1971–72 European Cup


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.

Preliminary round

First leg

Second leg

Valencia won 4–1 on aggregate.

First round

First leg

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Second leg

Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Ajax won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Grasshopper won 9–1 on aggregate.
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Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.
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Dinamo București won 2–2 on away goals.
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Feyenoord won 17–0 on aggregate.
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Benfica won 7–1 on aggregate.
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CSKA Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.
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Valencia won 1–1 on away goals.
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Újpesti Dózsa won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Sliema Wanderers won 4–0 on aggregate.
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Internazionale won 6–4 on aggregate.
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Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–1 on aggregate.
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CSKA Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Standard Liège won 5–2 on aggregate.

Second round

First leg

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This game was annulled as Inter player Roberto Boninsegna was hit by a Coca-Cola can in the 29th minute. 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.
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Second leg

Ajax won 6–2 on aggregate.
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Arsenal won 5–0 on aggregate.
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Feyenoord won 5–0 on aggregate.
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Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Újpesti Dózsa won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Celtic won 7–1 on aggregate.
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Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Standard Liège won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.
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Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.
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2–2 on aggregate; Internazionale won on away goals.

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Ajax won 1–0 on aggregate.
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0–0 on aggregate. Internazionale won 5–4 on penalties.
Teams had to shoot all five even if they could not win any more.

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1972–73 European Cup are as follows:
RankNameTeamGoals
1 Johan Cruyff Ajax5
1 Antal Dunai Újpesti Dózsa5
1 Lou Macari Celtic5
1 Silvester Takač Standard Liège5
4 Ronnie Cocks Sliema Wanderers4
4 Willem van Hanegem Feyenoord4
4 Rinus Israël Feyenoord4
4 Artur Jorge Benfica4
4 Ray Kennedy Arsenal4
4 Kurt Müller Grasshopper4
4 Lex Schoenmaker Feyenoord4