1972–73 Eredivisie

Eredivisie

Season	1972–73
Champions	AFC Ajax (16th title)
Promoted	HFC Haarlem AZ '67
Relegated	SBV Excelsior FC Den Bosch
European Cup	AFC Ajax
Cup Winners' Cup	NAC
UEFA Cup	Feijenoord FC Twente
Goals scored	849
Average goals/game	2.77
Top goalscorer	Cas Janssens NEC; Willy Brokamp MVV 18 goals
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The Eredivisie is a football league in the Netherlands. In the 1972–1973 season it was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	AFC Ajax	34	30	0	4	102	18	84	60	Qualified for 1973–74 European Cup
2	Feijenoord	34	27	4	3	89	28	61	58	Qualified for 1973–74 UEFA Cup
3	FC Twente	34	22	6	6	53	22	31	50
4	Sparta Rotterdam	34	21	5	8	85	37	48	47
5	FC Den Haag	34	15	10	9	44	39	5	40
6	PSV Eindhoven	34	15	8	11	46	35	11	38
7	MVV Maastricht	34	14	9	11	49	38	11	37
8	FC Utrecht	34	12	8	14	42	55	−13	32
9	NEC	34	10	11	13	40	46	−6	31
10	FC Amsterdam	34	11	7	16	44	54	−10	29
11	HFC Haarlem	34	10	9	15	43	55	−12	29
12	Telstar	34	12	4	18	39	51	−12	28
13	FC Groningen	34	7	13	14	37	61	−24	27
14	Go Ahead Eagles	34	8	9	17	31	52	−21	25
15	AZ '67	34	8	9	17	32	58	−26	25
16	NAC	34	7	7	20	26	57	−31	21	Qualified for 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup
17	SBV Excelsior	34	5	8	21	24	70	−46	18	Relegated to Eerste Divisie
18	FC Den Bosch	34	5	7	22	23	73	−50	17

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	AJA	AMS	AZ	DBO	EXC	FEY	GAE	GRO	DHA	HFC	MVV	NAC	NEC	PSV	SPA	TEL	TWE	UTR
Ajax		2–1	3–0	9–0	8–0	2–1	6–0	3–0	5–0	3–0	4–0	4–0	4–0	3–1	4–2	9–2	1–0	3–1
FC Amsterdam	1–2		0–3	3–2	4–0	1–3	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–0	1–1	2–1
AZ '67	0–5	1–4		0–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	2–2
FC Den Bosch '67	1–2	0–0	1–2		0–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–4	0–5	0–1	0–2	3–0
Excelsior	0–1	2–3	1–0	4–1		1–6	0–2	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–3	0–4	1–1	0–0	0–3
Feijenoord	2–0	7–2	2–1	4–0	7–0		2–1	5–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–3	2–0	1–3	2–1
Go Ahead Eagles	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–4		0–0	0–1	0–4	2–2	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	3–4
FC Groningen	0–2	4–0	4–2	4–2	1–1	1–4	1–1		1–2	4–1	1–4	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–4	0–2	0–3	2–1
FC Den Haag	0–1	1–1	4–0	0–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	3–0		3–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–4	1–1
Haarlem	0–4	1–4	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	5–2	1–1	0–0		3–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–2	4–0	0–2
MVV	1–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	4–1	2–0		3–0	2–0	0–1	3–2	4–0	1–0	2–0
NAC	2–0	1–0	3–0	4–0	2–1	0–5	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1		1–0	1–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–3
N.E.C.	0–4	1–0	3–2	7–0	2–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	0–0	0–2		1–1	3–3	2–0	2–0	3–0
PSV	0–3	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–3	5–0	2–0		2–1	3–0	0–1	5–1
Sparta	3–1	5–0	4–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	4–1	4–0	2–0	2–2	3–0		2–1	1–2	6–0
Telstar	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–3	0–1	3–0	5–1	4–1	2–3	2–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	0–1		0–2	0–1
FC Twente '65	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	4–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–0		3–1
FC Utrecht	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–4	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–5	1–1	1–2

Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

• 1972–73 Eerste Divisie
• 1972–73 KNVB Cup

References

• Eredivisie official website - info on all seasons (in Dutch)
• RSSSF