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.

Contents

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'
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.

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)
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.

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'
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.

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'
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.

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'

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