1971–72 European Cup

1971–72 European Cup
De Kuip in Rotterdam hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates19 August 1971 – 31 May 1972
Teams33 (from 32 associations)
Final positions
Champions Ajax (2nd title)
Runners-up Inter Milan
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
Goals scored175 (2.78 per match)
Attendance2,091,421 (33,197 per match)
Top scorer(s)Antal Dunai (Újpesti Dózsa)
Johan Cruyff (Ajax)
Lou Macari (Celtic)
Silvester Takač (Standard Liège)
5 goals each

The 1971–72 European Cup was the 17th season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Ajax, who beat Inter Milan in the final at De Kuip in Rotterdam, on 31 May 1972. It was the second consecutive win for Ajax, as well as third for Netherlands. It was also the first European Cup final where both finalists had previously won and lost competition finals.

Teams

Partizani Tirana (1st) Wacker Innsbruck (1st) Standard Liège (1st)
CSKA September Flag (1st) Olympiakos Nicosia (1st) Spartak Trnava (1st)
Boldklubben 1903 (1st) Arsenal (1st) Reipas Lahti (1st)
Marseille (1st) Dynamo Dresden (1st) Borussia M.Gladbach (1st)
AEK Athens (1st) Újpesti Dózsa (1st) ÍA (1st)
Cork Hibernians (1st) Inter Milan (1st) Union Luxembourg (1st)
Sliema Wanderers (1st) Feyenoord (1st) Ajax (2nd)TH
Linfield (1st) Strømsgodset (1st) Górnik Zabrze (1st)
Benfica (1st) Dinamo București (1st) Celtic (1st)
Valencia (1st) Malmö FF (1st) Basel (1st)
Galatasaray (1st) CSKA Moscow (1st) Hajduk Split (1st)

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Valencia 4–1 Union Luxembourg 3–1 1–0

First leg

Valencia 3–1 Union Luxembourg
Forment 28'
Claramunt 56' (pen.)
Valdez 90'		 Report Clemen 16'
Attendance: 10,105

Second leg

Union Luxembourg 0–1 Valencia
Report Forment 17'
Attendance: 3,230

Valencia won 4–1 on aggregate.

Bracket

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                  
Marseille 2 1 3
Górnik Zabrze 1 1 2
Marseille 1 1 2
Ajax 2 4 6
Ajax 2 0 2
Dynamo Dresden 0 0 0
Ajax 2 1 3
Arsenal 1 0 1
Reipas Lahti 1 0 1
Grasshopper 1 8 9
Grasshopper 0 0 0
Arsenal 2 3 5
Strømsgodset 1 0 1
Arsenal 3 4 7
Ajax 1 0 1
Benfica 0 0 0
Dinamo București (a) 0 2 2
Spartak Trnava 0 2 2
Dinamo București 0 0 0
Feyenoord 3 2 5
Feyenoord 8 9 17
Olympiakos Nicosia 0 0 0
Feyenoord 1 1 2
Benfica 0 5 5
Wacker Innsbruck 0 1 1
Benfica 4 3 7
Benfica 2 0 2
CSKA September Flag 1 0 1
CSKA September Flag 3 1 4
Partizani 0 0 0
Ajax 2
Inter Milan 0
Valencia (a) 0 1 1
Hajduk Split 0 1 1
Valencia 0 1 1
Újpesti Dózsa 1 2 3
Újpesti Dózsa 4 0 4
Malmö FF 0 1 1
Újpesti Dózsa 1 1 2
Celtic 2 1 3
Boldklubben 1903 2 0 2
Celtic 1 3 4
Celtic 5 2 7
Sliema Wanderers 0 1 1
ÍA 0 0 0
Sliema Wanderers 4 0 4
Inter Milan (p) 0 0 0 (5)
Celtic 0 0 0 (4)
Inter Milan 4 2 6
AEK Athens 1 3 4
Inter Milan 4 0 4
Borussia M.Gladbach 2 0 2
Cork Hibernians 0 1 1
Borussia M.Gladbach 5 2 7
Inter Milan (a) 1 1 2
Standard Liège 0 2 2
Galatasaray 1 0 1
CSKA Moscow 1 3 4
CSKA Moscow 1 0 1
Standard Liège 0 2 2
Standard Liège 2 3 5
Linfield 0 2 2

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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 București 2–2 (a) Spartak Trnava 0–0 2–2
Feyenoord 17–0 Olympiakos Nicosia 8–0 9–0
Wacker 1–7 Benfica 0–4 1–3
CSKA September Flag 4–0 Partizani 3–0 1–0
Valencia 1–1 (a) 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
Inter Milan 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

First leg

Marseille 2–1 Górnik Zabrze
Wraży 45' (o.g.)
Skoblar 78'		 Report Lubański 28'
Attendance: 41,707
Ajax 2–0 Dynamo Dresden
Swart 2'
Keizer 19'		 Report
Attendance: 45,027
Reipas Lahti 1–1 Grasshopper
Lindholm 75' Report Ohlhauser 63'
Attendance: 1,276
Strømsgodset 1–3 Arsenal
Pettersen 52' Report Simpson 2'
Wølner 20' (o.g.)
Kelly 81'
Attendance: 21,570
Dinamo București 0–0 Spartak Trnava
Report
Attendance: 13,200
Feyenoord 8–0 Olympiakos Nicosia
Maiwald 4', 32'
Van Hanegem 9'
Schoenmaker 25', 47', 49'
Israël 82'
Schneider 88'		 Report
Attendance: 51,633
Wacker 0–4 Benfica
Report Graça 15'
Artur Jorge 20', 82'
Eusébio 80'
Attendance: 7,956
CSKA September Flag 3–0 Partizani
Atanasov 20'
Nikodimov 44' (pen.)
Marashliev 65'		 Report
Attendance: 15,670
Valencia 0–0 Hajduk Split
Report
Attendance: 8,045
Újpesti Dózsa 4–0 Malmö FF
A. Dunai 17'
Bene 28', 64', 80'		 Report
Attendance: 7,833
Boldklubben 1903 2–1 Celtic
Johansen 14', 24' Report Macari 28'
Attendance: 6,600
ÍA 0–4 Sliema Wanderers
Report Cocks 25', 57', 68'
Aquilina 81'
Attendance: 3,516
Referee: John Gow (Wales)
Inter Milan 4–1 AEK Athens
Mazzola 20'
Facchetti 35'
Jair 44'
Boninsegna 61' (pen.)		 Report Pomonis 15'
Attendance: 72,333
Cork Hibernians 0–5 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Report Wloka 5', 30'
Heynckes 19'
Le Fevre 32', 39'
Attendance: 8,513
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)
Galatasaray 1–1 CSKA Moscow
Güleş 71' Report Kopeikin 43'
Attendance: 24,789
Standard Liège 2–0 Linfield
Semmeling 33'
Takač 87'		 Report
Attendance: 8,755

Second leg

Górnik Zabrze 1–1 Marseille
Anczok 32' Report Skoblar 53'
Attendance: 48,617

Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.

Dynamo Dresden 0–0 Ajax
Report
Attendance: 32,307
Referee: Ken Burns (England)

Ajax won 2–0 on aggregate.

Grasshopper 8–0 Reipas Lahti
Müller 1', 39', 71', 85'
Gröbli 31'
Schneeberger 45'
Meier 70'
Mayer 77'		 Report
Attendance: 4,941

Grasshopper won 9–1 on aggregate.

Arsenal 4–0 Strømsgodset
Kennedy 6'
Radford 18', 58'
Armstrong 78'		 Report
Attendance: 27,176

Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.

Spartak Trnava 2–2 Dinamo București
Kabát 40'
Dobiaš 69' (pen.)		 Report Popescu 64', 88'
Attendance: 23,000

2–2 on aggregate; Dinamo București won on away goals.

Olympiakos Nicosia 0–9 Feyenoord
Report Van Hanegem 6', 82'
Hasil 11'
Wery 20'
Posthumus 31', 39'
Israël 61' (pen.), 63' (pen.), 70'
Attendance: 33,413

Feyenoord won 17–0 on aggregate.

Benfica 3–1 Wacker
Calisto 36'
Artur Jorge 74'
Simões 89'		 Report Jara 46'
Attendance: 37,809

Benfica won 7–1 on aggregate.

Partizani 0–1 CSKA September Flag
Report Atanasov 57'
Attendance: 18,018
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

CSKA September Flag won 4–0 on aggregate.

Hajduk Split 1–1 Valencia
Pérez 15' (o.g.) Report Claramunt 55'
Attendance: 14,761

1–1 on aggregate; Valencia won on away goals.

Malmö FF 1–0 Újpesti Dózsa
Tapper 11' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 8,233

Újpesti Dózsa won 4–1 on aggregate.

Celtic 3–0 Boldklubben 1903
Wallace 23', 85'
Callaghan 79'		 Report
Attendance: 53,000

Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.

Sliema Wanderers 0–0 ÍA
Report
Attendance: 1,487
Referee: Tom Reynolds (Wales)

Sliema Wanderers won 4–0 on aggregate.

AEK Athens 3–2 Inter Milan
Ventouris 29'
Papaioannou 45'
Nikolaidis 89'		 Report Karafeskos 17' (o.g.)
Boninsegna 75'
Attendance: 29,449

Inter Milan won 6–4 on aggregate.

Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–1 Cork Hibernians
Sieloff 60'
Wimmer 82'		 Report Dennehy 32'
Attendance: 9,098

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–1 on aggregate.

CSKA Moscow 3–0 Galatasaray
Dorofeev 6', 75'
Oglobin 85'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000

CSKA Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.

Linfield 2–3 Standard Liège
Magee 57'
Larmour 62'		 Report Van Moer 36'
Takač 53'
Piot 86' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,500

Standard Liège won 5–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Marseille 2–6 Ajax 1–2 1–4
Grasshopper 0–5 Arsenal 0–2 0–3
Dinamo București 0–5 Feyenoord 0–3 0–2
Benfica 2–1 CSKA September Flag 2–1 0–0
Valencia 1–3 Újpesti Dózsa 0–1 1–2
Celtic 7–1 Sliema Wanderers 5–0 2–1
Inter Milan 4–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–2 0–0
CSKA Moscow 1–2 Standard Liège 1–0 0–2

First leg

Marseille 1–2 Ajax
Gress 10' Report Keizer 37'
Cruyff 60'
Attendance: 48,039
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)
Grasshopper 0–2 Arsenal
Report Kennedy 2'
Graham 88'
Attendance: 14,964
Dinamo București 0–3 Feyenoord
Report Wery 38'
Maiwald 43'
Schneider 50'
Attendance: 35,000
Benfica 2–1 CSKA September Flag
Rodrigues 51'
Artur Jorge 63'		 Report Zhekov 85'
Attendance: 39,944
Valencia 0–1 Újpesti Dózsa
Report A. Dunai 55'
Attendance: 47,695
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)
Celtic 5–0 Sliema Wanderers
Gemmell 6'
Macari 17', 41'
Hood 69'
Brogan 78'		 Report
Attendance: 26,647
Borussia Mönchengladbach 7–1 Inter Milan
Heynckes 7', 44'
Le Fevre 21', 34'
Netzer 42', 52'
Sieloff 83' (pen.)		 [1] Boninsegna 20'
Attendance: 27,500
Referee: Jef Dorpmans (Netherlands)

This game was annulled as Inter player Roberto Boninsegna was hit by a Coca-Cola can in the 29th minute.[2][3] 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.

Inter Milan 4–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Bellugi 10'
Boninsegna 13'
Jair 57'
Ghio 90'		 Report Le Fevre 38'
Wittkamp 89'
Attendance: 57,413
CSKA Moscow 1–0 Standard Liège
Kopeikin 27' Report
Attendance: 18,000

Second leg

Ajax 4–1 Marseille
Cruyff 32, 64'
Swart 37'
Haan 80'		 Report Couécou 17'
Attendance: 53,785

Ajax won 6–2 on aggregate.

Arsenal 3–0 Grasshopper
Kennedy 40'
George 47'
Radford 84'		 Report
Attendance: 31,106
Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden)

Arsenal won 5–0 on aggregate.

Feyenoord 2–0 Dinamo București
Nunweiller 53' (o.g.)
Schoenmaker 64'		 Report
Attendance: 60,000

Feyenoord won 5–0 on aggregate.

CSKA September Flag 0–0 Benfica
Report
Attendance: 30,323

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Újpesti Dózsa 2–1 Valencia
A. Dunai 51', 54' Report Valdez 57'
Attendance: 7,201

Újpesti Dózsa won 3–1 on aggregate.

Sliema Wanderers 1–2 Celtic
Cocks 1' Report Hood 42'
Lennox 57'
Attendance: 10,416

Celtic won 7–1 on aggregate.

Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–0 Inter Milan
Report
Attendance: 84,561
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Inter Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.

Standard Liège 2–0 CSKA Moscow
Takač 7', 60' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 38,000

Standard Liège won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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
Inter Milan 2–2 (a) Standard Liège 1–0 1–2

First leg

Ajax 2–1 Arsenal
G. Mühren 25', 70' (pen.) Report Kennedy 15'
Attendance: 53,754
Feyenoord 1–0 Benfica
Laseroms 50' Report
Attendance: 58,927
Újpesti Dózsa 1–2 Celtic
Horváth 64' Report Horváth 19' (o.g.)
Macari 85'
Attendance: 25,064
Inter Milan 1–0 Standard Liège
Jair 80' Report
Attendance: 54,024

Second leg

Arsenal 0–1 Ajax
Report Graham 14' (o.g.)
Attendance: 56,145

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.

Benfica 5–1 Feyenoord
Nené 6', 81', 92'
Jordão 30', 90'		 Report Van Hanegem 75'
Attendance: 69,021
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.

Celtic 1–1 Újpesti Dózsa
Macari 62' Report A. Dunai 5'
Attendance: 70,559
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.

Standard Liège 2–1 Inter Milan
Cvetler 51'
Takač 84' (pen.)		 Report Mazzola 80'
Attendance: 26,993
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

2–2 on aggregate; Inter Milan won on away goals.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ajax 1–0 Benfica 1–0 0–0
Inter Milan 0–0 (5–4 p) Celtic 0–0 0–0

First leg

Ajax 1–0 Benfica
Swart 64' Report
Attendance: 53,921
Inter Milan 0–0 Celtic
Report
Attendance: 69,836

Second leg

Benfica 0–0 Ajax
Report
Attendance: 58,938

Ajax won 1–0 on aggregate.

Celtic 0–0 (a.e.t.) Inter Milan
Report
Penalties
Deans
Craig
Johnstone
McCluskey
Murdoch 		4–5 Mazzola
Facchetti
Frustalupi
Pellizzaro
Jair
Attendance: 75,124

0–0 on aggregate; Inter Milan won 5–4 on penalties.

During the shoot-out, teams had to take all five penalties even if they could no longer win (the shoot-out would otherwise have ended with a score of 5–3 as Inter went first).

Final

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Ajax 2–0 Inter Milan
Cruyff 47', 78' Report
Attendance: 61,354

Top scorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Johan Cruyff Ajax 5
Antal Dunai Újpesti Dózsa 5
Lou Macari Celtic 5
Silvester Takač Standard Liège 5
5 Ronnie Cocks Sliema Wanderers 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

References

  1. ^ "Újpesti Dózsa v Celtic, 8 March 1972" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Újpesti Dózsa v Celtic, 8 March 1972" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 13 March 2022.