1971–72 European Cup
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 19 August 1971 – 31 May 1972 |
Teams | 33 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Ajax (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Internazionale |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 63 |
Goals scored | 175 (2.78 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Antal Dunai Johan Cruyff Lou Macari Silvester Takač (5 goals each) |
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. Ajax qualified as the current holders of the European Cup, not as the current national league champion. This was the second year in a row that the European Cup had two Dutch clubs compete.
Preliminary round[]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Valencia | 4–1 | Union Luxembourg | 3–1 | 1–0 |
First leg[]
Valencia | 3–1 | Union Luxembourg |
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28' Claramunt 56' (pen.) Valdez 90' |
Report | 16' |
Second leg[]
Union Luxembourg | 0–1 | Valencia |
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Report | 17' |
Valencia won 4–1 on aggregate.
First round[]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 Sofia | 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 |
Internazionale | 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[]
Marseille | 2–1 | Górnik Zabrze |
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Wraży 45' (o.g.) Skoblar 78' |
Report | Lubański 28' |
Ajax | 2–0 | Dynamo Dresden |
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Swart 2' Keizer 19' |
Report |
Reipas Lahti | 1–1 | Grasshopper |
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Lindholm 75' | Report | Ohlhauser 63' |
Strømsgodset | 1–3 | Arsenal |
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Pettersen 52' | Report | Simpson 2' Wølner 20' (o.g.) Kelly 81' |
Dinamo București | 0–0 | Spartak Trnava |
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Report |
Feyenoord | 8–0 | Olympiakos Nicosia |
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4', 32' Van Hanegem 9' Schoenmaker 25', 47', 49' Israël 82' Schneider 88' |
Report |
CSKA Sofia | 3–0 | Partizani |
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Atanasov 20' Nikodimov 44' (pen.) Marashliev 65' |
Report |
Valencia | 0–0 | Hajduk Split |
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Report |
Újpesti Dózsa | 4–0 | Malmö FF |
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A. Dunai 17' Bene 28', 64', 80' |
Report |
Internazionale | 4–1 | AEK Athens |
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Mazzola 20' Facchetti 35' Jair 44' Boninsegna 61' (pen.) |
Report | 15' |
Cork Hibernians | 0–5 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
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Report | Wloka 5', 30' Heynckes 19' Le Fevre 32', 39' |
Galatasaray | 1–1 | CSKA Moscow |
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71' | Report | Kopeikin 43' |
Standard Liège | 2–0 | Linfield |
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Semmeling 33' Takač 87' |
Report |
Second leg[]
Górnik Zabrze | 1–1 | Marseille |
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Anczok 32' | Report | Skoblar 53' |
Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden | 0–0 | Ajax |
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Report |
Ajax won 2–0 on aggregate.
Grasshopper | 8–0 | Reipas Lahti |
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Müller 1', 39', 71', 85' 31' 45' 70' 77' |
Report |
Grasshopper won 9–1 on aggregate.
Arsenal | 4–0 | Strømsgodset |
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Kennedy 6' Radford 18', 58' Armstrong 78' |
Report |
Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.
Spartak Trnava | 2–2 | Dinamo București |
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Kabát 40' Dobiaš 69' (pen.) |
Report | Popescu 64', 88' |
2–2 on aggregate; Dinamo București won on away goals.
Olympiakos Nicosia | 0–9 | Feyenoord |
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Report | Van Hanegem 6', 82' Hasil 11' Wery 20' Posthumus 31', 39' Israël 61' (pen.), 63' (pen.), 70' |
Feyenoord won 17–0 on aggregate.
Benfica won 7–1 on aggregate.
Partizani | 0–1 | CSKA Sofia |
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Report | Atanasov 57' |
CSKA Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split | 1–1 | Valencia |
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15' (o.g.) | Report | Claramunt 55' |
1–1 on aggregate; Valencia won on away goals.
Malmö FF | 1–0 | Újpesti Dózsa |
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Tapper 11' (pen.) | Report |
Újpesti Dózsa won 4–1 on aggregate.
Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.
Sliema Wanderers won 4–0 on aggregate.
AEK Athens | 3–2 | Internazionale |
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29' Papaioannou 45' Nikolaidis 89' |
Report | Karafeskos 17' (o.g.) Boninsegna 75' |
Internazionale won 6–4 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–1 | Cork Hibernians |
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Sieloff 60' Wimmer 82' |
Report | Dennehy 32' |
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–1 on aggregate.
CSKA Moscow | 3–0 | Galatasaray |
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6', 75' 85' |
Report |
CSKA Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.
Linfield | 2–3 | Standard Liège |
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Magee 57' Larmour 62' |
Report | Van Moer 36' Takač 53' Piot 86' (pen.) |
Standard Liège won 5–2 on aggregate.
Second round[]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 Sofia | 2–1 | 0–0 |
Valencia | 1–3 | Újpesti Dózsa | 0–1 | 1–2 |
Celtic | 7–1 | Sliema Wanderers | 5–0 | 2–1 |
Internazionale | 4–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4–2 | 0–0 |
CSKA Moscow | 1–2 | Standard Liège | 1–0 | 0–2 |
First leg[]
Grasshopper | 0–2 | Arsenal |
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Report | Kennedy 2' Graham 88' |
Dinamo București | 0–3 | Feyenoord |
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Report | Wery 38' 43' Schneider 50' |
Valencia | 0–1 | Újpesti Dózsa |
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Report | A. Dunai 55' |
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 7–1 | Internazionale |
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Heynckes 7', 44' Le Fevre 21', 34' Netzer 42', 52' Sieloff 83' (pen.) |
[1] | Boninsegna 20' |
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.
Internazionale | 4–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
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Bellugi 10' Boninsegna 13' Jair 57' Ghio 90' |
Report | Le Fevre 38' Wittkamp 89' |
CSKA Moscow | 1–0 | Standard Liège |
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Kopeikin 27' | Report |
Second leg[]
Ajax | 4–1 | Marseille |
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Cruyff 32, 64' Swart 37' Haan 80' |
Report | Couécou 17' |
Ajax won 6–2 on aggregate.
Arsenal | 3–0 | Grasshopper |
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Kennedy 40' George 47' Radford 84' |
Report |
Arsenal won 5–0 on aggregate.
Feyenoord | 2–0 | Dinamo București |
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Nunweiller 53' (o.g.) Schoenmaker 64' |
Report |
Feyenoord won 5–0 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia | 0–0 | Benfica |
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Report |
Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.
Újpesti Dózsa | 2–1 | Valencia |
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A. Dunai 51', 54' | Report | Valdez 57' |
Újpesti Dózsa won 3–1 on aggregate.
Celtic won 7–1 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–0 | Internazionale |
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Report |
Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.
Standard Liège | 2–0 | CSKA Moscow |
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Takač 7', 60' (pen.) | Report |
Standard Liège won 2–1 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals[]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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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 |
Internazionale | 2–2 (a) | Standard Liège | 1–0 | 1–2 |
First leg[]
Ajax | 2–1 | Arsenal |
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G. Mühren 25', 70' (pen.) | Report | Kennedy 15' |
Újpesti Dózsa | 1–2 | Celtic |
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Horváth 64' | Report | Horváth 19' (o.g.) Macari 85' |
Internazionale | 1–0 | Standard Liège |
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Jair 80' | Report |
Second leg[]
Arsenal | 0–1 | Ajax |
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Report | Graham 14' (o.g.) |
Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.
Celtic | 1–1 | Újpesti Dózsa |
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Macari 62' | Report | A. Dunai 5' |
Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.
Standard Liège | 2–1 | Internazionale |
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Cvetler 51' Takač 84' (pen.) |
Report | Mazzola 80' |
2–2 on aggregate; Internazionale won on away goals.
Semi-finals[]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Ajax | 1–0 | Benfica | 1–0 | 0–0 |
Internazionale | 0–0 (5–4 p) | Celtic | 0–0 | 0–0 |
First leg[]
Ajax | 1–0 | Benfica |
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Swart 64' | Report |
Internazionale | 0–0 | Celtic |
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Report |
Second leg[]
Benfica | 0–0 | Ajax |
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Report |
Ajax won 1–0 on aggregate.
Celtic | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Internazionale |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Deans Craig Johnstone McCluskey Murdoch |
4–5 | Mazzola Facchetti Frustalupi Pellizzaro Jair |
0–0 on aggregate; Internazionale 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[]
Ajax | 2–0 | Internazionale |
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Cruyff 47', 78' | Report |
Top scorers[]
Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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1 | Johan Cruyff | Ajax | 5 |
Antal Dunai | Újpesti Dózsa | 5 | |
Lou Macari | Celtic | 5 | |
Silvester Takač | Standard Liège | 5 | |
4 | 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 |
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
- 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
- 1971–72 in European football
- European Champion Clubs' Cup seasons