1972–73 La Liga

Primera División
Season1972–73
ChampionsAtlético Madrid
(7th title)
RelegatedReal Betis
Deportivo La Coruña
Burgos
European CupAtlético Madrid
Cup Winners' CupAthletic Bilbao
UEFA CupBarcelona
Español
Real Madrid
Matches played306
Goals scored656 (2.14 per match)
Top goalscorerMarianín (19 goals)
Biggest home winReal Madrid 6–1 Real Sociedad
Zaragoza 5–0 Deportivo La Coruña
Biggest away winCastellón 1–4 Athletic Bilbao
Highest scoringReal Madrid 6–1 Real Sociedad

The 1972–73 La Liga was the 42nd season since its establishment. It began on 2 September 1972, and concluded on 20 May 1973.

Team locations

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Location of teams in La Liga 1972–73
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Canary Islands
Team Home city Stadium
Athletic Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés
Atlético Madrid Madrid Vicente Calderón
Barcelona Barcelona Nou Camp
Burgos Burgos El Plantío
Castellón Castellón de la Plana Castalia
Celta Vigo Balaídos
Deportivo La Coruña A Coruña Riazor
Español Barcelona Sarriá
Granada Granada Los Cármenes
Las Palmas Las Palmas Insular
Málaga Málaga La Rosaleda
Real Oviedo Oviedo Carlos Tartiere
Real Betis Seville Benito Villamarín
Real Madrid Madrid Santiago Bernabéu
Real Sociedad San Sebastián Atocha
Sporting Gijón Gijón El Molinón
Valencia Valencia Luis Casanova
Zaragoza Zaragoza La Romareda

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Atlético Madrid (C) 34 20 8 6 49 29 +20 48 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Barcelona 34 18 10 6 41 21 +20 46 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Español 34 17 11 6 48 27 +21 45
4 Real Madrid 34 17 9 8 45 29 +16 43
5 Castellón 34 13 9 12 44 38 +6 35
6 Valencia 34 12 10 12 37 33 +4 34
7 Real Sociedad 34 13 8 13 37 39 −2 34
8 Zaragoza 34 10 14 10 36 36 0 34
9 Athletic Bilbao 34 12 9 13 41 38 +3 33 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
10 Málaga 34 11 11 12 33 29 +4 33
11 Las Palmas 34 11 9 14 38 44 −6 31
12 Oviedo 34 9 12 13 33 44 −11 30
13 Granada 34 9 11 14 25 32 −7 29
14 Sporting Gijón 34 11 7 16 32 37 −5 29
15 Celta Vigo 34 10 9 15 30 37 −7 29
16 Real Betis (R) 34 7 14 13 29 36 −7 28 Relegation to the Segunda División
17 Deportivo La Coruña (R) 34 7 13 14 22 44 −22 27
18 Burgos (R) 34 9 6 19 36 63 −27 24
Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Athletic Bilbao qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Generalísimo.

Results table

Home \ Away ATB ATM BAR BET BUR CAS CEL DEP ESP GRA LPA MLG RGI RMA ROV RSO VAL ZAR
Atlético Bilbao 1–0 0–1 1–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–3 2–1 2–0 1–0
Atlético Madrid 2–1 2–0 2–1 4–2 1–0 5–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–3 0–0
CF Barcelona 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 3–0 3–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1
Betis 0–0 1–0 0–2 5–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1
Burgos 5–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–3 2–2 2–1 2–3 0–1 1–0 2–1 3–0
CD Castellón 1–4 1–1 4–0 3–1 3–1 5–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 2–0 3–0 1–3 1–1
Celta de Vigo 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 4–2 0–1 1–0 1–2
Deportivo de La Coruña 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0
RCD Español 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 4–2 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 3–1
Granada CF 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 4–0 2–0 1–1 0–0
UD Las Palmas 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 4–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1
CD Málaga 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–1
Real Gijón 2–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–0
Real Madrid 3–3 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 6–1 2–1 0–0
Real Oviedo 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–0
Real Sociedad 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 5–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–0
Valencia CF 4–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 3–0 4–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–0
Zaragoza 3–2 1–1 0–2 3–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 5–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pichichi Trophy

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Spain Marianín Oviedo
19
2 Spain Luis Aragonés Atlético Madrid
16
3 ArgentinaSpain Roberto Martínez Español
14
4
 Spain Germán Dévora Las Palmas
13
Spain Juan María Amiano Español
13

References