1972–73 UEFA Cup

1972–73 UEFA Cup
	The first leg of the final was played at Anfield in Liverpool.
Tournament details
Dates	13 September 1972 – 23 May 1973
Teams	63 (from 29 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Liverpool (1st title)
Runners-up	Borussia Mönchengladbach
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
	← 1971–72 1973–74 →

2nd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA

International football competition

The 1972–73 UEFA Cup was the second season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The 1973 UEFA Cup final was played over two legs at Anfield, Liverpool, England, and at Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach, West Germany. It was won by Liverpool of England, who defeated West German team Borussia 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 the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, as well as the first time Liverpool won a European competition.

Association team allocation

A total of 63 teams from 29 UEFA 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:

3 associations have four teams qualify.
3 associations have three teams qualify.
18 associations have two teams qualify.
7 associations have one team qualify.

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 were France, Yugoslavia and Portugal.

Associations in the 1972–73 UEFA Cup

Four teams
England
Italy
West Germany
Three teams
Spain
Portugal
Yugoslavia
France

Two teams
Hungary	Scotland	Netherlands
Poland	East Germany	Czechoslovakia
Belgium	Bulgaria	Soviet Union
Romania	Turkey	Austria
Greece	Switzerland	Denmark
Sweden	Norway

One team
Republic of Ireland
Luxembourg
Malta
Iceland
Cyprus

Did not compete
Wales^{[Note WAL]}
Northern Ireland^{[Note NIR]}
Albania^{[Note ALB]}
Finland^{[Note FIN]}

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Wales: There was no national league in Wales before 1992 and the only competition organised by the Football Association of Wales was the Welsh Cup so Wales had just a single participant in European competitions, the winner (or best placed Welsh team as several English teams also competed) of the Welsh Cup which competed in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

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Northern Ireland: Due to the Troubles and the aftermath of the Bloody Sunday, Northern Ireland withdrew from all European competitions on safety grounds. Portadown would have qualified for the UEFA Cup by league position.

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Albania: After withdrawing its team from the previous edition, Albania was punished with a one-year ban for the UEFA Cup. 17 Nëntori would have qualified by league position.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:

TH: Title holders
CW: Cup winners
CR: Cup runners-up
LC: League Cup winners
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position
P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners

**Qualified teams for** 1972–73 UEFA Cup
Tottenham Hotspur (TH)	Liverpool (3rd)	Manchester City (4th)	Stoke City (LC)
Torino (3rd)	Cagliari (4th)	Inter Milan (5th)	Fiorentina (6th)
Borussia Mönchengladbach (3rd)	Köln (4th)	Eintracht Frankfurt (5th)	Kaiserslautern (CR)^{[Note GER]}
Valencia (2nd)	Barcelona (3rd)	Las Palmas (5th)	Vitória de Setúbal (2nd)
Barreiro (4th)	Porto (5th)	Red Star Belgrade (2nd)	OFK Beograd (3rd)
Vojvodina (4th)	Nîmes (2nd)	Sochaux (3rd)	Angers (4th)
Budapest Honvéd (2nd)	Salgótarján (4th)	Aberdeen (2nd)	Partick Thistle (LC)
Feyenoord (2nd)	Twente (3rd)	Zagłębie Sosnowiec (2nd)	Ruch Chorzów (4th)
BFC Dynamo (2nd)	Dynamo Dresden (3rd)	Slovan Bratislava (2nd)	Dukla Prague (3rd)
Club Brugge (2nd)	Racing White (4th)	Levski Sofia (2nd)	Beroe Stara Zagora (3rd)
Ararat Yerevan (2nd)	Dinamo Tbilisi (3rd)	UTA Arad (2nd)	Universitatea Cluj (3rd)
Eskişehirspor (2nd)	Fenerbahçe (3rd)	Austria Wien (2nd)	VÖEST Linz (3rd)
Olympiacos (2nd)	AEK Athens (3rd)	Grasshoppers (3rd)	Lausanne-Sport (4th)
Hvidovre (2nd)	Frem (3rd)	Åtvidaberg (2nd)	Norrköping (3rd)
Lyn (2nd)	Viking (3rd)	Bohemians (3rd)	HIFK Helsinki (2nd)^{[Note FIN]}

Notes

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West Germany: The fourth UEFA Cup spot for West Germany was not awarded to the fourth best team not qualified for the European Cup or the European Cup Winners' Cup, which was Hertha BSC, as it was common practice. Instead, this place was awarded to Kaiserslautern, who had been runners-up in the 1971–72 DFB-Pokal.
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Finland: Official UEFA records show HJK Helsinki as the Finnish representative in the UEFA Cup, despite finishing 4th in the 1971 Mestaruussarja, before withdrawing from its first round match-up.^[2] However, records from the RSSSF, contemporary papers and the Football Association of Finland show that HIFK Helsinki was indeed the team that withdrew from the tournament after finishing 2nd in the Mestaruussarja.^[3]^[4]^[5] While no official reason for the withdrawal has been provided, HIFK ran into financial problems during the 1972 season and was fighting to avoid relegation at the time of the UEFA Cup first round. The team was finally relegated on 24 September 1972, halfway through what should've been its European participation.^{[citation needed]}

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches took place on Tuesdays.

Schedule for 1972–73 UEFA Cup
Round	First leg	Second leg
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

Bracket

First round			Second round			Third round			Quarter-finals			Semi-finals

Angers	1	1
BFC Dynamo	1	2	BFC Dynamo	3	0
Universitatea Cluj	4	1	Levski-Spartak	0	2
Levski-Spartak	1	5				BFC Dynamo	0	1
Liverpool	2	0				Liverpool	0	3
Eintracht Frankfurt	0	0	Liverpool	3	3
AEK Athens	3	1	AEK Athens	0	1
Salgótarján	1	1							Liverpool	2	1
Porto	3	1							Dynamo Dresden	0	0
Barcelona	1	0	Porto	3	2
Åtvidaberg	3	2	Club Brugge	0	3
Club Brugge	5	1				Porto	1	0
Ruch Chorzów	3	0				Dynamo Dresden	2	1
Fenerbahçe	0	1	Ruch Chorzów	0	0
Dynamo Dresden	2	2	Dynamo Dresden	1	3
VÖEST	0	2										Liverpool (a)	1	1
Lyn	3	0										Tottenham Hotspur	0	2
Tottenham Hotspur	6	6	Tottenham Hotspur	4	0
Olympiacos	2	1	Olympiacos	0	1
Cagliari	1	0				Tottenham Hotspur	2	0
Red Star Belgrade	5	2				Red Star Belgrade	0	1
Lausanne-Sport	1	3	Red Star Belgrade	3	1
Manchester City	2	1	Valencia	1	0
Valencia	2	2							Tottenham Hotspur (a)	1	1
Vitória de Setúbal	6	0							Vitória de Setúbal	0	2
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	1	1	Vitória de Setúbal (a)	1	1
Eskişehirspor	1	0	Fiorentina	0	2
Fiorentina	2	3				Vitória de Setúbal	2	0
Inter Milan	6	1				Inter Milan	0	1
Valletta	1	0	Inter Milan	2	2							Final
UTA Arad	1	0	Norrköping	2	0
Norrköping	2	2										Liverpool	3	0
Racing White	0	0										Borussia Mönchengladbach	0	2
CUF Barreiro	1	2	CUF Barreiro	1	1
Stoke City	3	0	Kaiserslautern	3	0
Kaiserslautern	1	4				Kaiserslautern (p)	2	0 (5)
Nîmes	1	1				Ararat Yerevan	0	2 (4)
Grasshoppers	2	2	Grasshoppers	1	2
EPA Larnaca	0	0	Ararat Yerevan	3	4
Ararat Yerevan	1	1							Kaiserslautern	1	1
Viking	1	0							Borussia Mönchengladbach	2	7
ÍBV	0	0	Viking	1	1
Köln	2	3	Köln	0	9
Bohemians	1	0				Köln	0	0
Aberdeen	2	3				Borussia Mönchengladbach	0	5
Borussia Mönchengladbach	3	6	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3	3
Hvidovre (w/o)			Hvidovre	0	1
HIFK Helsinki												Borussia Mönchengladbach	3	2
Feyenoord	9	12										Twente	0	1
Rumelange	0	0	Feyenoord	4	1
Dukla Prague	2	1	OFK Beograd (a)	3	2
OFK Beograd	2	3				OFK Beograd	0	3
Beroe Stara Zagora	7	3				Beroe Stara Zagora	0	1
Austria Wien	0	1	Beroe Stara Zagora	3	0
Budapest Honvéd	1	3	Budapest Honvéd	0	1
Partick Thistle	0	0							OFK Beograd	3	0
Sochaux	1	1							Twente	2	2
Frem	3	2	Frem	0	0
Dinamo Tbilisi	3	0	Twente	5	4
Twente	2	2				Twente	3	1
Torino	2	0				Las Palmas	0	2
Las Palmas	0	4	Las Palmas	2	1
Slovan Bratislava	6	2	Slovan Bratislava	2	0
Vojvodina	0	1

First round

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Liverpool	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt	2–0	0–0
UTA Arad	1–4	Norrköping	1–2	0–2
Universitatea Cluj	5–6	Levski-Spartak	4–1	1–5 (a.e.t.)
AEK Athens	4–2	Salgótarján	3–1	1–1
Beroe Stara Zagora	10–1	Austria Wien	7–0	3–1
Dinamo Tbilisi	3–4	Twente	3–2	0–2
Slovan Bratislava	8–1	Vojvodina	6–0	2–1
Ruch Chorzów	3–1	Fenerbahçe	3–0	0–1
Dynamo Dresden	4–2	VÖEST	2–0	2–2
Red Star Belgrade	7–4	Lausanne-Sport	5–1	2–3
Dukla Prague	3–5	OFK Beograd	2–2	1–3
Lyn	3–12	Tottenham Hotspur	3–6	0–6
Viking	1–0	ÍBV	1–0	0–0
Åtvidaberg	5–6	Club Brugge	3–5	2–1
Sochaux	2–5	Frem	1–3	1–2
Budapest Honvéd	4–0	Partick Thistle	1–0	3–0
Köln	5–1	Bohemians	2–1	3–0
Aberdeen	5–9	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–3	3–6
Angers	2–3	BFC Dynamo	1–1	1–2
Feyenoord	21–0	Rumelange	9–0	12–0
Manchester City	3–4	Valencia	2–2	1–2
Nîmes	2–4	Grasshoppers	1–2	1–2
Stoke City	3–5	Kaiserslautern	3–1	0–4
Torino	2–4	Las Palmas	2–0	0–4
Inter Milan	7–1	Valletta	6–1	1–0
Vitória de Setúbal	6–2	Zagłębie Sosnowiec	6–1	0–1
EPA Larnaca	0–2	Ararat Yerevan	0–1	0–1
Eskişehirspor	1–5	Fiorentina	1–2	0–3
Olympiacos	3–1	Cagliari	2–1	1–0
Racing White	0–3	CUF Barreiro	0–1	0–2
Porto	4–1	Barcelona	3–1	1–0
Hvidovre	(w/o)¹	HIFK Helsinki	—	—

¹ Hvidovre walkover, HIFK withdrew.

Matches

12 September 1972 (1972-09-12)

Liverpool	2–0	Eintracht Frankfurt
Keegan 12' Hughes 75'	Report

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 33,380

Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)^{[citation needed]}

26 September 1972 (1972-09-26)

Eintracht Frankfurt	0–0	Liverpool
	Report

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 17,500

Referee: György Müncz (Hungary)^{[citation needed]}

Liverpool won 2–0 on aggregate.

Norrköping won 4–1 on aggregate.

13 September 1972 (1972-09-13)

Universitatea Cluj	4–1	Levski-Spartak
Șoo 67' Crețu 70' Mureșan 78' Uifăleanu 87'	Report	Haralampiev 54'

Stadionul Municipal, Cluj-Napoca

Attendance: 6,105

Referee: Gerhard Künze (East Germany) ^{[citation needed]}

4 October 1972 (1972-10-04)

Levski-Spartak	5–1 (a.e.t.)	Universitatea Cluj
Tsvetkov 38' Zhechev 41' Veselinov 63', 85' Mitkov 109' (pen.)	Report	Munteanu 88'

Levski Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Ivan Placek (Czechoslovakia) ^{[citation needed]}

Levski-Spartak won 6–5 on aggregate.

13 September 1972 (1972-09-13)

AEK Athens	3–1	Salgótarján
Nikolaou 1', 54' (pen.) Vicente 42'	Report	Jeck 89' (pen.)

AEK Stadium, Nea Filadelfeia

Attendance: 14,798

Referee: Günter Männig (East Germany) ^{[citation needed]}

27 September 1972 (1972-09-27)

Salgótarján	1–1	AEK Athens
Básti 53' (pen.)	Report	Nikolaou 86'

Malinovski út Sporttél, Nógrád County

Attendance: 4,004

Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands) ^{[citation needed]}

AEK Athens won 4–2 on aggregate.

13 September 1972 (1972-09-13)

Beroe Stara Zagora	7–0	Austria Wien
Petkov 12', 29', 44', 82', 86' Belchev 25' Yanchovski 89'	Report

Stadion Beroe, Stara Zagora

Attendance: 12,971

Referee: Paolo Toselli (Italy) ^{[citation needed]}

27 September 1972 (1972-09-27)

Austria Wien	1–3	Beroe Stara Zagora
Gallautz 11'	Report	Petkov 3', 37' Belchev 64'

Sportklub Stadium, Vienna

Attendance: 1,904

Referee: Mario Clematide (Switzerland) ^{[citation needed]}

Beroe Stara Zagora won 10–1 on aggregate.

13 September 1972 (1972-09-13)

Dinamo Tbilisi	3–2	Twente
Nodia 23', 53' Kipiani 51'	Report	Jeuring 6', 82'

Lokomotivi Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Efstathios Papavasiliou (Greece) ^{[citation needed]}

27 September 1972 (1972-09-27)

Twente	2–0	Dinamo Tbilisi
Notten 7' Jeuring 24'	Report

Diekman Stadion, Enschede

Attendance: 15,144

Referee: Jacques Colling (Luxembourg) ^{[citation needed]}

Twente won 4–2 on aggregate.

13 September 1972 (1972-09-13)

Slovan Bratislava	6–0	Vojvodina
Čapkovič 15', 24', 55', 75', 88' Pekárik 80'	Report

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

Attendance: 4,996

Referee: Atanas Mateev (Bulgaria) ^{[citation needed]}

27 September 1972 (1972-09-27)

Vojvodina	1–2	Slovan Bratislava
Perazić 81'	Report	Jokl 9' Móder 25'

Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad

Attendance: 2,779

Referee: Marian Środecki (Poland) ^{[citation needed]}

Slovan Bratislava won 8–2 on aggregate.

13 September 1972 (1972-09-13)

Ruch Chorzów	3–0	Fenerbahçe
Maszczyk 13' Kopicera 55' Bon 59'	Report

Stadion Miejski, Chorzów

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Reino Koskinen (Finland) ^{[citation needed]}

27 September 1972 (1972-09-27)

Fenerbahçe	1–0	Ruch Chorzów
Özer 70'	Report

İnönü Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Wolfgang Riedel (East Germany) ^{[citation needed]}

Ruch Chorzów won 3–1 on aggregate.

13 September 1972 (1972-09-13)

Dynamo Dresden	2–0	VÖEST
Kreische 6' (pen.), 42'	Report

Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden

Attendance: 20,969

Referee: Ejner Espersen (Denmark) ^{[citation needed]}

27 September 1972 (1972-09-27)

VÖEST	2–2	Dynamo Dresden
Stering 60' Mißfeld 83'	Report	Richter 15' Lichtenberger 28'

Linzer Stadion, Linz

Attendance: 2,158

Referee: Bohumil Kopcio (Czechoslovakia) ^{[citation needed]}

Dynamo Dresden won 4–2 on aggregate.

Red Star Belgrade won 7–4 on aggregate.

OFK Beograd won 5–3 on aggregate.

13 September 1972 (1972-09-13)

Lyn	3–6	Tottenham Hotspur
Austnes 7' Christophersen 39', 57'	Report	Peters 8' Pratt 24' Gilzean 37', 38' Chivers 82', 83'

Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo

Attendance: 10,770

Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (Finland)^{[citation needed]}

27 September 1972 (1972-09-27)

Tottenham Hotspur	6–0	Lyn
Chivers 20', 31', 70' Coates 52', 83' Pearce 57'	Report

White Hart Lane, London

Attendance: 21,109

Referee: Magnus Pétursson (Iceland)^{[citation needed]}

Tottenham Hotspur won 12–3 on aggregate.

13 September 1972 (1972-09-13)

Viking	1–0	ÍBV
Kvia 13'	Report

Viking Stadion, Stavanger

Attendance: 8,990

Referee: Erik Axelryd (Sweden)^{[citation needed]}

27 September 1972 (1972-09-27)

ÍBV	0–0	Viking
	Report

Hásteinsvöllur, Vestmannaeyjar

Attendance: 3,368

Referee: John Gordon (Scotland)^{[citation needed]}

Viking won 1–0 on aggregate.

13 September 1972 (1972-09-13)

Åtvidaberg	3–5	Club Brugge
Svensson 24', 43' Wallinder 25'	Report	Thio 1', 74' Lambert 12', 53' Devrindt 76'

Kopparvallen, Åtvidaberg

Attendance: 3,927

Referee: Brunon Piotrowicz (Poland)^{[citation needed]}

27 September 1972 (1972-09-27)

Club Brugge	1–2	Åtvidaberg
Geels 38'	Report	Olsson 32' Svensson 63'

Klokke Stadion, Bruges

Attendance: 14,103

Referee: William Mullan (Scotland)^{[citation needed]}

Club Brugge won 6–5 on aggregate.

13 September 1972 (1972-09-13)

Sochaux	1–3	Frem
Lechantre 7'	Report	Mortensen 39' Ahlberg 54' Mørk 62'

Stade Auguste Bonal, Montbéliard

Attendance: 6,452

Referee: Antoine Queudeville (Luxembourg)^{[citation needed]}

27 September 1972 (1972-09-27)

Frem	2–1	Sochaux
Madsen 15' Mørk 68'	Report	Perrin 86'

Valby Idrætspark, Copenhagen

Attendance: 1,919

Referee: Iorwerth Jones (Wales)^{[citation needed]}

Frem won 5–2 on aggregate.

13 September 1972 (1972-09-13)

Budapest Honvéd	1–0	Partick Thistle
Kozma 44'	Report

Bozsik József Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)^{[citation needed]}

27 September 1972 (1972-09-27)

Partick Thistle	0–3	Budapest Honvéd
	Report	Kiss 9' Kozma 54', 61'

Firhill Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 16,513

Referee: Leo van der Kroft (Netherlands)^{[citation needed]}

Budapest Honvéd won 4–0 on aggregate.

13 September 1972 (1972-09-13)

Köln	2–1	Bohemians
Flohe 48', 65'	Report	Daly 24'

Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: José María Ortiz (Spain)^{[citation needed]}

27 September 1972 (1972-09-27)

Bohemians	0–3	Köln
	Report	Flohe 76' Kapellmann 81' Lauscher 84'

Dalymount Park, Dublin

Attendance: 10,800

Referee: Franz Geluck (Belgium)^{[citation needed]}

Köln won 5–1 on aggregate.

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 9–5 on aggregate.

13 September 1972 (1972-09-13)

Angers	1–1	BFC Dynamo
Lemée 46'	Report	Johannsen 77' (pen.)

Stade Raymond Kopa, Angers

Attendance: 12,112

Referee: Antonio Camacho Jiménez (Spain)^{[citation needed]}

27 September 1972 (1972-09-27)

BFC Dynamo	2–1	Angers
Schulenberg 28' Schütze 55'	Report	Lassallette 50'

Dynamo-Stadion im Sportforum, East Berlin

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Ken Burns (England)^{[citation needed]}

BFC Dynamo won 3–2 on aggregate.

13 September 1972 (1972-09-13)

Feyenoord	9–0	Rumelange
Jansen 10' van Hanegem 12', 62' Ressel 17' Kristensen 36' Hasil 47' de Jong 60', 75' Ladinszky 66'	Report

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 14,034

Referee: Karol Šárka (Czechoslovakia)^{[citation needed]}

27 September 1972 (1972-09-27)

Rumelange	0–12	Feyenoord
	Report	Ladinszky 6', 62', 81' Schneider 9' de Jong 10', 31', 44' Hasil 25', 76' van Hanegem 52' Schoenmaker 56', 88'

Stade Municipal, Rumelange

Attendance: 1,318

Referee: Pierre Wouters (Belgium)^{[citation needed]}

Feyenoord won 21–0 on aggregate.

13 September 1972 (1972-09-13)

Manchester City	2–2	Valencia
Mellor 7' Marsh 61'	Report	Valdez 42' Adorno 55'

Maine Road, Manchester

Attendance: 21,698

Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)^{[citation needed]}

27 September 1972 (1972-09-27)

Valencia	2–1	Manchester City
Valdez 71' Quino 78'	Report	Marsh 89'

Mestalla Stadium, Valencia

Attendance: 32,024

Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)^{[citation needed]}

Valencia won 4–3 on aggregate.

13 September 1972 (1972-09-13)

Nîmes	1–2	Grasshoppers
Dell'Oste 30'	Report	Müller 28' Winiger 67'

Stade Jean-Bouin, Nîmes

Attendance: 8,569

Referee: Joaquim Fernandes Campos (Portugal)^{[citation needed]}

26 September 1972 (1972-09-26)

Grasshoppers	2–1	Nîmes
Müller 19' Citherlet 37' (pen.)	Report	Adams 49'

Hardturm, Zürich

Attendance: 4,800

Referee: Jan Keizer (Netherlands)^{[citation needed]}

Grasshoppers won 4–2 on aggregate.

13 September 1972 (1972-09-13)

Stoke City	3–1	Kaiserslautern
Conroy 59' Hurst 70' Ritchie 85'	Report	Hošić 76'

Victoria Ground, Stoke-on-Trent

Attendance: 22,182

Referee: Kjell Wahlen (Norway)^{[citation needed]}

27 September 1972 (1972-09-27)

Kaiserslautern	4–0	Stoke City
Huber 23' Friedrich 45' Bitz 64' Hošić 79'	Report

Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern

Attendance: 9,153

Referee: Stanisław Eksztajn (Poland)^{[citation needed]}

Kaiserslautern won 5–3 on aggregate.

13 September 1972 (1972-09-13)

Torino	2–0	Las Palmas
Toschi 11', 44'	Report

Stadio Comunale, Turin

Attendance: 12,125

Referee: Joseph M. Cassar Naudi (Malta)^{[citation needed]}

27 September 1972 (1972-09-27)

Las Palmas	4–0	Torino
Soto 5', 47' Germán 39', 72'	Report

Estadio Insular, Las Palmas

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Walter Eschweiler (West Germany)^{[citation needed]}

Las Palmas won 4–2 on aggregate.

13 September 1972 (1972-09-13)

Inter Milan	6–1	Valletta
Boninsegna 11' (pen.), 29', 45', 65' Massa 23' Bedin 33'	Report	Borg I 34'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 8,278

Referee: Ermis Reires (Cyprus)^{[citation needed]}

27 September 1972 (1972-09-27)

Valletta	0–1	Inter Milan
	Report	Massa 23'

Empire Stadium, Gżira

Attendance: 11,071

Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Greece)^{[citation needed]}

Inter Milan won 7–1 on aggregate.

13 September 1972 (1972-09-13)

Vitória de Setúbal	6–1	Zagłębie Sosnowiec
Duda 12', 54' Quinta Arcanjo 37' João 53', 70' Guerreiro 75'	Report	Jarosik 85'

Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal

Attendance: 6,901

Referee: Thomas Reynolds (Wales)^{[citation needed]}

28 September 1972 (1972-09-28)

Zagłębie Sosnowiec	1–0	Vitória de Setúbal
Ambroży 55' (pen.)	Report

Stadion Ludowy, Sosnowiec

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Erik Axelryd (Sweden)^{[citation needed]}

Vitória de Setúbal won 6–2 on aggregate.

14 September 1972 (1972-09-14)

EPA Larnaca	0–1	Ararat Yerevan
	Report	Vasiliou 61' (o.g.)

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca

Attendance: 1,602

Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)^{[citation needed]}

27 September 1972 (1972-09-27)

Ararat Yerevan	1–0	EPA Larnaca
Ishtoyan 49'	Report

Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 12,735

Referee: Petar Nikolov (Bulgaria)^{[citation needed]}

Ararat Yerevan won 2–0 on aggregate.

14 September 1972 (1972-09-14)

Eskişehirspor	1–2	Fiorentina
Vahap 75'	Report	Sormani 36' Clerici 85'

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 11,254

Referee: Gheorghi Bakanidze (Soviet Union)^{[citation needed]}

27 September 1972 (1972-09-27)

Fiorentina	3–0	Eskişehirspor
Clerici 6', 74' (pen.) Saltutti 34'	Report

Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence

Attendance: 8,393

Referee: Lajos Somlai (Hungary)^{[citation needed]}

Fiorentina won 5–1 on aggregate.

14 September 1972 (1972-09-14)

Olympiacos	2–1	Cagliari
Gioutsos 2' Triantafyllos 51'	Report	Domenghini 66'

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 39,935

Referee: Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)^{[citation needed]}

27 September 1972 (1972-09-27)

Cagliari	0–1	Olympiacos
	Report	Gioutsos 10'

Stadio Sant'Elia, Cagliari

Attendance: 13,511

Referee: Rudi Glöckner (West Germany)^{[citation needed]}

Olympiacos won 3–1 on aggregate.

20 September 1972 (1972-09-20)

Racing White	0–1	CUF Barreiro
	Report	Vanderborght 84' (o.g.)

Stade Fallon, Brussels

Attendance: 4,951

Referee: David W. Smith (England)^{[citation needed]}

27 September 1972 (1972-09-27)

CUF Barreiro	2–0	Racing White
Ribeiro 77', 86'	Report

Estádio Alfredo da Silva, Barreiro

Attendance: 2,179

Referee: Mariano Medina Iglesias (Spain)^{[citation needed]}

CUF Barreiro won 3–0 on aggregate.

20 September 1972 (1972-09-20)

Porto	3–1	Barcelona
Flávio 48' Miglietti 51', 66'	Report	Barrios 33'

Estádio das Antas, Porto

Attendance: 18,056

Referee: Karl Keller (Switzerland)^{[citation needed]}

29 September 1972 (1972-09-29)

Barcelona	0–1	Porto
	Report	Miglietti 19'

Camp Nou, Barcelona

Attendance: 36,200

Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)^{[citation needed]}

Porto won 4–1 on aggregate.

12 September 1972 (1972-09-12)

Hvidovre	Cancelled	HIFK
	Report

Hvidovre Stadium, Hvidovre

4 October 1972 (1972-10-04)

HIFK	Cancelled	Hvidovre
	Report

Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Hvidovre walkover, HIFK withdrew.

Second round

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Viking	2–9	Köln	1–0	1–9
Liverpool	6–1	AEK Athens	3–0	3–1
Beroe Stara Zagora	3–1	Budapest Honvéd	3–0	0–1
BFC Dynamo	3–2	Levski-Spartak	3–0	0–2
Red Star Belgrade	4–1	Valencia	3–1	1–0
CUF Barreiro	2–3	Kaiserslautern	1–3	1–0
Ruch Chorzów	0–4	Dynamo Dresden	0–1	0–3
Borussia Mönchengladbach	6–1	Hvidovre	3–0	3–1
Frem	0–9	Twente	0–5	0–4
Grasshoppers	3–7	Ararat Yerevan	1–3	2–4
Feyenoord	5–5 (a)	OFK Beograd	4–3	1–2
Tottenham Hotspur	4–1	Olympiacos	4–0	0–1
Inter Milan	4–2	Norrköping	2–2	2–0
Las Palmas	3–2	Slovan Bratislava	2–2	1–0
Vitória de Setúbal	2–2 (a)	Fiorentina	1–0	1–2
Porto	5–3	Club Brugge	3–0	2–3

Matches

24 October 1972 (1972-10-24)

Viking	1–0	Köln
Vold 77'	Report

Viking Stadion, Stavanger

Attendance: 12,619

Referee: Anders Mattsson (Finland)^{[citation needed]}

7 November 1972 (1972-11-07)

Köln	9–1	Viking
Flohe 10' Löhr 12', 38', 55', 59', 60' Cullmann 16' Kapellmann 46', 64' (pen.)	Report	Paulsen 33'

Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Charles Corver (Netherlands)^{[citation needed]}

Köln won 9–2 on aggregate.

24 October 1972 (1972-10-24)

Liverpool	3–0	AEK Athens
Boersma 9' Cormack 28' Smith 78' (pen.)	Report

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 31,906

Referee: Joaquim Fernandes Campos (Portugal)^{[citation needed]}

7 November 1972 (1972-11-07)

AEK Athens	1–3	Liverpool
Nikolaidis 34' (pen.)	Report	Hughes 17', 44' Boersma 87'

AEK Stadium, Nea Filadelfeia

Attendance: 19,412

Referee: Petar Kostovski (Yugoslavia)^{[citation needed]}

Liverpool won 6–1 on aggregate.

25 October 1972 (1972-10-25)

Beroe Stara Zagora	3–0	Budapest Honvéd
Petkov 46' Kirov 55' Dimitrov 57'	Report

Stadion Beroe, Stara Zagora

Attendance: 18,993

Referee: Pavel Kazakov (Soviet Union)^{[citation needed]}

7 November 1972 (1972-11-07)

Budapest Honvéd	1–0	Beroe Stara Zagora
Pál 28'	Report

Bozsik József Stadion, Budapest

Attendance: 5,166

Referee: Zdeněk Jelínek (Czechoslovakia)^{[citation needed]}

Beroe Stara Zagora won 3–1 on aggregate.

25 October 1972 (1972-10-25)

BFC Dynamo	3–0	Levski-Spartak
Terletzki 9' Rohde 42' Netz 65'	Report

Dynamo-Stadion im Sportforum, East Berlin

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania) ^[6]

7 November 1972 (1972-11-07)

Levski-Spartak	2–0	BFC Dynamo
Zhechev 54', 62'	Report

Stadion Georgi Asparuhov, Sofia

Attendance: 9,577

Referee: Michalakis Kiriakides (Cyprus)^{[citation needed]}

BFC Dynamo won 3–2 on aggregate.

Red Star Belgrade won 4–1 on aggregate.

25 October 1972 (1972-10-25)

CUF Barreiro	1–3	Kaiserslautern
Fernandes 44'	Report	Hošić 30', 52' Diehl 64'

Estádio Alfredo da Silva, Barreiro

Attendance: 1,475

Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)^{[citation needed]}

8 November 1972 (1972-11-08)

Kaiserslautern	0–1	CUF Barreiro
	Report	Ribeiro 90'

Betzenbergstadion, Kaiserslautern

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: John Wright Paterson (Scotland)^{[citation needed]}

Kaiserslautern won 3–2 on aggregate.

25 October 1972 (1972-10-25)

Ruch Chorzów	0–1	Dynamo Dresden
	Report	Dörner 13'

Stadion Miejski, Chorzów

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Gheorghi Bakanidze (Soviet Union)^{[citation needed]}

8 November 1972 (1972-11-08)

Dynamo Dresden	3–0	Ruch Chorzów
Kreische 45', 66' Sammer 68'	Report

Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden

Attendance: 21,822

Referee: Gusztáv Bircsák (Hungary)^{[citation needed]}

Dynamo Dresden won 4–0 on aggregate.

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6–1 on aggregate.

25 October 1972 (1972-10-25)

Frem	0–5	Twente
	Report	Jeuring 1', 7', 55', 60' Achterberg 83'

Valby Idrætspark, Copenhagen

Attendance: 3,566

Referee: Henry Øberg (Norway)^{[citation needed]}

8 November 1972 (1972-11-08)

Twente	4–0	Frem
van der Vall 1' Jeuring 25', 45' R. van de Kerkhof 64'	Report

Diekman Stadion, Enschede

Attendance: 9,555

Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden)^{[citation needed]}

Twente won 9–0 on aggregate.

25 October 1972 (1972-10-25)

Grasshoppers	1–3	Ararat Yerevan
Citherlet 90' (pen.)	Report	Kazaryan 28' Ishtoyan 52' Andreasyan 58'

Hardturm, Zürich

Attendance: 6,927

Referee: Jacques Colling (Luxembourg)^{[citation needed]}

8 November 1972 (1972-11-08)

Ararat Yerevan	4–2	Grasshoppers
Kazaryan 13', 23' Markarov 49', 78'	Report	Gröbli 17' (pen.) Müller 65'

Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 12,486

Referee: Francis Rion (Belgium)^{[citation needed]}

Ararat Yerevan won 7–3 on aggregate.

5–5 on aggregate; OFK Beograd won on away goals.

25 October 1972 (1972-10-25)

Tottenham Hotspur	4–0	Olympiacos
Pearce 11', 58' Chivers 35' Coates 48'	Report

White Hart Lane, London

Attendance: 27,815

Referee: Alfred Delcourt (Belgium)^{[citation needed]}

8 November 1972 (1972-11-08)

Olympiacos	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur
Argyroudis 44'	Report

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 28,281

Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)^{[citation needed]}

Tottenham Hotspur won 4–1 on aggregate.

25 October 1972 (1972-10-25)

Inter Milan	2–2	Norrköping
Massa 2', 48'	Report	Jansson 5' Kindvall 38'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 8,185

Referee: Francisco Lobo (Portugal)^{[citation needed]}

8 November 1972 (1972-11-08)

Norrköping	0–2	Inter Milan
	Report	Boninsegna 10' Magistrelli 68'

Idrottsparken, Norrköping

Attendance: 15,332

Referee: Bobby Davidson (Scotland)^{[citation needed]}

Inter Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.

25 October 1972 (1972-10-25)

Las Palmas	2–2	Slovan Bratislava
Soto 37', 78'	Report	Móder 52' Zlocha 56'

Estadio Gran Canaria, Las Palmas

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Iorwerth Jones (Wales)^{[citation needed]}

8 November 1972 (1972-11-08)

Slovan Bratislava	0–1	Las Palmas
	Report	Fernández 73'

Tehelné pole, Bratislava

Attendance: 12,687

Referee: Efstathios Papavasiliou (Greece)^{[citation needed]}

Las Palmas won 3–2 on aggregate.

25 October 1972 (1972-10-25)

Vitória de Setúbal	1–0	Fiorentina
Machado 60'	Report

Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal

Attendance: 4,867

Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)^{[citation needed]}

1 November 1972 (1972-11-01)

Fiorentina	2–1	Vitória de Setúbal
Clerici 1' Perego 21'	Report	Duda 28'

Stadio Comunale, Florence

Attendance: 14,073

Referee: Norman Burtenshaw (England)^{[citation needed]}

2–2 on aggregate; Vitória de Setúbal won on away goals.

25 October 1972 (1972-10-25)

Porto	3–0	Club Brugge
Miglietti 6', 49' Flávio 15'	Report

Estádio das Antas, Porto

Attendance: 21,922

Referee: René Vigliani (France)^{[citation needed]}

8 November 1972 (1972-11-08)

Club Brugge	3–2	Porto
Geels 3' Thio 45' Rijnders 65'	Report	Flávio 34' Miglietti 88'

Klokke Stadion, Bruges

Attendance: 14,246

Referee: John Carpenter (Republic of Ireland)^{[citation needed]}

Porto won 5–3 on aggregate.

Third round

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Köln	0–5	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–0	0–5
BFC Dynamo	1–3	Liverpool	0–0	1–3
OFK Beograd	3–1	Beroe Stara Zagora	0–0	3–1
Ararat Yerevan	2–2 (4–5 p)	Kaiserslautern	2–0	0–2 (a.e.t.)
Twente	4–2	Las Palmas	3–0	1–2
Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Red Star Belgrade	2–0	0–1
Porto	1–3	Dynamo Dresden	1–2	0–1
Vitória de Setúbal	2–1	Inter Milan	2–0	0–1

Matches

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5–0 on aggregate.

29 November 1972 (1972-11-29)

BFC Dynamo	0–0	Liverpool
	Report 1 Report 2 Report 3

Dynamo-Stadion im Sportforum, East Berlin

Attendance: 15,835-20,000.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Referee: Muzaffer Saridana (Turkey) ^[10]

13 December 1972 (1972-12-13)

Liverpool	3–1	BFC Dynamo
Boersma 1' Heighway 25' Toshack 55'	Report	Netz 8'

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 34,280

Referee: Petar Nikolov (Bulgaria)^{[citation needed]}

Liverpool won 3–1 on aggregate.

OFK Beograd won 3–1 on aggregate.

29 November 1972 (1972-11-29)

Ararat Yerevan	2–0	Kaiserslautern
Zanazanyan 37' (pen.) Reinders 57' (o.g.)	Report

Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 10,134

Referee: Mario Clematide (Switzerland)^{[citation needed]}

13 December 1972 (1972-12-13)

Kaiserslautern	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Ararat Yerevan
Bitz 7' Huber 75' (pen.)	Report
Penalties
Huber Seel Fuchs Diehl Müller Ackermann	5–4	Andreasyan Zanazanyan Ishtoyan Arutyunyan Markarov Gevorkyan

Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Leo van der Kroft (Netherlands)^{[citation needed]}

2–2 on aggregate; Kaiserslautern won on penalties.

29 November 1972 (1972-11-29)

Twente	3–0	Las Palmas
Castellano 17' (o.g.) W. van de Kerkhof 28' Pahlplatz 80'	Report

Diekman Stadion, Enschede

Attendance: 15,379

Referee: Marian Środecki (Poland)^{[citation needed]}

13 December 1972 (1972-12-13)

Las Palmas	2–1	Twente
Noly 43' Dévora 69' (pen.)	Report	Huve 89'

Estadio Gran Canaria, Las Palmas

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Jack Taylor (England)^{[citation needed]}

Twente won 4–2 on aggregate.

Tottenham Hotspur won 2–1 on aggregate.

29 November 1972 (1972-11-29)

Porto	1–2	Dynamo Dresden
Miglietti 52'	Report	Richter 22' Kreische 49'

Estádio das Antas, Porto

Attendance: 28,272

Referee: Alistair MacKenzie (Scotland)^{[citation needed]}

13 December 1972 (1972-12-13)

Dynamo Dresden	1–0	Porto
Richter 75'	Report

Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden

Attendance: 29,701

Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Greece)^{[citation needed]}

Dynamo Dresden won 3–1 on aggregate.

29 November 1972 (1972-11-29)

Vitória de Setúbal	2–0	Inter Milan
Machado 13' Bini 83' (o.g.)	Report

Estádio do Bonfim, Setúbal

Attendance: 12,292

Referee: Paul Bonett (Malta)^{[citation needed]}

13 December 1972 (1972-12-13)

Inter Milan	1–0	Vitória de Setúbal
Boninsegna 37' (pen.)	Report

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 4,619

Referee: Erich Linemayr (Austria)^{[citation needed]}

Vitória de Setúbal won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kaiserslautern	2–9	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–2	1–7
OFK Beograd	3–4	Twente	3–2	0–2
Liverpool	3–0	Dynamo Dresden	2–0	1–0
Tottenham Hotspur	2–2 (a)	Vitória de Setúbal	1–0	1–2

Matches

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 9–2 on aggregate.

Twente won 4–3 on aggregate.

7 March 1973 (1973-03-07)

Liverpool	2–0	Dynamo Dresden
Hall 25' Boersma 60'	Report

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 33,330

Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)^{[citation needed]}

21 March 1973 (1973-03-21)

Dynamo Dresden	0–1	Liverpool
	Report	Keegan 53'

Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion, Dresden

Attendance: 33,634

Referee: Arie van Gemert (Netherlands)^{[citation needed]}

Liverpool won 3–0 on aggregate.

7 March 1973 (1973-03-07)

Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Vitória de Setúbal
Evans 80'	Report

White Hart Lane, London

Attendance: 30,469

Referee: Gusztáv Bircsák (Hungary)^{[citation needed]}

21 March 1973 (1973-03-21)

Vitória de Setúbal	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur
Henrique Campora 20' Torres 65'	Report	Chivers 68'

Estádio do Bonfim, Setubal

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Günter Männig (East Germany)^{[citation needed]}

2–2 on aggregate; Tottenham won on away goals.

Semi-finals

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Liverpool	2–2 (a)	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	1–2
Borussia Mönchengladbach	5–1	Twente	3–0	2–1

Matches

10 April 1973 (1973-04-10)

20:30 (19:30 BST)^{[citation needed]}

Liverpool	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur
Lindsay 26'	Report

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 42,174

Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden) ^[11]^{[unreliable source?]}

25 April 1973 (1973-04-25)

20:30 (19:30 BST)^{[citation needed]}

Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Liverpool
Peters 49', 62'	Report	Heighway 54'

White Hart Lane, London

Attendance: 46,919

Referee: Aurelio Angonese (Italy) ^[12]^{[unreliable source?]}

2–2 on aggregate; Liverpool won on away goals.

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5–1 on aggregate.

Final

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Liverpool	3–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–0	0–2

Matches

Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate.

References

↑ 30 associations were scheduled to participate, but HIFK Helsinki from Finland withdrew before their first match.
↑ UEFA.com. "History: HJK-Hvidovre". UEFA. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
↑ "European Competitions 1972-73". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
↑ Helsingin Sanomat 19.9.1972
↑ Finnish Football Association (2014). "Jalkapallokirja 2014 (Football book 2014), p.213" (PDF).
↑ Buchspieß, Dieter (31 October 1972). "An Terletzkis "Geschoß" wird Staikow noch lange denken!" (PDF). Neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) (De) (in German). Vol. 1972, no. 44. Berlin: DFV der DDR. p. 9. ISSN 0323-8407. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
↑ Schaefer, Otto (5 December 1972). "BFC Dynamo mit zuviel Respekt vor dem Wiederpart" (PDF). Neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) (De) (in German). Vol. 1972, no. 49. Berlin: DFV der DDR. p. 9. ISSN 0323-8407. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
↑ Schlehahn, Britt (17 May 2020). "Vor dem Abriss nochmal BFC Dynamo gegen BSG Chemie - Corona verhindert letztes Halali". Sportbuzzer (in German). Hannover: Sportbuzzer GmbH. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
↑ Karas, Steffen (2022). 66 Jahre BFC Dynamo – Auswärts mit 'nem Bus (2nd ed.). Berlin: CULTURCON medien, Sole trader: Bernd Oeljeschläger. p. 362. ISBN 978-3-944068-95-4.
↑ Schaefer, Otto (5 December 1972). "BFC Dynamo mit zuviel Respekt vor dem Wiederpart" (PDF). Neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) (De) (in German). Vol. 1972, no. 49. Berlin: DFV der DDR. p. 9. ISSN 0323-8407. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
↑ "Liverpool FC - Tottenham Hotspur 1:0 (Europa League 1972/1973, Semi-finals)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
↑ "Tottenham Hotspur - Liverpool FC 2:1 (Europa League 1972/1973, Semi-finals)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
↑ "Bor. Mönchengladbach - FC Twente '65 3:0 (Europa League 1972/1973, Semi-finals)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
↑ "FC Twente '65 - Bor. Mönchengladbach 1:2 (Europa League 1972/1973, Semi-finals)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
1 2 "European Competition 1972–73 – UEFA-Cup". RSSSF. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2022.

External links

"Season 1972/73 – Overview". UEFA. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
"Season 1972/73 – Matches". UEFA. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
"Season 1972/73 – Stats". UEFA. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
"Season 1972/73 – Clubs". UEFA. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
"European Competition 1972–73 – UEFA-Cup". RSSSF. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2022.

[cnote_Note_GER] 
West Germany: The fourth UEFA Cup spot for West Germany was not awarded to the fourth best team not qualified for the European Cup or the European Cup Winners' Cup, which was Hertha BSC, as it was common practice. Instead, this place was awarded to Kaiserslautern, who had been runners-up in the 1971–72 DFB-Pokal.

[cnote_Note_FIN] 
Finland: Official UEFA records show HJK Helsinki as the Finnish representative in the UEFA Cup, despite finishing 4th in the 1971 Mestaruussarja, before withdrawing from its first round match-up.^[2] However, records from the RSSSF, contemporary papers and the Football Association of Finland show that HIFK Helsinki was indeed the team that withdrew from the tournament after finishing 2nd in the Mestaruussarja.^[3]^[4]^[5] While no official reason for the withdrawal has been provided, HIFK ran into financial problems during the 1972 season and was fighting to avoid relegation at the time of the UEFA Cup first round. The team was finally relegated on 24 September 1972, halfway through what should've been its European participation.^{[citation needed]}

[1] 30 associations were scheduled to participate, but HIFK Helsinki from Finland withdrew before their first match.

[2] UEFA.com. "History: HJK-Hvidovre". UEFA. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

[3] "European Competitions 1972-73". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

[4] Helsingin Sanomat 19.9.1972

[5] Finnish Football Association (2014). "Jalkapallokirja 2014 (Football book 2014), p.213" (PDF).

[BFCLev-6] Buchspieß, Dieter (31 October 1972). "An Terletzkis "Geschoß" wird Staikow noch lange denken!" (PDF). Neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) (De) (in German). Vol. 1972, no. 44. Berlin: DFV der DDR. p. 9. ISSN 0323-8407. Retrieved 24 June 2022.

[7] Schaefer, Otto (5 December 1972). "BFC Dynamo mit zuviel Respekt vor dem Wiederpart" (PDF). Neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) (De) (in German). Vol. 1972, no. 49. Berlin: DFV der DDR. p. 9. ISSN 0323-8407. Retrieved 10 April 2022.

[8] Schlehahn, Britt (17 May 2020). "Vor dem Abriss nochmal BFC Dynamo gegen BSG Chemie - Corona verhindert letztes Halali". Sportbuzzer (in German). Hannover: Sportbuzzer GmbH. Retrieved 31 July 2020.

[9] Karas, Steffen (2022). 66 Jahre BFC Dynamo – Auswärts mit 'nem Bus (2nd ed.). Berlin: CULTURCON medien, Sole trader: Bernd Oeljeschläger. p. 362. ISBN 978-3-944068-95-4.

[BFCLiv-10] Schaefer, Otto (5 December 1972). "BFC Dynamo mit zuviel Respekt vor dem Wiederpart" (PDF). Neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) (De) (in German). Vol. 1972, no. 49. Berlin: DFV der DDR. p. 9. ISSN 0323-8407. Retrieved 21 March 2022.

[LivTot-11] "Liverpool FC - Tottenham Hotspur 1:0 (Europa League 1972/1973, Semi-finals)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

[TotLiv-12] "Tottenham Hotspur - Liverpool FC 2:1 (Europa League 1972/1973, Semi-finals)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

[MönTwe-13] "Bor. Mönchengladbach - FC Twente '65 3:0 (Europa League 1972/1973, Semi-finals)". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

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v t e 1972–73 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '72 '73 England Faroe Islands '72 '73 Finland '72 '73 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '72 '73 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '72 '73 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '72 '73 Spain Sweden '72 '73 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '72 '73 Finland '72 '73 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '72 '73 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '72 '73 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '72 '73 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales
League cups	England West Germany Scotland Switzerland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup '72 '73 European Super Cup