# 1971–72 Czechoslovak First League

Statistics of Czechoslovak First League in the 1971–72 season.

## Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Spartak Trnava won the championship. Ján Čapkovič was the league's top scorer with 19 goals.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Spartak Trnava (C) | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 60 | 25 | +35 | 44 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Slovan Bratislava | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 68 | 37 | +31 | 42 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Dukla Prague | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 35 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | VSS Košice | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 35 | |
| 5 | ZVL Žilina | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 31 | |
| 6 | Sparta Prague | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 50 | 52 | −2 | 31 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 7 | Slavia Prague | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 28 | |
| 8 | Lokomotíva Košice | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 28 | |
| 9 | Sklo Union Teplice | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 27 | |
| 10 | Nitra | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 27 | |
| 11 | Tatran Prešov | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 27 | |
| 12 | Baník Ostrava | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 26 | |
| 13 | TŽ Třinec | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 26 | |
| 14 | Zbrojovka Brno | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 42 | 61 | −19 | 25 | |
| 15 | Inter Bratislava (R) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 24 | Relegation to Czechoslovak Second League |
| 16 | Jednota Trenčín (R) | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 24 | Relegation to Czechoslovak Second League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | OST | DUK | INT | TRE | LOK | NIT | TEP | SLA | SLO | SPA | TRN | PRE | TŘI | KOŠ | BRN | ŽIL |
| Baník Ostrava | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Dukla Prague | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Inter Bratislava | 4–1 | 2–3 | | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Jednota Trenčín | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Lokomotíva Košice | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Nitra | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Sklo Union Teplice | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Slavia Prague | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 6–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 5–1 |
| Sparta Prague | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Spartak Trnava | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 7–0 | 0–0 |
| Tatran Prešov | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| TŽ Třinec | 2–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| VSS Košice | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Zbrojovka Brno | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–2 | | 1–3 |
| ZVL Žilina | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 6–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ján Čapkovič | Slovan Bratislava | 19 |
| 2 | Ján Strausz | VSS Košice | 14 |
| 3 | Jiří Klement | Baník Ostrava | 13 |
| 3 | Jaroslav Masrna | Spartak Trnava | 13 |
| 5 | Ladislav Kuna | Spartak Trnava | 12 |
| 5 | Ľudovít Mikloš | Zbrojovka Brno | 12 |
| 5 | Štefan Slezák | ZVL Žilina | 12 |
| 8 | Pavel Stratil | Sklo Union Teplice | 11 |