1971–72 European Cup
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| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 19 August 1971 - 31 May 1972 |
| Teams | 33 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
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| Runners-up |
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 63 |
| Goals scored | 175 (2.78 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
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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 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
First leg
19 August 1971 |
| Valencia |
3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Forment Claramunt Valdez |
Report | Clemen |
Second leg
Valencia won 4–1 on aggregate.
First round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marseille |
3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Ajax |
2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
| Reipas Lahti |
1–9 | 1–1 | 0–8 | |
| Strømsgodset |
1–7 | 1–3 | 0–4 | |
| Dinamo Bucharest |
2–21 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |
| Feyenoord |
17–0 | 8–0 | 9–0 | |
| Wacker |
1–7 | 0–4 | 1–3 | |
| CSKA Sofia |
4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| Valencia |
1–12 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Újpesti Dózsa |
4–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | |
| Boldklubben 1903 |
2–4 | 2–1 | 0–3 | |
| ÍA |
0–4 | 0–4 | 0–0 | |
| Internazionale |
6–4 | 4–1 | 2–3 | |
| Cork Hibernians |
1–7 | 0–5 | 1–2 | |
| Galatasaray |
1–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | |
| Standard Liège |
5–2 | 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
15 September 1971 |
| Strømsgodset |
1–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Pettersen |
Report | Simpson Wølner Kelly |
15 September 1971 |
| Feyenoord |
8–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Maiwald van Hanegem Schoenmaker Israël Schneider |
Report |
15 September 1971 |
| CSKA Sofia |
3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Atanasov Nikodimov Marashliev |
Report |
15 September 1971 |
| Internazionale |
4–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mazzola Facchetti Jair Boninsegna |
Report | Pomonis |
15 September 1971 |
| Cork Hibernians |
0–5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Wloka Heynckes Le Fevre |
Second leg
Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.
Ajax won 2–0 on aggregate.
29 September 1971 |
| Grasshopper |
8–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Müller Gröbli Schneeberger Meier Mayer |
Report |
Grasshopper won 9–1 on aggregate.
Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.
29 September 1971 |
| Spartak Trnava |
2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kabát Dobiaš |
Report | Popescu |
Dinamo Bucharest won 2–2 on away goals.
22 September 1971 |
| Olympiakos Nicosia |
0–9 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | van Hanegem Hasil Wery Posthumus Israël |
Feyenoord won 17–0 on aggregate.
Benfica won 7–1 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.
Valencia won 1–1 on away goals.
Újpesti Dózsa won 4–1 on aggregate.
Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.
Sliema Wanderers won 4–0 on aggregate.
29 September 1971 |
| AEK Athens |
3–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ventouris Papaioannou Nikolaidis |
Report | Karafeskos Boninsegna |
Internazionale won 6–4 on aggregate.
29 September 1971 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach |
2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sieloff Wimmer |
Report | Dennehy |
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–1 on aggregate.
CSKA Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.
29 September 1971 |
| Linfield |
2–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Magee Larmour |
Report | Van Moer Takač Piot |
Standard Liège won 5–2 on aggregate.
Second round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marseille |
2–6 | 1–2 | 1–4 | |
| Grasshopper |
0–5 | 0–2 | 0–3 | |
| Dinamo Bucharest |
0–5 | 0–3 | 0–2 | |
| Benfica |
2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |
| Valencia |
1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
| Celtic |
7–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | |
| Internazionale |
4–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | |
| CSKA Moscow |
1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
First leg
20 October 1971 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach |
7–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Heynckes Le Fevre Netzer Sieloff |
Boninsegna |
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bellugi Boninsegna Jair Ghio |
Report | Le Fevre Wittkamp |
Second leg
Ajax won 6–2 on aggregate.
Arsenal won 5–0 on aggregate.
Feyenoord won 5–0 on aggregate.
Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.
Újpesti Dózsa won 3–1 on aggregate.
Celtic won 7–1 on aggregate.
Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.
Standard Liège won 2–1 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajax |
3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Feyenoord |
2–5 | 1–0 | 1–5 | |
| Újpesti Dózsa |
2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Internazionale |
2–2 (a) | 1–0 | 1–2 |
First leg
Second leg
Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.
Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.
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 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Internazionale |
0–0 (5–4p) | 0–0 | 0–0 |
First leg
Second leg
Ajax won 1–0 on aggregate.
19 April 1972 |
| Celtic |
0–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| Deans Craig Johnstone McCluskey Murdoch |
4–5 | |
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
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 | 5 | ||
| 5 | |||
| 5 | |||
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 4 | |||
| 4 | |||
| 4 | |||
| 4 | |||
| 4 | |||
| 4 | |||
| 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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