1972 Argentine Primera División

Nacional
Season	1972
Champions	San Lorenzo (10th title)
1973 Copa Libertadores	San Lorenzo ; River Plate
Top goalscorer	Carlos Morete (14 goals)
	← 1971 1973 →

Metropolitano
Season	1972
Champions	San Lorenzo (9th title)
Promoted	Lanús
Relegated	Banfield ; Lanús
Top goalscorer	Miguel Brindisi (21 goals)
	← 1971 1973 →

Primera División
Season	1972
Champions	San Lorenzo (Metropolitano and Nacional)
	← 1971 1973 →

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]

Metropolitano Championship[]

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^[a]

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ 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^[a]

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ 7 points were deducted after the team was suspended for four months, starting on March 16.

Nacional Championship[]

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		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		13	1	2	10	11	36	−25	4
13		13	0	3	10	10	46	−36	3

Source:^{[citation needed]}

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:^{[citation needed]}

Semifinal[]

Boca Juniors 2–3 River Plate

Final[]

1972 Campeonato Nacional Final

17 December 1972

San Lorenzo	1–0	River Plate
Figueroa 72'	Report

Vélez Sársfield

Attendance: 53,000

Referee:

Roberto Goicochea

San Lorenzo

River Plate


GK	1	Agustín Irusta
DF	4	Sergio Villar
DF	2	Ricardo Rezza
DF	6	Ramón Heredia
DF	3	Antonio Rosl (c)
MF	8	Roberto Telch
MF	5	Roberto Espósito
MF	10	Victorio Cocco
FW	7	Luciano Figueroa	115'
FW	9	Rubén Ayala	115'
FW	11	Enrique Chazarreta
Substitutes:
FW		Oscar Ortiz	115'
FW		José Sanfilippo	115'
Manager:
Juan Carlos Lorenzo


GK	1	José A. Pérez
DF	4	Osvaldo Pérez
DF	2	Jorge Dominicci
MF	6	René Daulte
DF	3	Raúl Giustozzi
MF	8	Juan José López
DF	5	Jorge Vázquez
FW	10	Norberto Alonso
MF	7	Ernesto Mastrángelo	72'
FW	9	Carlos Morete
FW	11	Oscar Más
Substitutes:
FW		Néstor L. Scotta	72'
Manager:
Juan E. Urriolabeitía

References[]

^ Argentina 1972 on RSSSF.com

1972 Argentina 1st level at RSSSF

[table_hth_BAN0.70563747301029-2] 21 points were deducted after the team was suspended for four months, starting on March 16.

[table_hth_BAN0.88233447395374-3] 7 points were deducted after the team was suspended for four months, starting on March 16.

[1] Argentina 1972 on RSSSF.com

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