The first leg of the final was played atAnfield in Liverpool. | |
| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 13 September 1972 – 23 May 1973 |
| Teams | 63 (from 29[1] associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 124 |
| Goals scored | 405 (3.27 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,947,828 (15,708 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Jupp Heynckes (Borussia Mönchengladbach) Jan Jeuring (Twente) 12 goals each |
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The1972–73 UEFA Cup was the second season of theUEFA Cup, the third-tier clubfootball competition organised byUEFA. The1973 UEFA Cup final was played over two legs atAnfield,Liverpool,England, and atBökelbergstadion,Mönchengladbach,West Germany. It was won byLiverpool ofEngland, who defeated West German teamBorussia Mönchengladbach by an aggregate result of 3–2 to claim their first UEFA Cup title.
This was the sixth consecutive title won by an English team between the UEFA Cup and theInter-Cities Fairs Cup, as well as the first time Liverpool won a European competition.
A total of 63 teams from 29UEFA member associations participate in the 1972–73 UEFA Cup. A new allocation scheme was devised by UEFA, which featured fixed slots for all but two competing associations, and lasted for eight seasons:
Spain was the only association with a fixed allocation of three teams; the other two associations would rotate on a yearly basis among all countries that were allocated two teams.
Albania was not included in this scheme, as it had only entered the competition once without playing and would not have a UEFA Cup competitor until 1981.Northern Ireland withdrew from the competition, so another association was granted an extra third birth for this season. The three chosen associations wereFrance,Yugoslavia andPortugal.
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The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:
Notes
The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches took place on Tuesdays.
| Round | First leg | Second leg |
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| First round | 12–20 September 1972 | 26 September – 4 October 1972 |
| Second round | 24–25 October 1972 | 1–8 November 1972 |
| Third round | 28–29 November 1972 | 13 December 1972 |
| Quarter-finals | 6–7 March 1973 | 20–21 March 1973 |
| Semi-finals | 10–11 April 1973 | 25 April 1973 |
| Final | 10 May 1973 | 23 May 1973 |
1 Hvidovre walkover, HIFK withdrew.
Liverpool won 2–0 on aggregate.
| Norrköping | 2–0 | |
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Norrköping won 4–1 on aggregate.
| Universitatea Cluj | 4–1 | |
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Levski-Spartak won 6–5 on aggregate.
| Salgótarján | 1–1 | |
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AEK Athens won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 7–0 | |
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Beroe Stara Zagora won 10–1 on aggregate.
| Dinamo Tbilisi | 3–2 | |
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Twente won 4–2 on aggregate.
Slovan Bratislava won 8–2 on aggregate.
Ruch Chorzów won 3–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Lausanne-Sport | 3–2 | |
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Red Star Belgrade won 7–4 on aggregate.
OFK Beograd won 5–3 on aggregate.
| Lyn | 3–6 | |
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Tottenham Hotspur won 12–3 on aggregate.
Viking won 1–0 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 6–5 on aggregate.
Frem won 5–2 on aggregate.
| Budapest Honvéd | 1–0 | |
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Budapest Honvéd won 4–0 on aggregate.
Köln won 5–1 on aggregate.
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6–3 | |
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Borussia Mönchengladbach won 9–5 on aggregate.
| Angers | 1–1 | |
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| BFC Dynamo | 2–1 | |
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BFC Dynamo won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Feyenoord | 9–0 | |
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| Rumelange | 0–12 | |
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Feyenoord won 21–0 on aggregate.
Valencia won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Grasshoppers | 2–1 | |
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Grasshoppers won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Kaiserslautern | 4–0 | |
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Kaiserslautern won 5–3 on aggregate.
| Torino | 2–0 | |
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| Las Palmas | 4–0 | |
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Las Palmas won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Inter Milan | 6–1 | |
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Inter Milan won 7–1 on aggregate.
| Vitória de Setúbal | 6–1 | |
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Vitória de Setúbal won 6–2 on aggregate.
Ararat Yerevan won 2–0 on aggregate.
| Eskişehirspor | 1–2 | |
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Fiorentina won 5–1 on aggregate.
| Olympiacos | 2–1 | |
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Olympiacos won 3–1 on aggregate.
| CUF Barreiro | 2–0 | |
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CUF Barreiro won 3–0 on aggregate.
Porto won 4–1 on aggregate.
Hvidovre walkover, HIFK withdrew.
| Köln | 9–1 | |
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Köln won 9–2 on aggregate.
| AEK Athens | 1–3 | |
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Liverpool won 6–1 on aggregate.
| Budapest Honvéd | 1–0 | |
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Beroe Stara Zagora won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Levski-Spartak | 2–0 | |
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BFC Dynamo won 3–2 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 4–1 on aggregate.
| CUF Barreiro | 1–3 | |
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| Kaiserslautern | 0–1 | |
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Kaiserslautern won 3–2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 4–0 on aggregate.
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–0 | |
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Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6–1 on aggregate.
| Frem | 0–5 | |
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| Twente | 4–0 | |
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Twente won 9–0 on aggregate.
| Grasshoppers | 1–3 | |
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Ararat Yerevan won 7–3 on aggregate.
| Feyenoord | 4–3 | |
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| OFK Beograd | 2–1 | |
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5–5 on aggregate; OFK Beograd won on away goals.
| Olympiacos | 1–0 | |
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Tottenham Hotspur won 4–1 on aggregate.
| Inter Milan | 2–2 | |
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Inter Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Las Palmas | 2–2 | |
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Las Palmas won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Vitória de Setúbal | 1–0 | |
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2–2 on aggregate; Vitória de Setúbal won on away goals.
| Club Brugge | 3–2 | |
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Porto won 5–3 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Köln | 0–5 | 0–0 | 0–5 | |
| BFC Dynamo | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | |
| OFK Beograd | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | |
| Ararat Yerevan | 2–2 (4–5p) | 2–0 | 0–2 (a.e.t.) | |
| Twente | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |
| Porto | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
| Vitória de Setúbal | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 5–0 | |
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Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5–0 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 3–1 on aggregate.
OFK Beograd won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Ararat Yerevan | 2–0 | |
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| Kaiserslautern | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | |
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| 5–4 | ||
2–2 on aggregate; Kaiserslautern won on penalties.
| Twente | 3–0 | |
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| Las Palmas | 2–1 | |
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Twente won 4–2 on aggregate.
Tottenham Hotspur won 2–1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 3–1 on aggregate.
Vitória de Setúbal won 2–1 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Kaiserslautern | 2–9 | 1–2 | 1–7 | |
| OFK Beograd | 3–4 | 3–2 | 0–2 | |
| Liverpool | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2–2 (a) | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Kaiserslautern | 1–2 | |
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| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 7–1 | |
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Borussia Mönchengladbach won 9–2 on aggregate.
| OFK Beograd | 3–2 | |
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| Twente | 2–0 | |
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Twente won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Dynamo Dresden | 0–1 | |
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Liverpool won 3–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate; Tottenham won on away goals.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Liverpool | 2–2 (a) | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2–1 | |
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2–2 on aggregate; Liverpool won on away goals.
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3–0 | |
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| Twente | 1–2 | |
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Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5–1 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Liverpool | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate.