1972 UEFA Cup final

The **1972 UEFA Cup Final** was the final of the first edition of the UEFA Cup. It was played between English teams Tottenham Hotspur and Wolverhampton Wanderers. This was the first final in UEFA competition where 2 teams from the same country reached the final.

## Road to the final

_Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away)._
|colspan="4"|Wolverhampton Wanderers|rowspan=2|Round|colspan="4"|Tottenham Hotspur|||||||
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|Opponent|Agg.|1st leg|2nd leg|Opponent|Agg.|1st leg|2nd leg|||||
|style="text-align:left"|Académica|7–1|3–0 (H)|4–1 (A)|style="background:#C1E0FF"|First round|style="text-align:left"|Keflavík|15–1|6–1 (A)|9–0 (H)|
|style="text-align:left"|ADO Den Haag|7–1|3–1 (A)|4–0 (H)|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Second round|style="text-align:left"|Nantes|1–0|0–0 (A)|1–0 (H)|
|style="text-align:left"|Carl Zeiss Jena|4–0|1–0 (A)|3–0 (H)|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Third round|style="text-align:left"|Rapid București|5–0|3–0 (H)|2–0 (A)|
|style="text-align:left"|Juventus|3–2|1–1 (A)|2–1 (H)|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Quarter-finals|style="text-align:left"|UTA Arad|3–1|2–0 (A)|1–1 (H)|
|style="text-align:left"|Ferencváros|4–3|2–2 (A)|2–1 (H)|style="background:#C1E0FF"|Semi-finals|style="text-align:left"|A.C. Milan|3–2|2–1 (H)|1–1 (A)|

### First leg

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|valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|colspan="4"|||||||
|GK|**1**|Phil Parkes|||||||
|DF|**2**|Bernard Shaw|||||||
|DF|**3**|Gerry Taylor|||||||
|MF|**4**|Danny Hegan|||||||
|DF|**5**|Frank Munro|||||||
|DF|**6**|John McAlle|||||||
|MF|**7**|Jim McCalliog  (c)|||||||
|MF|**8**|Kenny Hibbitt|||||||
|FW|**9**|John Richards|||||||
|FW|**10**|Derek Dougan|||||||
|MF|**11**|Dave Wagstaffe|||||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutes:**||||||||
|DF|**12**|Derek Parkin|||||||
|GK|**13**|Rod Arnold|||||||
|FW|**14**|Hugh Curran|||||||
|MF|**15**|Steve Daley|||||||
|FW|**16**|Peter Eastoe|||||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||||
|colspan=4|Bill McGarry|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center|colspan="4"||
|GK|**1**|Pat Jennings|||||||
|DF|**2**|Joe Kinnear|||||||
|DF|**3**|Cyril Knowles|||||||
|MF|**4**|Alan Mullery  (c)|||||||
|DF|**5**|Mike England|||||||
|DF|**6**|Phil Beal|||||||
|FW|**7**|Alan Gilzean|||||||
|MF|**8**|Steve Perryman|||||||
|FW|**9**|Martin Chivers|||||||
|MF|**10**|Martin Peters|||||||
|MF|**11**|Ralph Coates|||||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutes:**||||||||
|DF|**12**|Ray Evans|||||||
|GK|**13**|Barry Daines|||||||
|DF|**14**|Terry Naylor|||||||
|MF|**15**|John Pratt|||||||
|MF|**16**|Jimmy Pearce|||||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||||
|colspan=4|Bill Nicholson|}|||||||

### Second leg

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|valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"|colspan="4"|||||||
|GK|**1**|Pat Jennings|||||||
|DF|**2**|Joe Kinnear|||||||
|DF|**3**|Cyril Knowles|||||||
|MF|**4**|Alan Mullery  (c)|||||||
|DF|**5**|Mike England|||||||
|DF|**6**|Phil Beal|||||||
|FW|**7**|Alan Gilzean|||||||
|MF|**8**|Steve Perryman|||||||
|FW|**9**|Martin Chivers|||||||
|MF|**10**|Martin Peters|||||||
|MF|**11**|Ralph Coates|||||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutes:**||||||||
|DF|**12**|Ray Evans|||||||
|GK|**13**|Barry Daines|||||||
|DF|**14**|Terry Naylor|||||||
|MF|**15**|John Pratt|||||||
|MF|**16**|Jimmy Pearce|||||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||||
|colspan=4|Bill Nicholson|}|valign="top"||valign="top" width="50%"|{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center|colspan="4"||
|GK|**1**|Phil Parkes|||||||
|DF|**2**|Bernard Shaw|||||||
|DF|**3**|Gerry Taylor|||||||
|MF|**4**|Danny Hegan|||||||
|DF|**5**|Frank Munro|||||||
|DF|**6**|John McAlle|||||||
|MF|**7**|Jim McCalliog  (c)|||||||
|MF|**8**|Kenny Hibbitt|||||||
|FW|**9**|John Richards|||||||
|FW|**10**|Derek Dougan|||||||
|MF|**11**|Dave Wagstaffe|||||||
|colspan=3|**Substitutes:**||||||||
|DF|**12**|Derek Parkin|||||||
|GK|**13**|Rod Arnold|||||||
|MF|**14**|Mike Bailey|||||||
|FW|**15**|Hugh Curran|||||||
|MF|**16**|Steve Daley|||||||
|colspan=3|**Manager:**||||||||
|colspan=4|Bill McGarry||||||||
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## Related pages

- 1971–72 UEFA Cup

## Other websites

- RSSSF

## Infobox (football match)

- **title**: 1972 UEFA Cup Final
- **event**: 1971–72 UEFA Cup
- **team1**: Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers
- **team1score**: 2
- **team2**: Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur
- **team2score**: 3
- **details**: on aggregate
- **firstleg**: First leg
- **team1score1**: 1
- **team2score1**: 2
- **date1**: 3 May 1972
- **stadium1**: Molineux Stadium, Molineux
- **city1**: Wolverhampton
- **referee1**: Tofiq Bahramov (Football Federation of the Soviet Union, Soviet Union)
- **attendance1**: 38,362
- **secondleg**: Second leg
- **team1score2**: 1
- **team2score2**: 1
- **date2**: 17 May 1972
- **stadium2**: White Hart Lane
- **city2**: London
- **referee2**: Laurens van Ravens (Royal Dutch Football Association, Netherlands)
- **attendance2**: 54,303
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