1971–72 UEFA Cup

1971–72 UEFA Cup
Tournament details
Dates 14 September 1971 – 17 May 1972
Teams 64
Final positions
Champions England Tottenham Hotspur (1st title)
Runners-up England Wolverhampton Wanderers
Tournament statistics
Matches played 123
Goals scored 373 (3.03 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ludwig Bründl (10 goals)

The 1971–72 UEFA Cup was the inaugural year of the competition, which effectively replaced the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

It was won by English side Tottenham Hotspur over their countrymen Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–2 on aggregate after a two-legged final.

The tournament was open to the highest-placed European teams that had not qualified for the European Cup or UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. It commenced on 14 September 1971 and concluded on 17 May 1972. A total of 64 football clubs entered the first round draw.

The tournament's top scorer was Ludwig Bründl of Eintracht Braunschweig with ten goals.

First round

The matches were played on 14–16 and 29–30 September 1971. Teams from the same nation could not be drawn against one another.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Hertha BSC West Germany 7–2 Sweden Elfsborg 3–1 (Report) 4–1 (Report)
Dundee Scotland 5–2 Denmark AB 4–2 (Report) 1–0 (Report)
Rosenborg Norway 4–0 Finland HIFK 3–0 (Report) 1–0 (Report)
Vasas Hungary 2–1 Republic of Ireland Shelbourne 1–0 (Report) 1–1 (Report)
Glentoran Northern Ireland 1–7 West Germany Eintracht Braunschweig 0–1 (Report) 1–6 (Report)
ÍBK Keflavík Iceland 1–15 England Tottenham Hotspur 1–61 (Report) 0–9 (Report)
Celta Vigo Spain 0–3 Scotland Aberdeen 0–2 (Report) 0–1 (Report)
Den Haag Netherlands 7–2 Luxembourg Aris Bonnevoie 5–0 (Report) 2–2 (Report)
Wolverhampton Wanderers England 7–1 Portugal Académica de Coimbra 3–0 (Report) 4–1 (Report)
Saint-Étienne France 2–3 West Germany Köln 1–1 (Report) 1–2 (Report)
Lugano Switzerland 1–3 Poland Legia Warsaw 1–3 (Report) 0–0 (Report)
Porto Portugal 1–3 France Nantes 0–2 (Report) 1–1 (Report)
Hamburg West Germany 2–4 Scotland St Johnstone 2–1 (Report) 0–3 (Report)
Southampton England 2–3 Spain Athletic Bilbao 2–1 (Report) 0–2 (Report)
Bologna Italy 3–1 Belgium Anderlecht 1–1 (Report) 2–0 (Report)
Napoli Italy 1–2 Romania Rapid București 1–0 (Report) 0–2 (Report)
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal (a)2–2 France Nîmes Olympique 1–0 (Report) 1–2 (Report)
Atlético Madrid Spain 2–2(a) Greece Panionios 2–1 (Report) 0–1 (Report)
Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany 4–3 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–0 (Report) 1–3 (Report)
Basel Switzerland 2–4 Spain Real Madrid 1–2 (Report) 1–2 (Report)
Marsa Malta 0–11 Italy Juventus 0–6 (Report) 0–5 (Report)
Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 8–2 Bulgaria Botev Vratsa 6–1 (Report) 2–1 (Report)
UTA Arad Romania 5–4 Austria Austria Salzburg 4–1 (Report) 1–3 (Report)
Fenerbahçe Turkey 2–4 Hungary Ferencváros 1–1 (Report) 1–3 (Report)
Milan Italy 7–0 Cyprus Digenis Akritas Morphou 4–0 (Report) 3–0 (Report)
Spartak Moscow Soviet Union 3–2 Czechoslovakia VSS Košice 2–0 (Report) 1–2 (Report)
OFK Beograd Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 6–3 Sweden Djurgården 4–1 (Report) 2–2 (Report)
Željezničar Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 4–3 Belgium Club Brugge 3–0 (Report) 1–3 (Report)
Hallescher FC East Germany 0–2 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 0–0 (Report) 0–22
Zagłębie Wałbrzych Poland 4–2 Czechoslovakia Union Teplice 1–0 (Report) 3–2 (Report)
Lierse Belgium 4–2 England Leeds United 0–2 (Report) 4–0 (Report)
Rapid Wien Austria (w/o)3 Albania Vllaznia Shkodër - (Report) - (Report)

1 This match was played in Reykjavík.
2 Following the Hotel 't Silveren Seepaerd fire, Hallescher FC withdrew from the competition after the first leg.
3 Vllaznia Shkodër withdrew from the competition due to visa problems.

First leg

Hertha BSC West Germany 3–1 Sweden Elfsborg
Hermandung  35'
Varga  44'
Steffenhagen  68'		 Rökaas  53'
Dundee Scotland 4–2 Denmark AB
Bryce  8', 35'
Wallace  30'
Lambie  68'		 Carlson  39', 60'
Rosenborg Norway 3–0 Finland HIFK
Mörkved  11'
Hanssen  50'
Meirik  79'
Attendance: 7,575
Referee: Bent Nielsen
Vasas Hungary 1–0 Republic of Ireland Shelbourne
Menczel  80'
Glentoran Northern Ireland 0–1 West Germany Eintracht Braunschweig
Bründl  33'
ÍBK Keflavík Iceland 1–6 England Tottenham Hotspur
Júlíusson  76' Gilzean  7', 64', 87'
Coates  25'
Mullery  31', 59'
Wolverhampton Wanderers England 3–0 Portugal Académica de Coimbra
McAlle  28'
Richards  62'
Dougan  80'
Attendance: 23,349
Porto Portugal 0–2 France Nantes
Marcos  18', 81'
Referee: Dominic Byrne (Ireland)
Bologna Italy 1–1 Belgium Anderlecht
Perani  26' Van Himst  60'
OFK Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 4–1 Sweden Djurgården
Zec  9'
Lukić  21'
Santrač  55'
Mešanović  70'		 Report Rehnberg  77'
Referee: Ladikli Sabahattin (Turkey)
Napoli Italy 1–0 Romania Rapid București
Lupescu  75' (o.g.)
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal 1–0 France Nîmes Olympique
Torres  5' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,480
Referee: Franz Geluck (Belgium)
Basel Switzerland 1–2 Spain Real Madrid
Hasler  32' UEFA report Aguilar  33'
Santillana  75'
Marsa Malta 0–6 Italy Juventus
Haller  32'  60'
Causio  54'
Novellini  63'
Capello  69'
Cuccureddu  88'
Milan Italy 4–0 Cyprus Digenis Akritas Morphou
Villa  32', 60'
Magherini  34'
Golin  50'

Second leg

Académica de Coimbra Portugal 1–4 England Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manuel António  15' Dougan  23', 72', 90'
McAlle  57'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 7–1 on aggregate.

Nantes France 1–1 Portugal Porto
Maas  77' De Michèle  87' (o.g.)
Referee: Ivan Plaček (Czechoslovakia)

Nantes won 3–1 on aggregate.

Anderlecht Belgium 0–2 Italy Bologna
Savoldi  10'
Rizzo  85'

Bologna won 3–1 on aggregate.

Rapid București Romania 2–0 Italy Napoli
Dumitru  26'
Ene  34'

Rapid București won 2–1 on aggregate.

Nîmes Olympique France 2–1 Portugal Vitória de Setúbal
Machado  58' (o.g.)
Adams  89'		 Torres  24'
Stade Jean-Bouin, Nîmes
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Curth Nystrand (Sweden)

2–2 on aggregate, Vitória de Setúbal won on away goals rule.

Real Madrid Spain 2–1 Switzerland Basel
Aguilar  48'
Santillana  78'		 UEFA report  57' Siegenthaler
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)

Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.

Juventus Italy 5–0 Malta Marsa
Novellini  18', 32', 90'
Haller  45'
Furino  63'

Juventus won 11–0 on aggregate.

Digenis Akritas Morphou Cyprus 0–3 Italy Milan
Villa  11', 11'
Rivera  65'

Milan won 7–0 on aggregate.

Djurgården Sweden 2–2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia OFK Belgrade
Sjöberg  1'
Rehnberg  45'		 Report Zec  1'
Đorđevic  70'
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

OFK Belgrade won 6–3 on aggregate.

Second round

The matches were played on 19–21 October and 2–4 November 1971. Teams from the same nation could not be drawn against one another.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rosenborg Norway 4–4(a) Belgium Lierse 4–1 (Report) 0–3 (Report)
Rapid București Romania 4–2 Poland Legia Warsaw 4–0 (Report) 0–2 (Report)
Köln West Germany 4–5 Scotland Dundee 2–1 (Report) 2–4 (Report)
Den Haag Netherlands 1–7 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–3 (Report) 0–4 (Report)
Željezničar Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (a)3–3 Italy Bologna 1–1 (Report) 2–2 (Report)
Nantes France 0–1 England Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 (Report) 0–1 (Report)
Eintracht Braunschweig West Germany 4–3 Spain Athletic Bilbao 2–1 (Report) 2–2 (Report)
St Johnstone Scotland 2–1 Hungary Vasas 2–0 (Report) 0–1 (Report)
Spartak Moscow Soviet Union 0–4 Portugal Vitória de Setúbal 0–0 (Report) 0–4 (Report)
Milan Italy 5–4 West Germany Hertha BSC 4–2 (Report) 1–2 (Report)
OFK Beograd Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1–5 East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena 1–1 (Report) 0–4 (Report)
Zagłębie Wałbrzych Poland 2–3 Romania UTA Arad 1–1 (Report) 1–2 (Report)
Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2–2(a) Austria Rapid Wien 2–2 (Report) 0–0 (Report)
Real Madrid Spain 3–3(a) Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 3–1 (Report) 0–21 (Report)
Juventus Italy 3–1 Scotland Aberdeen 2–0 (Report) 1–1 (Report)
Ferencváros Hungary 6–0 Greece Panionios 6–0 (Report) —2

(Report)

1 This match was played in Den Bosch.
2 Panionios were disqualified after the first leg due to a pitch invasion, thus the return leg was cancelled.

First leg

Željezničar Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1–1 Italy Bologna
Bukal  75' (pen.) Perani  30'
Spartak Moscow Soviet Union 0–0 Portugal Vitória de Setúbal
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: William John Gow (Wales)
Milan Italy 4–2 West Germany Hertha BSC
Prati  41', 85'
Benetti  62'
Biasiolo  65'		 Steffenhagen  15'
Beer  51'
Attendance: 30,000
Juventus Italy 2–0 Scotland Aberdeen
Anastasi  5'
G. Murray  55' (o.g.)

Second leg

Bologna Italy 2–2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar
Fedele  15', 71' Janković  59', 83'

Bologna 3–3 Željezničar on aggregate. Željezničar won on away goals rule.

Vitória de Setúbal Portugal 4–0 Soviet Union Spartak Moscow
Machado  29'
Torres  53', 56'
João  77'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Vitória de Setúba won 4–0 on aggregate.

Hertha BSC West Germany 2–1 Italy Milan
Horr  15' (pen.), 89' Bigon  13'
Attendance: 18.000
Referee: Carpenter

Milan won 5–4 on aggregate.

Aberdeen Scotland 1–1 Italy Juventus
Harper  78' Anastasi  50'

Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.

Third round

The matches were played on 23–24 November and 8 December 1971. Teams from the same nation could not be drawn against one another.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Milan Italy 3–2 Scotland Dundee 3–0 (Report) 0–2 (Report)
Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany 0–4 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 (Report) 0–3 (Report)
Eintracht Braunschweig West Germany 3–6 Hungary Ferencváros 1–1 (Report) 2–5 (Report)
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 1–4 Belgium Lierse 1–0 (Report) 0–4 (Report)
Rapid Wien Austria 1–5 Italy Juventus 0–1 (Report) 1–4 (Report)
St Johnstone Scotland 2–5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar 1–0 (Report) 1–5 (Report)
Tottenham Hotspur England 5–0 Romania Rapid București 3–0 (Report) 2–0 (Report)
UTA Arad Romania 3–1 Portugal Vitória de Setúbal 3–0 (Report) 0–1 (Report)

First leg

Milan Italy 3–0 Scotland Dundee
Rivera  14'
Stewart  50' (o.g.)
Benetti  71'
Rapid Wien Austria 0–1 Italy Juventus
Bettega  30'
Referee: Biwersi (West Germany)
UTA Arad Romania 3–0 Portugal Vitória de Setúbal
Domide  9'
Sima  16'
Kun  65'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Antoine Queudeville (Luxembourg)

Second leg

Dundee Scotland 2–0 Italy Milan
Wallace  39'
Duncan  74'

Milan won 3–2 on aggregate.

Juventus Italy 4–1 Austria Rapid Wien
Bettega  8', 46', 71'
Causio  81' (pen.)		 Lorenz  16'
Communale, Turin
Referee: Menning (East Germany)

Juventus won 5–1 on aggregate.

Vitória de Setúbal Portugal 1–0 Romania UTA Arad
José Maria  54'
Attendance: 10,000

UTA Arad won 3–1 on aggregate.

Quarter finals

The matches were played on 7/9 and 21–24 March 1972.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Milan Italy 3–1 Belgium Lierse 2–0 (Report) 1–1 (Report)
UTA Arad Romania 1–3 England Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 (Report) 1–1 (Report)
Ferencváros Hungary (p)3–3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar 1–2 (Report) 2–1 (Report)
Juventus Italy 2–3 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 (Report) 1–2 (Report)

First leg

Milan Italy 2–0 Belgium Lierse
Rivera  30' (pen.)
Bigon  43'
Juventus Italy 1–1 England Wolverhampton Wanderers
Anastasi  37' McCalliog  65'

Second leg

Lierse Belgium 1–1 Italy Milan
Vermeyen  82' (pen.) Villa  48'

Milan won 3–1 on aggregate.

Wolverhampton Wanderers England 2–1 Italy Juventus
Hegan  40'
Dougan  52'		 Haller  84' (pen.)

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The matches were played on 5 and 19 April 1972.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tottenham Hotspur England 3–2 Italy Milan 2–1 (Report) 1–1 (Report)
Ferencváros Hungary 3–4 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–2 (Report) 1–2 (Report)

First leg

Tottenham Hotspur England 2–1 Italy Milan
Perryman  30', 65' Benetti  25'
London

Second leg

Milan Italy 1–1 England Tottenham Hotspur
Rivera  69' (pen.) Mullery  7'

Tottenham Hotspur won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

Wolverhampton Wanderers England 1–2 England Tottenham Hotspur
McCalliog  72' Report Chivers  57', 87'
Attendance: 38,362

Second leg

Tottenham Hotspur England 1–1 England Wolverhampton Wanderers
Mullery  29' Report Wagstaffe  40'
Attendance: 54,303
Referee: Laurens Van Ravens (Netherlands)

Tottenham Hotspur won 3–2 on aggregate.

See also

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