1971–72 UEFA Cup
Tournament details
Dates14 September 1971 (1971-09-14) – 17 May 1972 (1972-05-17)
Teams63[1] (from 31 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Tottenham Hotspur (1st title)
Runners-upEngland Wolverhampton Wanderers
Tournament statistics
Matches played122
Goals scored368 (3.02 per match)
Attendance2,110,102 (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
Northern Ireland Glentoran 0 1
West Germany Eintracht Braunschweig 1 6 West Germany Eintracht Braunschweig 2 2
England Southampton 2 0 Spain Athletic Bilbao 1 2
Spain Athletic Bilbao 1 2 West Germany Eintracht Braunschweig 1 2
Turkey Fenerbahçe 1 1 Hungary Ferencváros 1 5
Hungary Ferencváros 1 3 Hungary Ferencváros (w/o) 6
Spain Atlético Madrid 2 0 Greece Panionios 0
Greece Panionios (a) 1 1 Hungary Ferencváros (p) 1 2 (5)
West Germany Hamburger SV 2 0 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar 2 1 (4)
Scotland St Johnstone 1 3 Scotland St Johnstone 2 0
Hungary Vasas 1 1 Hungary Vasas 0 1
Republic of Ireland Shelbourne 0 1 Scotland St Johnstone 1 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar 3 1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar 0 5
Belgium Club Brugge 0 3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar (a) 1 2
Italy Bologna 1 2 Italy Bologna 1 2
Belgium Anderlecht 1 0 Hungary Ferencváros 2 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb 6 2 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 2
Bulgaria Botev Vratsa 1 1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb 2 0
Austria Rapid Wien (w/o) Austria Rapid Wien (a) 2 0
Albania Vllaznia Austria Rapid Wien 0 1
Malta Marsa 0 0 Italy Juventus 1 4
Italy Juventus 6 5 Italy Juventus 2 1
Spain Celta Vigo 0 0 Scotland Aberdeen 0 1
Scotland Aberdeen 2 1 Italy Juventus 1 1
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia OFK Beograd 4 2 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 2
Sweden Djurgården 1 2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia OFK Beograd 1 0
East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena 3 1 East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena 1 4
Bulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv 0 3 East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena 0 0
Netherlands ADO Den Haag 5 2 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 3
Luxembourg Aris Bonnevoie 0 2 Netherlands ADO Den Haag 1 0 Final
England Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 4 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 4
Portugal Académica 0 1 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 1
Poland Zagłębie Wałbrzych 1 3 England Tottenham Hotspur 2 1
Czechoslovakia Teplice 0 2 Poland Zagłębie Wałbrzych 1 1
Romania UTA Arad 4 1 Romania UTA Arad (a.e.t.) 1 2
Austria Austria Salzburg 1 3 Romania UTA Arad 3 0
Soviet Union Spartak Moscow 2 1 Portugal Vitória de Setúbal 0 1
Czechoslovakia Košice 0 2 Soviet Union Spartak Moscow 0 0
Portugal Vitória de Setúbal (a) 1 1 Portugal Vitória de Setúbal 0 4
France Nîmes 0 2 Romania UTA Arad 0 1
Portugal Porto 0 1 England Tottenham Hotspur 2 1
France Nantes 2 1 France Nantes 0 0
Iceland Keflavík 1 0 England Tottenham Hotspur 0 1
England Tottenham Hotspur 6 9 England Tottenham Hotspur 3 2
Italy Napoli 1 0 Romania Rapid București 0 0
Romania Rapid București 0 2 Romania Rapid București 4 0
Switzerland Lugano 1 0 Poland Legia Warsaw 0 2
Poland Legia Warsaw 3 0 England Tottenham Hotspur 2 1
Italy Milan 4 3 Italy Milan 1 1
Cyprus Akritas 0 0 Italy Milan 4 1
West Germany Hertha BSC 3 4 West Germany Hertha BSC 2 2
Sweden Elfsborg 1 1 Italy Milan 3 0
France Saint-Étienne 1 1 Scotland Dundee 0 2
West Germany 1. FC Köln 1 2 West Germany 1. FC Köln 2 2
Scotland Dundee 4 1 Scotland Dundee 1 4
Denmark AB 2 0 Italy Milan 2 1
Switzerland Basel 1 1 Belgium Lierse 0 1
Spain Real Madrid 2 2 Spain Real Madrid 3 0
East Germany Chemie Halle 0 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven (a) 1 2
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven (w/o) 0 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1 0
Norway Rosenborg 3 1 Belgium Lierse 0 4
Finland HIFK 0 0 Norway Rosenborg 4 0
Belgium Lierse 0 4 Belgium Lierse (a) 1 3
England 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 Austria (w/o)1 Albania Vllaznia
Fenerbahçe Turkey 2–4 Hungary Ferencváros 1–1 1–3
ADO Den Haag Netherlands 7–2 Luxembourg Aris Bonnevoie 5–0 2–2
Keflavík Iceland 1–15 England Tottenham Hotspur 1–62 0–9
Glentoran Northern Ireland 1–7 West Germany Eintracht Braunschweig 0–1 1–6
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal 2–2 (a) France Nîmes 1–0 1–2
Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany 4–3 Bulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–0 1–3
UTA Arad Romania 5–4 Austria Austria Salzburg 4–1 1–3
OFK Beograd Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 6–3 Sweden Djurgården 4–1 2–2
Marsa Malta 0–11 Italy Juventus 0–6 0–5
Vasas Hungary 2–1 Republic of Ireland Shelbourne 1–0 1–1
Zagłębie Wałbrzych Poland 4–2 Czechoslovakia Teplice 1–0 3–2
Spartak Moscow Soviet Union 3–2 Czechoslovakia Košice 2–0 1–2
Željezničar Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 4–3 Belgium Club Brugge 3–0 1–3
Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 8–2 Bulgaria Botev Vratsa 6–1 2–1
Hamburger SV West Germany 2–4 Scotland St Johnstone 2–1 0–3
Hertha BSC West Germany 7–2 Sweden Elfsborg 3–1 4–1
Rosenborg Norway 4–0 Finland HIFK Helsinki 3–0 1–0
Basel Switzerland 2–4 Spain Real Madrid 1–2 1–2
Chemie Halle East Germany 0–0 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 0–0 3
Lierse Belgium 4–2 England Leeds United 0–2 4–0
Celta Vigo Spain 0–3 Scotland Aberdeen 0–2 0–1
Saint-Étienne France 2–3 West Germany 1. FC Köln 1–1 1–2
Dundee Scotland 5–2 Denmark AB 4–2 1–0
Lugano Switzerland 1–3 Poland Legia Warsaw 1–3 0–0
Southampton England 2–3 Spain Athletic Bilbao 2–1 0–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers England 7–1 Portugal Académica 3–0 4–1
Napoli Italy 1–2 Romania Rapid București 1–0 0–2
Bologna Italy 3–1 Belgium Anderlecht 1–1 2–0
Porto Portugal 1–3 France Nantes 0–2 1–1
Atlético Madrid Spain 2–2 (a) Greece Panionios 2–1 0–1
Milan Italy 7–0 Cyprus 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

First leg
Rapid Wien AustriaCancelledAlbania Vllaznia
Report
Second leg
Vllaznia AlbaniaCancelledAustria Rapid Wien
Report

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


First leg
Fenerbahçe Turkey11Hungary Ferencváros
  • Yaşar Mumcu 59'
Report
Attendance: 29,849 [2]
Second leg
Ferencváros Hungary31Turkey Fenerbahçe
Report
Attendance: 11,000 [3]

Ferencváros won 4–2 on aggregate.


First leg
ADO Den Haag Netherlands50Luxembourg Aris Bonnevoie
Report
Attendance: 6,500 [4]
Second leg
Aris Bonnevoie Luxembourg22Netherlands ADO Den Haag
  • Mousel 51'
  • Da Silva 57'
Report
Stade Camille Polfer, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 620 [5]

ADO Den Haag won 7–2 on aggregate.


First leg
Keflavík Iceland16England Tottenham Hotspur
Report
Attendance: 1,887
Second leg
Tottenham Hotspur England90Iceland Keflavík
Report
Attendance: 23,818

Tottenham Hotspur won 15–1 on aggregate.


First leg
Glentoran Northern Ireland01West Germany Eintracht Braunschweig
Report
Attendance: 4,056
Second leg
Eintracht Braunschweig West Germany61Northern Ireland Glentoran
Report
  • McCaffrey 4'
Attendance: 11,362

Eintracht Braunschweig won 7–1 on aggregate.


First leg
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal10France Nîmes
Report
Attendance: 7,480
Referee: Franz Geluck (Belgium)
Second leg
Nîmes France21Portugal Vitória de Setúbal
Report
Attendance: 13,765
Referee: Curt Nystrand (Sweden)

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


First leg
Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany30Bulgaria Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Report
Attendance: 6,711
Second leg
Lokomotiv Plovdiv Bulgaria31East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena
Report
  • Scheitler 34'
Attendance: 10,458

Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–3 on aggregate.


First leg
UTA Arad Romania41Austria Austria Salzburg
Report
  • Ritter 47'
Second leg
Austria Salzburg Austria31Romania UTA Arad
Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Jef F. Dropmans (Netherlands)

UTA Arad won 5–4 on aggregate.


First leg
OFK Beograd Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia41Sweden Djurgården
Report
  • Rehnberg 77'
Attendance: 615
Referee: Ladikli Sabahattin (Turkey)
Second leg
Djurgården Sweden22Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia OFK Beograd
Report
  • Zec 44'
  • Mitrović 61'

OFK Beograd won 6–3 on aggregate.


First leg
Marsa Malta06Italy Juventus
Report
Attendance: 13,401
Second leg
Juventus Italy50Malta Marsa
Report

Juventus won 11–0 on aggregate.


First leg
Vasas Hungary10Republic of Ireland Shelbourne
Report
Attendance: 2,453
Second leg
Shelbourne Republic of Ireland11Hungary Vasas
  • Murray 80'
Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

Vasas won 2–1 on aggregate.


First leg
Zagłębie Wałbrzych Poland10Czechoslovakia Teplice
  • Galas 39'
Report
Stadion Tysiąclecia, Wałbrzych
Attendance: 5,000
Second leg
Teplice Czechoslovakia23Poland Zagłębie Wałbrzych
Report
Stadion U drožďárny, Teplice
Attendance: 6,000

Zaglebie Walbrzych won 4–2 on aggregate.


First leg
Spartak Moscow Soviet Union20Czechoslovakia Košice
  • Silagadze 24' (pen.)
  • Egorovich 49'
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Second leg
Košice Czechoslovakia21Soviet Union Spartak Moscow
Report
Attendance: 22,000

Spartak Moscow won 3–2 on aggregate.


First leg
Željezničar Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia30Belgium Club Brugge
Report
Attendance: 12,000
Second leg
Club Brugge Belgium31Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar
Report
  • Derakovic 10'
Attendance: 16,000

Željezničar won 4–3 on aggregate.


First leg
Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia61Bulgaria Botev Vratsa
Report
  • Iordanov 87'
Attendance: 5,187
Second leg
Botev Vratsa Bulgaria12Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb
  • Toshkov 1'
Report
Attendance: 10,729

Dinamo Zagreb won 8–2 on aggregate.


First leg
Hamburger SV West Germany21Scotland St Johnstone
Report
Attendance: 9,646
Second leg
St Johnstone Scotland30West Germany Hamburger SV
Report
Attendance: 11,761

St Johnstone won 4–2 on aggregate.


First leg
Hertha BSC West Germany31Sweden Elfsborg
Report
  • Rökaas 53'
Attendance: 6,897
Second leg
Elfsborg Sweden14West Germany Hertha BSC
  • Sundh 59'
Report
Attendance: 1,124

Hertha BSC won 7–2 on aggregate.


First leg
Rosenborg Norway30Finland HIFK Helsinki
  • Mørkved 11'
  • Hanssen 50'
  • Meirik 79'
Report
Attendance: 7,575
Second leg
HIFK Helsinki Finland01Norway Rosenborg
Report
  • Mørkved 18'

Rosenborg won 4–0 on aggregate.


First leg
Basel Switzerland12Spain Real Madrid
Report
Attendance: 32,059
Referee: Ken Burns (England)
Second leg
Real Madrid Spain21Switzerland Basel
Report
Attendance: 61,861
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)

Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.


First leg
Chemie Halle East Germany00Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Report
Attendance: 24,613
Second leg
PSV Eindhoven NetherlandsCancelledEast Germany Chemie Halle
Report

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.[6]


First leg
Lierse Belgium02England Leeds United
Report
Second leg
Leeds United England04Belgium Lierse
Report
Attendance: 18,680

Lierse won 4–2 on aggregate.


First leg
Celta Vigo Spain02Scotland Aberdeen
Report
Attendance: 11,252
Second leg
Aberdeen Scotland10Spain Celta Vigo
Report
Attendance: 20,142

Aberdeen won 3–0 on aggregate.


First leg
Saint-Étienne France11West Germany 1. FC Köln
Report
Second leg
1. FC Köln West Germany21France Saint-Étienne
Report
Attendance: 18,000

1. FC Köln won 3–2 on aggregate.


First leg
Dundee Scotland42Denmark AB
Report
  • Carlsen 39', 39'
Attendance: 8,194
Second leg
AB Denmark01Scotland Dundee
Report

Dundee won 5–2 on aggregate.


First leg
Lugano Switzerland13Poland Legia Warsaw
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Second leg
Legia Warsaw Poland00Switzerland Lugano
Report
Attendance: 10,000

Legia Warsaw won 3–1 on aggregate.


First leg
Southampton England21Spain Athletic Bilbao
Report
Attendance: 21,600
Second leg
Athletic Bilbao Spain20England Southampton
Report
Attendance: 24,102

Athletic Bilbao won 3–2 on aggregate.


First leg
Wolverhampton Wanderers England30Portugal Académica
Report
Second leg
Académica Portugal14England Wolverhampton Wanderers
Report

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 7–1 on aggregate.


First leg
Napoli Italy10Romania Rapid București
Report
Attendance: 21,993
Referee: Petar Kostovski (Yugoslavia)
Second leg
Rapid București Romania20Italy Napoli
Report

Rapid București won 2–1 on aggregate.


First leg
Bologna Italy11Belgium Anderlecht
Report
Attendance: 28,000
Second leg
Anderlecht Belgium02Italy Bologna
Report
Attendance: 30,000

Bologna won 3–1 on aggregate.


First leg
Porto Portugal02France Nantes
Report
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: Dominic Byrne (Ireland)
Second leg
Nantes France11Portugal Porto
Report
Attendance: 15,205
Referee: Ivan Plaček (Czechoslovakia)

Nantes won 3–1 on aggregate.


First leg
Atlético Madrid Spain21Greece Panionios
Report
  • Lagos 80'
Attendance: 19,808
Second leg
Panionios Greece10Spain Atlético Madrid
Report
Attendance: 16,000

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


First leg
Milan Italy40Cyprus Akritas
Report
Attendance: 9,826
Referee: Joseph Cassar Naudi (Malta)
Second leg
Akritas Cyprus03Italy Milan
Report
Attendance: 9,928
Referee: Atanas Stavrev (Bulgaria)

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 Romania 4–2 Poland Legia Warsaw 4–0 0–2
1. FC Köln West Germany 4–5 Scotland Dundee 2–1 2–4
Zagłębie Wałbrzych Poland 2–3 Romania UTA Arad 1–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
OFK Beograd Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1–5 East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena 1–1 0–4
Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2–2 (a) Austria Rapid Wien 2–2 0–0
Željezničar Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 3–3 (a) Italy Bologna 1–1 2–2
Ferencváros Hungary 6–0 Greece Panionios 6–0 1
Eintracht Braunschweig West Germany 4–3 Spain Athletic Bilbao 2–1 2–2
Rosenborg Norway 4–4 (a) Belgium Lierse 4–1 0–3
ADO Den Haag Netherlands 1–7 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–3 0–4
Nantes France 0–1 England Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 0–1
St Johnstone Scotland 2–1 Hungary Vasas 2–0 0–1
Milan Italy 5–4 West Germany Hertha BSC 4–2 1–2
Real Madrid Spain 3–3 (a) Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 3–1 0–22
Spartak Moscow Soviet Union 0–4 Portugal Vitória de Setúbal 0–0 0–4
Juventus Italy 3–1 Scotland 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

First leg
Rapid București Romania40Poland Legia Warsaw
  • Ene 23', 28'
  • Neagu 29', 71'
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Jozef Krňávek (Czechoslovakia)
Second leg
Legia Warsaw Poland20Romania Rapid București
Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

Rapid București won 4–2 on aggregate.


First leg
1. FC Köln West Germany21Scotland Dundee
Report
  • Kinninmonth 8'
Attendance: 12,896
Second leg
Dundee Scotland42West Germany 1. FC Köln
Report
Attendance: 15,274

Dundee won 5–4 on aggregate.


First leg
Zagłębie Wałbrzych Poland11Romania UTA Arad
Report
Stadion Tysiąclecia, Wałbrzych
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Karlo Kruashvili (Soviet Union)
Second leg
UTA Arad Romania21 (a.e.t.)Poland Zagłębie Wałbrzych
Report

UTA Arad won 3–2 on aggregate.


First leg
OFK Beograd Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia11East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena
Report
  • Scheitler 32'
Attendance: 6,575
Second leg
Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany40Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia OFK Beograd
  • Mitrović 14' (o.g.)
  • Scheitler 17', 65'
  • Stein 50'
Report
Attendance: 7,732

Carl Zeiss Jena won 5–1 on aggregate.


First leg
Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia22Austria Rapid Wien
  • Kafka 6', 67'
Report
Attendance: 18,650
Second leg
Rapid Wien Austria00Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb
Report
Attendance: 10,092

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


First leg
Željezničar Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia11Italy Bologna
Report
Attendance: 11,584
Second leg
Bologna Italy22Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar
Report
Attendance: 9,397

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


First leg
Ferencváros Hungary60Greece Panionios
Report
Attendance: 12,310
Second leg
Panionios GreeceCancelledHungary Ferencváros
Report

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.


First leg
Eintracht Braunschweig West Germany21Spain Athletic Bilbao
Report
Second leg
Athletic Bilbao Spain22West Germany Eintracht Braunschweig
Report
Attendance: 27,514

Eintracht Braunschweig won 4–3 on aggregate.


First leg
Rosenborg Norway41Belgium Lierse
Report
Attendance: 6,115
Second leg
Lierse Belgium30Norway Rosenborg
Report

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


First leg
ADO Den Haag Netherlands13England Wolverhampton Wanderers
Report
Attendance: 13,181
Second leg
Wolverhampton Wanderers England40Netherlands ADO Den Haag
Report
Attendance: 20,299

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 7–1 on aggregate.


First leg
Nantes France00England Tottenham Hotspur
Report
Attendance: 20,033
Second leg
Tottenham Hotspur England10France Nantes
Report
Attendance: 32,630

Tottenham Hotspur won 1–0 on aggregate.


First leg
St Johnstone Scotland20Hungary Vasas
Report
Attendance: 12,218
Second leg
Vasas Hungary10Scotland St Johnstone
Report
Attendance: 3,408

St Johnstone won 2–1 on aggregate.


First leg
Milan Italy42West Germany Hertha BSC
Report
Attendance: 16,070
Second leg
Hertha West Germany21Italy Milan
Report

Milan won 5–4 on aggregate.


First leg
Real Madrid Spain31Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Report
Attendance: 61,274
Referee: John Paterson (Scotland)
Second leg
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands20Spain Real Madrid
Report
Attendance: 19,286
Referee: Gerhard Kunze (West Germany)

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


First leg
Spartak Moscow Soviet Union00Portugal Vitória de Setúbal
Report
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: John Gow (Wales)
Second leg
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal40Soviet Union Spartak Moscow
Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Vitória de Setúbal won 4–0 on aggregate.


First leg
Juventus Italy20Scotland Aberdeen
Report
Attendance: 24,352
Referee: Petar Nikolov (Bulgaria)
Second leg
Aberdeen Scotland11Italy Juventus
Report
Attendance: 29,409
Referee: Theo Boosten (Netherlands)

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 East Germany 0–4 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 0–3
UTA Arad Romania 3–1 Portugal Vitória de Setúbal 3–0 0–1
Rapid Wien Austria 1–5 Italy Juventus 0–1 1–4
Eintracht Braunschweig West Germany 3–6 Hungary Ferencváros 1–1 2–5
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 1–4 Belgium Lierse 1–0 0–4
St Johnstone Scotland 2–5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar 1–0 1–5
Milan Italy 3–2 Scotland Dundee 3–0 0–2
Tottenham Hotspur England 5–0 Romania Rapid București 3–0 2–0

Matches

First leg
Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany01England Wolverhampton Wanderers
Report
Attendance: 9,719
Second leg
Wolverhampton Wanderers England30East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena
Report
Attendance: 24,811
Referee: Karlo Kruashvili (Soviet Union)

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 4–0 on aggregate.


First leg
UTA Arad Romania30Portugal Vitória de Setúbal
Report
Attendance: 8,800
Referee: Antoine Queudeville (Luxembourg)
Second leg
Vitória de Setúbal Portugal10Romania UTA Arad
Report
Attendance: 8,920

UTA Arad won 3–1 on aggregate.


First leg
Rapid Wien Austria01Italy Juventus
Report
Second leg
Juventus Italy41Austria Rapid Wien
Report
Attendance: 26,608
Referee: Günter Männig (East Germany)

Juventus won 5–1 on aggregate.


First leg
Eintracht Braunschweig West Germany11Hungary Ferencváros
Report
Second leg
Ferencváros Hungary52West Germany Eintracht Braunschweig
Report
Attendance: 15,384
Referee: Pius Kamber (Switzerland)

Ferencváros won 6–3 on aggregate.


First leg
PSV Eindhoven Netherlands10Belgium Lierse
Report
Attendance: 18,000
Second leg
Lierse Belgium40Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Report

Lierse won 4–1 on aggregate.


First leg
St Johnstone Scotland10Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar
Report
Attendance: 9,061
Referee: Ad Boogaerts (Netherlands)
Second leg
Željezničar Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia51Scotland St Johnstone
Report
Attendance: 7,207
Referee: Liuben Radunchev (Bulgaria)

Željezničar won 5–2 on aggregate.


First leg
Milan Italy30Scotland Dundee
Report
Attendance: 14,282
Second leg
Dundee Scotland20Italy Milan
Report
Attendance: 15,569
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Milan won 3–2 on aggregate.


First leg
Tottenham Hotspur England30Romania Rapid București
Report
Attendance: 30,702
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)
Second leg
Rapid București Romania02England Tottenham Hotspur
Report
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)

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 Italy 3–1 Belgium Lierse 2–0 1–1
UTA Arad Romania 1–3 England Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 1–1
Juventus Italy 2–3 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 1–2
Ferencváros Hungary 3–3 (5–4 p) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar 1–2 2–1 (a.e.t.)

Matches

First leg
Milan Italy20Belgium Lierse
Report
Attendance: 23,316
Second leg
Lierse Belgium11Italy Milan
Report

Milan won 3–1 on aggregate.


First leg
UTA Arad Romania02England Tottenham Hotspur
Report
Attendance: 12,253
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)
Second leg
Tottenham Hotspur England11Romania UTA Arad
Report
Attendance: 30,253
Referee: Joaquim Fernandes dos Campos (Portugal)

Tottenham Hotspur won 3–1 on aggregate.


First leg
Juventus Italy11England Wolverhampton Wanderers
Report
Attendance: 26,202
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)
Second leg
Wolverhampton Wanderers England21Italy Juventus
Report

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 3–2 on aggregate.


First leg
Ferencváros Hungary12Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar
Report
Attendance: 32,871
Referee: John Paterson (Scotland)
Second leg
Željezničar Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia12 (a.e.t.)Hungary Ferencváros
Report
Penalties
4–5
Attendance: 12,298

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 Hungary 3–4 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–2 1–2
Tottenham Hotspur England 3–2 Italy Milan 2–1 1–1

Matches

First leg
Ferencváros Hungary22England Wolverhampton Wanderers
Report
Attendance: 44,763
Second leg
Wolverhampton Wanderers England21Hungary Ferencváros
Report
Attendance: 38,262
Referee: Mihas Hristos (Greece)

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 4–3 on aggregate.


First leg
Tottenham Hotspur England21Italy Milan
Report
Attendance: 42,064
Referee: Mariano Medina Iglesias (Spain)
Second leg
Milan Italy11England Tottenham Hotspur
Report
Attendance: 69,606
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

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 England 2–3 England Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 1–1

Matches

First leg
Wolverhampton Wanderers England1–2England Tottenham Hotspur
Report
Second leg
Tottenham Hotspur England1–1England Wolverhampton Wanderers
Report

Tottenham Hotspur won 3–2 on aggregate.

See also

References

  1. 64 teams were scheduled to participate, but Vllaznia from Albania withdrew before their first match.
  2. 1 2 "History: Fenerbahçe-Ferencváros" (JSON). UEFA.com. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  3. 1 2 "History: Ferencváros-Fenerbahçe" (JSON). UEFA.com. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  4. 1 2 "History: Den Haag-Aris" (JSON). UEFA.com. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  5. 1 2 "History: Aris-Den Haag" (JSON). UEFA.com. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  6. McCracken, Craig (28 September 2016). "How Chemie Halle's European dream ended in tragedy 45 years ago today". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  7. 1 2 "uefa cup - 1972". My Eyes Have Seen the Glory – Tottenham Hotspur Fansite. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  8. 1 2 "UEFA Cup 1971-72". RSSSF. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
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