SEASON FILE / 1972/73

1972/73
The league’s memory.

Galatasaray won the championship. The final standings below preserve the source table.

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68 completed seasons, each with its own final table.

Points system at the time: 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw.

Compare with three points for a win

How would the points change if the same results earned three points for a win? This hypothetical calculation does not change the official champions or standings. The number of wins is added to official points; other source adjustments are retained. Groups and stages remain separate.

Final league table · hypothetical points comparison
Official rank	Club	Wins	Official points	Three-point calculation
1	Galatasaray	19	47	66
2	Fenerbahçe	16	42	58
3	Eskişehirspor	12	36	48
4	Ankaragücü	12	34	46
5	Boluspor	12	33	45
6	Beşiktaş	9	31	40
7	Altay	11	30	41
8	Göztepe	11	30	41
9	Giresunspor	11	29	40
10	Bursaspor	6	28	34
11	Mersin İdmanyurdu	8	27	35
12	Samsunspor	8	26	34
13	Adanaspor	7	23	30
14	Vefa	6	22	28
15	Şekerspor	6	22	28
16	PTT	4	20	24

Attack and defence in one table

1972/73 · Final league table · 16 teams · Teal: scored, red: conceded per match.

Galatasaray30 matches

Fenerbahçe30 matches

Eskişehirspor30 matches

Ankaragücü30 matches

Boluspor30 matches

Beşiktaş30 matches

Altay30 matches

Göztepe30 matches

Giresunspor30 matches

Bursaspor30 matches

Mersin İdmanyurdu30 matches

Samsunspor30 matches

Adanaspor30 matches

Vefa30 matches

Şekerspor30 matches

PTT30 matches

ChampionGalatasaray

Top scorerOsman Arpacıoğlu · 16 goals

Final league table

Rank, club, matches played, wins, draws, defeats, goals scored and conceded, goal difference and points
#	Club	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Galatasaray	30	19	9	2	47	12	+35	47
2	Fenerbahçe	30	16	10	4	42	17	+25	42
3	Eskişehirspor	30	12	12	6	31	19	+12	36
4	Ankaragücü	30	12	10	8	24	21	+3	34
5	Boluspor	30	12	9	9	37	30	+7	33
6	Beşiktaş	30	9	13	8	14	18	-4	31
7	Altay	30	11	8	11	32	23	+9	30
8	Göztepe	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	Şekerspor	30	6	10	14	20	38	-18	22
16	PTT	30	4	12	14	22	37	-15	20

Table source

The scores behind the average

240 matches and 449 recorded official goals. Explore the score distribution behind the 1.87 goals-per-match average.

1972/73 · distribution by total goals in a match

0 goals

1 goal

2 goals

3 goals

4 goals

5+ goals

Officially registered results are used; shootouts do not count towards goal totals.

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1972/73 total-goal distribution
Total goals	Matches	Share
0 goals	41	17.08%
1 goal	74	30.83%
2 goals	55	22.92%
3 goals	36	15%
4 goals	20	8.33%
5+ goals	14	5.83%

This season’s balance of attack and defence

Each stage is read against its own number of matches. Points per match use the common 3–1–0 calculation; this does not alter official points deductions or the two-point rule used at the time.

Final league table · output per team per match
Club	Matches	Standard points / match	Scored / match	Conceded / match	Win %
Galatasaray	30	2.20	1.57	0.40	63.3
Fenerbahçe	30	1.93	1.40	0.57	53.3
Eskişehirspor	30	1.60	1.03	0.63	40.0
Ankaragücü	30	1.53	0.80	0.70	40.0
Boluspor	30	1.50	1.23	1.00	40.0
Beşiktaş	30	1.33	0.47	0.60	30.0
Altay	30	1.37	1.07	0.77	36.7
Göztepe	30	1.37	1.10	1.03	36.7
Giresunspor	30	1.33	0.90	1.13	36.7
Bursaspor	30	1.13	0.90	0.97	20.0
Mersin İdmanyurdu	30	1.17	0.87	1.03	26.7
Samsunspor	30	1.13	0.70	1.33	26.7
Adanaspor	30	1.00	0.80	1.13	23.3
Vefa	30	0.93	0.73	1.17	20.0
Şekerspor	30	0.93	0.67	1.27	20.0
PTT	30	0.80	0.73	1.23	13.3

SEASON MATCHES

Results

240 matches

Open 1972/73 match results

Every match has a recorded date.

1972/73 league match results
Date	Round	Home	Score	Away
9 Sep 1972	1	Galatasaray	3–0	PTT
10 Sep 1972	1	Ankaragücü	1–0	Eskişehirspor
10 Sep 1972	1	Boluspor	1–0	Beşiktaş
10 Sep 1972	1	Bursaspor	1–0	Şekerspor
10 Sep 1972	1	Fenerbahçe	4–0	Adanaspor
10 Sep 1972	1	Göztepe	3–2	Giresunspor
10 Sep 1972	1	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1–0	Vefa
10 Sep 1972	1	Samsunspor	2–0	Altay
16 Sep 1972	2	Şekerspor	0–0	Galatasaray
16 Sep 1972	2	Vefa	2–0	Göztepe
17 Sep 1972	2	Adanaspor	1–2	Boluspor
17 Sep 1972	2	Altay	3–0	Ankaragücü
17 Sep 1972	2	Beşiktaş	1–0	Samsunspor
17 Sep 1972	2	Eskişehirspor	1–0	Mersin İdmanyurdu
17 Sep 1972	2	Giresunspor	0–0	Bursaspor
17 Sep 1972	2	PTT	1–1	Fenerbahçe
23 Sep 1972	3	Fenerbahçe	2–1	Altay
24 Sep 1972	3	Adanaspor	0–0	Vefa
24 Sep 1972	3	Boluspor	2–1	Giresunspor
24 Sep 1972	3	Bursaspor	0–0	Eskişehirspor
24 Sep 1972	3	Galatasaray	2–0	Mersin İdmanyurdu
24 Sep 1972	3	Göztepe	0–0	Beşiktaş
24 Sep 1972	3	Samsunspor	1–1	PTT
24 Sep 1972	3	Şekerspor	1–1	Ankaragücü
30 Sep 1972	4	Ankaragücü	2–0	Boluspor
30 Sep 1972	4	Fenerbahçe	2–1	Vefa
1 Oct 1972	4	Bursaspor	0–0	Altay
1 Oct 1972	4	Galatasaray	0–0	Beşiktaş
1 Oct 1972	4	Giresunspor	3–1	Adanaspor
1 Oct 1972	4	Göztepe	1–1	Şekerspor
1 Oct 1972	4	Mersin İdmanyurdu	3–1	Samsunspor
1 Oct 1972	4	PTT	1–1	Eskişehirspor
7 Oct 1972	5	Vefa	0–1	Ankaragücü
8 Oct 1972	5	Adanaspor	2–2	Göztepe
8 Oct 1972	5	Altay	0–2	Galatasaray
8 Oct 1972	5	Beşiktaş	1–1	Bursaspor
8 Oct 1972	5	Boluspor	1–0	PTT
8 Oct 1972	5	Eskişehirspor	2–1	Fenerbahçe
8 Oct 1972	5	Giresunspor	1–1	Mersin İdmanyurdu
8 Oct 1972	5	Şekerspor	1–1	Samsunspor
14 Oct 1972	6	Galatasaray	0–1	Göztepe
14 Oct 1972	6	PTT	1–2	Giresunspor
15 Oct 1972	6	Altay	3–0	Boluspor
15 Oct 1972	6	Ankaragücü	0–0	Beşiktaş
15 Oct 1972	6	Eskişehirspor	2–1	Adanaspor
15 Oct 1972	6	Fenerbahçe	3–0	Şekerspor
15 Oct 1972	6	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0–0	Bursaspor
15 Oct 1972	6	Samsunspor	1–0	Vefa
28 Oct 1972	7	Vefa	1–1	Boluspor
29 Oct 1972	7	Beşiktaş	1–1	PTT
29 Oct 1972	7	Bursaspor	3–0	Adanaspor
29 Oct 1972	7	Giresunspor	1–1	Galatasaray
29 Oct 1972	7	Göztepe	1–1	Eskişehirspor
29 Oct 1972	7	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0–0	Fenerbahçe
29 Oct 1972	7	Şekerspor	0–1	Altay
30 Oct 1972	7	Samsunspor	2–2	Ankaragücü
4 Nov 1972	8	PTT	1–0	Şekerspor
4 Nov 1972	8	Vefa	1–2	Galatasaray
5 Nov 1972	8	Adanaspor	3–1	Samsunspor
5 Nov 1972	8	Ankaragücü	2–0	Bursaspor
5 Nov 1972	8	Beşiktaş	0–0	Fenerbahçe
5 Nov 1972	8	Boluspor	3–3	Mersin İdmanyurdu
5 Nov 1972	8	Giresunspor	0–1	Eskişehirspor
5 Nov 1972	8	Göztepe	1–0	Altay
11 Nov 1972	9	Fenerbahçe	1–0	Ankaragücü
12 Nov 1972	9	Altay	0–0	PTT
12 Nov 1972	9	Bursaspor	1–0	Vefa
12 Nov 1972	9	Eskişehirspor	3–1	Boluspor
12 Nov 1972	9	Galatasaray	1–0	Adanaspor
12 Nov 1972	9	Mersin İdmanyurdu	2–0	Göztepe
12 Nov 1972	9	Samsunspor	0–0	Giresunspor
12 Nov 1972	9	Şekerspor	0–0	Beşiktaş
18 Nov 1972	10	Beşiktaş	0–0	Altay
19 Nov 1972	10	Ankaragücü	0–0	PTT
19 Nov 1972	10	Boluspor	0–0	Galatasaray
19 Nov 1972	10	Bursaspor	1–1	Samsunspor
19 Nov 1972	10	Eskişehirspor	6–0	Şekerspor
19 Nov 1972	10	Göztepe	1–1	Fenerbahçe
19 Nov 1972	10	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0–1	Adanaspor
19 Nov 1972	10	Vefa	0–0	Giresunspor
25 Nov 1972	11	Galatasaray	3–1	Eskişehirspor
25 Nov 1972	11	Şekerspor	0–0	Mersin İdmanyurdu
26 Nov 1972	11	Adanaspor	0–0	Beşiktaş
26 Nov 1972	11	Altay	4–1	Vefa
26 Nov 1972	11	Fenerbahçe	4–1	Bursaspor
26 Nov 1972	11	Giresunspor	1–0	Ankaragücü
26 Nov 1972	11	PTT	0–1	Göztepe
26 Nov 1972	11	Samsunspor	1–0	Boluspor
2 Dec 1972	12	Beşiktaş	1–0	Vefa
3 Dec 1972	12	Adanaspor	0–2	Ankaragücü
3 Dec 1972	12	Bursaspor	1–1	Boluspor
3 Dec 1972	12	Eskişehirspor	0–0	Altay
3 Dec 1972	12	Fenerbahçe	1–1	Galatasaray
3 Dec 1972	12	Göztepe	4–0	Samsunspor
3 Dec 1972	12	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1–1	PTT
3 Dec 1972	12	Şekerspor	0–1	Giresunspor
16 Dec 1972	13	Beşiktaş	1–0	Mersin İdmanyurdu
16 Dec 1972	13	PTT	1–1	Bursaspor
17 Dec 1972	13	Altay	1–0	Adanaspor
17 Dec 1972	13	Ankaragücü	0–0	Galatasaray
17 Dec 1972	13	Boluspor	1–0	Göztepe
17 Dec 1972	13	Giresunspor	1–0	Fenerbahçe
17 Dec 1972	13	Samsunspor	0–0	Eskişehirspor
17 Dec 1972	13	Vefa	2–0	Şekerspor
23 Dec 1972	14	Fenerbahçe	1–0	Boluspor
23 Dec 1972	14	Şekerspor	1–0	Adanaspor
24 Dec 1972	14	Eskişehirspor	0–0	Beşiktaş
24 Dec 1972	14	Galatasaray	5–0	Samsunspor
24 Dec 1972	14	Giresunspor	1–0	Altay
24 Dec 1972	14	Göztepe	0–0	Bursaspor
24 Dec 1972	14	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0–0	Ankaragücü
24 Dec 1972	14	PTT	3–1	Vefa
30 Dec 1972	15	Beşiktaş	2–1	Giresunspor
31 Dec 1972	15	Adanaspor	1–0	PTT
31 Dec 1972	15	Altay	2–1	Mersin İdmanyurdu
31 Dec 1972	15	Ankaragücü	1–0	Göztepe
31 Dec 1972	15	Boluspor	1–1	Şekerspor
31 Dec 1972	15	Bursaspor	0–1	Galatasaray
31 Dec 1972	15	Samsunspor	1–2	Fenerbahçe
31 Dec 1972	15	Vefa	1–1	Eskişehirspor
3 Feb 1973	16	Şekerspor	3–1	Bursaspor
3 Feb 1973	16	Vefa	1–0	Mersin İdmanyurdu
4 Feb 1973	16	Adanaspor	1–0	Fenerbahçe
4 Feb 1973	16	Altay	0–1	Samsunspor
4 Feb 1973	16	Beşiktaş	1–0	Boluspor
4 Feb 1973	16	Eskişehirspor	0–1	Ankaragücü
4 Feb 1973	16	Giresunspor	0–3	Göztepe
4 Feb 1973	16	PTT	1–1	Galatasaray
10 Feb 1973	17	Galatasaray	1–0	Şekerspor
11 Feb 1973	17	Ankaragücü	2–1	Altay
11 Feb 1973	17	Boluspor	0–0	Adanaspor
11 Feb 1973	17	Bursaspor	0–1	Giresunspor
11 Feb 1973	17	Fenerbahçe	3–0	PTT
11 Feb 1973	17	Göztepe	1–0	Vefa
11 Feb 1973	17	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1–2	Eskişehirspor
11 Feb 1973	17	Samsunspor	2–0	Beşiktaş
17 Feb 1973	18	Ankaragücü	2–0	Şekerspor
17 Feb 1973	18	Beşiktaş	0–1	Göztepe
18 Feb 1973	18	Altay	0–1	Fenerbahçe
18 Feb 1973	18	Eskişehirspor	2–2	Bursaspor
18 Feb 1973	18	Giresunspor	1–0	Boluspor
18 Feb 1973	18	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0–0	Galatasaray
18 Feb 1973	18	PTT	0–1	Samsunspor
18 Feb 1973	18	Vefa	1–1	Adanaspor
3 Mar 1973	19	Vefa	1–1	Fenerbahçe
4 Mar 1973	19	Adanaspor	2–1	Giresunspor
4 Mar 1973	19	Altay	1–1	Bursaspor
4 Mar 1973	19	Beşiktaş	0–3	Galatasaray
4 Mar 1973	19	Boluspor	1–0	Ankaragücü
4 Mar 1973	19	Eskişehirspor	1–0	PTT
4 Mar 1973	19	Samsunspor	1–0	Mersin İdmanyurdu
4 Mar 1973	19	Şekerspor	2–1	Göztepe
10 Mar 1973	20	Ankaragücü	1–1	Vefa
10 Mar 1973	20	Fenerbahçe	1–0	Eskişehirspor
11 Mar 1973	20	Bursaspor	1–1	Beşiktaş
11 Mar 1973	20	Galatasaray	1–0	Altay
11 Mar 1973	20	Göztepe	1–0	Adanaspor
11 Mar 1973	20	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1–0	Giresunspor
11 Mar 1973	20	PTT	2–3	Boluspor
11 Mar 1973	20	Samsunspor	1–0	Şekerspor
17 Mar 1973	21	Beşiktaş	1–0	Ankaragücü
18 Mar 1973	21	Adanaspor	1–2	Eskişehirspor
18 Mar 1973	21	Boluspor	2–0	Altay
18 Mar 1973	21	Bursaspor	1–2	Mersin İdmanyurdu
18 Mar 1973	21	Giresunspor	3–1	PTT
18 Mar 1973	21	Göztepe	0–4	Galatasaray
18 Mar 1973	21	Şekerspor	0–2	Fenerbahçe
18 Mar 1973	21	Vefa	3–2	Samsunspor
24 Mar 1973	22	Ankaragücü	1–0	Samsunspor
24 Mar 1973	22	Galatasaray	2–0	Giresunspor
25 Mar 1973	22	Adanaspor	0–0	Bursaspor
25 Mar 1973	22	Altay	2–0	Şekerspor
25 Mar 1973	22	Boluspor	5–1	Vefa
25 Mar 1973	22	Eskişehirspor	1–0	Göztepe
25 Mar 1973	22	Fenerbahçe	3–0	Mersin İdmanyurdu
25 Mar 1973	22	PTT	0–0	Beşiktaş
31 Mar 1973	23	Galatasaray	3–1	Vefa
1 Apr 1973	23	Altay	2–0	Göztepe
1 Apr 1973	23	Bursaspor	2–0	Ankaragücü
1 Apr 1973	23	Eskişehirspor	1–0	Giresunspor
1 Apr 1973	23	Fenerbahçe	1–0	Beşiktaş
1 Apr 1973	23	Mersin İdmanyurdu	0–0	Boluspor
1 Apr 1973	23	Samsunspor	0–0	Adanaspor
1 Apr 1973	23	Şekerspor	1–1	PTT
7 Apr 1973	24	PTT	0–1	Altay
7 Apr 1973	24	Vefa	1–1	Bursaspor
8 Apr 1973	24	Adanaspor	0–1	Galatasaray
8 Apr 1973	24	Ankaragücü	0–0	Fenerbahçe
8 Apr 1973	24	Beşiktaş	1–0	Şekerspor
8 Apr 1973	24	Boluspor	1–0	Eskişehirspor
8 Apr 1973	24	Giresunspor	1–0	Samsunspor
8 Apr 1973	24	Göztepe	0–1	Mersin İdmanyurdu
14 Apr 1973	25	Fenerbahçe	1–1	Göztepe
14 Apr 1973	25	PTT	1–0	Ankaragücü
15 Apr 1973	25	Adanaspor	3–0	Mersin İdmanyurdu
15 Apr 1973	25	Altay	3–0	Beşiktaş
15 Apr 1973	25	Galatasaray	3–1	Boluspor
15 Apr 1973	25	Giresunspor	0–0	Vefa
15 Apr 1973	25	Samsunspor	0–0	Bursaspor
15 Apr 1973	25	Şekerspor	1–1	Eskişehirspor
21 Apr 1973	26	Beşiktaş	2–1	Adanaspor
22 Apr 1973	26	Ankaragücü	0–0	Giresunspor
22 Apr 1973	26	Boluspor	6–0	Samsunspor
22 Apr 1973	26	Bursaspor	0–0	Fenerbahçe
22 Apr 1973	26	Eskişehirspor	2–0	Galatasaray
22 Apr 1973	26	Göztepe	2–1	PTT
22 Apr 1973	26	Mersin İdmanyurdu	4–2	Şekerspor
22 Apr 1973	26	Vefa	0–0	Altay
28 Apr 1973	27	Ankaragücü	2–1	Adanaspor
28 Apr 1973	27	Vefa	0–1	Beşiktaş
29 Apr 1973	27	Altay	0–0	Eskişehirspor
29 Apr 1973	27	Boluspor	2–1	Bursaspor
29 Apr 1973	27	Galatasaray	1–0	Fenerbahçe
29 Apr 1973	27	Giresunspor	1–3	Şekerspor
29 Apr 1973	27	PTT	2–1	Mersin İdmanyurdu
29 Apr 1973	27	Samsunspor	0–4	Göztepe
12 May 1973	28	Adanaspor	2–0	Altay
12 May 1973	28	Bursaspor	3–1	PTT
12 May 1973	28	Eskişehirspor	0–0	Samsunspor
12 May 1973	28	Galatasaray	3–0	Ankaragücü
12 May 1973	28	Mersin İdmanyurdu	1–0	Beşiktaş
12 May 1973	28	Şekerspor	1–0	Vefa
13 May 1973	28	Fenerbahçe	4–2	Giresunspor
13 May 1973	28	Göztepe	1–1	Boluspor
19 May 1973	29	Beşiktaş	0–0	Eskişehirspor
20 May 1973	29	Adanaspor	1–1	Şekerspor
20 May 1973	29	Altay	5–1	Giresunspor
20 May 1973	29	Ankaragücü	1–1	Mersin İdmanyurdu
20 May 1973	29	Boluspor	1–1	Fenerbahçe
20 May 1973	29	Bursaspor	3–2	Göztepe
20 May 1973	29	Samsunspor	1–1	Galatasaray
20 May 1973	29	Vefa	1–0	PTT
26 May 1973	30	Fenerbahçe	1–0	Samsunspor
26 May 1973	30	Giresunspor	1–0	Beşiktaş
26 May 1973	30	Şekerspor	1–0	Boluspor
27 May 1973	30	Eskişehirspor	0–1	Vefa
27 May 1973	30	Galatasaray	2–1	Bursaspor
27 May 1973	30	Göztepe	1–2	Ankaragücü
27 May 1973	30	Mersin İdmanyurdu	2–2	Altay
27 May 1973	30	PTT	1–1	Adanaspor

Results source

These 240 records are the available match sample for this season. Final-table coverage and individual match coverage remain separate. Missing dates or rounds are not estimated. Awd marks an awarded result, which may differ from the score on the field.

Original match record

1972/73The league’s memory.

Final league table

The scores behind the average

This season’s balance of attack and defence

Results

1972/73
The league’s memory.