The 1971–72 season of the European Cup

UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

 football club tournament was won for the second consecutive time by Ajax, who beat Internazionale

F.C. Internazionale Milano

Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...

 in the final.

Preliminary round

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First leg

Second leg

Valencia won 4–1 on aggregate.

First round

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¹ Dinamo Bucharest progressed to the Second round on away goals.

² Valencia progressed to the Second round on away goals.

First leg

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Second leg

Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Ajax won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Grasshopper won 9–1 on aggregate.
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Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.
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Dinamo Bucharest won 2–2 on away goals.
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Feyenoord won 17–0 on aggregate.
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Benfica won 7–1 on aggregate.
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CSKA Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.
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Valencia won 1–1 on away goals.
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Újpesti Dózsa won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Sliema Wanderers won 4–0 on aggregate.
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Internazionale won 6–4 on aggregate.
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Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–1 on aggregate.
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CSKA Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Standard Liège won 5–2 on aggregate.

Second round

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First leg

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This game was annulled as Inter player Roberto Boninsegna

Roberto Boninsegna

Roberto Boninsegna is an Italian former football player.He started his career in Serie B with Prato in 1963-64 season. He transferred to FC Potenza, who was Serie B team in 1964-65 season. He also played for Varese in 1965-66 and Cagliari between 1966-1969...

 was hit by a beer can in the 29th minute. The first leg game was replayed after the game that was originally scheduled to be second leg was played, thus the order of legs was switched.
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Second leg

Ajax won 6–2 on aggregate.
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Arsenal won 5–0 on aggregate.
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Feyenoord won 5–0 on aggregate.
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Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Újpesti Dózsa won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Celtic won 7–1 on aggregate.
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Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Standard Liège won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter finals

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¹ Internazionale progressed to the Semi finals on away goals.

First leg

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Second leg

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.
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Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Standard Liège 2–2 Internazionale on aggregate. Internazionale won on away goals rule.

Semi finals

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¹ Internazionale progressed to the Final after winning 5-4 on penalties.

First leg

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Second leg

Ajax won 1–0 on aggregate.
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Celtic 0–0 Internazionale on aggregate. Internazionale won 5–4 on penalties.

Teams had to shoot all five even if they could not win anymore (the shootout would have ended with a score of 5–3 otherwise as Inter took the shots first).

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1972-73 European Cup (excluding qualifying rounds and annulled game) are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Antal Dunai Antal Dunai Antal Dunai, also known as Dunai II is a former Hungarian footballer. He became a first division player at Pécsi Dózsa, but he spent the majority of his career at Újpesti Dózsa from 1965 to 1977, when he moved to Debreceni VSC....	Újpesti Dózsa Újpest FC Újpest Football Club , earlier known as Újpesti TE and Újpesti Dózsa, is a Hungarian football club, based in Újpest, Budapest. The club's colours are purple and white...	5
	Lou Macari Lou Macari Luigi "Lou" Macari is a Scottish former footballer and football manager of Italian descent.-Playing career:...	Celtic Celtic F.C. Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...	5
	Silvester Takač Silvester Takac Silvester Takač is a Serbian former football forward and manager.-References:* *...	Standard Liège Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (Dutch: Standard Luik [], German: Standard Lüttich , is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège....	5
4	Ronnie Cocks	Sliema Wanderers Sliema Wanderers F.C. Sliema Wanderers Football Club are a Maltese football team from the town of Sliema, which currently plays in the Maltese Premier League.-History:The club was founded in 1909...	4
	Johan Cruyff Johan Cruyff Hendrik Johannes Cruijff OON , known as Johan Cruyff, is a retired Dutch footballer and is currently the manager of the Catalan national team as well as a member of the AFC Ajax board of directors. He won the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1971, 1973 and 1974, which is a record jointly held with...	Ajax	4
	Willem van Hanegem Willem van Hanegem Willem "Wim" van Hanegem is a Dutch football player and coach born in Breskens, Zeeland. In a playing career spanning over 20 years he won several domestic honours in the Netherlands, as well as two UEFA trophies, all with Feyenoord. He was also a finalist in the FIFA World Cup 1974...	Feyenoord	4
	Rinus Israël Rinus Israël Marinus David Israël is a former Dutch football player, manager and currently scout....	Feyenoord	4
	Artur Jorge	Benfica	4
	Ray Kennedy Ray Kennedy Raymond Kennedy is an English former football player who won every domestic honour in the game with Arsenal and Liverpool in the 1970s...	Arsenal Arsenal F.C. Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...	4
	Kurt Müller Kurt Müller (footballer) Kurt "Kudi" Müller is a Swiss former footballer who was capped on 38 occasions by the Switzerland national football team, scoring 8 goals....	Grasshopper	4
	Lex Schoenmaker Lex Schoenmaker Alex "Lex" Schoenmaker is a Dutch former professional football player and manager.-Playing career:Born in The Hague, Schoenmaker played as a striker for ADO, Feyenoord and FC Den Haag...	Feyenoord	4
12	Ferenc Bene Ferenc Bene Ferenc Bene was a Hungarian football player of Újpesti Dózsa, who was a member of the team that won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He was the top scorer of the tournament .Bene was born in Balatonújlak...	Újpesti Dózsa Újpest FC Újpest Football Club , earlier known as Újpesti TE and Újpesti Dózsa, is a Hungarian football club, based in Újpest, Budapest. The club's colours are purple and white...	3
	Roberto Boninsegna Roberto Boninsegna Roberto Boninsegna is an Italian former football player.He started his career in Serie B with Prato in 1963-64 season. He transferred to FC Potenza, who was Serie B team in 1964-65 season. He also played for Varese in 1965-66 and Cagliari between 1966-1969...	Internazionale	3
	Jair Jair da Costa Jair da Costa is a former Brazilian footballer who notably played for Internazionale, and was part of their European Cup victories in 1964 and 1965....	Internazionale	3
	Matthias Maiwald	Feyenoord	3
	Tamagnini Nené Tamagnini Nené Tamagnini Manuel Gomes Baptista, Nené , is a retired Portuguese footballer.A striker, he played his entire career with Sport Lisboa e Benfica, appearing in nearly 600 official games for the club....	Benfica	3
	John Radford John Radford For the Canadian broadcaster see John Radford John Radford is a former English football player....	Arsenal Arsenal F.C. Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...	3
	Sjaak Swart Sjaak Swart Jesaia Swart is a former Dutch footballer who played for Ajax Amsterdam a total of more than 600 matches, a record for the club. Nicknamed Mr. Ajax, he was part of their European Cup victories in 1971, 1972, 1973...	Ajax	3

External links

• 1971–72 season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation