1971–72 UEFA Cup

1971–72 UEFA Cup

Tournament details
Dates	14 September 1971 – 17 May 1972
Teams	63 (from 31 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Tottenham Hotspur (1st title)
Runners-up	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Tournament statistics
Matches played	122
Goals scored	368 (3.02 per match)
Attendance	2,110,102 (17,296 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ludwig Bründl (Eintracht Braunschweig) 10 goals

The 1971–72 UEFA Cup was the inaugural season of the UEFA Cup (now known as the UEFA Europa League).

It was won by English side Tottenham Hotspur over their countrymen Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–2 on aggregate after a two-legged final.

The tournament was open to the highest-placed European teams that had not qualified for the European Cup or UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. It commenced on 14 September 1971 and concluded on 17 May 1972.

A total of 64 football clubs entered the first round draw.

The tournament's top scorer was Ludwig Bründl of Eintracht Braunschweig with ten goals.

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals
	Glentoran	0	1
	Eintracht Braunschweig	1	6			Eintracht Braunschweig	2	2
	Southampton	2	0			Athletic Bilbao	1	2
	Athletic Bilbao	1	2								Eintracht Braunschweig	1	2
	Fenerbahçe	1	1								Ferencváros	1	5
	Ferencváros	1	3			Ferencváros (w/o)	6
	Atlético Madrid	2	0			Panionios	0
	Panionios (a)	1	1													Ferencváros (p)	1	2 (5)
	Hamburger SV	2	0													Željezničar	2	1 (4)
	St Johnstone	1	3			St Johnstone	2	0
	Vasas	1	1			Vasas	0	1
	Shelbourne	0	1								St Johnstone	1	1
	Željezničar	3	1								Željezničar	0	5
	Club Brugge	0	3			Željezničar (a)	1	2
	Bologna	1	2			Bologna	1	2
	Anderlecht	1	0																		Ferencváros	2	1
	Dinamo Zagreb	6	2																		Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	2
	Botev Vratsa	1	1			Dinamo Zagreb	2	0
	Rapid Wien (w/o)					Rapid Wien (a)	2	0
	Vllaznia										Rapid Wien	0	1
	Marsa	0	0								Juventus	1	4
	Juventus	6	5			Juventus	2	1
	Celta Vigo	0	0			Aberdeen	0	1
	Aberdeen	2	1													Juventus	1	1
	OFK Beograd	4	2													Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	2
	Djurgården	1	2			OFK Beograd	1	0
	Carl Zeiss Jena	3	1			Carl Zeiss Jena	1	4
	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0	3								Carl Zeiss Jena	0	0
	ADO Den Haag	5	2								Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	3
	Aris Bonnevoie	0	2			ADO Den Haag	1	0													Final
	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	4			Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	4
	Académica	0	1																		Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1
	Zagłębie Wałbrzych	1	3																		Tottenham Hotspur	2	1
	Teplice	0	2			Zagłębie Wałbrzych	1	1
	UTA Arad	4	1			UTA Arad (a.e.t.)	1	2
	Austria Salzburg	1	3								UTA Arad	3	0
	Spartak Moscow	2	1								Vitória de Setúbal	0	1
	Košice	0	2			Spartak Moscow	0	0
	Vitória de Setúbal (a)	1	1			Vitória de Setúbal	0	4
	Nîmes	0	2													UTA Arad	0	1
	Porto	0	1													Tottenham Hotspur	2	1
	Nantes	2	1			Nantes	0	0
	Keflavík	1	0			Tottenham Hotspur	0	1
	Tottenham Hotspur	6	9								Tottenham Hotspur	3	2
	Napoli	1	0								Rapid București	0	0
	Rapid București	0	2			Rapid București	4	0
	Lugano	1	0			Legia Warsaw	0	2
	Legia Warsaw	3	0																		Tottenham Hotspur	2	1
	Milan	4	3																		Milan	1	1
	Akritas	0	0			Milan	4	1
	Hertha BSC	3	4			Hertha BSC	2	2
	Elfsborg	1	1								Milan	3	0
	Saint-Étienne	1	1								Dundee	0	2
	1. FC Köln	1	2			1. FC Köln	2	2
	Dundee	4	1			Dundee	1	4
	AB	2	0													Milan	2	1
	Basel	1	1													Lierse	0	1
	Real Madrid	2	2			Real Madrid	3	0
	Chemie Halle	0				PSV Eindhoven (a)	1	2
	PSV Eindhoven (w/o)	0									PSV Eindhoven	1	0
	Rosenborg	3	1								Lierse	0	4
	HIFK	0	0			Rosenborg	4	0
	Lierse	0	4			Lierse (a)	1	3
	Leeds United	2	0

First round

Teams from the same nation could not be drawn against one another.

Summary

First legs were played on 14–16 September 1971 (except one match which was played on 22 September). Second legs were played on 29–30 September 1971 (except one match which was played on 6 October).

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rapid Wien	(w/o)1	Vllaznia	—	—
Fenerbahçe	2–4	Ferencváros	1–1	1–3
ADO Den Haag	7–2	Aris Bonnevoie	5–0	2–2
Keflavík	1–15	Tottenham Hotspur	1–62	0–9
Glentoran	1–7	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–1	1–6
Vitória de Setúbal	2–2 (a)	Nîmes	1–0	1–2
Carl Zeiss Jena	4–3	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	3–0	1–3
UTA Arad	5–4	Austria Salzburg	4–1	1–3
OFK Beograd	6–3	Djurgården	4–1	2–2
Marsa	0–11	Juventus	0–6	0–5
Vasas	2–1	Shelbourne	1–0	1–1
Zagłębie Wałbrzych	4–2	Teplice	1–0	3–2
Spartak Moscow	3–2	Košice	2–0	1–2
Željezničar	4–3	Club Brugge	3–0	1–3
Dinamo Zagreb	8–2	Botev Vratsa	6–1	2–1
Hamburger SV	2–4	St Johnstone	2–1	0–3
Hertha BSC	7–2	Elfsborg	3–1	4–1
Rosenborg	4–0	HIFK Helsinki	3–0	1–0
Basel	2–4	Real Madrid	1–2	1–2
Chemie Halle	0–0	PSV Eindhoven	0–0	—3
Lierse	4–2	Leeds United	0–2	4–0
Celta Vigo	0–3	Aberdeen	0–2	0–1
Saint-Étienne	2–3	1. FC Köln	1–1	1–2
Dundee	5–2	AB	4–2	1–0
Lugano	1–3	Legia Warsaw	1–3	0–0
Southampton	2–3	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	0–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	7–1	Académica	3–0	4–1
Napoli	1–2	Rapid București	1–0	0–2
Bologna	3–1	Anderlecht	1–1	2–0
Porto	1–3	Nantes	0–2	1–1
Atlético Madrid	2–2 (a)	Panionios	2–1	0–1
Milan	7–0	Akritas	4–0	3–0

¹ Vllaznia withdrew after Austrian immigration officials declined to issue visas for their team to enter the country.
² This match was played in Reykjavík.
³ Chemie Halle withdrew after the first leg following the Hotel 't Silveren Seepaerd fire.

Matches

Vllaznia withdrew after Austrian immigration officials declined to issue visas for their team to enter the country; Rapid Wien were awarded a walkover.

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Ferencváros won 4–2 on aggregate.

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ADO Den Haag won 7–2 on aggregate.

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Tottenham Hotspur won 15–1 on aggregate.

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Eintracht Braunschweig won 7–1 on aggregate.

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2–2 on aggregate. Vitória de Setúbal won on away goals.

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Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–3 on aggregate.

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UTA Arad won 5–4 on aggregate.

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OFK Beograd won 6–3 on aggregate.

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Juventus won 11–0 on aggregate.

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Vasas won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Zaglebie Walbrzych won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Spartak Moscow won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Željezničar won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Dinamo Zagreb won 8–2 on aggregate.

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St Johnstone won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Hertha BSC won 7–2 on aggregate.

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Rosenborg won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Chemie Halle withdrew ahead of the return leg due to the Eindhoven hotel fire that claimed the life of Halle's 21-year-old midfielder Wolfgang Hoffmann one day before the match. PSV Eindhoven were awarded a walkover.

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Lierse won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Aberdeen won 3–0 on aggregate.

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1. FC Köln won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Dundee won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Legia Warsaw won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Athletic Bilbao won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers won 7–1 on aggregate.

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Rapid București won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Bologna won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Nantes won 3–1 on aggregate.

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2–2 on aggregate. Panionios won on away goals.

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Milan won 7–0 on aggregate.

Second round

Teams from the same nation could not be drawn against one another.

Summary

First legs were played on 19–21 October 1971. Second legs were played on 2–4 November 1971.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rapid București	4–2	Legia Warsaw	4–0	0–2
1. FC Köln	4–5	Dundee	2–1	2–4
Zagłębie Wałbrzych	2–3	UTA Arad	1–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)
OFK Beograd	1–5	Carl Zeiss Jena	1–1	0–4
Dinamo Zagreb	2–2 (a)	Rapid Wien	2–2	0–0
Željezničar	3–3 (a)	Bologna	1–1	2–2
Ferencváros	6–0	Panionios	6–0	—1
Eintracht Braunschweig	4–3	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	2–2
Rosenborg	4–4 (a)	Lierse	4–1	0–3
ADO Den Haag	1–7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–3	0–4
Nantes	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	0–0	0–1
St Johnstone	2–1	Vasas	2–0	0–1
Milan	5–4	Hertha BSC	4–2	1–2
Real Madrid	3–3 (a)	PSV Eindhoven	3–1	0–22
Spartak Moscow	0–4	Vitória de Setúbal	0–0	0–4
Juventus	3–1	Aberdeen	2–0	1–1

¹ After the final whistle in the first leg, visiting Panionios fans invaded the pitch and attacked Ferencváros players, match officials, and Hungarian police. Panionios were ejected from the competition.
² This match was played in 's-Hertogenbosch.

Matches

Rapid București won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Dundee won 5–4 on aggregate.

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UTA Arad won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Carl Zeiss Jena won 5–1 on aggregate.

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2–2 on aggregate. Rapid Wien won on away goals.

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3–3 on aggregate. Željezničar won on away goals.

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After the final whistle in the first leg, visiting Panionios fans invaded the pitch and attacked Ferencváros players, match officials, and Hungarian police. Panionios were ejected from the competition. Ferencváros were awarded a walkover.

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Eintracht Braunschweig won 4–3 on aggregate.

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4–4 on aggregate. Lierse won on away goals.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers won 7–1 on aggregate.

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Tottenham Hotspur won 1–0 on aggregate.

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St Johnstone won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Milan won 5–4 on aggregate.

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3–3 on aggregate. PSV Eindhoven won on away goals.

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Vitória de Setúbal won 4–0 on aggregate.

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Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.

Third round

Teams from the same nation could not be drawn against one another.

Summary

First legs were played on 23–24 November 1971. Second legs were played on 8 and 15 December 1971.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Carl Zeiss Jena	0–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	0–3
UTA Arad	3–1	Vitória de Setúbal	3–0	0–1
Rapid Wien	1–5	Juventus	0–1	1–4
Eintracht Braunschweig	3–6	Ferencváros	1–1	2–5
PSV Eindhoven	1–4	Lierse	1–0	0–4
St Johnstone	2–5	Željezničar	1–0	1–5
Milan	3–2	Dundee	3–0	0–2
Tottenham Hotspur	5–0	Rapid București	3–0	2–0

Matches

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 4–0 on aggregate.

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UTA Arad won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Juventus won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Ferencváros won 6–3 on aggregate.

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Lierse won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Željezničar won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Milan won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Tottenham Hotspur won 5–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Summary

First legs were played on 23 February, 7 and 9 March 1972. Second legs were played on 7, 21 and 22 March 1972.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Milan	3–1	Lierse	2–0	1–1
UTA Arad	1–3	Tottenham Hotspur	0–2	1–1
Juventus	2–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	1–2
Ferencváros	3–3 (5–4 p)	Željezničar	1–2	2–1 (a.e.t.)

Matches

Milan won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Tottenham Hotspur won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers won 3–2 on aggregate.

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3–3 on aggregate. Ferencváros won 5–4 on penalties.

Semi-finals

Summary

First legs were played on 5 April 1972. Second legs were played on 19 April 1972.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ferencváros	3–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	1–2
Tottenham Hotspur	3–2	Milan	2–1	1–1

Matches

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Tottenham Hotspur won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

Summary

The first leg was played on 3 May 1972, with the second two weeks later on 17 May.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–3	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	1–1

Matches

Tottenham Hotspur won 3–2 on aggregate.

See also

• 1971–72 European Cup
• 1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup