1972–73 NK Hajduk Split season

The 1972–73 season was the 62nd season in Hajduk Split’s history and their 27th season in the Yugoslav First League. Their 10th place finish in the 1971–72 season meant it was their 27th successive season playing in the Yugoslav First League.

Hajduk Split

1972–73 season
Chairman	Tito Kirigin
Manager	Branko Zebec
First League	9th
Cup Winners' Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Petar Nadoveza (19) All: Petar Nadoveza (23)

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final result	First match	Last Match
1972–73 Yugoslav First League	–	9th	20 August	24 June
1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Semi-finals	13 September	25 April

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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[lower-alpha 1]	34	10	11	13	35	50	−15	31
11	Radnički Niš	34	10	10	14	24	40	−16	30

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Vardar was invited to the Balkans Cup.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	14	3	17	50	50	0	45	13	3	1	45	8	+37	1	0	16	5	42	−37

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	L

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

First League

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Hajduk Scorers
1	20 Aug	A	Velež	0 – 1
2	27 Aug	H	Željezničar	3 – 2	Nadoveza (3)
3	30 Aug	A	Spartak Subotica	0 – 1
4	3 Sep	H	Borac Banja Luka	1 – 1	Džoni
5	9 Sep	A	Čelik	1 – 2	Nadoveza
6	17 Sep	H	Bor	4 – 0	Nadoveza (2), Šurjak, Jerković
7	24 Sep	A	Olimpija	0 – 4
8	1 Oct	H	Sutjeska	3 – 0	Hlevnjak, Jovanić, Nadoveza
9	8 Oct	A	Partizan	1 – 2	Jerković
10	22 Oct	H	OFK Beograd	1 – 0	Šurjak
11	29 Oct	A	Sarajevo	0 – 2
12	1 Nov	H	Vardar	5 – 0	Buljan, Nadoveza, Šurjak, Hlevnjak, Jovanić
13	5 Nov	A	Sloboda	0 – 2
14	26 Nov	H	Radnički Niš	2 – 0	Nadoveza (2)
15	3 Dec	A	Vojvodina	0 – 2
16	10 Dec	A	Dinamo Zagreb	0 – 1
17	17 Dec	H	Red Star	2 – 0	Šurjak, Nadoveza
18	4 Mar	H	Velež	0 – 3
19	11 Mar	A	Željezničar	1 – 4	Peruzović
20	18 Mar	H	Spartak Subotica	2 – 2	Buljan, Hlevnjak
21	26 Mar	A	Borac Banja Luka	0 – 2
22	1 Apr	H	Čelik	3 – 0	Jerković (3)
23	8 Apr	A	Bor	0 – 3
24	15 Apr	H	Olimpija	2 – 1	Jerković, Nadoveza
25	22 Apr	A	Sutjeska	0 – 2
26	29 Apr	H	Partizan	3 – 2	Nadoveza, Hlevnjak, Jerković
27	2 May	A	OFK Beograd	0 – 2
28	16 May	H	Sarajevo	2 – 1	Šurjak, Hlevnjak
29	20 May	A	Vardar	2 – 1	Hlevnjak, Jerković
30	27 May	H	Sloboda	4 – 0	Nadoveza (3), Bošković
31	3 Jun	A	Radnički Niš	0 – 1
32	10 Jun	H	Vojvodina	7 – 0	Nadoveza (2), Jerković (2), Jovanić, Bošković, Šurjak
33	17 Jun	H	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 1	Nadoveza
34	24 Jun	A	Red Star	0 – 2

Source: hajduk.hr

Cup Winners' Cup

Round	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Hajduk Scorers
R1	13 Sep	H	Fredrikstad	1 – 0	Nadoveza
R1	27 Sep	A	Fredrikstad	1 – 0	Nadoveza
R2	25 Oct	A	Wrexham	1 – 3	Jovanić
R2	8 Nov	H	Wrexham	2 – 0	Nadoveza (2)
QF	7 Mar	A	Hibernian	2 – 4	Hlevnjak (2)
QF	21 Mar	H	Hibernian	3 – 0	Šurjak, Hlevnjak, Blackley (o.g.)
SF	11 Apr	A	Leeds United	0 – 1
SF	25 Apr	H	Leeds United	0 – 0

Sources: hajduk.hr

Player seasonal records

Top scorers

Rank	Name	League	Europe	Total
1	Petar Nadoveza	19	4	23
2	Jurica Jerković	10	–	10
3	Ivan Hlevnjak	6	3	9
4	Ivica Šurjak	6	1	7
5	Mićun Jovanić	3	1	4
6	Miroslav Bošković	2	–	2
	Ivan Buljan	2	–	2
8	Vilson Džoni	1	–	1
	Luka Peruzović	1	–	1
	Own goals	–	1	1
	TOTALS	50	10	60

Source: Competitive matches

See also

• 1972–73 Yugoslav First League

External sources

• 1972–73 Yugoslav First League at rsssf.com
• 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup at rsssf.com