1972–73 European Cup Explained

Tourney Name:European Cup
Year:1972–73
Dates:13 September 1972 – 30 May 1973
Num Teams:30
Champion Other: Ajax
Count:3
Second Other: Juventus
Matches:57
Goals:160
Attendance:1752786
Top Scorer:Gerd Müller (Bayern Munich)
11 goals
Prevseason:1971–72
Nextseason:1973–74

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. Since Ajax had won the cup for a third time, they got to keep the full size copy of the cup. Because the reigning European champions were also champions of their own league, and neither Albania nor Northern Ireland sent their champions, the number of participating clubs dropped from 33 to 30.

First round

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First leg

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Second leg

The game was annulled because the referee ended the shoot-out prematurely after Panathinaikos fourth penalty was saved by Bulgarian goalkeeper.[1] Panathinaikos complained to UEFA and the match was annulled and replayed the following month.[2]

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

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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

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Second leg

Ajax won 5–2 on aggregate.----Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.----2–2 on aggregate; Juventus won on away goals.----Derby County won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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Second leg

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.----Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

See main article: 1973 European Cup Final.

Top scorers

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Gerd Müller Bayern Munich11
2 Ferenc Bene Újpesti Dózsa6
3 Włodzimierz Lubański Górnik Zabrze5
Santillana Real Madrid5
5 Nicolae Dobrin Argeș Pitești4
Kevin Hector Derby County4
Rob Rensenbrink Anderlecht4
Jürgen Sparwasser Magdeburg4
9 José Altafini Juventus3
Arie Haan Ajax3
Johan Cruyff Ajax3
Lou Macari Celtic3
Anatoliy Puzach Dynamo Kyiv3
Constantin Radu Argeș Pitești3
Franz Roth Bayern Munich3
Edgar Schneider Bayern Munich3

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Еврокубки, Кубок Чемпионов 1972–1973: 26 октября 1972, Панатинаикос (Греция) – ЦСКА Септемврийско знаме (Болгария) . European Cups, 1972–73 European Cup: 26 October 1972, Panathinaikos (Greece) – CSKA Septemvriysko Zname (Bulgaria) . 12 December 2021 . ru.
  2. News: UEFA annul Cup result . . 9 Oct 1972 . . 7 .