1972–73 European Cup

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 Red Star Stadium in Belgrade. The win by Ajax resulted in the fourth consecutive championship by a Dutch team. Since Ajax had won the cup for a third time, they got to keep the full size copy of the cup. Because the reigning European champions were also champions of their own league, and neither Albania nor Northern Ireland sent their champions, the number of participating clubs dropped from 33 to 30.

1972–73 European Cup
The Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates13 September 1972 – 30 May 1973
Teams30
Final positions
ChampionsNetherlands Ajax (3rd title)
Runners-upItaly Juventus
Tournament statistics
Matches played57
Goals scored160 (2.81 per match)
Attendance1,752,786 (30,751 per match)
Top scorer(s)Gerd Müller (Bayern Munich)
11 goals

Bracket
First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Bulgaria CSKA 2 2 4
Greece Panathinaikos 1 0 1 Bulgaria CSKA 1 0 1
Netherlands Ajax 3 3 6
Netherlands Ajax 4 1 5
Turkey Galatasaray 1 0 1 West Germany Bayern München 0 2 2
West Germany Bayern München 1 6 7 West Germany Bayern München 9 4 13
Republic of Ireland Waterford United 2 0 2 Cyprus Omonia 0 0 0
Cyprus Omonia 1 2 3 Netherlands Ajax 2 1 3
Austria Wacker 0 0 0 Spain Real Madrid 1 0 1
Soviet Union Dynamo Kyïv 1 2 3 Soviet Union Dynamo Kyïv 2 1 3
Malta Sliema Wanderers 0 0 0 Poland Górnik Zabrze 0 2 2
Poland Górnik Zabrze 5 5 10 Soviet Union Dynamo Kyïv 0 0 0
Luxembourg Aris 0 0 0 Spain Real Madrid 0 3 3
Romania Argeș Pitești 2 4 6 Romania Argeș Pitești 2 1 3
Spain Real Madrid 3 1 4 Spain Real Madrid 1 3 4
Iceland Keflavík 0 0 0 Netherlands Ajax 1
France Marseille 1 0 1 Italy Juventus 0
Italy Juventus 0 3 3 Italy Juventus 1 1 2
East Germany Magdeburg 6 3 9 East Germany Magdeburg 0 0 0
Finland TPS 0 1 1 Italy Juventus 0 2 2
Scotland Celtic 2 3 5 Hungary Újpesti 0 2 2
Norway Rosenborg 1 1 2 Scotland Celtic 2 0 2
Hungary Újpesti 2 2 4 Hungary Újpesti 1 3 4
Switzerland Basel 0 3 3 Italy Juventus 3 0 3
England Derby County 1 0 1
Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava 1 1 2
Belgium Anderlecht 4 3 7 Belgium Anderlecht 0 0 0
Denmark Vejle 2 0 2 Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava 1 0 1
England Derby County 2 2 4 England Derby County 0 2 2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar 1 0 1 England Derby County 3 0 3
Sweden Malmö FF 1 1 2 Portugal Benfica 0 0 0
Portugal Benfica 0 4 4

First round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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[n 2]
Malmö FF Sweden 2–4 Portugal Benfica 1–0 1–4
  1. Originally 1–2 to Panathinaikos, with CSKA winning the subsequent penalty shoot-out 3–2. Panathinaikos complained to UEFA, and the match was annulled and replayed the following month.[1][2]
  2. The match was played at FK Sarajevo's Stadion Koševo due to Željezničar's Grbavica ground undergoing renovations.

First leg
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria2–1Greece Panathinaikos
Kolev 24' (pen.)
Yankov 71'		 Report Verón 59'
Attendance: 21,901
Galatasaray Turkey1–1West Germany Bayern Munich
Ünder 55' Report Müller 66'
Attendance: 42,850
Waterford United Republic of Ireland2–1Cyprus Omonia
Hale 5', 10' Report Rotsidis 79'
Attendance: 2,544
Wacker Austria0–1Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv
Report Puzach 88'
Attendance: 8,655
Referee: Theo Boosten (Netherlands)
Sliema Wanderers Malta0–5Poland Górnik Zabrze
Report Lubański 25', 27', 39'
Banaś 82'
Wilczek 87'
Attendance: 3,898
Aris Bonnevoie Luxembourg0–2Romania Argeș Pitești
Report
Attendance: 350
Referee: Joseph Minnoy (Belgium)
Real Madrid Spain3–0Iceland Keflavík
Santillana 15', 30'
Grande 90'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Marseille France1–0Italy Juventus
Bonnel 52' Report
Attendance: 21,403
Magdeburg East Germany6–0Finland TPS
Mewes 5'
Pommerenke 24', 79'
Seguin 30'
Sparwasser 38', 45'		 Report
Attendance: 16,119
Celtic Scotland2–1Norway Rosenborg
Macari 15'
Deans 45'		 Report Wirkola 55'
Attendance: 18,489
Újpesti Dózsa Hungary2–0Switzerland Basel
Horváth 57'
Zámbó 60'		 Report
Attendance: 4,282
Anderlecht Belgium4–2Denmark Vejle
Ejderstedt 49'
Rensenbrink 59', 62'
Van Himst 85'		 Report Johansen 64' (pen.), 67'
Attendance: 7,837
Derby County England2–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar
McFarland 38'
Gemmill 53'		 Report
Attendance: 27,350
Malmö FF Sweden1–0Portugal Benfica
Larsson 11' Report
Attendance: 9,492
Referee: Wolfgang Riedel (East Germany)

Second leg
Panathinaikos GreeceAnnulledBulgaria CSKA Sofia
Verón 18'
Melo 20' (pen.)		 Trankov 68'
Penalties
 2–3
Attendance: 24,927

The game was annulled because the referee ended the shoot-out prematurely after Panathinaikos fourth penalty was saved by Bulgarian goalkeeper.[3] Panathinaikos complained to UEFA and the match was annulled and replayed the following month.[4]

Panathinaikos Greece0–2Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
Report Zhekov 4'
Kolev 46'
Attendance: 22,546

CSKA Sofia won 4–1 on aggregate.

Bayern Munich West Germany6–0Turkey Galatasaray
Müller 14', 78'
Hoeneß 29'
Schneider 35'
Beckenbauer 76' (pen.)
Roth 88'		 Report
Attendance: 60,000

Bayern Munich won 7–1 on aggregate.

Omonia Cyprus2–0Republic of Ireland Waterford United
Chelebis 18', 63' Report
Attendance: 5,095

Omonia won 3–2 on aggregate.

Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union2–0Austria Wacker
Puzach 23'
Damin 51'		 Report
Attendance: 35,037

Dynamo Kyiv won 3–0 on aggregate.

Górnik Zabrze Poland5–0Malta Sliema Wanderers
Szołtysik 1'
Lubański 31'
Szarmach 62', 90'
Oślizło 67'		 Report
Attendance: 5,020

Górnik Zabrze won 10–0 on aggregate.

Argeș Pitești Romania4–0Luxembourg Aris Bonnevoie
 Report
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Georgios Katsoras (Greece)

Argeș Pitești won 6–0 on aggregate.

Keflavík Iceland0–1Spain Real Madrid
Report Verdugo 89'
Attendance: 4,219

Real Madrid won 4–0 on aggregate.

Juventus Italy3–0France Marseille
Bettega 4', 37'
Haller 44'		 Report
Attendance: 56,389
Referee: Tsvetan Stanev (Bulgaria)

Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.

TPS Finland1–3East Germany Magdeburg
Toivola 73' Report Sparwasser 52', 87'
Jalonen 72' (o.g.)
Attendance: 1,282

Magdeburg won 9–1 on aggregate.

Rosenborg Norway1–3Scotland Celtic
Christiansen 38' Report Macari 55', 88'
Hood 83'
Attendance: 16,153

Celtic won 5–2 on aggregate.

Basel Switzerland3–2Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
Hasler 65'
Balmer 75', 83'		 Report Bene 46', 89'
Attendance: 15,962

Újpesti Dózsa won 4–3 on aggregate.

Vejle Denmark0–3Belgium Anderlecht
Report Volders 61'
Rensenbrink 85', 87'
Vejle Stadion, Vejle
Attendance: 11,431

Anderlecht won 7–2 on aggregate.

Željezničar Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–2England Derby County
Sprečo 60' Report Hinton 9'
O'Hare 15'
Attendance: 32,080

Derby County won 4–1 on aggregate.

Benfica Portugal4–1Sweden Malmö FF
Jordão 24'
Simões 29'
Eusébio 43' (pen.), 60'		 Report Tapper 89' (pen.)
Attendance: 34,628

Benfica won 4–2 on aggregate.

Second round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 Bulgaria1–3Netherlands Ajax
Zhekov 27' Report Swart 13'
Keizer 32'
Haan 52'
Attendance: 70,000
Bayern Munich West Germany9–0Cyprus Omonia
Müller 14', 37', 54', 73', 74'
Hoeneß 25'
Roth 42'
Schneider 69', 82'		 Report
Attendance: 11,931
Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union2–0Poland Górnik Zabrze
Muntyan 60'
Puzach 75'		 Report
Attendance: 60,112
Referee: György Müncz (Hungary)
Argeș Pitești Romania2–1Spain Real Madrid
Dobrin 22' (pen.)
Prepurgel 62'		 Report Anzarda 41'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: David Smith (England)
Juventus Italy1–0East Germany Magdeburg
Anastasi 66' Report
Attendance: 37,678
Celtic Scotland2–1Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
Dalglish 60', 75' Report Bene 38'
Attendance: 51,515
Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia1–0Belgium Anderlecht
Kabát 46' Report
Attendance: 18,700
Derby County England3–0Portugal Benfica
McFarland 6'
Hector 8'
McGovern 40'		 Report
Attendance: 36,282
Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden)

Second leg
Ajax Netherlands3–0Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
Cruyff 13', 75'
Blankenburg 15'		 Report
Attendance: 35,027

Ajax won 6–1 on aggregate.

Omonia Cyprus0–4West Germany Bayern Munich
Report Roth 29'
Müller 42', 66'
Hoffmann 50'
Attendance: 14,199

Bayern Munich won 13–0 on aggregate.

Górnik Zabrze Poland2–1Soviet 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 Spain3–1Romania Argeș Pitești
 Report
Attendance: 14,939
Referee: Milivoje Gugulovic (Yugoslavia)

Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.

Magdeburg East Germany0–1Italy Juventus
Report Cuccureddu 51'
Attendance: 41,790

Juventus won 2–0 on aggregate.

Újpesti Dózsa Hungary3–0Scotland Celtic
Bene 7', 24'
Fazekas 15' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 13,012

Újpesti Dózsa won 4–2 on aggregate.

Anderlecht Belgium0–1Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava
Report Masrna 88'
Attendance: 23,548

Spartak Trnava won 2–0 on aggregate.

Benfica Portugal0–0England Derby County
Report
Attendance: 49,978
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

Derby County won 3–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 Netherlands4–0West Germany Bayern Munich
Haan 53', 70'
G. Mühren 68'
Cruyff 89'		 Report
Attendance: 53,230
Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union0–0Spain Real Madrid
Report
Attendance: 36,239
Juventus Italy0–0Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
Report
Attendance: 64,844
Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia1–0England Derby County
Horváth 42' Report
Attendance: 24,838

Second leg
Bayern Munich West Germany2–1Netherlands Ajax
Krol 30' (o.g.)
Müller 37'		 Report Keizer 7'
Attendance: 74,194

Ajax won 5–2 on aggregate.

Real Madrid Spain3–0Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv
Santillana 2'
Aguilar 36'
Amancio 81'		 Report
Attendance: 27,949

Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.

Újpesti Dózsa Hungary2–2Italy Juventus
Bene 1'
A. Tóth 13'		 Report Altafini 30'
Anastasi 56'
Attendance: 28,550

2–2 on aggregate; Juventus won on away goals.

Derby County England2–0Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava
Hector 40', 51' Report
Attendance: 36,272
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)

Derby County won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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 Netherlands2–1Spain Real Madrid
Hulshoff 67'
Krol 77'		 Report Pirri 84'
Attendance: 53,234
Juventus Italy3–1England Derby County
Altafini 27', 84'
Causio 65'		 Report Hector 29'
Attendance: 53,758

Second leg
Real Madrid Spain0–1Netherlands Ajax
Report G. Mühren 50'
Attendance: 110,000

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.

Derby County England0–0Italy Juventus
Report
Attendance: 38,444

Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final
Main article: 1973 European Cup Final
Ajax Netherlands1–0Italy Juventus
Rep 5' Report
Attendance: 89,484
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

Top scorers
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.[5]

References
  1. "UEFA annul Cup result". The Times. ProQuest. Reuters. 9 October 1972. p. 7.
  2. Barham, Albert (25 October 1972). "Derby could silence their critics". The Guardian. ProQuest. p. 27.
  3. "Еврокубки, Кубок Чемпионов 1972–1973: 26 октября 1972, Панатинаикос (Греция) – ЦСКА Септемврийско знаме (Болгария)" [European Cups, 1972–73 European Cup: 26 October 1972, Panathinaikos (Greece) – CSKA Septemvriysko Zname (Bulgaria)] (in Russian). Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  4. "UEFA annul Cup result". The Times. ProQuest. Reuters. 9 October 1972. p. 7.
  5. Valerko, Artur (11 September 2015). "Семь королевских аудиенций" (in Russian). SPORTARENA.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

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