Brazil I Division

 

Brazil. I Division

First phase

Group A
 1.Internacional    25 11 12  2  34-20  34  Qualified
 2.Vasco da Gama    25 10 10  5  23-15  30  Qualified
 3.São Paulo        25 11  6  8  45-31  28  Qualified
 4.América-GB       25  8 10  7  19-21  26  Qualified
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 5.Bahia            25  6 11  8  16-23  23
 6.Sergipe          25  2  5 18  14-41   9

Group B
 1.Palmeiras        25 14  8  3  39-15  36  Qualified
 2.Coritiba         25 12  9  4  34-17  33  Qualified
 3.Cruzeiro         25 12  9  4  37-20  33  Qualified
 4.Flamengo         25 10  8  7  21-20  28  Qualified
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 5.Remo             25  5 15  5  21-20  25
 6.Náutico          25  7  8 10  30-34  22
 7.ABC              25  4  7 12  20-33  15

Group C
 1.Corinthians      25 11 10  4  29-24  32  Qualified
 2.Atlético-MG      25 10  6  9  31-26  26  Qualified
 3.Botafogo         25  7 11  7  30-30  25  Qualified
 4.Santa Cruz       25  7  9  9  31-36  23  Qualified
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 5.Nacional         25  4 10 11  23-31  18
 6.Portuguesa       25  4  9 12  25-37  17

Group D
 1.Santos           25 11  9  5  31-19  31  Qualified
 2.Grêmio           25 10  8  7  22-16  28  Qualified
 3.Ceará            25  8 12  5  27-25  28  Qualified
 4.Fluminense       25  9  9  7  21-19  27  Qualified
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 5.Vitória          25  6 10  9  13-26  22
 6.América-MG       25  3 12 10  18-28  18
 7.CRB              25  1 11 13  18-45  13

Second Phase

Group 1

 1.Internacional     3  2  1  0   7- 4   5  Qualified
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 2.Vasco da Gama     3  1  2  0   5- 3   4
 3.Flamengo          3  0  2  1   3- 5   2
 4.Cruzeiro          3  0  1  2   4- 7   1
 
Group 2
 1.Palmeiras         3  2  0  1   6- 3   4  Qualified
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 2.São Paulo         3  2  0  1   4- 1   4
 3.Coritiba          3  1  0  2   2- 6   2
 4.América-GB        3  1  0  2   3- 5   2

Group 3
 1.Botafogo          3  2  1  0   6- 2   5  Qualified
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 2.Grêmio            3  1  1  1   2- 2   3
 3.Santos            3  1  0  2   3- 3   2
 4.Santa Cruz        3  1  0  2   3- 7   2

Semifinals
[Dec 20]
Palmeiras      1-1  Internacional
  [Nei; Tovar]
Botafogo       2-1  Corinthians
  [Jairzinho, Nei; Nélson Lopes]

Final
[Dec 23]
Palmeiras      0-0  Botafogo

SE Palmeiras wins due to better season record
23 de dezembro de 1972
PALMEIRAS 0 x 0 BOTAFOGO
Local: Morumbi (São Paulo).  Renda: Cr$ 649.445,00.  Público: 58.287
Árbitro: Agomar Martins (RS)
PALMEIRAS: Leão, Eurico, Luís Pereira, Alfredo e Zeca, Dudu (Zé Carlos) e Ademir da Guia, Edu (Ronaldo), Leivinha, Madurga e Nei. Téc.: Oswaldo Brandão
BOTAFOGO: Cao, Valtencir, Brito, Osmar e Marinho Chagas, Carlos Roberto e Nei Conceição, Zequinha, Jairzinho, Fischer e Ademir Vicente (Ferreti). Téc.: Sebastião Leônidas
Final Table
 1.Palmeiras        30 16 10  4  46-19  42
 2.Botafogo         30 10 13  7  38-31  33
 3.Internacional    29 13 14  2  42-25  40
Standing from left: Mirandinha, Caíto, Dirceu Alves, Baldocchi, Sidnei, Tião, Luis Carlos Galter, Rivellino, Zé Maria, Beto, Lance, Armando, Célio,técnico Duque; Crouching: Adãozinho, Golê (ex-São José), Miranda, Paulo Borges, Vaguinho, Nelson Lopes, Aladim, Pedrinho, Paulo Sérgio, Guaraci, Joãozinho, Marco Antonio
 4.Corinthians      29 12 12  5  31-26  36
 5.Coritiba         28 13  9  6  36-23  35
Standing from left: Lauro, Darci, Hélio, Vanderlei, Piazza, Fontana.
Bottom: Luiz Carlos, Zé Carlos, Roberto Batata, Palhinha, Lima. 
 6.Cruzeiro         28 12 10  6  41-27  34
 7.Vasco da Gama    28 11 12  5  28-18  34
 8.Santos           28 12  9  7  34-22  33
 9.São Paulo        28 13  6  9  49-32  32
10.Grêmio           28 11  9  8  24-18  31
11.Atlético-MG      28 11  8  9  35-29  30
12.Flamengo         28 10 10  8  24-25  30
13.Ceará            28  8 14  6  28-27  30
14.Fluminense       28  9 11  8  23-22  29
15.América-GB       28  9 10  9  22-26  28
16.Santa Cruz       28  8  9 11  34-43  25
17.Remo             25  5 15  5  21-20  25
Standing from left: Burcitte. Oldair. Onça. Mario Braga. Baiano, Paulo Henrique.
Front: Natal. Amorim. Picolé. Elizeu, Gilson Porto.
18.Bahia            25  6 11  8  16-23  23
19.Náutico          25  7  8 10  30-34  22
20.Vitória          25  6 10  9  13-26  22
21.Nacional         25  4 10 11  23-31  18
22.América-MG       25  3 12 10  18-28  18
Second row from left: Aguilera, Calegari, Lorico, Fogueira, Carlos Alberto Torres, Deodoro, Marinho Peres, diretor José Pereira Mendes Neto. 
Bottom: Ratinho, Dirceu, Cabinho, Basílio, Piau.
23.Portuguesa       25  4  9 12  25-37  17
24.ABC              25  4  7 14  18-33  15
25.CRB              25  1 11 13  18-45  13
26.Sergipe          25  2  5 18  14-41   9

Palmeiras – champion of Brazil!

Uruguay II Division

 

II Division

 1.Wanderers            18  11  5  2  25-12  27  Promoted 
 2.Fénix         18  10  4  4  35-20  24  Promotion Playoff
 3.Racing        18   9  5  4  24-17  23  Promotion Playoff
 4.Progreso      18   6  8  4  21-18  20
Standing from left: Oscar Washington Tabarez, Walter Hugo Silva, Harry Fleitas, Juan Nichele, Alfredo Corbo, Ruiz Diaz, Eloy Garcia (DT);
Crocuhing:Faccelo, Jorge Paz, Jorge Fanys, Milton Martinez, Eugenio Tato Santos.
 5.It. El Tanque 18   8  2  8  26-19  18  [*]
 6.Colón         18   5  5  8  17-30  15
Back row from left: Labarrere-Lachat- Couat- Bochi Grill-Monaco-Zwenger- Lachat
Front:Stoessel-Vizoso-Iriarte-Schwerdt-ARduin-Sañudo 
 7.Rampla Juniors   18   4  6  8  28-34  14
 8.Misiones      18   4  6  8  16-23  14
 9.Miramar       18   2  9  7  19-27  13 
10.Cerrito       18   2  8  8  12-23  12

[*] full name: Sportivo Italiano El Tanque
Promotion/Relegation Playoff

Round 1
Racing – Fénix                  3-1
Sud América - Central Esp.      1-1

Round 2
Central Esp. – Fénix            5-2
Sud América – Racing            1-1

Round 3
Central Esp. – Racing           0-0
Sud América - Fénix             5-0

 1.Sud América    3   1  2  0   7- 2   4  Second Playoff
   Central Esp.   3   1  2  0   6- 3   4  Second Playoff
   Racing         3   1  2  0   4- 2   4  Second Playoff
 4.Fénix          3   0  0  3   3-13   0  

Second Playoff

Round 1
Sud América – Racing            3-1

Round 2
Central Esp. – Racing           2-2

Round 3
Central Esp. - Sud América      1-0

 1.Central Esp.   2   1  1  0   3- 2   3  
 2.Sud América    2   1  0  1   3- 2   2  Relegated
 3.Racing         2   0  1  1   3- 5   1  

Promoted: Wanderers
Relegated from 1st level: Sud América

Promoted from 3rd level: Salus

Relegation Playoff
Cerrito -  Rampla Jrs.          1-1    0-0    0-1 

Rampla Juniors remained at 2nd level, Cerrito played (and won) a playoff
against a 3rd level team and eventually also remained at 2nd level

Uruguay I Division

 

Uruguay. I Division.

 1. Nacional                   22  16  4  2  55-21  36 
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Standing from left: Alberto Martínez, Walter Corbo, Nelson Acosta, Roberto Matosas, Edison Amoroso, Mario González. 
Crouching: Nilo Acuña, Daniel Quevedo (argentino), Juan Ramón Silva, Ruben Romeo Corbo, Alfredo Lamas. 
 2. Peñarol                    22  10  8  4  26-13  28 
 3. Defensor                   22   9  8  5  25-14  26 
 4. Huracán Buceo              22   6 11  5  23-17  23 
 5. Cerro                      22  10  3  9  28-31  23 
 6. Liverpool                  22   7  8  7  20-19  22 
Back row from left: Andrés Aguirre, Omar Correa, Juan Parravizzini, Voltaire García, Antonio De Lucca, Sergio Brogno.
Front: Walter Pinato, Jorge Barboza, Miguel Mansilla, Jorge Ribeiro, Eduardo Rey.
 7. CA River Plate             22   6  9  7  23-21  21 
 8. Sud América                22   6  9  7  20-23  21 
 9. Rentistas                  22   5 10  7  14-23  20 
10. Danubio                    22   4 10  8  26-31  18 
11. Bella Vista                22   5  7 10  24-43  17 
12. Central Español            22   0  9 13  24-52   9 

Champions: Nacional 
To C.Libertadores: Nacional and Peñarol 
Name change: Central becomes Central Español 

Peru Second Level

 

Peru – second level:

The 1972 Copa Perúseason the promotion tournament of Peruvian football.

In this tournament, after many qualification rounds, each one of the 24 departments in which Peru is politically divided qualified a team. Those teams, plus the team relegated from First Division on the last year, enter in two more rounds and finally 6 of them qualify for the Final round, staged in Lima (the capital).

Two teams were promoted to play in1972 First Division.

Final Stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion

1 Atlético Grau 5 5 0 0 14 5 +9 10 1972 Torneo Descentralizado

2 León de Huánuco 5 3 1 1 10 8 +2 7

3 Deportivo Junín 5 2 1 2 10 11 −1 5

Standing from left: Fernado Anto (kinesiologo), el niño Ademir Arroé ex-jugador del Muni, Javier Buendia, Dante Febres, Luis Cuba, Arturo Olazabal, Héctor Berrios, Herbert Yepez.

Bottom: Humberto Castañeda, Hugo Arroé, José Carrión, José Valenza, Luis Morales.

4 Cienciano 5 0 4 1 9 11 −2 4

5 Cultural Juanjuí 5 1 1 3 9 12 −3 3

6 Deportivo Carsa 5 0 1 4 7 12 −5 1

The 1972 Peruvian Segunda División, the second division of Peruvian football, was played by 11 teams. The tournament winner, Atlético Chalaco was promoted to the 1973 Torneo Descentralizado.

In April 1973, the Peruvian Football Federation ordered the elimination of the Second Division, so all the teams that maintained the category, in addition to Defensor Arica, which was relegated from 1972 Torneo Descentralizado, began to play in their respective league of origin.

Pos Team Pld W D L Pts Qualification or relegation

Standing from left: Guido Mendoza, Gustavo Orellana, Ramón Aparicio, Adrián Bernal, Carlos Bravo, Gabriel Sánchez.
Crouching: Pedro Baylón, Víctor "Pichicho"  Benavides, Manuel Lobatón, Víctor "Velita" Aquije, Manuel "Kilo" Lobatón.

1 Atlético Chalaco 20 17 3 0 37 1973 Torneo Descentralizado

2 Porvenir Miraflores 20 14 6 0 34

3 Mariscal Sucre 20 10 5 5 25

4 Centro Iqueño 20 9 4 7 22

5 Carlos Concha 20 7 5 8 19

6 Ciclista Lima 20 7 3 10 17

7 Independiente Sacachispas 20 5 6 9 16

8 Deportivo Bancoper 20 5 5 10 15

9 Racing 20 4 5 11 13

10 ADO 20 3 5 12 11

11 Atlético Sicaya 20 4 3 13 11 1973 Liga Provincial del Callao