1972–73 Eredivisie

Eredivisie
Season 1972-73
Champions Ajax (16th title)
Promoted HFC Haarlem
AZ '67
Relegated Excelsior
FC Den Bosch
European Cup Ajax
Cup Winners' Cup NAC
UEFA Cup Feyenoord
FC Twente
Goals scored 849
Average goals/game 2.77
Top goalscorer Cas Janssens
NEC; Willy Brokamp MVV 18 goals [1]

The Eredivisie is a football league in the Netherlands. In the 1972/1973 season it was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.

League standings

Pos Team GP W D L Pts GF GA GD
1 Ajax 34 30 0 4 60 102 18 84 European Cup
Second round
2 Feyenoord 2 34 27 4 3 58 89 28 61 UEFA Cup
3 FC Twente 34 22 6 6 50 53 22 31
4 Sparta 34 21 5 8 47 85 37 48
5 FC Den Haag 2 34 15 10 9 40 44 39 5
6 PSV 2 34 15 8 11 38 46 35 11
7 MVV 34 14 9 11 37 49 38 11
8 FC Utrecht 34 12 8 14 32 42 55 -13
9 NEC 34 10 11 13 31 40 46 -6
10 FC Amsterdam 2,3 34 11 7 16 29 44 54 -10
11 HFC Haarlem 34 10 9 15 29 43 55 -12
12 Telstar 34 12 4 18 28 39 51 -12
13 FC Groningen 34 7 13 14 27 37 61 -24
14 Go Ahead Eagles 34 8 9 17 25 31 52 -21
15 AZ '67 34 8 9 17 25 32 58 -26
16 NAC 1 34 7 7 20 21 26 57 -31 Cup Winners' Cup
17 Excelsior 34 5 8 21 18 24 70 -46 Relegation to Eerste Divisie
18 FC Den Bosch 34 5 7 22 17 23 73 -50

1 Winners KNVB Cup.
2 Clubs participating in the Intertoto Cup 1973.
3 FC Amsterdam was formed after a merger between Blauw Wit and the eredivisie club from last year: Door Wilskracht Sterk (DWS). De Volewijckers would join in the merger a few years later.

See also

References

  1. ^ EredivisieStats.nl - topscorers