1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup

1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup
Final positions
Champions	Milan (2nd title)
Runners-up	Leeds United
	← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Milan after a 1–0 victory against Leeds United at the Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Competition holders Rangers 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 the 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup Final.^[1]

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bastia	1–2	Atlético Madrid	0–0 (Report) (Report 2)	1–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Spartak Moscow	1–0	FC Den Haag	1–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–0 (Report) (Report 2)
Víkingur	0–11	Legia Warszawa	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)	0–9 (Report) (Report 2)
Red Boys Differdange	1–7	Milan	1–4 (Report) (Report 2)	0–3 (Report) (Report 2)
Pezoporikos Larnaca	2–6	Cork Hibernians	1–2 (Report) (Report 2)	1–4 (Report) (Report 2)
Schalke 04	5–2	Slavia Sofia	2–1 (Report) (Report 2)	3–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Floriana	1–6	Ferencváros	1–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–6 (Report) (Report 2)
Standard Liège	3–4	Sparta Prague	1–0 (Report) (Report 2)	2–4 (Report) (Report 2)
Carl Zeiss Jena	8–4	MP	6–1 (Report) (Report 2)	2–3 (Report) (Report 2)
Ankaragücü	1–2	Leeds United	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Rapid Wien	2–2 (a)	PAOK	0–0 (Report) (Report 2)	2–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Rapid București	3–1	Landskrona BoIS	3–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Sporting CP	3–7	Hibernian	2–1 (Report) (Report 2)	1–6 (Report) (Report 2)
Fremad Amager	1–1 (a)	Besa Kavajë	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)	0–0 (Report) (Report 2)
Zürich	2–3	Wrexham	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)	1–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Hajduk Split	2–0	Fredrikstad	1–0 (Report) (Report 2)	1–0 (Report) (Report 2)

First leg

6 September 1972

Red Boys Differdange	1–4	Milan
H. Klein 90'		Prati 5', 10' Turone 19' Chiarugi 83'

Stade du Thillenberg, Differdange

Attendance: 5,200

Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

10 September 1972

Pezoporikos Larnaca	1–2	Cork Hibernians
Duffy 57'	Report	Lawson 25' (pen.) Sheehan 75'

Flower Lodge, Cork

Attendance: 5,653

Referee: Guðmundur Haraldsson (Iceland)

Match played in Cork due to the dangerous political situation in Cyprus at the time.

13 September 1972

Ankaragücü	1–1	Leeds United
Yalman 50' (pen.)		Jordan 44'

Ankara 19 Mayis Stadium, Ankara

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Kevork Ghemigean (Romania)

13 September 1972

Rapid București	3–0	Landskrona BoIS
Marin 43', 70' Năsturescu 82'	Report

Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest

Attendance: 4,986

Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria)

13 September 1972

Hajduk Split	1–0	Fredrikstad
Nadoveza 19'

Kod Stare Plinare Stadium, Split

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Faik Bajrami (Albania)

13 September 1972

Sporting CP	2–1	Hibernian
Fraguito 59' Manaca 61'		Duncan 69'

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Arie Van Gemert (Netherlands)

13 September 1972

20:15

Zürich	1–1	48' Wrexham
Kuhn 34' Künzli 47'	FCZ summary	48' Kinsey

Letzigrund, Zürich

Attendance: 6,500

Referee:

Petar Kostovski

Second leg

27 September 1972

Milan	3–0	Red Boys Differdange
Chiarugi 4', 66' Benetti 33'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Richard Casha (Malta)

AC Milan won 7–1 on aggregate.

13 September 1972

Cork Hibernians	4-1	Pezoporikos Larnaca
Wallace 21' Lawson 45', 72' Dennehy 85'	Report	Miller 70'

Flower Lodge, Cork

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Einar Hjartarson (Iceland)

Cork Hibernians won 6–2 on aggregate.

27 September 1972

Leeds United	1–0	Ankaragücü
Jones 68'

Elland Road, Leeds

Attendance: 22,411

Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (West Germany)

Leeds United won 2–1 on aggregate.

27 September 1972

Landskrona BoIS	1–0	Rapid București
Lindgren 32'	Report

Landskrona IP, Landskrona

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: John Wright Paterson (Scotland)

Rapid București won 3–1 on aggregate.

27 September 1972

Fredrikstad	0–1	Hajduk Split
		Nadoveza 25'

Fredrikstad Stadion, Fredrikstad

Attendance: 7,781

Referee: Kai Rasmussen (Denmark)

Hajduk Split won 2–0 on aggregate.

27 September 1972

Hibernian	6–1	Sporting CP
Gordon 28', 59' O'Rourke 55', 63', 80' (pen.) Manaca 87' (o.g.)		Yazalde 42'

Easter Road

Attendance: 26,041

Referee: Günter Männig (East Germany)

Hibernian won 7–3 on aggregate.

27 September 1972

Wrexham	2–1	Zürich
May Mostyn Ashcroft 63' Sutton 74'	FCZ summary	Zigerlig 48' Martinelli

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 18,000

Referee:

Rolf Nyhus

Wrexham won 3–2 on aggregate

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Madrid	5–5 (a)	Spartak Moscow	3–4 (Report) (Report 2)	2–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Legia Warsaw	2–3	Milan	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)	1–2(aet) (Report) (Report 2)
Cork Hibernians	0–3	Schalke 04	0–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–3 (Report) (Report 2)
Ferencváros	3–4	Sparta Prague	2–0 (Report) (Report 2)	1–4 (Report) (Report 2)
Carl Zeiss Jena	0–2	Leeds United	0–0 (Report) (Report 2)	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)
Rapid Wien	2–4	Rapid București	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)	1–3 (Report) (Report 2)
Hibernian	8–2	Besa Kavajë	7–1 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Wrexham	3–3 (a)	Hajduk Split	3–1 (Report) (Report 2)	0–2 (Report) (Report 2)

First leg

25 October 1972

Carl Zeiss Jena	0–0	Leeds United

Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Leo Van der Kroft (Netherlands)

25 October 1972

Legia Warsaw	1–1	Milan
Deyna 79'		Golin 75'

Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw

Attendance: 52,500

Referee: Christos Michas (Greece)

25 October 1972

Rapid Wien	1–1	Rapid București
Gallos 10'	Report	Neagu 66'

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

25 October 1972

Wrexham	3–1	Hajduk Split
Tinnion 14' Smallman 15' Mužinić 40' (o.g.)		Jovanić 84'

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 19,013

Referee: Paul Bonett (Malta)

Second leg

8 November 1972

Milan	2–1 (a.e.t)	Legia Warsaw
Zignoli 10' Chiarugi 118'		Pieszko 44'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 8,770

Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

AC Milan won 3–2 on aggregate.

8 November 1972

Leeds United	2–0	Carl Zeiss Jena
Cherry 55' Jones 64'

Elland Road, Leeds

Attendance: 26,885

Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)

Leeds United won 2–0 on aggregate.

8 November 1972

Rapid București	3–1	Rapid Wien
Krankl 40' (o.g.) Boc 75' Petreanu 85'	Report	Hof 50'

Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Doğan Babacan (Turkey)

Rapid București won 4–2 on aggregate.

8 November 1972

Hajduk Split	2–0	Wrexham
Nadoveza 13', 28' (pen.)

Kod Stare Plinare Stadium, Split

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Janusz Eksztajn (Poland)

Hajduk Split 3–3 Wrexham on aggregate. Hajduk Split won on an away goals rule.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spartak Moscow	1–2	Milan	0–1 (Report) (Report 2)	1–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Schalke 04	2–4	Sparta Prague	2–1 (Report) (Report 2)	0–3 (Report) (Report 2)
Leeds United	8–1	Rapid București	5–0 (Report) (Report 2)	3–1 (Report) (Report 2)
Hibernian	4–5	Hajduk Split	4–2 (Report) (Report 2)	0–3 (Report) (Report 2)

First leg

7 March 1973

Leeds United	5–0	Rapid București
Giles 15' Clarke 25' Lorimer 33', 50' Jordan 65'

Elland Road, Leeds

Attendance: 25,702

Referee: Bohumil Smejkal (Czechoslovakia)

7 March 1973

Schalke 04	2–1	Sparta Prague
Ehmke 41' Rüssmann 44'	Report	Barton 21'

Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

7 March 1973

Spartak Moscow	0–1	Milan
		Benetti 62'

Sochi Central Stadium, Sochi

Attendance: 14,374

Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

7 March 1973

Hibernian	4–2	Hajduk Split
Gordon 7', 26', 60' Duncan 47'		Hlevnjak 38', 77'

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Attendance: 28,424

Referee: Antonio Camacho Jiménez (Spain)

Second leg

21 March 1973

Milan	1–1	Spartak Moscow
Bigon 2'		Piskaryov 7'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 25,829

Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

AC Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.

21 March 1973

Rapid București	1–3	Leeds United
Dumitriu 62'		Bates 1' Jones 23' Jordan 75'

Stadionul Republicii, Bucharest

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden)

Leeds United won 8–1 on aggregate.

21 March 1973

Sparta Prague	3–0	Schalke 04
Jurkanin 1' Kara 63' Barton 82'	Report

Stadion Letná, Prague

Attendance: 34,600

Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

Slavia Prague won 4–2 on aggregate.

21 March 1973

Hajduk Split	3–0	Hibernian
Bošković 16' Hlevnjak 23' Blackley 53' (o.g.)

Kod Stare Plinare Stadium, Split

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Christos Michas (Greece)

Hajduk Split won 5–4 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Milan	2–0	Sparta Prague	1–0	1–0
Leeds United	1–0	Hajduk Split	1–0	0–0

First leg

11 April 1973

Milan	1–0	Sparta Prague
Chiarugi 68'	Report Report 2

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 35,433

Referee: John Wright Paterson (Scotland)

11 April 1973

Leeds United	1–0	Hajduk Split
Clarke 21'	Report Report 2

Elland Road, Leeds

Attendance: 32,051

Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

Second leg

25 April 1973

Hajduk Split	0–0	Leeds United
	Report Report 2

Kod Stare Plinare Stadium, Split

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Robert Helies (France)

Leeds United won 1–0 on aggregate.

25 April 1973

Sparta Prague	0–1	Milan
	Report Report 2	Chiarugi 74'

Letná Stadium, Prague

Attendance: 37,000

Referee: Pablo Augusto Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain)

Milan won 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

16 May 1973

19:15

Milan	1–0	Leeds United
Chiarugi 5'	Report Report 2

Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki

Attendance: 40,154

Referee: Christos Michas (Greece)

References

^ Gammon, Clive (10 June 1985). "A Day Of Horror And Shame". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 16 June 2013. 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.

External links

[1] Gammon, Clive (10 June 1985). "A Day Of Horror And Shame". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 16 June 2013. 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.

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Second leg

Second round

First leg

Second leg

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

See also

References

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