1971–72 Czechoslovak First League

Statistics of Czechoslovak First League in the 1971–72 season.

Czechoslovak First League

Season	1971–72
Champions	Spartak Trnava
Relegated	Inter Bratislava Jednota Trenčín
European Cup	Spartak Trnava
Cup Winners' Cup	Sparta Prague
UEFA Cup	ŠK Slovan Bratislava Dukla Prague
Top goalscorer	Ján Čapkovič (19 goals)
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Spartak Trnava won the championship. Ján Čapkovič was the league's top scorer with 19 goals.^[1]

Stadia and locations

Ostrava

Dukla
Slavia
Sparta

Brno

Inter
Slovan

Košice
Lokomotíva

Nitra

Prešov

Teplice

Trenčín

Trnava

Třinec

Žilina

Location of clubs in the 1971–72 Czechoslovak First League

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spartak Trnava (C)	30	17	10	3	60	25	+35	44	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Slovan Bratislava	30	18	6	6	68	37	+31	42	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Dukla Prague	30	14	7	9	56	40	+16	35
4	VSS Košice	30	12	11	7	38	28	+10	35
5	ZVL Žilina	30	12	7	11	39	35	+4	31
6	Sparta Prague	30	13	5	12	50	52	−2	31	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
7	Slavia Prague	30	13	2	15	30	37	−7	28
8	Lokomotíva Košice	30	11	6	13	33	44	−11	28
9	Sklo Union Teplice	30	9	9	12	36	37	−1	27
10	Nitra	30	10	7	13	31	41	−10	27
11	Tatran Prešov	30	10	7	13	31	42	−11	27
12	Baník Ostrava	30	10	6	14	39	41	−2	26
13	TŽ Třinec	30	9	8	13	41	46	−5	26
14	Zbrojovka Brno	30	8	9	13	42	61	−19	25
15	Inter Bratislava (R)	30	8	8	14	35	42	−7	24	Relegation to Czechoslovak Second League
16	Jednota Trenčín (R)	30	9	6	15	31	52	−21	24

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	OST	DUK	INT	TRE	LOK	NIT	TEP	SLA	SLO	SPA	TRN	PRE	TŘI	KOŠ	BRN	ŽIL
Baník Ostrava		2–0	0–0	5–2	2–0	2–3	1–0	2–0	0–0	5–2	1–2	0–1	5–0	0–0	1–1	1–2
Dukla Prague	2–0		1–0	4–0	5–2	1–0	5–1	1–0	0–2	3–2	3–0	1–0	5–2	2–2	4–0	1–1
Inter Bratislava	4–1	2–3		3–0	0–1	4–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–3	4–0	1–0
Jednota Trenčín	1–2	3–1	2–1		3–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–1
Lokomotíva Košice	1–0	1–1	0–3	1–0		3–2	2–0	0–2	3–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–1	1–1	1–0
Nitra	3–1	2–2	3–0	0–0	0–0		0–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0
Sklo Union Teplice	1–1	3–1	3–2	4–0	0–0	3–0		1–0	1–3	1–1	1–3	3–0	0–0	0–3	2–0	3–0
Slavia Prague	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0		1–3	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–0
Slovan Bratislava	4–2	2–0	3–1	3–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	3–1		6–1	2–2	4–2	1–1	3–0	4–2	5–1
Sparta Prague	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–1		4–2	5–1	4–2	2–1	4–0	1–1
Spartak Trnava	1–1	2–0	2–1	4–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	1–1	2–0		3–1	4–0	6–0	7–0	0–0
Tatran Prešov	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–3	0–3	2–1	3–1	2–1	5–1	1–1		2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0
TŽ Třinec	2–3	1–1	5–1	7–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	1–1		1–1	1–0	2–1
VSS Košice	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	0–0	4–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0		2–2	3–0
Zbrojovka Brno	2–0	3–3	1–1	2–2	5–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–3	3–0	0–1	1–1	4–2	3–2		1–3
ZVL Žilina	2–0	1–3	0–0	3–1	2–0	3–1	3–3	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	4–1	1–0	0–1	6–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ján Čapkovič	Slovan Bratislava	19
2	Ján Strausz	VSS Košice	14
3	Jiří Klement	Baník Ostrava	13
	Jaroslav Masrna	Spartak Trnava
5	Ladislav Kuna	Spartak Trnava	12
	Ľudovít Mikloš	Zbrojovka Brno
	Štefan Slezák	ZVL Žilina
8	Pavel Stratil	Sklo Union Teplice	11

References

1. Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal - lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p. 232. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.

• Czechoslovakia - List of final tables (RSSSF)