1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup

The season 1972-73 of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by AC Milan after a 1-0 victory against Leeds United at the Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, in Greece.

First round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
SEC Bastia	1 - 2	Atlético Madrid	0 - 0	1 - 2
FC Spartak Moscow	1 - 0	FC Den Haag	1 - 0	0 - 0
Víkingur	0 - 11	Legia Warszawa	0 - 2	0 - 9
FA Red Boys Differdange	1 - 7	AC Milan	0 - 1	1 - 6
Pezoporikos Larnaca FC	2 - 6	Cork Hibernians	1 - 2	1 - 4
FC Schalke 04	5 - 2	PFC Slavia Sofia	2 - 1	3 - 1
Floriana	1 - 6	Ferencvárosi TC	1 - 0	0 - 6
Standard Liège	3 - 4	Sparta Prague	1 - 0	2 - 4
FC Carl Zeiss Jena	8 - 4	MP	6 - 1	2 - 3
MKE Ankaragücü	1 - 2	Leeds United	1 - 1	0 - 1
SK Rapid Wien	2(a) - 2	PAOK FC	0 - 0	2 - 2
Rapid Bucureşti	3 - 1	Landskrona BoIS	3 - 0	0 - 1
Sporting Clube de Portugal	3 - 7	Hibernian F.C.	2 - 1	1 - 6
Fremad Amager	1 - 1(a)	KS Besa Kavajë	1 - 1	0 - 0
FC Zürich	2 - 3	Wrexham A.F.C.	1 - 1	1 - 2
Hajduk Split	2 - 0	Fredrikstad F.K.	1 - 0	1 - 0

First leg

6 September 1972	FA Red Boys Differdange	1 – 4	AC Milan	Differdange
	H. Klein  90'		Prati  5'  10' Turone  19' Chiarugi  83'

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13 September 1972	MKE Ankaragücü	1 – 1	Leeds United A.F.C.	Ankara 19 Mayis Stadium, Ankara Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Kevorc Ghemigean (Romania)
	Yalman  50'(pen)		Jordan  44'

Second leg

27 September 1972	AC Milan	3 – 0	FA Red Boys Differdange	Milan
	Chiarugi  4'  66' Benetti  33'

AC Milan won 7–1 on aggregate.

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27 September 1972	Leeds United A.F.C.	1 – 0	MKE Ankaragücü	Elland Road, Leeds Attendance: 22,411 Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (West Germany)
	Jones 68'

Leeds won 2–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Madrid	5 - 5(a)	FC Spartak Moscow	3 - 4	2 - 1
Legia Warszawa	2 - 3	AC Milan	1 - 1	1 - 2(aet)
Cork Hibernians	0 - 3	FC Schalke 04	0 - 0	0 - 3
Ferencvárosi TC	3 - 4	Sparta Prague	2 - 0	1 - 4
FC Carl Zeiss Jena	0 - 2	Leeds United	0 - 0	0 - 2
SK Rapid Wien	2 - 4	Rapid Bucureşti	1 - 1	1 - 3
Hibernian F.C.	8 - 2	KS Besa Kavajë	7 - 1	1 - 1
Wrexham A.F.C.	3 - 3(a)	Hajduk Split	3 - 1	0 - 2

First leg

25 October 1972	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	0 – 0	Leeds United A.F.C.	Ernst Abbe Sportfeld, Jena Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Leo Van der Kroft (Holland)

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25 October 1972	Legia Warszawa	1 – 1	AC Milan	Warsaw
	Deyna  79'		Golin  75'

Second leg

8 November 1972	AC Milan	2 – 1 (a.e.t)	Legia Warszawa	Milan
	Zignoli  10' Chiarugi  118'		Pieszko  44'

AC Milan won 3–2 on aggregate.

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8 November 1972	Leeds United A.F.C.	2 – 0	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	Elland Road, Leeds Attendance: 26,885 Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)
	Cherry 55' Jones 64'

Leeds won 2–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Spartak Moscow	1 - 2	AC Milan	0 - 1	1 - 1
FC Schalke 04	2 - 4	Sparta Prague	2 - 1	0 - 3
Leeds United	8 - 1	Rapid Bucureşti	5 - 0	3 - 1
Hibernian F.C.	4 - 5	Hajduk Split	4 - 2	0 - 3

First leg

7 March 1973	Leeds United A.F.C.	5 – 0	Rapid Bucureşti	Elland Road, Leeds Attendance: 25,702 Referee: Bohumil Smejkal (Czechoslovakia)
	Giles 15' Clarke 25' Lorimer 33' 50' Jordan 65'

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7 March 1973	FC Spartak Moscow	0 – 1	AC Milan	Sochi Central Stadium, Sochi Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jack Taylor (England)
			Benetti  62'

Second leg

21 March 1973	AC Milan	1 – 1	FC Spartak Moscow	Milan
	Bigon  2'		Piskaryov  7'

AC Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.

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21 March 1973	Rapid Bucureşti	1 – 3	Leeds United A.F.C.	Republic Stadium, Bucharest Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden)
	Dumitriu  62'		Bates 1' Jones 23' Jordan 75'

Leeds won 8–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg

11 April 1973	AC Milan	1 – 0	Sparta Prague	Milan
	Chiarugi  68'

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11 April 1973	Leeds United A.F.C.	1 – 0	Hajduk Split	Elland Road, Leeds Attendance: 32,051 Referee: Gyula. Emsberger (Hungary)
	Clarke 21'

Second leg

25 April 1973	Hajduk Split	0 – 0	Leeds United A.F.C.	Kod Stare Plinare Stadium, Split Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Robert Helies (France)

Leeds won 1–0 on aggregate.

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25 April 1973	Sparta Prague	0 – 1	AC Milan	Prague
			Chiarugi  74'

AC Milan won 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1973 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

16 May 1973	AC Milan	1 – 0	Leeds United	Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki Attendance: 40,154 Referee: Christos Michas (Greece)
	Chiarugi  4'

External links

• 1972-73 competition at UEFA website
• Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation