1971–72 UEFA Cup

The 1971–72 UEFA Cup was the inaugural year of the UEFA Cup (now known as the UEFA Europa League), which effectively replaced the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

1971–72 UEFA Cup
Tournament details
Dates14 September 1971 – 17 May 1972
Teams64
Final positions
Champions Tottenham Hotspur (1st title)
Runners-up Wolverhampton Wanderers
Tournament statistics
Matches played123
Goals scored373 (3.03 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ludwig Bründl (10 goals)

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. Team distribution was inherited from the Fairs Cup with only little changes: seat cessions between Denmark and Sweden and between Scotland and East Germany were yet decided. Three nations never joined the Fairs Cup, so Yugoslavia ceded a team to near Albania, Greece to near Cyprus, while a place for Soviet Union was obtained from the holders.[1]

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

First round

The matches were played on 14–16 and 29–30 September 1971. Teams from the same nation could not be drawn against one another.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Hertha BSC 7–2 Elfsborg 3–1 4–1
Dundee 5–2 AB 4–2 1–0
Rosenborg 4–0 HIFK 3–0 1–0
Vasas 2–1 Shelbourne 1–0 1–1
Glentoran 1–7 Eintracht Braunschweig 0–1 1–6
ÍBK Keflavík 1–15 Tottenham Hotspur 1–61 0–9
Celta Vigo 0–3 Aberdeen 0–2 0–1
ADO Den Haag 7–2 Aris Bonnevoie 5–0 2–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers 7–1 Académica de Coimbra 3–0 4–1
Saint-Étienne 2–3 Köln 1–1 1–2
Lugano 1–3 Legia Warsaw 1–3 0–0
Porto 1–3 Nantes 0–2 1–1
Hamburg 2–4 St Johnstone 2–1 0–3
Southampton 2–3 Athletic Bilbao 2–1 0–2
Bologna 3–1 Anderlecht 1–1 2–0
Napoli 1–2 Rapid București 1–0 0–2
Vitória de Setúbal (a)2–2 Nîmes Olympique 1–0 1–2
Atlético Madrid 2–2(a) Panionios 2–1 0–1
Carl Zeiss Jena 4–3 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 3–0 1–3
Basel 2–4 Real Madrid 1–2 1–2
Marsa 0–11 Juventus 0–6 0–5
Dinamo Zagreb 8–2 Botev Vratsa 6–1 2–1
UTA Arad 5–4 Austria Salzburg 4–1 1–3
Fenerbahçe 2–4 Ferencváros 1–1 1–3
Milan 7–0 Digenis Akritas Morphou 4–0 3–0
Spartak Moscow 3–2 VSS Košice 2–0 1–2
OFK Beograd 6–3 Djurgården 4–1 2–2
Željezničar 4–3 Club Brugge 3–0 1–3
Hallescher FC 0–2 PSV Eindhoven 0–0 0–22
Zagłębie Wałbrzych 4–2 Union Teplice 1–0 3–2
Lierse 4–2 Leeds United 0–2 4–0
Rapid Wien (w/o)3 Vllaznia — —

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

First leg
Hertha BSC 3–1 Elfsborg
Hermandung  35'
Varga  44'
Steffenhagen  68'		 Report Rökaas  53'
Dundee 4–2 AB
Bryce  8', 35'
Wallace  30'
Lambie  68'		 Report Carlson  39', 60'
Rosenborg 3–0 HIFK
Mörkved  11'
Hanssen  50'
Meirik  79'		 Report
Attendance: 7,575
Referee: Bent Nielsen (Denmark)
Vasas 1–0 Shelbourne
Menczel  80' Report
Attendance: 2,453
Glentoran 0–1 Eintracht Braunschweig
Report Bründl  33'
ÍBK Keflavík 1–6 Tottenham Hotspur
Júlíusson  76' Report Gilzean  7', 64', 87'
Coates  25'
Mullery  31', 59'
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0 Académica de Coimbra
McAlle  28'
Richards  62'
Dougan  80'		 Report
Attendance: 23,349
Porto 0–2 Nantes
Report Marcos  18', 81'
Referee: Dominic Byrne (Ireland)
Bologna 1–1 Anderlecht
Perani  26' Report Van Himst  60'
OFK Belgrade 4–1 Djurgården
Zec  9'
Lukić  21'
Santrač  55'
Mešanović  70'		 Report Rehnberg  77'
Referee: Ladikli Sabahattin (Turkey)
Napoli 1–0 Rapid București
 Report
Attendance: 21,993
Referee: Petar Kostovski (Yugoslavia)
Vitória de Setúbal 1–0 Nîmes Olympique
Torres  5' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 7,480
Referee: Franz Geluck (Belgium)
Basel 1–2 Real Madrid
Hasler  32' Report Aguilar  33'
Santillana  75'
Referee: Ken Burns (England)
Marsa 0–6 Juventus
Report Haller  32'  60'
Causio  54'
Novellini  63'
Capello  69'
Cuccureddu  88'
UTA Arad 4–1 Austria Salzburg
 Report
  • Ritter  47'
Attendance: 15,000
Milan 4–0 Digenis Akritas Morphou
Villa  32', 60'
Magherini  34'
Golin  50'		 Report

Second leg
Académica de Coimbra 1–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manuel António  15' Report Dougan  23', 72', 90'
McAlle  57'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 7–1 on aggregate.

Shelbourne 1–1 Vasas
Murray  80' Report Török  48'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

Vasas won 2–1 on aggregate.

Nantes 1–1 Porto
Maas  77' Report De Michèle  87' (o.g.)
Referee: Ivan Plaček (Czechoslovakia)

Nantes won 3–1 on aggregate.

Anderlecht 0–2 Bologna
Report Savoldi  10'
Rizzo  85'

Bologna won 3–1 on aggregate.

Rapid București 2–0 Napoli
 Report
Attendance: 36,000

Rapid București won 2–1 on aggregate.

Nîmes Olympique 2–1 Vitória de Setúbal
Machado  58' (o.g.)
Adams  89'		 Report Torres  24'
Stade Jean-Bouin, Nîmes
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Curth Nystrand (Sweden)

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

Real Madrid 2–1 Basel
Aguilar  48'
Santillana  78'		 Report Siegenthaler  57'
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)

Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.

Juventus 5–0 Marsa
Novellini  18', 32', 90'
Haller  45'
Furino  63'		 Report

Juventus won 11–0 on aggregate.

Austria Salzburg 3–1 UTA Arad
 Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Jef F. Dropmans (Netherlands)

UTA Arad won 5–4 on aggregate.

Tottenham Hotspur 9–0 ÍBK Keflavík
Chivers  8', 19', 44'
Perryman  24'
Coates  44'
Knowles  65'
Gilzean  77', 78'
Holder  86'		 Report
Attendance: 23,818

Tottenham won 15–1 on aggregate.

Digenis Akritas Morphou 0–3 Milan
Report Villa  11', 11'
Rivera  65'

Milan won 7–0 on aggregate.

Djurgården 2–2 OFK Belgrade
Sjöberg  1'
Rehnberg  45'		 Report Zec  1'
Đorđevic  70'
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

OFK Belgrade won 6–3 on aggregate.

Second round

The matches were played on 19–21 October and 2–4 November 1971. Teams from the same nation could not be drawn against one another.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rosenborg 4–4(a) Lierse 4–1 0–3
Rapid București 4–2 Legia Warsaw 4–0 0–2
Köln 4–5 Dundee 2–1 2–4
Den Haag 1–7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–3 0–4
Željezničar (a)3–3 Bologna 1–1 2–2
Nantes 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 0–1
Eintracht Braunschweig 4–3 Athletic Bilbao 2–1 2–2
St Johnstone 2–1 Vasas 2–0 0–1
Spartak Moscow 0–4 Vitória de Setúbal 0–0 0–4
Milan 5–4 Hertha BSC 4–2 1–2
OFK Beograd 1–5 Carl Zeiss Jena 1–1 0–4
Zagłębie Wałbrzych 2–3 UTA Arad 1–1 1–2
Dinamo Zagreb 2–2(a) Rapid Wien 2–2 0–0
Real Madrid 3–3(a) PSV Eindhoven 3–1 0–21
Juventus 3–1 Aberdeen 2–0 1–1
Ferencváros 8–0 Panionios 6–0 2–02

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

First leg
Rapid București 4–0 Legia Warsaw
  • Ene  23', 28'
  • Neagu  29', 71'
 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Jozef Krňávek (Czechoslovakia)
Željezničar 1–1 Bologna
Bukal  75' (pen.) Report Perani  30'
Spartak Moscow 0–0 Vitória de Setúbal
Report
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: John Gow (Wales)
Milan 4–2 Hertha BSC
Prati  41', 85'
Benetti  62'
Biasiolo  65'		 Report Steffenhagen  15'
Beer  51'
Attendance: 30,000
Nantes 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur
Report
Attendance: 20,033
Zagłębie Wałbrzych 1–1 UTA Arad
  • Kwiatkowski  10'
 Report
  • Broșovschi  86'
1000-year Anniversary Stadium, Wałbrzych
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Karlo Kruashvili (Soviet Union)
Juventus 2–0 Aberdeen
Anastasi  5'
G. Murray  55' (o.g.)		 Report

Second leg
Legia Warsaw 2–0 Rapid București
 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Emsberger Gyula (Hungary)

Rapid București won 4–2 on aggregate.

Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Nantes
Peters  13' Report
Attendance: 32,630
Bologna 2–2 Željezničar
Fedele  15', 71' Report Janković  59', 83'

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

Vitória de Setúbal 4–0 Spartak Moscow
Machado  29'
Torres  53', 56'
João  77'		 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Vitória de Setúbal won 4–0 on aggregate.

Hertha BSC 2–1 Milan
Horr  15' (pen.), 89' Report Bigon  13'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: John Carpenter (Republic of Ireland)

Milan won 5–4 on aggregate.

UTA Arad 2–1 (a.e.t.) Zagłębie Wałbrzych
 Report
Attendance: 8,000

UTA Arad won 3–2 on aggregate.

Aberdeen 1–1 Juventus
Harper  78' Report Anastasi  50'

Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.

Third round

The matches were played on 23–24 November and 8 December 1971. Teams from the same nation could not be drawn against one another.

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

First leg
Milan 3–0 Dundee
Rivera  14'
Stewart  50' (o.g.)
Benetti  71'		 Report
Rapid Wien 0–1 Juventus
Report Bettega  30'
UTA Arad 3–0 Vitória de Setúbal
 Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Antoine Queudeville (Luxembourg)
Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Rapid București
 Report
Attendance: 30,702
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

Second leg
Dundee 2–0 Milan
Wallace  39'
Duncan  74'		 Report

Milan won 3–2 on aggregate.

Juventus 4–1 Rapid Wien
Bettega  8', 46', 71'
Causio  81' (pen.)		 Report Lorenz  16'
Communale, Turin
Referee: Menning (East Germany)

Juventus won 5–1 on aggregate.

Vitória de Setúbal 1–0 UTA Arad
 Report
Attendance: 10,000

UTA Arad won 3–1 on aggregate.

Rapid București 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)

Tottenham Hotspur won 5–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Milan 3–1 Lierse 2–0 1–1
UTA Arad 1–3 Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 1–1
Ferencváros 3–3(p) Željezničar 1–2 2–1
Juventus 2–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 1–2

First leg
Milan 2–0 Lierse
Rivera  30' (pen.)
Bigon  43'		 Report
UTA Arad 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur
Report
Attendance: 12,253
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)
Ferencváros 1–2 FK Željezničar
Albert  12' Report Bukal  27'
Sprečo  43'
Attendance: 32,871
Referee: John Paterson (Scotland)
Juventus 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Anastasi  37' Report McCalliog  65'

Second leg
Lierse 1–1 Milan
Vermeyen  82' (pen.) Report Villa  48'

Milan won 3–1 on aggregate.

Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 UTA Arad
 Report
Attendance: 30,253
Referee: Joaquim Fernandes Campos (Portugal)

Tottenham Hotspur won 3–1 on aggregate.

FK Željezničar 1–2 Ferencváros
Sprečo  29' Report Kű  29'
Brankovits  60'
Penalties
4–5
Attendance: 12,298

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 Juventus
Hegan  40'
Dougan  52'		 Report Haller  84' (pen.)

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 3–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

The matches were played on 5 and 19 April 1972.

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

First leg
Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Milan
Perryman  30', 65' Report Benetti  25'
London
Ferencváros 2–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Szőke  30' (pen.)
Albert  33'		 Report Richards  18'
Munro  80'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

Second leg
Milan 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur
Rivera  69' (pen.) Report Mullery  7'

Tottenham Hotspur won 3–2 on aggregate.

Wolverhampton Wanderers2–1Ferencváros
Dailey  1'
Munro  45'		 Report Kű  47'
Attendance: 38,262
Referee: Mihas Hristos (Greece)

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 4-3 on aggregate.

Final
Main article: 1972 UEFA Cup Final

First leg
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur
McCalliog  72' Report Chivers  57', 87'
Attendance: 38,362
Referee: Tofik Bakhramov (Soviet Union)

Second leg
Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Mullery  29' Report Wagstaffe  40'
Attendance: 54,303

Tottenham Hotspur won 3–2 on aggregate.

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See also

References
  1. UEFA Cup consequently had not a place for its holders, differently from the European and the Cupwinners Cup. This fact was not seen as a problem, under the idea that a club winning the UEFA Cup should be so strong to qualify through its championship: it was true until Inter Milan's victory in 1994.
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