Eredivisie 1972/73

Eredivisie 1972/73
master	Ajax Amsterdam
European Cup of National Champions	Ajax Amsterdam
Uefa cup	Feyenoord Rotterdam , FC Twente Enschede
Cup winners	NAC Breda
European Cup Winners' Cup	NAC Breda
Relegated	Excelsior Rotterdam , FC Den Bosch
Teams	18th
Games	306
Gates	849  (ø 2.77 per game)
Top scorer	Cas Janssens , Willy Brokamp (18 each)
← Eredivisie 1971/72 Eredivisie 1973/74 →
First Divisie (II) ↓

The 1972/73 season was the 17th season of the Eredivisie , the highest Dutch football league. Ajax Amsterdam won the championship for the 16th time . Excelsior Rotterdam and FC Den Bosch had to relegate .

Closing table

	society	Sp	S.	U	N	T	Diff.	Points
01.	Ajax Amsterdam	34	30th	0	4th	102: 180	+84	60: 08
02.	Feyenoord Rotterdam	34	27	4th	3	89:28	+61	58:10
03.	FC Twente Enschede	34	22nd	6th	6th	53:22	+31	50:18
04th	Sparta Rotterdam	34	21st	5	8th	85:37	+48	47:21
05.	FC The Hague	34	15th	10	9	44:39	+ 05	40:28
06th	PSV Eindhoven	34	15th	8th	11	46:35	+11	38:30
07th	MVV Maastricht	34	14th	9	11	49:38	+11	37:31
08th.	FC Utrecht	34	12	8th	14th	42:55	−13	32:36
09.	NEC Nijmegen	34	10	11	13	40:46	- 06	31:37
010.	FC Amsterdam a	34	11	7th	16	44:54	−10	29:39
011.	HFC Haarlem	34	10	9	15th	43:55	−12	29:39
012.	Telstar	34	12	4th	18th	39:51	−12	28:40
013.	FC Groningen	34	7th	13	14th	37:61	−24	27:41
014th	Go Ahead Eagles	34	8th	9	17th	31:52	−21	25:43
015th	AZ Alkmaar	34	8th	9	17th	32:58	−26	25:43
016.	NAC Breda	34	7th	7th	20th	26:57	−31	21:47
017th	Excelsior Rotterdam	34	5	8th	21st	24:70	−46	18:50
018th	FC Den Bosch	34	5	7th	22nd	23:73	−50	17:51

^a DWS Amsterdam and Blauw Wit Amsterdam merged to form FC Amsterdam.

Legend

colour	qualification
	European Champion Clubs' Cup 1973/74
	1973/74 UEFA Cup
	As a KNVB Cup winner, qualified for the 1973/74 European Cup Winners' Cup
	Direct descent into the Eerste Divisie

Crosstab

The cross table shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column and the visiting team in the top row.

1972/1973					SPA						AMS								BOS
1.	Ajax Amsterdam		2: 1	1-0	4: 2	5-0	3: 1	4-0	3: 1	4-0	2: 1	3-0	9: 2	3-0	6-0	3-0	4-0	8-0	9-0
2.	Feyenoord Rotterdam	2-0		1: 3	3: 3	2-0	2-0	2: 1	2: 1	1-0	7: 2	1-0	2-0	5: 1	2: 1	2: 1	3: 1	7-0	4-0
3.	FC Twente Enschede	0: 1	0-0		0: 1	2-0	1-0	0-0	3: 1	2-0	2: 1	1: 1	2-0	4: 2	3-0	2-0	2-0	2-0	2-0
4th	Sparta Rotterdam	3: 1	1: 1	1: 2		3: 1	3-0	4-0	6-0	2: 2	5-0	4: 1	2: 1	2-0	1-0	4: 1	2-0	0: 1	3: 1
5.	FC The Hague	0: 1	3: 2	0: 4	1: 1		3-0	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	3-0	1-0	3-0	2-0	4-0	1: 1	1: 1	0-0
6th	PSV Eindhoven	0: 3	0: 1	0: 1	2: 1	0-0		1: 3	5: 1	2-0	2-0	2: 1	3-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	5-0	2-0	3-0
7th	MVV Maastricht	1-0	1: 2	1-0	3: 2	4: 1	0: 1		2-0	2-0	0: 3	2-0	4-0	3-0	1: 1	1-0	3-0	3-0	1: 1
8th.	FC Utrecht	0: 1	0: 4	1: 2	1: 5	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1		2-0	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	1-0	2-0	3: 1	2-0	1-0
9.	NEC Nijmegen	0: 4	2: 3	2-0	3: 3	1: 3	1: 1	0-0	3-0		1-0	2: 1	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	3: 2	0: 2	2: 1	7-0
10.	FC Amsterdam	1: 2	1: 3	1: 1	4: 2	0: 2	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	1: 1		2: 1	2-0	0: 1	0: 1	0: 3	0-0	4-0	3: 2
11.	HFC Haarlem	0: 4	0-0	4-0	0: 4	0-0	1: 1	3: 2	0: 2	1: 1	1: 4		1: 2	1: 1	5: 2	2-0	3: 1	2-0	2: 1
12.	Telstar	0: 1	0: 1	0: 2	0: 1	4: 1	0: 1	2: 1	0: 1	3: 1	2: 1	2: 3		5: 1	3-0	0-0	2-0	1: 3	3: 1
13.	FC Groningen	0: 2	1: 4	0: 3	1: 4	1: 2	1: 1	1: 4	2: 1	1: 1	4-0	4: 1	0: 2		1: 1	4: 2	1-0	1: 1	4: 2
14th	Go Ahead Eagles	0: 1	2: 4	1: 2	2-0	0: 1	1-0	2: 2	3: 4	0: 1	0-0	0: 4	2: 1	0-0		1: 2	3-0	2: 1	1-0
15th	AZ Alkmaar	0: 5	0: 2	2: 2	1-0	0: 1	2: 1	2: 1	2: 2	0-0	1: 4	2: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 1		2: 2	3: 1	0-0
16.	NAC Breda	2-0	0: 5	0: 1	0: 1	1: 2	1: 2	1: 1	0: 3	1-0	1-0	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	0-0	3-0		2: 1	4-0
17th	Excelsior Rotterdam	0: 1	1: 6	0-0	0: 4	0: 2	2: 3	0-0	0: 3	1: 1	2: 3	0: 1	1: 1	0-0	0: 2	1-0	2-0		4: 1
18th	FC Den Bosch	1: 2	0: 2	0: 2	0: 5	2: 1	1: 4	1-0	3-0	0: 1	0-0	0-0	0: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1: 2	2-0	0-0

The championship team from Ajax Amsterdam

(The number of appearances and goals in the championship season are given in brackets after the player names)

1.

Ajax Amsterdam

Goal: Heinz Stuy (34 / -) Defense: Ruud Krol (34/3); Wim Suurbier (33 / -); Barry Hulshoff (32/2); Horst Blankenburg (30 / -) Midfield: Arie Haan (32/11); Johan Neeskens (32/7); Gerrie Mühren (30/12); Arnold Mühren (22/6); Heinz Schilcher (15/2); Barend box (1 / -) Forward: Piet Keizer (31/12); Johan Cruyff (26/17); Sjaak Swart (26/9); Johnny Rep (24/17); Jan Mulder (4/3); Gerrit Kleton (2 / -) Coach: Ștefan Kovács

• Bram Braam (1 / -) left the club this season.

List of goalscorers

space	player	Nat.	society	Gates
1.	Willy Brokamp		MVV Maastricht	18th
"	Cas Janssens		NEC Nijmegen	18th
3.	Johan Cruyff		Ajax Amsterdam	17th
"	Johnny rep		Ajax Amsterdam	17th
5.	Peter Ressel		Feyenoord Rotterdam	16

Web links

• Homepage of the Eredivisie (Dutch)
• www.rsssf.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.weltfussball.de/team_einsaetze/afc-ajax/ned-eredivisie-1972-1973/
2. ↑ https://www.weltfussball.de/torjaeger/ned-eredivisie-1972-1973/