Primera División 1972/73

Primera División 1972/73
master	Atlético Madrid
European Cup of National Champions	Atlético Madrid
Uefa cup	CF Barcelona , Español Barcelona , Real Madrid
Cup winners	Atlético Bilbao
European Cup Winners' Cup	Atlético Bilbao
Relegated	Betis Sevilla , Deportivo La Coruña Burgos CF
Teams	18th
Games	306
Gates	656  (ø 2.14 per game)
Top scorer	Marianín ( Real Oviedo )
← Primera División 1971/72 Primera División 1973/74 →
Segunda División 1972/73 ↓

The Primera División 1972/73 was the 42nd season of the highest Spanish football league . It started on September 2, 1972 and ended on May 20, 1973.

Before the season

• The 15-time champions Real Madrid started the race as defending champions . Last year's runner-up was Valencia .
• Moved up from the Segunda División are Real Oviedo , CD Castellón and Real Zaragoza .

societies

Atl. Bilbao real Madrid Atlético Madrid CF Barcelona Español Barcelona Real Zaragoza Betis Seville Valencia CF CD Castellón Real Oviedo Deport. La Coruña Celta Vigo CD Málaga Real Sociedad Granada CF. Burgos CF Real Gijón UD Las Palmas Canary Islands

Venues of the Spanish Primera División 1972/73

society	city	Stadion
CF Barcelona	Barcelona	Camp Nou
Español Barcelona	Barcelona	Estadi Sarrià
Atlético Bilbao	Bilbao	Estadio San Mamés
Burgos CF	Burgos	El Plantio
CD Castellón	Castellón de la Plana	Estadio Castalia
Real Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón
Granada CF.	Granada	Estadio des Los Cármenes
Deportivo La Coruña	La Coruña	Estadio Riazor
UD Las Palmas	Las Palmas	Estadio Insular
real Madrid	Madrid	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Estadio Vicente Calderón
CD Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda
Real Oviedo	Oviedo	Estadio Carlos Tartiere
Real Sociedad	San Sebastian	Estadio de Atotxa
Real Zaragoza	Zaragoza	La Romareda
Betis Seville	Seville	Estadio Benito Villamarín
Valencia CF	Valencia	Estadio Luis Casanova
Celta Vigo	Vigo	Estadio Balaídos

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Atlético Madrid (P)	34	20th	8th	6th	049:290	+20	48:20
2.	CF Barcelona	34	18th	10	6th	041:210	+20	46:22
3.	Español Barcelona	34	17th	11	6th	043:430	± 0	45:23
4th	Real Madrid (M)	34	17th	9	8th	045:290	+16	43:25
5.	CD Castellón (N)	34	13	9	12	044:380	+6	35:33
6th	Valencia CF	34	12	10	12	037:330	+4	34:34
7th	Real Sociedad	34	13	8th	13	037:390	−2	34:34
8th.	Real Zaragoza (N)	34	10	14th	10	036:360	± 0	34:34
9.	Atlético Bilbao	34	12	9	13	041:380	+3	33:35
10.	CD Málaga	34	11	11	12	033:290	+4	33:35
11.	UD Las Palmas	34	11	9	14th	038:440	−6	31:37
12.	Real Oviedo (N)	34	9	12	13	033:440	−11	30:38
13.	Granada CF.	34	9	11	14th	025:320	−7	29:39
14th	Real Gijón	34	11	7th	16	032:370	−5	29:39
15th	Celta Vigo	34	10	9	15th	030:370	−7	29:39
16.	Betis Seville	34	7th	14th	13	029:360	−7	28:40
17th	Deportivo La Coruña	34	7th	13	14th	022:440	−22	27:41
18th	Burgos CF	34	9	6th	19th	036:630	−27	24:44

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored

Spanish champion and participation in the 1973/74 European Cup

Participation in the 1973/74 UEFA Cup

Copa del Rey winner and participation in the 1973/74 European Cup Winners' Cup

Relegation to the Segunda División

(M)	reigning master
(P)	reigning cup winner
(N)	Newcomers last season

Crosstab

1972/73
Atlético Madrid		2-0	0-0	1: 2	1-0	1: 3	2: 1	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2: 1	2: 1	0: 1	5: 1	2: 1	3: 1	4: 2
CF Barcelona	0-0		0: 1	1-0	3: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 1	1-0	0-0	3: 1	3: 1	3-0	3: 1	2-0	2-0	3: 1	2-0
Español Barcelona	2: 1	1: 1		1-0	1-0	3-0	1: 1	3: 1	0-0	1-0	4-0	3-0	2: 1	3-0	4: 2	2: 2	2: 1	2-0
real Madrid	0: 1	0-0	1-0		2-0	2: 1	6: 1	0-0	3: 3	2-0	2: 1	3-0	2: 1	1-0	1-0	1: 1	0-0	2-0
CD Castellón	1: 1	4-0	2-0	2: 3		1: 3	3-0	1: 1	1: 4	1-0	2: 1	2-0	0-0	1-0	5: 1	3: 1	2-0	3: 1
Valencia CF	1: 2	0: 1	1-0	0: 1	4: 2		1-0	0-0	4: 1	2: 1	0-0	2: 2	0-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	0: 1	3-0
Real Sociedad	0: 1	2-0	4: 1	1: 1	0-0	2: 1		3-0	1-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 2	1-0	0-0	1-0	2: 1	2-0	5: 1
Real Zaragoza	1: 1	0: 2	1-0	0-0	0: 1	0: 1	1: 1		3: 2	1: 1	1-0	3-0	2-0	3: 1	2: 2	3: 2	5-0	2-0
Atlético Bilbao	1-0	0: 1	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	1-0		2-0	1-0	3: 3	0: 1	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	3-0	4-0
CD Málaga	0: 1	2: 1	0: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	3-0	2: 1	0-0		0: 1	1: 1	3-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	4: 1	3-0
UD Las Palmas	2: 2	2: 1	0: 2	1: 1	0: 1	1-0	1-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 3		2: 1	1-0	1: 1	0-0	2-0	3-0	4: 1
Real Oviedo	0: 2	0-0	1: 2	1: 2	0-0	3: 1	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	0-0	3-0		3-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0
Granada CF.	0: 1	0: 2	2: 2	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	1-0	4-0		1-0	1-0	0-0	2-0	2-0
Real Gijón	2: 3	1: 1	0-0	1-0	1-0	1: 1	3-0	3-0	2-0	2-0	2: 2	1-0	2-0		3: 1	1-0	0-0	1: 2
Celta Vigo	0: 1	0-0	1: 1	3-0	2-0	1-0	0: 1	1: 2	1-0	1-0	3: 1	4: 2	0-0	3-0		0-0	1-0	1-0
Betis Seville	1-0	0: 2	2: 2	2: 1	2-0	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	0: 1	0: 2	0-0	0-0	2-0	1-0		2-0	5: 1
Deportivo La Coruña	1: 1	0: 1	0-0	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 2	0-0	2: 1	1-0	2: 2	1: 1	0-0	2: 1	1-0	2-0		2: 1
Burgos CF	0: 1	0-0	1: 1	2: 3	2: 1	2: 1	1-0	3-0	5: 1	2: 2	3: 3	0: 1	2: 1	2: 1	0-0	2: 1	0-0

After the season

International competitions

• 1. - Atlético Madrid - European Champion Clubs' Cup
• 2nd - CF Barcelona - UEFA Cup
• 3rd - Español Barcelona - UEFA Cup
• 4th - Real Madrid - UEFA Cup
• Copa del Rey winners - Atlético Bilbao - European Cup Winners' Cup

Relegated to the Segunda División

• 16 - Betis Sevilla
• 17.- Deportivo La Coruña
• 18.- FC Burgos

Promoted to the Primera División

• Real Murcia
• FC Elche
• Real Santander

Pichichi trophy

The Pichichi trophy is awarded annually to the best goalscorer of the season.

Pl.	Nat.	player	society	Gates
1		Marianín	Real Oviedo	19th
2		Luis Aragonés	Atlético Madrid	16
3		Roberto Martínez	Español Barcelona	14th
4th		Germán Dévora	UD Las Palmas	13
5		José María Araquistain	Real Sociedad	11
		Manuel Clares	CD Castellón	11

The Atlético Madrid championship team

1.

Atlético Madrid

Goal : Pacheco Gómez (17 / -); Rodri (17 / -) Defense : José Luis Capón (22 / -); Iselin Ovejero (21/2); Quique Vicente (21 / -); Julio Iglesias (17 / -); Francisco Melo (17 / -); Jesús Martínez Jayo (16 / -); Eusebio (13 / -) Midfield : Adelardo (33/3); Javier Irureta (30/8); Alberto Fernández (28/1); Domingo Benegas (27/1); Ignacio María Salcedo (19/3); Leal (9/1) Forward : Luis Aragonés (32/16); Heraldo Becerra (30/6); José Eulogio Gárate (24/5); José Armando Ufarte (24/1); Pataco (1 / -) Trainer : Max Merkel

Web links

• Spain - List of Champions rsssf.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Primera División 1972/73. In: eu-football.info. Retrieved May 25, 2019 .