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UEFA Cup

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UEFA Cup 1971-72

First Round
Hertha BSC               FRG  IF Elfsborg (Boras)      Swe  3-1  4-1  7-2 
Dundee                   Sco  AB (Copenhagen)          Den  4-2  1-0  5-2       
Rosenborg BK             Nor  HIFK (Helsinki)          Fin  3-0  1-0  4-0       
Vasas SC                 Hun  Shelbourne               Irl  1-0  1-1  2-1       
Glentoran                Nir  Eintracht Brunswick      FRG  0-1  1-6  1-7       
IBK (Keflavik)           Isl  Tottenham Hotspur        Eng  1-6  0-9  1-15x     
RC Celta Vigo            Esp  Aberdeen                 Sco  0-2  0-1  0-3       
FC Den Haag              Ned  Aris Bonnevoie           Lux  5-0  2-2  7-2
Wolverhampton Wanderers  Eng  Academica Coimbra        Por  3-0  4-1  7-1
AS Saint-Etienne         Fra  1.FC Cologne             FRG  1-1  1-2  2-3
FC Lugano                Sui  Legia Warsaw             Pol  1-3  0-0  1-3
FC Porto                 Por  FC Nantes                Fra  0-2  1-1  1-3
Hamburger SV             FRG  St. Johnstone            Sco  2-1  0-3  2-4
Southampton              Eng  Athletic Bilbao          Esp  2-1  0-2  2-3
Bologna                  Ita  RSC Anderlecht           Bel  1-1  2-0  3-1 
SSC Napoli               Ita  Rapid Bucharest          Rom  1-0  0-2  1-2
Vitoria FC (Setubal)     Por  Nimes Olympique          Fra  1-0  1-2 *2-2
Atletico Madrid          Esp  Panionios                Gre  2-1  0-1  2-2*
FC Carl Zeiss Jena       GDR  FC Lokomotiv (Plovdiv)   Bul  3-0  1-3  4-3
FC Basle                 Sui  Real Madrid              Esp  1-2  1-2  2-4
Marsa                    Mlt  Juventus                 Ita  0-6  0-5  0-11
NK Dinamo (Zagreb)       Yug  FC Botev (Vratza)        Bul  6-1  2-1  8-2
UT Arad                  Rom  SV Austria Salzburg      Aut  4-1  1-3  5-4
Fenerbahce               Tur  Ferencvarosi             Hun  1-1  1-3  2-4
AC Milan                 Ita  Digenis (Morphou)        Cyp  4-0  3-0  7-0
Spartak Moscow           URS  VSS Kosice               Tch  2-0  1-2  3-2
OFK Belgrade             Yug  Djurgaardens IF          Swe  4-1  2-2  6-3 
FK Zeljeznicar (Sarajevo)Yug  FC Brugge KV             Bel  3-0  1-3  4-3
Hallescher FC Chemie     GDR  PSV (Eindhoven)          Ned  0-0       0-0y
Zaglebie Walbrzych       Pol  Sklo Union Teplice       Tch  1-0  3-2  4-2
Lierse SK                Bel  Leeds United             Eng  0-2  4-0  4-2
SK Rapid Vienna walkover, KS Vllaznia (Shkoder) withdrew
x 1st leg in Reykjavik
y PSV walkover, HFC Chemie withdrew after 1st leg

Second Round
Rosenborg BK             Nor  Lierse SK                Bel  4-1  0-3  4-4*
Rapid Bucharest          Rom  Legia Warsaw             Pol  4-0  0-2  4-2
1.FC Cologne             FRG  Dundee                   Sco  2-1  2-4  4-5
FC Den Haag              Ned  Wolverhampton Wanderers  Eng  1-3  0-4  1-7
FK Zeljeznicar (Sarajevo)Yug  Bologna                  Ita  1-1  2-2 *3-3
FC Nantes                Fra  Tottenham Hotspur        Eng  0-0  0-1  0-1
Eintracht Brunswick      FRG  Athletic Bilbao          Esp  2-1  2-2  4-3
St. Johnstone            Sco  Vasas SC                 Hun  2-0  0-1  2-1
Spartak Moscow           URS  Vitoria FC (Setubal)     Por  0-0  0-4  0-4
AC Milan                 Ita  Hertha BSC               FRG  4-2  1-2  5-4 
OFK Belgrade             Yug  FC Carl Zeiss Jena       GDR  1-1  0-4  1-5
Zaglebie Walbrzych       Pol  UT Arad                  Rom  1-1  1-2  2-3
NK Dinamo (Zagreb)       Yug  SK Rapid Vienna          Aut  2-2  0-0  2-2*
Real Madrid              Esp  PSV (Eindhoven)          Ned  3-1  0-2  3-3*+
Juventus                 Ita  Aberdeen                 Sco  2-0  1-1  3-1
Ferencvarosi             Hun  Panionios                Gre  6-0       6-0x
+ 2nd leg played in Den Bosch
x Ferencvarosi walkover, Panionios disqualified

Third Round
AC Milan                 Ita  Dundee                   Sco  3-0  0-2  3-2
FC Carl Zeiss Jena       GDR  Wolverhampton Wanderers  Eng  0-1  0-3  0-4
Eintracht Brunswick      FRG  Ferencvarosi             Hun  1-1  2-5  3-6
PSV (Eindhoven)          Ned  Lierse SK                Bel  1-0  0-4  1-4
SK Rapid Vienna          Aut  Juventus                 Ita  0-1  1-4  1-5
St. Johnstone            Sco  FK Zeljeznicar (Sarajevo)Yug  1-0  1-5  2-5
Tottenham Hotspur        Eng  Rapid Bucharest          Rom  3-0  2-0  5-0
UT Arad                  Rom  Vitoria FC (Setubal)     Por  3-0  0-1  3-1

Quarter-Final
AC Milan                 Ita  Lierse SK                Bel  2-0  1-1  3-1
UT Arad                  Rom  Tottenham Hotspur        Eng  0-2  1-1  1-3
Ferencvarosi             Hun  FK Zeljeznicar (Sarajevo)Yug  1-2  2-1  3-3  5-4p
Juventus                 Ita  Wolverhampton Wanderers  Eng  1-1  1-2  2-3

Semi-Finals
Tottenham Hotspur        Eng  AC Milan                 Ita  2-1  1-1  3-2
Ferencvarosi             Hun  Wolverhampton Wanderers  Eng  2-2  1-2  3-4


Final 1st Leg, Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton, 3 May 1972, att 45000

Wolverhampton Wanderers  (0) 1  Tottenham Hotspur        (0) 2
57' 0-1  TH: Chivers
72' 1-1  WW: McCalliog 72
87' 1-2  TH: Chivers

Wolverhampton Wanderers
        Parkes; Shaw, Taylor, Hegan, Munro, McAlle, McCalliog, Hibbitt, Richards,
        Dougan, Wagstaffe
Tottenham Hotspur
        Jennings; Kinnear, Knowles, Mullery, England, Beal, Gilzean, Perryman,
        Chivers, Peters, Coates (Pratt 68)
Referee: Bahramov (Soviet Union)


Final 2nd Leg, White Hart Lane, London, 17 May 1972, att 54000

Tottenham Hotspur        (1) 1  Wolverhampton Wanderers  (1) 1
30' 1-0  TH: Mullery
41' 1-1  WW: Wagstaffe
Tottenham won 3-2 on aggregate

Tottenham Hotspur
        Jennings; Kinnear, Knowles, Mullery, England, Beal, Gilzean, Perryman,
        Chivers, Peters, Coates
Wolverhampton Wanderers
        Parkes; Shaw, Taylor, Hegan, Munro, McAlle, McCalliog, Hibbitt (Bailey 55),
        Richards, Dougan (Curran 84), Wagstaffe
Referee: Van Ravens (Netherlands)










Wolves lost the English final by one goal. Unlucky.

Tottenham Hotspur won the first UEFA Cup. The new trophy was right for them – this squad deserved success and if English success was tougher to achieve, then international success.

Cup Winners Cup

2026-11-02T00:36:21.646-08:00

Cup Winners' Cup 1971-72

Preliminary Round                                                               
B1909 (Odense)           Den  FK Austria (Vienna)      Aut  4-2  0-2  4-4*
Hibernians (Paola)       Mlt  Fram (Reykjavik)         Isl  3-0  0-2  3-2x      
x 2nd leg in Malta

First Round
Servette FC Geneva       Sui  Liverpool                Eng  2-1  0-2  2-3       
Distillery               Nir  FC Barcelona             Esp  1-3  0-4  1-7
Berliner FC Dynamo       GDR  Cardiff City             Wal  1-1  1-1  2-2  5-4p
Jeunesse Hautcharage     Lux  Chelsea                  Eng  0-8  0-13 0-21x     
Limerick                 Irl  Torino                   Ita  0-1  0-4  0-5       
KS Dinamo (Tirane)       Alb  FK Austria (Vienna)      Aut  1-1  0-1  1-2       
Stade Rennais            Fra  Rangers                  Sco  1-1  0-1  1-2       
Hibernians (Paola)       Mlt  Steaua Bucharest         Rom  0-0  0-1  0-1       
Sporting CP (Lisbon)     Por  SFK Lyn                  Nor  4-0  3-0  7-0 
TJ Skoda Pilzen          Tch  Bayern Munich            FRG  0-1  1-6  1-7       
Komloi Banyasz           Hun  Red Star (Belgrade)      Yug  2-7  2-1  4-8       
Olympiakos (Pireus)      Gre  Dinamo Moscow            URS  0-2  2-1  2-3
FC Levski-Spartak        Bul  Sparta Rotterdam         Ned  1-1  0-2  1-3
Zaglebie Sosnowiec       Pol  Atvidabergs FF           Swe  3-4  1-1  4-5
MP (Mikkeli)             Fin  Eskisehirspor            Tur  0-0  0-4  0-4
Beerschot VAV            Bel  Anorthosis (Famagusta)   Cyp  7-0  1-0  8-0y
x 1st leg in Luxembourg
y 2nd leg in Antwerpen

Second Round
Liverpool                Eng  Bayern Munich            FRG  0-0  1-3  1-3
Atvidabergs FF           Swe  Chelsea                  Eng  0-0  1-1 *1-1
Torino                   Ita  FK Austria (Vienna)      Aut  1-0  0-0  1-0
Rangers                  Sco  Sporting CP (Lisbon)     Por  3-2  3-4 *6-6  aet
Beerschot VAV            Bel  Berliner FC Dynamo       GDR  1-3  1-3  2-6
Sparta Rotterdam         Ned  Red Star (Belgrade)      Yug  1-1  1-2  2-3
FC Barcelona             Esp  Steaua Bucharest         Rom  0-1  1-2  1-3
Eskisehirspor            Tur  Dinamo Moscow            URS  0-1  0-1  0-2

Quarter-Finals
Torino                   Ita  Rangers                  Sco  1-1  0-1  1-2
Steaua Bucharest         Rom  Bayern Munich            FRG  1-1  0-0  1-1*
Atvidabergs FF           Swe  Berliner FC Dynamo       GDR  0-2  2-2  2-4x
Red Star (Belgrade)      Yug  Dinamo Moscow            URS  1-2  1-1  2-3y
x 1st leg in Stockholm
y 2nd leg in Tashkent

Semi-Finals
Bayern Munich            FRG  Rangers                  Sco  1-1  0-2  1-3       
Berliner FC Dynamo       GDR  Dinamo Moscow            URS  1-1  1-1  2-2x 1-4p
x 2nd leg in Lwow


Final, Nou Camp Stadium, Barcelona, 24 May 1972, att 35000

Rangers                  (2) 3  Dinamo Moscow            (0) 2
23' 1-0  R: Stein
40' 2-0  R: Johnston
49' 3-0  R: Johnston
60' 3-1  DM: Estrekov
87' 3-2  DM: Makovikov





Rangers
        McCloy; Jardine, Johnstone, Smith, Mathieson; Greig, Conn, MacDonald,
        McLean, Stein, Johnston
Dinamo Moscow
        Pilgui; Basalayev, Dolmatov, Zykov, Dolbonosov (Gershkovich 69); Zhukov,
        Baydachny, Yakubik (Eshtrekov 56), Sabo; Makhovikov, Yevryuzhikhin
Referee: Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)


Rangers celebrated.
Dynamo protested, UEFA ignored the protest, the result stayed. Rightly or wrongly, Dynamo lost. Yes, there was pitch invasion by Rangers' fans, cutting the game a few minutes shorter than regulated time. Yes, there was possiblity for equalizing goal. 
Glasgow Rangers won the Cup – their ony Europen trophy so far. A bit tainted too – nothing wrong with the players, but their fans interupted the final beforev time. Yet, a great success.

European Champions Cup

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Champions' Cup 1971-72

Preliminary Round
Valencia                 Esp  US Luxembourg            Lux  3-1  1-0  4-1

First Round
Galatasaray              Tur  CSKA Moscow              URS  1-1  0-3  1-4
Standard CL (Liege)      Bel  Linfield                 Nir  2-0  3-2  5-2
B1903 (Copenhagen)       Den  Celtic                   Sco  2-1  0-3  2-4
Feyenoord                Ned  Olympiakos (Nicosia)     Cyp  8-0  9-0 17-0w
Internazionale           Ita  AEK (Athens)             Gre  4-1  2-3  6-4
Ujpesti Dozsa            Hun  Malmo FF                 Swe  4-0  0-1  4-1
Valencia                 Esp  NK Hajduk (Split)        Yug  0-0  1-1 *1-1
Cork Hibernians          Irl  Borussia Monchengladbach FRG  0-5  1-2  1-7
Wacker Innsbruck         Aut  SL Benfica               Por  0-4  1-3  1-7
Ajax                     Ned  SG Dynamo Dresden        GDR  2-0  0-0  2-0
Stromsgodset IF          Nor  Arsenal                  Eng  1-3  0-4  1-7x
Dinamo Bucharest         Rom  Spartak Trnava           Tch  0-0  2-2 *2-2
Olympique Marseille      Fra  Gornik Zabrze            Pol  2-1  1-1  3-2y
CSKA (Sofia)             Bul  KS Partizani (Tirane)    Alb  3-0  1-0  4-0
Lahden Reipas            Fin  Grasshopper-Club Zurich  Sui  1-1  0-8  1-9
IA (Akranes)             Isl  Sliema Wanderers         Mlt  0-4  0-0  0-4z
w 2nd leg in Rotterdam
x 1st leg in Oslo
y 2nd leg in Katowice
z 1st leg in Malta

Second Round
CSKA Moscow              URS  Standard CL (Liege)      Bel  1-0  0-2  1-2
Dinamo Bucharest         Rom  Feyenoord                Ned  0-3  0-2  0-5
Valencia                 Esp  Ujpesti Dozsa            Hun  0-1  1-2  1-3
Internazionale           Ita  Borussia Monchengladbach FRG  4-2  0-0  4-2x
SL Benfica               Por  CSKA (Sofia)             Bul  2-1  0-0  2-1
Grasshopper-Club Zurich  Sui  Arsenal                  Eng  0-2  0-3  0-5
Olympique Marseille      Fra  Ajax                     Ned  1-2  1-4  2-6
Celtic                   Sco  Sliema Wanderers         Mlt  5-0  2-1  7-1
x Borussia Monchengladbach were originally drawn at home and won the first
  leg 7-1.  During the match, Roberto Boninsegna was carried off, allegedly
  having been hit by a beer can.  The match was annulled and UEFA ordered
  a replay in West-Berlin, which took place after Internazionale's home
  match.

Quarter-Finals
Ajax                     Ned  Arsenal                  Eng  2-1  1-0  3-1
Feyenoord                Ned  SL Benfica               Por  1-0  1-5  2-5
Ujpesti Dozsa            Hun  Celtic                   Sco  1-2  1-1  2-3
Internazionale           Ita  Standard CL (Liege)      Bel  1-0  1-2 *2-2

Semi-Finals
Ajax                     Ned  SL Benfica               Por  1-0  0-0  1-0
Internazionale           Ita  Celtic                   Sco  0-0  0-0  0-0  5-4p


Final, Feyenoord Stadium, Rotterdam, 31 May 1972, att 61000


Ajax                     (0) 2  Internazionale           (0) 0
47' 1-0  A: Cruyff
78' 2-0  A: Cruyff













Ajax (trainer Kovacs)
        Stuy; Suurbier, Blankenburg, Hulshoff, Krol; Neeskens, Haan, G.Mühren; Swart,Cruijff, Keizer
Internazionale (trainer Invernizzi)
        Bordon, Burgnich, Facchetti, Bellugi, Oriali; Giubertoni (Bertini 12), Bedin, Frustalupi; Jair (Pellizarro 58), Mazzola, Boninsegna
Referee: Helles (France)


Second Champions Cup in a row.

Inter was outplayed. Standing from left: Bordon, Fabbian, Bellugi, Corso, Facchetti, Invernizzi (all.), Ghio, Giubertoni, Boninsegna, Mazzola, Vieri.

Sitting: Bertini, Oriali, Jair, Burgnich, Cacciatori, Bedin, Frustalupi, Silva, Pellizzaro, Della Casa (mass.)

Simply the best.

Intercontinental Cup

2026-10-28T02:04:50.837-07:00

Intercontinental Cup.



1st. leg:
Venue: Avellaneda. Field: Independiente ("La Doble Visera").
September 6, 1972.
   
Independiente (Argentina) 1-1 (0-1) Ajax (Netherlands)
0-1  5' Johan Cruijff
1-1 81' Francisco "Pancho" Sa





Independiente:  Miguel Ángel Santoro - Eduardo Comisso, Miguel Ángel López, Francisco Pedro Manuel Sa, Ricardo Elbio Pavoni - José Omar Pastoriza, Alejandro Estanislao Semenewicz,Miguel Ángel Raimondo (Carlos Alberto Bulla) - Agustín Alberto Balbuena, Eduardo Andrés Magglioni,Dante Mírcoli.
Ajax:Heinz Stuy - Horst Blankenburg, Wim Suurbier, Barry Hulshoff, Ruud Krol, Arie Haan, Johan Neeskens, Gerrie Mühren, Sjaak Swart,Johan Cruijff (Arnold Mühren), Piet Keizer.




2nd. leg:
Venue: Amsterdam. Field: Olympisch Stadion.
September 28, 1972.

Ajax (Netherlands) 3-0 Independiente (Argentina)
Goals: Johan Neeskens, Johnny Rep (2).



















Ajax:Heinz Stuy - Horst Blankenburg, Wim Suurbier, Barry Hulshoff,Ruud Krol, Arie Haan, Johan Neeskens, Gerrie Mühren,Sjaak Swart (Johnny Rep), Johan Cruijff, Piet Keizer.                Coach: Stefan Kovacs.
Independiente:  Miguel Ángel Santoro - Eduardo Comisso, Miguel Ángel López, Francisco Pedro Manuel Sa,Ricardo Elbio Pavoni - José Omar Pastoriza, Alejandro Estanislao Semenewicz,Luis Garisto - Agustín Balbuena, Eduardo Andrés Magglioni,                Dante Mírcoli (Carlos Alberto Bulla).

Piet Keizer receives the Cup.

The triumphal run of the winners.

Independiente was outplayed, sometimes by their own (dirty) game. No luck this year, so what can be remembered is their unusual kit – blue so dark, it looked like black.

Often this photo is presented as one of the final – yes, the team is the same, but Ajax played entirely in white in Avellaneda. Standing from left: Heinz Stuy, Barry Hulshoff, Wim Suurbier, Blankenburg, Ruud Krol; Bottom : Johan Cruyff, Arie Haan, Sjaak Swart, Johan Neeskens, Gerrie Muhren, Piet Keizer.

Simply the best in the world! They survived threats (Hulshoff had to be assigned as bodyguard to Cruijff in Argentina), dirty play – which they matched fearlessly, tough opponent and got the world crown. They proved they were best of all, but this was the only time the great Ajax played for the Intercontinental Cup.

Copa Libertadores

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Copa Libertadores. First Round

Nacional (Montevideo) bye to the second round as holders.

Group 1 [Argentina, Colombia]
 1.Independiente (Avellaneda)      6  4  2  0 13- 5 10
 2.Rosario Central                 6  3  2  1  8- 5  8
 3.Independiente Santa Fe (Bogotá) 6  1  2  3  4- 9  4
 4.Atlético Nacional (Medellín)    6  0  2  4  3- 9  2

Group 2 [Bolivia, Ecuador]
 1.Barcelona (Guayaquil)           6  3  3  0  8- 3  9
 2.América (Quito)                 6  3  1  2  9- 7  7
 3.Oriente Petrolero (Santa Cruz)  6  2  2  2 10- 7  6
 4.Chaco Petrolero (La Paz)        6  1  0  5  3-13  2

Group 3 [Brazil, Paraguay]
 1.São Paulo                       6  3  2  1 12- 6  8
 2.Olimpia (Asunción)              6  2  2  2  7- 8  6
 3.Cerro Porteño (Asunción)        6  2  2  2  7-11  6
 4.Atlético Mineiro (Belo Horiz.)  6  0  4  2  5- 6  4

Group 4 [Chile, Peru]
 1.Universitario (Lima)            6  3  2  1  9- 6  8
 2.Universidad de Chile (Santiago) 6  3  0  3 12-12  6
 3.Alianza (Lima)                  6  2  2  2 10-10  6
 4.Unión San Felipe                6  1  2  3  5- 8  4

Group 5 [Uruguay, Venezuela]

 1.Peñarol (Montevideo)            4  4  0  0 12- 3  8
 2.Deportivo Italia (Caracas)      4  1  1  2  4- 7  3
 3.Valencia (Acarigua)             4  0  1  3  3- 9  1

Semi-Finals

Group 1 
 1.Universitario (Lima)            4  1  2  1  9- 7  4
 2.Nacional (Montevideo)           4  1  2  1  7- 7  4
 3.Peñarol (Montevideo)            4  1  2  1  5- 7  4

Group 2
 1.Independiente (Avellaneda)      4  2  1  1  4- 2  5
 2.São Paulo                       4  1  2  1  2- 3  4
 3.Barcelona (Guayaquil)           4  0  3  1  2- 3  3

Final (May 17 & 24)
Universitario            Per  Independiente            Arg   0-0  1-2  1-2

1st leg. Estadio Nacional, Lima, 17- 5-1972

Universitario - Independiente 0-0

Universitario: Ballesteros, Soría, Cuellar, Chumpítaz, Luna, Techera,
               Carbonell (Uribe), Castañeda, Ramírez, Rojas, Bailetti.
Independiente: Santoro, Commisso, Sá, Garisto, Pavoni, Pastoriza, Raimondo,
               Semenewicz, Balbuena, Mircoli, Saggioratto (Bulla).

Referee: Marques (Brazil)
Attendance: 45,000

2nd leg. Cordero, Avellaneda, 24- 5-1972

Independiente - Universitario 2-1
 6' Maglioni      1-0
61' Maglioni      2-0
79' Rojas         2-1



Independiente: Santoro, Commisso, Sá, Garisto, Pavoni, Pastoriza, Raimondo,
               Semenewicz, Balbuena, Maglioni (Magán), Saggioratto (Mircoli).
Universitario: Ballesteros, Soría, Cuellar, Chumpítaz, Luna, Techera
               (Alva), Cruzado, Castañeda, Munante, Rojas, Ramírez (Bailetti).

Referee: Favilli Neto (Brazil)
Attendance: 55,000

Independiente got the trophy!

Universitario (Lima) lost the final by one goal. May be unlucky after an excellent campaign - especially because they played part of it without 5 national team players! They were the first Peruvian team to reach the final.

South American champions for a third time! Although the picture is from the semi-final, this was squad winning the final.

The team was getting old – there were some players (Santoro, for instance) who appeared in the first won final in 1964, but they had not only experience and smooth understanding – they had younger and eager reserves. For the moment, they equalized the record of Estudiantes (La Plata) and Penarol (Montevideo), leading with them the South American clubs with 3 Libertadores Cups each.

Sweet success, but it was only the beginning of the greatest period of the club.

Argentina Second Division

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II Division. Primera B

Table:
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                                                         Home      Away
No. Team                              G   W   D   L    W  D  L   W  D  L   Gf  Ga   P
Standing from left: Otarola, Escalada, O. Gutiérrez, Rubén Díaz, Montilla, Panizzo. 
Front: Belvedere, Cavallo, Mamberto, Valentín Sánchez, José S. Romero, Fraile.
 1. All Boys                         32  21   6   5   13  2  1   8  4  4   53  33   48  [Promoted to First Division]
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 2. Almirante Brown                  32  19   7   6   10  3  3   9  4  3   52  29   45
 3. Nueva Chicago                    32  15  12   5   10  3  3   5  9  2   51  29   42
 4. Temperley                        32  15  10   7    9  6  1   6  4  6   50  38   40
 5. Deportivo Morón                  32  14   9   9    6  2  8   8  7  1   44  34   37
 6. San Telmo                        32  11  11  10    7  5  4   4  6  6   32  36 33
Back row from left: José M. Gatti, J. M. Collodel, José Caffaro, Ricardo Troncone, Rímolo, Ramiro Pérez.
Bottom: J.C López, Sergio Cierra, Ramos, Osvaldo Morelli, Ernesto Ulrich.
 7. Platense                         32  10  12  10    2  8  6   8  4  4   45  44   32
 8. Almagro                          32   9  12  11    5  7  4   4  5  7   43  46   30
 9. Los Andes                        32  11   7  14    5  5  6   6  2  8   45  41   29
10. Talleres (RE)                    32   9  11  12    8  6  2   1  5 10   41  44   29
11. Comunicaciones                   32   8  12  12    7  5  4   1  7  8   40  39 28
Second row from left: Oscar Gatto, Emilio Martínez, J. Alvarez, Osvaldo Pérez, Héctot Abritta, Luis Manna.
First row: Hugo Reynoso, Norberto Espada, Clemente Espinosa, Ricardo Julio Villa, Juan G. Carrizo. 
12. Quilmes                          32  10   8  14    9  2  5   1  6  9   48  60   28
13. Arsenal                          32   9   9  14    6  7  3   3  2 11   36  42   27
14. Tigre                            32   7  13  12    4  7  5   3  6  7   38  46   27
15. Estudiantes (Bs.As.)             32   7  11  14    5  4  7   2  7  7   29  50   25
Standing from left: Jorge Sigman, Omar Masciotra, Lanata, Anaud, Hugo Mazzini, O. Martínez.
Bottom: Cacciatore, Guillin, Eduardo Menconi, R. Domínguez, Obdulio López. 
16. Excursionistas                   32   9   6  17    4  3  9   5  3  8   41  59   24  [Relegated]
17. Deportivo Español                32   6   8  18    2  7  7   4  1 11   30  48   20  [Relegated]
All Boys won the Primera B and was promoted to Metropolitano Primera A. Great achievement.

Argentina Nacional

2026-10-21T01:11:59.106-07:00

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
--------------------------------------------------------------
 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

2026-10-19T00:59:55.159-07:00

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

2026-10-17T20:36:09.693-07:00

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
-------------------------------------------
 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

2026-10-14T03:24:16.750-07:00

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
------------------------------------------
 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
------------------------------------------
 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
------------------------------------------
 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
------------------------------------------
 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

2026-10-11T23:17:28.081-07:00

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

2026-10-08T23:26:08.839-07:00

Uruguay. I Division.


 1. Nacional                   22  16  4  2  55-21  36 
------------------------------------------------------- 
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

2026-10-07T01:21:26.660-07:00

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

Peru I Division

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Peru. I Division

Grupo Metropolitano

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification

Second row from left: Héctor Revoredo, Roberto Chauca, Gerardo Baygorria, Orlando la Torre, Víctor Fernández, Ramón Quiroga.
Front: Tadeo Risco, Ramón Mifflin, Vinha de Souza, José del Castillo, Reynaldo Jaime.

1 Sporting Cristal 14 8 4 2 21 13 +8 20 Liguilla Final

2 Defensor Lima 14 8 3 3 28 16 +12 19

3 Sport Boys 14 4 7 3 28 22 +6 15

4 Deportivo Municipal 14 5 4 5 19 18 +1 14

5 Universitari o 14 4 5 5 17 17 0 13

6 Alianza Lima 14 5 2 7 18 28 −10 12

7 Defensor Arica 14 2 6 6 16 25 −9 10

8 Deportivo SIMA 14 2 5 7 16 24 −8 9

Grupo Regional

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification

Standing from left: Demetrio Mazzo, Luis Acosta, Roberto Agüero, Luis La Fuente, Augusto Prado, Otorino Sartor.
First row: Félix Rubianes, Luis Palomino, Marcos Portilla, César Cueto, Mariano Loo.

1 José Gálvez 14 8 4 2 18 11 +7 20 First place play-off

2 Unión Tumán 14 7 6 1 23 13 +10 20

3 Atlético Torino 14 6 5 3 19 13 +6 17

4 Melgar 14 6 3 5 23 18 +5 15

5 Juan Aurich 14 4 7 3 26 23 +3 15

6 Atlético Grau 14 4 3 7 24 24 0 11

7 Carlos A. Mannucci 14 3 2 9 13 29 −16 8

8 León de Huánuco 14 2 2 10 12 27 −15 6

First place play-off

José Gálvez

1–0

Unión Tumán

Torneo Descentralizado

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation

1 Alianza Lima 30 17 7 6 55 26 +29 41 Liguilla Final

Standing from left: Roberto Chale, Pedro Alexis González, Teodoro Wuchi, Miguel Angel Tojo, Miguel Angel Converti.
Crouching: Rodulfo Manzo, Antonio Trigueros, Pedro Gonzáles, Eduardo Stuchi, Rubén Correa, José Fernández.

2 Defensor Lima 30 16 8 6 60 35 +25 40

Top from left: Jorge Ayo, Ayala, Manuel Carrizales, Fernando Cárdenas, José Navarro, Eloy Bernales.
Bottom: Pietrone, Hernán Aedo, Angel Clemente Rojas, Manuel Mellán, Luis Enrique Camacho.

3 Deportivo Municipal 30 16 8 6 45 30 +15 40

4 Universitario 30 12 11 7 61 34 +27 35

Standing from left: Jorge Charún, Carlos "Pinocho" Urrunaga, Pedrito Ruíz, Francisco "Pancho" Gonzáles, Andrés Zegarra, Fernando "Muchachito" Guerrero.
Bottom: Carlos Vidal, Julio "Buyo" Ramírez, Heredia, Vásquez Balbetón, Alberto Párraga.

5 Juan Aurich 30 15 5 10 55 44 +11 35

Standing from left: César Tagle, Roberto Chauca, Ramón Quiroga, Fernando Mellán, Orlando La Torre, Víctor Fernández.
Crouching: Tadeo Risco, Alfredo Quesada, Vinha de Souza, Augusto Palacios, Carlos Gonzáles Pajuelo.

6 Sporting Cristal 30 11 10 9 41 34 +7 32

7 Atlético Grau 30 11 7 12 38 47 −9 29

Standing from left: Higinio Briceño, Julio Zevallos, José Arias, Eduardo Portilla, Otorino Sartor, Miguel Company.
First row: Félix Rubianes, Luis Palomino, Rómulo Ferretti, Marcos Portilla, Mariano Loo.

8 José Gálvez 30 8 12 10 32 34 −2 28

Second row from left: Guillén, Bazán, Tragodara, Salinas, Mora, Salazar;
Bottom: García, Ormeño, Lurita, Rodríguez, Menacho.

9 Deportivo SIMA 30 6 16 8 33 37 −4 28

10 Melgar 30 12 3 15 38 43 −5 27

Top from left: charro velasquez, peron maldonado, león , nene farias, farias negrini, ray vargas, camay Bottom: farfan, sívori vargas, paco celi , jefe mendoza, el cholo juarez.

11 Atlético Torino 30 10 7 13 35 47 −12 27

12 Unión Tumán 30 8 10 12 40 41 −1 26

13 Sport Boys 30 9 8 13 38 45 −7 26

14 León de Huánuco 30 7 12 11 33 47 −14 26

15 Carlos A. Mannucci (R) 30 7 10 13 30 53 −23 24 1973 Copa Perú

Standing from left: Raúl Chumpitaz, Alberto Marticorena, Eduardo Saavedra, Chiapa, Justo Aliaga, RicardoVicente.
Front: Reyes, Carlos Chirinos, Jesús Lavalle, Manuel Manrique, Ronchiz.

16 Defensor Arica (R) 30 4 8 18 24 61 −37 16

Liguilla Final

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification

Standing from left: Campos, Chauca, Таgle, Rubinos, La Torre, Fernandez
Crouching: Risco, Del Castillo, Palacios, Vinha de Souza, Reynaldo Jaime

1 Sporting Cristal (C) 5 3 2 0 6 3 +3 8 1973 Copa Libertadores

Top from left: Elezar Soria, Fernando Cuellar, Cesar Luna, Carlos Carbonell, Hector Chumpitaz, Humberto Horacio Ballesteros.

Bottom: Juan Hose Munante, Percy Rojas, Ruben Techera, Luis Cruzado, Oswaldo Ramirez.

2 Universitario 5 2 3 0 10 7 +3 7 1973 Copa Libertadores

Second row from left: Jorge Ayo, Jesús Neyra, Fernando Cárdenas, Rubén Díaz, Enrique Verástegui, Manuel Carrizales.
First row: Pietrone, Roberto Drago, Angel Clemente Rojas, Hugo Sotil, Alejandro Gonzáles.

3 Deportivo Municipal 5 1 3 1 8 7 +1 5

Top from left: Demetrio "Chimango" Mazzo, Rodolfo Bazán, Luis "El Príncipe" La Fuente, Roberto Aguero, Augusto Prado, Roberto "Tito" Elías.
Crouching: Félix Rubianes, Luis Palomino, Marcos Portilla, César Cueto, Mariano Loo.

4 José Gálvez 5 0 4 1 5 6 −1 4

Standing from left: Francisco Ponce, Javier Castillo, Moisés Palacios, Javier Gonzáles, Luis Ivaldy, Manuel Mayorga.
Bottom: Julio Baylón, Víctor Zegarra, Teófilo Cubillas, Juan Rivero, Luis Martínez.

5 Alianza Lima 5 0 3 2 4 7 −3 3

Second row from left: José Fernández. Carlos Burella, Jorge Barreto, Walter Escobar, Pedro Gonzáles, Eduardo Stucchi.
First row: Pedro Alexis González, Raúl Párraga, Teodoro Wuchi, Miguel Angel Tojo, Miguen Angel Converti.

6 Defensor Lima 5 0 3 2 3 6 −3 3

Sporting Cristal (Lima) won their 5^th title. From left: Rafael Asca, Reynaldo Jaime, José del Castillo, Luiz Carlos de Oliveira , Ricardo Quiles, Orlando La Torre, Ramón Mifflin, Vinha De Souza, Roberto Chauca, Gerardo Rubiños, Carlos Gonzáles Pajuelo, Víctor Fernández, César Tagle, Luis Rubiños, Marcos Calderón, Ramón Quiroga, Augusto Palacios, NN, Gerardo Baygorria, Alfredo Quesada, Juan Orbegozo, Alberto Gallardo, Tadeo Risco, Eloy Campos,

Chile II Division

2026-10-01T23:36:34.981-07:00

Second Division. Campeonato Oficial

Final Table:

 1.PALESTINO            39 20 11  8  61-45  51  (Santiago) - Champions  
 2.Ferroviarios         39 18 12  9  78-53  48  (Santiago)  
 3.Ñublense             39 16 14  9  49-40  46  (Chillán)    
 4.Santiago Morning     39 13 16 10  65-55  42  (Santiago)         
 5.Ovalle               39 16  9 14  52-45  41  (Ovalle)       
 6.San Antonio Unido    39 12 15 12  57-51  39  (San Antonio)     
 7.Audax Italiano       39  8 22  9  50-45  38  (Santiago)     
 8.Aviación             39 12 14 13  57-58  38  (Santiago)  
 9.Colchagua            39 12 13 14  53-58  37  (San Fernando)  
10.Lister Rossel        39 11 13 15  62-66  35  (Linares)
11.Coquimbo Unido       39  9 17 13  45-57  35  (Coquimbo)     
12.Independiente        39  9 15 15  44-57  33  (Cauquenes)   
13.San Luis             39 12  9 18  50-71  33  (Quillota)  
14.Iberia               39  8 14 17  37-59  30  (Los Angeles)

Chile I Division

2026-09-28T23:56:16.204-07:00

Chile. First Division. Campeonato Oficial

Final Table:

 1.COLO COLO            34 23  6  5  90-37  52  - Champions  
 2.Unión Española       34 20  9  5  48-20  49        
 3.Universidad de Chile 34 19  8  7  72-38  46      
 4.Concepción           34 16 11  7  48-31  43  (Concepción)  
 5.Green Cross-Temuco   34 15 13  6  55-43  43  (Temuco)            
 6.La Serena            34 14 11  9  52-41  39  (La Serena)
 7.Universidad Católica 34 14 11  9  42-41  39  
 8.Magallanes           34 13 11 10  62-54  37     
 9.Huachipato           34 13 11 10  40-32  37  (Talcahuano) 
10.Naval                34 12  7 15  45-52  31  (Talcahuano)
11.Lota Schwager        34  9 12 13  40-52  30  (Coronel)
12.O'Higgins            34  8 10 16  45-54  26  (Rancagua) 
13.Unión Calera         34  8  8 18  45-62  24  (La Calera)
14.Santiago Wanderers   34  8  8 18  36-59  24  (Valparaíso)   
15.Antofagasta          34 10  4 20  42-66  24  (Antofagasta)
16.Rangers              34  8  8 18  32-62  24  (Talca)      
17.Unión San Felipe     34  9  5 20  44-64  23  (San Felipe) 
18.Everton              34  7  7 20  36-66  21  (Viña del Mar) - Relegated

Paraguay

2026-09-28T01:27:21.998-07:00

Paraguay. Cerro Porteno won the 1972 championship,

followed by Olimpia.

Rubio Nu won the Second Division and was promoted.

Colombia

2026-09-24T23:57:57.662-07:00

Colombia. Torneo Apertura

  
Team                         P       W       D       L     Goals   Pts
 1. Millonarios             26      15       8       3     43-21   38
 2. Atlético Junior         26      13      10       3     37-20   36
 3. Union Magdalena         26      12      10       4     28-22   34
 4. Independiente Santa Fe  26      11       9       6     28-15   31
 5. Deportivo Cali          26      11       8       7     39-27   30
 6. Atlético Nacional       26      13       4       9     33-32   30
 7. Deportivo Pereira       26       7      13       6     35-27   27
 8. Deportes Tolima         26       6      14       6     29-32   26
 9. Deportes Quindío        26       8       9       9     39-35   25
10. Independiente Medellín  26       7      11       8     25-25   25
11. Cúcuta Deportivo        26       6      11       9     26-30   23
12. Atlético Bucaramanga    26       7       7      12     29-31   21
13. Cristal Caldas          26       5       8      13     24-42   18
14. América de Cali         26       4       8      14     16-40   16



Torneo Finalización 

Teams                        P       W      D       L      Goals   Pts
 1. Deportivo Cali          26      16      4       6      49-27   36  
Standing from left: Hermenegildo Segrera, Arturo Segovia, Julio Edgar “Chonto” Gaviria, Joaquín “Pelé” González, Otoniel Quintana, Oscar Villano. 
Crouching: Gabriel Hernández, Alejandro Brand, Willington Ortiz, Miguel Ángel Sossa, Julio Gómez 
 2. Millonarios             26      17      2       7      39-20   36
 3. Atlético Nacional       26      14      8       4      34-20   36
 4. Cúcuta Deportivo        26       9     11       6      38-32   29
 5. Atlético Junior         26       8     13       5      29-30   29
 6. America de Cali         26       9      9       8      21-22   27
 7. Independiente Santa Fe  26       7     12       7      39-39   26
 8. Cristal Caldas          26       8      8      10      29-31   24
 9. Deportes Tolima         26       7     10       9      19-23   24  
Second row from left: León Reyes, Alberto Gómez, Víctor Hernández, Freddy Echandía, Antonio Bolaños, José B. Pérez.
Front: Jorge Ramírez, Nelson Silva Pacheco (uruguayo), Ruben Cantera (uruguayo), Armando Miranda (brasileño), Nivaldo Peixoto (brasileño).
10. Deportes Quindío        26       5     12       9      21-30   22
11. Deportivo Pereira       26       5     12       9      28-39   22
Back row from left: Casildo Álvarez, Álvaro “Champion” Suárez, Elkin Velásquez, Edilberto Righi, Hernando Saraz, Alberto Deluca, Hugo Gallego, Benigno Tamayo; 
Front: Luis Alberto Cassano, Fabio Cadavid, Juan Carlos Lallana, Álvaro Santamaría, Ponciano Castro. 
12. Independiente Medellín  26       6      7      13      17-25   19
13. Atlético Bucaramanga    26       3     12      11      18-36   18
Standing from left: Aurelio Palacios, Oscar Ortega, Luis Montúfar, Jaime Deluque, José Arango, Eugenio Samaniego.
Front: Casiano Suárez, Henry De León, Oscar Marín, Gualberto Vidal Muggione, Oscar Bolaño. 
14. Union Magdalena         26       3     10      13      10-49   16

Tie-breaker serie: 

Dec 10: Millonarios  2-0 Cali 
Dec 13: Nacional     0-1 Millonarios 
Dec 15: Cali         1-0 Nacional 
Dec 17: Cali         3-2 Millonarios 
Dec 20: Millonarios  1-1 Nacional 
Dec 22: Nacional     0-3 Cali 

Teams                        P       W      D       L      Goals   Pts
1. Millonarios               4       1      3       0       3- 2    5  Libertadores 1973
2. Deportivo Cali            4       1      2       1       4- 2    4  Libertadores 1973
3. Atlético Junior           4       1      1       2       2- 5    3

Millonarios [Bogotá] champions of Colombia 1972. Standing from left: Otoniel Quintana, Julio Edgar “Chonto” Gaviria, Arturo Segovia, Joaquín “Pelé” González, Hermenegildo Segrera, Oscar Villano. First row: Jaime Morón León, Alejandro Brand, Willington Ortiz, Julio Gómez, Julio Avelino Comesaña

Ecuador

2026-09-23T23:53:41.423-07:00

Ecuador. La primera etapa



1.  El Nacional         14   7  4  3  33-19  18   [Quito]
2.  Barcelona           14   7  3  4  24-15  17   [Guayaquil]
3.  Emelec              14   5  7  2  17-12  17   [Guayaquil]
4.  Macará              14   5  4  5  24-25  14   [Ambato]
5.  América             14   4  5  5  15-17  13   [Quito]
6.  LDU                 14   4  5  5  18-23  13   [Quito]
7.  Universidad Católica 14  5  2  7  17-18  12   [Quito]
8.  Olmedo              14   2  4  8  20-39   8   [Riobamba]

La segunda etapa

1.  Emelec              14   7  6  1  28-14  20
2.  Barcelona           14   7  3  4  26-15  17
3.  Deportivo           14   6  5  3  23-23  17   [Quito]
4.  El Nacional         14   5  4  5  14-16  14
5.  LDU                 14   3  6  5  18-19  12   [Portoviejo]
6.  América             14   4  3  7  13-18  11
7.  LDU Quito           14   3  5  6  18-24  11
Standing from left: Efraín La Bruja Vascones, Abdón Quiñonez, Antonio Zaracho (Paraguayo ),Fausto Rodríguez, Galo Jeréz, Gaspar Agüero (Paraguayo).
Crouching:Enrique Garrido, Cassiano Suárez (Argentino), Italo Yerbita o Gato Salvaje Estupiñán, Marco Constante, Rómulo Dudar él Dinamitero Mina. 
8.  Macará              14   3  4  7  14-25  10  (Ambato)

Liguilla final

1.  Emelec               4   2  1  1   9-5    5
2.  El Nacional          4   1  2  1   8-6    4
Standing from left: Walter Cárdenas, Miguel Pérez, Jose Paes, Víctor Pelaez, Edison Saldivia, Rubén Montoya
Crouching: Washington Muñoz, Jorge Bolaños, Alberto Spencer, Pedro León, Celino Mora 
3.  Barcelona            4   1  1  2   6-12   3

Emelec (Guayaquil) – champions.

Bolivia

2026-09-23T09:56:13.175-07:00

Bolivia. First stage. Grupo A

Pos Equipo Pts PJ PG PE PP GF GC Dif

1º San José 8 6 3 2 1 12 10 2

2º Deportivo Municipal (*) 6 6 3 0 3 14 7 7

3º Ingenieros (*) 6 6 3 0 3 7 11 -4

4º Litoral 4 6 1 2 3 4 9 -5

(*) Deportivo Municipal e Ingenieros jugaron un partido de desempate por el segundo lugar, el resultado fue 0 - 0, tras lo cual Deportivo Municipal clasificó por mejor gol diferencia.

Grupo B

Pos Equipo Pts PJ PG PE PP GF GC Dif

1º Wilstermann 8 6 4 0 2 24 9 15

2º Petrolero 8 6 4 0 2 18 7 11

3º Independiente Unificada 7 6 3 1 2 11 10 1

4º Stormers Petrolero 1 6 0 1 5 5 32 -27

Grupo C

Pos Equipo Pts PJ PG PE PP GF GC Dif

1º La Bélgica 8 6 2 4 0 7 5 2

2º Independiente Petrolero 7 6 2 3 1 10 8 2

3º Universidad 6 6 2 2 2 7 5 2

4º Stormers 3 6 0 3 3 5 11 -6

Fase final

Pos. Equipo Pts. PJ PG PE PP GF GC Dif.

1º Wilstermann 18 12 8 2 2 30 21 11

2º Oriente Petrolero 15 12 7 1 4 22 16 6

3º Petrolero 14 12 6 2 4 31 25 6

4º La Bélgica 13 12 3 7 2 21 17 4

5º San José 11 12 4 3 5 22 17 5

6º Deportivo Municipal 8 12 2 4 6 22 32 -10

7º Independiente Petrolero 5 12 0 5 7 17 37 -20

Jorge Wilstermann (Cochabamba) won their 6^th title.

Venezuela

2026-09-17T23:43:34.594-07:00

Venezuela. First Stage

Final Table:

 1.Deportivo Italia        16   9  2  5  22-15  20
 2.Tiquire Aragua          16   8  3  5  24-18  19  [Maracay]
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 3.Anzoátegui FC           16   6  6  4  18-12  18  [Puerto La Cruz]
 4.Estudiantes de Mérida   16   6  6  4  15-14  18
 5.Deportivo Galicia       16   6  5  5  11- 9  17
 6.UD Canarias             16   4  9  3  11-12  17
 7.Portuguesa FC           16   6  4  6  23-19  16  [Acarigua]
 8.Valencia FC             16   3  4  9  12-19  10
 9.Deportivo Portugués     16   3  3 10  12-30   9
Second Stage

Final Table:

 1.Anzoátegui FC           16  10  5  1  22- 8  25  [Puerto La Cruz]
 2.Deportivo Galicia       16   7  7  2  17-11  21
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
   Valencia FC             16   8  5  3  19-11  21
 4.Estudiantes de Mérida   16   8  4  4  16-12  18
 5.Portuguesa FC           16   4  6  6  17-17  14  [Acarigua]
 6.Deportivo Italia        16   2  7  7   7-12  11
 7.Tiquire Aragua          16   2  7  7  18-27  11  [Maracay]
 8.Deportivo Portugués     16   2  7  7  13-22  11
 9.UD Canarias             16   3  4  9  14-23  10
Championship Playoff

NB; between top-2 of first and second stage

Final Table:

 1.Deportivo Italia         6   3  1  2   5- 5   7
 2.Anzoátegui FC            6   3  0  3  11- 9   6  [Puerto La Cruz]
   Deportivo Galicia        6   3  0  3  10- 9   6
 4.Tiquire Aragua           6   2  1  3   8-11   5  [Maracay]
Second Place Playoff

23.12   Deportivo Galicia        4-0       Anzoátegui FC
28.12   Anzoátegui FC            2-2       Deportivo Galicia

Deportivo Galicia won the silver medals. Standing from left: Andrés Jiménez (paraguayan), Pedro Castro (español), David Mota, Luis Watfi (argentinian), Efraín Issa.
Agachados: Reinaldo Rengel, Antonio Ravelo (español), Víctor Filomeno (uruguayan), Hamilton Rivero (uruguayan), José Franqui (uruguayan), Walter Iturralde (uruguayan)

Deportivo Italia (Caracas) – champion. Forth title.

The Cup: Copa Valencia 1972

Final Table:

 1.Deportivo Portugués     10   4  6  0  12- 6  14  Winners
 2.Estudiantes de Mérida   10   4  4  2  12- 7  12
 3.Anzoátegui FC           10   3  4  3  15-20  10
 4.Tiquire Aragua          10   3  3  4   9-11   9
 5.Deportivo Galicia       10   2  4  4  16-16   8
 6.UD Canarias             10   1  5  4   7-11   7 
Deportivo Portugues (Caracas) won the Venezuelan Cup for second time.

Copa Interamericana

2026-09-16T09:58:49.794-07:00

Copa Interamericana 1972

June 17, 1973
First leg [Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula]
OLIMPIA (Hon)  1-2  INDEPENDIENTE (Arg)
  [Jorge Brand 53; Alejandro Estanislao Semenewicz 29, Eduardo Andrés Maglioni 55] 
 
OLIMPIA:       Samuel Sentine, Selvin Cárcamo, Miguel ángel Matamoros, Oscar García, 
               Juan Ventura López, Marco Mendoza, Ángel Paz, Rigoberto Gómez, 
               Reynaldo Mejía, (Dagoberto Espinal), René Suazo, Jorge Brand; 
               HC: Juan Andino (HON)
INDEPENDIENTE: Miguel Ángel Santoro, Eduardo Antonio Commiso, Miguel Ángel Raimondo,       
               Miguel Ángel López, Ricardo Elbio Pavoni, Alejandro Estanislao   
               Semenewicz, Francisco Pedro Manuel Sa, Rubén Galván, 
               (Ricardo Enrique Bochini), Eduardo Andrés Maglioni, (Miguel Ángel 
               Giachello), Agustín Alberto Balbuena, Mario Mendoza; 
               HC: Humberto Maschio (ARG)
 
Referee:       Jorge R. Mirón (Guatemala).
 

 
 June 20, 1973
Second leg [Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino, Tegucigalpa]
OLIMPIA (Hon)  0-2  INDEPENDIENTE (Arg)
  [Eduardo Andrés Maglioni 42, Agustín Alberto Balbuena 85]

OLIMPIA:       Samuel Sentine, Selvin Cárcamo, Miguel Ángel Matamoros, Oscar García, 
               Juan Ventura López, Marco Mendoza, Domingo Ferrera, (Ángel Paz), 
               Rigoberto Gómez, René Suazo, (Reynaldo Mejía), Dagoberto Espinal, 
               Jorge Brand; HC: Juan Andino (HON) 
INDEPENDIENTE: Miguel Ángel Santoro, Eduardo Antonio Commiso, Miguel Ángel Raimondo, 
               Miguel Ángel López, (Luis Garisto), Ricardo Elbio Pavoni, Alejandro 
               Estanislao Semenewicz, Francisco Pedro Manuel Sa, Héctor Jesús Martínez,
               Eduardo Andrés Maglioni, Agustín Alberto Balbuena, Mario Mendoza; 
               HC: Humberto Maschio
 
Referee:       Luis Rojas (Costa Rica)

Independiente triumphed and predictably so.

Olimpia had no chance even playing both legs at home.

Independiente won Copa Interamericana for the first time. Expected victory of relatively unimportant competiton.

Most likely not a photo of the winning squad, but close.

Copa de Campeones y Subcampeones CONCACAF

2026-09-14T00:42:35.885-07:00

Copa de Campeones y Subcampeones CONCACAF 1972

Northern/Central Section

NB: earlier results unavailable; eliminated participants apparently included
    América (Mexico), Santa Cecilia (Nicaragua) and Unión Española (Panama);
    unclear whether clubs from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala or the USA
    entered the tournament.

Final Round (Jul 23 & 30)
Toluca                   Mex  Vida                     Hon   3-1  1-0  4-1x
  [Albino Morales 44, Vicente Pereda 65, 71; Oscar García 75pen]
  [José Luis González 8]
x 2nd leg in San Pedro Sula

NB: also Olimpia (Honduras) qualified for 'final 3'.

Caribbean Section

Round 1 (Jul 2 & 16)
Transvaal                Sur  Robin Hood               Sur   1-0  1-3  2-3
NB: other results not known; Don Bosco apparently elimated Águila Negra (Haiti)

Final
Robin Hood               Sur  Don Bosco                DoR   w/o          x
x Don Bosco withdrew

Semifinal (Dec 18 & 20)
Toluca                   Mex  Olimpia                  Hon   0-1  1-1  1-2x
  [Reinaldo Mejía 32]
  [Jorge Urquía 40; Héctor Hugo Eugui 72]
x both legs in Tegucigalpa

Final (Jan 28 & 31, 1973)
Robin Hood               Sur  Olimpia                  Hon   0-1  0-0  0-1x
  [Jorge Brand 65]
x 1st leg in San Pedro Sula, 2nd leg in Tegucigalpa

S.V. Robinhood (Paramaribo) lost by single goal.

Olimpia (Tegucigalpa) won the trophy for the first time.

Mexico

2026-09-10T23:47:16.949-07:00

Mexico. I Division.

Group A                  P       W       T       L      GF      GA      PTS     GAVG
  1. Cruz Azul          34      22       7       5      65      36      51      1.81 (playoffs) [Ciudad de México]
  2. América            34      20       8       6      70      35      48      2.00 (playoffs) [Ciudad de México]
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  3. Jalisco            34      15       9      10      57      48      39      1.19 [Guadalajara]
  4. León               34      12      11      11      76      58      35      1.31
  5. Zacatepec          34      11      12      11      34      36      34      0.94
  6. Laguna             34       9      15      10      34      34      33      1.00 [Torreón]
  7. San Luis Potosí    34      11      10      13      37      47      32      0.79
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  8. Veracruz           34       8      13      13      40      51      29      0.78 (relegation playoffs)
  9. Atlético Español   34       8       8      18      48      72      24      0.67 (relegation playoffs) [Ciudad de México]

Group 1                  P       W       T       L      GF      GA      PTS     GAVG
  1. Monterrey          34      14      12       8      41      37      40      1.11 (playoffs)
  2. Guadalajara        34      14      11       9      37      33      39      1.12 (playoffs)
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  3. Puebla             34      13       9      12      47      42      35      1.12
  4. Atlante            34      13       9      12      30      28      35      1.07 [Ciudad de México]
  5. Pachuca            34      10      13      11      38      46      33      0.83
  6. U.N.A.M.           34      11       9      14      36      38      31      0.95 [Ciudad de México]
  7. Toluca             34      11       9      14      46      51      31      0.90
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  8. Torreón            34       8      11      15      35      55      27      0.64 (relegation playoffs)
  9. Irapuato           34       2      12      20      26      50      16      0.52 (relegation playoffs)
 
Championship playoffs

Semifinals

Cruz Azul 0 Guadalajara 1    
Guadalajara 0 Cruz Azul 2 (1-2 agg)
  
América 1 Monterrey 0
Monterrey 2 América 1 (2-2 agg)   
Replay
[Estadio León, León]
América 3 Monterrey 1

Final 
[Estadio Azteca, Ciudad de México]
Cruz Azul 4 América 1
America lost the championship final.  
Champion: CRUZ AZUL

Relegation Playoffs

Semifinals

Torreón 1 Atlético Español 1
Atlético Español 3 Torreón 2 (4-3 agg)

Veracruz 3 Irapuato 1
Irapuato 0 Veracruz 0 (1-3 agg)

Final
[Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara]
Torreón 1 Irapuato 0

Relegated: Irapuato

2nd. Division Final 
[Estadio Azteca, Ciudad de México]
Atlas 4 (Guadalajara) U.A.N.L. (Monterrey) 0
No luck for UANL.
Promoted: Atlas

NASL

2026-09-08T23:57:22.608-07:00

NASL. The league changed its offside rule during the season on June 26. They created a "Blue Line" which was an offside line across the field, 35 yards from the goal line. Thereafter, no player could be offside unless he had crossed the 35-yard line. This made the NASL unique in the soccer world; the league received temporary approval for the change from FIFA on an experimental basis only. The league also switched the playoff format to single-match elimination contests rather than series.