1971–72_European_Cup

1971–72 European Cup
	De Kuip in Rotterdam hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	19 August 1971 – 31 May 1972
Teams	33 (from 32 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Ajax (2nd title)
Runners-up	Inter Milan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	175 (2.78 per match)
Attendance	2,091,421 (33,197 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Antal Dunai (Újpesti Dózsa); Johan Cruyff (Ajax); Lou Macari (Celtic); Silvester Takač (Standard Liège); 5 goals each
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1971–72 European Cup

17th season of the UEFA club football tournament

The 1971–72 European Cup was the 17th season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Ajax, who beat Inter Milan in the final at De Kuip in Rotterdam, on 31 May 1972. It was the second consecutive win for Ajax, as well as third for Netherlands. It was also the first European Cup final where both finalists had previously won and lost competition finals.

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Partizani Tirana (1st)	Wacker Innsbruck (1st)	Standard Liège (1st)
CSKA September Flag (1st)	Olympiakos Nicosia (1st)	Spartak Trnava (1st)
Boldklubben 1903 (1st)	Arsenal (1st)	Reipas Lahti (1st)
Marseille (1st)	Dynamo Dresden (1st)	Borussia M.Gladbach (1st)
AEK Athens (1st)	Újpesti Dózsa (1st)	ÍA (1st)
Cork Hibernians (1st)	Inter Milan (1st)	Union Luxembourg (1st)
Sliema Wanderers (1st)	Feyenoord (1st)	Ajax (2nd)^TH
Linfield (1st)	Strømsgodset (1st)	Górnik Zabrze (1st)
Benfica (1st)	Dinamo București (1st)	Celtic (1st)
Valencia (1st)	Malmö FF (1st)	Basel (1st)
Galatasaray (1st)	CSKA Moscow (1st)	Hajduk Split (1st)

First round				Second round				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

Marseille	2	1	3

Górnik Zabrze	1	1	2
				Marseille	1	1	2

				Ajax	2	4	6
Ajax	2	0	2

Dynamo Dresden	0	0	0
								Ajax	2	1	3

								Arsenal	1	0	1
Reipas Lahti	1	0	1

Grasshopper	1	8	9
				Grasshopper	0	0	0

				Arsenal	2	3	5
Strømsgodset	1	0	1

Arsenal	3	4	7
												Ajax	1	0	1

												Benfica	0	0	0
Dinamo București (a)	0	2	2

Spartak Trnava	0	2	2
				Dinamo București	0	0	0

				Feyenoord	3	2	5
Feyenoord	8	9	17

Olympiakos Nicosia	0	0	0
								Feyenoord	1	1	2

								Benfica	0	5	5
Wacker Innsbruck	0	1	1

Benfica	4	3	7
				Benfica	2	0	2

				CSKA September Flag	1	0	1
CSKA September Flag	3	1	4

Partizani	0	0	0
																Ajax	2

																Inter Milan	0
Valencia (a)	0	1	1

Hajduk Split	0	1	1
				Valencia	0	1	1

				Újpesti Dózsa	1	2	3
Újpesti Dózsa	4	0	4

Malmö FF	0	1	1
								Újpesti Dózsa	1	1	2

								Celtic	2	1	3
Boldklubben 1903	2	0	2

Celtic	1	3	4
				Celtic	5	2	7

				Sliema Wanderers	0	1	1
ÍA	0	0	0

Sliema Wanderers	4	0	4
												Inter Milan (p)	0	0	0 (5)

												Celtic	0	0	0 (4)
Inter Milan	4	2	6

AEK Athens	1	3	4
				Inter Milan	4	0	4

				Borussia M.Gladbach	2	0	2
Cork Hibernians	0	1	1

Borussia M.Gladbach	5	2	7
								Inter Milan (a)	1	1	2

								Standard Liège	0	2	2
Galatasaray	1	0	1

CSKA Moscow	1	3	4
				CSKA Moscow	1	0	1

				Standard Liège	0	2	2
Standard Liège	2	3	5

Linfield	0	2	2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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 September Flag	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
Inter Milan	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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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 September Flag	2–1	0–0
Valencia	1–3	Újpesti Dózsa	0–1	1–2
Celtic	7–1	Sliema Wanderers	5–0	2–1
Inter Milan	4–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–2	0–0
CSKA Moscow	1–2	Standard Liège	1–0	0–2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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
Inter Milan	2–2 (a)	Standard Liège	1–0	1–2

1971–72_European_Cup

1971–72 European Cup

Teams

Preliminary round

First leg

Second leg

Bracket

First round

First leg

Second leg

Second round

First leg

Second leg

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

Top scorers

References

External links

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Celtic	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Inter Milan
	Report
Penalties
Deans Craig Johnstone McCluskey Murdoch	4–5	Mazzola Facchetti Frustalupi Pellizzaro Jair

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Johan Cruyff	Ajax	5
	Antal Dunai	Újpesti Dózsa	5
	Lou Macari	Celtic	5
	Silvester Takač	Standard Liège	5
5	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