# 1972–73 Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is a football league in the Netherlands. In the 1972–1973 season it was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | AFC Ajax | 34 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 102 | 18 | +84 | 60 | Qualified for 1973–74 European Cup |
| 2 | Feijenoord | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 89 | 28 | +61 | 58 | Qualified for 1973–74 UEFA Cup |
| 3 | FC Twente | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 53 | 22 | +31 | 50 | Qualified for 1973–74 UEFA Cup |
| 4 | Sparta Rotterdam | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 85 | 37 | +48 | 47 | |
| 5 | FC Den Haag | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 40 | |
| 6 | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 46 | 35 | +11 | 38 | |
| 7 | MVV Maastricht | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 37 | |
| 8 | FC Utrecht | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 32 | |
| 9 | NEC | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 31 | |
| 10 | FC Amsterdam | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 29 | |
| 11 | HFC Haarlem | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 29 | |
| 12 | Telstar | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 28 | |
| 13 | FC Groningen | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 37 | 61 | −24 | 27 | |
| 14 | Go Ahead Eagles | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 25 | |
| 15 | AZ '67 | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 32 | 58 | −26 | 25 | |
| 16 | NAC | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 57 | −31 | 21 | Qualified for 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup |
| 17 | SBV Excelsior | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 70 | −46 | 18 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |
| 18 | FC Den Bosch | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 73 | −50 | 17 | Relegated to Eerste Divisie |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AJA | AMS | AZ | DBO | EXC | FEY | GAE | GRO | DHA | HFC | MVV | NAC | NEC | PSV | SPA | TEL | TWE | UTR |
| Ajax | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 9–0 | 8–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 9–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| FC Amsterdam | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| AZ '67 | 0–5 | 1–4 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| FC Den Bosch '67 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| Excelsior | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 1–6 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| Feijenoord | 2–0 | 7–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 7–0 | | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 |
| Go Ahead Eagles | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–4 |
| FC Groningen | 0–2 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| FC Den Haag | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 |
| Haarlem | 0–4 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 |
| MVV | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| NAC | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| N.E.C. | 0–4 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 7–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| PSV | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 5–1 |
| Sparta | 3–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 6–0 |
| Telstar | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| FC Twente '65 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 3–1 |
| FC Utrecht | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |