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).

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!