1972 Argentine Primera División

The 1972 Primera División season was the 81st season of top-flight football in Argentina. San Lorenzo won both tournaments, Metropolitano and Nacional (9th and 10th title), while Banfield and Lanús were relegated to Primera B.[1]

Primera División
Season1972
ChampionsSan Lorenzo (Metropolitano and Nacional)
← 1971
1973 →

Metropolitano Championship
Metropolitano
Season1972
ChampionsSan Lorenzo (9th title)
PromotedLanús
RelegatedBanfield
Lanús
Top goalscorer Miguel Brindisi (21 goals)
← 1971
1973 →
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 San Lorenzo 34 18 13 3 59 33 +26 49
2 Racing 34 14 15 5 56 44 +12 43
3 Huracán 34 14 12 8 66 49 +17 40
3 River Plate 34 15 10 9 64 52 +12 40
5 Vélez Sársfield 34 14 11 9 59 50 +9 39
6 Rosario Central 34 14 10 10 51 39 +12 38
6 Newell's Old Boys 34 13 12 9 49 49 0 38
8 Chacarita Juniors 34 13 11 10 46 41 +5 37
9 Boca Juniors 34 12 12 10 56 44 +12 36
9 Colón 34 14 8 12 51 52 −1 36
11 Independiente 34 12 11 11 47 48 −1 35
12 Argentinos Juniors 34 10 14 10 52 37 +15 34
13 Estudiantes (LP) 34 14 5 15 40 52 −12 33
14 Atlanta 34 12 7 15 43 54 −11 31
15 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 34 8 10 16 40 55 −15 26
16 Ferro Carril Oeste 34 6 12 16 39 55 −16 24
17 Lanús 34 3 6 25 35 71 −36 12
18 Banfield 34 7 7 20 25 53 −28 0[lower-alpha 1]
Source:
Notes:
  1. 21 points were deducted after the team was suspended for four months, starting on March 16.

Reclasificatorio Tournament
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Ferro Carril Oeste 5 3 2 0 16 10 +6 8
2 Atlanta 5 2 1 2 14 12 +2 5
3 Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP) 5 1 2 2 9 12 −3 4
3 Estudiantes (LP) 5 1 2 2 4 11 −7 4
5 Lanús 5 0 2 3 4 8 −4 2
6 Banfield 5 2 3 0 15 9 +6 0[lower-alpha 1]
Source:
Notes:
  1. 7 points were deducted after the team was suspended for four months, starting on March 16.

Nacional Championship
Nacional
Season1972
ChampionsSan Lorenzo (10th title)
1973 Copa LibertadoresSan Lorenzo
River Plate
Top goalscorer Carlos Morete (14 goals)
← 1971
1973 →

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 San Lorenzo 13 10 3 0 29 6 +23 23
2 River Plate 13 10 2 1 50 23 +27 22
3 Vélez Sársfield 13 8 2 3 31 19 +12 18
4 San Martín (M) 13 7 3 3 27 21 +6 17
5 Atlanta 13 6 4 3 31 15 +16 16
6 Rosario Central 13 5 4 4 28 18 +10 14
7 Independiente 13 4 5 4 24 20 +4 13
8 San Lorenzo (MdP) 13 5 2 6 24 28 −4 12
9 Lanús 13 3 5 5 17 23 −6 11
10 Gimnasia y Esgrima LP 13 3 3 7 13 24 −11 9
11 San Martín (T) 13 2 2 9 10 25 −15 6
12 Bartolomé Mitre 13 1 2 10 11 36 −25 4
13 Independiente (T) 13 0 3 10 10 46 −36 3
Source:

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Boca Juniors 13 10 2 1 31 15 +16 22
2 Colón 13 8 2 3 21 16 +5 18
3 Argentinos Juniors 13 7 3 3 26 16 +10 17
4 Huracán 13 6 4 3 26 20 +6 16
5 Racing 13 6 1 6 20 18 +2 13
5 Belgrano 13 4 5 4 19 18 +1 13
5 Banfield 13 5 3 5 23 27 −4 13
8 Ferro Carril Oeste 13 4 4 5 20 20 0 12
8 Desamparados 13 4 4 5 15 25 −10 12
10 Chacarita Juniors 13 3 5 5 19 18 +1 11
11 Gimnasia y Esgrima (M) 13 2 6 5 18 23 −5 10
12 Estudiantes (LP) 13 2 4 7 12 25 −13 8
13 Newell's Old Boys 13 2 1 10 18 28 −10 5
Source:

Semifinal

Final
San Lorenzo1–0River Plate
Figueroa  72' Report
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Roberto Goicochea

References
  1. Argentina 1972 on RSSSF.com
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