# 1972–73 Serie A

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

## Teams

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

## Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Juventus (C) | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 45 | 22 | +23 | 45 | Qualification to European Cup |
| 2 | Milan | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 65 | 33 | +32 | 44 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup |
| 3 | Lazio | 30 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 33 | 16 | +17 | 43 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Fiorentina | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 37 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 5 | Internazionale | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 37 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 6 | Torino | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 21 | +12 | 31 | Qualification to UEFA Cup |
| 7 | Bologna | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 31 | |
| 8 | Cagliari | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 29 | |
| 9 | Napoli | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 28 | |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 30 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 26 | |
| 11 | Roma | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 24 | |
| 12 | Sampdoria | 30 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 25 | −9 | 24 | |
| 13 | Vicenza | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 31 | −16 | 24 | |
| 14 | Atalanta (R) | 30 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 33 | −17 | 24 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 15 | Palermo (R) | 30 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 41 | −28 | 17 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 16 | Ternana (R) | 30 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 14 | 37 | −23 | 16 | Relegation to Serie B |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATA | BOL | CAG | FIO | INT | JUV | LRV | LAZ | MIL | NAP | PAL | ROM | SAM | TER | TOR | HEL |
| Atalanta | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Bologna | 1–0 | | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Cagliari | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Fiorentina | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Internazionale | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Juventus | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Vicenza | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Lazio | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Milan | 9–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Napoli | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Palermo | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Roma | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Sampdoria | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Ternana | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Torino | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 3–2 |
| Hellas Verona | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Giuseppe Savoldi | Bologna | 17 |
| 1 | Paolo Pulici | Torino | 17 |
| 1 | Gianni Rivera | Milan | 17 |
| 4 | Luciano Chiarugi | Milan | 12 |
| 4 | Roberto Boninsegna | Internazionale | 12 |
| 6 | Gigi Riva | Cagliari | 12 |
| 7 | Giorgio Chinaglia | Lazio | 10 |
| 7 | Alberto Bigon | Milan | 10 |
| 7 | Sergio Clerici | Fiorentina | 10 |
| 10 | Franco Causio | Juventus | 9 |
| 11 | José Altafini | Juventus | 8 |

## References and sources

* Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005