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The 1972–73 season of the European Cup

UEFA Champions League

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football club tournament was won by for the third consecutive time by Ajax in the final against Juventus

Juventus F.C.

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at Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade

Belgrade

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. The win by Ajax resulted in the fourth consecutive championship by Dutch

Netherlands

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teams.

First round

First leg

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Second leg

The game was annulled due to errors in the penalty shootout procedures
CSKA Sofia won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Bayern Munich won 7–1 on aggregate.
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Omonia won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Dynamo Kyiv won 3–0 on aggregate.
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Górnik Zabrze won 10–0 on aggregate.
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Argeş Piteşti won 6–0 on aggregate.
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Real Madrid won 4–0 on aggregate.
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Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Magdeburg won 9–1 on aggregate.
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Celtic won 5–2 on aggregate.
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Újpesti Dózsa won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Anderlecht won 7–2 on aggregate.
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Derby County won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Benfica won 4–2 on aggregate.

Second round

First leg

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Second leg

Ajax won 6–1 on aggregate.
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Bayern Munich won 13–0 on aggregate.
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Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.
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Juventus won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Újpesti Dózsa won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Spartak Trnava won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Derby County won 3–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Ajax won 5–2 on aggregate.
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Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.
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Juventus 2–2 Újpesti Dózsa on aggregate. Juventus won on away goals.
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Derby County won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1972-73 European Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Gerd Müller Gerd Müller Gerhard "Gerd" Müller is a former German football player and one of the most prolific goalscorers of all time.With national records of 68 goals in 62 international appearances, 365 goals in 427 Bundesliga games and the international record of 66 goals in 74 European Club games, he was one of the...	Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....	12
2	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...	6
3	Włodzimierz Lubański	Górnik Zabrze Górnik Zabrze Górnik Zabrze is a Polish football club from Zabrze. The club has won numerous championships, and was a dominant force in the 1960s and 1980s. For now Górnik has the most titles in Poland. The club plays in white or dark blue - red kit, and is based at the Ernest Pohl Stadium...	5
3	Santillana	Real Madrid Real Madrid C.F. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...	5
5	Nicolae Dobrin Nicolae Dobrin Nicolae Dobrin was a Romanian football player. Dobrin is considered by many to be the best Romanian player of the 1960s and 1970s and one of the most talented players ever to play the game...	Argeş Piteşti FC Arges Pitesti FC Argeş Piteşti is a Romanian professional football club from Piteşti, Argeş county.FC Argeş was one of the most successful Romanian clubs in the 1970s, when it won the national championship twice: in 1972 and 1979, and finished twice as runner-up...	3
	Kevin Hector Kevin Hector Kevin James Hector is an English former footballer who scored 268 goals from 662 appearances in the Football League playing for Bradford Park Avenue and Derby County. His 486 League appearances for Derby County is a club record...	Derby County Derby County F.C. Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...	3
	Rob Rensenbrink	Anderlecht	3
	Jürgen Sparwasser Jürgen Sparwasser Jürgen Sparwasser is a retired German football player and later briefly a football manager.Sparwasser started his playing career in the youth department of his hometown club BSG Lokomotive Halberstadt in 1956. In 1965 he moved to 1. FC Magdeburg where he gave his senior debut in January 1966...	Magdeburg 1. FC Magdeburg 1. FC Magdeburg is a German association football club playing in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt.-History:Football has been played in Magdeburg since the end of the 19th century. On 15 June 1896 SV Victoria 96 Magdeburg was founded, a club that had its best days before World War II, when it participated...	3
9	José Altafini José Altafini José João Altafini, is an Italian Brazilian former footballer. He is the joint-third highest scorer in Italian Serie A history with 216 goals. He currently holds the record for the highest no...	Juventus	3
	Arie Haan	Ajax	3
	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...	3
	Anatoliy Puzach Anatoliy Puzach Anatoliy Kyrylovych Puzach was a Soviet football player and Ukrainian coach...	Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...	3
	Constantin Radu	Argeş Piteşti FC Arges Pitesti FC Argeş Piteşti is a Romanian professional football club from Piteşti, Argeş county.FC Argeş was one of the most successful Romanian clubs in the 1970s, when it won the national championship twice: in 1972 and 1979, and finished twice as runner-up...	3
	Franz Roth Franz Roth Franz Roth is a former German footballer who played for Bayern Munich for his entire career. He earned 4 caps for the Germany national football team and was nicknamed "the Bull" due to his physical playing style....	Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....	3
	Edgar Schneider Edgar Schneider Edgar Schneider is a retired German football player. He spent 4 seasons in the Bundesliga with FC Bayern Munich.-Honours:* European Cup winner: 1974.* Bundesliga champion: 1972, 1973, 1974.* Bundesliga runner-up: 1971....	Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....	3

External links

1972-73 season; UEFA.com
European Cup results; at rsssf

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