European Champion Clubs' Cup 1972/73

European Champion Clubs' Cup 1972/73
Cup winners	Ajax Amsterdam (3rd title)
Beginning	September 13, 1972
final	May 30, 1973
Final stadium	Red Star Stadium , Belgrade
Teams	30th
Games	57
Gates	160  (ø 2.81 per game)
Top scorer	Gerd Mueller (11)
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The 1972/73 European Cup was the 18th edition of the competition. 30 club teams took part, including 30 national champions from the previous season and the defending champions with Ajax Amsterdam .

FC Bayern Munich took part for the Federal Republic of Germany, 1. FC Magdeburg for the German Democratic Republic , FC Basel for Switzerland and SSW Innsbruck for Austria .

The participants played in pure cup mode with (with the exception of the finals) back and forth for the crown of European club football. In the event of a tie, there was first overtime, then penalty shoot-out. With the exception of the defending champion Ajax Amsterdam and the Czechoslovak club Spartak Trnava , the clubs started in the first round.

The final took place on 30 May 1973 at the stadium Red Star of Belgrade before 91,654 spectators instead. Ajax Amsterdam won the final with a goal from Johnny Rep . Thus, the Dutch club won the title for the third time and was allowed to keep the trophy forever.

1 round

BYE: Ajax Amsterdam and Spartak Trnava  

The first leg took place on September 13, the second leg on September 21, 1972.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Sliema Wanderers	00:10	Górnik Zabrze	0: 5	0: 5
Újpesti Dózsa SC	4: 3	FC Basel	2-0	2: 3
Waterford FC	2: 3	Omonia Nicosia	2: 1	0: 2
RSC Anderlecht	7: 2	Vejle BK	4: 2	3-0
Galatasaray Istanbul	1: 7	FC Bayern Munich	1: 1	0: 6
Malmö FF	2: 4	Benfica Lisbon	1-0	1: 4
SSW Innsbruck	0: 3	Dynamo Kiev	0: 1	0: 2
1. FC Magdeburg	9: 1	FC TPS Turku	6-0	3: 1
FC Aris Bonneweg	0: 6	FC Argeş Piteşti	0: 2	0: 4
Derby County	4: 1	FK Željezničar Sarajevo	2-0	2: 1
Olympique Marseille	1: 3	Juventus Turin	1-0	0: 3
Celtic Glasgow	5: 2	Rosenborg Trondheim	2: 1	3: 1
real Madrid	4-0	Keflavík ÍF	3-0	1-0
CSKA Sofia	4: 1	Panathinaikos Athens	2: 1	2: 0 1

¹The second leg in Athens originally ended 2-1 for Athens and a subsequent penalty shoot-out. The Russian referee Lipatov made a serious mistake. The game was canceled and rerun on October 26, 1972.

2nd round

The first legs took place on the 24th (Bayern vs. Nicosia) / 25. October and 8th November (Sofia vs. Amsterdam), the second leg on October 26th (Nicosia vs. Bavaria) and November 8/9/29 (Amsterdam vs. Sofia) in November 1972. The second leg of Bayern against Nicosia took place in the Rosenaustadion in Augsburg .

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Bayern Munich	13: 00	Omonia Nicosia	9-0	4-0
Spartak Trnava	2-0	RSC Anderlecht	1-0	1-0
Dynamo Kiev	3: 2	Górnik Zabrze	2-0	1: 2
Juventus Turin	2-0	1. FC Magdeburg	1-0	1-0
Derby County	3-0	Benfica Lisbon	3-0	0-0
Celtic Glasgow	2: 4	Újpesti Dózsa SC	2: 1	0: 3
FC Argeş Piteşti	3: 4	real Madrid	2: 1	1: 3
CSKA Sofia	1: 6	Ajax Amsterdam	1: 3	0: 3

Quarter finals

The first leg took place on March 7, the second leg on March 21, 1973.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Ajax Amsterdam	5: 2	FC Bayern Munich	4-0	1: 2
Juventus Turin	( a ) 2: 2(a)	Újpesti Dózsa SC	0-0	2: 2
Dynamo Kiev	0: 3	real Madrid	0-0	0: 3
Spartak Trnava	1: 2	Derby County	1-0	0: 2

Semifinals

The first leg took place on April 11, the second leg on April 25, 1973.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Ajax Amsterdam	3: 1	real Madrid	2: 1	1-0
Juventus Turin	3: 1	Derby County	3: 1	0-0

final

Ajax Amsterdam		Juventus Turin
	May 30, 1973 in Belgrade ( Red Star Stadium ) Result: 1: 0 (1: 0) Spectators: 91,654 Referee: Milivoje Gugulović ( Yugoslavia )
	Heinz Stuy - Wim Suurbier , Barry Hulshoff , Horst Blankenburg , Ruud Krol - Johan Neeskens , Gerrie Mühren , Arie Haan - Johnny Rep , Johan Cruyff , Piet Keizer Trainer: Ștefan Kovács ( Romania )	Dino Zoff - Sandro Salvadore , Gianpietro Marchetti , Francesco Morini , Silvio Longobucco - Franco Causio (57th Antonello Cuccureddu ), Giuseppe Furino , Fabio Capello - José Altafini , Pietro Anastasi , Roberto Bettega (49th Helmut Haller ) Coach: Čestmír Vycoslowaklek ( Czechoslovakia )
	1-0 Johnny Rep (5th)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Gerd Müller	FC Bayern Munich	11
2	Ferenc Bene	Újpesti Dósza SC	6th
3	Włodzimierz Lubański	Górnik Zabrze	5
	Santillana	real Madrid	5
5	Nicolae Dobrin	FC Argeş Piteşti	4th
	Kevin Hector	Derby County	4th
	Rob Rensenbrink	RSC Anderlecht	4th
	Jürgen Sparwasser	1. FC Magdeburg	4th

→ Main article : List of UEFA Champions League top scorer

Players used Ajax Amsterdam

1.	Ajax Amsterdam
	Goal : Heinz Stuy (7 / -) Defense : Horst Blankenburg (7/1); Ruud Krol (7/1); Wim Suurbier (7 / -); Barry Hulshoff (6/1) Midfield : Arie Haan (7/3); Johan Neeskens (7 / -); Gerrie Mühren (6/2); Arnold Mühren (3 / -); Heinz Schilcher (3 / -) Attack : Johnny Rep (7/1); Johan Cruyff (6/3); Piet Keizer (6/2); Sjaak Swart (4/1) Coach : Ștefan Kovács

See also

• European Cup Winners' Cup 1972/73
• 1972/73 UEFA Cup

Web links

• Official UEFA website for the 1972/73 European Cup
• Game details for the 1972/73 season at rsssf.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistics on linguasport.com
2. ↑ Middle left: "Bayern are already in the quarter-finals" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna October 28, 1972, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).