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1971-72 European Cup

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1971–72 European Cup
Rotterdam De Kuip 9.jpg
De Kuip in Rotterdam hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates19 August 1971 – 31 May 1972
Teams33
Final positions
ChampionsNetherlands Ajax (2nd title)
Runners-upItaly Internazionale
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
Goals scored175 (2.78 per match)
Top scorer(s)Hungary Antal Dunai
Netherlands Johan Cruyff
Scotland Lou Macari
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 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
Valencia Spain 4–1 Luxembourg Union Luxembourg 3–1 1–0

First leg

Valencia Spain3–1Luxembourg Union Luxembourg
Forment Goal 28'
Claramunt Goal 56' (pen.)
Valdez Goal 90'		 Report Clemen Goal 16'
Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia
Attendance: 10,105
Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)

Second leg

Union Luxembourg Luxembourg0–1Spain Valencia
Report Forment Goal 17'
Attendance: 3,230
Referee: Jef Dorpmans (Netherlands)

Valencia won 4–1 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Marseille France 3–2 Poland Górnik Zabrze 2–1 1–1
Ajax Netherlands 2–0 East Germany Dynamo Dresden 2–0 0–0
Reipas Lahti Finland 1–9 Switzerland Grasshopper 1–1 0–8
Strømsgodset Norway 1–7 England Arsenal 1–3 0–4
Dinamo București Romania 2–2 (a) Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava 0–0 2–2
Feyenoord Netherlands 17–0 Cyprus Olympiakos Nicosia 8–0 9–0
Wacker Austria 1–7 Portugal Benfica 0–4 1–3
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 4–0 Albania Partizani 3–0 1–0
Valencia Spain 1–1 (a) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split 0–0 1–1
Újpesti Dózsa Hungary 4–1 Sweden Malmö FF 4–0 0–1
Boldklubben 1903 Denmark 2–4 Scotland Celtic 2–1 0–3
ÍA Iceland 0–4 Malta Sliema Wanderers 0–4 0–0
Internazionale Italy 6–4 Greece AEK Athens 4–1 2–3
Cork Hibernians Republic of Ireland 1–7 West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–5 1–2
Galatasaray Turkey 1–4 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 1–1 0–3
Standard Liège Belgium 5–2 Northern Ireland Linfield 2–0 3–2

First leg

Marseille France2–1Poland Górnik Zabrze
Wraży Goal 45' (o.g.)
Skoblar Goal 78'		 Report Lubański Goal 28'
Attendance: 41,707
Referee: Santos Fernando Leite (Portugal)
Ajax Netherlands2–0East Germany Dynamo Dresden
Swart Goal 2'
Keizer Goal 19'		 Report
Attendance: 45,027
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)
Reipas Lahti Finland1–1Switzerland Grasshopper
Lindholm Goal 75' Report Ohlhauser Goal 63'
Lahden kisapuisto, Lahti
Attendance: 1,276
Referee: Einar Boström (Sweden)
Strømsgodset Norway1–3England Arsenal
Pettersen Goal 52' Report Simpson Goal 2'
Wølner Goal 20' (o.g.)
Kelly Goal 81'
Attendance: 21,570
Referee: Georg Krutelew (Finland)
Dinamo București Romania0–0Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava
Report
Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest
Attendance: 13,200
Referee: Paul Schiller (Finland)
Feyenoord Netherlands8–0Cyprus Olympiakos Nicosia
Maiwald Goal 4', 32'
Van Hanegem Goal 9'
Schoenmaker Goal 25', 47', 49'
Israël Goal 82'
Schneider Goal 88'		 Report
De Kuip, Rotterdam
Attendance: 51,633
Referee: Kaj Bernhard Rasmussen (Denmark)
Wacker Austria0–4Portugal Benfica
Report Graça Goal 15'
Artur Jorge Goal 20', 82'
Eusébio Goal 80'
Tivoli, Innsbruck
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Liuben Radunchev (Bulgaria)
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria3–0Albania Partizani
Atanasov Goal 20'
Nikodimov Goal 44' (pen.)
Marashliev Goal 65'		 Report
Armiyata, Sofia
Attendance: 15,670
Referee: Ertuğrul Dilek (Turkey)
Valencia Spain0–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split
Report
Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: John Carpenter (Republic of Ireland)
Újpesti Dózsa Hungary4–0Sweden Malmö FF
A. Dunai Goal 17'
Bene Goal 28', 64', 80'		 Report
Megyeri úti Stadion, Budapest
Attendance: 7,833
Referee: Tahir Kalaci (Albania)
Boldklubben 1903 Denmark2–1Scotland Celtic
Johansen Goal 14', 24' Report Macari Goal 28'
Parken, Copenhague
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Egil Bergstad (Norway)
ÍA Iceland0–4Malta Sliema Wanderers
Report Cocks Goal 25', 57', 68'
Aquilina Goal 81'
Empire Stadium, Gżira, Gżira
Attendance: 3,516
Referee: John Gow (Wales)
Internazionale Italy4–1Greece AEK Athens
Mazzola Goal 20'
Facchetti Goal 35'
Jair Goal 44'
Boninsegna Goal 61' (pen.)		 Report Pomonis Goal 15'
Attendance: 72,333
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)
Cork Hibernians Republic of Ireland0–5West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Report Wloka Goal 5', 30'
Heynckes Goal 19'
Le Fevre Goal 32', 39'
Attendance: 8,513
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)
Galatasaray Turkey1–1Soviet Union CSKA Moscow
Güleş Goal 71' Report Kopeikin Goal 43'
Mithat Paşa Stadyumu, Istanbul
Attendance: 24,789
Referee: Victor Pădureanu (Romania)
Standard Liège Belgium2–0Northern Ireland Linfield
Semmeling Goal 33'
Takač Goal 87'		 Report
Sclessin, Liège
Attendance: 25,000

Second leg

Górnik Zabrze Poland1–1France Marseille
Anczok Goal 32' Report Skoblar Goal 53'
Attendance: 48,617
Referee: Gaspar Pintado Viu (Spain)

Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.

Dynamo Dresden East Germany0–0Netherlands Ajax
Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ken Burns (England)

Ajax won 2–0 on aggregate.

Grasshopper Switzerland8–0Finland Reipas Lahti
Müller Goal 1', 39', 71', 85'
Gröbli Goal 31'
Schneeberger Goal 45'
Meier Goal 70'
Mayer Goal 77'		 Report
Attendance: 5,200

Grasshopper won 9–1 on aggregate.

Arsenal England4–0Norway Strømsgodset
Kennedy Goal 6'
Radford Goal 18', 58'
Armstrong Goal 78'		 Report
Attendance: 27,176
Referee: Savar Sigurdsson (Iceland)

Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.

Spartak Trnava Czechoslovakia2–2Romania Dinamo București
Kabát Goal 40'
Dobiaš Goal 69' (pen.)		 Report Popescu Goal 64', 88'
Stadion Trnava, Trnava
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)

2–2 on aggregate; Dinamo București won on away goals.

Olympiakos Nicosia Cyprus0–9Netherlands Feyenoord
Report Van Hanegem Goal 6', 82'
Hasil Goal 11'
Wery Goal 20'
Posthumus Goal 31', 39'
Israël Goal 61' (pen.), 63' (pen.), 70'
De Kuip, Rotterdam
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Joszip Horvat (Yugoslavia)

Feyenoord won 17–0 on aggregate.

Benfica Portugal3–1Austria Wacker
Calisto Goal 36'
Artur Jorge Goal 74'
Simões Goal 89'		 Report Jara Goal 46'
Estádio de Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 37,809
Referee: Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland)

Benfica won 7–1 on aggregate.

Partizani Albania0–1Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
Report Atanasov Goal 57'
Stadiumi Kombëtar Qemal Stafa, Tirana
Attendance: 18,018
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

CSKA Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.

Hajduk Split Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–1Spain Valencia
Pérez Goal 15' (o.g.) Report Claramunt Goal 55'
Stadion Stari plac, Split
Attendance: 14,761
Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

1–1 on aggregate; Valencia won on away goals.

Malmö FF Sweden1–0Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
Tapper Goal 11' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 8,233
Referee: Brunon Piotrowicz (Poland)

Újpesti Dózsa won 4–1 on aggregate.

Celtic Scotland3–0Denmark Boldklubben 1903
Wallace Goal 23', 85'
Callaghan Goal 79'		 Report
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Robert Héliès (France)

Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.

Sliema Wanderers Malta0–0Iceland ÍA
Report
Empire Stadium, Gżira
Attendance: 1,487
Referee: Tom Reynolds (Wales)

Sliema Wanderers won 4–0 on aggregate.

AEK Athens Greece3–2Italy Internazionale
Ventouris Goal 29'
Papaioannou Goal 45'
Nikolaidis Goal 89'		 Report Karafeskos Goal 17' (o.g.)
Boninsegna Goal 75'
Attendance: 29,449
Referee: Tofiq Bahramov (Soviet Union)

Internazionale won 6–4 on aggregate.

Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany2–1Republic of Ireland Cork Hibernians
Sieloff Goal 60'
Wimmer Goal 82'		 Report Dennehy Goal 32'
Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Josef Krnavek (Czechoslovakia)

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–1 on aggregate.

CSKA Moscow Soviet Union3–0Turkey Galatasaray
Dorofeev Goal 6', 75'
Oglobin Goal 85'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Reino Koskinen (Finland)

CSKA Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.

Linfield Northern Ireland2–3Belgium Standard Liège
Magee Goal 57'
Larmour Goal 62'		 Report Van Moer Goal 36'
Takač Goal 53'
Piot Goal 86' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)

Standard Liège won 5–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Marseille France 2–6 Netherlands Ajax 1–2 1–4
Grasshopper Switzerland 0–5 England Arsenal 0–2 0–3
Dinamo București Romania 0–5 Netherlands Feyenoord 0–3 0–2
Benfica Portugal 2–1 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 2–1 0–0
Valencia Spain 1–3 Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 0–1 1–2
Celtic Scotland 7–1 Malta Sliema Wanderers 5–0 2–1
Internazionale Italy 4–2 West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 4–2 0–0
CSKA Moscow Soviet Union 1–2 Belgium Standard Liège 1–0 0–2

First leg

Marseille France1–2Netherlands Ajax
Gress Goal 10' Report Keizer Goal 37'
Cruyff Goal 60'
Attendance: 48,039
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)
Grasshopper Switzerland0–2England Arsenal
Report Kennedy Goal 2'
Graham Goal 88'
Attendance: 14,964
Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)
Dinamo București Romania0–3Netherlands Feyenoord
Report Wery Goal 38'
Maiwald Goal 43'
Schneider Goal 50'
Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Doğan Babacan (Turkey)
Benfica Portugal2–1Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
Rodrigues Goal 51'
Artur Jorge Goal 63'		 Report Zhekov Goal 85'
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 39,944
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)
Valencia Spain0–1Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
Report A. Dunai Goal 55'
Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia
Attendance: 47,695
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)
Celtic Scotland5–0Malta Sliema Wanderers
Gemmell Goal 6'
Macari Goal 17', 41'
Hood Goal 69'
Brogan Goal 78'		 Report
Attendance: 26,647
Referee: Einar Hjartarsson (Iceland)
Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany7–1Italy Internazionale
Heynckes Goal 7', 44'
Le Fevre Goal 21', 34'
Netzer Goal 42', 52'
Sieloff Goal 83' (pen.)		 [1] Boninsegna Goal 20'
Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach
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.

Internazionale Italy4–2West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
Bellugi Goal 10'
Boninsegna Goal 13'
Jair Goal 57'
Ghio Goal 90'		 Report Le Fevre Goal 38'
Wittkamp Goal 89'
Attendance: 57,413
CSKA Moscow Soviet Union1–0Belgium Standard Liège
Kopeikin Goal 27' Report
Attendance: 18,000

Second leg

Ajax Netherlands4–1France Marseille
Cruyff Goal 32, 64'
Swart Goal 37'
Haan Goal 80'		 Report Couécou Goal 17'
Attendance: 53,785
Referee: Alastair MacKenzie (Scotland)

Ajax won 6–2 on aggregate.

Arsenal England3–0Switzerland Grasshopper
Kennedy Goal 40'
George Goal 47'
Radford Goal 84'		 Report
Attendance: 31,106
Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden)

Arsenal won 5–0 on aggregate.

Feyenoord Netherlands2–0Romania Dinamo București
Nunweiller Goal 53' (o.g.)
Schoenmaker Goal 64'		 Report
De Kuip, Rotterdam
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Norman Burtenshaw (England)

Feyenoord won 5–0 on aggregate.

CSKA Sofia Bulgaria0–0Portugal Benfica
Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Leonidas Vasilikopoulos (Greece)

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Újpesti Dózsa Hungary2–1Spain Valencia
A. Dunai Goal 51', 54' Report Valdez Goal 57'
Megyeri úti Stadion, Budapest
Attendance: 7,201
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

Újpesti Dózsa won 3–1 on aggregate.

Sliema Wanderers Malta1–2Scotland Celtic
Cocks Goal 1' Report Hood Goal 42'
Lennox Goal 57'
Empire Stadium, Gżira
Attendance: 10,416
Referee: Andreas Kouniaides (Cyprus)

Celtic won 7–1 on aggregate.

Borussia Mönchengladbach West Germany0–0Italy Internazionale
Report
Olympiastadion, West Berlin
Attendance: 84,561
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.

Standard Liège Belgium2–0Soviet Union CSKA Moscow
Takač Goal 7', 60' (pen.) Report
Sclessin, Liège
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

Standard Liège won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ajax Netherlands 3–1 England Arsenal 2–1 1–0
Feyenoord Netherlands 2–5 Portugal Benfica 1–0 1–5
Újpesti Dózsa Hungary 2–3 Scotland Celtic 1–2 1–1
Internazionale Italy 2–2 (a) Belgium Standard Liège 1–0 1–2

First leg

Ajax Netherlands2–1England Arsenal
G. Mühren Goal 25', 70' (pen.) Report Kennedy Goal 15'
Attendance: 53,754
Referee: Léonidas Vasilikopoulos (Greece)
Feyenoord Netherlands1–0Portugal Benfica
Laseroms Goal 50' Report
De Kuip, Rotterdam
Attendance: 58,927
Referee: Gerhard Kunze (East Germany)
Újpesti Dózsa Hungary1–2Scotland Celtic
Horváth Goal 64' Report Horváth Goal 19' (o.g.)
Macari Goal 85'
Megyeri úti Stadion, Budapest
Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)
Internazionale Italy1–0Belgium Standard Liège
Jair Goal 80' Report
Attendance: 54,024
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

Second leg

Arsenal England0–1Netherlands Ajax
Report Graham Goal 14' (o.g.)
Attendance: 56,145
Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.

Benfica Portugal5–1Netherlands Feyenoord
Nené Goal 6', 81', 92'
Jordão Goal 30', 90'		 Report Van Hanegem Goal 75'
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 69,021
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.

Celtic Scotland1–1Hungary Újpesti Dózsa
Macari Goal 62' Report A. Dunai Goal 5'
Attendance: 70,559
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.

Standard Liège Belgium2–1Italy Internazionale
Cvetler Goal 51'
Takač Goal 84' (pen.)		 Report Mazzola Goal 80'
Sclessin, Liège
Attendance: 26,993
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

2–2 on aggregate; Internazionale won on away goals.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ajax Netherlands 1–0 Portugal Benfica 1–0 0–0
Internazionale Italy 0–0 (5–4 p) Scotland Celtic 0–0 0–0

First leg

Ajax Netherlands1–0Portugal Benfica
Swart Goal 64' Report
Attendance: 53,921
Referee: Karlo Kruasvili (Soviet Union)
Internazionale Italy0–0Scotland Celtic
Report
Attendance: 69,836

Second leg

Benfica Portugal0–0Netherlands Ajax
Report
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 58,938
Referee: Norman Burtenshaw (England)

Ajax won 1–0 on aggregate.

Celtic Scotland0–0 (a.e.t.)Italy Internazionale
Report
Penalties
Deans Penalty missed
Craig Penalty scored
Johnstone Penalty scored
McCluskey Penalty scored
Murdoch Penalty scored		 4–5 Penalty scored Mazzola
Penalty scored Facchetti
Penalty scored Frustalupi
Penalty scored Pellizzaro
Penalty scored Jair
Attendance: 73,724
Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)

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 no longer win (the shoot-out would otherwise have ended with a score of 5–3 as Inter went first).

Final

Main article: 1972 European Cup Final
Ajax Netherlands2–0Italy Internazionale
Cruyff Goal 47', 78' Report
De Kuip, Rotterdam
Attendance: 61,354
Referee: Robert Héliès (France)

Top scorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Netherlands Johan Cruyff Netherlands Ajax 5
Hungary Antal Dunai Hungary Újpesti Dózsa 5
Scotland Lou Macari Scotland Celtic 5
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Silvester Takač Belgium Standard Liège 5
4 Malta Ronnie Cocks Malta Sliema Wanderers 4
Netherlands Willem van Hanegem Netherlands Feyenoord 4
Netherlands Rinus Israël Netherlands Feyenoord 4
Portugal Artur Jorge Portugal Benfica 4
England Ray Kennedy England Arsenal 4
Switzerland Kurt Müller Switzerland Grasshopper 4
Netherlands Lex Schoenmaker Netherlands Feyenoord 4

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