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
	← 1970–71 (Inter-Cities Fairs Cup) 1972–73 →

1971–72 UEFA Cup

Inaugural season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA

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

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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.

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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

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

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

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

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.)

1971–72_UEFA_Cup

1971–72 UEFA Cup

Bracket

First round

Summary

Matches

Second round

Summary

Matches

Third round

Summary

Matches

Quarter-finals

Summary

Matches

Semi-finals

Summary

Matches

Final

Summary

Matches

See also

References

External links

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Tournament details
Dates	14 September 1971 (1971-09-14) – 17 May 1972 (1972-05-17)
Teams	63^[1] (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
← 1970–71 (Inter-Cities Fairs Cup) 1972–73 →

Željezničar	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Ferencváros
Bratić 28'	Report	Kű 29' Branikovits 65'
Penalties
Sprečo Bratić Janković Hrvat Bukal	4–5	Novák Páncsics Branikovits Megyesi Kű

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