1972–73 La Liga

Primera División
Season	1972–73
Champions	Atlético Madrid ; (7th title)
Relegated	Betis ; Deportivo de La Coruña; Burgos
European Cup	Atlético Madrid
Cup Winners' Cup	Athletic Bilbao
UEFA Cup	Barcelona ; Español ; Real Madrid
Matches played	306
Goals scored	656 (2.14 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marianín (19)
Biggest home win	Real Madrid 6–1 Real Sociedad; Zaragoza 5–0 Deportivo La Coruña
Biggest away win	Castellón 1–4 Athletic Bilbao
Highest scoring	Real Madrid 6–1 Real Sociedad
	← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–73 La Liga was the 42nd season since its establishment. It started on September 2, 1972, and finished on May 20, 1973.

Team locations

Location of teams in La Liga 1972–73

Las Palmas

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Canary Islands

Team	Home city	Stadium
Athletic Bilbao	Bilbao	San Mamés
Atlético Madrid	Madrid	Vicente Calderón
Barcelona	Barcelona	Nou Camp
Burgos	Burgos	El Plantío
Castellón	Castellón de la Plana	Castalia
Celta	Vigo	Balaídos
Deportivo La Coruña	A Coruña	Riazor
Español	Barcelona	Sarriá
Granada	Granada	Los Cármenes
Las Palmas	Las Palmas	Insular
Málaga	Málaga	La Rosaleda
Real Oviedo	Oviedo	Carlos Tartiere
Real Betis	Seville	Benito Villamarín
Real Madrid	Madrid	Santiago Bernabéu
Real Sociedad	San Sebastián	Atocha
Sporting Gijón	Gijón	El Molinón
Valencia	Valencia	Luis Casanova
Zaragoza	Zaragoza	La Romareda

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Atlético Madrid (C)	34	20	8	6	49	29	+20	48	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Barcelona	34	18	10	6	41	21	+20	46	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Español	34	17	11	6	48	27	+21	45
4	Real Madrid	34	17	9	8	45	29	+16	43
5	Castellón	34	13	9	12	44	38	+6	35
6	Valencia	34	12	10	12	37	33	+4	34
7	Real Sociedad	34	13	8	13	37	39	−2	34
8	Zaragoza	34	10	14	10	36	36	0	34
9	Athletic Bilbao	34	12	9	13	41	38	+3	33	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
10	Málaga	34	11	11	12	33	29	+4	33
11	Las Palmas	34	11	9	14	38	44	−6	31
12	Oviedo	34	9	12	13	33	44	−11	30
13	Granada	34	9	11	14	25	32	−7	29
14	Sporting Gijón	34	11	7	16	32	37	−5	29
15	Celta	34	10	9	15	30	37	−7	29
16	Real Betis (R)	34	7	14	13	29	36	−7	28	Relegation to the Segunda División
17	Deportivo La Coruña (R)	34	7	13	14	22	44	−22	27
18	Burgos (R)	34	9	6	19	36	63	−27	24

Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Athletic Bilbao qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Generalísimo.

Results table

Home \ Away	ATB	ATM	BAR	BET	BUR	CAS	CEL	DEP	ESP	GRA	LPA	MLG	RGI	RMA	ROV	RSO	VAL	ZAR
Atlético Bilbao		1–0	0–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–3	2–1	2–0	1–0
Atlético Madrid	2–1		2–0	2–1	4–2	1–0	5–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–3	0–0
CF Barcelona	1–0	0–0		2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	0–1	3–0	3–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–1
Betis	0–0	1–0	0–2		5–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1
Burgos	5–1	0–1	0–0	2–1		2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	3–3	2–2	2–1	2–3	0–1	1–0	2–1	3–0
CD Castellón	1–4	1–1	4–0	3–1	3–1		5–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–3	2–0	3–0	1–3	1–1
Celta de Vigo	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–0		1–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	4–2	0–1	1–0	1–2
Deportivo de La Coruña	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0		0–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–0
RCD Español	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	4–2	2–1		2–1	4–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–0	3–1
Granada CF	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–2		1–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	4–0	2–0	1–1	0–0
UD Las Palmas	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–0	4–1	0–1	0–0	3–0	0–2	1–0		1–3	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1
CD Málaga	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	0–1	3–0	0–1		1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–1
Real Gijón	2–0	2–3	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	2–0		1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–0
Real Madrid	3–3	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–0		3–0	6–1	2–1	0–0
Real Oviedo	2–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–2		1–1	3–1	2–0
Real Sociedad	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	5–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2		2–1	3–0
Valencia CF	4–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	3–0	4–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–0		0–0
Zaragoza	3–2	1–1	0–2	3–2	2–0	0–1	2–2	5–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Pichichi Trophy

Rank	Player	Goals	Team
1	Marianín	19	Real Oviedo
2	Luis Aragonés	16	Atlético Madrid
3	Juan Roberto Martínez	14	RCD Español
4	Germán Dévora	13	UD Las Palmas
	Juan María Amiano	13	RCD Español

References

External links

(in Spanish) Official LFP Site

[table_note_res_CWC10.18546938346022-1] Athletic Bilbao qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as champions of the Copa del Generalísimo.

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