Langbahn Team – Weltmeisterschaft

1972–73 Serie A

Serie A
1972–73 Juventus team posing for a photograph
Season1972–73
Dates24 September 1972 – 20 May 1973
ChampionsJuventus
15th title
RelegatedAtalanta
Palermo
Ternana
European CupJuventus
Cup Winners' CupMilan
UEFA CupLazio
Fiorentina
Internazionale
Torino
Matches played240
Goals scored449 (1.87 per match)
Top goalscorerGianni Rivera
Giuseppe Savoldi
Paolo Pulici
(17 goals each)

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

References and sources

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