A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | CH | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| Season | 1972–73 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 20 August 1972 – 24 June 1973 |
| Champions | Red Star (11th title) |
| Relegated | Spartak Sutjeska |
| Top goalscorer | Vojin Lazarević Slobodan Santrač (25 goals each) |
← 1971–72 1973–74 → | |
The 1972–73 Yugoslav First League season was the 27th season of the First Federal League of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian Latin: Prva savezna liga Jugoslavije), the top level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. A total of 18 teams competed in the league, with the previous season's runners-up Red Star winning the title.
Teams
A total of eighteen teams contested the league, including sixteen sides from the 1971–72 season and two sides promoted from the 1971–72 Yugoslav Second League (YSL) as winners of the two second level divisions East and West. The league was contested in a double round robin format, with each club playing every other club twice, for a total of 34 rounds. Two points were awarded for wins and one point for draws.
Radnički Kragujevac and NK Maribor were relegated from the 1971–72 Yugoslav First League after finishing the season in bottom two places of the league table. The two clubs promoted to top level were Bor and Spartak Subotica.
| Team | Location | Federal Republic | Position in 1971–72 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bor | Bor |  SR Serbia
|
— |
| Borac Banja Luka | Banja Luka |  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
13th |
| Čelik | Zenica | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
12th |
| Dinamo Zagreb | Zagreb |  SR Croatia
|
8th |
| Hajduk Split | Split | SR Croatia
|
10th |
| OFK Belgrade | Belgrade | SR Serbia
|
3rd |
| Olimpija Ljubljana | Ljubljana |  SR Slovenia
|
9th |
| Partizan | Belgrade | SR Serbia
|
5th |
| Radnički Niš | Niš | SR Serbia
|
14th |
| Red Star | Belgrade | SR Serbia
|
2nd |
| Sarajevo | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
15th |
| Sloboda | Tuzla | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
7th |
| Spartak Subotica | Subotica | SR Serbia
|
— |
| Sutjeska Nikšić | Nikšić | SR Montenegro
|
16th |
| Vardar | Skopje |  SR Macedonia
|
11th |
| Velež | Mostar | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
6th |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SR Serbia
|
4th |
| Željezničar | Sarajevo | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
1st |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Star Belgrade (C) | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 71 | 28 | +43 | 52 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
| 2 | Velež | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 48 | 27 | +21 | 46 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | OFK Belgrade | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 45 | |
| 4 | Partizan | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 43 | |
| 5 | Željezničar | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 42 | |
| 6 | Sloboda Tuzla | 34 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 34 | |
| 7 | Sarajevo | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 34 | |
| 8 | Dinamo Zagreb | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 33 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 9 | Hajduk Split | 34 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 31 | |
| 10 | Vardar[a] | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 31 | |
| 11 | Radnički Niš | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 40 | −16 | 30 | |
| 12 | Borac Banja Luka | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 29 | |
| 13 | Vojvodina | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 29 | |
| 14 | Čelik | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 44 | −17 | 28 | |
| 15 | Bor | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 28 | |
| 16 | Olimpija | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 26 | |
| 17 | Spartak Subotica (R) | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 26 | Relegation to Yugoslav Second League |
| 18 | Sutjeska Nikšić (R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 32 | 49 | −17 | 25 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Vardar was invited to the Balkans Cup.