1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup
Final positions
ChampionsItaly Milan (2nd title)
Runners-upEngland Leeds United

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 France 1–2 Spain Atlético Madrid 0–0
(Report)
(Report 2)
1–2
(Report)
(Report 2)
Spartak Moscow Soviet Union 1–0 Netherlands FC Den Haag 1–0
(Report)
(Report 2)
0–0
(Report)
(Report 2)
Víkingur Iceland 0–11 Poland Legia Warszawa 0–2
(Report)
(Report 2)
0–9
(Report)
(Report 2)
Red Boys Differdange Luxembourg 1–7 Italy Milan 1–4
(Report)
(Report 2)
0–3
(Report)
(Report 2)
Pezoporikos Larnaca Cyprus 2–6 Republic of Ireland Cork Hibernians 1–2
(Report)
(Report 2)
1–4
(Report)
(Report 2)
Schalke 04 West Germany 5–2 Bulgaria Slavia Sofia 2–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
3–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
Floriana Malta 1–6 Hungary Ferencváros 1–0
(Report)
(Report 2)
0–6
(Report)
(Report 2)
Standard Liège Belgium 3–4 Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague 1–0
(Report)
(Report 2)
2–4
(Report)
(Report 2)
Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany 8–4 Finland MP 6–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
2–3
(Report)
(Report 2)
Ankaragücü Turkey 1–2 England Leeds United 1–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
0–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
Rapid Wien Austria 2–2 (a) Greece PAOK 0–0
(Report)
(Report 2)
2–2
(Report)
(Report 2)
Rapid București Romania 3–1 Sweden Landskrona BoIS 3–0
(Report)
(Report 2)
0–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
Sporting CP Portugal 3–7 Scotland Hibernian 2–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
1–6
(Report)
(Report 2)
Fremad Amager Denmark 1–1 (a) Albania Besa Kavajë 1–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
0–0
(Report)
(Report 2)
Zürich Switzerland 2–3 Wales Wrexham 1–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
1–2
(Report)
(Report 2)
Hajduk Split Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2–0 Norway Fredrikstad 1–0
(Report)
(Report 2)
1–0
(Report)
(Report 2)

First leg

Red Boys Differdange Luxembourg1–4Italy Milan
H. Klein 90' Prati 5', 10'
Turone 19'
Chiarugi 83'

Pezoporikos Larnaca Cyprus1–2Republic of Ireland Cork Hibernians
Duffy 57' Report Lawson 25' (pen.)
Sheehan 75'
Attendance: 5,653
Referee: Guðmundur Haraldsson (Iceland)

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


Ankaragücü Turkey1–1England Leeds United
Yalman 50' (pen.) Jordan 44'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Kevork Ghemigean (Romania)

Rapid București Romania3–0Sweden Landskrona BoIS
Report

Hajduk Split Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1–0Norway Fredrikstad
Nadoveza 19'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Faik Bajrami (Albania)

Sporting CP Portugal2–1Scotland Hibernian
Fraguito 59'
Manaca 61'
Duncan 69'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Arie Van Gemert (Netherlands)

Second leg

Milan Italy3–0Luxembourg Red Boys Differdange
Chiarugi 4', 66'
Benetti 33'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Richard Casha (Malta)

AC Milan won 7–1 on aggregate.


Cork Hibernians Republic of Ireland4-1Cyprus Pezoporikos Larnaca
Wallace 21'
Lawson 45', 72'
Dennehy 85'
Report Miller 70'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Einar Hjartarson (Iceland)

Cork Hibernians won 6–2 on aggregate.


Leeds United England1–0Turkey Ankaragücü
Jones 68'
Attendance: 22,411
Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (West Germany)

Leeds United won 2–1 on aggregate.


Landskrona BoIS Sweden1–0Romania Rapid București
  • Lindgren 32'
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: John Wright Paterson (Scotland)

Rapid București won 3–1 on aggregate.


Fredrikstad Norway0–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split
Nadoveza 25'
Attendance: 7,781
Referee: Kai Rasmussen (Denmark)

Hajduk Split won 2–0 on aggregate.


Hibernian Scotland6–1Portugal 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.

Second round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Atlético Madrid Spain 5–5 (a) Soviet Union Spartak Moscow 3–4
(Report)
(Report 2)
2–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
Legia Warsaw Poland 2–3 Italy Milan 1–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
1–2(aet)
(Report)
(Report 2)
Cork Hibernians Republic of Ireland 0–3 West Germany Schalke 04 0–0
(Report)
(Report 2)
0–3
(Report)
(Report 2)
Ferencváros Hungary 3–4 Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague 2–0
(Report)
(Report 2)
1–4
(Report)
(Report 2)
Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany 0–2 England Leeds United 0–0
(Report)
(Report 2)
0–2
(Report)
(Report 2)
Rapid Wien Austria 2–4 Romania Rapid București 1–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
1–3
(Report)
(Report 2)
Hibernian Scotland 8–2 Albania Besa Kavajë 7–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
1–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
Wrexham Wales 3–3 (a) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split 3–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
0–2
(Report)
(Report 2)

First leg

Carl Zeiss Jena East Germany0–0England Leeds United
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Leo Van der Kroft (Netherlands)

Legia Warsaw Poland1–1Italy Milan
Deyna 79' Golin 75'
Attendance: 52,500

Rapid Wien Austria1–1Romania Rapid București
Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

Wrexham Wales3–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split
Tinnion 14'
Smallman 15'
Mužinić 40' (o.g.)
Jovanić 84'
Attendance: 19,013
Referee: Paul Bonett (Malta)

Second leg

Milan Italy2–1 (a.e.t)Poland Legia Warsaw
Zignoli 10'
Chiarugi 118'
Pieszko 44'
Attendance: 8,770

AC Milan won 3–2 on aggregate.


Leeds United England2–0East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena
Cherry 55'
Jones 64'
Attendance: 26,885

Leeds United won 2–0 on aggregate.


Rapid București Romania3–1Austria Rapid Wien
Report
Attendance: 15,000

Rapid București won 4–2 on aggregate.


Hajduk Split Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia2–0Wales Wrexham
Nadoveza 13', 28' (pen.)
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 Soviet Union 1–2 Italy Milan 0–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
1–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
Schalke 04 West Germany 2–4 Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague 2–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
0–3
(Report)
(Report 2)
Leeds United England 8–1 Romania Rapid București 5–0
(Report)
(Report 2)
3–1
(Report)
(Report 2)
Hibernian Scotland 4–5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split 4–2
(Report)
(Report 2)
0–3
(Report)
(Report 2)

First leg

Leeds United England5–0Romania Rapid București
Giles 15'
Clarke 25'
Lorimer 33', 50'
Jordan 65'
Attendance: 25,702
Referee: Bohumil Smejkal (Czechoslovakia)

Schalke 04 West Germany21Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague
Ehmke 41'
Rüssmann 44'
Report Barton 21'

Spartak Moscow Soviet Union0–1Italy Milan
Benetti 62'
Attendance: 14,374
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Hibernian Scotland4–2Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split
Gordon 7', 26', 60'
Duncan 47'
Hlevnjak 38', 77'
Attendance: 28,424
Referee: Antonio Camacho Jiménez (Spain)

Second leg

Milan Italy1–1Soviet Union Spartak Moscow
Bigon 2' Piskaryov 7'
Attendance: 25,829
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

AC Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.


Rapid București Romania1–3England Leeds United
Dumitriu 62' Bates 1'
Jones 23'
Jordan 75'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden)

Leeds United won 8–1 on aggregate.


Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia30West Germany Schalke 04
Jurkanin 1'
Kara 63'
Barton 82'
Report
Attendance: 34,600
Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

Slavia Prague won 4–2 on aggregate.


Hajduk Split Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia3–0Scotland Hibernian
Bošković 16'
Hlevnjak 23'
Blackley 53' (o.g.)

Hajduk Split won 5–4 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Milan Italy 2–0 Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague 1–0 1–0
Leeds United England 1–0 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split 1–0 0–0

First leg

Milan Italy1–0Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague
Chiarugi 68' Report Report 2
Attendance: 35,433
Referee: John Wright Paterson (Scotland)

Leeds United England1–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split
Clarke 21' Report Report 2
Attendance: 32,051
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

Second leg

Hajduk Split Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia0–0England Leeds United
Report Report 2
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Robert Helies (France)

Leeds United won 1–0 on aggregate.


Sparta Prague Czechoslovakia0–1Italy Milan
Report Report 2 Chiarugi 74'
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Pablo Augusto Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain)

Milan won 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

Milan Italy1–0England Leeds United
Chiarugi 5' Report Report 2

See also

References

  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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