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. 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.

1971–72 European Cup
De Kuip in Rotterdam hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates19 August 1971 – 31 May 1972
Teams33
Final positions
Champions Ajax (2nd title)
Runners-up Internazionale
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
Goals scored175 (2.78 per match)
Top scorer(s) Antal Dunai
Johan Cruyff
Lou Macari
Silvester Takač (5 goals each)

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Valencia 4–1 Union Luxembourg 3–1 1–0

First leg
Valencia 3–1 Union Luxembourg
Forment  28'
Claramunt  56' (pen.)
Valdez  90'		 Report Clemen  16'
Attendance: 10,105

Second leg
Union Luxembourg 0–1 Valencia
Report Forment  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 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
Wraży  45' (o.g.)
Skoblar  78'		 Report Lubański  28'
Attendance: 41,707
Referee: Santos Fernando Leite (Portugal)
Ajax 2–0 Dynamo Dresden
Swart  2'
Keizer  19'		 Report
Attendance: 45,027
Reipas Lahti 1–1 Grasshopper
Lindholm  75' Report Ohlhauser  63'
Attendance: 1,276
Strømsgodset 1–3 Arsenal
Pettersen  52' Report Simpson  2'
Wølner  20' (o.g.)
Kelly  81'
Attendance: 21,570
Referee: Georg Krutelew (Finland)
Dinamo București 0–0 Spartak Trnava
Report
Attendance: 13,200
Feyenoord 8–0 Olympiakos Nicosia
Maiwald  4', 32'
Van Hanegem  9'
Schoenmaker  25', 47', 49'
Israël  82'
Schneider  88'		 Report
Attendance: 51,633
Referee: Kaj Bernhard Rasmussen (Denmark)
Wacker 0–4 Benfica
Report Graça  15'
Artur Jorge  20', 82'
Eusébio  80'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Liuben Radunchev (Bulgaria)
CSKA Sofia 3–0 Partizani
Atanasov  20'
Nikodimov  44' (pen.)
Marashliev  65'		 Report
Attendance: 15,670
Valencia 0–0 Hajduk Split
Report
Attendance: 13,000
Újpesti Dózsa 4–0 Malmö FF
A. Dunai  17'
Bene  28', 64', 80'		 Report
Attendance: 7,833
Referee: Tahir Kalaci (Albania)
Boldklubben 1903 2–1 Celtic
Johansen  14', 24' Report Macari  28'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Egil Bergstad (Norway)
ÍA 0–4 Sliema Wanderers
Report Cocks  25', 57', 68'
Aquilina  81'
Attendance: 3,516
Referee: John Gow (Wales)
Internazionale 4–1 AEK Athens
Mazzola  20'
Facchetti  35'
Jair  44'
Boninsegna  61' (pen.)		 Report Pomonis  15'
Attendance: 72,333
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)
Cork Hibernians 0–5 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Report Wloka  5', 30'
Heynckes  19'
Le Fevre  32', 39'
Attendance: 8,513
Galatasaray 1–1 CSKA Moscow
Güleş  71' Report Kopeikin  43'
Attendance: 24,789
Referee: Victor Pădureanu (Romania)
Standard Liège 2–0 Linfield
Semmeling  33'
Takač  87'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000

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

Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.

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

Ajax won 2–0 on aggregate.

Grasshopper 8–0 Reipas Lahti
Müller  1', 39', 71', 85'
Gröbli  31'
Schneeberger  45'
Meier  70'
Mayer  77'		 Report
Attendance: 5,200

Grasshopper won 9–1 on aggregate.

Arsenal 4–0 Strømsgodset
Kennedy  6'
Radford  18', 58'
Armstrong  78'		 Report
Attendance: 27,176
Referee: Savar Sigurdsson (Iceland)

Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.

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

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

Olympiakos Nicosia 0–9 Feyenoord
Report Van Hanegem  6', 82'
Hasil  11'
Wery  20'
Posthumus  31', 39'
Israël  61' (pen.), 63' (pen.), 70'
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Joszip Horvat (Yugoslavia)

Feyenoord won 17–0 on aggregate.

Benfica 3–1 Wacker
Calisto  36'
Artur Jorge  74'
Simões  89'		 Report Jara  46'
Attendance: 37,809
Referee: Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland)

Benfica won 7–1 on aggregate.

Partizani 0–1 CSKA Sofia
Report Atanasov  57'
Attendance: 18,018

CSKA Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.

Hajduk Split 1–1 Valencia
Pérez  15' (o.g.) Report Claramunt  55'
Attendance: 14,761

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

Malmö FF 1–0 Újpesti Dózsa
Tapper  11' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 8,233
Referee: Brunon Piotrowicz (Poland)

Újpesti Dózsa won 4–1 on aggregate.

Celtic 3–0 Boldklubben 1903
Wallace  23', 85'
Callaghan  79'		 Report
Attendance: 53,000

Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.

Sliema Wanderers 0–0 ÍA
Report
Attendance: 1,487
Referee: Tom Reynolds (Wales)

Sliema Wanderers won 4–0 on aggregate.

AEK Athens 3–2 Internazionale
Ventouris  29'
Papaioannou  45'
Nikolaidis  89'		 Report Karafeskos  17' (o.g.)
Boninsegna  75'
Attendance: 29,449

Internazionale won 6–4 on aggregate.

Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–1 Cork Hibernians
Sieloff  60'
Wimmer  82'		 Report Dennehy  32'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Josef Krnavek (Czechoslovakia)

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–1 on aggregate.

CSKA Moscow 3–0 Galatasaray
Dorofeev  6', 75'
Oglobin  85'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Reino Koskinen (Finland)

CSKA Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.

Linfield 2–3 Standard Liège
Magee  57'
Larmour  62'		 Report Van Moer  36'
Takač  53'
Piot  86' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,500

Standard Liège won 5–2 on aggregate.

Second round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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
Marseille 1–2 Ajax
Gress  10' Report Keizer  37'
Cruyff  60'
Attendance: 48,039
Grasshopper 0–2 Arsenal
Report Kennedy  2'
Graham  88'
Attendance: 14,964
Dinamo București 0–3 Feyenoord
Report Wery  38'
Maiwald  43'
Schneider  50'
Attendance: 35,000
Benfica 2–1 CSKA Sofia
Rodrigues  51'
Artur Jorge  63'		 Report Zhekov  85'
Attendance: 39,944
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)
Valencia 0–1 Újpesti Dózsa
Report A. Dunai  55'
Attendance: 47,695
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)
Celtic 5–0 Sliema Wanderers
Gemmell  6'
Macari  17', 41'
Hood  69'
Brogan  78'		 Report
Attendance: 26,647
Referee: Einar Hjartarsson (Iceland)
Borussia Mönchengladbach 7–1 Internazionale
Heynckes  7', 44'
Le Fevre  21', 34'
Netzer  42', 52'
Sieloff  83' (pen.)		 Boninsegna  20'
Referee: Jef Dorpmans (Netherlands)

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.

Internazionale 4–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Bellugi  10'
Boninsegna  13'
Jair  57'
Ghio  90'		 Report Le Fevre  38'
Wittkamp  89'
Attendance: 57,413
CSKA Moscow 1–0 Standard Liège
Kopeikin  27' Report
Attendance: 18,000

Second leg
Ajax 4–1 Marseille
Cruyff  32, 64'
Swart  37'
Haan  80'		 Report Couécou  17'
Attendance: 53,785
Referee: Alastair MacKenzie (Scotland)

Ajax won 6–2 on aggregate.

Arsenal 3–0 Grasshopper
Kennedy  40'
George  47'
Radford  84'		 Report
Attendance: 31,106
Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden)

Arsenal won 5–0 on aggregate.

Feyenoord 2–0 Dinamo București
Nunweiller  53' (o.g.)
Schoenmaker  64'		 Report
Attendance: 60,000

Feyenoord won 5–0 on aggregate.

CSKA Sofia 0–0 Benfica
Report
Attendance: 50,000

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Újpesti Dózsa 2–1 Valencia
A. Dunai  51', 54' Report Valdez  57'
Attendance: 7,201

Újpesti Dózsa won 3–1 on aggregate.

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

Celtic won 7–1 on aggregate.

Borussia Mönchengladbach 0–0 Internazionale
Report
Attendance: 84,561
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.

Standard Liège 2–0 CSKA Moscow
Takač  7', 60' (pen.) Report
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 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
G. Mühren  25', 70' (pen.) Report Kennedy  15'
Attendance: 53,754
Referee: Léonidas Vasilikopoulos (Greece)
Feyenoord 1–0 Benfica
Laseroms  50' Report
Attendance: 58,927
Referee: Gerhard Kunze (East Germany)
Újpesti Dózsa 1–2 Celtic
Horváth  64' Report Horváth  19' (o.g.)
Macari  85'
Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)
Internazionale 1–0 Standard Liège
Jair  80' Report
Attendance: 54,024

Second leg
Arsenal 0–1 Ajax
Report Graham  14' (o.g.)
Attendance: 56,145

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.

Benfica 5–1 Feyenoord
Nené  6', 81', 92'
Jordão  30', 90'		 Report Van Hanegem  75'
Attendance: 69,021
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.

Celtic 1–1 Újpesti Dózsa
Macari  62' Report A. Dunai  5'
Attendance: 70,559

Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.

Standard Liège 2–1 Internazionale
Cvetler  51'
Takač  84' (pen.)		 Report Mazzola  80'
Attendance: 26,993

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

Semi-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
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
Swart  64' Report
Attendance: 53,921
Referee: Karlo Kruasvili (Soviet Union)
Internazionale 0–0 Celtic
Report
Attendance: 69,836

Second leg
Benfica 0–0 Ajax
Report
Attendance: 58,938

Ajax won 1–0 on aggregate.

Celtic 0–0 (a.e.t.) Internazionale
Report
Penalties
Deans
Craig
Johnstone
McCluskey
Murdoch 		4–5 Mazzola
Facchetti
Frustalupi
Pellizzaro
Jair
Attendance: 73,724

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 2–0 Internazionale
Cruyff  47', 78' Report
Attendance: 61,354

Top scorers
Rank Name Team Goals
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
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