1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1971–72 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Rangers, who defeated Dynamo Moscow in the final.

1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup

Final positions
Champions	Rangers (1st title)
Runners-up	Dynamo Moscow

Preliminary game

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
BK 1909	4–4 (a)	Austria Wien	4–2 (Report) (Report 2)	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Hibernians	3–2	Fram	3–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)

First round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Distillery	1–7	Barcelona	1–3 (Report) (Report 2)	0–4 (Report) (Report 2)
Hibernians	0–1	Steaua Bucharest	0–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Servette	2–3	Liverpool	2–1 (Report) (Report 2)	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)
TJ Škoda Plzeň	1–7	Bayern Munich	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)	1–6 (Report) (Report 2)
Limerick	0–5	Torino	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)	0–4 (Report) (Report 2)
Dinamo Tirana	1–2	Austria Wien	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Rennes	1–2	Rangers	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Sporting	7–0	Lyn	4–0 (Report) (Report 2)	3–0 (Report) (Report 2)
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	4–5	Åtvidaberg	3–4 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Jeunesse Hautcharage	0–21	Chelsea	0–8 (Report) (Report 2)	0–13 (Report) (Report 2)
Beerschot	8–0	Anorthosis Famagusta	7–0 (Report) (Report 2)	1–0 (Report) (Report 2)
Dynamo Berlin	2(p)–2	Cardiff City	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Levski-Spartak	1–3	Sparta Rotterdam	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Komlói Bányász	4–8	Red Star Belgrade	2–7 (Report) (Report 2)	2–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Mikkeli	0–4	Eskişehirspor	0–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–4 (Report) (Report 2)
Olympiacos	2–3	Dynamo Moscow	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)	2–1 (Report) (Report 2)

First leg

15 September 1971

Limerick	0–1	Torino
		Rampanti  8'

Thomond Park, Limerick

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15 September 1971

Stade Rennes	1–1	Rangers
Redon  11'		Johnston  68'

Rennes

Attendance: 20,000

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15 September 1971

TJ Škoda Plzeň	0–1	Bayern Munich
		Sühnholz  76'

Plzeň

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Xanhoulis

Second leg

29 September 1971

Torino	4–0	Limerick
Toschi  46'  74'  83' Luppi  80'

Turin

Torino won 5–0 on aggregate.

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28 September 1971

Rangers	1–0	Stade Rennes
MacDonald  37'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 40,000

Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.

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29 September 1971

Bayern Munich	6–1	TJ Škoda Plzeň
G. Müller  1'  75' Hoffmann  50'  70' Krauthausen  15' Roth  88'		Bican  5'

Munich

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Mihas

Bayern won 7–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona	1–3	Steaua Bucharest	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)	1–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Liverpool	1–3	Bayern Munich	0–0 (Report) (Report 2)	1–3 (Report) (Report 2)
Torino	1–0	Austria Wien	1–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–0 (Report) (Report 2)
Rangers	6–6 (a) 1	Sporting	3–2 (Report) (Report 2)	3–4 (Report) (Report 2)
Åtvidaberg	1–1 (a)	Chelsea	0–0 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Beerschot	2–6	Dynamo Berlin	1–3 (Report) (Report 2)	1–3 (Report) (Report 2)
Sparta Rotterdam	2–3	Red Star Belgrade	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)	1–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Eskişehirspor	0–2	Dynamo Moscow	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)

¹The second leg was originally 3-2 to Sporting after 90 minutes, and 4-3 to Sporting after extra time. The referee erroneously ordered a penalty shootout which Sporting won 3-0; UEFA later ruled that Rangers had won on away goals.

First leg

20 October 1971

Torino	1–0	Austria Wien
Agroppi  81'

Turin

Referee: Weyland (GDR)

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20 October 1971

Rangers	3–2	Sporting CP
Stein  5', 10' Henderson  30'		Chico Faria  67' Wágner  88'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 50,000

Second leg

3 November 1971

Austria Wien	0–0	Torino

Vienna

Referee: Robert Héliès (FRA)

Torino won 1–0 on aggregate.

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3 November 1971

Sporting CP	4–3	Rangers
Yazalde  25' Laranjeira  38' Pedro Gomes  87' Fernando Peres  115'		Stein  26', 46' Henderson  100'

Lisbon

Attendance: 60,000

Rangers 6–6 Sporting CP on aggregate. Rangers won on away goals.

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Steaua Bucharest	1–1 (a)	Bayern Munich	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)	0–0 (Report) (Report 2)
Torino	1–2	Rangers	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Åtvidaberg	2–4	Dynamo Berlin	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)	2–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Red Star Belgrade	2–3	Dynamo Moscow	1–2 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)

First leg

8 March 1972

Torino	1–1	Rangers
Pulici  61'		Johnston  12'

Turin

Second leg

22 March 1972

Rangers	1–0	Torino
MacDonald  46'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bayern Munich	1–3	Rangers	1–1	0–2
Dynamo Berlin	2–2(p)	Dynamo Moscow	1–1	1–1

First leg

5 April 1972

Bayern Munich	1–1	Rangers
Breitner  21'	Report Report 2	Zobel  47' (o.g.)

Grünwalder Stadion, Munich

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Radountschev (BUL)

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5 April 1972

Dynamo Berlin	1–1	Dynamo Moscow
Johannsen  83' (pen.)	Report Report 2	Yevriuzhikin  54'

Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin

Second leg

19 April 1972

Rangers	2–0	Bayern Munich
Jardine  1' Parlane  22'	Report Report 2

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Francesconi (ITA)

Rangers won 3–1 on aggregate.

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20 April 1972

Dynamo Moscow	1–1	Dynamo Berlin
Yevriuzhikin  58'	Report Report 2	Netz  37'

Druzhba Stadium, Lviv

Dynamo Berlin 2–2 Dynamo Moscow on aggregate. Dynamo Moscow won 4–1 on penalties.

Final

Main article: 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

24 May 1972

20:30

Rangers	3–2	Dynamo Moscow
Stein  23' Johnston  40', 49'	Report Report 2	Eshtrekov  60' Makhovikov  87'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 24,701

Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

See also

• 1971–72 European Cup
• 1971–72 UEFA Cup

External links

• 1971-72 competition at UEFA website
• Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• Cup Winners Cup Seasons 1971-72–results, protocols
• website Football Archive 1971–72 Cup Winners Cup