1971–72 European Cup

1971–72 European Cup

Final positions
Champions	Ajax (2nd title)
Runners-up	Internazionale
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The 1971–72 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the second consecutive time by Ajax, who beat Internazionale in the final.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Valencia	4–1	Union Luxembourg	3–1	1–0

First leg

19 August 1971	Valencia	3 – 1	Union Luxembourg
	Forment  28' Claramunt  56' (pen.) Valdez  90'	Report Gamesheet	Clemen  16'

Second leg

19 August 1971	Union Luxembourg	0 – 1	Valencia
		Report Gamesheet	Forment  17'

Valencia won 4–1 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Marseille	3–2	Górnik Zabrze	2–1	1–1
Ajax	2–0	Dynamo Dresden	2–0	0–0
Reipas Lahti	1–9	Grasshopper	1–1	0–8
Strømsgodset	1–7	Arsenal	1–3	0–4
Dinamo Bucharest	2–21	Spartak Trnava	0–0	2–2
Feyenoord	17–0	Olympiakos Nicosia	8–0	9–0
Wacker	1–7	Benfica	0–4	1–3
CSKA Sofia	4–0	Partizani Tirana	3–0	1–0
Valencia	1–12	Hajduk Split	0–0	1–1
Újpesti Dózsa	4–1	Malmö FF	4–0	0–1
Boldklubben 1903	2–4	Celtic	2–1	0–3
ÍA	0–4	Sliema Wanderers	0–4	0–0
Internazionale	6–4	AEK Athens	4–1	2–3
Cork Hibernians	1–7	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–5	1–2
Galatasaray	1–4	CSKA Moscow	1–1	0–3
Standard Liège	5–2	Linfield	2–0	3–2

¹ Dinamo Bucharest progressed to the Second round on away goals.

² Valencia progressed to the Second round on away goals.

First leg

15 September 1971	Marseille	2 – 1	Górnik Zabrze
	Wraży  45' (o.g.) Skoblar  78'	Report Gamesheet	Lubański  28'

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15 September 1971	Ajax	2 – 0	Dynamo Dresden
	Swart  2' Keizer  19'	Report Gamesheet

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15 September 1971	Reipas Lahti	1 – 1	Grasshopper
	Lindholm  75'	Report Gamesheet	Ohlhauser  63'

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15 September 1971	Strømsgodset	1 – 3	Arsenal
	Pettersen  52'	Report Gamesheet	Simpson  2' Wølner  20' (o.g.) Kelly  81'

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15 September 1971	Dinamo Bucharest	0 – 0	Spartak Trnava
		Report Gamesheet

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15 September 1971	Feyenoord	8 – 0	Olympiakos Nicosia
	Maiwald  4', 32' van Hanegem  9' Schoenmaker  25', 47', 49' Israël  82' Schneider  88'	Report Gamesheet

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15 September 1971	Wacker	0 – 4	Benfica
		Report Gamesheet	Graça  15' Jorge  20', 82' Eusébio  80'

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15 September 1971	CSKA Sofia	3 – 0	Partizani Tirana	Bulgarian Army Stadium, Sofia
	Atanasov  20' Nikodimov  44' (pen.) Marashliev  65'	Report Gamesheet

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15 September 1971	Valencia	0 – 0	Hajduk Split
		Report Gamesheet

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15 September 1971	Újpesti Dózsa	4 – 0	Malmö FF
	A. Dunai  17' Bene  28', 64', 80'	Report Gamesheet

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15 September 1971	Boldklubben 1903	2 – 1	Celtic
	Johansen  14', 24'	Report Gamesheet	Macari  28'

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26 September 1971	ÍA	0 – 4	Sliema Wanderers
		Report Gamesheet	Cocks  25', 57', 68' Aquilina  81'

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15 September 1971	Internazionale	4 – 1	AEK Athens	Milan
	Mazzola  20' Facchetti  35' Jair  44' Boninsegna  61' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet	Pomonis  15'

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15 September 1971	Cork Hibernians	0 – 5	Borussia Mönchengladbach
		Report Gamesheet	Wloka  5', 30' Heynckes  19' le Fevre  32', 39'

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15 September 1971	Galatasaray	1 – 1	CSKA Moscow
	Güleş  71'	Report Gamesheet	Kopeikin  43'

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15 September 1971	Standard Liège	2 – 0	Linfield
	Semmeling  33' Takač  87'	Report Gamesheet

Second leg

29 September 1971	Górnik Zabrze	2 – 1	Marseille
	Anczok  32'	Report Gamesheet	Skoblar  53'

Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971	Dynamo Dresden	0 – 0	Ajax
		Report Gamesheet

Ajax won 2–0 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971	Grasshopper	8 – 0	Reipas Lahti
	Müller  1', 39', 71', 85' Gröbli  31' Schneeberger  45' Meier  70' Mayer  77'	Report Gamesheet

Grasshopper won 9–1 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971	Arsenal	4 – 0	Strømsgodset	Highbury, London
	Kennedy  6' Radford  18', 58' Armstrong  78'	Report Gamesheet

Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971	Spartak Trnava	2 – 2	Dinamo Bucharest
	Kabát  40' Dobiaš  69' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet	Popescu  64', 88'

Dinamo Bucharest won 2–2 on away goals.

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22 September 1971	Olympiakos Nicosia	0 – 9	Feyenoord
		Report Gamesheet	van Hanegem  6', 82' Hasil  11' Wery  20' Posthumus  31', 39' Israël  61' (pen.), 63' (pen.), 70'

Feyenoord won 17–0 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971	Benfica	3 – 1	Wacker
	Calisto  36' Jorge  74' Simões  89'	Report Gamesheet	Jara  46'

Benfica won 7–1 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971	Partizani Tirana	0 – 1	CSKA Sofia	Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana
		Report Gamesheet	Atanasov  57'

CSKA Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971	Hajduk Split	1 – 1	Valencia
	Pérez  15' (o.g.)	Report Gamesheet	Claramunt  55'

Valencia won 1–1 on away goals.

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29 September 1971	Malmö FF	1 – 0	Újpesti Dózsa
	Tapper  11' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet

Újpesti Dózsa won 4–1 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971	Celtic	3 – 0	Boldklubben 1903	Celtic Park, Glasgow
	Wallace  23', 85' Callaghan  79'	Report Gamesheet

Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971	Sliema Wanderers	0 – 0	ÍA
		Report Gamesheet

Sliema Wanderers won 4–0 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971	AEK Athens	3 – 2	Internazionale	Athens
	Ventouris  29' Papaioannou  45' Nikolaidis  89'	Report Gamesheet	Karafeskos  17' (o.g.) Boninsegna  75'

Internazionale won 6–4 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2 – 1	Cork Hibernians
	Sieloff  60' Wimmer  82'	Report Gamesheet	Dennehy  32'

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–1 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971	CSKA Moscow	3 – 0	Galatasaray
	Dorofeev  6', 75' Oglobin  85'	Report Gamesheet

CSKA Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971	Linfield	2 – 3	Standard Liège	Windsor Park, Belfast
	Magee  57' Larmour  62'	Report Gamesheet	Van Moer  36' Takač  53' Piot  86' (pen.)

Standard Liège won 5–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Marseille	2–6	Ajax	1–2	1–4
Grasshopper	0–5	Arsenal	0–2	0–3
Dinamo Bucharest	0–5	Feyenoord	0–3	0–2
Benfica	2–1	CSKA Sofia	2–1	0–0
Valencia	1–3	Újpesti Dózsa	0–1	1–2
Celtic	7–1	Sliema Wanderers	5-0	2–1
Internazionale	4–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–2	0–0
CSKA Moscow	1–2	Standard Liège	1–0	0–2

First leg

20 October 1971	Marseille	1 – 2	Ajax
	Gress  10'	Report Gamesheet	Keizer  37' Cruyff  60'

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20 October 1971	Grasshopper	0 – 2	Arsenal
		Report Gamesheet	Kennedy  2' Graham  88'

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20 October 1971	Dinamo Bucharest	0 – 3	Feyenoord
		Report Gamesheet	Wery  38' Maiwald  43' Schneider  50'

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20 October 1971	Benfica	2 – 1	CSKA Sofia	Lisbon
	Rodrigues  51' Jorge  63'	Report Gamesheet	Zhekov  85'

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20 October 1971	Valencia	0 – 1	Újpesti Dózsa
		Report Gamesheet	A. Dunai  55'

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20 October 1971	Celtic	5 – 0	Sliema Wanderers
	Gemmell  6' Macari  17', 41' Hood  69' Brogan  78'	Report Gamesheet

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20 October 1971	Borussia Mönchengladbach	7 – 1	Internazionale	Mönchengladbach
	Heynckes  7', 44' le Fevre  21', 34' Netzer  42', 52' Sieloff  83' (pen.)		Boninsegna  20'

This game was annulled as Inter player Roberto Boninsegna was hit by a beer can in the 29th minute. The first leg game was replayed after the game that was originally scheduled to be second leg was played, thus the order of legs was switched.

3 November 1971	Internazionale	4 – 2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Milan
	Bellugi  10' Boninsegna  13' Jair  57' Ghio  90'	Report Gamesheet	le Fevre  38' Wittkamp  89'

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20 October 1971	CSKA Moscow	1 – 0	Standard Liège
	Kopeikin  27'	Report Gamesheet

Second leg

3 November 1971	Ajax	4 – 1	Marseille
	Couécou  32' (o.g.) Swart  37' Cruyff  64' Haan  80'	Report Gamesheet	Couécou  17'

Ajax won 6–2 on aggregate.

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3 November 1971	Arsenal	3 – 0	Grasshopper	Highbury, London
	Kennedy  40' George  47' Radford  84'	Report Gamesheet

Arsenal won 5–0 on aggregate.

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3 November 1971	Feyenoord	2 – 0	Dinamo Bucharest
	Nunweiller  53' (o.g.) Schoenmaker  64'	Report Gamesheet

Feyenoord won 5–0 on aggregate.

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3 November 1971	CSKA Sofia	0 – 0	Benfica	Sofia
		Report Gamesheet

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

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3 November 1971	Újpesti Dózsa	2 – 1	Valencia
	A. Dunai  51', 54'	Report Gamesheet	Valdez  57'

Újpesti Dózsa won 3–1 on aggregate.

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3 November 1971	Sliema Wanderers	1 – 2	Celtic
	Cocks  1'	Report Gamesheet	Hood  42' Lennox  57'

Celtic won 7–1 on aggregate.

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1 December 1971	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0 – 0	Internazionale	West Berlin
		Report Gamesheet

Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.

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3 November 1971	Standard Liège	2 – 0	CSKA Moscow
	Takač  7', 60' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet

Standard Liège won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ajax	3–1	Arsenal	2–1	1–0
Feyenoord	2–5	Benfica	1–0	1–5
Újpesti Dózsa	2–3	Celtic	1–2	1–1
Internazionale	2–21	Standard Liège	1–0	1–2

¹ Internazionale progressed to the Semi finals on away goals.

First leg

8 March 1972	Ajax	2 – 1	Arsenal
	G. Mühren  25', 70' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet	Kennedy  15'

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8 March 1972	Feyenoord	1 – 0	Benfica
	Laseroms  50'	Report Gamesheet

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8 March 1972	Újpesti Dózsa	1 – 2	Celtic
	Horváth  64'	Report Gamesheet	Horváth  19' (o.g.) Macari  85'

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8 March 1972	Internazionale	1 – 0	Standard Liège	Milan
	Jair  80'	Report Gamesheet

Second leg

22 March 1972	Arsenal	0 – 1	Ajax	Arsenal Stadium, London Attendance: 56,155 Referee: Marschall
		Report Gamesheet	Graham  14' (o.g.)

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.

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22 March 1972	Benfica	5 – 1	Feyenoord
	Nené  6', 81', 92' Rui Jordão  30', 90'	Report Gamesheet	van Hanegem  75'

Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.

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22 March 1972	Celtic	1 – 1	Újpesti Dózsa
	Macari  62'	Report Gamesheet	A. Dunai  5'

Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.

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22 March 1972	Standard Liège	2 – 1	Internazionale	Liège
	Cvetler  51' Takač  84' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet	Mazzola  80'

Standard Liège 2–2 Internazionale on aggregate. Internazionale won on away goals rule.

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ajax	1–0	Benfica	1–0	0–0
Internazionale	0–01	Celtic	0–0	0–0

¹ Internazionale progressed to the Final after winning 5-4 on penalties.

First leg

5 April 1972	Ajax	1 – 0	Benfica
	Swart  64'	Report Gamesheet

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5 April 1972	Internazionale	0 – 0	Celtic	Milan
		Report Gamesheet

Second leg

19 April 1972	Benfica	0 – 0	Ajax
		Report Gamesheet

Ajax won 1–0 on aggregate.

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19 April 1972	Celtic	0 – 0	Internazionale	Celtic Park, Glasgow
		Report Gamesheet
		Penalties
	Deans Craig Johnstone McCluskey Murdoch	4 – 5	Mazzola Facchetti Frustalupi Pellizzaro Jair

Celtic 0–0 Internazionale on aggregate. Internazionale won 5–4 on penalties.

Teams had to shoot all five even if they could not win anymore (the shootout would have ended with a score of 5–3 otherwise as Inter took the shots first).

Final

Main article: 1972 European Cup Final

31 May 1972	Ajax	2 – 0	Internazionale	Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam Attendance: 67,000 Referee: Robert Helles (France)
	Cruijff  47', 78'	Report Gamesheet

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1972-73 European Cup (excluding qualifying rounds and annulled game) are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Antal Dunai	Újpesti Dózsa	5
	Lou Macari	Celtic	5
	Silvester Takač	Standard Liège	5
4	Ronnie Cocks	Sliema Wanderers	4
	Johan Cruyff	Ajax	4
	Willem van Hanegem	Feyenoord	4
	Rinus Israël	Feyenoord	4
	Artur Jorge	Benfica	4
	Ray Kennedy	Arsenal	4
	Kurt Müller	Grasshopper	4
	Lex Schoenmaker	Feyenoord	4
12	Ferenc Bene	Újpesti Dózsa	3
	Roberto Boninsegna	Internazionale	3
	Jair	Internazionale	3
	Matthias Maiwald	Feyenoord	3
	Tamagnini Nené	Benfica	3
	John Radford	Arsenal	3
	Sjaak Swart	Ajax	3

External links

• 1971–72 All matches - season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• All scorers 1971–72 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA