1971–72 European Cup

17th season of the UEFA club football tournament
1971–72 European Cup
De Kuip in Rotterdam hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates19 August 1971 – 31 May 1972
Teams33 (from 32 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsNetherlands Ajax (2nd title)
Runners-upItaly Inter Milan
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
Goals scored175 (2.78 per match)
Attendance2,091,421 (33,197 per match)
Top scorer(s)Antal Dunai (Újpesti Dózsa)
Johan Cruyff (Ajax)
Lou Macari (Celtic)
Silvester Takač (Standard Liège)
5 goals each
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International football competition

The 1971–72 European Cup was the 17th season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Ajax, who beat Inter Milan in the final at De Kuip in Rotterdam, on 31 May 1972. It was the second consecutive win for Ajax, as well as third for Netherlands. It was also the first European Cup final where both finalists had previously won and lost competition finals.

Teams

Albania Partizani Tirana (1st) Austria Wacker Innsbruck (1st) Belgium Standard Liège (1st)
Bulgaria CSKA September Flag (1st) Cyprus Olympiakos Nicosia (1st) Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava (1st)
Denmark Boldklubben 1903 (1st) England Arsenal (1st) Finland Reipas Lahti (1st)
France Marseille (1st) East Germany Dynamo Dresden (1st) West Germany Borussia M.Gladbach (1st)
Greece AEK Athens (1st) Hungary Újpesti Dózsa (1st) Iceland ÍA (1st)
Republic of Ireland Cork Hibernians (1st) Italy Inter Milan (1st) Luxembourg Union Luxembourg (1st)
Malta Sliema Wanderers (1st) Netherlands Feyenoord (1st) Netherlands Ajax (2nd)TH
Northern Ireland Linfield (1st) Norway Strømsgodset (1st) Poland Górnik Zabrze (1st)
Portugal Benfica (1st) Romania Dinamo București (1st) Scotland Celtic (1st)
Spain Valencia (1st) Sweden Malmö FF (1st) Switzerland Basel (1st)
Turkey Galatasaray (1st) Soviet Union CSKA Moscow (1st) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split (1st)

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Valencia Spain 4–1 Luxembourg Union Luxembourg 3–1 1–0

First leg

Valencia Spain3–1Luxembourg Union Luxembourg
Forment 28'
Claramunt 56' (pen.)
Valdez 90'		 Report Clemen 16'

Second leg

Union Luxembourg Luxembourg0–1Spain Valencia
Report Forment 17'
Attendance: 3,230
Referee: Jef Dorpmans (Netherlands)

Valencia won 4–1 on aggregate.

Bracket

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                  
France Marseille 2 1 3
Poland Górnik Zabrze 1 1 2
France Marseille 1 1 2
Netherlands Ajax 2 4 6
Netherlands Ajax 2 0 2
East Germany Dynamo Dresden 0 0 0
Netherlands Ajax 2 1 3
England Arsenal 1 0 1
Finland Reipas Lahti 1 0 1
Switzerland Grasshopper 1 8 9
Switzerland Grasshopper 0 0 0
England Arsenal 2 3 5
Norway Strømsgodset 1 0 1
England Arsenal 3 4 7
Netherlands Ajax 1 0 1
Portugal Benfica 0 0 0
Romania Dinamo București (a) 0 2 2
Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava 0 2 2
Romania Dinamo București 0 0 0
Netherlands Feyenoord 3 2 5
Netherlands Feyenoord 8 9 17
Cyprus Olympiakos Nicosia 0 0 0
Netherlands Feyenoord 1 1 2
Portugal Benfica 0 5 5
Austria Wacker Innsbruck 0 1 1
Portugal Benfica 4 3 7
Portugal Benfica 2 0 2
Bulgaria CSKA September Flag 1 0 1
Bulgaria CSKA September Flag 3 1 4
Albania Partizani 0 0 0
Netherlands Ajax 2
Italy Inter Milan 0
Spain Valencia (a) 0 1 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split 0 1 1
Spain Valencia 0 1 1
Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 1 2 3
Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 4 0 4
Sweden Malmö FF 0 1 1
Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 1 1 2
Scotland Celtic 2 1 3
Denmark Boldklubben 1903 2 0 2
Scotland Celtic 1 3 4
Scotland Celtic 5 2 7
Malta Sliema Wanderers 0 1 1
Iceland ÍA 0 0 0
Malta Sliema Wanderers 4 0 4
Italy Inter Milan (p) 0 0 0 (5)
Scotland Celtic 0 0 0 (4)
Italy Inter Milan 4 2 6
Greece AEK Athens 1 3 4
Italy Inter Milan 4 0 4
West Germany Borussia M.Gladbach 2 0 2
Republic of Ireland Cork Hibernians 0 1 1
West Germany Borussia M.Gladbach 5 2 7
Italy Inter Milan (a) 1 1 2
Belgium Standard Liège 0 2 2
Turkey Galatasaray 1 0 1
Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 1 3 4
Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 1 0 1
Belgium Standard Liège 0 2 2
Belgium Standard Liège 2 3 5
Northern Ireland Linfield 0 2 2

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Marseille France 3–2 Poland Górnik Zabrze 2–1 1–1
Ajax Netherlands 2–0 East Germany Dynamo Dresden 2–0 0–0
Reipas Lahti Finland 1–9 Switzerland Grasshopper 1–1 0–8
Strømsgodset Norway 1–7 England Arsenal 1–3 0–4
Dinamo București Romania 2–2 (a) Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava 0–0 2–2
Feyenoord Netherlands 17–0 Cyprus Olympiakos Nicosia 8–0 9–0
Wacker Austria 1–7 Portugal Benfica 0–4 1–3
CSKA September Flag Bulgaria 4–0 Albania Partizani 3–0 1–0
Valencia Spain 1–1 (a) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split 0–0 1–1
Újpesti Dózsa Hungary 4–1 Sweden Malmö FF 4–0 0–1
Boldklubben 1903 Denmark 2–4 Scotland Celtic 2–1 0–3
ÍA Iceland 0–4 Malta Sliema Wanderers 0–4 0–0
Inter Milan Italy 6–4 Greece AEK Athens 4–1 2–3
Cork Hibernians Republic of Ireland 1–7 West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–5 1–2
Galatasaray Turkey 1–4 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 1–1 0–3
Standard Liège Belgium 5–2 Northern Ireland Linfield 2–0 3–2

First leg

Marseille France2–1Poland Górnik Zabrze
Wraży 45' (o.g.)
Skoblar 78'		 Report Lubański 28'
Attendance: 41,707
Referee: Santos Fernando Leite (Portugal)
Ajax Netherlands2–0East Germany Dynamo Dresden
Swart 2'
Keizer 19'		 Report
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: 45,027
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)
Reipas Lahti Finland1–1Switzerland Grasshopper
Lindholm 75' Report Ohlhauser 63'
Attendance: 1,276
Strømsgodset Norway1–3England Arsenal
Pettersen 52' Report Simpson 2'
Wølner 20' (o.g.)
Kelly 81'
Attendance: 21,570
Referee: Georg Krutelew (Finland)
Dinamo București Romania0–0Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava
Report
Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest
Attendance: 13,200
Feyenoord Netherlands8–0Cyprus Olympiakos Nicosia
Maiwald 4', 32'
Van Hanegem 9'
Schoenmaker 25', 47', 49'
Israël 82'
Schneider 88'		 Report
Attendance: 51,633
Referee: Kaj Bernhard Rasmussen (Denmark)
Wacker Austria0–4Portugal Benfica
Report Graça 15'
Artur Jorge 20', 82'
Eusébio 80'
Tivoli, Innsbruck
Attendance: 7,956
Referee: Liuben Radunchev (Bulgaria)
CSKA September Flag Bulgaria3–0Albania Partizani
Atanasov 20'
Nikodimov 44' (pen.)
Marashliev 65'		 Report
Attendance: 15,670
Referee: Ertuğrul Dilek (Turkey)
Valencia Spain0–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split
Report
Attendance: 8,045
Referee: John Carpenter (Republic of Ireland)
Újpesti Dózsa Hungary4–0Sweden Malmö FF
A. Dunai 17'
Bene 28', 64', 80'		 Report
Attendance: 7,833
Referee: Tahir Kalaci (Albania)
Boldklubben 1903 Denmark2–1Scotland Celtic
Johansen 14', 24' Report Macari 28'
Attendance: 6,600
Referee: Egil Bergstad (Norway)
ÍA Iceland0–4Malta Sliema Wanderers
Report Cocks 25', 57', 68'
Aquilina 81'
Attendance: 3,516
Referee: John Gow (Wales)
Inter Milan Italy4–1Greece AEK Athens
Mazzola 20'
Facchetti 35'
Jair 44'
Boninsegna 61' (pen.)		 Report Pomonis 15'
Attendance: 72,333
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)
Cork Hibernians Republic of Ireland0–5West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Report Wloka 5', 30'
Heynckes 19'
Le Fevre 32', 39'
Attendance: 8,513
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)
Galatasaray Turkey1–1Soviet Union CSKA Moscow
Güleş 71' Report Kopeikin 43'
Attendance: 24,789
Referee: Victor Pădureanu (Romania)
Standard Liège Belgium2–0Northern Ireland Linfield
Semmeling 33'
Takač 87'		 Report
Attendance: 8,755

Second leg

Górnik Zabrze Poland1–1France Marseille
Anczok 32' Report Skoblar 53'
Attendance: 48,617
Referee: Gaspar Pintado Viu (Spain)

Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.

Dynamo Dresden East Germany0–0Netherlands Ajax
Report
Attendance: 32,307
Referee: Ken Burns (England)

Ajax won 2–0 on aggregate.

Grasshopper Switzerland8–0Finland Reipas Lahti
Müller 1', 39', 71', 85'
Gröbli 31'
Schneeberger 45'
Meier 70'
Mayer 77'		 Report
Attendance: 4,941

Grasshopper won 9–1 on aggregate.

Arsenal England4–0Norway Strømsgodset
Kennedy 6'
Radford 18', 58'
Armstrong 78'		 Report
Attendance: 27,176
Referee: Savar Sigurdsson (Iceland)

Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.

Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia2–2Romania Dinamo București
Kabát 40'
Dobiaš 69' (pen.)		 Report Popescu 64', 88'
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)

2–2 on aggregate; Dinamo București won on away goals.

Olympiakos Nicosia Cyprus0–9Netherlands Feyenoord
Report Van Hanegem 6', 82'
Hasil 11'
Wery 20'
Posthumus 31', 39'
Israël 61' (pen.), 63' (pen.), 70'
Attendance: 33,413
Referee: Josip Horvat (Yugoslavia)

Feyenoord won 17–0 on aggregate.

Benfica Portugal3–1Austria Wacker
Calisto 36'
Artur Jorge 74'
Simões 89'		 Report Jara 46'
Estádio de Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 37,809
Referee: Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland)

Benfica won 7–1 on aggregate.

Partizani Albania0–1Bulgaria CSKA September Flag
Report Atanasov 57'
Attendance: 18,018
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

CSKA September Flag won 4–0 on aggregate.

Hajduk Split Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–1Spain Valencia
Pérez 15' (o.g.) Report Claramunt 55'

1–1 on aggregate; Valencia won on away goals.

Malmö FF Sweden1–0Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
Tapper 11' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 8,233
Referee: Brunon Piotrowicz (Poland)

Újpesti Dózsa won 4–1 on aggregate.

Celtic Scotland3–0Denmark Boldklubben 1903
Wallace 23', 85'
Callaghan 79'		 Report
Attendance: 53,000

Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.

Sliema Wanderers Malta0–0Iceland ÍA
Report
Attendance: 1,487
Referee: Tom Reynolds (Wales)

Sliema Wanderers won 4–0 on aggregate.

AEK Athens Greece3–2Italy Inter Milan
Ventouris 29'
Papaioannou 45'
Nikolaidis 89'		 Report Karafeskos 17' (o.g.)
Boninsegna 75'
Attendance: 29,449

Inter Milan won 6–4 on aggregate.

Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany2–1Republic of Ireland Cork Hibernians
Sieloff 60'
Wimmer 82'		 Report Dennehy 32'
Attendance: 9,098
Referee: Josef Krnavek (Czechoslovakia)

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–1 on aggregate.

CSKA Moscow Soviet Union3–0Turkey Galatasaray
Dorofeev 6', 75'
Oglobin 85'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Reino Koskinen (Finland)

CSKA Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.

Linfield Northern Ireland2–3Belgium Standard Liège
Magee 57'
Larmour 62'		 Report Van Moer 36'
Takač 53'
Piot 86' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,500

Standard Liège won 5–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Marseille France 2–6 Netherlands Ajax 1–2 1–4
Grasshopper Switzerland 0–5 England Arsenal 0–2 0–3
Dinamo București Romania 0–5 Netherlands Feyenoord 0–3 0–2
Benfica Portugal 2–1 Bulgaria CSKA September Flag 2–1 0–0
Valencia Spain 1–3 Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 0–1 1–2
Celtic Scotland 7–1 Malta Sliema Wanderers 5–0 2–1
Inter Milan Italy 4–2 West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–2 0–0
CSKA Moscow Soviet Union 1–2 Belgium Standard Liège 1–0 0–2

First leg

Marseille France1–2Netherlands Ajax
Gress 10' Report Keizer 37'
Cruyff 60'
Attendance: 48,039
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)
Grasshopper Switzerland0–2England Arsenal
Report Kennedy 2'
Graham 88'
Attendance: 14,964
Dinamo București Romania0–3Netherlands Feyenoord
Report Wery 38'
Maiwald 43'
Schneider 50'
Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest
Attendance: 35,000
Benfica Portugal2–1Bulgaria CSKA September Flag
Rodrigues 51'
Artur Jorge 63'		 Report Zhekov 85'
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 39,944
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)
Valencia Spain0–1Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
Report A. Dunai 55'
Attendance: 47,695
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)
Celtic Scotland5–0Malta Sliema Wanderers
Gemmell 6'
Macari 17', 41'
Hood 69'
Brogan 78'		 Report
Attendance: 26,647
Referee: Einar Hjartarsson (Iceland)
Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany7–1Italy Inter Milan
Heynckes 7', 44'
Le Fevre 21', 34'
Netzer 42', 52'
Sieloff 83' (pen.)		 [1] Boninsegna 20'
Attendance: 27,500
Referee: Jef Dorpmans (Netherlands)

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.

Inter Milan Italy4–2West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Bellugi 10'
Boninsegna 13'
Jair 57'
Ghio 90'		 Report Le Fevre 38'
Wittkamp 89'
Attendance: 57,413
CSKA Moscow Soviet Union1–0Belgium Standard Liège
Kopeikin 27' Report

Second leg

Ajax Netherlands4–1France Marseille
Cruyff 32, 64'
Swart 37'
Haan 80'		 Report Couécou 17'
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: 53,785
Referee: Alastair MacKenzie (Scotland)

Ajax won 6–2 on aggregate.

Arsenal England3–0Switzerland Grasshopper
Kennedy 40'
George 47'
Radford 84'		 Report
Attendance: 31,106
Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden)

Arsenal won 5–0 on aggregate.

Feyenoord Netherlands2–0Romania Dinamo București
Nunweiller 53' (o.g.)
Schoenmaker 64'		 Report
Attendance: 60,000

Feyenoord won 5–0 on aggregate.

CSKA September Flag Bulgaria0–0Portugal Benfica
Report

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Újpesti Dózsa Hungary2–1Spain Valencia
A. Dunai 51', 54' Report Valdez 57'
Attendance: 7,201
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

Újpesti Dózsa won 3–1 on aggregate.

Sliema Wanderers Malta1–2Scotland Celtic
Cocks 1' Report Hood 42'
Lennox 57'
Attendance: 10,416
Referee: Andreas Kouniaides (Cyprus)

Celtic won 7–1 on aggregate.

Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany0–0Italy Inter Milan
Report
Olympiastadion, West Berlin
Attendance: 84,561
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Inter Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.

Standard Liège Belgium2–0Soviet Union CSKA Moscow
Takač 7', 60' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

Standard Liège won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ajax Netherlands 3–1 England Arsenal 2–1 1–0
Feyenoord Netherlands 2–5 Portugal Benfica 1–0 1–5
Újpesti Dózsa Hungary 2–3 Scotland Celtic 1–2 1–1
Inter Milan Italy 2–2 (a) Belgium Standard Liège 1–0 1–2

First leg

Ajax Netherlands2–1England Arsenal
G. Mühren 25', 70' (pen.) Report Kennedy 15'
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: 53,754
Referee: Léonidas Vasilikopoulos (Greece)
Feyenoord Netherlands1–0Portugal Benfica
Laseroms 50' Report
Attendance: 58,927
Referee: Gerhard Kunze (East Germany)
Újpesti Dózsa Hungary1–2Scotland Celtic
Horváth 64' Report Horváth 19' (o.g.)
Macari 85'
Attendance: 25,064[2]
Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)
Inter Milan Italy1–0Belgium Standard Liège
Jair 80' Report
Attendance: 54,024
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

Second leg

Arsenal England0–1Netherlands Ajax
Report Graham 14' (o.g.)
Attendance: 56,145

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.

Benfica Portugal5–1Netherlands Feyenoord
Nené 6', 81', 92'
Jordão 30', 90'		 Report Van Hanegem 75'
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 69,021
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.

Celtic Scotland1–1Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
Macari 62' Report A. Dunai 5'
Attendance: 70,559
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.

Standard Liège Belgium2–1Italy Inter Milan
Cvetler 51'
Takač 84' (pen.)		 Report Mazzola 80'
Attendance: 26,993
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

2–2 on aggregate; Inter Milan won on away goals.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ajax Netherlands 1–0 Portugal Benfica 1–0 0–0
Inter Milan Italy 0–0 (5–4 p) Scotland Celtic 0–0 0–0

First leg

Ajax Netherlands1–0Portugal Benfica
Swart 64' Report
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: 53,921
Referee: Karlo Kruasvili (Soviet Union)
Inter Milan Italy0–0Scotland Celtic
Report
Attendance: 69,836

Second leg

Benfica Portugal0–0Netherlands Ajax
Report
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 58,938

Ajax won 1–0 on aggregate.

Celtic Scotland0–0 (a.e.t.)Italy Inter Milan
Report
Penalties
Deans soccer ball with red X
Craig soccer ball with check mark
Johnstone soccer ball with check mark
McCluskey soccer ball with check mark
Murdoch soccer ball with check mark		 4–5 soccer ball with check mark Mazzola
soccer ball with check mark Facchetti
soccer ball with check mark Frustalupi
soccer ball with check mark Pellizzaro
soccer ball with check mark Jair
Attendance: 75,124

0–0 on aggregate; Inter Milan won 5–4 on penalties.

During the shoot-out, teams had to take all five penalties even if they could no longer win (the shoot-out would otherwise have ended with a score of 5–3 as Inter went first).

Final

Ajax Netherlands2–0Italy Inter Milan
Cruyff 47', 78' Report
Attendance: 61,354

Top scorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Netherlands Johan Cruyff Netherlands Ajax 5
Hungary Antal Dunai Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 5
Scotland Lou Macari Scotland Celtic 5
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Silvester Takač Belgium Standard Liège 5
5 Malta Ronnie Cocks Malta Sliema Wanderers 4
Netherlands Willem van Hanegem Netherlands Feyenoord 4
Netherlands Rinus Israël Netherlands Feyenoord 4
Portugal Artur Jorge Portugal Benfica 4
England Ray Kennedy England Arsenal 4
Switzerland Kurt Müller Switzerland Grasshopper 4
Netherlands Lex Schoenmaker Netherlands Feyenoord 4

References

  1. ^ "Újpesti Dózsa v Celtic, 8 March 1972" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Újpesti Dózsa v Celtic, 8 March 1972" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 13 March 2022.

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
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