. If a match was drawn, extra time was following. If extra time was drawn, there was a replay at the ground of the team who were away for the first game. If the rematch was also drawn, then extra time was following and if the match remained drawn after extra time the winner was decided by penalty shoot-out.


1976–77 Cypriot Cup, Format
The cup winner secured a place in the 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup.


1976–77 Cypriot Cup, Preliminary round
In the preliminary round participated 8 teams of 1976–77 Cypriot First Division, 7 teams of 1976–77 Cypriot Second Division and 5 teams of 1976–77 Cypriot Third Division. The teams of each division that participated in the preliminary round were decided by drawing. Then, the 8 teams of first division and 2 teams of the second division were the first group and the rest 5 teams of second division and the five teams of third division were the second group. Each team from the first group was drawn with a team of the second group.


1976–77 Cypriot Cup, First round
8 clubs from the 1976–77 Cypriot First Division, 7 clubs from the 1976–77 Cypriot Second Division and 7 clubs from the 1976–77 Cypriot Third Division were added.


1976–77 Cypriot First Division, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and AC Omonia won the championship.


1976–77 Cypriot Second Division
The 1976–77 Cypriot Second Division was the 22nd season of the Cypriot second-level football league. APOP Paphos FC won their 5th title.


1976–77 Cypriot Second Division, Format
Fourteen teams participated in the 1976–77 Cypriot Second Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The first team was promoted to 1977–78 Cypriot First Division. The last  team was relegated to the 1977–78 Cypriot Third Division.


1976–77 Cypriot Third Division
The 1976–77 Cypriot Third Division was the 6th season of the Cypriot third-level football league. Akritas Chlorakas won their 1st title.


1976–77 Cypriot Third Division, Format
Twelve teams participated in the 1976–77 Cypriot Third Division. All teams played against each other twice, once at their home and once away. The team with the most points at the end of the season crowned champions. The first team was promoted to 1977–78 Cypriot Second Division. The last team was relegated to regional leagues.


1976–77 Cypriot Third Division, Format, Point system
Teams received two points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss.


1976–77 Czechoslovak Extraliga season
The 1976–77 Czechoslovak Extraliga season was the 34th season of the Czechoslovak Extraliga, the top level of ice hockey in Czechoslovakia. 12 teams participated in the league, and TJ SONP Kladno won the championship.


1976–77 Czechoslovak First League, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Dukla Prague won the championship. Ladislav Józsa was the league's top scorer with 18 goals.


1976–77 DDR-Oberliga
The 1976–77 DDR-Oberliga was the 28th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of league football in East Germany.


1976–77 DDR-Oberliga
The league was contested by fourteen teams. Dynamo Dresden won the championship, the club's fifth of eight East German championships. Dynamo Dresden went on to win the FDGB-Pokal as well, defeating 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig in the final and thereby repeating its double.


1976–77 DDR-Oberliga
Joachim Streich of 1. FC Magdeburg was the league's top scorer with 17 goals, the first of four occasions to finish as league top scorer, a record jointly held with Hans-Jürgen Kreische, while Hans-Jürgen Dörner of Dynamo Dresden won the seasons East German Footballer of the year award.


1976–77 DDR-Oberliga
On the strength of the 1976–77 title Dresden qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup where the club was knocked out by eventual winners Liverpool in the second round. Fourth-placed club 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig qualified for the 1977–78 European Cup Winners' Cup as the seasons FDGB-Pokal runners-up and was knocked out by Real Betis in the second round. Second-placed 1. FC Magdeburg qualified for the 1977–78 UEFA Cup where it was knocked out in the quarter finals by PSV Eindhoven while third-placed FC Carl Zeiss Jena lost to SEC Bastia, also in the quarter finals.


1976–77 DDR-Oberliga, Table
The 1976–77 season saw two newly promoted clubs 1. FC Union Berlin and F.C. Hansa Rostock.


1976–77 DDR-Oberliga (ice hockey) season
The 1976–77 DDR-Oberliga season was the 29th season of the DDR-Oberliga, the top level of ice hockey in East Germany. Two teams participated in the league, and SC Dynamo Berlin won the championship.


1976–77 DFB-Pokal
The 1976–77 DFB-Pokal was the 34th season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 6 August 1976 and ended on 30 May 1977. 128 teams competed in the tournament of seven rounds. In the final 1. FC Köln defeated Hertha BSC 1–0 in a replay after the first game ended in a draw after 120 minutes. It was the only DFB-Pokal final ever to be replayed.


1976–77 Danish 1. division season
The 1976–77 Danish 1. division season was the 20th season of ice hockey in Denmark. Ten teams participated in the league, and Herning IK won the championship. Hellerup IK was relegated.


1976–77 Danish 1. division season, Final round
The top six teams qualified for the final round, and Herning IK finished first.


1976–77 Denver Nuggets season
The 1976–77 season was the Denver Nuggets' first season in the NBA, after nine seasons in the ABA.


1976–77 Denver Nuggets season
In their NBA playoffs debut, the Nuggets lost to the eventual NBA champion Portland Trail Blazers in six games in the First Round.


1976–77 Denver Nuggets season, Offseason, ABA-NBA merger
With the conclusion of the 1975–76 season, the American Basketball Association came to an end with the ABA-NBA merger. Four ABA teams entered the NBA: the Nuggets, the Indiana Pacers, the New York Nets and the San Antonio Spurs. The other ABA teams were folded prior to the merger except for the Kentucky Colonels and Spirits of St. Louis, both of which were folded as part of the league merger.


1976–77 Denver Nuggets season, Offseason, ABA-NBA merger
The Nuggets and the other ABA teams were given harsh obstacles as part of their entry to the NBA. Each team had to pay an entry fee; for the Nuggets it was $3.2 million.


1976–77 Denver Nuggets season, Offseason, ABA-NBA merger
The Denver and the other four ABA team also received no television money for their first three NBA seasons in the NBA, were not allowed to participate in the 1976 NBA draft, had to be classified as "expansion franchises" (despite longer histories and more success than many NBA teams) and had to go for two years without any vote regarding the distribution of NBA gate receipts or the realignment of NBA divisions.


1976–77 Denver Nuggets season, Offseason, ABA-NBA merger
The Nuggets moved from the ABA to the NBA's Midwest Division.


1976–77 Denver Nuggets season, Offseason, NBA Draft
As part of the terms of the ABA-NBA merger the Nuggets were prohibited from participating in both the 1976 NBA draft of college players and in the dispersal draft of ABA players from teams that did not enter the NBA.


1976–77 Detroit Pistons season
Following are the results of the 1976–77 season of the Detroit Pistons, the franchise of the National Basketball Association based in Detroit, Michigan. The 1976-77 NBA season was the Pistons' 29th season in the NBA and 20th season in the city of Detroit.


1976–77 Detroit Red Wings season
The 1976–77 Detroit Red Wings season was the 51st season for the Detroit franchise, 45th as the Red Wings.


1976–77 Detroit Red Wings season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against


1976–77 Detroit Red Wings season, Regular season, Final standings
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


1976–77 Detroit Red Wings season, Player statistics, Regular season
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average;  SO = Shutouts;


1976–77 Detroit Red Wings season, Draft picks
Detroit's draft picks at the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft held in Montreal, Quebec.


1976–77 Detroit Titans men's basketball team
The 1976–77 Detroit Titans men's basketball team represented the University of Detroit in the 1976–77 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Dick Vitale. The Titans play their home games at Calihan Hall and were an independent with no conference affiliation.


1976–77 Detroit Titans men's basketball team, Schedule
The loss against Minnesota was subsequently turned into a win, when Minnesota forfeited the game.


1976–77 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)
1976–77 was the second season that Division 1 operated as the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden, below the top-flight Elitserien (now the SHL).


1976–77 Division 1 season (Swedish ice hockey)
Division 1 was divided into four starting groups, based on geography. The top four teams in the group would continue to the playoffs to determine which clubs would participate in the qualifier for promotion to Elitserien. The bottom two/three teams in each group were relegated to Division 2 for the 1977–78 season.


1976–77 Divizia A
The 1976–77 Divizia A was the fifty-ninth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania.


1976–77 Divizia A, Champion squad
Goalkeepers: Constantin Ștefan (31 / 0); Constantin Eftimescu (3 / 0). Defenders: Florin Cheran (34 / 3); Gabriel Sandu (29 / 1); Vasile Dobrău (26 / 3); Teodor Lucuță (19 / 0); Alexandru Sătmăreanu (34 / 5); Ladislau Ghiță (11 / 0); Marin Ion (21 / 1). Midfielders: Alexandru Moldovan (30 / 3); Cornel Dinu (31 / 6). Forwards: Alexandru Custov (33 / 2); Dudu Georgescu (31 / 47); Ion Moldovan (25 / 2); Cristian Vrînceanu (25 / 0); Adalbert Rozsnyai (20 / 3); Mircea Lucescu (19 / 7); Vasile Chitaru (7 / 0); Sorin Georgescu (1 / 0). (league appearances and goals listed in brackets)


1976–77 Divizia B
The 1976–77 Divizia B was the 37th season of the second tier of the Romanian football league system.


1976–77 Divizia B
The format has been maintained to three series, each of them having 18 teams. At the end of the season the winners of the series promoted to Divizia A and the last four places from each series relegated to Divizia C.


1976–77 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
The 1976–77 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel University during the 1976–77 men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 6th year head coach Ray Haesler, played their home games at the Daskalakis Athletic Center and were members of the East Coast Conference (ECC).


1976–77 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team
The team finished the season 11–13, and finished in 6th place in the ECC East in the regular season.


1976–77 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
The 1976–77 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University in the 1976–77 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Bill Foster and the team finished the season with an overall record of 14–13 and did not qualify for the NCAA tournament.


1976–77 Duleep Trophy
The 1976–77 Duleep Trophy was the 16th season of the Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket tournament contested by five zonal teams of India: Central Zone, East Zone, North Zone, South Zone and West Zone.


1976–77 Duleep Trophy
West Zone won the title, defeating North Zone in the final.


1976–77 Dumbarton F.C. season
Season 1976–77 was the 93rd football season in which Dumbarton competed at a Scottish national level, entering the Scottish Football League for the 71st time, the Scottish Cup for the 82nd time and the Scottish League Cup for the 30th time.


1976–77 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview
Dumbarton played for the second successive season in Division 1, but with the Spring Cup being dispensed with, the league programme was extended by each team playing the other 3 times. Facing the unlucky ballot of two away trips to newly relegated Dundee, as well what proved to be the division’s top two teams, St Mirren and Clydebank, provided an immediate disadvantage.


1976–77 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview
Once again a poor start was to scupper Dumbarton's promotion ambitions. On this occasion the transfer of future £1m player Ian Wallace to Coventry City immediately following a 3-3 home draw with Celtic in the season-opening League Cup sections proved a disruptive loss as only a single win was gained from the first 6 league games.


1976–77 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview
Although this was immediately followed by a seven-game unbeaten run, and there was another unbeaten run of five games from the end of November until the end of January, thereafter results were without any level of consistency - something which almost led to manager Alex Wright resigning in February - although a mid-table 7th place was achieved in the end.


1976–77 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview
In the Scottish Cup it was once again Hearts who were to end any thoughts of a cup run for Dumbarton, losing in a third round replay by the only goal, after a 1-1 drawn game at Tynecastle Park.


1976–77 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview
In the League Cup, another tough qualifying group, which included two of the top-four Premier Division clubs, Celtic (again) and Dundee United, was to prove to be too much of a hurdle to progress to the knock-out stages. However, 2 wins and 2 draws from the 6 ties (including the 3-3 home draw with Celtic after leading 3-1 at half-time, and a 1-1 draw away to Dundee United) was a creditable achievement for a second-tier side.


1976–77 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview
Locally, in the Stirlingshire Cup, Dumbarton were defeated by Alloa Athletic in the first round.


1976–77 Dumbarton F.C. season, Overview
Elsewhere during the pre-season a short tour of Spain was undertaken.


1976–77 Dumbarton F.C. season, Player statistics, International Caps
Graeme Sinclair was selected to play for Scotland Under23s in a match against England Under23s on April 27, 1977. The tie - which was part of the unofficial under23 British Home International Championship - was won by England 1-0. This was the first Dumbarton internationalist, of any sort, for over 15 years.


1976–77 Dumbarton F.C. season, Reserve team
Dumbarton competed in the Scottish Reserve League and finished 9th of 18 with 14 wins and 6 draws from 34 matches.


1976–77 Dumbarton F.C. season, Reserve team
In the Scottish Second XI Cup, Dumbarton lost to Queen of the South in the second round, on penalties, after a 2-2 draw.


1976–77 Dumbarton F.C. season, Reserve team
In the Scottish Reserve League Cup, Dumbarton failed to qualifying from their section.


1976–77 Dundee F.C. season
The 1976–77 season was the 75th season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in the second tier for the first time since the 1946–47 season. The club would fail to achieve promotion, finishing in 3rd place. Dundee would also compete in both the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, where they would be eliminated in the group stage of the League Cup, and would reach the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup before being defeated by Celtic.


1976–77 Dundee F.C. season
For the first time in their history, Dundee's kit would be made by an official manufacturer, namely Admiral, who brought their unique look to Dens Park with their curved stripes.


1976–77 Dundee United F.C. season
The 1976–77 season was the 68th year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1976 to 30 June 1977. United finished in fourth place, securing UEFA Cup football for the following season.


1976–77 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results
Dundee United played a total of 44 competitive matches during the 1976–77 season.


1976–77 Dundee United F.C. season, Match results, Legend
All results are written with Dundee United's score first. Own goals in italics


1976–77 Edmonton Oilers season
The 1976–77 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' fifth season of operation. The Oilers placed fourth to qualify for the playoffs, losing in the first round.


1976–77 Edmonton Oilers season, Player statistics
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;


1976–77 Eerste Divisie
The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1976–77 season was contested by 19 teams. Vitesse Arnhem won the championship.


1976–77 Eerste Divisie, Promotion competition
In the promotion competition, four period winners (the best teams during each of the four quarters of the regular competition) played for promotion to the Eredivisie.


1976–77 Egyptian Premier League
The 1976–77 Egyptian Premier League, was the 20th season of the Egyptian Premier League, the top Egyptian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948. The season started on 3 September 1976 and concluded on 6 June 1977. Al Ahly managed to win the league for the 14th time in the club's history.


1976–77 Egyptian Premier League, League table
(C)= Champion, (R)= Relegated, Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; ± = Goal difference; Pts = Points.


1976–77 Eintracht Frankfurt season
The 1976–77 Eintracht Frankfurt season was the 77th season in the club's football history. In 1976–77 the club played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football. It was the club's 14th season in the Bundesliga.


1976–77 Ekstraklasa
The 1976–77 I liga was the 51st season of the Polish Football Championship and the 43rd season of the I liga, the top Polish professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1927. The league was operated by the Polish Football Association (PZPN).


1976–77 Ekstraklasa
The champions were Śląsk Wrocław, who won their 1st Polish title.


1976–77 Ekstraklasa, Competition modus
The season started on 21 August 1976 and concluded on 25 May 1977 (autumn-spring league). The season was played as a round-robin tournament. The team at the top of the standings won the league title. A total of 16 teams participated, 14 of which competed in the league during the 1975–76 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the 1975–76 II liga. Each team played a total of 30 matches, half at home and half away, two games against each other team. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw.


1976–77 Elitserien season
The 1976–77 Elitserien season was the second season of the Elitserien, the top level of ice hockey in Sweden. 10 teams participated in the league, and Brynas IF won the championship.


1976–77 Elitserien season, Playoffs, Semifinals, Färjestads BK vs Leksands IF
Färjestad wins 2–1 in games following neutral site tiebreaker at Gothenburg's Scandinavium.


1976–77 Elitserien season, Playoffs, Finals
Brynäs IF wins 2–0 in games and are crowned 1977 Swedish champions in ice hockey (9th title).


1976–77 Eredivisie
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1976–77 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.


1976–77 Eredivisie (ice hockey) season
The 1976–77 Eredivisie season was the 17th season of the Eredivisie, the top level of ice hockey in the Netherlands. Seven teams participated in the league, and the Heerenveen Flyers won the championship.


1976–77 Essex Senior Football League
The 1976–77 Essex Senior Football League season was the sixth in the history of Essex Senior Football League, a football competition in England.


1976–77 Essex Senior Football League, Clubs
The league featured 14 clubs which competed in the league last season, along with three new clubs:


1976–77 European Cup
The 1976–77 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the first time by Liverpool in the final against Borussia Mönchengladbach. Three-time defending champions Bayern Munich were knocked out by Dynamo Kyiv in the quarter-finals. It was only the second time an English side won the tournament, but it started a run of six consecutive wins by English clubs and an eight-year run during which the trophy was won by English clubs on seven occasions. Including this one, Liverpool reached five finals in nine years, of which they won four.


1976–77 European Cup, Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1976–77 European Cup are as follows:


1976–77 European Cup (handball)
The 1976–77 European Cup was the 17th edition of Europe's premier club handball tournament.


1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup
The 1976–77 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won by Hamburger SV in the final against defending champions Anderlecht.