1972–73 Serie A

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Serie A
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1972–73 Juventus team posing for a photograph
Season1972–73
Dates24 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
Matches240
Goals449 (1.87 per match)
Top goalscorer Gianni Rivera
Giuseppe Savoldi
Paolo Pulici
(17 goals each)
1973–74

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

Teams

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

Contents

Final classification

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C)3018934522+2345Qualification to European Cup
2 Milan 3018846533+3244Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
3 Lazio 30161133316+1743Qualification to UEFA Cup
4 Fiorentina 3016593926+1337
5 Internazionale 3015783223+937
6 Torino 30119103321+1231
7 Bologna 30119103331+231
8 Cagliari 30911102628229
9 Napoli 3071491820228
10 Hellas Verona 3051692834626
11 Roma 30612122328524
12 Sampdoria 30514111625924
13 Vicenza 307101315311624
14 Atalanta (R)305141116331724Relegation to Serie B
15 Palermo (R)303111613412817
16 Ternana (R)303101714372316
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 1–00–01–10–00–20–11–11–10–01–01–00–20–01–00–1
Bologna 1–04–22–01–00–20–01–13–22–03–01–31–13–01–04–1
Cagliari 0–01–02–22–30–13–00–10–11–0 2–0 2–21–01–01–01–1
Fiorentina 4–03–03–01–22–11–00–13–11–03–02–12–02–10–02–0
Internazionale 0–00–01–01–0 0–2 1–21–1 0–2 2–03–10–00–04–02–01–0
Juventus 0–02–02–02–1 2–1 3–21–02–20–04–11–01–12–0 0–2 1–1
Vicenza 1–10–01–00–10–10–21–20–31–01–10–00–01–01–02–2
Lazio 2–10–02–10–00–01–11–02–13–02–0 2–0 1–02–10–02–1
Milan 9–33–11–12–0 3–2 2–22–03–11–04–03–13–13–11–02–1
Napoli 1–01–11–13–02–01–12–01–00–01–1 1–0 0–01–01–11–1
Palermo 1–21–1 0–1 1–00–20–10–10–20–11–01–10–01–12–10–0
Roma 2–00–10–01–10–21–20–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–03–10–01–00–1
Sampdoria 0–02–10–10–10–10–10–00–01–41–10–00–00–02–10–1
Ternana 0–02–01–10–10–12–32–00–10–00–00–01–40–20–02–1
Torino 2–13–10–03–04–0 2–1 3–00–02–20–02–02–00–12–03–2
Hellas Verona 1–10–01–11–20–10–00–01–15–30–01–12–21–11–00–0
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

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

Attendances

#ClubAverage
1Milan53,977
2Napoli53,202
3Lazio45,591
4Roma44,310
5Juventus42,813
6Internazionale42,426
7Torino31,694
8Fiorentina31,689
9Bologna27,981
10Cagliari24,599
11Hellas Verona23,225
12Sampdoria22,527
13Atalanta19,522
14Ternana19,159
15Palermo16,405
16Vicenza15,700

Source: [1]

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