1971–72 European Cup
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Tournament details | |
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Dates | 19 August 1971 – 31 May 1972 |
Teams | 33 |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 63 |
Goals scored | 175 (2.78 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
3–1 | 1–0 |
First leg
Second leg
Union Luxembourg ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Forment ![]() |
Valencia won 4–1 on aggregate.
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Marseille ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–1 |
Ajax ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–0 |
Reipas Lahti ![]() |
1–9 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–8 |
Strømsgodset ![]() |
1–7 | ![]() |
1–3 | 0–4 |
Dinamo București ![]() |
2–2 (a) | ![]() |
0–0 | 2–2 |
Feyenoord ![]() |
17–0 | ![]() |
8–0 | 9–0 |
Wacker ![]() |
1–7 | ![]() |
0–4 | 1–3 |
CSKA Sofia ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
3–0 | 1–0 |
Valencia ![]() |
1–1 (a) | ![]() |
0–0 | 1–1 |
Újpesti Dózsa ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
4–0 | 0–1 |
Boldklubben 1903 ![]() |
2–4 | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–3 |
ÍA ![]() |
0–4 | ![]() |
0–4 | 0–0 |
Internazionale ![]() |
6–4 | ![]() |
4–1 | 2–3 |
Cork Hibernians ![]() |
1–7 | ![]() |
0–5 | 1–2 |
Galatasaray ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–3 |
Standard Liège ![]() |
5–2 | ![]() |
2–0 | 3–2 |
First leg
Ajax ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Swart ![]() Keizer ![]() |
Report |
Reipas Lahti ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Lindholm ![]() |
Report | Ohlhauser ![]() |
Feyenoord ![]() | 8–0 | ![]() |
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Maiwald ![]() Van Hanegem ![]() Schoenmaker ![]() Israël ![]() Schneider ![]() |
Report |
CSKA Sofia ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Atanasov ![]() Nikodimov ![]() Marashliev ![]() |
Report |
Újpesti Dózsa ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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A. Dunai ![]() Bene ![]() |
Report |
Boldklubben 1903 ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Johansen ![]() |
Report | Macari ![]() |
ÍA ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Report | Cocks ![]() Aquilina ![]() |
Internazionale ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Mazzola ![]() Facchetti ![]() Jair ![]() Boninsegna ![]() |
Report | Pomonis ![]() |
Cork Hibernians ![]() | 0–5 | ![]() |
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Report | Wloka ![]() Heynckes ![]() Le Fevre ![]() |
Galatasaray ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Güleş ![]() |
Report | Kopeikin ![]() |
Standard Liège ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Semmeling ![]() Takač ![]() |
Report |
Second leg
Górnik Zabrze ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Anczok ![]() |
Report | Skoblar ![]() |
Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Ajax won 2–0 on aggregate.
Grasshopper ![]() | 8–0 | ![]() |
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Müller ![]() Gröbli ![]() Schneeberger ![]() Meier ![]() Mayer ![]() |
Report |
Grasshopper won 9–1 on aggregate.
Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.
Spartak Trnava ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Kabát ![]() Dobiaš ![]() |
Report | Popescu ![]() |
Dinamo București won 2–2 on away goals.
Olympiakos Nicosia ![]() | 0–9 | ![]() |
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Report | Van Hanegem ![]() Hasil ![]() Wery ![]() Posthumus ![]() Israël ![]() |
Feyenoord won 17–0 on aggregate.
Benfica won 7–1 on aggregate.
Partizani ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Atanasov ![]() |
CSKA Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.
Valencia won 1–1 on away goals.
Malmö FF ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Tapper ![]() |
Report |
Újpesti Dózsa won 4–1 on aggregate.
Celtic ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Wallace ![]() Callaghan ![]() |
Report |
Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.
Sliema Wanderers ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Sliema Wanderers won 4–0 on aggregate.
AEK Athens ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Ventouris ![]() Papaioannou ![]() Nikolaidis ![]() |
Report | Karafeskos ![]() Boninsegna ![]() |
Internazionale won 6–4 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Sieloff ![]() Wimmer ![]() |
Report | Dennehy ![]() |
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–1 on aggregate.
CSKA Moscow ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Dorofeev ![]() Oglobin ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
1–2 | 1–4 |
Grasshopper ![]() |
0–5 | ![]() |
0–2 | 0–3 |
Dinamo București ![]() |
0–5 | ![]() |
0–3 | 0–2 |
Benfica ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–0 |
Valencia ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
0–1 | 1–2 |
Celtic ![]() |
7–1 | ![]() |
5–0 | 2–1 |
Internazionale ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
4–2 | 0–0 |
CSKA Moscow ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–2 |
First leg
Grasshopper ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Kennedy ![]() Graham ![]() |
Benfica ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Rodrigues ![]() Artur Jorge ![]() |
Report | Zhekov ![]() |
Valencia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | A. Dunai ![]() |
Borussia Mönchengladbach ![]() | 7–1 | ![]() |
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Heynckes ![]() Le Fevre ![]() Netzer ![]() Sieloff ![]() |
[1] | Boninsegna ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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Bellugi ![]() Boninsegna ![]() Jair ![]() Ghio ![]() |
Report | Le Fevre ![]() Wittkamp ![]() |
CSKA Moscow ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Kopeikin ![]() |
Report |
Second leg
Ajax won 6–2 on aggregate.
Arsenal won 5–0 on aggregate.
Feyenoord ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Nunweiller ![]() Schoenmaker ![]() |
Report |
Feyenoord won 5–0 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.
Újpesti Dózsa ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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A. Dunai ![]() |
Report | Valdez ![]() |
Újpesti Dózsa won 3–1 on aggregate.
Celtic won 7–1 on aggregate.
Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.
Standard Liège ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Takač ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–0 |
Feyenoord ![]() |
2–5 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–5 |
Újpesti Dózsa ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
1–2 | 1–1 |
Internazionale ![]() |
2–2 (a) | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–2 |
First leg
Internazionale ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Jair ![]() |
Report |
Second leg
Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.
Celtic ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Macari ![]() |
Report | A. Dunai ![]() |
Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.
Standard Liège ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Cvetler ![]() Takač ![]() |
Report | Mazzola ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–0 |
Internazionale ![]() |
0–0 (5–4 p) | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–0 |
First leg
Second leg
Ajax won 1–0 on aggregate.
Celtic ![]() | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Deans ![]() Craig ![]() Johnstone ![]() McCluskey ![]() Murdoch ![]() |
4–5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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 shoot-out would otherwise have ended with a score of 5–3 as Inter went first).
Final
Ajax ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Cruyff ![]() |
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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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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
- 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