# 1972–73 Primeira Divisão

The 1972–73 Primeira Divisão was the 39th season of top-tier football in Portugal.

## Overview

It was contested by 16 teams. S.L. Benfica won the championship, with 28 victories, 0 losses and 2 draws.

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Benfica (C) | 30 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 101 | 13 | +88 | 58 | Qualification to European Cup first round |
| 2 | Belenenses | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 40 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Vitória de Setúbal | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 65 | 26 | +39 | 38 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Porto | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 56 | 28 | +28 | 37 | |
| 5 | Sporting CP | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 57 | 31 | +26 | 37 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 6 | Vitória de Guimarães | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 33 | |
| 7 | Boavista | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 31 | |
| 8 | CUF Barreiro | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 30 | |
| 9 | Leixões | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 30 | |
| 10 | Barreirense | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 64 | −21 | 25 | |
| 11 | Farense | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 53 | −26 | 24 | |
| 12 | Beira-Mar | 30 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 27 | 57 | −30 | 23 | |
| 13 | Montijo | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 29 | 47 | −18 | 23 | |
| 14 | União de Coimbra (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 54 | −32 | 17 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |
| 15 | Atlético CP (R) | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 52 | −25 | 17 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |
| 16 | União de Tomar (R) | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 35 | 69 | −34 | 17 | Relegation to Segunda Divisão |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ACP | BAR | BEM | BEL | BEN | BOA | CUF | FAR | LEI | MON | POR | SCP | UCO | UTO | VGU | VSE |
| Atlético CP | | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 |
| Barreirense | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 4–4 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Beira-Mar | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Belenenses | 3–2 | 4–2 | 4–0 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Benfica | 2–0 | 3–0 | 9–0 | 5–0 | | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 8–0 | 3–0 |
| Boavista | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| CUF Barreiro | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–4 |
| Farense | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 |
| Leixões | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Montijo | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 |
| Porto | 5–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Sporting CP | 4–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| União de Coimbra | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| União de Tomar | 0–1 | 3–1 | 8–1 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–7 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Vitória de Guimarães | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | | 1–0 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 5–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Eusébio | Benfica | 40 |
| 2 | Flávio Minuano | Porto | 21 |
| 3 | Héctor Yazalde | Sporting | 19 |
| 4 | Nélson | Sporting | 18 |
| 5 | Duda | Vitória de Setúbal | 17 |
| 5 | Abel | Porto | 17 |
| 7 | Francisco González | Belenenses | 16 |
| 8 | Arcanjo | Vitória de Setúbal | 14 |
| 8 | Moinhos | Boavista | 14 |
| 10 | José Torres | Vitória de Setúbal | 13 |