1972–73 European Cup
The Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade hosted the final. | |
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 13 September 1972 – 30 May 1973 |
Teams | 30 |
Final positions | |
Champions |
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Runners-up |
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Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 57 |
Goals scored | 160 (2.81 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
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The 1972–73 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the third consecutive time by Ajax in the final against Juventus at Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade. The win by Ajax resulted in the fourth consecutive championship by a Dutch team.
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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CSKA Sofia ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
2–1 | 2–0[n 1] |
Ajax ![]() |
Bye | – | – | – |
Galatasaray ![]() |
1–7 | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–6 |
Waterford United ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–2 |
Wacker ![]() |
0–3 | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–2 |
Sliema Wanderers ![]() |
0–10 | ![]() |
0–5 | 0–5 |
Aris ![]() |
0–6 | ![]() |
0–2 | 0–4 |
Real Madrid ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
3–0 | 1–0 |
Marseille ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–3 |
Magdeburg ![]() |
9–1 | ![]() |
6–0 | 3–1 |
Celtic ![]() |
5–2 | ![]() |
2–1 | 3–1 |
Újpesti Dózsa ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–3 |
Spartak Trnava ![]() |
Bye | – | – | – |
Anderlecht ![]() |
7–2 | ![]() |
4–2 | 3–0 |
Derby County ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–1 |
Malmö FF ![]() |
2–4 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–4 |
- ↑ Originally 1–2 to Panathinaikos, with CSKA declared winners of a penalty shoot-out in which CSKA scored 3 of 3, Panathinaikos 2 of 4. Panathinaikos complained to UEFA, and the match was annulled and replayed the following month.[1][2]
First leg
13 September 1972 |
Galatasaray ![]() |
1–1 | ![]() |
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Ünder ![]() |
Report | Müller ![]() |
Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 42,850 |
13 September 1972 |
Sliema Wanderers ![]() |
0–5 | ![]() |
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Report | Lubański ![]() Banaś ![]() Wilczek ![]() |
13 September 1972 |
Anderlecht ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
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Ejderstedt ![]() Rensenbrink ![]() Van Himst ![]() |
Report | Johansen ![]() |
Second leg
27 September 1972 |
Panathinaikos ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
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Verón ![]() De Melo ![]() |
Trankov ![]() | |
Penalties | ||
2–3 |
The game was annulled due to errors in the penalty shoot-out procedures
CSKA Sofia won 4–1 on aggregate.
27 September 1972 |
Bayern Munich ![]() |
6–0 | ![]() |
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Müller ![]() Hoeneß ![]() Schneider ![]() Beckenbauer ![]() Roth ![]() |
Report |
Bayern Munich won 7–1 on aggregate.
Omonia won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 3–0 on aggregate.
27 September 1972 |
Górnik Zabrze ![]() |
5–0 | ![]() |
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Szołtysik ![]() Lubański ![]() Szarmach ![]() Oślizło ![]() |
Report |
Górnik Zabrze won 10–0 on aggregate.
Argeş Piteşti won 6–0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 4–0 on aggregate.
Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.
Magdeburg won 9–1 on aggregate.
Celtic won 5–2 on aggregate.
Újpesti Dózsa won 4–3 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 7–2 on aggregate.
Derby County won 4–1 on aggregate.
27 September 1972 |
Benfica ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
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Rui Jordão ![]() António Simões ![]() Eusébio ![]() |
Report | Tapper ![]() |
Benfica won 4–2 on aggregate.
Second round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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CSKA Sofia ![]() |
1–6 | ![]() |
1–3 | 0–3 |
Bayern Munich ![]() |
13–0 | ![]() |
9–0 | 4–0 |
Dynamo Kyiv ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
2–0 | 1–2 |
Argeş Piteşti ![]() |
3–4 | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–3 |
Juventus ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 |
Celtic ![]() |
2–4 | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–3 |
Spartak Trnava ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 |
Derby County ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–0 |
First leg
24 October 1972 |
Bayern Munich ![]() |
9–0 | ![]() |
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Müller ![]() Hoeneß ![]() Roth ![]() Schneider ![]() |
Report |
Second leg
Ajax won 6–1 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 13–0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.
Juventus won 2–0 on aggregate.
Újpesti Dózsa won 4–2 on aggregate.
Spartak Trnava won 2–0 on aggregate.
Derby County won 3–0 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ajax ![]() |
5–2 | ![]() |
4–0 | 1–2 |
Dynamo Kyiv ![]() |
0–3 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–3 |
Juventus ![]() |
2–2 (a) | ![]() |
0–0 | 2–2 |
Spartak Trnava ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–2 |
First leg
Second leg
Ajax won 5–2 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.
Juventus 2–2 Újpesti Dózsa on aggregate. Juventus won on away goals.
Derby County won 2–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ajax ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–0 |
Juventus ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
3–1 | 0–0 |
First leg
Second leg
Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.
Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.
Final
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1972–73 European Cup are as follows:
Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
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11 |
2 | ![]() |
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6 |
3 | ![]() |
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5 |
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5 | ![]() |
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4 |
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4 | |
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4 | |
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4 | |
9 | ![]() |
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3 |
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3 | |
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3 | |
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3 | |
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3 | |
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3 | |
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3 | |
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3 | |
References
- ↑ Reuters (9 Oct 1972). "UEFA annul Cup result". The Times. ProQuest. p. 7.
- ↑ Barham, Albert (25 Oct 1972). "Derby could silence their critics". The Guardian. ProQuest. p. 27.
External links
- 1972–73 All matches – season at UEFA website
- European Cup results; at rsssf
- All scorers 1972–73 European Cup according to protocols UEFA
- 1972-73 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)
- European Cup 1972-73 – results, protocols, players statistics
- website eurocups-uefa.ru European Cup 1972-73 – results, protocols
- website Football Archive 1972–73 European Cup