1972–73 European Cup

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.

1972–73 European Cup

The Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	13 September 1972 – 30 May 1973
Teams	30
Final positions
Champions	Ajax (3rd title)
Runners-up	Juventus
Tournament statistics
Matches played	57
Goals scored	160 (2.81 per match)
Attendance	1,752,786 (30,751 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gerd Müller (Bayern Munich) 11 goals
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

Teams

Wacker Innsbruck (1st)	Anderlecht (1st)	CSKA Sofia (1st)
Omonia (1st)	Spartak Trnava (1st)	Vejle (1st)
Derby County (1st)	TPS (1st)	Marseille (1st)
Magdeburg (1st)	Bayern Munich (1st)	Panathinaikos (1st)
Újpesti Dózsa (1st)	Keflavík (1st)	Waterford (1st)
Juventus (1st)	Aris (1st)	Sliema Wanderers (1st)
Ajax (1st)TH	Rosenborg (1st)	Górnik Zabrze (1st)
Benfica (1st)	Argeș Pitești (1st)	Celtic (1st)
Real Madrid (1st)	Malmö FF (1st)	Basel (1st)
Galatasaray (1st)	Dynamo Kyiv (1st)	Željezničar (1st)

Bracket

	First round						Second round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	CSKA	2	2	4
	Panathinaikos	1	0	1
							CSKA	1	0	1
							Ajax	3	3	6
													Ajax	4	1	5
													Bayern Munich	0	2	2
	Galatasaray	1	0	1
	Bayern Munich	1	6	7
							Bayern Munich	9	4	13
							Omonia	0	0	0
	Waterford United	2	0	2
	Omonia	1	2	3
																			Ajax	2	1	3
																			Real Madrid	1	0	1
	Wacker	0	0	0
	Dynamo Kyïv	1	2	3
							Dynamo Kyïv	2	1	3
							Górnik Zabrze	0	2	2
	Sliema Wanderers	0	0	0
	Górnik Zabrze	5	5	10
													Dynamo Kyïv	0	0	0
													Real Madrid	0	3	3
	Aris	0	0	0
	Argeș Pitești	2	4	6
							Argeș Pitești	2	1	3
							Real Madrid	1	3	4
	Real Madrid	3	1	4
	Keflavík	0	0	0
																									Ajax	1
																									Juventus	0
	Marseille	1	0	1
	Juventus	0	3	3
							Juventus	1	1	2
							Magdeburg	0	0	0
	Magdeburg	6	3	9
	TPS	0	1	1
													Juventus	0	2	2
													Újpesti	0	2	2
	Celtic	2	3	5
	Rosenborg	1	1	2
							Celtic	2	0	2
							Újpesti	1	3	4
	Újpesti	2	2	4
	Basel	0	3	3
																			Juventus	3	0	3
																			Derby County	1	0	1
							Spartak Trnava	1	1	2
							Anderlecht	0	0	0
	Anderlecht	4	3	7
	Vejle	2	0	2
													Spartak Trnava	1	0	1
													Derby County	0	2	2
	Derby County	2	2	4
	Željezničar	1	0	1
							Derby County	3	0	3
							Benfica	0	0	0
	Malmö FF	1	1	2
	Benfica	0	4	4

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CSKA Sofia	4–1	Panathinaikos	2–1	2–0[n 1]
Ajax	Bye	–	–	–
Galatasaray	1–7	Bayern Munich	1–1	0–6
Waterford	2–3	Omonia	2–1	0–2
Wacker	0–3	Dynamo Kyiv	0–1	0–2
Sliema Wanderers	0–10	Górnik Zabrze	0–5	0–5
Aris	0–6	Argeș Pitești	0–2	0–4
Real Madrid	4–0	Keflavík	3–0	1–0
Marseille	1–3	Juventus	1–0	0–3
Magdeburg	9–1	TPS	6–0	3–1
Celtic	5–2	Rosenborg	2–1	3–1
Újpesti Dózsa	4–3	Basel	2–0	2–3
Spartak Trnava	Bye	–	–	–
Anderlecht	7–2	Vejle	4–2	3–0
Derby County	4–1	Željezničar	2–0	2–1[n 2]
Malmö FF	2–4	Benfica	1–0	1–4

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.^[1][2]
2. The match was played at FK Sarajevo's Stadion Koševo due to Željezničar's Grbavica ground undergoing renovations.

First leg

13 September 1972

CSKA Sofia	2–1	Panathinaikos
Kolev 24' (pen.) Yankov 71'	Report	Verón 59'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 21,901

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13 September 1972

Galatasaray	1–1	Bayern Munich
Ünder 55'	Report	Müller 66'

Mithat Paşa Stadyumu

Attendance: 42,850

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13 September 1972

Waterford	2–1	Omonia
Hale 5', 10'	Report	Rotsidis 79'

Kilcohan Park, Waterford

Attendance: 2,544

Referee: René Vigliani (France)

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13 September 1972

19:30

Wacker	0–1	Dynamo Kyiv
	Report	Puzach 88'

Tivoli, Innsbruck

Attendance: 8,655

Referee: Theo Boosten (Netherlands)

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13 September 1972

Sliema Wanderers	0–5	Górnik Zabrze
	Report	Lubański 25', 27', 39' Banaś 82' Wilczek 87'

Empire Stadium, Gżira

Attendance: 3,898

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13 September 1972

Aris Bonnevoie	0–2	Argeș Pitești
	Report	Troi 58' Dobrin 89' (pen.)

Stade Josy Barthel, Bonnevoie

Attendance: 350

Referee: Joseph Minnoy (Belgium)

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13 September 1972

Real Madrid	3–0	Keflavík
Santillana 15', 30' Grande 90'	Report

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

Attendance: 30,000

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13 September 1972

Marseille	1–0	Juventus
Bonnel 52'	Report

Stade de Gerland, Lyon

Attendance: 21,403

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13 September 1972

Magdeburg	6–0	TPS
Mewes 5' Pommerenke 24', 79' Seguin 30' Sparwasser 38', 45'	Report

Ernst-Grube-Stadion, Magdeburg

Attendance: 16,119

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13 September 1972

Celtic	2–1	Rosenborg
Macari 15' Deans 45'	Report	Wirkola 55'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 18,489

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13 September 1972

Újpesti Dózsa	2–0	Basel
Horváth 57' Zámbó 60'	Report

Megyeri úti Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 4,282

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13 September 1972

Anderlecht	4–2	Vejle
Ejderstedt 49' Rensenbrink 59', 62' Van Himst 85'	Report	Johansen 64' (pen.), 67'

Stade Emile Versé, Anderlecht

Attendance: 7,837

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13 September 1972

Derby County	2–0	Željezničar
McFarland 38' Gemmill 53'	Report

Baseball Ground, Derby

Attendance: 27,350

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13 September 1972

Malmö FF	1–0	Benfica
Larsson 11'	Report

Malmö Stadion, Malmö

Attendance: 9,492

Referee: Wolfgang Riedel (East Germany)

Second leg

27 September 1972

Panathinaikos	Annulled	CSKA Sofia
Verón 18' Melo 20' (pen.)		Trankov 68'
Penalties
Gramajo Verón Domazos Irala	2–3	Kolev Nikodimov Gaganelov

Leofóros, Athens

Attendance: 24,927

The game was annulled because the referee ended the shoot-out prematurely after Panathinaikos fourth penalty was saved by Bulgarian goalkeeper.^[3] Panathinaikos complained to UEFA and the match was annulled and replayed the following month.^[4]

26 October 1972

Panathinaikos	0–2	CSKA Sofia
	Report	Zhekov 4' Kolev 46'

Leofóros, Athens

Attendance: 22,546

CSKA Sofia won 4–1 on aggregate.

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27 September 1972

Bayern Munich	6–0	Galatasaray
Müller 14', 78' Hoeneß 29' Schneider 35' Beckenbauer 76' (pen.) Roth 88'	Report

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 60,000

Bayern Munich won 7–1 on aggregate.

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27 September 1972

Omonia	2–0	Waterford
Chelebis 18', 63'	Report

GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Attendance: 5,095

Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

Omonia won 3–2 on aggregate.

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27 September 1972

19:00

Dynamo Kyiv	2–0	Wacker
Puzach 23' Damin 51'	Report

Respublikanskiy Stadion, Kyiv

Attendance: 35,037

Referee: Doğan Babacan (Turkey)

Dynamo Kyiv won 3–0 on aggregate.

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27 September 1972

Górnik Zabrze	5–0	Sliema Wanderers
Szołtysik 1' Lubański 31' Szarmach 62', 90' Oślizło 67'	Report

Stadion Ernesta Pohla, Zabrze

Attendance: 5,020

Górnik Zabrze won 10–0 on aggregate.

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27 September 1972

Argeș Pitești	4–0	Aris Bonnevoie
Dobrin 4', 47' (pen.) Radu 14', 28'	Report

Stadionul 1 Mai, Pitești

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Georgios Katsoras (Greece)

Argeș Pitești won 6–0 on aggregate.

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27 September 1972

Keflavík	0–1	Real Madrid
	Report	Verdugo 89'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 4,219

Real Madrid won 4–0 on aggregate.

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27 September 1972

Juventus	3–0	Marseille
Bettega 4', 37' Haller 44'	Report

Stadio Comunale, Turin

Attendance: 56,389

Referee: Tsvetan Stanev (Bulgaria)

Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.

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27 September 1972

TPS	1–3	Magdeburg
Toivola 73'	Report	Sparwasser 52', 87' Jalonen 72' (o.g.)

Kupittaan jalkapallostadion, Turku

Attendance: 1,282

Magdeburg won 9–1 on aggregate.

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27 September 1972

Rosenborg	1–3	Celtic
Christiansen 38'	Report	Macari 55', 88' Hood 83'

Lerkendal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 16,153

Celtic won 5–2 on aggregate.

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27 September 1972

Basel	3–2	Újpesti Dózsa
Hasler 65' Balmer 75', 83'	Report	Bene 46', 89'

St. Jakob Stadion, Basel

Attendance: 15,962

Újpesti Dózsa won 4–3 on aggregate.

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27 September 1972

Vejle	0–3	Anderlecht
	Report	Volders 61' Rensenbrink 85', 87'

Vejle Stadion, Vejle

Attendance: 11,431

Anderlecht won 7–2 on aggregate.

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27 September 1972

Željezničar	1–2	Derby County
Sprečo 60'	Report	Hinton 9' O'Hare 15'

Gradski stadion Koševo, Sarajevo

Attendance: 32,080

Derby County won 4–1 on aggregate.

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27 September 1972

Benfica	4–1	Malmö FF
Jordão 24' Simões 29' Eusébio 43' (pen.), 60'	Report	Tapper 89' (pen.)

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 34,628

Referee: Robert Héliès (France)

Benfica won 4–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
CSKA Sofia	1–6	Ajax	1–3	0–3
Bayern Munich	13–0	Omonia	9–0	4–0
Dynamo Kyiv	3–2	Górnik Zabrze	2–0	1–2
Argeș Pitești	3–4	Real Madrid	2–1	1–3
Juventus	2–0	Magdeburg	1–0	1–0
Celtic	2–4	Újpesti Dózsa	2–1	0–3
Spartak Trnava	2–0	Anderlecht	1–0	1–0
Derby County	3–0	Benfica	3–0	0–0

First leg

8 November 1972

CSKA Sofia	1–3	Ajax
Zhekov 27'	Report	Swart 13' Keizer 32' Haan 52'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 70,000

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24 October 1972

Bayern Munich	9–0	Omonia
Müller 14', 37', 54', 73', 74' Hoeneß 25' Roth 42' Schneider 69', 82'	Report

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 11,931

Referee: Michal Jursa (Czechoslovakia)

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25 October 1972

19:00

Dynamo Kyiv	2–0	Górnik Zabrze
Muntyan 60' Puzach 75'	Report

Respublikanskiy Stadion, Kyiv

Attendance: 60,112

Referee: György Müncz (Hungary)

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25 October 1972

Argeș Pitești	2–1	Real Madrid
Dobrin 22' (pen.) Prepurgel 62'	Report	Anzarda 41'

Stadionul 1 Mai, Pitești

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: David Smith (England)

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25 October 1972

21:00

Juventus	1–0	Magdeburg
Anastasi 66'	Report

Stadio Comunale, Turin

Attendance: 37,678

Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

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25 October 1972

Celtic	2–1	Újpesti Dózsa
Dalglish 60', 75'	Report	Bene 38'

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 51,515

Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany)

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25 October 1972

Spartak Trnava	1–0	Anderlecht
Kabát 46'	Report

Stadion Trnava, Trnava

Attendance: 18,700

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25 October 1972

Derby County	3–0	Benfica
McFarland 6' Hector 8' McGovern 40'	Report

Baseball Ground, Derby

Attendance: 36,282

Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden)

Second leg

29 November 1972

Ajax	3–0	CSKA Sofia
Cruyff 13', 75' Blankenburg 15'	Report

Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam

Attendance: 35,027

Ajax won 6–1 on aggregate.

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26 October 1972

Omonia	0–4	Bayern Munich
	Report	Roth 29' Müller 42', 66' Hoffmann 50'

Rosenaustadion, Augsburg, West Germany

Attendance: 14,199

Referee: Josef Pláček (Czechoslovakia)

Bayern Munich won 13–0 on aggregate.

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8 November 1972

13:30

Górnik Zabrze	2–1	Dynamo Kyiv
Lubański 30' Gorgoń 62'	Report	Blokhin 25'

Silesian Stadium, Chorzów

Attendance: 48,527

Referee: Liuben Radunchev (Bulgaria)

Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.

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9 November 1972

Real Madrid	3–1	Argeș Pitești
Santillana 18', 87' Grande 47'	Report	Radu 43'

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

Attendance: 14,939

Referee: Milivoje Gugulovic (Yugoslavia)

Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.

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8 November 1972

Magdeburg	0–1	Juventus
	Report	Cuccureddu 51'

Ernst-Grube-Stadion, Magdeburg

Attendance: 41,790

Juventus won 2–0 on aggregate.

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8 November 1972

Újpesti Dózsa	3–0	Celtic
Bene 7', 24' Fazekas 15' (pen.)	Report

Megyeri úti Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 13,012

Újpesti Dózsa won 4–2 on aggregate.

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8 November 1972

Anderlecht	0–1	Spartak Trnava
	Report	Masrna 88'

Stade Émile Versé, Anderlecht

Attendance: 23,548

Spartak Trnava won 2–0 on aggregate.

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8 November 1972

Benfica	0–0	Derby County
	Report

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 49,978

Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

Derby County won 3–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ajax	5–2	Bayern Munich	4–0	1–2
Dynamo Kyiv	0–3	Real Madrid	0–0	0–3
Juventus	2–2 (a)	Újpesti Dózsa	0–0	2–2
Spartak Trnava	1–2	Derby County	1–0	0–2

First leg

7 March 1973

Ajax	4–0	Bayern Munich
Haan 53', 70' G. Mühren 68' Cruyff 89'	Report

Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam

Attendance: 53,230

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7 March 1973

17:00

Dynamo Kyiv	0–0	Real Madrid
	Report

ChMP Central Stadium, Odesa^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 36,239

Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)

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7 March 1973

Juventus	0–0	Újpesti Dózsa
	Report

Stadio Comunale, Turin

Attendance: 64,844

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7 March 1973

Spartak Trnava	1–0	Derby County
Horváth 42'	Report

Stadion Trnava, Trnava

Attendance: 24,838

Second leg

21 March 1973

Bayern Munich	2–1	Ajax
Krol 30' (o.g.) Müller 37'	Report	Keizer 7'

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 74,194

Ajax won 5–2 on aggregate.

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21 March 1973

21:30

Real Madrid	3–0	Dynamo Kyiv
Santillana 2' Aguilar 36' Amancio 81'	Report

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

Attendance: 27,949

Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)

Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.

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21 March 1973

Újpesti Dózsa	2–2	Juventus
Bene 1' A. Tóth 13'	Report	Altafini 30' Anastasi 56'

Megyeri úti Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 28,550

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

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21 March 1973

Derby County	2–0	Spartak Trnava
Hector 40', 51'	Report

Baseball Ground, Derby

Attendance: 36,272

Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)

Derby County won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ajax	3–1	Real Madrid	2–1	1–0
Juventus	3–1	Derby County	3–1	0–0

First leg

11 April 1973

Ajax	2–1	Real Madrid
Hulshoff 67' Krol 77'	Report	Pirri 84'

Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam

Attendance: 53,234

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11 April 1973

Juventus	3–1	Derby County
Altafini 27', 84' Causio 65'	Report	Hector 29'

Stadio Comunale, Turin

Attendance: 53,758

Second leg

25 April 1973

Real Madrid	0–1	Ajax
	Report	G. Mühren 50'

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

Attendance: 110,000

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.

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25 April 1973

Derby County	0–0	Juventus
	Report

Baseball Ground, Derby

Attendance: 38,444

Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1973 European Cup Final

30 May 1973

20:30

Ajax	1–0	Juventus
Rep 5'	Report

Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade

Attendance: 89,484

Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Gerd Müller	Bayern Munich	11
2	Ferenc Bene	Újpesti Dózsa	6
3	Włodzimierz Lubański	Górnik Zabrze	5
	Santillana	Real Madrid	5
5	Nicolae Dobrin	Argeș Pitești	4
	Kevin Hector	Derby County	4
	Rob Rensenbrink	Anderlecht	4
	Jürgen Sparwasser	Magdeburg	4
9	José Altafini	Juventus	3
	Arie Haan	Ajax	3
	Johan Cruyff	Ajax	3
	Lou Macari	Celtic	3
	Anatoliy Puzach	Dynamo Kyiv	3
	Constantin Radu	Argeș Pitești	3
	Franz Roth	Bayern Munich	3
	Edgar Schneider	Bayern Munich	3

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.^[5]