# 1972–73 1.Lig

Statistics of the Turkish First Football League for the 1972–73 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Galatasaray S.K. won the championship.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Galatasaray (C) | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 47 | 12 | +35 | 47 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 42 | 17 | +25 | 42 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Eskişehirspor | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 36 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | MKE Ankaragücü | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 34 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | Boluspor | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 33 | Invitation to Balkans Cup |
| 6 | Beşiktaş | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 31 | |
| 7 | Altay | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 30 | |
| 8 | Göztepe A.Ş. | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 30 | |
| 9 | Giresunspor | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 29 | |
| 10 | Bursaspor | 30 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 27 | 29 | −2 | 28 | |
| 11 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 27 | |
| 12 | Samsunspor | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 40 | −19 | 26 | |
| 13 | Adanaspor | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 23 | |
| 14 | Vefa | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 22 | |
| 15 | Beypazarı Şekerspor (R) | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 38 | −18 | 22 | Relegation to Turkish Second Football League |
| 16 | Türk Telekomspor (R) | 30 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 22 | 37 | −15 | 20 | Relegation to Turkish Second Football League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ADA | ALT | BJK | BOL | BUR | ESK | FNB | GAL | GRS | GÖZ | MİY | AGÜ | PTT | SAM | ŞKR | VEF |
| Adanaspor | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Altay | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Beşiktaş | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Boluspor | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 |
| Bursaspor | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Eskişehirspor | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 0–1 |
| Fenerbahçe | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Galatasaray | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Giresunspor | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Göztepe | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–2 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Mersin İdman Yurdu | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 |
| MKE Ankaragücü | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| PTT | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Samsunspor | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Şekerspor | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 |
| Vefa | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | |