# 1972–73 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Final standings of the 1972–73 Hungarian League season.

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Újpesti Dózsa (C) | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 81 | 21 | +60 | 46 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Ferencváros | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 60 | 31 | +29 | 41 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Vasas | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 54 | 33 | +21 | 40 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | Budapest Honvéd | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 60 | 37 | +23 | 35 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 5 | Videoton | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 35 | |
| 6 | Zalaegerszeg | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 37 | +5 | 33 | |
| 7 | Csepel | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 31 | |
| 8 | Rába ETO Győr | 30 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 30 | |
| 9 | MTK Budapest | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 27 | |
| 10 | Salgótarján | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 25 | |
| 11 | Tatabányai Bányász | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 25 | |
| 12 | Pécsi Dózsa | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 41 | −14 | 25 | |
| 13 | Egyetértés VM | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 28 | 48 | −20 | 24 | |
| 14 | SZEOL | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 24 | |
| 15 | Diósgyőr (R) | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 50 | −30 | 20 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II |
| 16 | Komlói Bányász (R) | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 52 | −28 | 19 | Relegation to Nemzeti Bajnokság II |

## Results

| Home \ Away | CSE | DIÓ | EGY | FTC | HON | MTK | KOM | PÉC | GYŐ | SAL | SZE | TAT | ÚJP | VAS | VID | ZTE |
| Csepel | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Diósgyőr | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Egyetértés VM | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Ferencváros | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | | 4–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Budapest Honvéd | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 6–0 |
| MTK Budapest | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Komlói Bányász | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Pécsi Dózsa | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
| Rába ETO Győr | 3–5 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Salgótarján | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| SZEOL | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Tatabányai Bányász | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Újpesti Dózsa | 2–2 | 7–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 7–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Vasas | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Videoton | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 3–0 | | 1–0 |
| Zalaegerszeg | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |

## Statistical leaders
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ferenc Bene | Újpesti Dózsa | 23 |
| 2 | Mihály Kozma | Budapest Honvéd | 19 |
| 3 | László Fazekas | Újpesti Dózsa | 17 |
| 4 | Béla Várady | Vasas SC | 15 |
| 5 | József Mucha | Ferencvárosi TC | 13 |
| 5 | László Pusztai | Budapest Honvéd | 13 |
| 5 | Lajos Szurgent | Csepel SC | 13 |
| 8 | Ferenc Vass | Szegedi EOL | 12 |
| 9 | Antal Dunai | Újpesti Dózsa | 11 |
| 9 | István Szőke | Ferencvárosi TC | 11 |