1972–73 European Cup

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.
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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CSKA Sofia![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | 2–1 | 2–0[1] |
Ajax![]() | Bye | – | – | – |
Galatasaray![]() | 1–7 | ![]() | 1–1 | 0–6 |
Waterford United![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | 2–1 | 0–2 |
Wacker![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | 0–1 | 0–2 |
Sliema Wanderers![]() | 0–10 | ![]() | 0–5 | 0–5 |
Aris![]() | 0–6 | ![]() | 0–2 | 0–4 |
Real Madrid![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | 3–0 | 1–0 |
Marseille![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | 1–0 | 0–3 |
Magdeburg![]() | 9–1 | ![]() | 6–0 | 3–1 |
Celtic![]() | 5–2 | ![]() | 2–1 | 3–1 |
Újpesti Dózsa![]() | 4–3 | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–3 |
Spartak Trnava![]() | Bye | – | – | – |
Anderlecht![]() | 7–2 | ![]() | 4–2 | 3–0 |
Derby County![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–1 |
Malmö FF![]() | 2–4 | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–4 |
First leg
Second leg
The game was annulled because the referee ended the shoot-out prematurely after Panathinaikos fourth penalty was saved by Bulgarian goalkeeper. Panathinaikos complained to UEFA and the match was annulled and replayed the following month.[5]
CSKA Sofia won 4–1 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 7–1 on aggregate.
Omonia won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 3–0 on aggregate.
Górnik Zabrze won 10–0 on aggregate.
Argeș Pitești won 6–0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 4–0 on aggregate.
Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.
Magdeburg won 9–1 on aggregate.
Celtic won 5–2 on aggregate.
Újpesti Dózsa won 4–3 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 7–2 on aggregate.
Derby County won 4–1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 4–2 on aggregate.
Second round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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CSKA Sofia![]() | 1–6 | ![]() | 1–3 | 0–3 |
Bayern Munich![]() | 13–0 | ![]() | 9–0 | 4–0 |
Dynamo Kyiv![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | 2–0 | 1–2 |
Argeș Pitești![]() | 3–4 | ![]() | 2–1 | 1–3 |
Juventus![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 |
Celtic![]() | 2–4 | ![]() | 2–1 | 0–3 |
Spartak Trnava![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 |
Derby County![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | 3–0 | 0–0 |
First leg
Second leg
Ajax won 6–1 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 13–0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.
Juventus won 2–0 on aggregate.
Újpesti Dózsa won 4–2 on aggregate.
Spartak Trnava won 2–0 on aggregate.
Derby County won 3–0 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ajax![]() | 5–2 | ![]() | 4–0 | 1–2 |
Dynamo Kyiv![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | 0–0 | 0–3 |
Juventus![]() | 2–2 (a) | ![]() | 0–0 | 2–2 |
Spartak Trnava![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | 1–0 | 0–2 |
First leg
Second leg
Ajax won 5–2 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.
Juventus 2–2 Újpesti Dózsa on aggregate. Juventus won on away goals.
Derby County won 2–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ajax![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | 2–1 | 1–0 |
Juventus![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | 3–1 | 0–0 |
First leg
Second leg
Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.
Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.
Final
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1972–73 European Cup are as follows:
Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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1 | ![]() | ![]() | 11 |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 6 |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 5 |
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5 | ![]() | ![]() | 4 |
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9 | ![]() | ![]() | 3 |
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