1972–73 1.Lig

Türk Telekomspor
European Cup	Galatasaray
Cup Winners' Cup	Ankaragücü
UEFA Cup	Fenerbahçe Eskişehirspor
Matches played	240
Goals scored	449 (1.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Osman Arpacıoğlu (16 goals)
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

Statistics of the Turkish First Football League for the 1972–73 season.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and

Galatasaray S.K.

won the championship.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Galatasaray (C)	30	19	9	2	47	12	+35	47	Qualification to European Cup first round
2	Fenerbahçe	30	16	10	4	42	17	+25	42	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Eskişehirspor	30	12	12	6	31	19	+12	36	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	MKE Ankaragücü	30	12	10	8	24	21	+3	34	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
5	Boluspor	30	12	9	9	37	30	+7	33	Invitation to Balkans Cup
6	Beşiktaş	30	9	13	8	14	18	−4	31
7	Altay	30	11	8	11	32	23	+9	30
8	Göztepe A.Ş.	30	11	8	11	33	31	+2	30
9	Giresunspor	30	11	7	12	27	34	−7	29
10	Bursaspor	30	6	16	8	27	29	−2	28
11	Mersin İdmanyurdu	30	8	11	11	26	31	−5	27
12	Samsunspor	30	8	10	12	21	40	−19	26
13	Adanaspor	30	7	9	14	24	34	−10	23
14	Vefa	30	6	10	14	22	35	−13	22
15	Beypazarı Şekerspor (R)	30	6	10	14	20	38	−18	22	Relegation to Turkish Second Football League
16	Türk Telekomspor (R)	30	4	12	14	22	37	−15	20	Relegation to Turkish Second Football League

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ADA	ALT	BJK	BOL	BUR	ESK	FNB	GAL	GRS	GÖZ	MİY	AGÜ	PTT	SAM	ŞKR	VEF
Adanaspor		2–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	3–0	0–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–0
Altay	1–0		3–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	5–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	4–1
Beşiktaş	2–1	0–0		1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–3	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0
Boluspor	0–0	2–0	1–0		2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–3	1–0	1–0	6–0	1–1	5–1
Bursaspor	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–1		0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	3–2	1–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0
Eskişehirspor	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	2–2		2–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	6–0	0–1
Fenerbahçe	4–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–0		0–1	4–2	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–1
Galatasaray	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–1		2–0	0–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	5–0	1–0	3–1
Giresunspor	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1		0–3	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–3	0–0
Göztepe	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–4	3–2		0–1	1–2	2–1	4–0	1–1	1–0
Mersin İdman Yurdu	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–0		0–0	1–1	3–1	4–2	1–0
MKE Ankaragücü	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1		0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1
PTT	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–0		0–1	1–0	3–1
Samsunspor	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–4	1–0	2–2	1–1		1–0	1–0
Şekerspor	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1		1–0
Vefa	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–2	2–0

Source: TFF, Mackolik
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

Turkey - List of final tables (RSSSF)

v t e Top level Turkish football league seasons
Türkiye Futbol Şampiyonası	1924 1927 1932 1933 1934 1935 1940 1941 1942 1944 1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951
Millî Küme	1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1950
Federasyon Kupası	1956–57 1957–58
Süper Lig	1959 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Champions	Fenerbahçe (28) Galatasaray (24) Beşiktaş (21) Trabzonspor (7) Harp Okulu (3) Gençlerbirliği (2) Muhafızgücü (1) İstanbulspor (1) Güneş (1) Eskişehir Demirspor (1) Ankara Demirspor (1) Ankaragücü (1) Göztepe (1) Bursaspor (1) Başakşehir (1)

v t e Süper Lig
TFF Union of Clubs
Millî Lig	1959 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63
1. Lig	1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01
Süper Lig	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Champions	Galatasaray (23) Fenerbahçe (19) Beşiktaş (16) Trabzonspor (7) Başakşehir (1) Bursaspor (1)
Current teams	Adana Demirspor Ankaragücü Alanyaspor Antalyaspor Başakşehir Beşiktaş Fatih Karagümrük Fenerbahçe Galatasaray Gaziantep Hatayspor İstanbulspor Kasımpaşa Kayserispor Konyaspor Pendikspor Rizespor Samsunspor Sivasspor Trabzonspor
Former clubs	Adanaspor Adalet Akçaabat Sebatspor Akhisarspor Altay Altınordu Ankara Demirspor Ankaraspor Aydınspor Bakırköyspor Balıkesirspor Beykozspor Beyoğlu Boluspor Bucaspor Bursaspor Çanakkale Dardanelspor Denizlispor Diyarbakırspor Elazığspor Erzurumspor Erzurumspor Eskişehirspor Feriköy Gaziantepspor Gençlerbirliği Giresunspor Göztepe Hacettepe İzmirspor Kahramanmaraşspor Karabükspor Karşıyaka Kayseri Erciyesspor Keçiörengücü MKE Kırıkkalespor Kocaelispor Malatyaspor Manisaspor Mersin İdman Yurdu Orduspor Petrolofisi PTT Sakaryaspor Sarıyer Siirtspor Şekerspor Ümraniyespor Vanspor Vefa Yeni Malatyaspor Yeşildirek Yozgatspor Zeytinburnuspor Zonguldakspor

v t e 1972–73 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '72 '73 England Faroe Islands '72 '73 Finland '72 '73 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '72 '73 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '72 '73 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '72 '73 Spain Sweden '72 '73 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '72 '73 Finland '72 '73 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '72 '73 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '72 '73 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '72 '73 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales
League cups	England West Germany Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '72 '73 European Super Cup