stringtranslate.com

1972–73 Bundesliga

The 1972–73 Bundesliga was the tenth season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 16 September 1972[1] and ended on 9 June 1973.[2] FC Bayern Munich were the defending champions.

Competition modus

Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the two teams with the fewest points were relegated to their respective Regionalliga divisions.

Team changes to 1971–72

Borussia Dortmund were relegated to the Regionalliga after finishing in 17th place. They were accompanied by Arminia Bielefeld, who were demoted by the DFB for playing a key role in the 1971 match fixing scandal (although their playing record would have relegated them anyway). Both teams were replaced by Wuppertaler SV and Kickers Offenbach, who won their respective promotion play-off groups.

Season overview

Team overview

1972–73 Bundesliga is located in FRG and West Berlin
Hertha BSC
Bochum
Braunschweig
Bremen
MSV
MSV
        Düsseldorf
        Düsseldorf
Frankfurt
Hamburg
Hannover
Kaiserslautern
Köln
Köln
MGL
MGL
Bayern
RWO        

RWO        
Offenbach
        Schalke

        Schalke
Stuttgart
Wuppertal
class=notpageimage|
Location of teams in Bundesliga 1972–73

League table

Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Bayern Munich played only the first match at this stadium.
  2. ^ As Borussia Mönchengladbach qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup and DFB-Pokal runners-up 1. FC Köln had already qualified for the UEFA Cup via league placement, M'gladbach's spot was transferred to sixth-placed team VfB Stuttgart.

Results

Source: DFB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The Eintracht Braunschweig v Eintracht Frankfurt match from 31 October 1972 was suspended after 45 minutes (half-time) and a score of 3–0 due to poor visibility caused by heavy fog. The replay took place on 28 November 1972 and finished with a score of 2–1.[4]

Top goalscorers

36 goals
28 goals
21 goals
19 goals
18 goals
17 goals
16 goals
14 goals

Champion squad

See also

References

  1. ^ "Schedule Round 1". DFB.
  2. ^ "Archive 1972/1973 Round 34". DFB. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011.
  3. ^ a b Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, Band 7: Vereinslexikon (in German). Kassel: AGON Sportverlag. ISBN 3-89784-147-9.
  4. ^ "Eintracht Braunschweig – Eintracht Frankfurt 3:0, 1. Bundesliga, Saison 1972/73, 10. Spieltag" [Eintracht Braunschweig – Eintracht Frankfurt 3–0, 1. Bundesliga, 1972–73 season, matchday 10]. kicker (in German). Retrieved 31 March 2018.

External links