1971–72 UEFA Cup

1971–72 UEFA Cup
Tournament details
Dates	14 September 1971 – 17 May 1972
Teams	63 (from 31 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Tottenham Hotspur (1st title)
Runners-up	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Tournament statistics
Matches played	122
Goals scored	368 (3.02 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ludwig Bründl (Eintracht Braunschweig, 10 goals)
	← 1970–71 (Inter-Cities Fairs Cup) 1972–73 →

The 1971–72 UEFA Cup was the inaugural year of the UEFA Cup (now known as the UEFA Europa League), which effectively replaced the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

It was won by English side Tottenham Hotspur over their countrymen Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–2 on aggregate after a two-legged final.

The tournament was open to the highest-placed European teams that had not qualified for the European Cup or UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. It commenced on 14 September 1971 and concluded on 17 May 1972.

A total of 64 football clubs entered the first round draw.

The tournament's top scorer was Ludwig Bründl of Eintracht Braunschweig with ten goals.

BracketEdit

First round			Second round			Third round			Quarter-finals			Semi-finals

Glentoran	0	1
Braunschweig	1	6	Braunschweig	2	2
Southampton	2	0	Athletic Bilbao	1	2
Athletic Bilbao	1	2				Braunschweig	1	2
Fenerbahçe	1	1				Ferencváros	1	5
Ferencváros	1	3	Ferencváros (w/o)	6
Atlético Madrid	2	0	Panionios	0
Panionios (a)	1	1							Ferencváros (p)	1	2 (5)
Hamburg	2	0							Željezničar	2	1 (4)
St Johnstone	1	3	St Johnstone	2	0
Vasas	1	1	Vasas	0	1
Shelbourne	0	1				St Johnstone	1	1
Željezničar	3	1				Željezničar	0	5
Club Brugge	0	3	Željezničar (a)	1	2
Bologna	1	2	Bologna	1	2
Anderlecht	1	0										Ferencváros	2	1
Dinamo Zagreb	6	2										Wolves	2	2
Botev Vratsa	1	1	Dinamo Zagreb	2	0
Rapid Wien (w/o)			Rapid Wien (a)	2	0
Vllaznia						Rapid Wien	0	1
Marsa	0	0				Juventus	1	4
Juventus	6	5	Juventus	2	1
Celta Vigo	0	0	Aberdeen	0	1
Aberdeen	2	1							Juventus	1	1
OFK Beograd	4	2							Wolves	1	2
Djurgården	1	2	OFK Beograd	1	0
Carl Zeiss Jena	3	1	Carl Zeiss Jena	1	4
Lokomotiv Plovdiv	0	3				Carl Zeiss Jena	0	0
ADO Den Haag	5	2				Wolves	1	3
Aris Bonnevoie	0	2	ADO Den Haag	1	0							Final
Wolves	3	4	Wolves	3	4
Académica	0	1										Wolves	1	1
Zagłębie Wałbrzych	1	3										Tottenham	2	1
Teplice	0	2	Zagłębie Wałbrzych	1	1
UTA Arad	4	1	UTA Arad (a.e.t.)	1	2
Austria Salzburg	1	3				UTA Arad	3	0
Spartak Moscow	2	1				Vitória de Setúbal	0	1
Košice	0	2	Spartak Moscow	0	0
Vitória de Setúbal (a)	1	1	Vitória de Setúbal	0	4
Nîmes	0	2							UTA Arad	0	1
Porto	0	1							Tottenham	2	1
Nantes	2	1	Nantes	0	0
Keflavík	1	0	Tottenham	0	1
Tottenham	6	9				Tottenham	3	2
Napoli	1	0				Rapid București	0	0
Rapid București	0	2	Rapid București	4	0
Lugano	1	0	Legia Warsaw	0	2
Legia Warsaw	3	0										Tottenham	2	1
Milan	4	3										Milan	1	1
Akritas	0	0	Milan	4	1
Hertha	3	4	Hertha	2	2
Elfsborg	1	1				Milan	3	0
Saint-Étienne	1	1				Dundee	0	2
Köln	1	2	Köln	2	2
Dundee	4	1	Dundee	1	4
AB	2	0							Milan	2	1
Basel	1	1							Lierse	0	1
Real Madrid	2	2	Real Madrid	3	0
Chemie Halle	0		PSV (a)	1	2
PSV (w/o)	0					PSV	1	0
Rosenborg	3	1				Lierse	0	4
HIFK Helsinki	0	0	Rosenborg	4	0
Lierse	0	4	Lierse (a)	1	3
Leeds United	2	0

First roundEdit

Teams from the same nation could not be drawn against one another.

SummaryEdit

First legs were played on 14–16 September 1971 (except one match which was played on 22 September). Second legs were played on 29–30 September 1971 (except one match which was played on 6 October).

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rapid Wien	(w/o)¹	Vllaznia	—	—
Fenerbahçe	2–4	Ferencváros	1–1	1–3
ADO Den Haag	7–2	Aris Bonnevoie	5–0	2–2
Keflavík	1–15	Tottenham Hotspur	1–6²	0–9
Glentoran	1–7	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–1	1–6
Vitória de Setúbal	(a)2–2	Nîmes	1–0	1–2
Carl Zeiss Jena	4–3	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	3–0	1–3
UTA Arad	5–4	Austria Salzburg	4–1	1–3
OFK Beograd	6–3	Djurgården	4–1	2–2
Marsa	0–11	Juventus	0–6	0–5
Vasas	2–1	Shelbourne	1–0	1–1
Zagłębie Wałbrzych	4–2	Teplice	1–0	3–2
Spartak Moscow	3–2	Košice	2–0	1–2
Željezničar	4–3	Club Brugge	3–0	1–3
Dinamo Zagreb	8–2	Botev Vratsa	6–1	2–1
Hamburg	2–4	St Johnstone	2–1	0–3
Hertha	7–2	Elfsborg	3–1	4–1
Rosenborg	4–0	HIFK Helsinki	3–0	1–0
Basel	2–4	Real Madrid	1–2	1–2
Chemie Halle	0–0	PSV	0–0	—³
Lierse	4–2	Leeds United	0–2	4–0
Celta Vigo	0–3	Aberdeen	0–2	0–1
Saint-Étienne	2–3	Köln	1–1	1–2
Dundee	5–2	AB	4–2	1–0
Lugano	1–3	Legia Warsaw	1–3	0–0
Southampton	2–3	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	0–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	7–1	Académica	3–0	4–1
Napoli	1–2	Rapid București	1–0	0–2
Bologna	3–1	Anderlecht	1–1	2–0
Porto	1–3	Nantes	0–2	1–1
Atlético Madrid	2–2(a)	Panionios	2–1	0–1
Milan	7–0	Akritas	4–0	3–0

¹ Vllaznia withdrew after Austrian immigration officials declined to issue visas for their team to enter the country.
² This match was played in Reykjavík.
³ Chemie Halle withdrew after the first leg following the Hotel 't Silveren Seepaerd fire.

MatchesEdit

14 September 1971

First leg

Rapid Wien	Cancelled	Vllaznia
	Report

Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna

6 October 1971

Second leg

Vllaznia	Cancelled	Rapid Wien
	Report

Vojo Kushi Stadium, Shkodër

Vllaznia withdrew after Austrian immigration officials declined to issue visas for their team to enter the country; Rapid Wien were awarded a walkover.

14 September 1971

First leg

Fenerbahçe	1–1	Ferencváros
Yaşar Mumcu 59'	Report	Kű 82'

Mithatpaşa, İzmir

29 September 1971

Second leg

Ferencváros	3–1	Fenerbahçe
Branikovits 20', 65', 78'	Report	Birand 88'

Népstadion, Budapest

Ferencváros won 4–2 on aggregate.

14 September 1971

First leg

ADO Den Haag	5–0	Aris Bonnevoie
Kila 43', 81' Roggeveen 48' Couperus 52' Mansveld 72' (pen.)	Report

Cars Jeans Stadion, The Hague

28 September 1971

Second leg

Aris Bonnevoie	2–2	ADO Den Haag
Mousel 51' José Da Silva	Report	Mansveld 8' Roggeveen 61'

Stade Camille Polfer, Luxembourg City

ADO Den Haag won 7–2 on aggregate.

14 September 1971

First leg

Keflavík	1–6	Tottenham Hotspur
Júlíusson 76'	Report	Coates 25' Gilzean 25', 64', 87' Mullery 31', 59'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

28 September 1971

Second leg

Tottenham Hotspur	9–0	Keflavík
Chivers 8', 19', 44' Perryman 24' Coates 44' Knowles 65' Gilzean 77', 78' Holder 86'	Report

White Hart Lane, London

Attendance: 23,818^{[citation needed]}

Tottenham Hotspur won 15–1 on aggregate.

14 September 1971

First leg

Glentoran	0–1	Eintracht Braunschweig
	Report	Bründl 33'

The Oval, Belfast

28 September 1971

Second leg

Eintracht Braunschweig	6–1	Glentoran
Bründl 2', 8' (pen.), 23', 83', 89' Gerwien 35'	Report	McCaffrey 4'

Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig

Eintracht Braunschweig won 7–1 on aggregate.

14 September 1971

First leg

Vitória de Setúbal	1–0	Nîmes
Torres 5' (pen.)	Report

Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal

Attendance: 7,480^{[citation needed]}

29 September 1971

Second leg

Nîmes	2–1	Vitória de Setúbal
Machado 58' (o.g.) Adams 89'	Report	Torres 24'

Stade des Costières, Nîmes

Attendance: 15,000^{[citation needed]}

2–2 on aggregate; Vitória de Setúbal won on away goals.

15 September 1971

First leg

Carl Zeiss Jena	3–0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Ducke 20' (pen.) Vogel 45', 79' (pen.)	Report

Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena

29 September 1971

Second leg

Lokomotiv Plovdiv	3–1	Carl Zeiss Jena
Ankov 40' Bonev 63', 66'	Report	Scheitler 34'

Stadion Lokomotiv, Plovdiv

Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–3 on aggregate.

15 September 1971

First leg

UTA Arad	4–1	Austria Salzburg
Kun 33' Broșovschi 45' Both 56' Domide 70'	Report	Ritter 47'

Stadionul Francisc von Neuman, Arad

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Christos Michas (Greece)

29 September 1971

Second leg

Austria Salzburg	3–1	UTA Arad
Hirnschrodt 57' Kibler 80' (pen.) Stadler 88'	Report	Domide 28'

Stadion Lehen, Salzburg

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Jef F. Dropmans (Netherlands)

UTA Arad won 5–4 on aggregate.

15 September 1971

First leg

OFK Beograd	4–1	Djurgården
Zec 9' Lukić 21' Santrač 55' Mešanović 70'	Report	Rehnberg 77'

Omladinski stadion, Belgrade

Referee: Ladikli Sabahattin (Turkey)^{[citation needed]}

29 September 1971

Second leg

Djurgården	2–2	OFK Beograd
Rehnberg 20' Sjöberg 85'	Report	Zec 44' Mitrović 61'

Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm

Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)^{[citation needed]}

OFK Beograd won 6–3 on aggregate.

15 September 1971

First leg

Marsa	0–6	Juventus
	Report	Haller 32', 60' Causio 54' Novellini 63' Capello 69' Cuccureddu 88'

Empire Stadium, Gżira

28 September 1971

Second leg

Juventus	5–0	Marsa
Novellini 18', 32', 90' Haller 45' Furino 63'	Report

Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, Turin

Juventus won 11–0 on aggregate.

15 September 1971

First leg

Vasas	1–0	Shelbourne
Menczel 80'	Report

Fáy utcai Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 2,453^{[citation needed]}

Referee: Doğan Babacan (Turkey)^{[citation needed]}

29 September 1971

Second leg

Shelbourne	1–1	Vasas
Murray 80'	Report	Török 45+3'

Tolka Park, Dublin

Attendance: 20,000^{[citation needed]}

Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)^{[citation needed]}

Vasas won 2–1 on aggregate.

15 September 1971

First leg

Zagłębie Wałbrzych	1–0	Teplice
Galas 39'	Report

Stadion Tysiąclecia,^[2] Wałbrzych

29 September 1971

Second leg

Teplice	2–3	Zagłębie Wałbrzych
Stratil 70' Smetana 75'	Report	Kwiatkowski 65', 78' Augustyniak 73'

Stadion U drožďárny,^[3] Teplice

Zaglebie Walbrzych won 4–2 on aggregate.

15 September 1971

First leg

Spartak Moscow	2–0	Košice
Silagadze 24' (pen.) Egorovich 49'	Report

Lokomotiv, Moscow

29 September 1971

Second leg

Košice	2–1	Spartak Moscow
Švajlen 51' (pen.) Halas 84'	Report	Štovčík 6' (o.g.)

Všešportový areál, Košice

Spartak Moscow won 3–2 on aggregate.

15 September 1971

First leg

Željezničar	3–0	Club Brugge
Sprečo 36' Katalinski 40' Bukal 57'	Report

Stadion Grbavica, Sarajevo

29 September 1971

Second leg

Club Brugge	3–1	Željezničar
Rijnders 16' Carteus 25', 85'	Report	Derakovic 10'

Albert Dyserynck Stadion, Bruges

Željezničar won 4–3 on aggregate.

15 September 1971

First leg

Dinamo Zagreb	6–1	Botev Vratsa
Miljković 4', 10' Vabec 14', 80' Lalic 37' Rora 67'	Report	Iordanov 87'

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

29 September 1971

Second leg

Botev Vratsa	1–2	Dinamo Zagreb
Toshkov 1'	Report	Renic 1' Senzen 50'

Stadion Hristo Botev, Vratsa

Dinamo Zagreb won 8–2 on aggregate.

15 September 1971

First leg

Hamburg	2–1	St Johnstone
Zaczyk 11', 79'	Report	Pearson 53'

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

29 September 1971

Second leg

St Johnstone	3–0	Hamburg
Hall 15' Pearson 62' Whitelaw 77'	Report

Muirton Park, Perth

St Johnstone won 4–2 on aggregate.

15 September 1971

First leg

Hertha	3–1	Elfsborg
Hermandung 35' Varga 44' Steffenhagen 68'	Report	Rökaas 53'

Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, East Berlin

29 September 1971

Second leg

Elfsborg	1–4	Hertha
Sundh 59'	Report	Horr 43', 81' Steffenhagen 77' Gutzeit 83'

Ryavallen, Borås

Hertha won 7–2 on aggregate.

15 September 1971

First leg

Rosenborg	3–0	HIFK Helsinki
Mørkved 11' Hanssen 50' Meirik 79'	Report

Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim

29 September 1971

Second leg

HIFK Helsinki	0–1	Rosenborg
	Report	Mørkved 18'

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Rosenborg won 4–0 on aggregate.

15 September 1971

First leg

Basel	1–2	Real Madrid
Hasler 32'	Report	Aguilar 33' Santillana 75'

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Referee: Ken Burns (England)^{[citation needed]}

29 September 1971

Second leg

Real Madrid	2–1	Basel
Aguilar 48' Santillana 78'	Report	Siegenthaler 57'

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)^{[citation needed]}

Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.

15 September 1971

First leg

Chemie Halle	0–0	PSV
	Report

Erdgas Sportpark, Halle

29 September 1971

Second leg

PSV	Cancelled	Chemie Halle
	Report

Philips Sportpark, Eindhoven

Chemie Halle withdrew ahead of the return leg due to the Eindhoven hotel fire that claimed the life of Halle's 21-year-old midfielder Wolfgang Hoffmann one day before the match. PSV were awarded a walkover.^[4]

15 September 1971

First leg

Lierse	0–2	Leeds United
	Report	Galvin 26' Lorimer 57'

Herman Vanderpoortenstadion, Lier

29 September 1971

Second leg

Leeds United	0–4	Lierse
	Report	Reaney 31' (o.g.) Ressel 35', 80' Janssens 37'

Elland Road, Leeds

Lierse won 4–2 on aggregate.

15 September 1971

First leg

Celta Vigo	0–2	Aberdeen
	Report	Harper 50' Forrest 86'

Balaídos, Vigo

29 September 1971

Second leg

Aberdeen	1–0	Celta Vigo
Harper 89'	Report

Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen

Aberdeen won 3–0 on aggregate.

15 September 1971

First leg

Saint-Étienne	1–1	Köln
Sarramagna 85'	Report	Simmet 80'

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

28 September 1971

Second leg

Köln	2–1	Saint-Étienne
Simmet 46' Glowacz 62'	Report	Revelli 75'

Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne

Köln won 3–2 on aggregate.

15 September 1971

First leg

Dundee	4–2	AB
Bryce 8', 35' Gordon 30' Lambie 64'	Report	Carlsen 39', 39'

Dens Park, Dundee

29 September 1971

Second leg

AB	0–1	Dundee
	Report	Duncan 53'

Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen

Dundee won 5–2 on aggregate.

15 September 1971

First leg

Lugano	1–3	Legia Warsaw
Luttrop 83' (pen.)	Report	Ćmikiewicz 20' Stachurski 61' Nowak 88'

Cornaredo Stadium, Lugano

29 September 1971

Second leg

Legia Warsaw	0–0	Lugano
	Report

Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw

Legia Warsaw won 3–1 on aggregate.

15 September 1971

First leg

Southampton	2–1	Athletic Bilbao
Jenkins 64' Channon 69' (pen.)	Report	Arieta 58'

The Dell, Southampton

29 September 1971

Second leg

Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Southampton
Ortuondo 69' Arieta 90'	Report

San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao

Athletic Bilbao won 3–2 on aggregate.

15 September 1971

First leg

Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0	Académica
McAlle 28' Richards 62' Dougan 80'	Report

Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton

Attendance: 23,349^{[citation needed]}

Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary)^{[citation needed]}

29 September 1971

Second leg

Académica	1–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manuel António 15'	Report	Dougan 23', 72', 90' McAlle 57'

Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra

Attendance: 5,000^{[citation needed]}

Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)^{[citation needed]}

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 7–1 on aggregate.

15 September 1971

First leg

Napoli	1–0	Rapid București
Lupescu 75' (o.g.)	Report

Stadio San Paolo, Naples

Attendance: 21,993

Referee: Petar Kostovski (Yugoslavia)

30 September 1971

Second leg

Rapid București	2–0	Napoli
Dumitru 26' Ene 34'	Report

Stadionul August 23, Bucharest

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)

Rapid București won 2–1 on aggregate.

15 September 1971

First leg

Bologna	1–1	Anderlecht
Perani 26'	Report	Van Himst 60'

Stadio Comunale, Bologna

28 September 1971

Second leg

Anderlecht	0–2	Bologna
	Report	Savoldi 10' Rizzo 85'

Stade Emile Versé, Brussels

Bologna won 3–1 on aggregate.

15 September 1971

First leg

Porto	0–2	Nantes
	Report	Marcos 18', 81'

Estádio das Antas, Porto

Referee: Dominic Byrne (Ireland)^{[citation needed]}

29 September 1971

Second leg

Nantes	1–1	Porto
Maas 77'	Report	De Michèle 87' (o.g.)

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Referee: Ivan Plaček (Czechoslovakia)^{[citation needed]}

Nantes won 3–1 on aggregate.

16 September 1971

First leg

Atlético Madrid	2–1	Panionios
Bezerra 47' Irureta 64'	Report	Lagos 80'

Estadio Manzanares, Madrid

6 October 1971

Second leg

Panionios	1–0	Atlético Madrid
Intzoglou 53' (pen.)	Report

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

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

22 September 1971

First leg

Milan	4–0	Akritas
Villa 32', 60' Magherini 34' Golin 50'	Report

San Siro, Milan

29 September 1971

Second leg

Akritas	0–3	Milan
	Report	Villa 11', 11' Rivera 65'

Stadio Giuseppe Grezar, Trieste

Milan won 7–0 on aggregate.

Second roundEdit

Teams from the same nation could not be drawn against one another.

SummaryEdit

First legs were played on 19–21 October 1971. Second legs were played on 2–4 November 1971.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rapid București	4–2	Legia Warsaw	4–0	0–2
Köln	4–5	Dundee	2–1	2–4
Zagłębie Wałbrzych	2–3	UTA Arad	1–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)
OFK Beograd	1–5	Carl Zeiss Jena	1–1	0–4
Dinamo Zagreb	2–2(a)	Rapid Wien	2–2	0–0
Željezničar	(a)3–3	Bologna	1–1	2–2
Ferencváros	6–0	Panionios	6–0	—¹
Eintracht Braunschweig	4–3	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	2–2
Rosenborg	4–4(a)	Lierse	4–1	0–3
ADO Den Haag	1–7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–3	0–4
Nantes	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	0–0	0–1
St Johnstone	2–1	Vasas	2–0	0–1
Milan	5–4	Hertha	4–2	1–2
Real Madrid	3–3(a)	PSV	3–1	0–2²
Spartak Moscow	0–4	Vitória de Setúbal	0–0	0–4
Juventus	3–1	Aberdeen	2–0	1–1

¹ After the final whistle in the first leg, visiting Panionios fans invaded the pitch and attacked Ferencváros players, match officials, and Hungarian police. Panionios were ejected from the competition.
² This match was played in 's-Hertogenbosch.

MatchesEdit

19 October 1971

First leg

Rapid București	4–0	Legia Warsaw
Ene 23', 28' Neagu 29', 71'	Report

Stadionul August 23, Bucharest

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Jozef Krňávek (Czechoslovakia)

3 November 1971

Second leg

Legia Warsaw	2–0	Rapid București
Nowak 2' Blaut 6'	Report

Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

Rapid București won 4–2 on aggregate.

19 October 1971

First leg

Köln	2–1	Dundee
Scheermann 50' Löhr 84'	Report	Kinninmonth 8'

Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne

3 November 1971

Second leg

Dundee	4–2	Köln
Duncan 12', 61', 74' Wilson 89'	Report	Simmet 35' Flohe 56'

Dens Park, Dundee

Dundee won 5–4 on aggregate.

20 October 1971

First leg

Zagłębie Wałbrzych	1–1	UTA Arad
Kwiatkowski 10'	Report	Broșovschi 86'

Stadion Tysiąclecia, Wałbrzych

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Karlo Kruashvili (Soviet Union)

3 November 1971

Second leg

UTA Arad	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Zagłębie Wałbrzych
Domide 13' Kun 115'	Report	Pawłowski 67'

Stadionul Francisc von Neuman, Arad

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria)

UTA Arad won 3–2 on aggregate.

20 October 1971

First leg

OFK Beograd	1–1	Carl Zeiss Jena
Santrač 49'	Report	Scheitler 32'

Omladinski stadion, Belgrade

3 November 1971

Second leg

Carl Zeiss Jena	4–0	OFK Beograd
Mitrović 14' (o.g.) Scheitler 17', 65' Stein 50'	Report

Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena

Carl Zeiss Jena won 5–1 on aggregate.

20 October 1971

First leg

Dinamo Zagreb	2–2	Rapid Wien
Kafka 6', 67'	Report	Hof 13' Jagodic 87'

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

3 November 1971

Second leg

Rapid Wien	0–0	Dinamo Zagreb
	Report

Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, Vienna

2–2 on aggregate; Rapid Wien won on away goals.

20 October 1971

First leg

Željezničar	1–1	Bologna
Bukal 75' (pen.)	Report	Perani 30'

Stadion Grbavica, Sarajevo

3 November 1971

Second leg

Bologna	2–2	Željezničar
Fedele 15', 71'	Report	Janković 59', 83'

Stadio Comunale, Bologna

3–3 on aggregate; Željezničar won on away goals.

20 October 1971

First leg

Ferencváros	6–0	Panionios
Kű 2' Albert 23', 62', 89' Megyesi 67' Branikovits 83'	Report

Népstadion, Budapest

4 November 1971

Second leg

Panionios	Cancelled	Ferencváros
	Report

Nea Smyrni Stadium, Athens

After the final whistle in the first leg, visiting Panionios fans invaded the pitch and attacked Ferencváros players, match officials, and Hungarian police. Panionios were ejected from the competition. Ferencváros were awarded a walkover.

20 October 1971

First leg

Eintracht Braunschweig	2–1	Athletic Bilbao
Bründl 16', 33'	Report	Arieta 15'

Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig

3 November 1971

Second leg

Athletic Bilbao	2–2	Eintracht Braunschweig
Uriarte 35' Rojo 89'	Report	Erler 28' Bründl 69'

San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao

Eintracht Braunschweig won 4–3 on aggregate.

20 October 1971

First leg

Rosenborg	4–1	Lierse
Christiansen 8', 72' Hanssen 27' Loraas 84'	Report	Davidovic 67'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

3 November 1971

Second leg

Lierse	3–0	Rosenborg
Danul 71', 73', 79'	Report

Herman Vanderpoortenstadion, Lier

4–4 on aggregate; Lierse won on away goals.

20 October 1971

First leg

ADO Den Haag	1–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Hestad 89' (pen.)	Report	Dougan 63' McCalliog 74' Hibbitt 80'

Cars Jeans Stadion, The Hague

3 November 1971

Second leg

Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–0	ADO Den Haag
Dougan 7' Weimar 50' (o.g.) Mansveld 58' (o.g.) van den Burch 89' (o.g.)	Report

Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 7–1 on aggregate.

20 October 1971

First leg

Nantes	0–0	Tottenham Hotspur
	Report

Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes

Attendance: 20,033^{[citation needed]}

2 November 1971

Second leg

Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Nantes
Peters 13'	Report

White Hart Lane, London

Attendance: 32,630^{[citation needed]}

Tottenham Hotspur won 1–0 on aggregate.

20 October 1971

First leg

St Johnstone	2–0	Vasas
Connolly 12' (pen.) Pearson 85'	Report

Muirton Park, Perth

2 November 1971

Second leg

Vasas	1–0	St Johnstone
Puskás 85'	Report

Népstadion, Budapest

St Johnstone won 2–1 on aggregate.

20 October 1971

First leg

Milan	4–2	Hertha
Prati 41', 85' Benetti 62' Biasiolo 65'	Report	Steffenhagen 15' Beer 51'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 30,000^{[citation needed]}

Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)^{[citation needed]}

3 November 1971

Second leg

Hertha	2–1	Milan
Horr 15' (pen.), 89'	Report	Bigon 13'

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 18,000^{[citation needed]}

Referee: John Carpenter (Republic of Ireland)^{[citation needed]}

Milan won 5–4 on aggregate.

20 October 1971

First leg

Real Madrid	3–1	PSV
Anzarda 2' Aguilar 34' Amancio Amaro 47' (pen.)	Report	Hoekema 22'

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid

3 November 1971

Second leg

PSV	2–0	Real Madrid
Mulders 9' Hoekema 56'	Report

De Vliert, 's-Hertogenbosch

3–3 on aggregate; PSV won on away goals.

21 October 1971

First leg

Spartak Moscow	0–0	Vitória de Setúbal
	Report

Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow

Attendance: 27,000^{[citation needed]}

Referee: John Gow (Wales)^{[citation needed]}

4 November 1971

Second leg

Vitória de Setúbal	4–0	Spartak Moscow
Machado 29' Torres 53', 56' João 77'	Report

Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal

Attendance: 40,000^{[citation needed]}

Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)^{[citation needed]}

Vitória de Setúbal won 4–0 on aggregate.

21 October 1971

First leg

Juventus	2–0	Aberdeen
Anastasi 5' Murray 55' (o.g.)	Report

Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, Turin

4 November 1971

Second leg

Aberdeen	1–1	Juventus
Harper 78'	Report	Anastasi 50'

Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen

Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.

Third roundEdit

Teams from the same nation could not be drawn against one another.

SummaryEdit

First legs were played on 23–24 November 1971. Second legs were played on 8 and 15 December 1971.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Carl Zeiss Jena	0–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	0–3
UTA Arad	3–1	Vitória de Setúbal	3–0	0–1
Rapid Wien	1–5	Juventus	0–1	1–4
Eintracht Braunschweig	3–6	Ferencváros	1–1	2–5
PSV	1–4	Lierse	1–0	0–4
St Johnstone	2–5	Željezničar	1–0	1–5
Milan	3–2	Dundee	3–0	0–2
Tottenham Hotspur	5–0	Rapid București	3–0	2–0

MatchesEdit

23 November 1971

First leg

Carl Zeiss Jena	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	Report	Richards 12'

Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena

8 December 1971

Second leg

Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0	Carl Zeiss Jena
Hibbitt 8' Dougan 35', 60'	Report

Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 4–0 on aggregate.

24 November 1971

First leg

UTA Arad	3–0	Vitória de Setúbal
Domide 9' Sima 16' Kun 65'	Report

Stadionul Francisc von Neuman, Arad

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Antoine Queudeville (Luxembourg)

8 December 1971

Second leg

Vitória de Setúbal	1–0	UTA Arad
Marí 54'	Report

Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)

UTA Arad won 3–1 on aggregate.

24 November 1971

First leg

Rapid Wien	0–1	Juventus
	Report	Bettega 30'

Praterstadion, Vienna

Referee: Ferdinand Biwersi (West Germany)^{[citation needed]}

8 December 1971

Second leg

Juventus	4–1	Rapid Wien
Bettega 8', 46', 71' Causio 81' (pen.)	Report	Lorenz 16'

Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino, Turin

Referee: Menning (East Germany)^{[citation needed]}

Juventus won 5–1 on aggregate.

24 November 1971

First leg

Eintracht Braunschweig	1–1	Ferencváros
Erler 84'	Report	Kű 8'

Eintracht-Stadion, Braunschweig

8 December 1971

Second leg

Ferencváros	5–2	Eintracht Braunschweig
Juhász 3' Bálint 37', 51' Branikovits 59', 80'	Report	Bründl 73' Erler 90'

Üllői úti stadion, Budapest

Ferencváros won 6–3 on aggregate.

24 November 1971

First leg

PSV	1–0	Lierse
Mulders 77'	Report

Philips Sportpark, Eindhoven

8 December 1971

Second leg

Lierse	4–0	PSV
Janssens 5', 61' Vermeyen 86' De Nul 89'	Report

Herman Vanderpoortenstadion, Lier

Lierse won 4–1 on aggregate.

24 November 1971

First leg

St Johnstone	1–0	Željezničar
Connolly 87'	Report

Muirton Park, Perth

8 December 1971

Second leg

Željezničar	5–1	St Johnstone
Janković 2' Bukal 4', 26', 63' (pen.) Sprečo 65'	Report	Rooney 7'

Stadion Grbavica, Sarajevo

Željezničar won 5–2 on aggregate.

24 November 1971

First leg

Milan	3–0	Dundee
Rivera 14' Stewart 50' (o.g.) Benetti 71'	Report

San Siro, Milan

8 December 1971

Second leg

Dundee	2–0	Milan
Wallace 39' Duncan 74'	Report

Dens Park, Dundee

Milan won 3–2 on aggregate.

8 December 1971

First leg

Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	Rapid București
Peters 1' Chivers 35', 63'	Report

White Hart Lane, London

Attendance: 30,702

Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

15 December 1971

Second leg

Rapid București	0–2	Tottenham Hotspur
	Report	Pearce 58' Chivers 84'

Stadionul August 23, Bucharest

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy)

Tottenham Hotspur won 5–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finalsEdit

SummaryEdit

First legs were played on 23 February, 7 and 9 March 1972. Second legs were played on 7, 21 and 22 March 1972.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Milan	3–1	Lierse	2–0	1–1
UTA Arad	1–3	Tottenham Hotspur	0–2	1–1
Juventus	2–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	1–2
Ferencváros

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Tournament details
Dates	14 September 1971 (1971-09-14) – 17 May 1972 (1972-05-17)
Teams	63^[1] (from 31 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Tottenham Hotspur (1st title)
Runners-up	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Tournament statistics
Matches played	122
Goals scored	368 (3.02 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ludwig Bründl (Eintracht Braunschweig, 10 goals)
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