# 1972–73 NK Hajduk Split season

The 1972–73 season was the 62nd season in Hajduk Split’s history and their 27th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 10th place finish in the 1971–72 season meant it was their 27th successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League.

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final result | First match | Last Match |
| 1972–73 Yugoslav First League | – | 9th | 20 August | 24 June |
| 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup | First round | Semi-finals | 13 September | 25 April |

### Yugoslav First League
#### Classification

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Sarajevo | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 34 | |
| 8 | Dinamo Zagreb | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 33 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 9 | Hajduk Split | 34 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 31 | |
| 10 | Vardar | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 31 | |
| 11 | Radnički Niš | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 40 | −16 | 30 | |
* ↑ Vardar was invited to the Balkans Cup.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | L |

## Matches
### First League

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Hajduk Scorers |
| 1 | 20 Aug | A | Velež | 0 – 1 | |
| 2 | 27 Aug | H | Željezničar | 3 – 2 | Nadoveza (3) |
| 3 | 30 Aug | A | Spartak Subotica | 0 – 1 | |
| 4 | 3 Sep | H | Borac Banja Luka | 1 – 1 | Džoni |
| 5 | 9 Sep | A | Čelik | 1 – 2 | Nadoveza |
| 6 | 17 Sep | H | Bor | 4 – 0 | Nadoveza (2), Šurjak, Jerković |
| 7 | 24 Sep | A | Olimpija | 0 – 4 | |
| 8 | 1 Oct | H | Sutjeska | 3 – 0 | Hlevnjak, Jovanić, Nadoveza |
| 9 | 8 Oct | A | Partizan | 1 – 2 | Jerković |
| 10 | 22 Oct | H | OFK Beograd | 1 – 0 | Šurjak |
| 11 | 29 Oct | A | Sarajevo | 0 – 2 | |
| 12 | 1 Nov | H | Vardar | 5 – 0 | Buljan, Nadoveza, Šurjak, Hlevnjak, Jovanić |
| 13 | 5 Nov | A | Sloboda | 0 – 2 | |
| 14 | 26 Nov | H | Radnički Niš | 2 – 0 | Nadoveza (2) |
| 15 | 3 Dec | A | Vojvodina | 0 – 2 | |
| 16 | 10 Dec | A | Dinamo Zagreb | 0 – 1 | |
| 17 | 17 Dec | H | Red Star | 2 – 0 | Šurjak, Nadoveza |
| 18 | 4 Mar | H | Velež | 0 – 3 | |
| 19 | 11 Mar | A | Željezničar | 1 – 4 | Peruzović |
| 20 | 18 Mar | H | Spartak Subotica | 2 – 2 | Buljan, Hlevnjak |
| 21 | 26 Mar | A | Borac Banja Luka | 0 – 2 | |
| 22 | 1 Apr | H | Čelik | 3 – 0 | Jerković (3) |
| 23 | 8 Apr | A | Bor | 0 – 3 | |
| 24 | 15 Apr | H | Olimpija | 2 – 1 | Jerković, Nadoveza |
| 25 | 22 Apr | A | Sutjeska | 0 – 2 | |
| 26 | 29 Apr | H | Partizan | 3 – 2 | Nadoveza, Hlevnjak, Jerković |
| 27 | 2 May | A | OFK Beograd | 0 – 2 | |
| 28 | 16 May | H | Sarajevo | 2 – 1 | Šurjak, Hlevnjak |
| 29 | 20 May | A | Vardar | 2 – 1 | Hlevnjak, Jerković |
| 30 | 27 May | H | Sloboda | 4 – 0 | Nadoveza (3), Bošković |
| 31 | 3 Jun | A | Radnički Niš | 0 – 1 | |
| 32 | 10 Jun | H | Vojvodina | 7 – 0 | Nadoveza (2), Jerković (2), Jovanić, Bošković, Šurjak |
| 33 | 17 Jun | H | Dinamo Zagreb | 1 – 1 | Nadoveza |
| 34 | 24 Jun | A | Red Star | 0 – 2 | |
Source: hajduk.hr

### Cup Winners' Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Hajduk Scorers |
| R1 | 13 Sep | H | Fredrikstad | 1 – 0 | Nadoveza |
| R1 | 27 Sep | A | Fredrikstad | 1 – 0 | Nadoveza |
| R2 | 25 Oct | A | Wrexham | 1 – 3 | Jovanić |
| R2 | 8 Nov | H | Wrexham | 2 – 0 | Nadoveza (2) |
| QF | 7 Mar | A | Hibernian | 2 – 4 | Hlevnjak (2) |
| QF | 21 Mar | H | Hibernian | 3 – 0 | Šurjak, Hlevnjak, Blackley (o.g.) |
| SF | 11 Apr | A | Leeds United | 0 – 1 | |
| SF | 25 Apr | H | Leeds United | 0 – 0 | |
Sources: hajduk.hr

## Player seasonal records
### Top scorers

| Rank | Name | League | Europe | Total |
| 1 | Petar Nadoveza | 19 | 4 | 23 |
| 2 | Jurica Jerković | 10 | – | 10 |
| 3 | Ivan Hlevnjak | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Ivica Šurjak | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Mićun Jovanić | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Miroslav Bošković | 2 | – | 2 |
| 6 | Ivan Buljan | 2 | – | 2 |
| 8 | Vilson Džoni | 1 | – | 1 |
| 8 | Luka Peruzović | 1 | – | 1 |
| | Own goals | – | 1 | 1 |
| | TOTALS | 50 | 10 | 60 |
Source: Competitive matches