1971–72 European Cup
Tournament details | |
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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 |
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Valencia | 4–1 | Union Luxembourg | 3–1 | 1–0 |
First leg
19 August 1971 |
Valencia | 3–1 | Union Luxembourg |
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Forment 28' Claramunt 56' (pen.) Valdez 90' |
Report | Clemen 16' |
Second leg
Valencia won 4–1 on aggregate.
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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
15 September 1971 |
Strømsgodset | 1–3 | Arsenal |
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Pettersen 52' | Report | Simpson 2' Wølner 20' (o.g.) Kelly 81' |
15 September 1971 |
Feyenoord | 8–0 | Olympiakos Nicosia |
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Maiwald 4', 32' van Hanegem 9' Schoenmaker 25', 47', 49' Israël 82' Schneider 88' |
Report |
15 September 1971 |
CSKA Sofia | 3–0 | Partizani Tirana |
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Atanasov 20' Nikodimov 44' (pen.) Marashliev 65' |
Report |
15 September 1971 |
Internazionale | 4–1 | AEK Athens |
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Mazzola 20' Facchetti 35' Jair 44' Boninsegna 61' (pen.) |
Report | Pomonis 15' |
15 September 1971 |
Cork Hibernians | 0–5 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
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Report | Wloka 5', 30' Heynckes 19' Le Fevre 32', 39' |
Second leg
Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.
Ajax won 2–0 on aggregate.
29 September 1971 |
Grasshopper | 8–0 | Reipas Lahti |
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Müller 1', 39', 71', 85' Gröbli 31' Schneeberger 45' Meier 70' Mayer 77' |
Report |
Grasshopper won 9–1 on aggregate.
Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.
29 September 1971 |
Spartak Trnava | 2–2 | Dinamo Bucharest |
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Kabát 40' Dobiaš 69' (pen.) |
Report | Popescu 64', 88' |
Dinamo Bucharest won 2–2 on away goals.
22 September 1971 |
Olympiakos Nicosia | 0–9 | Feyenoord |
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Report | van Hanegem 6', 82' Hasil 11' Wery 20' Posthumus 31', 39' Israël 61' (pen.), 63' (pen.), 70' |
Feyenoord won 17–0 on aggregate.
Benfica won 7–1 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.
Valencia won 1–1 on away goals.
Újpesti Dózsa won 4–1 on aggregate.
Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.
Sliema Wanderers won 4–0 on aggregate.
29 September 1971 |
AEK Athens | 3–2 | Internazionale |
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Ventouris 29' Papaioannou 45' Nikolaidis 89' |
Report | Karafeskos 17' (o.g.) Boninsegna 75' |
Internazionale won 6–4 on aggregate.
29 September 1971 |
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–1 | Cork Hibernians |
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Sieloff 60' Wimmer 82' |
Report | Dennehy 32' |
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–1 on aggregate.
CSKA Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.
29 September 1971 |
Linfield | 2–3 | Standard Liège |
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Magee 57' Larmour 62' |
Report | Van Moer 36' Takač 53' Piot 86' (pen.) |
Standard Liège won 5–2 on aggregate.
Second round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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
20 October 1971 |
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 7–1 | Internazionale |
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Heynckes 7', 44' Le Fevre 21', 34' Netzer 42', 52' Sieloff 83' (pen.) |
Boninsegna 20' |
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.
3 November 1971 |
Internazionale | 4–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
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Bellugi 10' Boninsegna 13' Jair 57' Ghio 90' |
Report | Le Fevre 38' Wittkamp 89' |
Second leg
Ajax won 6–2 on aggregate.
Arsenal won 5–0 on aggregate.
Feyenoord won 5–0 on aggregate.
Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.
Újpesti Dózsa won 3–1 on aggregate.
Celtic won 7–1 on aggregate.
Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.
Standard Liège won 2–1 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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
Second leg
Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.
Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.
Standard Liège 2–2 Internazionale on aggregate. Internazionale won on away goals rule.
Semi-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ajax | 1–0 | Benfica | 1–0 | 0–0 |
Internazionale | 0–0 (5–4p) | Celtic | 0–0 | 0–0 |
First leg
Second leg
Ajax won 1–0 on aggregate.
19 April 1972 |
Celtic | 0–0 | Internazionale |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Deans Craig Johnstone McCluskey Murdoch |
4–5 | Mazzola Facchetti Frustalupi Pellizzaro Jair |
Celtic 0–0 Internazionale 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 qualifying rounds and annulled game) are as follows:
Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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1 | Antal Dunai | Újpesti Dózsa | 5 |
Lou Macari | Celtic | 5 | |
Silvester Takač | Standard Liège | 5 | |
4 | Ronnie Cocks | Sliema Wanderers | 4 |
Johan Cruyff | Ajax | 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