1972–73 Primeira Divisão

39th season of top-tier Portuguese football Football league season

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

Overview

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

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	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
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

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.

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
5	Abel	Porto	17
7	Francisco González	Belenenses	16
8	Arcanjo	Vitória de Setúbal	14
8	Moinhos	Boavista	14
10	José Torres	Vitória de Setúbal	13

v t e Top-level football seasons in Portugal
Campeonato da Liga	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38
Primeira Divisão	1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99
Primeira Liga	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
List of champions Top scorers

v t e 1972–73 in Portuguese football
Domestic leagues	Primeira Divisão Segunda Divisão Terceira Divisão
Domestic cups	Taça de Portugal (Final)
European competitions	European Cup Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Club seasons
Primeira Divisão	Benfica
Summer transfers Winter transfers

v t e 1972–73 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '72 '73 England Faroe Islands '72 '73 Finland '72 '73 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '72 '73 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '72 '73 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '72 '73 Spain Sweden '72 '73 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '72 '73 Finland '72 '73 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '72 '73 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '72 '73 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '72 '73 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales
League cups	England West Germany Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '72 '73 European Super Cup