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 Netherlands Ajax (2nd title)
Runners-up Italy Internazionale
Tournament statistics
Matches played 63
Goals scored 175 (2.78 per match)
Top scorer(s) Hungary 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 Spain 4–1 Luxembourg Union Luxembourg 3–1 1–0

First leg

19 August 1971
Valencia Spain 3–1 Luxembourg Union Luxembourg
Forment  28'
Claramunt  56' (pen.)
Valdez  90'
Report Clemen  16'

Second leg

24 August 1971
Union Luxembourg Luxembourg 0–1 Spain Valencia
Report Forment  17'

Valencia won 4–1 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1 Agg. 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 Bucharest Romania 2–21 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 Sofia Bulgaria 4–0 Albania Partizani Tirana 3–0 1–0
Valencia Spain 1–12 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
Internazionale 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

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
Marseille France 2–1 Poland Górnik Zabrze
Wraży  45' (o.g.)
Skoblar  78'
Report Lubański  28'

15 September 1971
Ajax Netherlands 2–0 East Germany Dynamo Dresden
Swart  2'
Keizer  19'
Report

15 September 1971
Reipas Lahti Finland 1–1 Switzerland Grasshopper
Lindholm  75' Report Ohlhauser  63'

15 September 1971
Strømsgodset Norway 1–3 England Arsenal
Pettersen  52' Report Simpson  2'
Wølner  20' (o.g.)
Kelly  81'


15 September 1971
Feyenoord Netherlands 8–0 Cyprus Olympiakos Nicosia
Maiwald  4', 32'
van Hanegem  9'
Schoenmaker  25', 47', 49'
Israël  82'
Schneider  88'
Report

15 September 1971
Wacker Austria 0–4 Portugal Benfica
Report Graça  15'
Jorge  20', 82'
Eusébio  80'


15 September 1971
Valencia Spain 0–0 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split
Report

15 September 1971
Újpesti Dózsa Hungary 4–0 Sweden Malmö FF
A. Dunai  17'
Bene  28', 64', 80'
Report

15 September 1971
Boldklubben 1903 Denmark 2–1 Scotland Celtic
Johansen  14', 24' Report Macari  28'

26 September 1971
ÍA Iceland 0–4 Malta Sliema Wanderers
Report Cocks  25', 57', 68'
Aquilina  81'

15 September 1971
Internazionale Italy 4–1 Greece AEK Athens
Mazzola  20'
Facchetti  35'
Jair  44'
Boninsegna  61' (pen.)
Report Pomonis  15'


15 September 1971
Galatasaray Turkey 1–1 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow
Güleş  71' Report Kopeikin  43'

15 September 1971
Standard Liège Belgium 2–0 Northern Ireland Linfield
Semmeling  33'
Takač  87'
Report

Second leg

29 September 1971
Górnik Zabrze Poland 1–1 France Marseille
Anczok  32' Report Skoblar  53'

Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.


29 September 1971
Dynamo Dresden East Germany 0–0 Netherlands Ajax
Report

Ajax won 2–0 on aggregate.


29 September 1971
Grasshopper Switzerland 8–0 Finland Reipas Lahti
Müller  1', 39', 71', 85'
Gröbli  31'
Schneeberger  45'
Meier  70'
Mayer  77'
Report

Grasshopper won 9–1 on aggregate.


29 September 1971
Arsenal England 4–0 Norway Strømsgodset
Kennedy  6'
Radford  18', 58'
Armstrong  78'
Report

Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.


29 September 1971
Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia 2–2 Romania Dinamo Bucharest
Kabát  40'
Dobiaš  69' (pen.)
Report Popescu  64', 88'

Dinamo Bucharest won 2–2 on away goals.


22 September 1971
Olympiakos Nicosia Cyprus 0–9 Netherlands Feyenoord
Report van Hanegem  6', 82'
Hasil  11'
Wery  20'
Posthumus  31', 39'
Israël  61' (pen.), 63' (pen.), 70'

Feyenoord won 17–0 on aggregate.


29 September 1971
Benfica Portugal 3–1 Austria Wacker
Calisto  36'
Jorge  74'
Simões  89'
Report Jara  46'

Benfica won 7–1 on aggregate.


CSKA Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.


29 September 1971
Hajduk Split Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1–1 Spain Valencia
Pérez  15' (o.g.) Report Claramunt  55'

Valencia won 1–1 on away goals.


29 September 1971
Malmö FF Sweden 1–0 Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
Tapper  11' (pen.) Report

Újpesti Dózsa won 4–1 on aggregate.


Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.


29 September 1971
Sliema Wanderers Malta 0–0 Iceland ÍA
Report

Sliema Wanderers won 4–0 on aggregate.


29 September 1971
AEK Athens Greece 3–2 Italy Internazionale
Ventouris  29'
Papaioannou  45'
Nikolaidis  89'
Report Karafeskos  17' (o.g.)
Boninsegna  75'

Internazionale won 6–4 on aggregate.


Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–1 on aggregate.


29 September 1971
CSKA Moscow Soviet Union 3–0 Turkey Galatasaray
Dorofeev  6', 75'
Oglobin  85'
Report

CSKA Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.


29 September 1971
Linfield Northern Ireland 2–3 Belgium Standard Liège
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
Marseille France 2–6 Netherlands Ajax 1–2 1–4
Grasshopper Switzerland 0–5 England Arsenal 0–2 0–3
Dinamo Bucharest Romania 0–5 Netherlands Feyenoord 0–3 0–2
Benfica Portugal 2–1 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 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
Internazionale 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

20 October 1971
Marseille France 1–2 Netherlands Ajax
Gress  10' Report Keizer  37'
Cruyff  60'

20 October 1971
Grasshopper Switzerland 0–2 England Arsenal
Report Kennedy  2'
Graham  88'

20 October 1971
Dinamo Bucharest Romania 0–3 Netherlands Feyenoord
Report Wery  38'
Maiwald  43'
Schneider  50'

20 October 1971
Benfica Portugal 2–1 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
Rodrigues  51'
Jorge  63'
Report Zhekov  85'


20 October 1971
Celtic Scotland 5–0 Malta Sliema Wanderers
Gemmell  6'
Macari  17', 41'
Hood  69'
Brogan  78'
Report

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.


Second leg

3 November 1971
Ajax Netherlands 4–1 France Marseille
Couécou  32' (o.g.)
Swart  37'
Cruyff  64'
Haan  80'
Report Couécou  17'

Ajax won 6–2 on aggregate.


3 November 1971
Arsenal England 3–0 Switzerland Grasshopper
Kennedy  40'
George  47'
Radford  84'
Report

Arsenal won 5–0 on aggregate.


Feyenoord won 5–0 on aggregate.


3 November 1971
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 0–0 Portugal Benfica
Report

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.


3 November 1971
Újpesti Dózsa Hungary 2–1 Spain Valencia
A. Dunai  51', 54' Report Valdez  57'

Újpesti Dózsa won 3–1 on aggregate.


3 November 1971
Sliema Wanderers Malta 1–2 Scotland Celtic
Cocks  1' Report Hood  42'
Lennox  57'

Celtic won 7–1 on aggregate.


Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.


3 November 1971
Standard Liège Belgium 2–0 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow
Takač  7', 60' (pen.) Report

Standard Liège won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. 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
Internazionale Italy 2–2 (a) Belgium Standard Liège 1–0 1–2

First leg

8 March 1972
Ajax Netherlands 2–1 England Arsenal
G. Mühren  25', 70' (pen.) Report Kennedy  15'

8 March 1972
Feyenoord Netherlands 1–0 Portugal Benfica
Laseroms  50' Report

8 March 1972
Újpesti Dózsa Hungary 1–2 Scotland Celtic
Horváth  64' Report Horváth  19' (o.g.)
Macari  85'

Second leg

22 March 1972
Arsenal England 0–1 Netherlands Ajax
Report Graham  14' (o.g.)
Arsenal Stadium, London
Attendance: 56,155
Referee: Marschall

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.


22 March 1972
Benfica Portugal 5–1 Netherlands Feyenoord
Nené  6', 81', 92'
Rui Jordão  30', 90'
Report van Hanegem  75'

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
Ajax Netherlands 1–0 Portugal Benfica 1–0 0–0
Internazionale Italy 0–0 (5–4p) Scotland Celtic 0–0 0–0

First leg

5 April 1972
Ajax Netherlands 1–0 Portugal Benfica
Swart  64' Report

Second leg

19 April 1972
Benfica Portugal 0–0 Netherlands Ajax
Report

Ajax won 1–0 on aggregate.


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

31 May 1972
Ajax Netherlands 2–0 Italy Internazionale
Cruyff  47', 78' Report

MatchCentre

De Kuip, Rotterdam
Attendance: 67,000
Referee: Robert Héliès (France)

Top scorers

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

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Hungary Antal Dunai Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 5
Scotland Lou Macari Scotland Celtic 5
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Silvester Takač Belgium Standard Liège 5
4 Malta Ronnie Cocks Malta Sliema Wanderers 4
Netherlands Johan Cruyff Netherlands Ajax 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

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