1972–73 European Cup

1972–73 European Cup

The Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates 13 September 1972 – 30 May 1973
Teams 30
Final positions
Champions Netherlands Ajax (3rd title)
Runners-up Italy Juventus
Tournament statistics
Matches played 57
Goals scored 160 (2.81 per match)
Top scorer(s) Gerd Müller (11 goals)

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
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 4–1 Greece Panathinaikos 2–1 2–0[n 1]
Ajax Netherlands Bye
Galatasaray Turkey 1–7 West Germany Bayern Munich 1–1 0–6
Waterford United Republic of Ireland 2–3 Cyprus Omonia 2–1 0–2
Wacker Austria 0–3 Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 0–2
Sliema Wanderers Malta 0–10 Poland Górnik Zabrze 0–5 0–5
Aris Luxembourg 0–6 Romania Argeş Piteşti 0–2 0–4
Real Madrid Spain 4–0 Iceland Keflavík 3–0 1–0
Marseille France 1–3 Italy Juventus 1–0 0–3
Magdeburg East Germany 9–1 Finland TPS 6–0 3–1
Celtic Scotland 5–2 Norway Rosenborg 2–1 3–1
Újpesti Dózsa Hungary 4–3 Switzerland Basel 2–0 2–3
Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia Bye
Anderlecht Belgium 7–2 Denmark Vejle 4–2 3–0
Derby County England 4–1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar 2–0 2–1
Malmö FF Sweden 2–4 Portugal Benfica 1–0 1–4
  1. 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
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 2–1 Greece Panathinaikos
Kolev  24' (pen.)
Yankov  71'
Report Verón  59'

13 September 1972
Galatasaray Turkey 1–1 West Germany Bayern Munich
Ünder  55' Report Müller  66'
Mithatpaşa Stadi
Attendance: 42,850

13 September 1972
Waterford United Republic of Ireland 2–1 Cyprus Omonia
Hale  5', 10' Report Rotsidis  79'

13 September 1972
Wacker Austria 0–1 Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv
Report Puzach  88'

13 September 1972
Sliema Wanderers Malta 0–5 Poland Górnik Zabrze
Report Lubański  25', 27', 39'
Banaś  82'
Wilczek  87'

13 September 1972
Aris Luxembourg 0–2 Romania Argeş Piteşti
Report Troi  58'
Dobrin  89' (pen.)

13 September 1972
Real Madrid Spain 3–0 Iceland Keflavík
Santillana  15', 30'
Grande  90'
Report

13 September 1972
Marseille France 1–0 Italy Juventus
Bonnel  52' Report

13 September 1972
Magdeburg East Germany 6–0 Finland TPS
Mewes  5'
Pommerenke  24', 79'
Seguin  30'
Sparwasser  38', 45'
Report

13 September 1972
Celtic Scotland 2–1 Norway Rosenborg
Macari  15'
Deans  45'
Report Wirkola  55'


13 September 1972
Anderlecht Belgium 4–2 Denmark Vejle
Ejderstedt  49'
Rensenbrink 59', 62'
Van Himst  85'
Report Johansen  64' (pen.), 67'


13 September 1972
Malmö FF Sweden 1–0 Portugal Benfica
Larsson  11' Report

Second leg

27 September 1972
Panathinaikos Greece 2–1 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
Verón  18'
De Melo  20' (pen.)
Trankov  68'
  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 West Germany 6–0 Turkey Galatasaray
Müller  14', 78'
Hoeneß  29'
Schneider  35'
Beckenbauer  76' (pen.)
Roth  88'
Report

Bayern Munich won 7–1 on aggregate.


27 September 1972
Omonia Cyprus 2–0 Republic of Ireland Waterford United
Chelebis  18', 63' Report

Omonia won 3–2 on aggregate.


27 September 1972
Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union 2–0 Austria Wacker
Puzach  23'
Damin  51'
Report

Dynamo Kyiv won 3–0 on aggregate.


Górnik Zabrze won 10–0 on aggregate.


13 September 1972
Argeş Piteşti Romania 4–0 Luxembourg Aris
Dobrin  2', 47' (pen.)
Radu  5', 25'
Report

Argeş Piteşti won 6–0 on aggregate.


27 September 1972
Keflavík Iceland 0–1 Spain Real Madrid
Report Verdugo  89'

Real Madrid won 4–0 on aggregate.


27 September 1972
Juventus Italy 3–0 France Marseille
Bettega  4', 37'
Haller  44'
Report

Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.


27 September 1972
TPS Finland 1–3 East Germany Magdeburg
Toivola  73' Report Sparwasser  52', 87'
Jalonen  72' (o.g.)

Magdeburg won 9–1 on aggregate.


27 September 1972
Rosenborg Norway 1–3 Scotland Celtic
Christiansen  38' Report Macari  55', 88'
Hood  83'

Celtic won 5–2 on aggregate.


27 September 1972
Basel Switzerland 3–2 Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
Hasler  65'
Balmer  75', 83'
Report Bene  46', 89'

Újpesti Dózsa won 4–3 on aggregate.


27 September 1972
Vejle Denmark 0–3 Belgium Anderlecht
Report Volders  61'
Rensenbrink  85', 87'

Anderlecht won 7–2 on aggregate.


27 September 1972
Željezničar Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1–2 England Derby County
Sprečo  60' Report Hinton  9'
O'Hare  15'

Derby County won 4–1 on aggregate.


27 September 1972
Benfica Portugal 4–1 Sweden Malmö FF
Rui Jordão  24'
António Simões  29'
Eusébio  43' (pen.), 60'
Report Tapper  89' (pen.)

Benfica won 4–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 1–6 Netherlands Ajax 1–3 0–3
Bayern Munich West Germany 13–0 Cyprus Omonia 9–0 4–0
Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union 3–2 Poland Górnik Zabrze 2–0 1–2
Argeş Piteşti Romania 3–4 Spain Real Madrid 2–1 1–3
Juventus Italy 2–0 East Germany Magdeburg 1–0 1–0
Celtic Scotland 2–4 Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 2–1 0–3
Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia 2–0 Belgium Anderlecht 1–0 1–0
Derby County England 3–0 Portugal Benfica 3–0 0–0

First leg

8 November 1972
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 1–3 Netherlands Ajax
Zhekov  27' Report Swart  13'
Keizer  32'
Haan  52'

24 October 1972
Bayern Munich West Germany 9–0 Cyprus Omonia
Müller  14', 37', 54', 73', 74'
Hoeneß  25'
Roth  42'
Schneider  69', 82'
Report


25 October 1972
Argeş Piteşti Romania 2–1 Spain Real Madrid
Dobrin  22' (pen.)
Prepurgel  62'
Report Anzarda  41'

25 October 1972
Juventus Italy 1–0 East Germany Magdeburg
Anastasi  66' Report

25 October 1972
Celtic Scotland 2–1 Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
Dalglish  60', 75' Report Bene  38'


25 October 1972
Derby County England 3–0 Portugal Benfica
McFarland  6'
Hector  8'
McGovern  40'
Report

Second leg

29 November 1972
Ajax Netherlands 3–0 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
Cruyff  13', 75'
Blankenburg  15'
Report

Ajax won 6–1 on aggregate.


26 October 1972
Omonia Cyprus 0–4 West Germany Bayern Munich
Report Roth  29'
Müller  42', 66'
Hoffmann  50'

Bayern Munich won 13–0 on aggregate.


Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.


9 November 1972
Real Madrid Spain 3–1 Romania Argeş Piteşti
Santillana  18', 87'
Grande  46'
Report Radu  44'

Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.


Juventus won 2–0 on aggregate.


8 November 1972
Újpesti Dózsa Hungary 3–0 Scotland Celtic
Bene  7', 24'
Fazekas  15' (pen.)
Report

Újpesti Dózsa won 4–2 on aggregate.


Spartak Trnava won 2–0 on aggregate.


8 November 1972
Benfica Portugal 0–0 England Derby County
Report

Derby County won 3–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ajax Netherlands 5–2 West Germany Bayern Munich 4–0 1–2
Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union 0–3 Spain Real Madrid 0–0 0–3
Juventus Italy 2–2 (a) Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 0–0 2–2
Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia 1–2 England Derby County 1–0 0–2

First leg

7 March 1973
Ajax Netherlands 4–0 West Germany Bayern Munich
Haan  53', 70'
G. Mühren  68'
Cruyff  89'
Report



7 March 1973
Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia 1–0 England Derby County
Horváth  42' Report

Second leg

21 March 1973
Bayern Munich West Germany 2–1 Netherlands Ajax
Krol  30 (og)'
Müller  37'
Report Keizer  7'

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
Ajax Netherlands 3–1 Spain Real Madrid 2–1 1–0
Juventus Italy 3–1 England Derby County 3–1 0–0

First leg

11 April 1973
Ajax Netherlands 2–1 Spain Real Madrid
Hulshoff  67'
Krol  77'
Report Pirri  84'

11 April 1973
Juventus Italy 3–1 England Derby County
Altafini  27', 84'
Causio  65'
Report Hector  29'

Second leg

25 April 1973
Real Madrid Spain 0–1 Netherlands Ajax
Report G. Mühren  50'

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.


Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

30 May 1973
20:30
Ajax Netherlands 1–0 Italy Juventus
Rep  5' Report
Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade
Attendance: 89,484
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1972–73 European Cup are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 West Germany Gerd Müller West Germany Bayern Munich 11
2 Hungary Ferenc Bene Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 6
3 Poland Włodzimierz Lubański Poland Górnik Zabrze 5
Spain Santillana Spain Real Madrid 5
5 Romania Nicolae Dobrin Romania Argeş Piteşti 4
England Kevin Hector England Derby County 4
Netherlands Rob Rensenbrink Belgium Anderlecht 4
East Germany Jürgen Sparwasser East Germany Magdeburg 4
9 Italy José Altafini Italy Juventus 3
Netherlands Arie Haan Netherlands Ajax 3
Netherlands Johan Cruyff Netherlands Ajax 3
Scotland Lou Macari Scotland Celtic 3
Soviet Union Anatoliy Puzach Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 3
Romania Constantin Radu Romania Argeş Piteşti 3
West Germany Franz Roth West Germany Bayern Munich 3
West Germany Edgar Schneider West Germany Bayern Munich 3

References

  1. Reuters (9 Oct 1972). "UEFA annul Cup result". The Times. ProQuest. p. 7.
  2. Barham, Albert (25 Oct 1972). "Derby could silence their critics". The Guardian. ProQuest. p. 27.

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