1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup

The season 1971-72 of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Rangers in a final victory against FC Dynamo Moscow.

Preliminary game

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
BK 1909	4 - 4(a)	Austria Wien	4 - 2	0 - 2
Hibernians	3 - 2	Fram	3 - 0	0 - 2

First round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Distillery	1 - 7	Barcelona	1 - 3	0 - 4
Hibernians	0 - 1	Steaua Bucharest	0 - 0	0 - 1
Servette	2 - 3	Liverpool	2 - 1	0 - 2
TJ Škoda Plzeň	1 - 7	Bayern Munich	0 - 1	1 - 6
Limerick	0 - 5	Torino	0 - 1	0 - 4
Dinamo Tirana	1 - 2	Austria Wien	1 - 1	0 - 1
Rennes	1 - 2	Rangers	1 - 1	0 - 1
Sporting	7 - 0	Lyn	4 - 0	3 - 0
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	4 - 5	Åtvidaberg	3 - 4	1 - 1
Jeunesse Hautcharage	0 - 21	Chelsea	0 - 8	0 - 13
Beerschot	8 - 0	Anorthosis Famagusta	7 - 0	1 - 0
Dynamo Berlin	2(p) - 2	Cardiff City	1 - 1	1 - 1
Levski-Spartak	1 - 3	Sparta Rotterdam	1 - 1	0 - 2
Komlói Bányász	4 - 8	Red Star Belgrade	2 - 7	2 - 1
Mikkeli	0 - 4	Eskişehirspor	0 - 0	0 - 4
Olympiacos	2 - 3	Dynamo Moscow	0 - 2	2 - 1

First leg

15 September 1971	Limerick	0 – 1	Torino	Limerick
			Rampanti  8'

First Leg

        15 September 1971 Rennes(France)    1 Redon(78) 
                          Rangers(Scotland) 1 Johnston(68)                      Rennes. Attendance: 20,000

Second leg

29 September 1971	Torino	4 – 0	Limerick	Turin
	Toschi  46'  74'  83' Luppi  80'

Torino won 5–0 on aggregate.

Second leg

        28 September 1971 Rangers 1 MacDonald(38) 
                          Rennes 0                                 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow. Attendance 40,000 

                          Rangers win 1-0 on agg.

Second round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona	1 - 3	Steaua Bucharest	0 - 1	1 - 2
Liverpool	1 - 3	Bayern Munich	0 - 0	1 - 3
Torino	1 - 0	Austria Wien	1 - 0	0 - 0
Rangers	6(a) - 6 1	Sporting	3 - 2	3 - 4
Åtvidaberg	1(a) - 1	Chelsea	0 - 0	1 - 1
Beerschot	2 - 6	Dynamo Berlin	1 - 3	1 - 3
Sparta Rotterdam	2 - 3	Red Star Belgrade	1 - 1	1 - 2
Eskişehirspor	0 - 2	Dynamo Moscow	0 - 1	0 - 1

¹The second leg was originally 3-2 to Sporting after 90 minutes, and 4-3 to Sporting after extra time. The referee erroneously ordered a penalty shootout which Sporting won 3-0; UEFA later ruled that Rangers had won on away goals.

First leg

20 October 1971	Torino	1 – 0	Austria Wien	Turin
	Agroppi  81'

First leg

        20 October 1971  Rangers         3, Stein (9,19) Henderson (28) 
                         Sporting Lisbon 2, Chic (70) Gomes (86)            Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow. Attendance: 50,000

Second leg

3 November 1971	Austria Wien	0 – 0	Torino	Vienna

Torino won 1–0 on aggregate.

Second leg

         3 November 1971 Sporting Lisbon 4, Yazalde(26) Tome(37) Gomes(83) Perez(114)
                         Rangers         3, Stein(27,46) Henderson(100)                Lisbon: Attendance, 60,000
                         Aggregate 6-6, Rangers win on away goals

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Steaua Bucharest	1 - 1(a)	Bayern Munich	1 - 1	0 - 0
Torino	1 - 2	Rangers	1 - 1	0 - 1
Åtvidaberg	2 - 4	Dynamo Berlin	0 - 2	2 - 2
Red Star Belgrade	2 - 3	Dynamo Moscow	1 - 2	1 - 1

First leg

8 March 1972	Torino	1 – 1	Rangers	Turin
	Pulici  61'		Johnston  12'

Second leg

22 March 1972	Rangers	1 – 0	Torino	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
	MacDonald  46'

Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bayern Munich	1 - 3	Rangers	1 - 1	0 - 2
Dynamo Berlin	2 - 2(p)	Dynamo Moscow	1 - 1	1 - 1

First leg

        5 April 1972  Bayern Munich 1, Breitner(23) 
                      Rangers       1, Zobel(og 49)            Munich
        
        Attendance: 40,000

Second leg

         19 April 1972 Rangers       2, Jardine(1) Parlane(23)  Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
                       Bayern Munich 0

        Attendance: 80,000
        Rangers win 3-1 on aggregate

Final

Main article: 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

24 May 1972	Rangers	3 – 2	Dynamo Moscow	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 44,701
	Stein  23' Johnston  40'  49'		Eshtrekov  60' Makhovikov  87'

External links

• 1971-72 competition at UEFA website
• Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation