1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup

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.

1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup

Final positions
Champions	Milan (2nd title)
Runners-up	Leeds United
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

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

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

6 September 1972

Stade du Thillenberg, Differdange

Attendance: 5,200

Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

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Pezoporikos Larnaca	1–2	Cork Hibernians
Duffy 57'	[citation needed]	Lawson 25' (pen.) Sheehan 75'

10 September 1972

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.

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

13 September 1972

Ankara 19 Mayis Stadium, Ankara

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Kevork Ghemigean (Romania)

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

13 September 1972 (1972-09-13)

Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest

Attendance: 4,986

Referee: Franz Wöhrer (Austria)

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Hajduk Split	1–0	Fredrikstad
Nadoveza 19'

13 September 1972

Kod Stare Plinare Stadium, Split

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Faik Bajrami (Albania)

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

13 September 1972

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Arie Van Gemert (Netherlands)

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

13 September 1972

20:15

Letzigrund, Zürich

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Petar Kostovski (Yugoslavia)

Second leg

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

27 September 1972

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Richard Casha (Malta)

AC Milan won 7–1 on aggregate.

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Cork Hibernians	4-1	Pezoporikos Larnaca
Wallace 21' Lawson 45', 72' Dennehy 85'	[citation needed]	Miller 70'

13 September 1972

Flower Lodge, Cork

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Einar Hjartarson (Iceland)

Cork Hibernians won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Leeds United	1–0	Ankaragücü
Jones 68'

27 September 1972

Elland Road, Leeds

Attendance: 22,411

Referee: Klaus Ohmsen (West Germany)

Leeds United won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Landskrona BoIS	1–0	Rapid București
Lindgren 32'	Report

27 September 1972 (1972-09-27)

Landskrona IP, Landskrona

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: John Wright Paterson (Scotland)

Rapid București won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Fredrikstad	0–1	Hajduk Split
		Nadoveza 25'

27 September 1972

Fredrikstad Stadion, Fredrikstad

Attendance: 7,781

Referee: Kai Rasmussen (Denmark)

Hajduk Split won 2–0 on aggregate.

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

27 September 1972

Easter Road

Attendance: 26,041

Referee: Günter Männig (East Germany)

Hibernian won 7–3 on aggregate.

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

27 September 1972

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)

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

Carl Zeiss Jena	0–0	Leeds United

25 October 1972

Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Leo Van der Kroft (Netherlands)

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

25 October 1972

Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw

Attendance: 52,500

Referee: Christos Michas (Greece)

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

25 October 1972 (1972-10-25)

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

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

25 October 1972

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 19,013

Referee: Paul Bonett (Malta)

Second leg

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

8 November 1972

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 8,770

Referee: Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)

AC Milan won 3–2 on aggregate.

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

8 November 1972

Elland Road, Leeds

Attendance: 26,885

Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)

Leeds United won 2–0 on aggregate.

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

8 November 1972 (1972-11-08)

Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Doğan Babacan (Turkey)

Rapid București won 4–2 on aggregate.

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

8 November 1972

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

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

7 March 1973

Elland Road, Leeds

Attendance: 25,702

Referee: Bohumil Smejkal (Czechoslovakia)

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

7 March 1973

Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Nicolae Rainea (Romania)

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Spartak Moscow	0–1	Milan
		Benetti 62'

7 March 1973

Sochi Central Stadium, Sochi

Attendance: 14,374

Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

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

7 March 1973

Easter Road, Edinburgh

Attendance: 28,424

Referee: Antonio Camacho Jiménez (Spain)

Second leg

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

21 March 1973

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 25,829

Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

AC Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.

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

21 March 1973

Stadionul Republicii, Bucharest

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Ove Dahlberg (Sweden)

Leeds United won 8–1 on aggregate.

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

21 March 1973

Stadion Letná, Prague

Attendance: 34,600

Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

Slavia Prague won 4–2 on aggregate.

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

21 March 1973

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

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

11 April 1973

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 35,433

Referee: John Wright Paterson (Scotland)

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

11 April 1973

Elland Road, Leeds

Attendance: 32,051

Referee: Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

Second leg

Hajduk Split	0–0	Leeds United
	Report Report 2

25 April 1973

Kod Stare Plinare Stadium, Split

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Robert Helies (France)

Leeds United won 1–0 on aggregate.

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

25 April 1973

Letná Stadium, Prague

Attendance: 37,000

Referee: Pablo Augusto Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain)

Milan won 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1973 European Cup Winners' Cup final

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

16 May 1973

19:15

Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki

Attendance: 40,154

Referee: Christos Michas (Greece)

See also

• 1972–73 European Cup
• 1972–73 UEFA Cup