| Season: | 1973 |
| Manager: |  José Poy |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: |  Henri Couri Aidar |
| Chrtitle: | Chairman |
| League: | Campeonato Brasileiro |
| League Result: | Runners-up |
| Cup1: | Campeonato Paulista |
| Cup1 Result: | 9th |
| League Topscorer: | Mirandinha (20) |
| Season Topscorer: | Pedro Rocha (21) |
| Prevseason: | 1972 |
| Nextseason: | 1974 |
The 1973 football season was São Paulo's 44th season since club's existence.
| width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Playing position | width=150 | Name | width=80 | Campeonato Paulista | width=80 | Campeonato Brasileiro | width=80 | Others | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF | Pedro Rocha | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 | |||||||||
| 2 | | FW | Mirandinha | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||
| 3 | | FW | Terto | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| 4 | | MF | Zé Carlos | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||
| 5 | | DF | Gilberto Sorriso | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| = | | FW | Piau | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| = | | FW | Ratinho | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| = | | MF | Silva | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 6 | | MF | Chicão | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| = | DF | Pablo Forlán | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| = | | FW | Toninho Guerreiro | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 7 | | DF | Roberto Dias | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| = | | MF | Édson Cegonha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| = | | FW | Jésum | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| = | | FW | Paulo Nani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| = | | FW | Serginho | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Own goals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Total | 22 | 46 | 18 | 86 |
| Games played | 81 (22 Campeonato Paulista, 40 Campeonato Brasileiro, 19 Friendly match) |
| Games won | 29 (6 Campeonato Paulista, 17 Campeonato Brasileiro, 6 Friendly match) |
| Games drawn | 36 (9 Campeonato Paulista, 18 Campeonato Brasileiro, 9 Friendly match) |
| Games lost | 16 (7 Campeonato Paulista, 5 Campeonato Brasileiro, 4 Friendly match) |
| Goals scored | 86 |
| Goals conceded | 59 |
| Goal difference | +27 |
| Best result | 1–3 (A) v Botafogo - Campeonato Paulista - 1973.0.22 |
| Worst result | 4–1 (A) v Portuguesa Santista - Friendly match - 1973.03.01 4–1 (A) v Moto Club - Campeonato Brasileiro - 1973.10.03 4–1 (H) v Internacional - Campeonato Brasileiro - 1974.02.13 |
| Most appearances | |
| Top scorer | Pedro Rocha (21) |