1971–72 European Cup
Tournament details
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Dates
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19 August 1971 - 31 May 1972
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Teams
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33
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Final positions
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Champions
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Ajax (2nd title)
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Runners-up
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Internazionale
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Tournament statistics
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Matches played
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63
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Goals scored
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175 (2.78 per match)
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The 1971–72 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the second consecutive time by Ajax, who beat Internazionale in the final.
Preliminary round
First leg
Second leg
Valencia won 4–1 on aggregate.
First round
1 Dinamo Bucharest progressed to the Second round on away goals.
2 Valencia progressed to the Second round on away goals.
First leg
Second leg
Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.
Ajax won 2–0 on aggregate.
Grasshopper won 9–1 on aggregate.
Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Bucharest won 2–2 on away goals.
Feyenoord won 17–0 on aggregate.
Benfica won 7–1 on aggregate.
CSKA Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.
Valencia won 1–1 on away goals.
Újpesti Dózsa won 4–1 on aggregate.
Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.
Sliema Wanderers won 4–0 on aggregate.
Internazionale won 6–4 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–1 on aggregate.
CSKA Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.
Standard Liège won 5–2 on aggregate.
Second round
First leg
This game was annulled as Inter player Roberto 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 second leg was played, thus the order of legs was switched.
Second leg
Ajax won 6–2 on aggregate.
Arsenal won 5–0 on aggregate.
Feyenoord won 5–0 on aggregate.
Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.
Újpesti Dózsa won 3–1 on aggregate.
Celtic won 7–1 on aggregate.
Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.
Standard Liège won 2–1 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.
Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.
Standard Liège 2–2 Internazionale on aggregate. Internazionale won on away goals rule.
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Ajax won 1–0 on aggregate.
Celtic 0–0 Internazionale on aggregate. Internazionale won 5–4 on penalties.
Teams had to shoot all five even if they could not win any more (the shootout would have ended with a score of 5–3 otherwise as Inter took the shots first).
Final
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1972–73 European Cup (excluding qualifying rounds and annulled game) are as follows:
External links
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1971–72 All matches – season at UEFA website
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European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
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All scorers 1971–72 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA
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1971-72 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)
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European Cup 1971-72 – results, protocols, players statistics
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website eurocups-uefa.ru European Cup 1971-72 – results, protocols
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website Football Archive 1971–72 European Cup
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European Cup era, 1955–1992
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Seasons
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Finals
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Champions League era, 1992–present
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