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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.

1972–73 European Cup
Tournament details
Dates13 September 1972 – 30 May 1973
Teams30
Final positions
ChampionsNetherlandsAjax(3rd title)
Runners-upItalyJuventus
Tournament statistics
Matches played57
Goals scored160 (2.81 per match)
Top scorer(s)GermanyGerd Müller (11 goals)

First round

Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
CSKA SofiaBulgaria4–1GreecePanathinaikos2–12–0[1]
AjaxNetherlandsBye–––
GalatasarayTurkey1–7West GermanyBayern Munich1–10–6
Waterford UnitedRepublic of Ireland2–3CyprusOmonia2–10–2
WackerAustria0–3Soviet UnionDynamo Kyiv0–10–2
Sliema WanderersMalta0–10PolandGórnik Zabrze0–50–5
ArisLuxembourg0–6RomaniaArgeș Pitești0–20–4
Real MadridSpain4–0IcelandKeflavík3–01–0
MarseilleFrance1–3ItalyJuventus1–00–3
MagdeburgEast Germany9–1FinlandTPS6–03–1
CelticScotland5–2NorwayRosenborg2–13–1
Újpesti DózsaHungary4–3SwitzerlandBasel2–02–3
Spartak TrnavaCzechoslovakiaBye–––
AnderlechtBelgium7–2DenmarkVejle4–23–0
Derby CountyEngland4–1Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaŽeljezničar2–02–1
Malmö FFSweden2–4PortugalBenfica1–01–4

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 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
CSKA SofiaBulgaria1–6NetherlandsAjax1–30–3
Bayern MunichWest Germany13–0CyprusOmonia9–04–0
Dynamo KyivSoviet Union3–2PolandGórnik Zabrze2–01–2
Argeș PiteștiRomania3–4SpainReal Madrid2–11–3
JuventusItaly2–0East GermanyMagdeburg1–01–0
CelticScotland2–4HungaryÚjpesti Dózsa2–10–3
Spartak TrnavaCzechoslovakia2–0BelgiumAnderlecht1–01–0
Derby CountyEngland3–0PortugalBenfica3–00–0

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 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
AjaxNetherlands5–2West GermanyBayern Munich4–01–2
Dynamo KyivSoviet Union0–3SpainReal Madrid0–00–3
JuventusItaly2–2 (a)HungaryÚjpesti Dózsa0–02–2
Spartak TrnavaCzechoslovakia1–2EnglandDerby County1–00–2

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 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
AjaxNetherlands3–1SpainReal Madrid2–11–0
JuventusItaly3–1EnglandDerby County3–10–0

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:

RankNameTeamGoals
1West GermanyGerd MüllerWest GermanyBayern Munich11
2HungaryFerenc BeneHungaryÚjpesti Dózsa6
3PolandWłodzimierz LubańskiPolandGórnik Zabrze5
SpainSantillanaSpainReal Madrid5
5RomaniaNicolae DobrinRomaniaArgeș Pitești4
EnglandKevin HectorEnglandDerby County4
NetherlandsRob RensenbrinkBelgiumAnderlecht4
East GermanyJürgen SparwasserEast GermanyMagdeburg4
9ItalyJosé AltafiniItalyJuventus3
NetherlandsArie HaanNetherlandsAjax3
NetherlandsJohan CruyffNetherlandsAjax3
ScotlandLou MacariScotlandCeltic3
Soviet UnionAnatoliy PuzachSoviet UnionDynamo Kyiv3
RomaniaConstantin RaduRomaniaArgeș Pitești3
West GermanyFranz RothWest GermanyBayern Munich3
West GermanyEdgar SchneiderWest GermanyBayern Munich3

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