# Eerste divisie 1972/73

Het seizoen 1972/73 van de Nederlandse Eerste divisie had Roda JC als kampioen. De Limburgse club promoveerde daarmee naar de Eredivisie. Via de nacompetitie pakte De Graafschap de tweede plek in de Eredivisie.

## Eerste divisie
### Deelnemende teams

| Club | Plaats | Accommodatie | Capaciteit | Trainer |
| De Volewijckers | Noord-Holland Amsterdam | Buiksloterbanne | 12.500 | Ger Blok |
| De Graafschap | Gelderland Doetinchem | De Vijverberg | 12.500 | Piet de Visser |
| Eindhoven | Noord-Brabant Eindhoven | Aalsterweg | 27.000 | Hans Alleman |
| FC Dordrecht | Zuid-Holland Dordrecht | Krommedijk | 12.000 | Bob Janse |
| FC VVV | Limburg Venlo | De Koel | 20.000 | Rob Baan |
| Fortuna | Zuid-Holland Vlaardingen | Floreslaan | 12.000 | Jan van Baaren |
| FSC | Limburg Sittard | De Baandert | 20.000 | Cor Brom |
| Heerenveen | Friesland Heerenveen | Gemeentelijk Sportpark | 15.000 | Meg de Jongh |
| Helmond Sport | Noord-Brabant Helmond | De Braak | 12.000 | René van Eck |
| Heracles | Overijssel Almelo | Bornsestraat | 20.000 | Ron Dellow |
| HVC | Utrecht (provincie) Amersfoort | Birkhoven | 10.000 | Bas Paauwe |
| PEC Zwolle | Overijssel Zwolle | Gemeentelijk Sportpark | 12.000 | Lászlo Zalai Georg Keßler |
| Volendam | Noord-Holland Volendam | Julianastraat | 15.000 | Bruin Steur |
| Roda JC | Limburg Kerkrade | Kaalheide | 20.000 | Hennie Hollink |
| SC Cambuur | Friesland Leeuwarden | Cambuurstadion | 16.000 | Leo Beenhakker |
| SVV | Zuid-Holland Schiedam | Harga | 10.000 | Rinus Gosens |
| Veendam | Groningen (provincie) Veendam | De Langeleegte | 13.000 | Cor van der Gijp |
| Vitesse | Gelderland Arnhem | Nieuw-Monnikenhuize | 18.000 | Frans de Munck |
| Wageningen | Gelderland Wageningen | De Wageningse Berg | 16.000 | Maarten Vink |
| Willem II | Noord-Brabant Tilburg | Gemeentelijk Sportpark | 20.000 | Henk Wullems |

### Eindstand

| pos | club | gs | w | g | v | pnt | dv | dt | ds |
| 1. | Roda JC | 38 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 52 | 54 | 32 | 22 |
| 2. | PEC Zwolle | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 48 | 72 | 48 | 24 |
| 3. | Vitesse | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 48 | 58 | 38 | 20 |
| 4. | De Graafschap | 38 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 47 | 52 | 34 | 18 |
| 5. | Helmond Sport | 38 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 47 | 53 | 38 | 15 |
| 6. | Volendam | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 45 | 65 | 35 | 30 |
| 7. | SC Cambuur | 38 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 44 | 53 | 40 | 13 |
| 8. | Wageningen | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 57 | 52 | 5 |
| 9. | Fortuna SC | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 42 | 40 | 36 | 4 |
| 10. | Heerenveen | 38 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 41 | 44 | 43 | 1 |
| 11. | Eindhoven | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 37 | 48 | 45 | 3 |
| 12. | Veendam | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 34 | 40 | 50 | -10 |
| 13. | SVV | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 33 | 26 | 41 | -15 |
| 14. | Willem II | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 32 | 39 | 55 | -16 |
| 15. | Heracles | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 30 | 45 | 58 | -13 |
| 16. | HVC | 38 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 28 | 40 | 52 | -12 |
| 17. | Fortuna | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 30 | 48 | -18 |
| 18. | FC VVV | 38 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 28 | 25 | 45 | -20 |
| 19. | De Volewijckers | 38 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 28 | 43 | 65 | -22 |
| 20. | FC Dordrecht | 38 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 24 | 29 | 58 | -29 |

#### Legenda

| Kleur | Kwalificatie voor |
| | Promotie naar de Eredivisie |
| | Nacompetitie voor promotie naar de Eredivisie |

### Uitslagen

| | CAM | DOR | EVV | FVL | FOR | GRA | HEE | HSP | HER | HVC | PEC | RJC | SVV | VEE | VIT | VOL | VWK | VVV | WAG | WIL |
| SC Cambuur | | 3 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 4 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 5 – 5 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 0 |
| FC Dordrecht | 0 – 0 | | 2 – 3 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 0 – 2 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 0 |
| Eindhoven | 1 – 1 | 3 – 1 | | 2 – 0 | 3 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 1 – 2 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 3 | 2 – 0 | 4 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 2 – 1 |
| Fortuna | 0 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 1 | | 0 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 2 | 0 – 0 | 0 – 3 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 4 – 2 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 0 |
| Fortuna SC | 0 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 4 | 2 – 1 | | 1 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 2 |
| De Graafschap | 1 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 3 – 1 | | 0 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 3 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 3 – 2 | 4 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 2 | 2 – 1 |
| Heerenveen | 2 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 2 | | 2 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 3 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 2 – 0 |
| Helmond Sport | 3 – 1 | 5 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 0 | | 3 – 2 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 5 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 4 – 1 | 3 – 2 |
| Heracles | 2 – 2 | 0 – 3 | 0 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 3 | 1 – 3 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 0 | | 2 – 2 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 2 | 2 – 2 | 1 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 1 – 1 |
| HVC | 2 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 2 – 0 | | 3 – 3 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 4 | 1 – 2 | 2 – 3 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 1 |
| PEC Zwolle | 2 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 0 – 2 | 6 – 3 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 3 – 2 | | 7 – 2 | 4 – 0 | 4 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 4 – 1 | 2 – 0 |
| Roda JC | 3 – 2 | 4 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 3 – 1 | | 2 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 3 – 1 |
| SVV | 0 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 3 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 1 | | 0 – 3 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 – 1 |
| Veendam | 2 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 2 | 0 – 3 | 2 – 0 | | 1 – 2 | 0 – 2 | 0 – 3 | 0 – 0 | 5 – 1 | 0 – 0 |
| Vitesse | 0 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 0 – 2 | 0 – 2 | 2 – 0 | 2 – 0 | 5 – 3 | 3 – 2 | 3 – 2 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | | 0 – 1 | 3 – 0 | 4 – 0 | 3 – 2 | 1 – 1 |
| Volendam | 0 – 1 | 4 – 0 | 4 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 4 – 0 | 6 – 2 | 3 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 3 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 1 | | 2 – 0 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 6 – 0 |
| De Volewijckers | 1 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 2 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 2 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 3 | 0 – 2 | | 2 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 3 – 3 |
| FC VVV | 1 – 2 | 3 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 4 | 0 – 0 | | 0 – 5 | 3 – 0 |
| Wageningen | 1 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 2 – 1 | 4 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 3 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 5 – 2 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 0 | 3 – 2 | 1 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 3 – 3 | 2 – 0 | | 0 – 0 |
| Willem II | 1 – 3 | 3 – 0 | 4 – 2 | 3 – 0 | 1 – 1 | 0 – 1 | 0 – 3 | 1 – 0 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 1 | 0 – 2 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 2 | 0 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 1 – 2 | 2 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 1 – 1 | |

## Topscorers

| # | Naam | Club | |
| 1. | Johan Zuidema | SC Cambuur | 25 |
| 2. | Herman Heskamp | PEC Zwolle | 24 |
| 3. | Bram van Kerkhof | Vitesse | 20 |
| 4. | Gerdo Hazelhekke | Wageningen | 18 |
| 5. | Jan Hoogendoorn | PEC Zwolle | 17 |
| 6. | Herman Veenendaal | Vitesse | 16 |
| | Henk van Leeuwen | Roda JC | 16 |
| 8. | Uwe Blotenberg | Fortuna SC | 14 |
| 9. | Gerard van de Kerkhof | Helmond Sport | 13 |
| | Henk van Meteren | Willem II | 13 |

## Nacompetitie
### Eindstand

| pos | club | gs | w | g | v | pnt | dv | dt | ds |
| 1. | De Graafschap | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| 2. | Volendam | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 9 |
| 3. | Wageningen | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -6 |
| 4. | PEC Zwolle | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -7 |

### Legenda

| Kleur | Kwalificatie voor |
| | Promotie naar de Eredivisie |

### Uitslagen

| | GRA | PEC | VOL | WAG |
| De Graafschap | | 1 – 1 | 1 – 0 | 2 – 1 |
| PEC Zwolle | 2 – 4 | | 1 – 2 | 2 – 2 |
| Volendam | 2 – 1 | 4 – 0 | | 7 – 1 |
| Wageningen | 0 – 1 | 2 – 2 | 2 – 0 | |
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