1971/72 UEFA Cup

1971/72 UEFA Cup
Cup winners	Tottenham Hotspur (1st title)
Beginning	September 14, 1971
The End	17th May 1972
Teams	64
Games	121
Gates	362  (ø 2.99 per game)
Top scorer	Ludwig Bründl ( Eintracht Braunschweig ) 10 goals
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The 1971/72 UEFA Cup was the 1st edition of this competition, in which 64 club teams took part, and was won by Tottenham Hotspur in an all-English final against Wolverhampton Wanderers . The UEFA Cup was the successor to the Messestädte Cup .

The competition was played in six rounds in two legs. In the event of a tie, the number of goals scored away decided first, followed by overtime and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out.

1 round

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Den Haag-ADO	7: 2	FC Aris Bonneweg	5-0	2: 2
Glentoran FC	1: 7	Eintracht Braunschweig	0: 1	1: 6
Keflavík ÍF	01:15	Tottenham Hotspur	1: 6	0: 9
Fenerbahçe Istanbul	2: 4	Ferencváros Budapest	1: 1	1: 3
Vitória Setúbal	( a ) 2: 2(a)	Olympique Nîmes	1-0	1: 2
SK Rapid Vienna	1	KS Vllaznia Shkodra
Bologna FC	3: 1	RSC Anderlecht	1: 1	2-0
Marsa FC	00:11	Juventus Turin	0: 6	0: 5
AS Saint-Etienne	2: 3	1. FC Cologne	1: 1	1: 2
FC Basel	2: 4	real Madrid	1: 2	1: 2
FC Carl Zeiss Jena	4: 3	Locomotive Plovdiv	3-0	1: 3
Celta Vigo	0: 3	Aberdeen FC	0: 2	0: 1
Dinamo Zagreb	8: 2	FC Botew Wraza	6: 1	2: 1
Dundee FC	5: 2	Akademisk BK Gladsaxe	4: 2	1-0
Hamburger SV	2: 4	St. Johnstone FC	2: 1	0: 3
Hertha BSC	7: 2	IF Elfsborg	3: 1	4: 1
Lierse SK	4: 2	Leeds United	0: 2	4-0
FC Lugano	1: 3	Legia Warsaw	0-0	1: 3
OFK Belgrade	6: 3	Djurgårdens IF	4: 1	2: 2
FC Porto	1: 3	FC Nantes	0: 2	1: 1
Rosenborg Trondheim	4-0	Helsingfors IFK	3-0	1-0
Southampton FC	2: 3	Atlético Bilbao	2: 1	0: 2
Spartak Moscow	3: 2	VSS Košice	2-0	1: 2
UTA Arad	5: 4	SV Austria Salzburg	4: 1	1: 3
Vasas Budapest	2: 1	Shelbourne FC	1-0	1: 1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	7: 1	Académica de Coimbra	3-0	4: 1
Zagłębie Wałbrzych	4: 2	Sklo Union Teplice	1-0	3: 2
Željezničar Sarajevo	4: 3	Club Bruges	3-0	1: 3
SSC Naples	1: 2	Rapid Bucharest	1-0	0: 2
Hallescher FC Chemie	0-0	PSV Eindhoven	0-0	2
Atlético Madrid	(a)2: 2 ( a )	Panionios Athens	2: 1	0: 1
AC Milan	7-0	Digenis Akritas Morphou	4-0	3-0

¹ KS Vllaznia Shkodra withdrew.

² After a fire with fatal outcome (the HFC player Wolfgang Hoffmann was killed) in the team hotel of Halleschen FC in Eindhoven, the club withdrew from the competition.

2nd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
1. FC Cologne	4: 5	Dundee FC	2: 1	2: 4
Rapid Bucharest	4: 2	Legia Warsaw	4-0	0: 2
FC Nantes	0: 1	Tottenham Hotspur	0-0	0: 1
St. Johnstone FC	2: 1	Vasas Budapest	2-0	0: 1
FC Den Haag-ADO	1: 7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1: 3	0: 4
Dinamo Zagreb	(a)2: 2 ( a )	SK Rapid Vienna	2: 2	0-0
Eintracht Braunschweig	4: 3	Atlético Bilbao	2: 1	2: 2
AC Milan	5: 4	Hertha BSC	4: 2	1: 2
OFK Belgrade	1: 5	FC Carl Zeiss Jena	1: 1	0: 4
real Madrid	(a)3: 3 ( a )	PSV Eindhoven	3: 1	0: 2
Rosenborg Trondheim	(a)4: 4 ( a )	Lierse SK	4: 1	0: 3
Zagłębie Wałbrzych	2: 3	UTA Arad	1: 1	1: 2 a.d.
Željezničar Sarajevo	( a ) 3: 3(a)	Bologna FC	1: 1	2: 2
Ferencváros Budapest	1	Panionios Athens
Juventus Turin	3: 1	Aberdeen FC	2-0	1: 1
Spartak Moscow	0: 4	Vitória Setúbal	0-0	0: 4

¹ Panionios Athens withdrew from the competition.

3rd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Carl Zeiss Jena	0: 4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0: 1	0: 3
Eintracht Braunschweig	3: 6	Ferencváros Budapest	1: 1	2: 5
AC Milan	3: 2	Dundee FC	3-0	0: 2
PSV Eindhoven	1: 4	Lierse SK	1-0	0: 4
SK Rapid Vienna	1: 5	Juventus Turin	0: 1	1: 4
St. Johnstone FC	2: 5	Željezničar Sarajevo	1-0	1: 5
UTA Arad	3: 1	Vitória Setúbal	3-0	0: 1
Tottenham Hotspur	5-0	Rapid Bucharest	3-0	2-0

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
AC Milan	3: 1	Lierse SK	2-0	1: 1
UTA Arad	1: 3	Tottenham Hotspur	0: 2	1: 1
Juventus Turin	2: 3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1: 1	1: 2
Ferencváros Budapest	3: 3 (5: 4 on behalf)	Željezničar Sarajevo	2: 1	1: 2 a.d.

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Ferencváros Budapest	3: 4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2: 2	1: 2
Tottenham Hotspur	3: 2	AC Milan	2: 1	1: 1

final

First leg

Wolverhampton Wanderers		Tottenham Hotspur
	May 3, 1972 in Wolverhampton ( Molineux Stadium ) Result: 1: 2 (0: 0) Spectators: 38,362 Referee: Tofiq Bəhramov ( Soviet Union )
	Phil Parkes - Bernard Shaw , Danny Hegan , Gerry Taylor , Frank Munro - John McAlle , Jim McCalliog - Kenny Hibbitt , John Richards , Derek Dougan , Dave Wagstaffe Trainer: Bill McGarry	Pat Jennings - Joe Kinnear , Mike England , Phil Beal , Cyril Knowles - Martin Peters , Steve Perryman , Alan Mullery - Alan Gilzean , Martin Chivers , Ralph Coates (74th John Pratt ) Trainer: Bill Nicholson
	1: 1 Jim McCalliog (72nd)	0: 1 Martin Chivers (57.) 1: 2 Martin Chivers (87.)

Return leg

Tottenham Hotspur		Wolverhampton Wanderers
	May 17, 1972 in London ( White Hart Lane ) Result: 1: 1 (1: 1) Spectators: 54,303 Referee: Laurens van Ravens ( Netherlands )
	Pat Jennings - Joe Kinnear , Mike England , Phil Beal , Cyril Knowles - Martin Peters , Steve Perryman , Alan Mullery - Alan Gilzean , Martin Chivers , Ralph Coates Trainers: Bill Nicholson	Phil Parkes - Bernard Shaw , Danny Hegan , Gerry Taylor , Frank Munro - John McAlle , Jim McCalliog - Kenny Hibbitt (60th Mike Bailey ), John Richards , Derek Dougan (75th Hugh Curran ), Dave Wagstaffe Trainer: Bill McGarry
	1-0 Alan Mullery (27th)	1: 1 Dave Wagstaffe (39th)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Ludwig Bründl	Eintracht Braunschweig	10
2	Derek Dougan	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9
3	Martin Chivers	Tottenham Hotspur	8th
4th	László Branikovits	Ferencváros Budapest	7th
5	Alan Gilzean	Tottenham Hotspur	6th
	Josip Bukal	Željezničar Sarajevo	6th
7th	Silvano Villa	AC Milan	5
	John Duncan	Dundee FC	5
	Flavius ​​Domide	UTA Arad	5
	Flórián Albert	Ferencváros Budapest	5
	Lajos Kü	Ferencváros Budapest	5

→ Main article : List of UEFA Europa League top scorers

Players used Tottenham Hotspur

1.

Tottenham Hotspur

Goal: Pat Jennings (12 / -) Defense: Cyril Knowles (12/1); Mike England (11/1); Phil Beal (10 / -); Ray Evans (6 / -); Joe Kinnear (6 / -); Terry Naylor (4 / -); Peter Collins (2 / -) Midfield: Steve Perryman (12/3); Martin Peters (12/2); Alan Mullery (7/4); John Pratt (6 / -); Phil Holder (1 / -) Forward: Martin Chivers (11/8); Alan Gilzean (11/6); Ralph Coates (9/2); Jimmy Pearce (5/1); James Neighbor (4 / -); Roger Morgan (3/1) Trainer: Bill Nicholson

* Graeme Souness (1 / -) left the club during the season.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of goalscorers on UEFA.com

See also

• European Champion Clubs' Cup 1971/72
• European Cup Winners' Cup 1971/72

Web links

• Official website of the UEFA for the 1971/72 season
• Game details for the 1971/72 season at fussballdaten.de