1971–72 European Cup

1971–72 European Cup

De Kuip in Rotterdam hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	19 August 1971 – 31 May 1972
Teams	33
Final positions
Champions	Ajax (2nd title)
Runners-up	Internazionale
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	175 (2.78 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Antal Dunai (5 goals)

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
Valencia	4–1	Union Luxembourg	3–1	1–0

First leg

Second leg

Valencia won 4–1 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Marseille	3–2	Górnik Zabrze	2–1	1–1
Ajax	2–0	Dynamo Dresden	2–0	0–0
Reipas Lahti	1–9	Grasshopper	1–1	0–8
Strømsgodset	1–7	Arsenal	1–3	0–4
Dinamo Bucharest	2–21	Spartak Trnava	0–0	2–2
Feyenoord	17–0	Olympiakos Nicosia	8–0	9–0
Wacker	1–7	Benfica	0–4	1–3
CSKA Sofia	4–0	Partizani Tirana	3–0	1–0
Valencia	1–12	Hajduk Split	0–0	1–1
Újpesti Dózsa	4–1	Malmö FF	4–0	0–1
Boldklubben 1903	2–4	Celtic	2–1	0–3
ÍA	0–4	Sliema Wanderers	0–4	0–0
Internazionale	6–4	AEK Athens	4–1	2–3
Cork Hibernians	1–7	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–5	1–2
Galatasaray	1–4	CSKA Moscow	1–1	0–3
Standard Liège	5–2	Linfield	2–0	3–2

¹ Dinamo Bucharest progressed to the Second round on away goals.

² Valencia progressed to the Second round on away goals.

First leg

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Second leg

Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Ajax won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Grasshopper won 9–1 on aggregate.

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Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.

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Dinamo Bucharest won 2–2 on away goals.

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Feyenoord won 17–0 on aggregate.

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Benfica won 7–1 on aggregate.

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CSKA Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Valencia won 1–1 on away goals.

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Újpesti Dózsa won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Sliema Wanderers won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Internazionale won 6–4 on aggregate.

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Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–1 on aggregate.

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CSKA Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Standard Liège won 5–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Marseille	2–6	Ajax	1–2	1–4
Grasshopper	0–5	Arsenal	0–2	0–3
Dinamo Bucharest	0–5	Feyenoord	0–3	0–2
Benfica	2–1	CSKA Sofia	2–1	0–0
Valencia	1–3	Újpesti Dózsa	0–1	1–2
Celtic	7–1	Sliema Wanderers	5–0	2–1
Internazionale	4–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–2	0–0
CSKA Moscow	1–2	Standard Liège	1–0	0–2

First leg

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This game was annulled as Inter player Roberto Boninsegna was hit by a Coca-Cola can in the 29th minute. 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.

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Second leg

Ajax won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Arsenal won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Feyenoord won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Újpesti Dózsa won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Celtic won 7–1 on aggregate.

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Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Standard Liège won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ajax	3–1	Arsenal	2–1	1–0
Feyenoord	2–5	Benfica	1–0	1–5
Újpesti Dózsa	2–3	Celtic	1–2	1–1
Internazionale	2–2 (a)	Standard Liège	1–0	1–2

First leg

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Second leg

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.

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2–2 on aggregate; Internazionale won on away goals.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ajax	1–0	Benfica	1–0	0–0
Internazionale	0–0 (5–4p)	Celtic	0–0	0–0

First leg

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Second leg

Ajax won 1–0 on aggregate.

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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 shootout would have ended with a score of 5–3 otherwise as Inter took the shots first).

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1972–73 European Cup (excluding preliminary round and annulled game) are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Johan Cruyff	Ajax	5
	Antal Dunai	Újpesti Dózsa	5
	Lou Macari	Celtic	5
	Silvester Takač	Standard Liège	5
4	Ronnie Cocks	Sliema Wanderers	4
	Willem van Hanegem	Feyenoord	4
	Rinus Israël	Feyenoord	4
	Artur Jorge	Benfica	4
	Ray Kennedy	Arsenal	4
	Kurt Müller	Grasshopper	4
	Lex Schoenmaker	Feyenoord	4

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 - results and line-ups (archive)
• 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