| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 August 1971 – 31 May 1972 |
| Teams | 33 (from 32 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 63 |
| Goals scored | 175 (2.78 per match) |
| Attendance | 2,091,421 (33,197 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Antal Dunai (Újpesti Dózsa) Johan Cruyff (Ajax) Lou Macari (Celtic) Silvester Takač (Standard Liège) 5 goals each |
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The1971–72 European Cup was the 17th season of theEuropean Cup,UEFA's premier clubfootball tournament. The competition was won byAjax, who beatInter Milan in thefinal atDe Kuip inRotterdam, on 31 May 1972. It was the second consecutive win for Ajax, as well as third for Netherlands. It was also the first European Cup final where both finalists had previously won and lost competition finals.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Valencia | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
Valencia won 4–1 on aggregate.
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| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Marseille | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Ajax | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
| Reipas Lahti | 1–9 | 1–1 | 0–8 | |
| Strømsgodset | 1–7 | 1–3 | 0–4 | |
| Dinamo București | 2–2 (a) | 0–0 | 2–2 | |
| Feyenoord | 17–0 | 8–0 | 9–0 | |
| Wacker | 1–7 | 0–4 | 1–3 | |
| CSKA September Flag | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| Valencia | 1–1 (a) | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Újpesti Dózsa | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | |
| Boldklubben 1903 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–3 | |
| ÍA | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–0 | |
| Inter Milan | 6–4 | 4–1 | 2–3 | |
| Cork Hibernians | 1–7 | 0–5 | 1–2 | |
| Galatasaray | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | |
| Standard Liège | 5–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Ajax | 2–0 | |
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| Swart Keizer | Report |
| Feyenoord | 8–0 | |
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| Maiwald Van Hanegem Schoenmaker Israël Schneider | Report |
| CSKA September Flag | 3–0 | |
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| Atanasov Nikodimov Marashliev | Report |
| Újpesti Dózsa | 4–0 | |
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| A. Dunai Bene | Report |
| Boldklubben 1903 | 2–1 | |
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| Johansen | Report | Macari |
| ÍA | 0–4 | |
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| Report | Cocks Aquilina |
| Inter Milan | 4–1 | |
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| Mazzola Facchetti Jair Boninsegna | Report | Pomonis |
| Cork Hibernians | 0–5 | |
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| Report | Wloka Heynckes Le Fevre |
| Galatasaray | 1–1 | |
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| Güleş | Report | Kopeikin |
| Standard Liège | 2–0 | |
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| Semmeling Takač | Report |
| Górnik Zabrze | 1–1 | |
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| Anczok | Report | Skoblar |
Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.
Ajax won 2–0 on aggregate.
| Grasshopper | 8–0 | |
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| Müller Gröbli Schneeberger Meier Mayer | Report |
Grasshopper won 9–1 on aggregate.
Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.
| Spartak Trnava | 2–2 | |
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| Kabát Dobiaš | Report | Popescu |
2–2 on aggregate; Dinamo București won on away goals.
| Olympiakos Nicosia | 0–9 | |
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| Report | Van Hanegem Hasil Wery Posthumus Israël |
Feyenoord won 17–0 on aggregate.
Benfica won 7–1 on aggregate.
CSKA September Flag won 4–0 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Valencia won on away goals.
| Malmö FF | 1–0 | |
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| Tapper | Report |
Újpesti Dózsa won 4–1 on aggregate.
| Celtic | 3–0 | |
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| Wallace Callaghan | Report |
Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.
Sliema Wanderers won 4–0 on aggregate.
| AEK Athens | 3–2 | |
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| Ventouris Papaioannou Nikolaidis | Report | Karafeskos Boninsegna |
Inter Milan won 6–4 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–1 on aggregate.
| CSKA Moscow | 3–0 | |
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| Dorofeev Oglobin | Report |
CSKA Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.
Standard Liège won 5–2 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Marseille | 2–6 | 1–2 | 1–4 | |
| Grasshopper | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–3 | |
| Dinamo București | 0–5 | 0–3 | 0–2 | |
| Benfica | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | |
| Valencia | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
| Celtic | 7–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | |
| Inter Milan | 4–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | |
| CSKA Moscow | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Grasshopper | 0–2 | |
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| Report | Kennedy Graham |
| Benfica | 2–1 | |
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| Rodrigues Artur Jorge | Report | Zhekov |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 7–1 | |
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| Heynckes Le Fevre Netzer Sieloff | [1] | Boninsegna |
This game was annulled as Inter playerRoberto Boninsegna was hit by a Coca-Cola can in the 29th minute.[2][3] The first leg game was replayed after the game that was originally scheduled to be the second leg was played, thus the order of legs was switched.
| Inter Milan | 4–2 | |
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| Bellugi Boninsegna Jair Ghio | Report | Le Fevre Wittkamp |
Ajax won 6–2 on aggregate.
Arsenal won 5–0 on aggregate.
| Feyenoord | 2–0 | |
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| Nunweiller Schoenmaker | Report |
Feyenoord won 5–0 on aggregate.
Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Újpesti Dózsa | 2–1 | |
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| A. Dunai | Report | Valdez |
Újpesti Dózsa won 3–1 on aggregate.
Celtic won 7–1 on aggregate.
Inter Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Standard Liège | 2–0 | |
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| Takač | Report |
Standard Liège won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Ajax | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Feyenoord | 2–5 | 1–0 | 1–5 | |
| Újpesti Dózsa | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |
| Inter Milan | 2–2 (a) | 1–0 | 1–2 |
Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.
| Celtic | 1–1 | |
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| Macari | Report | A. Dunai |
Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Standard Liège | 2–1 | |
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| Cvetler Takač | Report | Mazzola |
2–2 on aggregate; Inter Milan won on away goals.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Ajax | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Inter Milan | 0–0(5–4p) | 0–0 | 0–0 |
Ajax won 1–0 on aggregate.
| Celtic | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | |
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| Penalties | ||
| Deans Craig Johnstone McCluskey Murdoch | 4–5 | |
0–0 on aggregate; Inter Milan won 5–4 on penalties.
During the shoot-out, teams had to take all five penalties even if they could no longer win (the shoot-out would otherwise have ended with a score of 5–3 as Inter went first).
| Ajax | 2–0 | |
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| Cruyff | Report |