1972–73 Serie A

Serie A
	1972–73 Juventus team posing for a photograph
Season	1972–73
Dates	24 September 1972 – 20 May 1973
Champions	Juventus; 15th title
Relegated	Atalanta; Palermo; Ternana
European Cup	Juventus
Cup Winners' Cup	Milan
UEFA Cup	Lazio; Fiorentina; Internazionale; Torino
Matches played	240
Goals scored	449 (1.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gianni Rivera; Giuseppe Savoldi ; Paolo Pulici ; (17 goals each)
	← 1971–72 1973–74 →

Atalanta

Bologna

Serie A 1972-73 team distribution

The 1972–73 Serie A season was won by Juventus.

Teams

Ternana, Lazio and Palermo had been promoted from Serie B.

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	30	18	9	3	45	22	+23	45	Qualification to European Cup
2	Milan	30	18	8	4	65	33	+32	44	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
3	Lazio	30	16	11	3	33	16	+17	43	Qualification to UEFA Cup
4	Fiorentina	30	16	5	9	39	26	+13	37
5	Internazionale	30	15	7	8	32	23	+9	37
6	Torino	30	11	9	10	33	21	+12	31
7	Bologna	30	11	9	10	33	31	+2	31
8	Cagliari	30	9	11	10	26	28	−2	29
9	Napoli	30	7	14	9	18	20	−2	28
10	Hellas Verona	30	5	16	9	28	34	−6	26
11	Roma	30	6	12	12	23	28	−5	24
12	Sampdoria	30	5	14	11	16	25	−9	24
13	Vicenza	30	7	10	13	15	31	−16	24
14	Atalanta (R)	30	5	14	11	16	33	−17	24	Relegation to Serie B
15	Palermo (R)	30	3	11	16	13	41	−28	17
16	Ternana (R)	30	3	10	17	14	37	−23	16

Source: Panini
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ATA	BOL	CAG	FIO	INT	JUV	LRV	LAZ	MIL	NAP	PAL	ROM	SAM	TER	TOR	HEL
Atalanta		1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–1
Bologna	1–0		4–2	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	3–0	1–3	1–1	3–0	1–0	4–1
Cagliari	0–0	1–0		2–2	2–3	0–1	3–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1
Fiorentina	4–0	3–0	3–0		1–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–0
Internazionale	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0		0–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	4–0	2–0	1–0
Juventus	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1		3–2	1–0	2–2	0–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1
Vicenza	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–2		1–2	0–3	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2
Lazio	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0		2–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–1
Milan	9–3	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–2	2–0	3–1		1–0	4–0	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–1
Napoli	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0		1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1
Palermo	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–0		1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0
Roma	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0		3–1	0–0	1–0	0–1
Sampdoria	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–4	1–1	0–0	0–0		0–0	2–1	0–1
Ternana	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–3	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–4	0–2		0–0	2–1
Torino	2–1	3–1	0–0	3–0	4–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–0		3–2
Hellas Verona	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	5–3	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–0

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Giuseppe Savoldi	Bologna	17
	Paolo Pulici	Torino
	Gianni Rivera	Milan
4	Luciano Chiarugi	Milan	12
4	Roberto Boninsegna	Internazionale	12
6	Gigi Riva	Cagliari	12
7	Giorgio Chinaglia	Lazio	10
	Alberto Bigon	Milan
	Sergio Clerici	Fiorentina
10	Franco Causio	Juventus	9
11	José Altafini	Juventus	8

References and sources

Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005

External links

[1] - All results on RSSSF Website.

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UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '72 '73 European Super Cup