1972–73 European Cup

18th season of the UEFA club football tournamentTemplate:SHORTDESC:18th season of the UEFA club football tournament

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The **1972–73 season** of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the third consecutive time by Ajax in the final against Juventus at Red Star Stadium in Belgrade. The win by Ajax resulted in the fourth consecutive championship by a Dutch team. Since Ajax had won the cup for a third time, they got to keep the full size copy of the cup. Because the reigning European champions were also champions of their own league, and neither Albania nor Northern Ireland sent their champions, the number of participating clubs dropped from 33 to 30.

## First round

1. ↑ Originally 1–2 to Panathinaikos, with CSKA winning the subsequent penalty shoot-out 3–2. Panathinaikos complained to UEFA, and the match was annulled and replayed the following month.
2. ↑ The match was played at FK Sarajevo's Stadion Koševo due to Željezničar's Grbavica ground undergoing renovations.

### First leg

* Dobrin  89' (pen.)

### Second leg

* Domazos
* Irala
* Gaganelov

*The game was annulled because the referee ended the shoot-out prematurely after Panathinaikos fourth penalty was saved by Bulgarian goalkeeper. Panathinaikos complained to UEFA and the match was annulled and replayed the following month.*

*CSKA Sofia won 4–1 on aggregate.*

*Bayern Munich won 7–1 on aggregate.*

*Omonia won 3–2 on aggregate.*

*Dynamo Kyiv won 3–0 on aggregate.*

*Górnik Zabrze won 10–0 on aggregate.*

 * Dobrin  4', 47' (pen.)
* Radu  14', 28'

*Argeș Pitești won 6–0 on aggregate.*

*Real Madrid won 4–0 on aggregate.*

*Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.*

*Magdeburg won 9–1 on aggregate.*

*Celtic won 5–2 on aggregate.*

*Újpesti Dózsa won 4–3 on aggregate.*

*Anderlecht won 7–2 on aggregate.*

*Derby County won 4–1 on aggregate.*

*Benfica won 4–2 on aggregate.*

## Second round

### Second leg

*Ajax won 6–1 on aggregate.*

*Bayern Munich won 13–0 on aggregate.*

*Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.*

 * Santillana  18', 87'
* Grande  47'

*Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.*

*Juventus won 2–0 on aggregate.*

*Újpesti Dózsa won 4–2 on aggregate.*

*Spartak Trnava won 2–0 on aggregate.*

*Derby County won 3–0 on aggregate.*

## Quarter-finals

 Dynamo Kyiv  | 0–3
 **Juventus**  | 2–2 (a)
 Spartak Trnava  | 1–2

### Second leg

*Ajax won 5–2 on aggregate.*

*Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.*

*2–2 on aggregate; Juventus won on away goals.*

*Derby County won 2–1 on aggregate.*

### Second leg

*Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.*

*Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.*

## Notes

1. ↑ Dynamo Kyiv played their home match at ChMP Central Stadium, Odesa, instead of their regular stadium Central Stadium, Kyiv, due to frozen pitch.

## References

1. ↑ "UEFA annul Cup result", *The Times*, ProQuest, 9 Oct 1972, p. 7.
2. ↑ Barham, Albert. "Derby could silence their critics", *The Guardian*, ProQuest, 25 Oct 1972, p. 27.
3. ↑ Еврокубки, Кубок Чемпионов 1972–1973: 26 октября 1972, Панатинаикос (Греция) – ЦСКА Септемврийско знаме (Болгария) (ru).
4. ↑ "UEFA annul Cup result", *The Times*, ProQuest, 9 Oct 1972, p. 7.
5. ↑ Valerko, Artur. "Семь королевских аудиенций", SPORTARENA.com, 11 September 2015. (in ru)

## External links

* 1972–73 All matches – season at UEFA website
* European Cup results; at rsssf
* All scorers 1972–73 European Cup according to protocols UEFA
* All attendances 1972–73 European Cup according to protocols UEFA through UEFA match database
* 1972-73 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)

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