1971–72 European Cup

1971–72 European Cup
Tournament details
De Kuip in Rotterdam hosted the final.
Dates	19 August 1971 - 31 May 1972
Teams	33
Final positions
Champions	Ajax (2nd title)
Runners-up	Internazionale
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	175 (2.78 per match)
Top scorer(s)	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	4–1	Union Luxembourg	3–1	1–0

First leg

Valencia v Union Luxembourg

19 August 1971

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

Second leg

Union Luxembourg v Valencia

24 August 1971

Union Luxembourg	0–1	Valencia
	Report	Forment 17'

Valencia won 4–1 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	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 Bucharest	2–2¹	Spartak Trnava	0–0	2–2
Feyenoord	17–0	Olympiakos Nicosia	8–0	9–0
Wacker	1–7	Benfica	0–4	1–3
CSKA Sofia	4–0	Partizani Tirana	3–0	1–0
Valencia	1–1²	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
Internazionale	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

¹ Dinamo Bucharest progressed to the Second round on away goals.

² Valencia progressed to the Second round on away goals.

First leg

Marseille v Górnik Zabrze

15 September 1971

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

Ajax v Dynamo Dresden

15 September 1971

Ajax	2–0	Dynamo Dresden
Swart 2' Keizer 19'	Report

Reipas Lahti v Grasshopper

15 September 1971

Reipas Lahti	1–1	Grasshopper
Lindholm 75'	Report	Ohlhauser 63'

Strømsgodset v Arsenal

15 September 1971

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

Dinamo Bucharest v Spartak Trnava

15 September 1971

Dinamo Bucharest	0–0	Spartak Trnava
	Report

Feyenoord v Olympiakos Nicosia

15 September 1971

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

Wacker v Benfica

15 September 1971

Wacker	0–4	Benfica
	Report	Graça 15' Jorge 20', 82' Eusébio 80'

CSKA Sofia v Partizani Tirana

15 September 1971

CSKA Sofia	3–0	Partizani Tirana
Atanasov 20' Nikodimov 44' (pen.) Marashliev 65'	Report

Bulgarian Army Stadium, Sofia

Valencia v Hajduk Split

15 September 1971

Valencia	0–0	Hajduk Split
	Report

Újpesti Dózsa v Malmö FF

15 September 1971

Újpesti Dózsa	4–0	Malmö FF
A. Dunai 17' Bene 28', 64', 80'	Report

Boldklubben 1903 v Celtic

15 September 1971

Boldklubben 1903	2–1	Celtic
Johansen 14', 24'	Report	Macari 28'

ÍA v Sliema Wanderers

26 September 1971

ÍA	0–4	Sliema Wanderers
	Report	Cocks 25', 57', 68' Aquilina 81'

Internazionale v AEK Athens

15 September 1971

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

Milan

15 September 1971

Cork Hibernians	0–5	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	Report	Wloka 5', 30' Heynckes 19' Le Fevre 32', 39'

Galatasaray v CSKA Moscow

15 September 1971

Galatasaray	1–1	CSKA Moscow
Güleş 71'	Report	Kopeikin 43'

Standard Liège v Linfield

15 September 1971

Standard Liège	2–0	Linfield
Semmeling 33' Takač 87'	Report

Second leg

Górnik Zabrze v Marseille

29 September 1971

Górnik Zabrze	1–1	Marseille
Anczok 32'	Report	Skoblar 53'

Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.

Dynamo Dresden v Ajax

29 September 1971

Dynamo Dresden	0–0	Ajax
	Report

Ajax won 2–0 on aggregate.

Grasshopper v Reipas Lahti

29 September 1971

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

Grasshopper won 9–1 on aggregate.

Arsenal v Strømsgodset

29 September 1971

Arsenal	4–0	Strømsgodset
Kennedy 6' Radford 18', 58' Armstrong 78'	Report

Highbury, London

Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.

Spartak Trnava v Dinamo Bucharest

29 September 1971

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

Dinamo Bucharest won 2–2 on away goals.

Olympiakos Nicosia v Feyenoord

22 September 1971

Olympiakos Nicosia	0–9	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.

Benfica v Wacker

29 September 1971

Benfica	3–1	Wacker
Calisto 36' Jorge 74' Simões 89'	Report	Jara 46'

Benfica won 7–1 on aggregate.

Partizani Tirana v CSKA Sofia

29 September 1971

Partizani Tirana	0–1	CSKA Sofia
	Report	Atanasov 57'

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

CSKA Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.

Hajduk Split v Valencia

29 September 1971

Hajduk Split	1–1	Valencia
Pérez 15' (o.g.)	Report	Claramunt 55'

Valencia won 1–1 on away goals.

Malmö FF v Újpesti Dózsa

29 September 1971

Malmö FF	1–0	Újpesti Dózsa
Tapper 11' (pen.)	Report

Újpesti Dózsa won 4–1 on aggregate.

Celtic v Boldklubben 1903

29 September 1971

Celtic	3–0	Boldklubben 1903
Wallace 23', 85' Callaghan 79'	Report

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.

Sliema Wanderers v ÍA

29 September 1971

Sliema Wanderers	0–0	ÍA
	Report

Sliema Wanderers won 4–0 on aggregate.

AEK Athens v Internazionale

29 September 1971

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

Athens

Internazionale won 6–4 on aggregate.

29 September 1971

Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–1	Cork Hibernians
Sieloff 60' Wimmer 82'	Report	Dennehy 32'

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–1 on aggregate.

CSKA Moscow v Galatasaray

29 September 1971

CSKA Moscow	3–0	Galatasaray
Dorofeev 6', 75' Oglobin 85'	Report

CSKA Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.

Linfield v Standard Liège

29 September 1971

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

Windsor Park, Belfast

Standard Liège won 5–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Marseille	2–6	Ajax	1–2	1–4
Grasshopper	0–5	Arsenal	0–2	0–3
Dinamo Bucharest	0–5	Feyenoord	0–3	0–2
Benfica	2–1	CSKA Sofia	2–1	0–0
Valencia	1–3	Újpesti Dózsa	0–1	1–2
Celtic	7–1	Sliema Wanderers	5–0	2–1
Internazionale	4–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–2	0–0
CSKA Moscow	1–2	Standard Liège	1–0	0–2

First leg

Marseille v Ajax

20 October 1971

Marseille	1–2	Ajax
Gress 10'	Report	Keizer 37' Cruyff 60'

Grasshopper v Arsenal

20 October 1971

Grasshopper	0–2	Arsenal
	Report	Kennedy 2' Graham 88'

Dinamo Bucharest v Feyenoord

20 October 1971

Dinamo Bucharest	0–3	Feyenoord
	Report	Wery 38' Maiwald 43' Schneider 50'

Benfica v CSKA Sofia

20 October 1971

Benfica	2–1	CSKA Sofia
Rodrigues 51' Jorge 63'	Report	Zhekov 85'

Lisbon

Valencia v Újpesti Dózsa

20 October 1971

Valencia	0–1	Újpesti Dózsa
	Report	A. Dunai 55'

Celtic v Sliema Wanderers

20 October 1971

Celtic	5–0	Sliema Wanderers
Gemmell 6' Macari 17', 41' Hood 69' Brogan 78'	Report

20 October 1971

Borussia Mönchengladbach	7–1	Internazionale
Heynckes 7', 44' Le Fevre 21', 34' Netzer 42', 52' Sieloff 83' (pen.)		Boninsegna 20'

Mönchengladbach

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.

3 November 1971

Internazionale	4–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Bellugi 10' Boninsegna 13' Jair 57' Ghio 90'	Report	Le Fevre 38' Wittkamp 89'

Milan

CSKA Moscow v Standard Liège

20 October 1971

CSKA Moscow	1–0	Standard Liège
Kopeikin 27'	Report

Second leg

Ajax v Marseille

3 November 1971

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

Ajax won 6–2 on aggregate.

Arsenal v Grasshopper

3 November 1971

Arsenal	3–0	Grasshopper
Kennedy 40' George 47' Radford 84'	Report

Highbury, London

Arsenal won 5–0 on aggregate.

Feyenoord v Dinamo Bucharest

3 November 1971

Feyenoord	2–0	Dinamo Bucharest
Nunweiller 53' (o.g.) Schoenmaker 64'	Report

Feyenoord won 5–0 on aggregate.

CSKA Sofia v Benfica

3 November 1971

CSKA Sofia	0–0	Benfica
	Report

Sofia

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Újpesti Dózsa v Valencia

3 November 1971

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

Újpesti Dózsa won 3–1 on aggregate.

Sliema Wanderers v Celtic

3 November 1971

Sliema Wanderers	1–2	Celtic
Cocks 1'	Report	Hood 42' Lennox 57'

Celtic won 7–1 on aggregate.

1 December 1971

Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–0	Internazionale
	Report

West Berlin

Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.

Standard Liège v CSKA Moscow

3 November 1971

Standard Liège	2–0	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	3–1	Arsenal	2–1	1–0
Feyenoord	2–5	Benfica	1–0	1–5
Újpesti Dózsa	2–3	Celtic	1–2	1–1
Internazionale	2–2 (a)	Standard Liège	1–0	1–2

First leg

Ajax v Arsenal

8 March 1972

Ajax	2–1	Arsenal
G. Mühren 25', 70' (pen.)	Report	Kennedy 15'

Feyenoord v Benfica

8 March 1972

Feyenoord	1–0	Benfica
Laseroms 50'	Report

Újpesti Dózsa v Celtic

8 March 1972

Újpesti Dózsa	1–2	Celtic
Horváth 64'	Report	Horváth 19' (o.g.) Macari 85'

Internazionale v Standard Liège

8 March 1972

Internazionale	1–0	Standard Liège
Jair 80'	Report

Milan

Second leg

Arsenal v Ajax

22 March 1972

Arsenal	0–1	Ajax
	Report	Graham 14' (o.g.)

Arsenal Stadium, London
Attendance: 56,155
Referee: Marschall

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.

Benfica v Feyenoord

22 March 1972

Benfica	5–1	Feyenoord
Nené 6', 81', 92' Rui Jordão 30', 90'	Report	van Hanegem 75'

Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.

Celtic v Újpesti Dózsa

22 March 1972

Celtic	1–1	Újpesti Dózsa
Macari 62'	Report	A. Dunai 5'

Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.

Standard Liège v Internazionale

22 March 1972

Standard Liège	2–1	Internazionale
Cvetler 51' Takač 84' (pen.)	Report	Mazzola 80'

Liège

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	1–0	Benfica	1–0	0–0
Internazionale	0–0 (5–4p)	Celtic	0–0	0–0

First leg

Ajax v Benfica

5 April 1972

Ajax	1–0	Benfica
Swart 64'	Report

Internazionale v Celtic

5 April 1972

Internazionale	0–0	Celtic
	Report

Milan

Second leg

Benfica v Ajax

19 April 1972

Benfica	0–0	Ajax
	Report

Ajax won 1–0 on aggregate.

Celtic v Internazionale

19 April 1972

Celtic	0–0	Internazionale
	Report
	Penalties
Deans Craig Johnstone McCluskey Murdoch	4–5	Mazzola Facchetti Frustalupi Pellizzaro Jair

Celtic Park, Glasgow

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

Main article: 1972 European Cup Final

Ajax v Internazionale

31 May 1972

Ajax	2–0	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	Antal Dunai	Újpesti Dózsa	5
	Lou Macari	Celtic	5
	Silvester Takač	Standard Liège	5
4	Ronnie Cocks	Sliema Wanderers	4
	Johan Cruyff	Ajax	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

External links

1971–72 All matches – season at UEFA website
European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
All scorers 1971–72 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA
1971-72 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)
European Cup 1971-72 – results, protocols, players statistics
website eurocups-uefa.ru European Cup 1971-72 – results, protocols
website Football Archive 1971–72 European Cup

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