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1972–73 UEFA Cup
2nd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Association team allocation
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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.
Wales: There was no national league in Wales before 1992 and the only competition organised by the Football Association of Wales was the Welsh Cup so Wales had just a single participant in European competitions, the winner (or best placed Welsh team as several English teams also competed) of the Welsh Cup which competed in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
Northern Ireland: Due to the Troubles and the aftermath of the Bloody Sunday, Northern Ireland withdrew from all European competitions on safety grounds. Portadown would have qualified for the UEFA Cup by league position.
Albania: After withdrawing its team from the previous edition, Albania was punished with a one-year ban for the UEFA Cup. 17 Nëntori would have qualified by league position.
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
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.[2] 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.[3][4][5] 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.[citation needed]
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Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches took place on Tuesdays.
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Bracket
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First round
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1 Hvidovre walkover, HIFK withdrew.
Matches
Liverpool won 2–0 on aggregate.
Attendance: 7,000
Attendance: 2,030
Norrköping won 4–1 on aggregate.
Attendance: 6,105
Levski-Spartak won 6–5 on aggregate.
Attendance: 14,798
Malinovski út Sporttél, Nógrád County
Attendance: 4,004
AEK Athens won 4–2 on aggregate.
Beroe Stara Zagora won 10–1 on aggregate.
Attendance: 35,000
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.
Attendance: 8,000
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.
Attendance: 6,452
Frem won 5–2 on aggregate.
Attendance: 5,000
Budapest Honvéd won 4–0 on aggregate.
Köln won 5–1 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 9–5 on aggregate.
Attendance: 12,112
Attendance: 12,000
BFC Dynamo won 3–2 on aggregate.
Feyenoord won 21–0 on aggregate.
Attendance: 21,698
Valencia won 4–3 on aggregate.
Attendance: 8,569
Grasshoppers won 4–2 on aggregate.
Attendance: 9,153
Kaiserslautern won 5–3 on aggregate.
Attendance: 24,000
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.
Attendance: 11,254
Fiorentina won 5–1 on aggregate.
Attendance: 39,935
Olympiacos won 3–1 on aggregate.
Estádio Alfredo da Silva, Barreiro
Attendance: 2,179
CUF Barreiro won 3–0 on aggregate.
Porto won 4–1 on aggregate.
Hvidovre walkover, HIFK withdrew.
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Second round
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Attendance: 6,500
Köln won 9–2 on aggregate.
Attendance: 19,412
Liverpool won 6–1 on aggregate.
Attendance: 5,166
Beroe Stara Zagora won 3–1 on aggregate.
Attendance: 9,577
BFC Dynamo won 3–2 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 4–1 on aggregate.
Estádio Alfredo da Silva, Barreiro
Attendance: 1,475
Attendance: 5,000
Kaiserslautern won 3–2 on aggregate.
Attendance: 23,000
Dynamo Dresden won 4–0 on aggregate.
Attendance: 9,741
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6–1 on aggregate.
Twente won 9–0 on aggregate.
Ararat Yerevan won 7–3 on aggregate.
Attendance: 13,327
5–5 on aggregate; OFK Beograd won on away goals.
Attendance: 28,281
Tottenham Hotspur won 4–1 on aggregate.
Inter Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.
Attendance: 12,687
Las Palmas won 3–2 on aggregate.
Attendance: 4,867
2–2 on aggregate; Vitória de Setúbal won on away goals.
Attendance: 14,246
Porto won 5–3 on aggregate.
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Third round
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Attendance: 16,227
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5–0 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 3–1 on aggregate.
Attendance: 22,706
OFK Beograd won 3–1 on aggregate.
Attendance: 25,000
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.
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Quarter-finals
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Attendance: 20,000
Attendance: 18,117
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 9–2 on aggregate.
Attendance: 14,496
Twente won 4–3 on aggregate.
Attendance: 33,634
Liverpool won 3–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Tottenham won on away goals.
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Semi-finals
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2–2 on aggregate; Liverpool won on away goals.
Attendance: 34,110
Attendance: 22,250
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5–1 on aggregate.
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Final
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Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate.
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