# 1972–73 La Liga

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

## Team locations

| 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 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Real Madrid | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 43 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 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 |
| 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 Vigo | 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 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
| 18 | Burgos (R) | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 36 | 63 | −27 | 24 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
* ↑ 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 | |

## Pichichi Trophy

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