1971–72 European Cup
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 19 August 1971 – 31 May 1972 |
Teams | 33 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Ajax (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Internazionale |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 63 |
Goals scored | 175 (2.78 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Antal Dunai (5 goals) |
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 |
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Valencia | 4–1 | Union Luxembourg | 3–1 | 1–0 |
First leg
Second leg
Union Luxembourg | 0–1 | Valencia |
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Report | Forment 17' |
Valencia won 4–1 on aggregate.
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 București | 2–2 (a) | 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 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
Valencia | 1–1 (a) | 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 |
First leg
Marseille | 2–1 | Górnik Zabrze |
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Wraży 45' (o.g.) Skoblar 78' |
Report | Lubański 28' |
Ajax | 2–0 | Dynamo Dresden |
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Swart 2' Keizer 19' |
Report |
Reipas Lahti | 1–1 | Grasshopper |
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Lindholm 75' | Report | Ohlhauser 63' |
Feyenoord | 8–0 | Olympiakos Nicosia |
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Maiwald 4', 32' Van Hanegem 9' Schoenmaker 25', 47', 49' Israël 82' Schneider 88' |
Report |
CSKA Sofia | 3–0 | Partizani |
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Atanasov 20' Nikodimov 44' (pen.) Marashliev 65' |
Report |
Valencia | 0–0 | Hajduk Split |
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Report |
Újpesti Dózsa | 4–0 | Malmö FF |
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A. Dunai 17' Bene 28', 64', 80' |
Report |
Boldklubben 1903 | 2–1 | Celtic |
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Johansen 14', 24' | Report | Macari 28' |
ÍA | 0–4 | Sliema Wanderers |
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Report | Cocks 25', 57', 68' Aquilina 81' |
Internazionale | 4–1 | AEK Athens |
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Mazzola 20' Facchetti 35' Jair 44' Boninsegna 61' (pen.) |
Report | Pomonis 15' |
Cork Hibernians | 0–5 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
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Report | Wloka 5', 30' Heynckes 19' Le Fevre 32', 39' |
Galatasaray | 1–1 | CSKA Moscow |
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Güleş 71' | Report | Kopeikin 43' |
Standard Liège | 2–0 | Linfield |
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Semmeling 33' Takač 87' |
Report |
Second leg
Górnik Zabrze | 1–1 | Marseille |
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Anczok 32' | Report | Skoblar 53' |
Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden | 0–0 | Ajax |
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Report |
Ajax won 2–0 on aggregate.
Grasshopper | 8–0 | Reipas Lahti |
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Müller 1', 39', 71', 85' Gröbli 31' Schneeberger 45' Meier 70' Mayer 77' |
Report |
Grasshopper won 9–1 on aggregate.
Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.
Spartak Trnava | 2–2 | Dinamo București |
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Kabát 40' Dobiaš 69' (pen.) |
Report | Popescu 64', 88' |
Dinamo București won 2–2 on away goals.
Olympiakos Nicosia | 0–9 | Feyenoord |
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Report | Van Hanegem 6', 82' Hasil 11' Wery 20' Posthumus 31', 39' Israël 61' (pen.), 63' (pen.), 70' |
Feyenoord won 17–0 on aggregate.
Benfica won 7–1 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.
Valencia won 1–1 on away goals.
Malmö FF | 1–0 | Újpesti Dózsa |
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Tapper 11' (pen.) | Report |
Újpesti Dózsa won 4–1 on aggregate.
Celtic | 3–0 | Boldklubben 1903 |
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Wallace 23', 85' Callaghan 79' |
Report |
Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.
Sliema Wanderers | 0–0 | ÍA |
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Report |
Sliema Wanderers won 4–0 on aggregate.
AEK Athens | 3–2 | Internazionale |
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Ventouris 29' Papaioannou 45' Nikolaidis 89' |
Report | Karafeskos 17' (o.g.) Boninsegna 75' |
Internazionale won 6–4 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–1 | Cork Hibernians |
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Sieloff 60' Wimmer 82' |
Report | Dennehy 32' |
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–1 on aggregate.
CSKA Moscow | 3–0 | Galatasaray |
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Dorofeev 6', 75' Oglobin 85' |
Report |
CSKA Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.
Standard Liège won 5–2 on aggregate.
Second round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Marseille | 2–6 | Ajax | 1–2 | 1–4 |
Grasshopper | 0–5 | Arsenal | 0–2 | 0–3 |
Dinamo București | 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
Grasshopper | 0–2 | Arsenal |
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Report | Kennedy 2' Graham 88' |
Benfica | 2–1 | CSKA Sofia |
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Rodrigues 51' Artur Jorge 63' |
Report | Zhekov 85' |
Valencia | 0–1 | Újpesti Dózsa |
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Report | A. Dunai 55' |
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 7–1 | Internazionale |
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Heynckes 7', 44' Le Fevre 21', 34' Netzer 42', 52' Sieloff 83' (pen.) |
[1] | Boninsegna 20' |
This game was annulled as Inter player Roberto Boninsegna was hit by a Coca-Cola can in the 29th minute.[2][3] 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.
Internazionale | 4–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
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Bellugi 10' Boninsegna 13' Jair 57' Ghio 90' |
Report | Le Fevre 38' Wittkamp 89' |
CSKA Moscow | 1–0 | Standard Liège |
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Kopeikin 27' | Report |
Second leg
Ajax won 6–2 on aggregate.
Arsenal | 3–0 | Grasshopper |
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Kennedy 40' George 47' Radford 84' |
Report |
Arsenal won 5–0 on aggregate.
Feyenoord | 2–0 | Dinamo București |
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Nunweiller 53' (o.g.) Schoenmaker 64' |
Report |
Feyenoord won 5–0 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia | 0–0 | Benfica |
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Report |
Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.
Újpesti Dózsa | 2–1 | Valencia |
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A. Dunai 51', 54' | Report | Valdez 57' |
Újpesti Dózsa won 3–1 on aggregate.
Celtic won 7–1 on aggregate.
Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.
Standard Liège | 2–0 | CSKA Moscow |
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Takač 7', 60' (pen.) | Report |
Standard Liège won 2–1 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 | 2–2 (a) | Standard Liège | 1–0 | 1–2 |
First leg
Újpesti Dózsa | 1–2 | Celtic |
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Horváth 64' | Report | Horváth 19' (o.g.) Macari 85' |
Internazionale | 1–0 | Standard Liège |
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Jair 80' | Report |
Second leg
Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.
Celtic | 1–1 | Újpesti Dózsa |
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Macari 62' | Report | A. Dunai 5' |
Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.
Standard Liège | 2–1 | Internazionale |
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Cvetler 51' Takač 84' (pen.) |
Report | Mazzola 80' |
2–2 on aggregate; Internazionale won on away goals.
Semi-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ajax | 1–0 | Benfica | 1–0 | 0–0 |
Internazionale | 0–0 (5–4 p) | Celtic | 0–0 | 0–0 |
First leg
Internazionale | 0–0 | Celtic |
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Report |
Second leg
Ajax won 1–0 on aggregate.
Celtic | 0–0 | Internazionale |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Deans Craig Johnstone McCluskey Murdoch |
4–5 | Mazzola Facchetti Frustalupi Pellizzaro Jair |
0–0 on aggregate; Internazionale won 5–4 on penalties.
Teams had to shoot all five even if they could not win any more (the shootout would have ended with a score of 5–3 otherwise as Inter took the shots first).
Final
Ajax | 2–0 | Internazionale |
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Cruyff 47', 78' | Report MatchCentre |
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1972–73 European Cup (excluding preliminary round and annulled game) are as follows:
Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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1 | Johan Cruyff | Ajax | 5 |
Antal Dunai | Újpesti Dózsa | 5 | |
Lou Macari | Celtic | 5 | |
Silvester Takač | Standard Liège | 5 | |
4 | Ronnie Cocks | Sliema Wanderers | 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 |
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
- 1971-72 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)
- European Cup 1971-72 – results, protocols, players statistics
- website eurocups-uefa.ru European Cup 1971-72 – results, protocols
- website Football Archive 1971–72 European Cup