1971–72 European Cup

The 1971–72 European Cup was the 17th season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Ajax, who beat Inter Milan in the final at De Kuip in Rotterdam, on 31 May 1972. It was the second consecutive win for Ajax, as well as third for Netherlands. It was also the first European Cup final where both finalists had previously won and lost competition finals.

1971–72 European Cup

De Kuip in Rotterdam hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	19 August 1971 – 31 May 1972
Teams	33 (from 32 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Ajax (2nd title)
Runners-up	Inter Milan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	175 (2.78 per match)
Attendance	2,091,421 (33,197 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Antal Dunai (Újpesti Dózsa) Johan Cruyff (Ajax) Lou Macari (Celtic) Silvester Takač (Standard Liège) 5 goals each
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

Teams

Partizani Tirana (1st)	Wacker Innsbruck (1st)	Standard Liège (1st)
CSKA September Flag (1st)	Olympiakos Nicosia (1st)	Spartak Trnava (1st)
Boldklubben 1903 (1st)	Arsenal (1st)	Reipas Lahti (1st)
Marseille (1st)	Dynamo Dresden (1st)	Borussia M.Gladbach (1st)
AEK Athens (1st)	Újpesti Dózsa (1st)	ÍA (1st)
Cork Hibernians (1st)	Inter Milan (1st)	Union Luxembourg (1st)
Sliema Wanderers (1st)	Feyenoord (1st)	Ajax (2nd)TH
Linfield (1st)	Strømsgodset (1st)	Górnik Zabrze (1st)
Benfica (1st)	Dinamo București (1st)	Celtic (1st)
Valencia (1st)	Malmö FF (1st)	Grasshopper (1st)
Galatasaray (1st)	CSKA Moscow (1st)	Hajduk Split (1st)

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Valencia	4–1	Union Luxembourg	3–1	1–0

First leg

19 August 1971

Valencia	3–1	Union Luxembourg
Forment 28' Claramunt 56' (pen.) Valdez 90'	Report	Clemen 16'

Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia

Attendance: 10,105

Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)

Second leg

24 August 1971

Union Luxembourg	0–1	Valencia
	Report	Forment 17'

Stade Achille Hammerel, Luxembourg

Attendance: 3,230

Referee: Jef Dorpmans (Netherlands)

Valencia won 4–1 on aggregate.

Bracket

	First round						Second round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Marseille	2	1	3
	Górnik Zabrze	1	1	2
							Marseille	1	1	2
							Ajax	2	4	6
	Ajax	2	0	2
	Dynamo Dresden	0	0	0
													Ajax	2	1	3
													Arsenal	1	0	1
	Reipas Lahti	1	0	1
	Grasshopper	1	8	9
							Grasshopper	0	0	0
							Arsenal	2	3	5
	Strømsgodset	1	0	1
	Arsenal	3	4	7
																			Ajax	1	0	1
																			Benfica	0	0	0
	Dinamo București (a)	0	2	2
	Spartak Trnava	0	2	2
							Dinamo București	0	0	0
							Feyenoord	3	2	5
	Feyenoord	8	9	17
	Olympiakos Nicosia	0	0	0
													Feyenoord	1	1	2
													Benfica	0	5	5
	Wacker Innsbruck	0	1	1
	Benfica	4	3	7
							Benfica	2	0	2
							CSKA September Flag	1	0	1
	CSKA September Flag	3	1	4
	Partizani	0	0	0
																									Ajax	2
																									Inter Milan	0
	Valencia (a)	0	1	1
	Hajduk Split	0	1	1
							Valencia	0	1	1
							Újpesti Dózsa	1	2	3
	Újpesti Dózsa	4	0	4
	Malmö FF	0	1	1
													Újpesti Dózsa	1	1	2
													Celtic	2	1	3
	Boldklubben 1903	2	0	2
	Celtic	1	3	4
							Celtic	5	2	7
							Sliema Wanderers	0	1	1
	ÍA	0	0	0
	Sliema Wanderers	4	0	4
																			Inter Milan (p)	0	0	0 (5)
																			Celtic	0	0	0 (4)
	Inter Milan	4	2	6
	AEK Athens	1	3	4
							Inter Milan	4	0	4
							Borussia M.Gladbach	2	0	2
	Cork Hibernians	0	1	1
	Borussia M.Gladbach	5	2	7
													Inter Milan (a)	1	1	2
													Standard Liège	0	2	2
	Galatasaray	1	0	1
	CSKA Moscow	1	3	4
							CSKA Moscow	1	0	1
							Standard Liège	0	2	2
	Standard Liège	2	3	5
	Linfield	0	2	2

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Marseille	3–2	Górnik Zabrze	2–1	1–1
Ajax	2–0	Dynamo Dresden	2–0	0–0
Reipas Lahti	1–9	Grasshopper	1–1	0–8
Strømsgodset	1–7	Arsenal	1–3	0–4
Dinamo București	2–2 (a)	Spartak Trnava	0–0	2–2
Feyenoord	17–0	Olympiakos Nicosia	8–0	9–0
Wacker	1–7	Benfica	0–4	1–3
CSKA September Flag	4–0	Partizani	3–0	1–0
Valencia	1–1 (a)	Hajduk Split	0–0	1–1
Újpesti Dózsa	4–1	Malmö FF	4–0	0–1
Boldklubben 1903	2–4	Celtic	2–1	0–3
ÍA	0–4	Sliema Wanderers	0–4	0–0
Inter Milan	6–4	AEK Athens	4–1	2–3
Cork Hibernians	1–7	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–5	1–2
Galatasaray	1–4	CSKA Moscow	1–1	0–3
Standard Liège	5–2	Linfield	2–0	3–2

First leg

15 September 1971

Marseille	2–1	Górnik Zabrze
Wraży 45' (o.g.) Skoblar 78'	Report	Lubański 28'

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 41,707

Referee: Santos Fernando Leite (Portugal)

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15 September 1971

Ajax	2–0	Dynamo Dresden
Swart 2' Keizer 19'	Report

Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam

Attendance: 45,027

Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

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15 September 1971

Reipas Lahti	1–1	Grasshopper
Lindholm 75'	Report	Ohlhauser 63'

Lahden kisapuisto, Lahti

Attendance: 1,276

Referee: Einar Boström (Sweden)

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15 September 1971

Strømsgodset	1–3	Arsenal
Pettersen 52'	Report	Simpson 2' Wølner 20' (o.g.) Kelly 81'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 21,570

Referee: Georg Krutelew (Finland)

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15 September 1971

Dinamo București	0–0	Spartak Trnava
	Report

Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest

Attendance: 13,200

Referee: Paul Schiller (Finland)

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15 September 1971

Feyenoord	8–0	Olympiakos Nicosia
Maiwald 4', 32' Van Hanegem 9' Schoenmaker 25', 47', 49' Israël 82' Schneider 88'	Report

Stadion Feijenoord, Rotterdam

Attendance: 51,633

Referee: Kaj Bernhard Rasmussen (Denmark)

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15 September 1971

Wacker	0–4	Benfica
	Report	Graça 15' Artur Jorge 20', 82' Eusébio 80'

Tivoli, Innsbruck

Attendance: 7,956

Referee: Liuben Radunchev (Bulgaria)

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15 September 1971

CSKA September Flag	3–0	Partizani
Atanasov 20' Nikodimov 44' (pen.) Marashliev 65'	Report

Armiyata, Sofia

Attendance: 15,670

Referee: Ertuğrul Dilek (Turkey)

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15 September 1971

Valencia	0–0	Hajduk Split
	Report

Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia

Attendance: 8,045

Referee: John Carpenter (Republic of Ireland)

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15 September 1971

Újpesti Dózsa	4–0	Malmö FF
A. Dunai 17' Bene 28', 64', 80'	Report

Megyeri úti Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 7,833

Referee: Tahir Kalaci (Albania)

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15 September 1971

Boldklubben 1903	2–1	Celtic
Johansen 14', 24'	Report	Macari 28'

Parken, Copenhague

Attendance: 6,600

Referee: Egil Bergstad (Norway)

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26 September 1971

ÍA	0–4	Sliema Wanderers
	Report	Cocks 25', 57', 68' Aquilina 81'

Empire Stadium, Gżira, Gżira

Attendance: 3,516

Referee: John Gow (Wales)

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15 September 1971

Inter Milan	4–1	AEK Athens
Mazzola 20' Facchetti 35' Jair 44' Boninsegna 61' (pen.)	Report	Pomonis 15'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 72,333

Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

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15 September 1971

Cork Hibernians	0–5	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	Report	Wloka 5', 30' Heynckes 19' Le Fevre 32', 39'

Flower Lodge, Cork

Attendance: 8,513

Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

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15 September 1971

Galatasaray	1–1	CSKA Moscow
Güleş 71'	Report	Kopeikin 43'

Mithat Paşa Stadyumu, Istanbul

Attendance: 24,789

Referee: Victor Pădureanu (Romania)

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15 September 1971

Standard Liège	2–0	Linfield
Semmeling 33' Takač 87'	Report

Sclessin, Liège

Attendance: 8,755

Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

Second leg

29 September 1971

Górnik Zabrze	1–1	Marseille
Anczok 32'	Report	Skoblar 53'

Stadion Śląski, Chorzow

Attendance: 48,617

Referee: Gaspar Pintado Viu (Spain)

Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971

Dynamo Dresden	0–0	Ajax
	Report

Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden

Attendance: 32,307

Referee: Ken Burns (England)

Ajax won 2–0 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971

Grasshopper	8–0	Reipas Lahti
Müller 1', 39', 71', 85' Gröbli 31' Schneeberger 45' Meier 70' Mayer 77'	Report

Hardturm, Zürich

Attendance: 4,941

Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria)

Grasshopper won 9–1 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971

Arsenal	4–0	Strømsgodset
Kennedy 6' Radford 18', 58' Armstrong 78'	Report

Highbury, London

Attendance: 27,176

Referee: Savar Sigurdsson (Iceland)

Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971

Spartak Trnava	2–2	Dinamo București
Kabát 40' Dobiaš 69' (pen.)	Report	Popescu 64', 88'

Stadion Trnava, Trnava

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)

2–2 on aggregate; Dinamo București won on away goals.

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22 September 1971

Olympiakos Nicosia	0–9	Feyenoord
	Report	Van Hanegem 6', 82' Hasil 11' Wery 20' Posthumus 31', 39' Israël 61' (pen.), 63' (pen.), 70'

Stadion Feijenoord, Rotterdam

Attendance: 33,413

Referee: Josip Horvat (Yugoslavia)

Feyenoord won 17–0 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971

Benfica	3–1	Wacker
Calisto 36' Artur Jorge 74' Simões 89'	Report	Jara 46'

Estádio de Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 37,809

Referee: Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland)

Benfica won 7–1 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971

Partizani	0–1	CSKA September Flag
	Report	Atanasov 57'

Stadiumi Kombëtar Qemal Stafa, Tirana

Attendance: 18,018

Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

CSKA September Flag won 4–0 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971

Hajduk Split	1–1	Valencia
Pérez 15' (o.g.)	Report	Claramunt 55'

Stadion Stari plac, Split

Attendance: 14,761

Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

1–1 on aggregate; Valencia won on away goals.

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29 September 1971

Malmö FF	1–0	Újpesti Dózsa
Tapper 11' (pen.)	Report

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 8,233

Referee: Brunon Piotrowicz (Poland)

Újpesti Dózsa won 4–1 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971

Celtic	3–0	Boldklubben 1903
Wallace 23', 85' Callaghan 79'	Report

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 53,000

Referee: Robert Héliès (France)

Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971

Sliema Wanderers	0–0	ÍA
	Report

Empire Stadium, Gżira

Attendance: 1,487

Referee: Tom Reynolds (Wales)

Sliema Wanderers won 4–0 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971

AEK Athens	3–2	Inter Milan
Ventouris 29' Papaioannou 45' Nikolaidis 89'	Report	Karafeskos 17' (o.g.) Boninsegna 75'

AEK Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 29,449

Referee: Tofiq Bahramov (Soviet Union)

Inter Milan won 6–4 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971

Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–1	Cork Hibernians
Sieloff 60' Wimmer 82'	Report	Dennehy 32'

Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach

Attendance: 9,098

Referee: Josef Krnavek (Czechoslovakia)

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–1 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971

CSKA Moscow	3–0	Galatasaray
Dorofeev 6', 75' Oglobin 85'	Report

Central Stadium Vladimir Lenin, Moscow

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Reino Koskinen (Finland)

CSKA Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971

Linfield	2–3	Standard Liège
Magee 57' Larmour 62'	Report	Van Moer 36' Takač 53' Piot 86' (pen.)

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 5,500

Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)

Standard Liège won 5–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Marseille	2–6	Ajax	1–2	1–4
Grasshopper	0–5	Arsenal	0–2	0–3
Dinamo București	0–5	Feyenoord	0–3	0–2
Benfica	2–1	CSKA September Flag	2–1	0–0
Valencia	1–3	Újpesti Dózsa	0–1	1–2
Celtic	7–1	Sliema Wanderers	5–0	2–1
Inter Milan	4–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4–2	0–0
CSKA Moscow	1–2	Standard Liège	1–0	0–2

First leg

20 October 1971

Marseille	1–2	Ajax
Gress 10'	Report	Keizer 37' Cruyff 60'

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille

Attendance: 48,039

Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

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20 October 1971

Grasshopper	0–2	Arsenal
	Report	Kennedy 2' Graham 88'

Hardturm, Zürich

Attendance: 14,964

Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)

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20 October 1971

Dinamo București	0–3	Feyenoord
	Report	Wery 38' Maiwald 43' Schneider 50'

Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Doğan Babacan (Turkey)

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20 October 1971

Benfica	2–1	CSKA September Flag
Rodrigues 51' Artur Jorge 63'	Report	Zhekov 85'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 39,944

Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)

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20 October 1971

Valencia	0–1	Újpesti Dózsa
	Report	A. Dunai 55'

Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia

Attendance: 47,695

Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

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20 October 1971

Celtic	5–0	Sliema Wanderers
Gemmell 6' Macari 17', 41' Hood 69' Brogan 78'	Report

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 26,647

Referee: Einar Hjartarsson (Iceland)

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20 October 1971

Borussia Mönchengladbach	7–1	Inter Milan
Heynckes 7', 44' Le Fevre 21', 34' Netzer 42', 52' Sieloff 83' (pen.)		Boninsegna 20'

Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach

Attendance: 27,500

Referee: Jef Dorpmans (Netherlands)

This game was annulled as Inter player Roberto Boninsegna was hit by a Coca-Cola can in the 29th minute. The first leg game was replayed after the game that was originally scheduled to be the second leg was played, thus the order of legs was switched.

3 November 1971

Inter Milan	4–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Bellugi 10' Boninsegna 13' Jair 57' Ghio 90'	Report	Le Fevre 38' Wittkamp 89'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 57,413

Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

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20 October 1971

CSKA Moscow	1–0	Standard Liège
Kopeikin 27'	Report

Central Stadium Vladimir Lenin, Moscow

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)

Second leg

3 November 1971

Ajax	4–1	Marseille
Cruyff 32, 64' Swart 37' Haan 80'	Report	Couécou 17'

Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam

Attendance: 53,785

Referee: Alastair MacKenzie (Scotland)

Ajax won 6–2 on aggregate.

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3 November 1971

Arsenal	3–0	Grasshopper
Kennedy 40' George 47' Radford 84'	Report

Highbury, London

Attendance: 31,106

Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden)

Arsenal won 5–0 on aggregate.

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3 November 1971

Feyenoord	2–0	Dinamo București
Nunweiller 53' (o.g.) Schoenmaker 64'	Report

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Norman Burtenshaw (England)

Feyenoord won 5–0 on aggregate.

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3 November 1971

CSKA September Flag	0–0	Benfica
	Report

Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia

Attendance: 30,323^[1]

Referee: Leonidas Vasilikopoulos (Greece)

Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.

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3 November 1971

Újpesti Dózsa	2–1	Valencia
A. Dunai 51', 54'	Report	Valdez 57'

Megyeri úti Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 7,201

Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

Újpesti Dózsa won 3–1 on aggregate.

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3 November 1971

Sliema Wanderers	1–2	Celtic
Cocks 1'	Report	Hood 42' Lennox 57'

Empire Stadium, Gżira

Attendance: 10,416

Referee: Andreas Kouniaides (Cyprus)

Celtic won 7–1 on aggregate.

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1 December 1971

Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–0	Inter Milan
	Report

Olympiastadion, West Berlin

Attendance: 84,561

Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Inter Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.

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3 November 1971

Standard Liège	2–0	CSKA Moscow
Takač 7', 60' (pen.)	Report

Sclessin, Liège

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

Standard Liège won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ajax	3–1	Arsenal	2–1	1–0
Feyenoord	2–5	Benfica	1–0	1–5
Újpesti Dózsa	2–3	Celtic	1–2	1–1
Inter Milan	2–2 (a)	Standard Liège	1–0	1–2

First leg

8 March 1972

Ajax	2–1	Arsenal
G. Mühren 25', 70' (pen.)	Report	Kennedy 15'

Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam

Attendance: 53,754

Referee: Léonidas Vasilikopoulos (Greece)

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8 March 1972

Feyenoord	1–0	Benfica
Laseroms 50'	Report

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 58,927

Referee: Gerhard Kunze (East Germany)

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8 March 1972

Újpesti Dózsa	1–2	Celtic
Horváth 64'	Report	Horváth 19' (o.g.) Macari 85'

Megyeri úti Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 25,064^[2]

Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)

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8 March 1972

Inter Milan	1–0	Standard Liège
Jair 80'	Report

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 54,024

Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

Second leg

22 March 1972

Arsenal	0–1	Ajax
	Report	Graham 14' (o.g.)

Highbury, London

Attendance: 56,145

Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.

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22 March 1972

Benfica	5–1	Feyenoord
Nené 6', 81', 92' Jordão 30', 90'	Report	Van Hanegem 75'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 69,021

Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.

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22 March 1972

Celtic	1–1	Újpesti Dózsa
Macari 62'	Report	A. Dunai 5'

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 70,559

Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.

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22 March 1972

Standard Liège	2–1	Inter Milan
Cvetler 51' Takač 84' (pen.)	Report	Mazzola 80'

Sclessin, Liège

Attendance: 26,993

Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

2–2 on aggregate; Inter Milan won on away goals.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ajax	1–0	Benfica	1–0	0–0
Inter Milan	0–0 (5–4 p)	Celtic	0–0	0–0

First leg

5 April 1972

Ajax	1–0	Benfica
Swart 64'	Report

Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam

Attendance: 53,921

Referee: Karlo Kruasvili (Soviet Union)

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5 April 1972

Inter Milan	0–0	Celtic
	Report

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 69,836

Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)

Second leg

19 April 1972

Benfica	0–0	Ajax
	Report

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 58,938

Referee: Norman Burtenshaw (England)

Ajax won 1–0 on aggregate.

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19 April 1972

Celtic	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Inter Milan
	Report
Penalties
Deans Craig Johnstone McCluskey Murdoch	4–5	Mazzola Facchetti Frustalupi Pellizzaro Jair

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 75,124

Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)

0–0 on aggregate; Inter Milan won 5–4 on penalties.

During the shoot-out, teams had to take all five penalties even if they could no longer win (the shoot-out would otherwise have ended with a score of 5–3 as Inter went first).

Final

Main article: 1972 European Cup final

31 May 1972

Ajax	2–0	Inter Milan
Cruyff 47', 78'	Report

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 61,354

Referee: Robert Héliès (France)

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Johan Cruyff	Ajax	5
	Antal Dunai	Újpesti Dózsa	5
	Lou Macari	Celtic	5
	Silvester Takač	Standard Liège	5
5	Ronnie Cocks	Sliema Wanderers	4
	Willem van Hanegem	Feyenoord	4
	Rinus Israël	Feyenoord	4
	Artur Jorge	Benfica	4
	Ray Kennedy	Arsenal	4
	Kurt Müller	Grasshopper	4
	Lex Schoenmaker	Feyenoord	4