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1971–72 European Cup

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.

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
ChampionsNetherlands Ajax (2nd title)
Runners-upItaly 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

Teams

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  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

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

First leg

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

Second leg

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

Valencia won 4–1 on aggregate.

Bracket

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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[1]

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

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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

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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[2]
Inter Milan  1–0  Standard Liège
Jair   80' Report
Attendance: 54,024

Second leg

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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

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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

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

Second leg

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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

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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

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  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.
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