Argentina Nacional

 

Campeonato Nacional "Año del Turismo en las Américas"

[National Championship "Tourist Year in the Americs"]

Table:

Group A

No. Team                     G    W    D    L    Gf    Ga    P
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 1. San Lorenzo de Almagro  13   10    3    0    29     6   23 Finalist
 2. River Plate             13   10    2    1    50    23   22 Semifinalist
 3. Vélez Sarsfield         13    8    2    3    31    19   18
From left: Tébez, Zuvialde, Eusebio Ibáñez, Neumann, Monárdez, Gusmán, Vergara, Gramari, Barroso, Maryllack, Reggi.
 4. San Martín (M)          13    7    3    3    27    21   17
 5. Atlanta                 13    6    4    3    31    15   16
 6. Rosario Central         13    5    4    4    28    18   14
 7. Independiente (A)       13    4    5    4    24    20   13
 8. San Lorenzo (Mar del Plata)       13    5    2    6    24    28   12
 9. Lanús                   13    3    5    5    17    23   11
10. Gimnasia y Esgrima LP   13    3    3    7    13    24    9
Standing from left: Villalón, Héctor Corvalán, Jerez, Blasco, Torga. 
Crouching: Véliz, Naranjo, Castro, Vargas, Frías, Cáceres.
11. San Martín (T)          13    2    2    9    10    25    6
12. Bartolomé Mitre         13    1    2   10    11    36    4
13. Independiente (T)       13    0    3   10    10    46    3
   
Group B

 1. Boca Juniors            13   10    2    1    31    15   22 Semifinalist
 2. Colón                   13    8    2    3    21    16   18
 3. Argentinos Juniors      13    7    3    3    26    16   17
Back row from left: Marcos Pereira, Miguel A. Brindisi, Roque Avallay, Carlos A. Babington, Omar Larrosa.
Front: Edgardo Cantú, Mario E. Zanotti, Alfio Basile, Ricardo De Rienzo, Francisco F. Russo, Héctor Roganti. 
 4. Huracán (BA)            13    6    4    3    26    20   16
 5. Racing Club             13    6    1    6    20    18   13
Back row from left: De Sá, Syeyyguil, Reinaldi, Laciar, Guerini, Tocalli. 
Bottom: Bracamonte, Serrano, Cuellar, Rivadero, Lerpo.
 6. Belgrano (C)            13    4    5    4    19    18   13
 7. Banfield                13    5    3    5    23    27   13
Second row from left: León Martínez, Ricardo Etcheverry, Roberto C. Franco, Gerónimo Saccardi, Oscar May, Miguel De Filippo.
Crouching: Ricardo Pérez, Osvaldo Sosa, Pedro Gallina, Marcelo Moreno, Benito Valencia. 
 8. Ferro Carril Oeste (BA) 13    4    4    5    20    20   12
Back row from left: González, Cortez, Quatropani, Signorelli, Lizzi, Palacio. First row: Del Valle, Paz, Spadaro, Rodríguez, Vega.
 9. Sportivo Desamparados   13    4    4    5    15    25   12
10. Chacarita Juniors       13    3    5    5    19    18   11
Standing from left:  Camargo, Fornari, Legrotaglie, Patire, Aceituno, Grudzien. Front: Algocino, Guayama, Castellanos, Pereyra, Ibáñez
11. Gimnasia y Esgrima M    13    2    6    5    18    23   10
12. Estudiantes LP          13    2    4    7    12    25    8
13. Newell's Old Boys       13    2    1   10    18    28    5
  
Semifinal

Standing from left: Raul Alberto Giustozzi,Jorge Omar Berrio,Jose Alberto Perez,Pablo Antonio Zuccarini,Rene Martin Daulte,Reinaldo Carlos Merlo
Crouching: Carlos Angel Lopez,Ernesto Enrique Mastrangelo,Nestor Leonel Scotta,Juan Jose Lopez,Jorge Luis Ghiso 
 1. River Plate              1    1    0    0     3     2     2 Finalist
Back row from left: Rogel, Peracca, Rubén Sánchez, Nicolau, Marzolini. 
Front: Ponce, Orlando Medina, Curioni, Potente, Suñé, Ferrero.
 2. Boca Juniors             1    0    0    1     2     3     0

Final


 
 1. San Lorenzo de Almagro   1    1    0    0     1     0     2 Champion
 2. River Plate              1    0    0    1     0     1     0

After winning Metropolitano, San Lorenzo won the Nacional – excellent double!

Argentina Metropolitano

 

Argentina. Campeonato Metropolitano [Metropolitan Championship]

Table:

No. Team                     G    W    D    L    Gf    Ga    P
Standing from left: Irusta, Glaría, Cocco, Rosl, Rezza, Olguín. 
Crouching: Héctor Scotta, Fischer, García Ameijenda, Sanfilippo, Chazarreta.
 1. San Lorenzo de Almagro  34   18   13    3    59    33   49 Champion
Standing from left: Kaliszuk, Della Savia, Mario Alberto Jorge, Pato Fillol, Daniel Onega, Cardenas
Bottom: Sangenis, Quique Wolff, Nelsón Chabay, Jorge Paolino, Carlos Squeo. 
 2. Racing Club             34   14   15    5    56    44   43
Back row from left: Juan Siciliano, Roque Avallay, Omar Larrosa, Roberto Cabral, Carlos Babington, Miguel A. Leyes.
Front: Miguel Brindisi, Francisco Lavorato, Daniel Buglione, Carlos Leone, Ricardo De Rienzo. 
 3. Huracán (BA)            34   14   12    8    66    49   40
 4. River Plate             34   15   10    9    64    52   40
 5. Vélez Sarsfield         34   14   11    9    59    50   39
 6. Rosario Central         34   14   10   10    51    39   38
 7. Newell's Old Boys       34   13   12    9    49    49   38
 8. Chacarita Juniors       34   13   11   10    46    41   37

 9. Boca Juniors            34   12   12   10    56    44   36
10. Colón                   34   14    8   12    51    52   36
11. Independiente (A)       34   12   11   11    47    48   35
Standing from left: Pena, Urchevik, Spilinga, Marenda, Juan Carlos Sosa, Tardivo.
Front: "Torito" Zuviría, Cordero, Ciccarello, Pekerman, Moreno. 
12. Argentinos Juniors      34   10   14   10    52    37   34
Back row from left: Pagnanini, Horacio Rodríguez, Del Curto, Pernía, De Marta, Togneri. 
Bottom: Leone, Aguilar, Giachello, Bedogni, Verde.
13. Estudiantes LP          34   14    5   15    40    52   33 Qualification

14. Atlanta                 34   12    7   15    43    54   31 Qualification
15. Gimnasia y Esgrima LP   34    8   10   16    40    55   26 Qualification
16. Ferro Carril Oeste (BA) 34    6   12   16    39    55   24 Qualification
Standing from left: Norberto D´Ángelo, Vicente A. Zic, Ernesto Suárez, Jorge U. Traverso, Ricardo Ferlich.
Front: Juan C. Fiore, José L. Lódico, Néstor A. Barú, Víctor Donato, Ramón Peralta, Horacio Gavuzzo.
17. Lanús                   34    3    6   25    35    71   12 Qualification
Second row from left: Oscar E. Haak, Eduardo Pipastrelli, Jorge Amado, Daniel Tagliani, Hugo Pini, Juan C. Guzmán.
Bottom: Silvio Sotelo, Daniel Cantero, Jorge Domínguez, Juan A. Taverna, Alberto J. Benítez. 
18. Banfield                34    7    7   20    25    53    0 Qualification

Banfield, 21 points deducted.
On Mar 17, Banfield was suspended 4 months from Mar 16. 
So, they would have 36 points deducted at the end of the championship.
However, as Banfield only won 21 points, 15 points were forgiven.

Torneo Reclasificatorio [Qualification Tournament]

Table:

 1. Ferro Carril Oeste (BA)  5    3    2    0    16    10     8
 2. Banfield                 5    2    3    0    15     9     7 Relegated
 3. Atlanta                  5    2    1    2    14    12     5
 4. Gimnasia y Esgrima LP    5    1    2    2     9    12     4
 5. Estudiantes LP           5    1    2    2     4    11     4
 6. Lanús                    5    0    2    3     4     8     2 Relegated
 Note: Points from Metropolitan Championsip and Qualification Tournament
        were added to define the relegations:

                            Metropolitan Qualification Total
 1. Estudiantes LP               33            4        37
 2. Atlanta                      31            5        36
 3. Ferro Carril Oeste (BA)      24            8        32
 4. Gimnasia y Esgrima LP        26            4        30
 5. Lanús                        12            2        14 Relegated
 6. Banfield                      0            7         7 Relegated

San Lorenzo – champion of Metropolitano.

Brazil II Division

 II Division

Participants
Alagoinhas Atlético C (BA)
Alecrim FC (Natal-RN)
América FC (Natal-RN)
América FC (Recife-PE)
Botafogo FC (João Pessoa-PB)
Calouros do Ar FC (Fortaleza-CE)
Campinense Clube (Campina Grande-PB)
Central SC (Caruaru-PE)
AD Confiança (Aracaju-SE)
CSA (Maceió-AL)
Clube Ferroviário (Recife-PE)
Ferroviário EC (São Luís-MA)
EC Flamengo (Teresina-PI)
Fluminense FC (Feira de Santana-BA)

Second row from left: Louro, Sérgio Redes, Dimas Filgueiras, Renato, Lulinha, Pedro Basílio. 
Front: Amorim, Miguel, Dudu Diniz, Chinesinho, Mimi. 
Fortaleza EC (CE)
Guarany SC (Sobral-CE)
AO Itabaiana (SE)
Maguari EC (Fortaleza-CE)
Moto Club (São Luís-MA)
River AC (Teresina-PI)
Sampaio Corrêa FC (São Luís-MA)
UP São Domingos (Maceió-AL)
SE Tiradentes (Teresina-PI)
Group A
 1.Sampaio Corrêa    10  5  3  2  12- 4  13  Qualified
 2.Tiradentes-PI     10  4  4  2  12- 9  12  Qualified
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 3.Moto Club         10  4  4  2   7- 6  12
 4.Fortaleza         10  5  1  4   9- 9  11
 5.Guarany (Sobral)  10  2  2  6   8-15   6
 6.Flamengo-PI       10  1  4  5   9-14   6

Group B
 1.Campinense        10  7  0  3  20- 9  14  Qualified
 2.América-RN        10  5  3  2  15-10  13  Qualified
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 3.River-PI          10  5  2  3  14-14  12
 4.Ferroviário-MA    10  4  4  2  12- 9  12
 5.Maguari           10  2  1  7   7-15   5
 6.Calouros do Ar    10  1  2  7  11-22   4

Group C
 1.CSA                8  4  2  2  14-11  10  Qualified
 2.América-PE         8  4  2  2   8- 9  10  Qualified
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 3.Botafogo-PB        8  3  3  2  13- 8   9
 4.Alecrim            8  1  4  3  10-12   6
 5.Ferroviário-PE     8  1  3  4   7-12   5

Group D
 1.Atlético-BA       10  8  2  0  18- 4  18  Qualified
 2.Itabaiana         10  4  3  3  13-10  11  Qualified
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 3.Central           10  3  5  2   8- 6  11
 4.Confiança-SE      10  2  3  5  10-15   7
 5.Fluminense-BA      9  1  5  3   9-16   7
 6.São Domingos       9  1  2  6   9-16   5

Fist phase stats: 259 goals, 109 matches, 2.37 goal average per match

Second Phase

Group E
 1.Sampaio Corrêa     6  3  2  1   6- 3   8  Qualified
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 2.Tiradentes-PI      6  3  2  1   6- 3   8
 3.Atlético-BA        6  1  2  3   2- 5   4
 4.Itabaiana          6  1  2  3   2- 5   4

Group F
 1.Campinense         6  6  0  0  11- 2  12  Qualified
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 2.América-RN         6  4  0  2   9- 5   8
 3.CSA                6  1  0  5   3- 8   2
 4.América-PE         6  1  0  5   3-11   2

Second Phase stats: 42 goals, 24 matches, 1.75 goal per match average

Final

[Dec 17]
Sampaio Corrêa  1-1  Campinense      [aet 0-0, pen 5-4]

Stadium: Nhozinho Santos (São Luís-MA)
Referee: Ronald Monassa (PI)
Attendance and gate receipts: not available
Goals: Volmir 37'; Pelezinho 89'.
Penalty shoot-out: back then, penalty shoot-outs were a bit different. Just one player from each team would take the five shots, and they were all mandatory, even if a club had won mathematically.
Campinense: Ivan Lopes (missed the 2nd shot).
Sampaio Corrrêa: Neguinho (scored all 5).
Yellow and red cards: not available
Sampaio Corrêa-MA (4-2-4): Jurandir; Célio Rodrigues, Neguinho, Nivaldo, Valdecy Lima; Gojoba, Edmílson Leite (Airton); Lima, Djalma, Pelezinho, Jaldemir (Prado). Coach: Marçal Tolentino Serra.
Campinense-PB (4-2-4): Olinto; Miro, Ivan Lopes, Deca, Zé Preto; Vavá, Dão; Dinga, Erasmo (Edgar), Pedrinho, Volmir. Coach: Zé Preto
Sampaio Correa – champion.
* No team was promoted to 1st level, and there was no 2nd level in 1973. The Brazilian FA (CBD) invited 4 clubs to take part in the Brazilian 
1973 1st level: América-RN (4th in the 1972 Second level),
Tiradentes-PI (5th), Moto Club-MA (11th) and Fortaleza (12th).