1972–73 Czechoslovak First League

Czechoslovak First League
Season	1972–73
Champions	Spartak Trnava
Relegated	TŽ Třinec; Spartak Hradec Králové
European Cup	Spartak Trnava
Cup Winners' Cup	Baník Ostrava
UEFA Cup	Tatran Prešov; VSS Košice
Top goalscorer	Ladislav Józsa (21 goals)
	← 1971–72 1973–74 →

Statistics of Czechoslovak First League in the 1972–73 season.

Overview edit

It was contested by 16 teams, and FC Spartak Trnava won the championship. Ladislav Józsa was the league's top scorer with 21 goals.^[1]

Location of clubs in the 1972–73 Czechoslovak First League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spartak Trnava (C)	30	16	7	7	47	20	+27	39	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Tatran Prešov	30	17	4	9	42	30	+12	38	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	VSS Košice	30	13	9	8	46	28	+18	35	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Dukla Prague	30	12	10	8	32	23	+9	34
5	ZVL Žilina	30	14	5	11	50	38	+12	33
6	Lokomotíva Košice	30	12	8	10	39	40	−1	32
7	Baník Ostrava	30	11	8	11	32	34	−2	30	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
8	Slovan Bratislava	30	12	5	13	32	31	+1	29
9	Sklo Union Teplice	30	12	4	14	37	34	+3	28
10	Nitra	30	11	6	13	36	39	−3	28
11	Sparta Prague	30	10	8	12	39	45	−6	28
12	Zbrojovka Brno	30	10	7	13	43	45	−2	27
13	Škoda Plzeň	30	10	6	14	32	44	−12	26
14	Slavia Prague	30	8	9	13	30	41	−11	25
15	TŽ Třinec (R)	30	7	11	12	24	39	−15	25	Relegation to Czechoslovak Second League
16	Spartak Hradec Králové (R)	30	9	5	16	25	55	−30	23	Relegation to Czechoslovak Second League

Source: ^[2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Home \ Away	OST	DUK	LOK	NIT	TEP	PLZ	SLA	SLO	SPA	HRK	TRN	PRE	TŘI	KOŠ	BRN	ŽIL
Baník Ostrava		0–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–1
Dukla Prague	2–1		0–0	2–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–1
Lokomotíva Košice	3–1	1–0		2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	4–1	3–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	4–1	3–2
Nitra	1–0	0–0	3–0		2–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	5–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	4–0	4–1
Sklo Union Teplice	2–0	3–2	2–2	4–2		1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	5–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–1
Škoda Plzeň	1–1	0–1	3–1	3–0	0–1		1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	3–2	1–1	5–2	2–0
Slavia Prague	1–3	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–2		4–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–2
Slovan Bratislava	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	2–0		2–2	7–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	2–0
Sparta Prague	2–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–1		2–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–2	1–3	3–1
Spartak Hradec Králové	0–0	1–3	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–2		0–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–2
Spartak Trnava	6–0	1–1	5–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–1	1–0		2–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	1–0
Tatran Prešov	4–0	2–0	1–1	4–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	0–0		3–1	1–0	2–0	3–2
TŽ Třinec	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	1–4	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–2		1–1	1–0	0–0
VSS Košice	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	4–1	0–0	4–0	4–0	6–2	2–1	2–1	2–0		3–0	5–0
Zbrojovka Brno	0–1	0–0	0–2	3–1	3–0	5–0	1–1	1–0	2–3	3–0	3–3	3–0	3–0	4–0		0–0
ZVL Žilina	3–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–3	1–1	5–0	1–2	4–0	2–3	2–0	3–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ladislav Józsa	Lokomotíva Košice	21
2	Štefan Slezák	ZVL Žilina	19
3	Přemysl Bičovský	Sklo Union Teplice	14
4	Jiří Klement	Baník Ostrava	13
4	Ľudovít Mikloš	Zbrojovka Brno	13
6	Jozef Tománek	ZVL Žilina	12
7	Ján Strausz	VSS Košice	11

^ Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal - lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p. 232. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
^ Malcolm Hodgson and Zbynek Pawlas (4 August 2005). "Czechoslovakia 1945-1993". Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic - List of League Tables. RSSSF. Retrieved 15 June 2016.