1972–73 European Cup

1972–73 European Cup
The Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates 13 September 1972 – 30 May 1973
Teams 30
Final positions
Champions Ajax (3rd title)
Runners-up Juventus
Tournament statistics
Matches played 57
Goals scored 160 (2.81 per match)
Attendance 1,752,786 (30,751 per match)
Top scorer(s) Gerd Müller (Bayern Munich)
11 goals

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.

Teams

Wacker Innsbruck (1st) Anderlecht (1st) CSKA Sofia (1st)
Omonia (1st) Spartak Trnava (1st) Vejle (1st)
Derby County (1st) TPS (1st) Marseille (1st)
Magdeburg (1st) Bayern Munich (1st) Panathinaikos (1st)
Újpesti Dózsa (1st) Keflavík (1st) Waterford (1st)
Juventus (1st) Aris (1st) Sliema Wanderers (1st)
Ajax (1st)TH Rosenborg (1st) Górnik Zabrze (1st)
Benfica (1st) Argeș Pitești (1st) Celtic (1st)
Real Madrid (1st) Malmö FF (1st) Basel (1st)
Galatasaray (1st) Dynamo Kyiv (1st) Željezničar (1st)

Bracket

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                   
CSKA 2 2 4
Panathinaikos 1 0 1
CSKA 1 0 1
Ajax 3 3 6
Ajax 4 1 5
Bayern München 0 2 2
Galatasaray 1 0 1
Bayern München 1 6 7
Bayern München 9 4 13
Omonia 0 0 0
Waterford United 2 0 2
Omonia 1 2 3
Ajax 2 1 3
Real Madrid 1 0 1
Wacker 0 0 0
Dynamo Kyïv 1 2 3
Dynamo Kyïv 2 1 3
Górnik Zabrze 0 2 2
Sliema Wanderers 0 0 0
Górnik Zabrze 5 5 10
Dynamo Kyïv 0 0 0
Real Madrid 0 3 3
Aris 0 0 0
Argeș Pitești 2 4 6
Argeș Pitești 2 1 3
Real Madrid 1 3 4
Real Madrid 3 1 4
Keflavík 0 0 0
Ajax 1
Juventus 0
Marseille 1 0 1
Juventus 0 3 3
Juventus 1 1 2
Magdeburg 0 0 0
Magdeburg 6 3 9
TPS 0 1 1
Juventus 0 2 2
Újpesti 0 2 2
Celtic 2 3 5
Rosenborg 1 1 2
Celtic 2 0 2
Újpesti 1 3 4
Újpesti 2 2 4
Basel 0 3 3
Juventus 3 0 3
Derby County 1 0 1
Spartak Trnava 1 1 2
Anderlecht 0 0 0
Anderlecht 4 3 7
Vejle 2 0 2
Spartak Trnava 1 0 1
Derby County 0 2 2
Derby County 2 2 4
Željezničar 1 0 1
Derby County 3 0 3
Benfica 0 0 0
Malmö FF 1 1 2
Benfica 0 4 4

First round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CSKA Sofia 4–1 Panathinaikos 2–1 2–0
Ajax Bye – – –
Galatasaray 1–7 Bayern Munich 1–1 0–6
Waterford 2–3 Omonia 2–1 0–2
Wacker 0–3 Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 0–2
Sliema Wanderers 0–10 Górnik Zabrze 0–5 0–5
Aris 0–6 Argeș Pitești 0–2 0–4
Real Madrid 4–0 Keflavík 3–0 1–0
Marseille 1–3 Juventus 1–0 0–3
Magdeburg 9–1 TPS 6–0 3–1
Celtic 5–2 Rosenborg 2–1 3–1
Újpesti Dózsa 4–3 Basel 2–0 2–3
Spartak Trnava Bye – – –
Anderlecht 7–2 Vejle 4–2 3–0
Derby County 4–1 Željezničar 2–0 2–1
Malmö FF 2–4 Benfica 1–0 1–4
  1. Originally 1–2 to Panathinaikos, with CSKA winning the subsequent penalty shoot-out 3–2. Panathinaikos complained to UEFA, and the match was annulled and replayed the following month.
  2. The match was played at FK Sarajevo's Stadion Koševo due to Željezničar's Grbavica ground undergoing renovations.

First leg

CSKA Sofia 2–1 Panathinaikos
Kolev 24' (pen.)
Yankov 71' 		Report Verón 59'
Attendance: 21,901
Galatasaray 1–1 Bayern Munich
Ünder 55' Report Müller 66'
Attendance: 42,850
Waterford 2–1 Omonia
Hale 5', 10' Report Rotsidis 79'
Attendance: 2,544
Wacker 0–1 Dynamo Kyiv
Report Puzach 88'
Attendance: 8,655
Referee: Theo Boosten (Netherlands)
Sliema Wanderers 0–5 Górnik Zabrze
Report Lubański 25', 27', 39'
Banaś 82'
Wilczek 87'
Attendance: 3,898
Aris Bonnevoie 0–2 Argeș Pitești
Report
Attendance: 350
Referee: Joseph Minnoy (Belgium)
Real Madrid 3–0 Keflavík
Santillana 15', 30'
Grande 90' 		Report
Attendance: 30,000
Marseille 1–0 Juventus
Bonnel 52' Report
Attendance: 21,403
Magdeburg 6–0 TPS
Mewes 5'
Pommerenke 24', 79'
Seguin 30'
Sparwasser 38', 45' 		Report
Attendance: 16,119
Celtic 2–1 Rosenborg
Macari 15'
Deans 45' 		Report Wirkola 55'
Attendance: 18,489
Újpesti Dózsa 2–0 Basel
Horváth 57'
Zámbó 60' 		Report
Attendance: 4,282
Anderlecht 4–2 Vejle
Ejderstedt 49'
Rensenbrink 59', 62'
Van Himst 85' 		Report Johansen 64' (pen.), 67'
Attendance: 7,837
Derby County 2–0 Željezničar
McFarland 38'
Gemmill 53' 		Report
Attendance: 27,350
Malmö FF 1–0 Benfica
Larsson 11' Report
Attendance: 9,492
Referee: Wolfgang Riedel (East Germany)

Second leg

Panathinaikos Annulled CSKA Sofia
Verón 18'
Melo 20' (pen.) 		Trankov 68'
Penalties
 2–3
Attendance: 24,927

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

Panathinaikos 0–2 CSKA Sofia
Report Zhekov 4'
Kolev 46'
Attendance: 22,546

CSKA Sofia won 4–1 on aggregate.

Bayern Munich 6–0 Galatasaray
Müller 14', 78'
Hoeneß 29'
Schneider 35'
Beckenbauer 76' (pen.)
Roth 88' 		Report
Attendance: 60,000

Bayern Munich won 7–1 on aggregate.

Omonia 2–0 Waterford
Chelebis 18', 63' Report
Attendance: 5,095
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

Omonia won 3–2 on aggregate.

Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 Wacker
Puzach 23'
Damin 51' 		Report
Attendance: 35,037

Dynamo Kyiv won 3–0 on aggregate.

Górnik Zabrze 5–0 Sliema Wanderers
Szołtysik 1'
Lubański 31'
Szarmach 62', 90'
Oślizło 67' 		Report
Attendance: 5,020

Górnik Zabrze won 10–0 on aggregate.

Argeș Pitești 4–0 Aris Bonnevoie
Report
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Georgios Katsoras (Greece)

Argeș Pitești won 6–0 on aggregate.

Keflavík 0–1 Real Madrid
Report Verdugo 89'
Attendance: 4,219

Real Madrid won 4–0 on aggregate.

Juventus 3–0 Marseille
Bettega 4', 37'
Haller 44' 		Report
Attendance: 56,389
Referee: Tsvetan Stanev (Bulgaria)

Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.

TPS 1–3 Magdeburg
Toivola 73' Report Sparwasser 52', 87'
Jalonen 72' (o.g.)
Attendance: 1,282

Magdeburg won 9–1 on aggregate.

Rosenborg 1–3 Celtic
Christiansen 38' Report Macari 55', 88'
Hood 83'
Attendance: 16,153

Celtic won 5–2 on aggregate.

Basel 3–2 Újpesti Dózsa
Hasler 65'
Balmer 75', 83' 		Report Bene 46', 89'
Attendance: 15,962

Újpesti Dózsa won 4–3 on aggregate.

Vejle 0–3 Anderlecht
Report Volders 61'
Rensenbrink 85', 87'
Vejle Stadion, Vejle
Attendance: 11,431

Anderlecht won 7–2 on aggregate.

Željezničar 1–2 Derby County
Sprečo 60' Report Hinton 9'
O'Hare 15'
Attendance: 32,080

Derby County won 4–1 on aggregate.

Benfica 4–1 Malmö FF
Jordão 24'
Simões 29'
Eusébio 43' (pen.), 60' 		Report Tapper 89' (pen.)
Attendance: 34,628

Benfica won 4–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CSKA Sofia 1–6 Ajax 1–3 0–3
Bayern Munich 13–0 Omonia 9–0 4–0
Dynamo Kyiv 3–2 Górnik Zabrze 2–0 1–2
Argeș Pitești 3–4 Real Madrid 2–1 1–3
Juventus 2–0 Magdeburg 1–0 1–0
Celtic 2–4 Újpesti Dózsa 2–1 0–3
Spartak Trnava 2–0 Anderlecht 1–0 1–0
Derby County 3–0 Benfica 3–0 0–0

First leg

CSKA Sofia 1–3 Ajax
Zhekov 27' Report Swart 13'
Keizer 32'
Haan 52'
Attendance: 70,000
Bayern Munich 9–0 Omonia
Müller 14', 37', 54', 73', 74'
Hoeneß 25'
Roth 42'
Schneider 69', 82' 		Report
Attendance: 11,931
Referee: Michal Jursa (Czechoslovakia)
Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 Górnik Zabrze
Muntyan 60'
Puzach 75' 		Report
Attendance: 60,112
Referee: György Müncz (Hungary)
Argeș Pitești 2–1 Real Madrid
Dobrin 22' (pen.)
Prepurgel 62' 		Report Anzarda 41'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: David Smith (England)
Juventus 1–0 Magdeburg
Anastasi 66' Report
Attendance: 37,678
Celtic 2–1 Újpesti Dózsa
Dalglish 60', 75' Report Bene 38'
Attendance: 51,515
Spartak Trnava 1–0 Anderlecht
Kabát 46' Report
Attendance: 18,700
Derby County 3–0 Benfica
McFarland 6'
Hector 8'
McGovern 40' 		Report
Attendance: 36,282
Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden)

Second leg

Ajax 3–0 CSKA Sofia
Cruyff 13', 75'
Blankenburg 15' 		Report
Attendance: 35,027

Ajax won 6–1 on aggregate.

Omonia 0–4 Bayern Munich
Report Roth 29'
Müller 42', 66'
Hoffmann 50'
Attendance: 14,199
Referee: Josef Pláček (Czechoslovakia)

Bayern Munich won 13–0 on aggregate.

Górnik Zabrze 2–1 Dynamo Kyiv
Lubański 30'
Gorgoń 62' 		Report Blokhin 25'
Attendance: 48,527
Referee: Liuben Radunchev (Bulgaria)

Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.

Real Madrid 3–1 Argeș Pitești
Report
Attendance: 14,939
Referee: Milivoje Gugulovic (Yugoslavia)

Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.

Magdeburg 0–1 Juventus
Report Cuccureddu 51'
Attendance: 41,790

Juventus won 2–0 on aggregate.

Újpesti Dózsa 3–0 Celtic
Bene 7', 24'
Fazekas 15' (pen.) 		Report
Attendance: 13,012

Újpesti Dózsa won 4–2 on aggregate.

Anderlecht 0–1 Spartak Trnava
Report Masrna 88'
Attendance: 23,548

Spartak Trnava won 2–0 on aggregate.

Benfica 0–0 Derby County
Report
Attendance: 49,978
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

Derby County won 3–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ajax 5–2 Bayern Munich 4–0 1–2
Dynamo Kyiv 0–3 Real Madrid 0–0 0–3
Juventus 2–2 (a) Újpesti Dózsa 0–0 2–2
Spartak Trnava 1–2 Derby County 1–0 0–2

First leg

Ajax 4–0 Bayern Munich
Haan 53', 70'
G. Mühren 68'
Cruyff 89' 		Report
Attendance: 53,230
Dynamo Kyiv 0–0 Real Madrid
Report
Attendance: 36,239
Juventus 0–0 Újpesti Dózsa
Report
Attendance: 64,844
Spartak Trnava 1–0 Derby County
Horváth 42' Report
Attendance: 24,838

Second leg

Bayern Munich 2–1 Ajax
Krol 30' (o.g.)
Müller 37' 		Report Keizer 7'
Attendance: 74,194

Ajax won 5–2 on aggregate.

Real Madrid 3–0 Dynamo Kyiv
Santillana 2'
Aguilar 36'
Amancio 81' 		Report
Attendance: 27,949

Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.

Újpesti Dózsa 2–2 Juventus
Bene 1'
A. Tóth 13' 		Report Altafini 30'
Anastasi 56'
Attendance: 28,550

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

Derby County 2–0 Spartak Trnava
Hector 40', 51' Report
Attendance: 36,272
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)

Derby County won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ajax 3–1 Real Madrid 2–1 1–0
Juventus 3–1 Derby County 3–1 0–0

First leg

Ajax 2–1 Real Madrid
Hulshoff 67'
Krol 77' 		Report Pirri 84'
Attendance: 53,234
Juventus 3–1 Derby County
Altafini 27', 84'
Causio 65' 		Report Hector 29'
Attendance: 53,758

Second leg

Real Madrid 0–1 Ajax
Report G. Mühren 50'
Attendance: 110,000

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.

Derby County 0–0 Juventus
Report
Attendance: 38,444

Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1973 European Cup Final
Ajax 1–0 Juventus
Rep 5' Report
Attendance: 89,484
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

Top scorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Gerd Müller Bayern Munich 11
2 Ferenc Bene Újpesti Dózsa 6
3 Włodzimierz Lubański Górnik Zabrze 5
Santillana Real Madrid 5
5 Nicolae Dobrin Argeș Pitești 4
Kevin Hector Derby County 4
Rob Rensenbrink Anderlecht 4
Jürgen Sparwasser Magdeburg 4
9 José Altafini Juventus 3
Arie Haan Ajax 3
Johan Cruyff Ajax 3
Lou Macari Celtic 3
Anatoliy Puzach Dynamo Kyiv 3
Constantin Radu Argeș Pitești 3
Franz Roth Bayern Munich 3
Edgar Schneider Bayern Munich 3