1972–73 European Cup

1972–73 European Cup
The Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates 13 September 1972 – 30 May 1973
Teams 30
Final positions
Champions Netherlands Ajax (3rd title)
Runners-up Italy Juventus
Tournament statistics
Matches played 57
Goals scored 160 (2.81 per match)
Top scorer(s) Germany 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
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 4–1 Greece Panathinaikos 2–1 2–0[n 1]
Ajax Netherlands Bye
Galatasaray Turkey 1–7 West Germany Bayern Munich 1–1 0–6
Waterford United Republic of Ireland 2–3 Cyprus Omonia 2–1 0–2
Wacker Austria 0–3 Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 0–2
Sliema Wanderers Malta 0–10 Poland Górnik Zabrze 0–5 0–5
Aris Luxembourg 0–6 Romania Argeș Pitești 0–2 0–4
Real Madrid Spain 4–0 Iceland Keflavík 3–0 1–0
Marseille France 1–3 Italy Juventus 1–0 0–3
Magdeburg East Germany 9–1 Finland TPS 6–0 3–1
Celtic Scotland 5–2 Norway Rosenborg 2–1 3–1
Újpesti Dózsa Hungary 4–3 Switzerland Basel 2–0 2–3
Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia Bye
Anderlecht Belgium 7–2 Denmark Vejle 4–2 3–0
Derby County England 4–1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar 2–0 2–1
Malmö FF Sweden 2–4 Portugal Benfica 1–0 1–4
  1. 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

CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 2–1 Greece Panathinaikos
Kolev  24' (pen.)
Yankov  71'
Report Verón  59'

Galatasaray Turkey 1–1 West Germany Bayern Munich
Ünder  55' Report Müller  66'
Attendance: 42,850

Waterford United Republic of Ireland 2–1 Cyprus Omonia
Hale  5', 10' Report Rotsidis  79'

Wacker Austria 0–1 Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv
Report Puzach  88'
Attendance: 8,655
Referee: Theo Boosten (Netherlands)

Sliema Wanderers Malta 0–5 Poland Górnik Zabrze
Report Lubański  25', 27', 39'
Banaś  82'
Wilczek  87'

Aris Luxembourg 0–2 Romania Argeș Pitești
Report Troi  58'
Dobrin  89' (pen.)

Real Madrid Spain 3–0 Iceland Keflavík
Santillana  15', 30'
Grande  90'
Report

Marseille France 1–0 Italy Juventus
Bonnel  52' Report

Magdeburg East Germany 6–0 Finland TPS
Mewes  5'
Pommerenke  24', 79'
Seguin  30'
Sparwasser  38', 45'
Report

Celtic Scotland 2–1 Norway Rosenborg
Macari  15'
Deans  45'
Report Wirkola  55'

Újpesti Dózsa Hungary 2–0 Switzerland Basel
Horváth  57'
Zámbó  60'
Report

Anderlecht Belgium 4–2 Denmark Vejle
Ejderstedt  49'
Rensenbrink 59', 62'
Van Himst  85'
Report Johansen  64' (pen.), 67'

Derby County England 2–0 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar
McFarland  38'
Gemmill  53'
Report

Malmö FF Sweden 1–0 Portugal Benfica
Larsson  11' Report

Second leg

Panathinaikos Greece 2–1 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
Verón  18'
Melo  20' (pen.)
Trankov  68'
Penalties
2–3

The game was annulled due to errors in the penalty shoot-out procedures

Panathinaikos Greece 0–2 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
Report Zhekov  4'
Kolev  46'

CSKA Sofia won 4–1 on aggregate.


Bayern Munich West Germany 6–0 Turkey Galatasaray
Müller  14', 78'
Hoeneß  29'
Schneider  35'
Beckenbauer  76' (pen.)
Roth  88'
Report

Bayern Munich won 7–1 on aggregate.


Omonia Cyprus 2–0 Republic of Ireland Waterford United
Chelebis  18', 63' Report

Omonia won 3–2 on aggregate.


Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union 2–0 Austria Wacker
Puzach  23'
Damin  51'
Report
Attendance: 35,037

Dynamo Kyiv won 3–0 on aggregate.


Górnik Zabrze Poland 5–0 Malta Sliema Wanderers
Szołtysik  1'
Lubański  31'
Szarmach  62', 90'
Oślizło  67'
Report

Górnik Zabrze won 10–0 on aggregate.


Argeș Pitești Romania 4–0 Luxembourg Aris
Dobrin  2', 47' (pen.)
Radu  5', 25'
Report

Argeș Pitești won 6–0 on aggregate.


Keflavík Iceland 0–1 Spain Real Madrid
Report Verdugo  89'

Real Madrid won 4–0 on aggregate.


Juventus Italy 3–0 France Marseille
Bettega  4', 37'
Haller  44'
Report

Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.


TPS Finland 1–3 East Germany Magdeburg
Toivola  73' Report Sparwasser  52', 87'
Jalonen  72' (o.g.)

Magdeburg won 9–1 on aggregate.


Rosenborg Norway 1–3 Scotland Celtic
Christiansen  38' Report Macari  55', 88'
Hood  83'

Celtic won 5–2 on aggregate.


Basel Switzerland 3–2 Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
Hasler  65'
Balmer  75', 83'
Report Bene  46', 89'

Újpesti Dózsa won 4–3 on aggregate.


Vejle Denmark 0–3 Belgium Anderlecht
Report Volders  61'
Rensenbrink  85', 87'

Anderlecht won 7–2 on aggregate.


Željezničar Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1–2 England Derby County
Sprečo  60' Report Hinton  9'
O'Hare  15'

Derby County won 4–1 on aggregate.


Benfica Portugal 4–1 Sweden Malmö FF
Jordão  24'
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
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 1–6 Netherlands Ajax 1–3 0–3
Bayern Munich West Germany 13–0 Cyprus Omonia 9–0 4–0
Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union 3–2 Poland Górnik Zabrze 2–0 1–2
Argeș Pitești Romania 3–4 Spain Real Madrid 2–1 1–3
Juventus Italy 2–0 East Germany Magdeburg 1–0 1–0
Celtic Scotland 2–4 Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 2–1 0–3
Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia 2–0 Belgium Anderlecht 1–0 1–0
Derby County England 3–0 Portugal Benfica 3–0 0–0

First leg

CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 1–3 Netherlands Ajax
Zhekov  27' Report Swart  13'
Keizer  32'
Haan  52'

Bayern Munich West Germany 9–0 Cyprus Omonia
Müller  14', 37', 54', 73', 74'
Hoeneß  25'
Roth  42'
Schneider  69', 82'
Report

Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union 2–0 Poland Górnik Zabrze
Muntyan  60'
Puzach  75'
Report
Attendance: 60,112
Referee: György Müncz (Hungary)

Argeș Pitești Romania 2–1 Spain Real Madrid
Dobrin  22' (pen.)
Prepurgel  62'
Report Anzarda  41'

Juventus Italy 1–0 East Germany Magdeburg
Anastasi  66' Report

Celtic Scotland 2–1 Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
Dalglish  60', 75' Report Bene  38'

Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia 1–0 Belgium Anderlecht
Kabát  46' Report

Derby County England 3–0 Portugal Benfica
McFarland  6'
Hector  8'
McGovern  40'
Report

Second leg

Ajax Netherlands 3–0 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
Cruyff  13', 75'
Blankenburg  15'
Report

Ajax won 6–1 on aggregate.


Omonia Cyprus 0–4 West Germany Bayern Munich
Report Roth  29'
Müller  42', 66'
Hoffmann  50'

Bayern Munich won 13–0 on aggregate.


Górnik Zabrze Poland 2–1 Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv
Lubański  30'
Gorgoń  62'
Report Blokhin  25'
Attendance: 48,527
Referee: Liuben Radunchev (Bulgaria)

Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.


Real Madrid Spain 3–1 Romania Argeș Pitești
Santillana  18', 87'
Grande  46'
Report Radu  44'

Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.


Magdeburg East Germany 0–1 Italy Juventus
Report Cuccureddu  51'

Juventus won 2–0 on aggregate.


Újpesti Dózsa Hungary 3–0 Scotland Celtic
Bene  7', 24'
Fazekas  15' (pen.)
Report

Újpesti Dózsa won 4–2 on aggregate.


Anderlecht Belgium 0–1 Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava
Report Masrna  88'

Spartak Trnava won 2–0 on aggregate.


Benfica Portugal 0–0 England Derby County
Report

Derby County won 3–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ajax Netherlands 5–2 West Germany Bayern Munich 4–0 1–2
Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union 0–3 Spain Real Madrid 0–0 0–3
Juventus Italy 2–2 (a) Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 0–0 2–2
Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia 1–2 England Derby County 1–0 0–2

First leg

Ajax Netherlands 4–0 West Germany Bayern Munich
Haan  53', 70'
G. Mühren  68'
Cruyff  89'
Report

Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union 0–0 Spain Real Madrid
Report

Juventus Italy 0–0 Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
Report

Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia 1–0 England Derby County
Horváth  42' Report

Second leg

Bayern Munich West Germany 2–1 Netherlands Ajax
Krol  30 (og)'
Müller  37'
Report Keizer  7'

Ajax won 5–2 on aggregate.


Real Madrid Spain 3–0 Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv
Santillana  2'
Aguilar  36'
Amancio  81'
Report

Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.


Újpesti Dózsa Hungary 2–2 Italy Juventus
Bene  1'
A. Tóth  13'
Report Altafini  30'
Anastasi  56'

Juventus 2–2 Újpesti Dózsa on aggregate. Juventus won on away goals.


Derby County England 2–0 Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava
Hector  40', 51' Report

Derby County won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ajax Netherlands 3–1 Spain Real Madrid 2–1 1–0
Juventus Italy 3–1 England Derby County 3–1 0–0

First leg

Ajax Netherlands 2–1 Spain Real Madrid
Hulshoff  67'
Krol  77'
Report Pirri  84'

Juventus Italy 3–1 England Derby County
Altafini  27', 84'
Causio  65'
Report Hector  29'

Second leg

Real Madrid Spain 0–1 Netherlands Ajax
Report G. Mühren  50'

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.


Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Ajax Netherlands 1–0 Italy Juventus
Rep  5' Report
Attendance: 89,484
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1972–73 European Cup are as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 West Germany Gerd Müller West Germany Bayern Munich 11
2 Hungary Ferenc Bene Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 6
3 Poland Włodzimierz Lubański Poland Górnik Zabrze 5
Spain Santillana Spain Real Madrid 5
5 Romania Nicolae Dobrin Romania Argeș Pitești 4
England Kevin Hector England Derby County 4
Netherlands Rob Rensenbrink Belgium Anderlecht 4
East Germany Jürgen Sparwasser East Germany Magdeburg 4
9 Italy José Altafini Italy Juventus 3
Netherlands Arie Haan Netherlands Ajax 3
Netherlands Johan Cruyff Netherlands Ajax 3
Scotland Lou Macari Scotland Celtic 3
Soviet Union Anatoliy Puzach Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv 3
Romania Constantin Radu Romania Argeș Pitești 3
West Germany Franz Roth West Germany Bayern Munich 3
West Germany Edgar Schneider West Germany Bayern Munich 3

Notes

  1. Dynamo Kyiv played their home match at ChMP Central Stadium, Odesa, instead of their regular stadium Central Stadium, Kyiv, due to frozen pitch.[3]

References

  1. Reuters (9 Oct 1972). "UEFA annul Cup result". The Times. ProQuest. p. 7.
  2. Barham, Albert (25 Oct 1972). "Derby could silence their critics". The Guardian. ProQuest. p. 27.
  3. Valerko, Artur (11 September 2015). "Семь королевских аудиенций" (in Russian). SPORTARENA.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

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