1972–73 Primeira Divisão

The 1972–73 Primeira Divisão was the 39th season of top-tier football in Portugal.

Primeira Liga
Season1972–73
ChampionsBenfica
20th title
Matches played240
Goals scored691 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorerEusébio (40 goals)

Overview edit

It was contested by 16 teams. S.L. Benfica won the championship, with 28 victories, 0 losses and 2 draws.

League standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Benfica (C) 30 28 2 0 101 13 +88 58 Qualification to European Cup first round
2 Belenenses 30 14 12 4 53 30 +23 40 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3 Vitória de Setúbal 30 16 6 8 65 26 +39 38
4 Porto 30 15 7 8 56 28 +28 37
5 Sporting CP 30 15 7 8 57 31 +26 37 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
6 Vitória de Guimarães 30 11 11 8 38 38 0 33
7 Boavista 30 12 7 11 41 47 −6 31
8 CUF Barreiro 30 11 8 11 38 37 +1 30
9 Leixões 30 11 8 11 32 45 −13 30
10 Barreirense 30 9 7 14 43 64 −21 25
11 Farense 30 8 8 14 27 53 −26 24
12 Beira-Mar 30 5 13 12 27 57 −30 23
13 Montijo 30 9 5 16 29 47 −18 23
14 União de Coimbra (R) 30 5 7 18 22 54 −32 17 Relegation to Segunda Divisão
15 Atlético CP (R) 30 4 9 17 27 52 −25 17
16 União de Tomar (R) 30 6 5 19 35 69 −34 17
Source: RSSSF[1] and footballzz.co.uk[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results edit

Home \ Away ACP BAR BEM BEL BEN BOA CUF FAR LEI MON POR SCP UCO UTO VGU VSE
Atlético CP 1–3 2–2 0–0 0–0 1–3 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–3 0–2 1–0 0–0 4–0 0–1 3–3
Barreirense 1–0 1–1 1–5 0–3 1–1 3–2 4–1 3–1 4–4 0–0 1–4 4–2 1–0 1–1 2–3
Beira-Mar 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0
Belenenses 3–2 4–2 4–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 3–0 2–1 3–2
Benfica 2–0 3–0 9–0 5–0 4–1 2–0 3–0 6–0 6–0 3–2 4–1 6–1 2–1 8–0 3–0
Boavista 3–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–1
CUF Barreiro 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–4
Farense 1–1 2–1 3–2 0–0 0–5 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 2–0 2–2 0–3
Leixões 1–0 1–0 3–3 1–0 1–5 3–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 0–0 4–0 1–1 0–0
Montijo 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–3
Porto 5–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 4–1 0–1 4–1 0–1 3–0 4–1 1–2 2–0
Sporting CP 4–1 5–1 4–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 4–0 0–1 4–1 0–3 3–1 4–0 2–0 1–0
União de Coimbra 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–4 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–5 3–0 1–0 0–0
União de Tomar 0–1 3–1 8–1 0–6 0–2 2–4 1–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–7 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0
Vitória de Guimarães 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 4–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–3 1–0
Vitória de Setúbal 5–0 5–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 4–0 3–1 5–0 5–0 4–0 3–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 2–1
Source: [1][2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics edit

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals[3]
1   Eusébio Benfica 40
2   Flávio Minuano Porto 21
3   Héctor Yazalde Sporting 19
4   Nélson Sporting 18
5   Duda Vitória de Setúbal 17
  Abel Porto
7   Francisco González Belenenses 16
8   Arcanjo Vitória de Setúbal 14
  Moinhos Boavista
10   José Torres Vitória de Setúbal 13

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Portugal 1972-73 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)". RSSSF. 2001. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  2. ^ a b "Portuguese League 1972/73 - footballzz.co.uk". ZeroZero. Retrieved 2012-04-25.
  3. ^ "TheFinalBall Goalscorer statistics". TheFinalBall. Retrieved 24 April 2017.

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