1972–73 Primeira Divisão

39th season of top-tier Portuguese football Primeira Liga 1972–73 Benfica20th title 240 691 Eusébio (40 goals) 1971–72 1973–74 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. This was also the first time that only one of the Big Three finished in the top three spots in the table. League standings main WDL QR 5 2 BEN Benfica BEL Belenenses VSE Vitória de Setúbal POR Porto SCP Sporting CP VGU Vitória de Guimarães BOA Boavista CUF CUF Barreiro LEI Leixões BAR Barreirense FAR Farense BEM Beira-Mar MON Montijo UCO União de Coimbra ATL Atlético CP UTO União de Tomar 28 2 0 101 13 C 14 12 4 53 30 16 6 8 65 26 15 7 8 56 28 15 7 8 57 31 11 11 8 38 38 12 7 11 41 47 11 8 11 38 37 11 8 11 32 45 9 7 14 43 64 8 8 14 27 53 5 13 12 27 57 9 5 16 29 47 5 7 18 22 54 R 4 9 17 27 52 R 6 5 19 35 69 R green1 Qualification to European Cup first round EC blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC UC yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round UCWC UC red1 Relegation to Segunda Divisão R R R complete 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. RSSSFPortugal 1972-73 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira) 2001 RSSSF https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/porthist197273.html 2012-04-25May 2026 Results main FBR grey ACP BAR BEM BEL BEN BOA CUF FAR LEI MON POR SCP UCO UTO VGU VSE Benfica 5–0 3–0 3–2 4–1 8–0 4–1 2–0 6–0 3–0 3–0 9–0 6–0 6–1 2–0 2–1 Belenenses 0–2 3–2 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 4–2 0–0 4–0 2–1 3–1 3–2 3–0 Vitória de Setúbal 0–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 3–1 5–0 5–0 5–0 3–0 4–0 4–0 5–0 1–1 Porto 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 4–0 4–1 1–0 4–1 3–0 5–1 4–1 Sporting CP 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–3 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 5–1 4–0 4–0 4–1 3–1 4–1 4–0 Vitória de Guimarães 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 3–3 Boavista 1–3 2–2 3–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–2 3–1 CUF Barreiro 0–1 1–2 2–4 0–2 1–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 Leixões 1–5 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–2 1–1 3–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 3–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 4–0 Barreirense 0–3 1–5 2–3 0–0 1–4 1–1 1–1 3–2 3–1 4–1 1–1 4–4 4–2 1–0 1–0 Farense 0–5 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–3 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 Beira-Mar 1–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 Montijo 0–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 União de Coimbra 0–4 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–5 1–0 2–3 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 Atlético CP 0–0 0–0 3–3 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–3 2–2 0–1 1–3 2–1 2–2 1–3 0–0 4–0 União de Tomar 0–2 0–6 1–0 1–7 1–1 1–2 2–4 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 8–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 complete May 2026 Season statistics Top goalscorers Rank Player Club GoalsMay 20261 POR Eusébio Benfica402 BRA Flávio Minuano Porto213 ARG Héctor Yazalde Sporting194 POR Nélson Sporting185 BRA Duda Vitória de Setúbal17 POR Abel Porto7 PAR Francisco González Belenenses168 POR Arcanjo Vitória de Setúbal14 POR Moinhos Boavista10 POR José Torres Vitória de Setúbal13 References External links Portugal 1972-73 - RSSSF (Jorge Miguel Teixeira) Portugal - Table of Honor - Soccer Library Category:Primeira Liga seasons Category:1972–73 in Portuguese football Portugal