# 1972–73 UEFA Cup

The 1972–73 UEFA Cup was the second season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The 1973 UEFA Cup final was played over two legs at Anfield, Liverpool, England, and at Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach, West Germany. It was won by Liverpool of England, who defeated West German team Borussia Mönchengladbach by an aggregate result of 3–2 to claim their first UEFA Cup title.
This was the sixth consecutive title won by an English team between the UEFA Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, as well as the first time Liverpool won a European competition.

## Association team allocation

A total of 63 teams from 29 UEFA member associations participate in the 1972–73 UEFA Cup. A new allocation scheme was devised by UEFA, which featured fixed slots for all but two competing associations, and lasted for eight seasons:
* 3 associations have four teams qualify.
* 3 associations have three teams qualify.
* 18 associations have two teams qualify.
* 7 associations have one team qualify.
Spain was the only association with a fixed allocation of three teams; the other two associations would rotate on a yearly basis among all countries that were allocated two teams.
Albania was not included in this scheme, as it had only entered the competition once without playing and would not have a UEFA Cup competitor until 1981. Northern Ireland withdrew from the competition, so another association was granted an extra third birth for this season. The three chosen associations were France, Yugoslavia and Portugal.
* Four teams
* England
* Italy
* West Germany
* Three teams
* Spain
* Portugal
* Yugoslavia
* France
Two teams :
| Hungary | Scotland | Netherlands |
| Poland | East Germany | Czechoslovakia |
| Belgium | Bulgaria | Soviet Union |
| Romania | Turkey | Austria |
| Greece | Switzerland | Denmark |
| Sweden | Norway | |
* One team
* Republic of Ireland
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Iceland
* Cyprus
* Did not compete
* Wales
* Northern Ireland
* Albania
* Finland

### Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:
* TH: Title holders
* CW: Cup winners
* CR: Cup runners-up
* LC: League Cup winners
* 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
* P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners
Qualified teams for 1972–73 UEFA Cup :
| Tottenham Hotspur (TH) | Liverpool (3rd) | Manchester City (4th) | Stoke City (LC) |
| Torino (3rd) | Cagliari (4th) | Inter Milan (5th) | Fiorentina (6th) |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach (3rd) | Köln (4th) | Eintracht Frankfurt (5th) | Kaiserslautern (CR) |
| Valencia (2nd) | Barcelona (3rd) | Las Palmas (5th) | Vitória de Setúbal (2nd) |
| Barreiro (4th) | Porto (5th) | Red Star Belgrade (2nd) | OFK Beograd (3rd) |
| Vojvodina (4th) | Nîmes (2nd) | Sochaux (3rd) | Angers (4th) |
| Budapest Honvéd (2nd) | Salgótarján (4th) | Aberdeen (2nd) | Partick Thistle (LC) |
| Feyenoord (2nd) | Twente (3rd) | Zagłębie Sosnowiec (2nd) | Ruch Chorzów (4th) |
| BFC Dynamo (2nd) | Dynamo Dresden (3rd) | Slovan Bratislava (2nd) | Dukla Prague (3rd) |
| Club Brugge (2nd) | Racing White (4th) | Levski Sofia (2nd) | Beroe Stara Zagora (3rd) |
| Ararat Yerevan (2nd) | Dinamo Tbilisi (3rd) | UTA Arad (2nd) | Universitatea Cluj (3rd) |
| Eskişehirspor (2nd) | Fenerbahçe (3rd) | Austria Wien (2nd) | VÖEST Linz (3rd) |
| Olympiacos (2nd) | AEK Athens (3rd) | Grasshoppers (3rd) | Lausanne-Sport (4th) |
| Hvidovre (2nd) | Frem (3rd) | Åtvidaberg (2nd) | Norrköping (3rd) |
| Lyn (2nd) | Viking (3rd) | Bohemians (3rd) | HIFK Helsinki (2nd) |
| Rumelange (2nd) | Valletta (3rd) | ÍBV (2nd) | EPA Larnaca (2nd) |
Notes
* ^ West Germany: The fourth UEFA Cup spot for West Germany was not awarded to the fourth best team not qualified for the European Cup or the European Cup Winners' Cup, which was Hertha BSC, as it was common practice. Instead, this place was awarded to Kaiserslautern, who had been runners-up in the 1971–72 DFB-Pokal.
* ^ Finland: Official UEFA records show HJK Helsinki as the Finnish representative in the UEFA Cup, despite finishing 4th in the 1971 Mestaruussarja, before withdrawing from its first round match-up. However, records from the RSSSF, contemporary papers and the Football Association of Finland show that HIFK Helsinki was indeed the team that withdrew from the tournament after finishing 2nd in the Mestaruussarja. While no official reason for the withdrawal has been provided, HIFK ran into financial problems during the 1972 season and was fighting to avoid relegation at the time of the UEFA Cup first round. The team was finally relegated on 24 September 1972, halfway through what should've been its European participation.

## Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches took place on Tuesdays.
Schedule for 1972–73 UEFA Cup :
| Round | First leg | Second leg |
| First round | 12–20 September 1972 | 26 September – 4 October 1972 |
| Second round | 24–25 October 1972 | 1–8 November 1972 |
| Third round | 28–29 November 1972 | 13 December 1972 |
| Quarter-finals | 6–7 March 1973 | 20–21 March 1973 |
| Semi-finals | 10–11 April 1973 | 25 April 1973 |
| Final | 10 May 1973 | 23 May 1973 |

## Bracket

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| Angers | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| BFC Dynamo | 1 | 2 | BFC Dynamo | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Universitatea Cluj | 4 | 1 | Levski-Spartak | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Levski-Spartak | 1 | 5 | | | | BFC Dynamo | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Liverpool | 2 | 0 | | | | Liverpool | 0 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 0 | 0 | Liverpool | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| AEK Athens | 3 | 1 | AEK Athens | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Salgótarján | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | Liverpool | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Porto | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | Dynamo Dresden | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Barcelona | 1 | 0 | Porto | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Åtvidaberg | 3 | 2 | Club Brugge | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Club Brugge | 5 | 1 | | | | Porto | 1 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Ruch Chorzów | 3 | 0 | | | | Dynamo Dresden | 2 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Fenerbahçe | 0 | 1 | Ruch Chorzów | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Dynamo Dresden | 2 | 2 | Dynamo Dresden | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| VÖEST | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | Liverpool (a) | 1 | 1 |
| Lyn | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | 2 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 6 | 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Olympiacos | 2 | 1 | Olympiacos | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Cagliari | 1 | 0 | | | | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Red Star Belgrade | 5 | 2 | | | | Red Star Belgrade | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Lausanne-Sport | 1 | 3 | Red Star Belgrade | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Manchester City | 2 | 1 | Valencia | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Valencia | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | Tottenham Hotspur (a) | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | Vitória de Setúbal | 0 | 2 | | | |
| Zagłębie Sosnowiec | 1 | 1 | Vitória de Setúbal (a) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Eskişehirspor | 1 | 0 | Fiorentina | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Fiorentina | 2 | 3 | | | | Vitória de Setúbal | 2 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Inter Milan | 6 | 1 | | | | Inter Milan | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Valletta | 1 | 0 | Inter Milan | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | Final | Final | Final |
| UTA Arad | 1 | 0 | Norrköping | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Norrköping | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | Liverpool | 3 | 0 |
| Racing White | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0 | 2 |
| CUF Barreiro | 1 | 2 | CUF Barreiro | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Stoke City | 3 | 0 | Kaiserslautern | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Kaiserslautern | 1 | 4 | | | | Kaiserslautern (p) | 2 | 0 (5) | | | | | | |
| Nîmes | 1 | 1 | | | | Ararat Yerevan | 0 | 2 (4) | | | | | | |
| Grasshoppers | 2 | 2 | Grasshoppers | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| EPA Larnaca | 0 | 0 | Ararat Yerevan | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Ararat Yerevan | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | Kaiserslautern | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Viking | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2 | 7 | | | |
| ÍBV | 0 | 0 | Viking | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Köln | 2 | 3 | Köln | 0 | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| Bohemians | 1 | 0 | | | | Köln | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
| Aberdeen | 2 | 3 | | | | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0 | 5 | | | | | | |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3 | 6 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Hvidovre (w/o) | | | Hvidovre | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| HIFK Helsinki | | | | | | | | | | | | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3 | 2 |
| Feyenoord | 9 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | Twente | 0 | 1 |
| Rumelange | 0 | 0 | Feyenoord | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Dukla Prague | 2 | 1 | OFK Beograd (a) | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| OFK Beograd | 2 | 3 | | | | OFK Beograd | 0 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 7 | 3 | | | | Beroe Stara Zagora | 0 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Austria Wien | 0 | 1 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Budapest Honvéd | 1 | 3 | Budapest Honvéd | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Partick Thistle | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | OFK Beograd | 3 | 0 | | | |
| Sochaux | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | Twente | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Frem | 3 | 2 | Frem | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 3 | 0 | Twente | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Twente | 2 | 2 | | | | Twente | 3 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Torino | 2 | 0 | | | | Las Palmas | 0 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Las Palmas | 0 | 4 | Las Palmas | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Slovan Bratislava | 6 | 2 | Slovan Bratislava | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Vojvodina | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## First round
### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Liverpool | 2–0 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| UTA Arad | 1–4 | Norrköping | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Universitatea Cluj | 5–6 | Levski-Spartak | 4–1 | 1–5 (a.e.t.) |
| AEK Athens | 4–2 | Salgótarján | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 10–1 | Austria Wien | 7–0 | 3–1 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 3–4 | Twente | 3–2 | 0–2 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 8–1 | Vojvodina | 6–0 | 2–1 |
| Ruch Chorzów | 3–1 | Fenerbahçe | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Dynamo Dresden | 4–2 | VÖEST | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 7–4 | Lausanne-Sport | 5–1 | 2–3 |
| Dukla Prague | 3–5 | OFK Beograd | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Lyn | 3–12 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3–6 | 0–6 |
| Viking | 1–0 | ÍBV | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Åtvidaberg | 5–6 | Club Brugge | 3–5 | 2–1 |
| Sochaux | 2–5 | Frem | 1–3 | 1–2 |
| Budapest Honvéd | 4–0 | Partick Thistle | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Köln | 5–1 | Bohemians | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Aberdeen | 5–9 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–3 | 3–6 |
| Angers | 2–3 | BFC Dynamo | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Feyenoord | 21–0 | Rumelange | 9–0 | 12–0 |
| Manchester City | 3–4 | Valencia | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Nîmes | 2–4 | Grasshoppers | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Stoke City | 3–5 | Kaiserslautern | 3–1 | 0–4 |
| Torino | 2–4 | Las Palmas | 2–0 | 0–4 |
| Inter Milan | 7–1 | Valletta | 6–1 | 1–0 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 6–2 | Zagłębie Sosnowiec | 6–1 | 0–1 |
| EPA Larnaca | 0–2 | Ararat Yerevan | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Eskişehirspor | 1–5 | Fiorentina | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Olympiacos | 3–1 | Cagliari | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Racing White | 0–3 | CUF Barreiro | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Porto | 4–1 | Barcelona | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Hvidovre | (w/o)$^1$ | HIFK Helsinki | — | — |
$^1$ Hvidovre walkover, HIFK withdrew.

### Matches

Liverpool won 2–0 on aggregate.
Norrköping won 4–1 on aggregate.
Levski-Spartak won 6–5 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 4–2 on aggregate.
Beroe Stara Zagora won 10–1 on aggregate.
Twente won 4–2 on aggregate.
Slovan Bratislava won 8–2 on aggregate.
Ruch Chorzów won 3–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 4–2 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 7–4 on aggregate.
OFK Beograd won 5–3 on aggregate.
Tottenham Hotspur won 12–3 on aggregate.
Viking won 1–0 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 6–5 on aggregate.
Frem won 5–2 on aggregate.
Budapest Honvéd won 4–0 on aggregate.
Köln won 5–1 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 9–5 on aggregate.
BFC Dynamo won 3–2 on aggregate.
Feyenoord won 21–0 on aggregate.
Valencia won 4–3 on aggregate.
Grasshoppers won 4–2 on aggregate.
Kaiserslautern won 5–3 on aggregate.
Las Palmas won 4–2 on aggregate.
Inter Milan won 7–1 on aggregate.
Vitória de Setúbal won 6–2 on aggregate.
Ararat Yerevan won 2–0 on aggregate.
Fiorentina won 5–1 on aggregate.
Olympiacos won 3–1 on aggregate.
CUF Barreiro won 3–0 on aggregate.
Porto won 4–1 on aggregate.
Hvidovre walkover, HIFK withdrew.

## Second round
### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Viking | 2–9 | Köln | 1–0 | 1–9 |
| Liverpool | 6–1 | AEK Athens | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 3–1 | Budapest Honvéd | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| BFC Dynamo | 3–2 | Levski-Spartak | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 4–1 | Valencia | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| CUF Barreiro | 2–3 | Kaiserslautern | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Ruch Chorzów | 0–4 | Dynamo Dresden | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6–1 | Hvidovre | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Frem | 0–9 | Twente | 0–5 | 0–4 |
| Grasshoppers | 3–7 | Ararat Yerevan | 1–3 | 2–4 |
| Feyenoord | 5–5 (a) | OFK Beograd | 4–3 | 1–2 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 4–1 | Olympiacos | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| Inter Milan | 4–2 | Norrköping | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Las Palmas | 3–2 | Slovan Bratislava | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 2–2 (a) | Fiorentina | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Porto | 5–3 | Club Brugge | 3–0 | 2–3 |

### Matches

Köln won 9–2 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 6–1 on aggregate.
Beroe Stara Zagora won 3–1 on aggregate.
BFC Dynamo won 3–2 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 4–1 on aggregate.
Kaiserslautern won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 4–0 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6–1 on aggregate.
Twente won 9–0 on aggregate.
Ararat Yerevan won 7–3 on aggregate.
5–5 on aggregate; OFK Beograd won on away goals.
Tottenham Hotspur won 4–1 on aggregate.
Inter Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.
Las Palmas won 3–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Vitória de Setúbal won on away goals.
Porto won 5–3 on aggregate.

## Third round
### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Köln | 0–5 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 0–0 | 0–5 |
| BFC Dynamo | 1–3 | Liverpool | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| OFK Beograd | 3–1 | Beroe Stara Zagora | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Ararat Yerevan | 2–2 (4–5 p) | Kaiserslautern | 2–0 | 0–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Twente | 4–2 | Las Palmas | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2–1 | Red Star Belgrade | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Porto | 1–3 | Dynamo Dresden | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 2–1 | Inter Milan | 2–0 | 0–1 |

### Matches

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5–0 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 3–1 on aggregate.
OFK Beograd won 3–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Kaiserslautern won on penalties.
Twente won 4–2 on aggregate.
Tottenham Hotspur won 2–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 3–1 on aggregate.
Vitória de Setúbal won 2–1 on aggregate.

## Quarter-finals
### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Kaiserslautern | 2–9 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1–2 | 1–7 |
| OFK Beograd | 3–4 | Twente | 3–2 | 0–2 |
| Liverpool | 3–0 | Dynamo Dresden | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2–2 (a) | Vitória de Setúbal | 1–0 | 1–2 |

### Matches

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 9–2 on aggregate.
Twente won 4–3 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 3–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Tottenham won on away goals.

## Semi-finals
### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Liverpool | 2–2 (a) | Tottenham Hotspur | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 5–1 | Twente | 3–0 | 2–1 |

### Matches

2–2 on aggregate; Liverpool won on away goals.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5–1 on aggregate.

## Final
### Summary

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Liverpool | 3–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–0 | 0–2 |

### Matches

Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate.