| Final positions | |
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| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
1973–74 → | |
The1972–73European Cup Winners' Cupfootball club tournament was won byMilan after a 1–0 victory againstLeeds United at theKaftanzoglio Stadium,Thessaloniki, Greece.
Competition holdersRangers would have been eligible to compete in the Cup Winners' Cup, but were banned from European competition in the 1972–73 season due to the violent disturbances at the1972 European Cup Winners' Cup Final.[1]
| Pezoporikos Larnaca | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Duffy | [citation needed] | Lawson Sheehan |
Match played in Cork due to the dangerous political situation in Cyprus at the time.
| Ankaragücü | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Yalman | Jordan |
| Rapid București | 3–0 | |
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| Report |
| Sporting CP | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Fraguito Manaca | Duncan |
| Zürich | 1–1 | |
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| Künzli | FCZ summary | Kinsey |
| Milan | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chiarugi Benetti |
AC Milan won 7–1 on aggregate.
| Cork Hibernians | 4-1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Wallace Lawson Dennehy | [citation needed] | Miller |
Cork Hibernians won 6–2 on aggregate.
| Leeds United | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Jones |
Leeds United won 2–1 on aggregate.
Rapid București won 3–1 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split won 2–0 on aggregate.
Hibernian won 7–3 on aggregate.
| Wrexham | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ashcroft Sutton | FCZ summary | Martinelli |
Wrexham won 3–2 on aggregate
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlético Madrid | 5–5 (a) | 3–4 (Report) (Report 2) | 2–1 (Report) (Report 2) | |
| Legia Warsaw | 2–3 | 1–1 (Report) (Report 2) | 1–2(aet) (Report) (Report 2) | |
| Cork Hibernians | 0–3 | 0–0 (Report) (Report 2) | 0–3 (Report) (Report 2) | |
| Ferencváros | 3–4 | 2–0 (Report) (Report 2) | 1–4 (Report) (Report 2) | |
| Carl Zeiss Jena | 0–2 | 0–0 (Report) (Report 2) | 0–2 (Report) (Report 2) | |
| Rapid Wien | 2–4 | 1–1 (Report) (Report 2) | 1–3 (Report) (Report 2) | |
| Hibernian | 8–2 | 7–1 (Report) (Report 2) | 1–1 (Report) (Report 2) | |
| Wrexham | 3–3 (a) | 3–1 (Report) (Report 2) | 0–2 (Report) (Report 2) |
| Legia Warsaw | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Deyna | Golin |
| Rapid Wien | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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AC Milan won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Leeds United | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cherry Jones |
Leeds United won 2–0 on aggregate.
Rapid București won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Hajduk Split | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Nadoveza |
Hajduk Split 3–3 Wrexham on aggregate. Hajduk Split won on an away goals rule.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spartak Moscow | 1–2 | 0–1 (Report) (Report 2) | 1–1 (Report) (Report 2) | |
| Schalke 04 | 2–4 | 2–1 (Report) (Report 2) | 0–3 (Report) (Report 2) | |
| Leeds United | 8–1 | 5–0 (Report) (Report 2) | 3–1 (Report) (Report 2) | |
| Hibernian | 4–5 | 4–2 (Report) (Report 2) | 0–3 (Report) (Report 2) |
| Leeds United | 5–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Giles Clarke Lorimer Jordan |
| Schalke 04 | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ehmke Rüssmann | Report | Barton |
| Spartak Moscow | 0–1 | |
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| Benetti |
| Hibernian | 4–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Gordon Duncan | Hlevnjak |
| Milan | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bigon | Piskaryov |
AC Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Rapid București | 1–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Dumitriu | Bates Jones Jordan |
Leeds United won 8–1 on aggregate.
| Sparta Prague | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Jurkanin Kara Barton | Report |
Slavia Prague won 4–2 on aggregate.
Hajduk Split won 5–4 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Leeds United | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
Leeds United won 1–0 on aggregate.
Milan won 2–0 on aggregate.
The malady has afflicted Great Britain for more than 20 years, though it probably received wide attention in the sporting world for the first time in 1972 when, in what became known as the Battle of Barcelona, fans of the Glasgow Rangers rioted, causing their team to be suspended from European competition for a year.