1972/73 UEFA Cup

1972/73 UEFA Cup
Cup winners	Liverpool FC (1st title)
Beginning	September 12, 1972
The End	May 23, 1973
Teams	64
Games	124
Gates	405  (ø 3.27 per game)
Top scorer	Jan Jeuring ( Twente Enschede ), Jupp Heynckes ( Borussia Mönchengladbach ), 10 goals each
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The 1972/73 UEFA Cup was the second edition of the competition and was won by Liverpool in the final against Borussia Mönchengladbach . The competition, in which 64 club teams took part, was played in six rounds in home and return matches. For the first time, four clubs from Germany qualified directly through the Bundesliga. 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
Liverpool FC	2-0	Eintracht Frankfurt	2-0	0-0
Hvidovre IF	(1)	HJK Helsinki
Olympique Nîmes	2: 4	Grasshopper Club Zurich	1: 2	1: 2
Ruch Chorzów	3: 1	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	3-0	0: 1
Slovan Bratislava	8: 1	Vojvodina Novi Sad	6-0	2: 1
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard	2: 5	BK Frem Copenhagen	1: 2	1: 3
Stoke City	3: 5	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3: 1	0: 4
AC Turin	2: 4	UD Las Palmas	2-0	0: 4
UTA Arad	1: 4	IFK Norrköping	1: 2	0: 2
Viking Stavanger	1-0	ÍBV Vestmannaeyja	0-0	1-0
Åtvidabergs FF	5: 6	Club Bruges	3: 5	2: 1
Aberdeen FC	5: 9	Borussia Monchengladbach	2: 3	3: 6
AEK Athens	4: 2	Salgótarjáni BTC	3: 1	1: 1
SCO Angers	2: 3	BFC Dynamo	1: 1	1: 2
Beroe Stara Sagora	10: 10	FK Austria Vienna	7-0	3: 1
Red Star Belgrade	7: 4	FC Lausanne Sports	5: 1	2: 3
Dinamo Tbilisi	3: 4	FC Twente Enschede	3: 2	0: 2
Dynamo Dresden	4: 2	SK VÖEST Linz	2-0	2: 2
Dukla Prague	3: 5	OFK Belgrade	2: 2	1: 3
Feijenoord Rotterdam	21: 00	US Rumelange	9-0	12: 00
Honvéd Budapest	4-0	Partick Thistle	1-0	3-0
Inter Milan	7: 1	Valletta FC	6: 1	1-0
1. FC Cologne	5: 1	Bohemians Dublin	2: 1	3-0
Lyn Oslo	03:12	Tottenham Hotspur	3: 6	0: 6
Manchester City	3: 4	Valencia CF	2: 2	1: 2
Vitória Setúbal	6: 2	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	6: 1	0: 1
Universitatea Cluj	5: 6	DFS Levski-Spartak Sofia	4: 1	1: 5 a.d.
Eskişehirspor	1: 5	AC Florence	1: 2	0: 3
Olympiacos Piraeus	3: 1	Cagliari Calcio	2: 1	1-0
EPA Larnaca	0: 2	Ararat Yerevan	0: 1	0: 1
Royal Racing White	0: 3	Grupo Desportivo Fabril	0: 1	0: 2
FC Porto	4: 1	CF Barcelona	3: 1	1-0

⁽¹⁾ HJK Helsinki withdrew from the competition.

2nd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Liverpool FC	6: 1	AEK Athens	3-0	3: 1
Viking Stavanger	2: 9	1. FC Cologne	1-0	1: 9
Vitória Setúbal	( a ) 2: 2(a)	AC Florence	1-0	1: 2
Beroe Stara Sagora	3: 1	Honvéd Budapest	3-0	0: 1
BFC Dynamo	3: 2	DFS Levski-Spartak Sofia	3-0	0: 2
Borussia Monchengladbach	6: 1	Hvidovre IF	3-0	3: 1
Red Star Belgrade	4: 1	Valencia CF	3: 1	1-0
GD da Quimigal Barreiro	2: 3	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1: 3	1-0
Feijenoord Rotterdam	(a)5: 5 ( a )	OFK Belgrade	4: 3	1: 2
BK Frem Copenhagen	0: 9	FC Twente Enschede	0: 5	0: 4
Grasshopper Club Zurich	3: 7	FC Ararat Yerevan	1: 3	2: 4
Inter Milan	4: 2	IFK Norrköping	2: 2	2-0
UD Las Palmas	3: 2	Slovan Bratislava	2: 2	1-0
FC Porto	5: 3	Club Bruges	3-0	2: 3
Ruch Chorzów	0: 4	Dynamo Dresden	0: 1	0: 3
Tottenham Hotspur	4: 1	Olympiacos Piraeus	4-0	0: 1

3rd round

	total		First leg	Return leg
1. FC Cologne	0: 5	Borussia Monchengladbach	0-0	0: 5
FC Ararat Yerevan	2: 2 (4: 5 on account)	1. FC Kaiserslautern	2-0	0: 2 a.d.
BFC Dynamo	1: 3	Liverpool FC	0-0	1: 3
OFK Belgrade	3: 1	Beroe Stara Sagora	0-0	3: 1
FC Porto	1: 3	Dynamo Dresden	1: 2	0: 1
Tottenham Hotspur	2: 1	Red Star Belgrade	2-0	0: 1
FC Twente Enschede	4: 2	UD Las Palmas	3-0	1: 2
Vitória Setúbal	2: 1	Inter Milan	2-0	0: 1

Quarter finals

	total		First leg	Return leg
1. FC Kaiserslautern	2: 9	Borussia Monchengladbach	1: 2	1: 7
Liverpool FC	3-0	Dynamo Dresden	2-0	1-0
OFK Belgrade	3: 4	FC Twente Enschede	3: 2	0: 2
Tottenham Hotspur	( a ) 2: 2(a)	Vitória Setúbal	1-0	1: 2

Semifinals

	total		First leg	Return leg
Liverpool FC	( a ) 2: 2(a)	Tottenham Hotspur	1-0	1: 2
Borussia Monchengladbach	5: 1	FC Twente Enschede	3-0	2: 1

The first half of all semi-final matches on April 11, 1973 was scandalous. In the UEFA Cup match in Mönchengladbach, the guests exaggerated the severity.

final

First leg

Liverpool FC		Borussia Monchengladbach		Lineup
	May 10, 1973 in Liverpool ( Anfield ) Result: 3: 0 (2: 0) Spectators: 41,169 Referee: Erich Linemayr ( Austria )
	Ray Clemence - Chris Lawler , Tommy Smith , Larry Lloyd , Alec Lindsay - Emlyn Hughes , Kevin Keegan - Peter Cormack , John Toshack , Steve Heighway (83rd Brian Hall ), Ian Callaghan Trainer: Bill Shankly ( Scotland )	Wolfgang Kleff - Berti Vogts , Günter Netzer , Rainer Bonhof , Heinz Michallik - Dietmar Danner , Herbert Wimmer , Christian Kulik - Henning Jensen , Bernd Rupp (82nd Allan Simonsen ), Jupp Heynckes Trainer: Hennes Weisweiler
	1-0 Kevin Keegan (21st) 2-0 Kevin Keegan (32nd) 3-0 Larry Lloyd (61st)

Return leg

Borussia Monchengladbach		Liverpool FC		Lineup
	May 23, 1973 in Mönchengladbach ( Bökelbergstadion ) Result: 2: 0 (2: 0) Spectators: 35,000 Referee: Pavel Kazakov ( Soviet Union )
	Wolfgang Kleff - Rainer Bonhof , Berti Vogts , Ulrich Surau , Dietmar Danner - Herbert Wimmer , Günter Netzer , Christian Kulik - Henning Jensen , Bernd Rupp , Jupp Heynckes Trainer: Hennes Weisweiler	Ray Clemence - Chris Lawler , Tommy Smith , Larry Lloyd , Alec Lindsay - Emlyn Hughes , Kevin Keegan - Peter Cormack , John Toshack , Steve Heighway (77th Phil Boersma ), Ian Callaghan Trainer: Bill Shankly ( Scotland )
	1: 0 Jupp Heynckes (31st) 2: 0 Jupp Heynckes (40th)

Best goal scorers

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Jan Jeuring	FC Twente Enschede	12
	Jupp Heynckes	Borussia Monchengladbach	12
3	Petko Petkov	FC Beroe	8th
	Martin Chivers	Tottenham Hotspur	8th
5	Theo de Jong	Feyenoord Rotterdam	7th
	Abel Miglietti	FC Porto	7th
	Henning Jensen	Borussia Monchengladbach	7th
8th	Roberto Boninsegna	Inter Milan	6th
	Vojin Lazarevic	Red Star Belgrade	6th
	Ninoslav Zec	OFK Belgrade	6th

→ Main article : List of UEFA Europa League top scorers

Players used Liverpool FC

1.	Liverpool FC
	Goal: Ray Clemence (12 / -) Defense: Emlyn Hughes (12/3); Larry Lloyd (12/1); Chris Lawler (12 / -); Alec Lindsay (11/1); Tommy Smith (10/1); Phil Thompson (3 / -); Trevor Storton (2 / -) Midfield: Steve Heighway (12/2); Ian Callaghan (12 / -); Peter Cormack (10/1); Phil Boersma (8/4); Brian Hall (8/1) Attack: Kevin Keegan (11/4); John Toshack (8/1); Jack Whitham (1 / -) Trainer: Bill Shankly

Individual evidence

1. ↑ : «Lashes and money in the game» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna April 13, 1973, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
2. ↑ List of goalscorers on UEFA.com

See also

• European Champion Clubs' Cup 1972/73
• European Cup Winners' Cup 1972/73

Web links

• Official website of the UEFA for the 1972/73 season
• Game details for the 1972/73 season at fussballdaten.de