1972–73 Primeira Divisão

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

Primeira Liga

Season	1972–73
Champions	Benfica 20th title
Matches played	240
Goals scored	691 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Eusébio (40 goals)
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

Overview

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

League standings

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 and footballzz.co.uk
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
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

External links

• Portugal 1972-73 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira)
• Portuguese League 1972/73 - footballzz.co.uk
• Portugal - Table of Honor - Soccer Library