# 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Milan after a 1–0 victory against Leeds United at the Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Competition holders Rangers would have been eligible to compete in the Cup Winners' Cup, but were banned from European competition in the 1972–73 season due to the violent disturbances at the 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup Final.

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Bastia | 1–2 | Atlético Madrid | 0–0 (Report) (Report 2) | 1–2 (Report) (Report 2) |
| Spartak Moscow | 1–0 | FC Den Haag | 1–0 (Report) (Report 2) | 0–0 (Report) (Report 2) |
| Víkingur | 0–11 | Legia Warszawa | 0–2 (Report) (Report 2) | 0–9 (Report) (Report 2) |
| Red Boys Differdange | 1–7 | Milan | 1–4 (Report) (Report 2) | 0–3 (Report) (Report 2) |
| Pezoporikos Larnaca | 2–6 | Cork Hibernians | 1–2 (Report) (Report 2) | 1–4 (Report) (Report 2) |
| Schalke 04 | 5–2 | Slavia Sofia | 2–1 (Report) (Report 2) | 3–1 (Report) (Report 2) |
| Floriana | 1–6 | Ferencváros | 1–0 (Report) (Report 2) | 0–6 (Report) (Report 2) |
| Standard Liège | 3–4 | Sparta Prague | 1–0 (Report) (Report 2) | 2–4 (Report) (Report 2) |
| Carl Zeiss Jena | 8–4 | MP | 6–1 (Report) (Report 2) | 2–3 (Report) (Report 2) |
| Ankaragücü | 1–2 | Leeds United | 1–1 (Report) (Report 2) | 0–1 (Report) (Report 2) |
| Rapid Wien | 2–2 (a) | PAOK | 0–0 (Report) (Report 2) | 2–2 (Report) (Report 2) |
| Rapid București | 3–1 | Landskrona BoIS | 3–0 (Report) (Report 2) | 0–1 (Report) (Report 2) |
| Sporting CP | 3–7 | Hibernian | 2–1 (Report) (Report 2) | 1–6 (Report) (Report 2) |
| Fremad Amager | 1–1 (a) | Besa Kavajë | 1–1 (Report) (Report 2) | 0–0 (Report) (Report 2) |
| Zürich | 2–3 | Wrexham | 1–1 (Report) (Report 2) | 1–2 (Report) (Report 2) |
| Hajduk Split | 2–0 | Fredrikstad | 1–0 (Report) (Report 2) | 1–0 (Report) (Report 2) |

### First leg

Match played in Cork due to the dangerous political situation in Cyprus at the time.

### Second leg

AC Milan won 7–1 on aggregate.
Cork Hibernians won 6–2 on aggregate.
Leeds United won 2–1 on aggregate.
Rapid București won 3–1 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split won 2–0 on aggregate.
Hibernian won 7–3 on aggregate.
Wrexham won 3–2 on aggregate

## Second round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Atlético Madrid | 5–5 (a) | Spartak Moscow | 3–4 (Report) (Report 2) | 2–1 (Report) (Report 2) |
| Legia Warsaw | 2–3 | Milan | 1–1 (Report) (Report 2) | 1–2(aet) (Report) (Report 2) |
| Cork Hibernians | 0–3 | Schalke 04 | 0–0 (Report) (Report 2) | 0–3 (Report) (Report 2) |
| Ferencváros | 3–4 | Sparta Prague | 2–0 (Report) (Report 2) | 1–4 (Report) (Report 2) |
| Carl Zeiss Jena | 0–2 | Leeds United | 0–0 (Report) (Report 2) | 0–2 (Report) (Report 2) |
| Rapid Wien | 2–4 | Rapid București | 1–1 (Report) (Report 2) | 1–3 (Report) (Report 2) |
| Hibernian | 8–2 | Besa Kavajë | 7–1 (Report) (Report 2) | 1–1 (Report) (Report 2) |
| Wrexham | 3–3 (a) | Hajduk Split | 3–1 (Report) (Report 2) | 0–2 (Report) (Report 2) |

### Second leg

AC Milan won 3–2 on aggregate.
Leeds United won 2–0 on aggregate.
Rapid București won 4–2 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split 3–3 Wrexham on aggregate. Hajduk Split won on an away goals rule.

## Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Spartak Moscow | 1–2 | Milan | 0–1 (Report) (Report 2) | 1–1 (Report) (Report 2) |
| Schalke 04 | 2–4 | Sparta Prague | 2–1 (Report) (Report 2) | 0–3 (Report) (Report 2) |
| Leeds United | 8–1 | Rapid București | 5–0 (Report) (Report 2) | 3–1 (Report) (Report 2) |
| Hibernian | 4–5 | Hajduk Split | 4–2 (Report) (Report 2) | 0–3 (Report) (Report 2) |

### Second leg

AC Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.
Leeds United won 8–1 on aggregate.
Slavia Prague won 4–2 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split won 5–4 on aggregate.

## Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Milan | 2–0 | Sparta Prague | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Leeds United | 1–0 | Hajduk Split | 1–0 | 0–0 |

### Second leg

Leeds United won 1–0 on aggregate.
Milan won 2–0 on aggregate.