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1971–72 UEFA Cup
Tournament details
Dates14 September 1971 – 17 May 1972
Teams64
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Tottenham Hotspur (1st title)
Runners-upEngland Wolverhampton Wanderers
Tournament statistics
Matches played123
Goals scored373 (3.03 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ludwig Bründl (10 goals)

The 1971–72 UEFA Cup 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 Ludwig Bründl of Eintracht Braunschweig with ten 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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Hertha BSC West Germany 7–2 Sweden Elfsborg 3–1 (Report) 4–1 (Report)
Dundee Scotland 5–2 Denmark AB 4–2 (Report) 1–0 (Report)
Rosenborg Norway 4–0 Finland HIFK 3–0 (Report) 1–0 (Report)
Vasas Hungary 2–1 Republic of Ireland Shelbourne 1–0 (Report) 1–1 (Report)
Glentoran Northern Ireland 1–7 West Germany Eintracht Braunschweig 0–1 (Report) 1–6 (Report)
ÍBK Keflavík Iceland 1–15 England Tottenham Hotspur 1–61 (Report) 0–9 (Report)
Celta Vigo Spain 0–3 Scotland Aberdeen 0–2 (Report) 0–1 (Report)
Den Haag Netherlands 7–2 Luxembourg Aris Bonnevoie 5–0 (Report) 2–2 (Report)
Wolverhampton Wanderers England 7–1 Portugal Académica de Coimbra 3–0 (Report) 4–1 (Report)
Saint-Étienne France 2–3 West Germany Köln 1–1 (Report) 1–2 (Report)
Lugano Switzerland 1–3 Poland Legia Warsaw 1–3 (Report) 0–0 (Report)
Porto Portugal 1–3 France Nantes 0–2 (Report) 1–1 (Report)
Hamburg West Germany 2–4 Scotland St Johnstone 2–1 (Report) 0–3 (Report)
Southampton England 2–3 Spain Athletic Bilbao 2–1 (Report) 0–2 (Report)
Bologna Italy 3–1 Belgium Anderlecht 1–1 (Report) 2–0 (Report)
Napoli Italy 1–2 Romania Rapid București 1–0 (Report) 0–2 (Report)
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal (a)2–2 France Nîmes Olympique 1–0 (Report) 1–2 (Report)
Atlético Madrid Spain 2–2(a) Greece Panionios 2–1 (Report) 0–1 (Report)
Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany 4–3 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–0 (Report) 1–3 (Report)
Basel Switzerland 2–4 Spain Real Madrid 1–2 (Report) 1–2 (Report)
Marsa Malta 0–11 Italy Juventus 0–6 (Report) 0–5 (Report)
Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 8–2 Bulgaria Botev Vratsa 6–1 (Report) 2–1 (Report)
UTA Arad Romania 5–4 Austria Austria Salzburg 4–1 (Report) 1–3 (Report)
Fenerbahçe Turkey 2–4 Hungary Ferencváros 1–1 (Report) 1–3 (Report)
Milan Italy 7–0 Cyprus Digenis Akritas Morphou 4–0 (Report) 3–0 (Report)
Spartak Moscow Soviet Union 3–2 Czechoslovakia VSS Košice 2–0 (Report) 1–2 (Report)
OFK Beograd Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 6–3 Sweden Djurgården 4–1 (Report) 2–2 (Report)
Željezničar Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 4–3 Belgium Club Brugge 3–0 (Report) 1–3 (Report)
Hallescher FC East Germany 0–2 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 0–0 (Report) 0–22
Zagłębie Wałbrzych Poland 4–2 Czechoslovakia Union Teplice 1–0 (Report) 3–2 (Report)
Lierse Belgium 4–2 England Leeds United 0–2 (Report) 4–0 (Report)
Rapid Wien Austria (w/o)3 Albania Vllaznia Shkodër - (Report) - (Report)

1 This match was played in Reykjavík.
2 Following the Hotel 't Silveren Seepaerd fire, Hallescher FC withdrew from the competition after the first leg.
3 Vllaznia Shkodër withdrew from the competition due to visa problems.

First leg

Hertha BSC West Germany3–1Sweden Elfsborg
Hermandung 35'
Varga 44'
Steffenhagen 68'
Rökaas 53'

Dundee Scotland4–2Denmark AB
Bryce 8', 35'
Wallace 30'
Lambie 68'
Carlson 39', 60'

Rosenborg Norway3–0Finland HIFK
Mörkved 11'
Hanssen 50'
Meirik 79'
Attendance: 7,575
Referee: Bent Nielsen

Vasas Hungary1–0Republic of Ireland Shelbourne
Menczel 80'

Glentoran Northern Ireland0–1West Germany Eintracht Braunschweig
Bründl 33'

ÍBK Keflavík Iceland1–6England Tottenham Hotspur
Júlíusson 76' Gilzean 7', 64', 87'
Coates 25'
Mullery 31', 59'


Porto Portugal0–2France Nantes
Marcos 18', 81'
Referee: Dominic Byrne (Ireland)

Bologna Italy1–1Belgium Anderlecht
Perani 26' Van Himst 60'


Napoli Italy1–0Romania Rapid București
Lupescu 75' (o.g.)

Vitória de Setúbal Portugal1–0France Nîmes Olympique
Torres 5' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,480
Referee: Franz Geluck (Belgium)


Marsa Malta0–6Italy Juventus
Haller 32' 60'
Causio 54'
Novellini 63'
Capello 69'
Cuccureddu 88'

Milan Italy4–0Cyprus Digenis Akritas Morphou
Villa 32', 60'
Magherini 34'
Golin 50'

Second leg

Académica de Coimbra Portugal1–4England Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manuel António 15' Dougan 23', 72', 90'
McAlle 57'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 7–1 on aggregate.


Nantes France1–1Portugal Porto
Maas 77' De Michèle 87' (o.g.)

Nantes won 3–1 on aggregate.


Anderlecht Belgium0–2Italy Bologna
Savoldi 10'
Rizzo 85'

Bologna won 3–1 on aggregate.


Rapid București Romania2–0Italy Napoli
Dumitru 26'
Ene 34'

Rapid București won 2–1 on aggregate.


Nîmes Olympique France2–1Portugal Vitória de Setúbal
Machado 58' (o.g.)
Adams 89'
Torres 24'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Curth Nystrand (Sweden)

2–2 on aggregate, Vitória de Setúbal won on away goals rule.


Real Madrid Spain2–1Switzerland Basel
Aguilar 48'
Santillana 78'
UEFA report 57' Siegenthaler
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)

Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.


Juventus Italy5–0Malta Marsa
Novellini 18', 32', 90'
Haller 45'
Furino 63'

Juventus won 11–0 on aggregate.


Digenis Akritas Morphou Cyprus0–3Italy Milan
Villa 11', 11'
Rivera 65'

Milan won 7–0 on aggregate.


OFK Belgrade won 6–3 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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rosenborg Norway 4–4(a) Belgium Lierse 4–1 (Report) 0–3 (Report)
Rapid București Romania 4–2 Poland Legia Warsaw 4–0 (Report) 0–2 (Report)
Köln West Germany 4–5 Scotland Dundee 2–1 (Report) 2–4 (Report)
Den Haag Netherlands 1–7 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–3 (Report) 0–4 (Report)
Željezničar Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (a)3–3 Italy Bologna 1–1 (Report) 2–2 (Report)
Nantes France 0–1 England Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 (Report) 0–1 (Report)
Eintracht Braunschweig West Germany 4–3 Spain Athletic Bilbao 2–1 (Report) 2–2 (Report)
St Johnstone Scotland 2–1 Hungary Vasas 2–0 (Report) 0–1 (Report)
Spartak Moscow Soviet Union 0–4 Portugal Vitória de Setúbal 0–0 (Report) 0–4 (Report)
Milan Italy 5–4 West Germany Hertha BSC 4–2 (Report) 1–2 (Report)
OFK Beograd Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1–5 East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena 1–1 (Report) 0–4 (Report)
Zagłębie Wałbrzych Poland 2–3 Romania UTA Arad 1–1 (Report) 1–2 (Report)
Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2–2(a) Austria Rapid Wien 2–2 (Report) 0–0 (Report)
Real Madrid Spain 3–3(a) Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 3–1 (Report) 0–21 (Report)
Juventus Italy 3–1 Scotland Aberdeen 2–0 (Report) 1–1 (Report)
Ferencváros Hungary 6–0 Greece Panionios 6–0 (Report) 2

(Report)

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

First leg

Željezničar Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–1Italy Bologna
Bukal 75' (pen.) Perani 30'

Spartak Moscow Soviet Union0–0Portugal Vitória de Setúbal
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: William John Gow (Wales)

Milan Italy4–2West Germany Hertha BSC
Prati 41', 85'
Benetti 62'
Biasiolo 65'
Steffenhagen 15'
Beer 51'
Attendance: 30,000

Juventus Italy2–0Scotland Aberdeen
Anastasi 5'
G. Murray 55' (o.g.)

Second leg

Bologna Italy2–2Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar
Fedele 15', 71' Janković 59', 83'

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


Vitória de Setúbal Portugal4–0Soviet Union Spartak Moscow
Machado 29'
Torres 53', 56'
João 77'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Vitória de Setúba won 4–0 on aggregate.


Hertha BSC West Germany2–1Italy Milan
Horr 15' (pen.), 89' Bigon 13'
Attendance: 18.000
Referee: Carpenter

Milan won 5–4 on aggregate.


Aberdeen Scotland1–1Italy Juventus
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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Milan Italy 3–2 Scotland Dundee 3–0 (Report) 0–2 (Report)
Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany 0–4 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 (Report) 0–3 (Report)
Eintracht Braunschweig West Germany 3–6 Hungary Ferencváros 1–1 (Report) 2–5 (Report)
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 1–4 Belgium Lierse 1–0 (Report) 0–4 (Report)
Rapid Wien Austria 1–5 Italy Juventus 0–1 (Report) 1–4 (Report)
St Johnstone Scotland 2–5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar 1–0 (Report) 1–5 (Report)
Tottenham Hotspur England 5–0 Romania Rapid București 3–0 (Report) 2–0 (Report)
UTA Arad Romania 3–1 Portugal Vitória de Setúbal 3–0 (Report) 0–1 (Report)

First leg

Milan Italy3–0Scotland Dundee
Rivera 14'
Stewart 50' (o.g.)
Benetti 71'

Rapid Wien Austria0–1Italy Juventus
Bettega 30'
Referee: Biwersi (West Germany)

UTA Arad Romania3–0Portugal Vitória de Setúbal
Domide 9'
Sima 16'
Kun 65'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Antoine Queudeville (Luxembourg)

Second leg

Dundee Scotland2–0Italy Milan
Wallace 39'
Duncan 74'

Milan won 3–2 on aggregate.


Juventus Italy4–1Austria Rapid Wien
Bettega 8', 46', 71'
Causio 81' (pen.)
Lorenz 16'
Communale, Turin
Referee: Menning (East Germany)

Juventus won 5–1 on aggregate.


Vitória de Setúbal Portugal1–0Romania UTA Arad
José Maria 54'
Attendance: 10,000

UTA Arad won 3–1 on aggregate.

Quarter finals

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

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Milan Italy 3–1 Belgium Lierse 2–0 (Report) 1–1 (Report)
UTA Arad Romania 1–3 England Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 (Report) 1–1 (Report)
Ferencváros Hungary (p)3–3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar 1–2 (Report) 2–1 (Report)
Juventus Italy 2–3 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 (Report) 1–2 (Report)

First leg

Milan Italy2–0Belgium Lierse
Rivera 30' (pen.)
Bigon 43'

Second leg

Lierse Belgium1–1Italy Milan
Vermeyen 82' (pen.) Villa 48'

Milan won 3–1 on aggregate.


Wolverhampton Wanderers won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The matches were played on 5 and 19 April 1972.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tottenham Hotspur England 3–2 Italy Milan 2–1 (Report) 1–1 (Report)
Ferencváros Hungary 3–4 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–2 (Report) 1–2 (Report)

First leg

Tottenham Hotspur England2–1Italy Milan
Perryman 30', 65' Benetti 25'
London

Second leg

Milan Italy1–1England Tottenham Hotspur
Rivera 69' (pen.) Mullery 7'

Tottenham Hotspur won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

Second leg

Tottenham Hotspur England1–1England Wolverhampton Wanderers
Mullery 29' Report Wagstaffe 40'
Attendance: 54,303

Tottenham Hotspur won 3–2 on aggregate.

See also