1972–73 Serie A

Serie A
Season	1972–73
Dates	24 September 1972 – 20 May 1973
Champions	Juventus; 15th title
Relegated	Atalanta; Palermo; Ternana
European Cup	Juventus
Cup Winners' Cup	Milan
UEFA Cup	Lazio; Fiorentina; Internazionale; Torino
Matches played	240
Goals scored	449 (1.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gianni Rivera; Giuseppe Savoldi ; Paolo Pulici ; (17 goals each)
	← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–73 Serie A season was the 71st season of top division football in Italy, and the 41st season of Serie A. The season began on 24 September 1972, and ended on 20 May 1973. Juventus won their 15th league title.

Team locations

Serie A 1972-73 team distribution

Team	Home city	Stadium
Atalanta	Bergamo	Stadio Comunale
Bologna	Bologna	Stadio Comunale
Cagliari	Cagliari	Stadio Sant'Elia
Fiorentina	Florence	Stadio Comunale
Hellas Verona	Verona	Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Internazionale	Milan	Stadio San Siro
Juventus	Turin	Stadio Comunale di Torino
Lazio	Rome	Stadio Olimpico
Milan	Milan	Stadio San Siro
Napoli	Naples	Stadio San Paolo
Palermo	Palermo	Stadio La Favorita
Roma	Rome	Stadio Olimpico
Sampdoria	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Ternana	Terni	Stadio Libero Liberati
Torino	Turin	Stadio Comunale di Torino
Vicenza	Vicenza	Stadio Romeo Menti

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	30	18	9	3	45	22	+23	45	Qualification to European Cup
2	Milan	30	18	8	4	65	33	+32	44	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup
3	Lazio	30	16	11	3	33	16	+17	43	Qualification to UEFA Cup
4	Fiorentina	30	16	5	9	39	26	+13	37
5	Internazionale	30	15	7	8	32	23	+9	37
6	Torino	30	11	9	10	33	21	+12	31
7	Bologna	30	11	9	10	33	31	+2	31
8	Cagliari	30	9	11	10	26	28	−2	29
9	Napoli	30	7	14	9	18	20	−2	28
10	Hellas Verona	30	5	16	9	28	34	−6	26
11	Roma	30	6	12	12	23	28	−5	24
12	Sampdoria	30	5	14	11	16	25	−9	24
13	Vicenza	30	7	10	13	15	31	−16	24
14	Atalanta (R)	30	5	14	11	16	33	−17	24	Relegation to Serie B
15	Palermo (R)	30	3	11	16	13	41	−28	17
16	Ternana (R)	30	3	10	17	14	37	−23	16

Source: Panini
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ATA	BOL	CAG	FIO	INT	JUV	LRV	LAZ	MIL	NAP	PAL	ROM	SAM	TER	TOR	HEL
Atalanta		1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–1
Bologna	1–0		4–2	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	3–0	1–3	1–1	3–0	1–0	4–1
Cagliari	0–0	1–0		2–2	2–3	0–1	3–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1
Fiorentina	4–0	3–0	3–0		1–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–0
Internazionale	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0		0–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	4–0	2–0	1–0
Juventus	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1		3–2	1–0	2–2	0–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1
Vicenza	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–2		1–2	0–3	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2
Lazio	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0		2–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–1
Milan	9–3	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–2	2–2	2–0	3–1		1–0	4–0	3–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–1
Napoli	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0		1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1
Palermo	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–0		1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0
Roma	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0		3–1	0–0	1–0	0–1
Sampdoria	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–4	1–1	0–0	0–0		0–0	2–1	0–1
Ternana	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–3	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–4	0–2		0–0	2–1
Torino	2–1	3–1	0–0	3–0	4–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–0		3–2
Hellas Verona	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	5–3	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–0

Source: Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005 (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Giuseppe Savoldi	Bologna	17
	Paolo Pulici	Torino
	Gianni Rivera	Milan
4	Luciano Chiarugi	Milan	12
4	Roberto Boninsegna	Internazionale	12
6	Gigi Riva	Cagliari	12
7	Giorgio Chinaglia	Lazio	10
	Alberto Bigon	Milan
	Sergio Clerici	Fiorentina
10	Franco Causio	Juventus	9
11	José Altafini	Juventus	8

References and sources

Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005

Other websites

All results on RSSSF Website.

Serie A seasons
Prima Categoria	1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 FIGC
Prima Divisione	1921–22 CCI 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26
Divisione Nazionale	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29
Serie A	1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43
Divisione Nazionale	1943–44 1944–45 1945–46
Serie A	1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Wartime tournaments: 1916 Coppa Federale 1944 Alta Italia