1971–72 UEFA Cup

1971–72 UEFA Cup

Tournament details
Dates	14 September 1971 – 17 May 1972
Teams	64
Final positions
Champions	Tottenham Hotspur (1st title)
Runners-up	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Derek Dougan (9 goals)
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The UEFA Cup 1971–72 was the inaugural year of the competition, which effectively replaced the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

It was won by English side Tottenham Hotspur over their countrymen Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–2 on aggregate after a two-legged final.

The tournament was open to the highest-placed European teams that had not qualified for the European Cup or UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. It commenced on 14 September 1971 and concluded on 17 May 1972. A total of 64 football clubs entered the first round draw.

The tournament's top scorer was Derek Dougan of runners-up Wolverhampton Wanderers with 9 goals.

First round

The matches were played on 14–16 and 29–30 September 1971. Teams from the same nation could not be drawn against one another.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hertha BSC	7–2	Elfsborg	3–1	4–1
Dundee	5–2	AB	4–2	1–0
Rosenborg	4–0	HIFK	3–0	1–0
Vasas	2–1	Shelbourne	1–0	1–1
Glentoran	1–7	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–1	1–6
ÍBK Keflavík	1–15	Tottenham Hotspur	1–61	0–9
Celta de Vigo	0–3	Aberdeen	0–2	0–1
Den Haag	7–2	Aris Bonnevoie	5–0	2–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	7–1	Académica de Coimbra	3–0	4–1
Saint-Étienne	2–3	Köln	1–1	1–2
Lugano	1–3	Legia Warsaw	1–3	0–0
Porto	1–3	Nantes	0–2	1–1
Hamburg	2–4	St. Johnstone	2–1	0–3
Southampton	2–3	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	0–2
Bologna	3–1	Anderlecht	1–1	2–0
Napoli	1–2	Rapid Bucureşti	1–0	0–2
Vitória de Setúbal	(a)2–2	Nîmes Olympique	1–0	1–2
Atlético Madrid	2–2(a)	Panionios	2–1	0–1
Carl Zeiss Jena	4–3	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	3–0	1–3
Basel	2–4	Real Madrid	1–2	1–2
Marsa	0–11	Juventus	0–6	0–5
Dinamo Zagreb	8–2	Botev Vratsa	6–1	2–1
Arad	5–4	Austria Salzburg	4–1	1–3
Fenerbahçe	2–4	Ferencváros	1–1	1–3
Milan	7–0	Digenis Akritas Morphou	4–0	3–0
Spartak Moscow	3–2	VSS Košice	2–0	1–2
OFK Belgrade	6–3	Djurgårdens IF	4–1	2–2
Željezničar	4–3	Club Brugge	3–0	1–3
PSV	2-0	Hallescher	0–0	2-02
Zagłębie Wałbrzych	4–2	Union Teplice	1–0	3–2
Lierse	4–2	Leeds United	0–2	4–0
Rapid Wien	(w/o)3	Vllaznia Shkodër

¹ This match was played in Reykjavik.
² Hallescher withdrew from the competition after the first leg.
³ Vllaznia Shkodër withdrew from the competition due to visa problems.

First leg

15 September 1971	Bologna	1 – 1	Anderlecht	Bologna
	Perani  26'	Report	Van Himst  60'

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15 September 1971	Napoli	1 – 0	Rapid Bucureşti	Naples
	Lupescu  75' (o.g.)	Report

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15 September 1971	Marsa	0 – 6	Juventus	Marsa
		Report	Haller  32'  60' Causio  54' Novellini  63' Capello  69' Cuccureddu  88'

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22 September 1971	Milan	4 – 0	Digenis Akritas Morphou	Milan
	Villa  32'  60' Magherini  34' Golin  50'	Report

Second leg

28 September 1971	Anderlecht	0 – 2	Bologna	Brussels
			Savoldi  10' Rizzo  85'

Bologna won 3–1 on aggregate.

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30 September 1971	Rapid Bucureşti	2 – 0	Napoli	Bucharest
	Dumitru  26' Ene  34'

Rapid Bucureşti won 2–1 on aggregate.

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28 September 1971	Juventus	5 – 0	Marsa	Turin
	Novellini  18'  32'  90' Haller  45' Furino  63'

Juventus won 11–0 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971	Digenis Akritas Morphou	0 – 3	Milan	Trieste
			Villa  11'  11' Rivera  65'

Milan won 7–0 on aggregate.

Second round

The matches were played on 19–21 October and 2–4 November 1971. Teams from the same nation could not be drawn against one another.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rosenborg	4–4(a)	Lierse	4–1	0–3
FC Rapid Bucureşti	4–2	Legia Warsaw	4–0	0–2
Köln	4–5	Dundee	2–1	2–4
Den Haag	1–7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–3	0–4
Željezničar	(a)3–3	Bologna	1–1	2–2
Nantes	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	0–0	0–1
Eintracht Braunschweig	4–3	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	2–2
St Johnstone	2–1	Vasas	2–0	0–1
Spartak Moscow	0–4	Vitória de Setúbal	0–0	0–4
Milan	5–4	Hertha BSC	4–2	1–2
OFK Belgrade	1–5	Carl Zeiss Jena	1–1	0–4
Zagłębie Wałbrzych	2–3	Arad	1–1	1–2
Dinamo Zagreb	2–2(a)	Rapid Wien	2–2	0–0
Real Madrid	3–3(a)	PSV	3–1	0–21
Juventus	3–1	Aberdeen	2–0	1–1
Ferencváros	9-0	Panionios	6–0	3-02

¹ This match was played in Den Bosch.
² Panionios were disqualified after the first leg due to a pitch invasion.

First leg

20 October 1971	Željezničar	1 – 1	Bologna	Sarajevo
	Bukal  75' (pen.)		Perani  30'

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20 October 1971	Milan	4 – 2	Hertha BSC	Milan
	Prati  41'  85' Benetti  62' Biasiolo  65'		Steffenhagen  15' Beer  51'

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21 October 1971	Juventus	2 – 0	Aberdeen	Turin
	Anastasi  5' G. Murray  55' (o.g.)

Second leg

3 November 1971	Bologna	2 – 2	Željezničar	Bologna
	Fedele  15'  71'		Janković  59'  83'

Bologna 3–3 Željezničar on aggregate. Željezničar won on away goals rule.

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3 November 1971	Hertha BSC	2 – 1	Milan	Berlin
	Horr  15' (pen.)  89'		Bigon  13'

Milan won 5–4 on aggregate.

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17 November 1971	Aberdeen	1 – 1	Juventus	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
	Harper  78'		Anastasi  50'

Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.

Third round

The matches were played on 23–24 November and 8 December 1971. Teams from the same nation could not be drawn against one another.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Milan	3–2	Dundee	3–0	0–2
Carl Zeiss Jena	0–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	0–3
Eintracht Braunschweig	3–6	Ferencváros	1–1	2–5
PSV	1–4	Lierse	1–0	0–4
Rapid Wien	1–5	Juventus	0–1	1–4
St. Johnstone	2–5	Željezničar	1–0	1–5
Tottenham Hotspur	5–0	Rapid Bucureşti	3–0	2–0
Arad	3–1	Vitória de Setúbal	3–0	0–1

First leg

24 November 1971	Milan	3 – 0	Dundee	Milan
	Rivera  14' Stewart  50' (o.g.) Benetti  71'

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24 November 1971	Rapid Wien	0 – 1	Juventus	Vienna
			Bettega  30'

Second leg

8 December 1971	Dundee	2 – 0	Milan	Dens Park, Dundee
	Wallace  39' Duncan  74'

Milan won 3–2 on aggregate.

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8 December 1971	Juventus	4 – 1	Rapid Wien	Turin
	Bettega  8'  46'  71' Causio  81' (pen.)		Lorenz  16'

Juventus won 5–1 on aggregate.

Quarter finals

The matches were played on 7/9 and 21–24 March 1972.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Milan	3–1	Lierse	2–0	1–1
Arad	1–3	Tottenham Hotspur	0–2	1–1
Ferencváros	(p)3–3	Željezničar	1–2	2–1
Juventus	2–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	1–2

First leg

23 February 1972	Milan	2 – 0	Lierse	Milan
	Rivera  30' (pen.) Bigon  43'

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7 March 1972	Juventus	1 – 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Turin
	Anastasi  37'		McCalliog  65'

Second leg

7 March 1972	Lierse	1 – 1	Milan	Lier
	Vermeyen  82' (pen.)		Villa  48'

Milan won 3–1 on aggregate.

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22 March 1972	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2 – 1	Juventus	Molineux, Wolverhampton
	Hegan  40' Dougan  52'		Haller  84' (pen.)

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The matches were played on 5 and 19 April 1972.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tottenham Hotspur	3–2	Milan	2–1	1–1
Ferencváros	3–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	1–2

First leg

5 April 1972	Tottenham Hotspur	2 – 1	Milan	London
	Perryman  30'  65'		Benetti  25'

Second leg

19 April 1972	Milan	1 – 1	Tottenham Hotspur	Milan
	Rivera  69' (pen.)		Mullery  7'

Tottenham Hotspur won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1972 UEFA Cup Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–3	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	1–1

First leg

3 May 1972 19:30 BST	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1 – 2	Tottenham Hotspur	Molineux, Wolverhampton Attendance: 38,362 Referee: Tofik Bakhramov (Soviet Union)
	McCalliog  72'		Chivers  57', 87'

Second leg

17 May 1972 19:45 BST	Tottenham Hotspur	1 – 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	White Hart Lane, London Attendance: 54,303 Referee: Laurens Van Ravens (Netherlands)
	Mullery  29'		Wagstaffe  40'

See also

• 1971–72 European Cup
• 1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup

External links

• Official Site
• Results at RSSSF.com