title: 1972–73 Czechoslovak First League
text: # 1972–73 Czechoslovak First League
  
  Statistics of Czechoslovak First League in the 1972–73 season.
  
  ## Overview
  
  It was contested by 16 teams, and FC Spartak Trnava won the championship. Ladislav Józsa was the league's top scorer with 21 goals.
  
  ## Table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Spartak Trnava (C) | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 47 | 20 | +27 | 39 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
  | 2 | Tatran Prešov | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 38 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
  | 3 | VSS Košice | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 46 | 28 | +18 | 35 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
  | 4 | Dukla Prague | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 34 | |
  | 5 | ZVL Žilina | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 33 | |
  | 6 | Lokomotíva Košice | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 32 | |
  | 7 | Baník Ostrava | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 34 | −2 | 30 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
  | 8 | Slovan Bratislava | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 29 | |
  | 9 | Sklo Union Teplice | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 28 | |
  | 10 | Nitra | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 28 | |
  | 11 | Sparta Prague | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 28 | |
  | 12 | Zbrojovka Brno | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 27 | |
  | 13 | Škoda Plzeň | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 26 | |
  | 14 | Slavia Prague | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 25 | |
  | 15 | TŽ Třinec (R) | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 24 | 39 | −15 | 25 | Relegation to Czechoslovak Second League |
  | 16 | Spartak Hradec Králové (R) | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 55 | −30 | 23 | Relegation to Czechoslovak Second League |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Home \ Away | OST | DUK | LOK | NIT | TEP | PLZ | SLA | SLO | SPA | HRK | TRN | PRE | TŘI | KOŠ | BRN | ŽIL |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Baník Ostrava | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
  | Dukla Prague | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
  | Lokomotíva Košice | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 |
  | Nitra | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 |
  | Sklo Union Teplice | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
  | Škoda Plzeň | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 2–0 |
  | Slavia Prague | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
  | Slovan Bratislava | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 7–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
  | Sparta Prague | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 |
  | Spartak Hradec Králové | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
  | Spartak Trnava | 6–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
  | Tatran Prešov | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
  | TŽ Třinec | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
  | VSS Košice | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 5–0 |
  | Zbrojovka Brno | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | | 0–0 |
  | ZVL Žilina | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
  
  ## Top goalscorers
  
  | Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Ladislav Józsa | Lokomotíva Košice | 21 |
  | 2 | Štefan Slezák | ZVL Žilina | 19 |
  | 3 | Přemysl Bičovský | Sklo Union Teplice | 14 |
  | 4 | Jiří Klement | Baník Ostrava | 13 |
  | 4 | Ľudovít Mikloš | Zbrojovka Brno | 13 |
  | 6 | Jozef Tománek | ZVL Žilina | 12 |
  | 7 | Ján Strausz | VSS Košice | 11 |
  