European Cup Winners' Cup 1971/72

European Cup Winners' Cup 1971/72

Cup winners	Scotland Glasgow Rangers (1st title)
Beginning	18th August 1971
final	May 24, 1972
Final stadium	Camp Nou , Barcelona
Teams	34
Games	65
Gates	192 (ø 2.95 per game)
Top scorer	England Peter Osgood (8)
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The 1971/72 European Cup Winners 'Cup was the 12th draw of the European Cup Winners' Cup. 34 club teams from 33 countries took part, including defending champions Chelsea FC, 26 national cup winners and 7 defeated cup finalists (Liverpool FC, Komlói Bányász, Sparta Rotterdam, Lyn Oslo, Glasgow Rangers, Škoda Pilsen and Zagłębie Sosnowiec).

From Germany there were DFB Cup winners FC Bayern Munich , from the GDR FDGB Cup winners BFC Dynamo , from Austria ÖFB Cup winners FK Austria Wien and from Switzerland Servette Geneva .

The top scorer was Peter Osgood from Chelsea FC with 8 goals .

mode

As usual, the participants played the winner in pure cup mode with home and return matches. If there was a tie after both games, the number of goals scored away decided ( away goal rule ). If their number was also the same, extra time took place in the second leg, in which the away goals rule also applied. If there was still a tie at the end of extra time, a penalty shoot- out was carried out. The final was decided in a game on a neutral court. In the event of a tie after extra time, the winner would have been determined for the first time in a penalty shoot-out in the final.

Preliminary round

The first leg took place on 18./28. August, the second leg on August 28/1. September 1971.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Boldklubben 1909 Denmark	(a)4: 4 ( a )	Austria FK Austria Vienna	4: 2	0: 2
Fram Reykjavík Iceland	¹2: 3 ¹	Malta Hibernians Football Club	0: 3	2-0

¹Both games at the Empire Stadium Gzira

1 round

The first legs took place from September 14 to 16, the second legs on September 29/30. September 1971.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Hibernians Football Club Malta	0: 1	Romania 1965 Steaua Bucharest	0-0	0: 1
Olympiacos Piraeus Greece 1970	2: 3	Soviet Union 1955 Dynamo Moscow	0: 2	2: 1
Rennes stadium France	1: 2	Scotland Glasgow Rangers	1: 1	0: 1
Zagłębie Sosnowiec Poland 1944	4: 5	Sweden Åtvidabergs FF	3: 4	1: 1
Komlói Bányász Hungary 1957	4: 8	Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Red Star Belgrade	2: 7	2: 1
KS Dinamo Tirana Albania 1946	1: 2	Austria FK Austria Vienna	1: 1	0: 1
Škoda Pilsen Czechoslovakia	1: 7	Germany Federal Republic FC Bayern Munich	0: 1	1: 6
Lisburn Distillery Northern Ireland	1: 7	Spain 1945 CF Barcelona	1: 3	0: 4
BFC Dynamo Germany Democratic Republic 1949	2: 2 (5: 4 on account)	Wales Cardiff City	1: 1	1: 1 a.d.
Limerick FC Ireland	0: 5	Italy AC Turin	0: 1	0: 4
Servette Geneva Switzerland	2: 3	England Liverpool FC	2: 1	0: 2
Jeunesse skin charage Luxembourg	00:21	England Chelsea FC	0: 8	00:13
Sporting Lisbon Portugal	7-0	Norway Lyn Oslo	4-0	3-0
Mikkelin Palloilijat Finland	0: 4	Turkey Eskişehirspor	0-0	0: 4
DFS Levski-Spartak Sofia Bulgaria 1971	1: 3	Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam	1: 1	0: 2
Anorthosis Famagusta Cyprus 1960	0: 8	Belgium K.Beerschot VAC	0: 7	0: 1

2nd round

The first leg took place on October 20, the second leg on November 3, 1971.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Liverpool FC England	1: 3	Germany Federal Republic FC Bayern Munich	0-0	1: 3
AC Turin Italy	1-0	Austria FK Austria Vienna	1-0	0-0
CF Barcelona Spain 1945	1: 3	Romania 1965 Steaua Bucharest	0: 1	1: 2
Sparta Rotterdam Netherlands	2: 3	Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic Red Star Belgrade	1: 1	1: 2
Åtvidabergs FF Sweden	( a ) 1: 1(a)	England Chelsea FC	0-0	1: 1
K. Beerschot VAC Belgium	2: 6	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 BFC Dynamo	1: 3	1: 3
Glasgow Rangers Scotland	( a ) 6: 6 ¹¹¹	Portugal Sporting Lisbon	3: 2	3: 4 a.d.
Eskişehirspor Turkey	0: 2	Soviet Union 1955 Dynamo Moscow	0: 1	0: 1

¹The referee mistakenly allowed a penalty shoot-out after extra time, although Glasgow would have qualified for the quarter-finals based on the away goals rule . Sporting won the penalty shootout 3-0 but the Rangers protested at UEFA . This was granted and Glasgow was allowed to rise.

Quarter finals

The first leg took place on March 8, the second leg on March 22, 1972.

	total		First leg	Return leg
AC Turin Italy	1: 2	Scotland Glasgow Rangers	1: 1	0: 1
Åtvidabergs FF Sweden	2: 4	Germany Democratic Republic 1949 BFC Dynamo	0: 2	2: 2
Steaua Bucharest Romania 1965	(a)1: 1 ( a )	Germany Federal Republic FC Bayern Munich	1: 1	0-0
Red Star Belgrade Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic	2: 3	Soviet Union 1955 Dynamo Moscow	1: 2	1: 1

Semifinals

The first leg took place on April 5, the second leg on April 19, 1972.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Bayern Munich Germany Federal Republic	1: 3	Scotland Glasgow Rangers	1: 1	0: 2
BFC Dynamo Germany Democratic Republic 1949	2: 2 (1: 4 i.E.)	Soviet Union 1955 Dynamo Moscow	1: 1	1: 1 a.d.

final

After Glasgow Rangers had failed in the final five years earlier, the Scots took the title this season after beating Dynamo Moscow in the final in Barcelona. The Scottish internationals John Greig , Willie Johnston and striker Colin Stein played a key role in this .

Glasgow Rangers

Dynamo Moscow