1972–73 European Cup
The Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade hosted the final. | |
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 13 September 1972 – 30 May 1973 |
Teams | 30 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Ajax (3rd title) |
Runners-up | 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 |
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CSKA Sofia | 4–1 | Panathinaikos | 2–1 | 2–0[n 1] |
Ajax | Bye | – | – | – |
Galatasaray | 1–7 | Bayern Munich | 1–1 | 0–6 |
Waterford United | 2–3 | Omonia | 2–1 | 0–2 |
Wacker | 0–3 | Dynamo Kyiv | 0–1 | 0–2 |
Sliema Wanderers | 0–10 | Górnik Zabrze | 0–5 | 0–5 |
Aris | 0–6 | Argeş Piteşti | 0–2 | 0–4 |
Real Madrid | 4–0 | Keflavík | 3–0 | 1–0 |
Marseille | 1–3 | Juventus | 1–0 | 0–3 |
Magdeburg | 9–1 | TPS | 6–0 | 3–1 |
Celtic | 5–2 | Rosenborg | 2–1 | 3–1 |
Újpesti Dózsa | 4–3 | Basel | 2–0 | 2–3 |
Spartak Trnava | Bye | – | – | – |
Anderlecht | 7–2 | Vejle | 4–2 | 3–0 |
Derby County | 4–1 | Željezničar | 2–0 | 2–1 |
Malmö FF | 2–4 | Benfica | 1–0 | 1–4 |
- ↑ 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 |
Galatasaray | 1–1 | Bayern Munich |
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Ünder 55' | Report | Müller 66' |
Mithatpaşa Stadi Attendance: 42,850 |
13 September 1972 |
Sliema Wanderers | 0–5 | Górnik Zabrze |
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Report | Lubański 25', 27', 39' Banaś 82' Wilczek 87' |
13 September 1972 |
Anderlecht | 4–2 | Vejle |
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Ejderstedt 49' Rensenbrink 59', 62' Van Himst 85' |
Report | Johansen 64' (pen.), 67' |
Second leg
27 September 1972 |
Panathinaikos | 2–1 | CSKA Sofia |
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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 | 6–0 | Galatasaray |
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Müller 14', 78' Hoeneß 29' Schneider 35' Beckenbauer 76' (pen.) Roth 88' |
Report |
Bayern Munich won 7–1 on aggregate.
Omonia won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 3–0 on aggregate.
27 September 1972 |
Górnik Zabrze | 5–0 | Sliema Wanderers |
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Szołtysik 1' Lubański 31' Szarmach 62', 90' Oślizło 67' |
Report |
Górnik Zabrze won 10–0 on aggregate.
Argeş Piteşti won 6–0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 4–0 on aggregate.
Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.
Magdeburg won 9–1 on aggregate.
Celtic won 5–2 on aggregate.
Újpesti Dózsa won 4–3 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 7–2 on aggregate.
Derby County won 4–1 on aggregate.
27 September 1972 |
Benfica | 4–1 | Malmö FF |
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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 |
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CSKA Sofia | 1–6 | Ajax | 1–3 | 0–3 |
Bayern Munich | 13–0 | Omonia | 9–0 | 4–0 |
Dynamo Kyiv | 3–2 | Górnik Zabrze | 2–0 | 1–2 |
Argeş Piteşti | 3–4 | Real Madrid | 2–1 | 1–3 |
Juventus | 2–0 | Magdeburg | 1–0 | 1–0 |
Celtic | 2–4 | Újpesti Dózsa | 2–1 | 0–3 |
Spartak Trnava | 2–0 | Anderlecht | 1–0 | 1–0 |
Derby County | 3–0 | Benfica | 3–0 | 0–0 |
First leg
24 October 1972 |
Bayern Munich | 9–0 | Omonia |
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Müller 14', 37', 54', 73', 74' Hoeneß 25' Roth 42' Schneider 69', 82' |
Report |
Second leg
Ajax won 6–1 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 13–0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.
Juventus won 2–0 on aggregate.
Újpesti Dózsa won 4–2 on aggregate.
Spartak Trnava won 2–0 on aggregate.
Derby County won 3–0 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ajax | 5–2 | Bayern Munich | 4–0 | 1–2 |
Dynamo Kyiv | 0–3 | Real Madrid | 0–0 | 0–3 |
Juventus | 2–2 (a) | Újpesti Dózsa | 0–0 | 2–2 |
Spartak Trnava | 1–2 | Derby County | 1–0 | 0–2 |
First leg
Second leg
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 |
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Ajax | 3–1 | Real Madrid | 2–1 | 1–0 |
Juventus | 3–1 | Derby County | 3–1 | 0–0 |
First leg
Second leg
Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.
Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.
Final
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1972–73 European Cup are as follows:
Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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1 | Gerd Müller | Bayern Munich | 11 |
2 | Ferenc Bene | Újpesti Dózsa | 6 |
3 | Włodzimierz Lubański | Górnik Zabrze | 5 |
Santillana | Real Madrid | 5 | |
5 | Nicolae Dobrin | Argeş Piteşti | 4 |
Kevin Hector | Derby County | 4 | |
Rob Rensenbrink | Anderlecht | 4 | |
Jürgen Sparwasser | Magdeburg | 4 | |
9 | José Altafini | Juventus | 3 |
Arie Haan | Ajax | 3 | |
Johan Cruyff | Ajax | 3 | |
Lou Macari | Celtic | 3 | |
Anatoliy Puzach | Dynamo Kyiv | 3 | |
Constantin Radu | Argeş Piteşti | 3 | |
Franz Roth | Bayern Munich | 3 | |
Edgar Schneider | Bayern Munich | 3 | |
References
- ↑ Reuters (9 Oct 1972). "UEFA annul Cup result". The Times. ProQuest. p. 7.
- ↑ Barham, Albert (25 Oct 1972). "Derby could silence their critics". The Guardian. ProQuest. p. 27.
External links
- 1972–73 All matches – season at UEFA website
- European Cup results; at rsssf
- All scorers 1972–73 European Cup according to protocols UEFA
- 1972-73 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)
- European Cup 1972-73 – results, protocols, players statistics
- website eurocups-uefa.ru European Cup 1972-73 – results, protocols
- website Football Archive 1972–73 European Cup