Eredivisie 1972-73
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The Eredivisie
is a football league in the Netherlands. In the 1972/1973 season it was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.
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.
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
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 European Cup 1973-74 The 1973–74 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the first time by Bayern Munich, beginning their own three year period of domination, in a replayed final against Atlético Madrid... |
| 2 | Feyenoord 2 | 34 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 58 | 89 | 28 | 61 | UEFA Cup |
| 3 | FC Twente FC Twente FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys... |
34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 53 | 22 | 31 | |
| 4 | Sparta Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands, established on April 1, 1888. Sparta is one of three professional football clubs from Rotterdam, the others being Excelsior and Feyenoord , the latter playing in the Eredivisie.-History:Sparta was first founded in 1887.... |
34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 47 | 85 | 37 | 48 | |
| 5 | FC Den Haag ADO Den Haag Alles Door Oefening Den Haag , commonly known by the abbreviated name ADO Den Haag , is a Dutch football club from the city of The Hague. The club was for a time known as FC Den Haag , with ADO representing the amateur branch of the club... 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 FC Amsterdam FC Amsterdam was a Dutch football club which was founded on June 20, 1972, from the merger of the Amsterdam football clubs Blauw Wit and DWS. The club Volewijckers joined the side for the 1973-1974 season... 2,3 |
34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 44 | 54 | -10 | |
| 11 | HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889. The club won the Dutch national title in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912... |
34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 43 | 55 | -12 | |
| 12 | Telstar Stormvogels Telstar Telstar is a Dutch football club based in Velsen. The club was established after the merger of two football clubs in the town of Velsen.- History :... |
34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 28 | 39 | 51 | -12 | |
| 13 | FC Groningen | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 37 | 61 | -24 | |
| 14 | Go Ahead Eagles Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst. To date, the club has won the national championship four times... |
34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 31 | 52 | -21 | |
| 15 | AZ '67 | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 32 | 58 | -26 | |
| 16 | NAC NAC Breda NAC Breda , simply often known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Dutch Eredivisie and are known by the fierce and fanatic support of... 1 |
34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 26 | 57 | -31 | Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1973-74 The season 1973-74 of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by 1. FC Magdeburg in a final victory against defending champions A.C. Milan... |
| 17 | Excelsior | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 18 | 24 | 70 | -46 | Relegation to Eerste Divisie Eerste Divisie 1973-74 The Dutch Eerste Divisie in the 1973/1974 season was contested by 20 teams. Excelsior won the championship.-New entrants:Relegated from the Eredivisie 1972-73* FC Den Bosch* ExcelsiorHVC changed their name to SC Amersfoort for this season.... |
| 18 | FC Den Bosch | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 23 | 73 | -50 |
1 Winners KNVB Cup
KNVB Cup 1972-73
The KNVB Cup 1972–73 started on October 29, 1972. The final was held on May 31, 1973 with NAC beating NEC 2–0 and winning the cup for the first time.-Teams:* All 18 participants of the Eredivisie 1972-73, entering in the second round...
.
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
Door Wilskracht Sterk
AFC Door Wilskracht Sterk is a Dutch football club from Amsterdam.-History:AFC Door Wilskracht Sterk was founded on 11 October 1907, by the trio of Robert Beijerbacht, Theo Beijerbacht and Jansen van Galen under the name of Fortuna which was soon changed to Hercules. The team played in a blue and...
(DWS). De Volewijckers would join in the merger a few years later.