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1971–72 UEFA Cup

Tournament details
Dates	14 September 1971 (1971-09-14) – 17 May 1972 (1972-05-17)
Teams	63 (from 31 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Tottenham Hotspur (1st title)
Runners-up	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Tournament statistics
Matches played	122
Goals scored	368 (3.02 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ludwig Bründl (10 goals)
← 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1972–73 →

The 1971–72 UEFA Cup was the first edition of the UEFA Cup, which replaced the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

It was won by English team Tottenham Hotspur. They beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–2 on aggregate after a two-legged final.

The tournament was open to the highest-placed European teams that had not qualified for the European Cup or UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. It started on 14 September 1971 and ended on 17 May 1972.

The top scorer was Ludwig Bründl of Eintracht Braunschweig with ten goals.

First round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rapid Wien	(w/o)1	Vllaznia	—	—
Fenerbahçe	2–4	Ferencváros	1–1	1–3
ADO Den Haag	7–2	Aris Bonnevoie	5–0	2–2
Keflavík	1–15	Tottenham Hotspur	1–62	0–9
Glentoran	1–7	Eintracht Braunschweig	0–1	1–6
Vitória de Setúbal	(a)2–2	Nîmes	1–0	1–2
Carl Zeiss Jena	4–3	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	3–0	1–3
UTA Arad	5–4	SV Austria Salzburg	4–1	1–3
OFK Beograd	6–3	Djurgården	4–1	2–2
Marsa	0–11	Juventus	0–6	0–5
Vasas	2–1	Shelbourne	1-0	1–1
Zagłębie Wałbrzych	4–2	Teplice	1–0	3–2
Spartak Moscow	3–2	Košice	2–0	1–2
Željezničar	4–3	Club Brugge	3–0	1–3
Dinamo Zagreb	8–2	Botev Vratsa	6–1	2–1
Hamburg	2–4	St Johnstone	2–1	0–3
Hertha	7–2	Elfsborg	3-1	4-1
Rosenborg	4–0	HIFK Helsinki	3-0	1-0
Basel	2–4	Real Madrid	1-2	1-2
Chemie Halle	0–0	PSV	0-0	-3
Lierse	4–2	Leeds United	0-2	4-0
Celta Vigo	0–3	Aberdeen	0-2	0-1
Saint-Étienne	2–3	Köln	1-1	1-2
Dundee	5–2	AB	4-2	1-0
Lugano	1–3	Legia Warsaw	3-1	0-0
Southampton	2–3	Athletic Bilbao	2-1	0-2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	7–1	Académica	3-0	4-1
Napoli	1–2	Rapid București	1-0	0-2
Bologna	3–1	Anderlecht	1–1	2–0
Porto	1–3	Nantes	0–2	1–1
Atlético Madrid	2–2(a)	Panionios	2–1	0–1
Milan	7–0	Akritas	4–0	3–0

¹ Vllaznia withdrew after Austrian immigration officials declined to issue visas for their team to enter the country.
² This match was played in Reykjavík.
³ Chemie Halle withdrew after the first leg following the Hotel 't Silveren Seepaerd fire.

Second round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rapid București	4–2	Legia Warsaw	4-0	0-2
Köln	4–5	Dundee	2-1	2-4
Zagłębie Wałbrzych	2–3	UTA Arad	1-1	1-2(aet)
OFK Beograd	1–5	Carl Zeiss Jena	1-1	0-4
Dinamo Zagreb	2–2(a)	Rapid Wien	2-2	0-0
Željezničar	(a)3–3	Bologna	1–1	2-2
Ferencváros	6–0	Panionios	6-0	-1
Eintracht Braunschweig	4–3	Athletic Bilbao	2-1	2-2
Rosenborg	4–4(a)	Lierse	4-1	0-3
ADO Den Haag	1–7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-3	0–4
Nantes	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	0-0	0-1
St Johnstone	2–1	Vasas	2-0	0-1
Milan	5–4	Hertha	4-2	1-2
Real Madrid	3–3(a)	PSV	3-1	0-22
Spartak Moscow	0–4	Vitória de Setúbal	0-0	0-4
Juventus	3–1	Aberdeen	2-0	1-1

¹ After the final whistle in the first leg, Panionios fans invaded the pitch and attacked Ferencváros players, match officials and Hungarian police. Panionios were ejected from the competition.
² This match was played in 's-Hertogenbosch.

Third round (round of 16)

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Carl Zeiss Jena	0–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-1	0-3
UTA Arad	3–1	Vitória de Setúbal	3–0	0–1
Rapid Wien	1–5	Juventus	0–1	1–4
Eintracht Braunschweig	3–6	Ferencváros	1-1	2-5
PSV	1–4	Lierse	1–0	0–4
St Johnstone	2–5	Željezničar	1–0	1–5
Milan	3–2	Dundee	3–0	0–2
Tottenham Hotspur	5–0	Rapid București	3–0	2-0

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Milan	3–1	Lierse	2–0	1–1
UTA Arad	1–3	Tottenham Hotspur	0–2	1–1
Juventus	2–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	1–2
Ferencváros	3–3 (5–4 p)	Željezničar	1–2	2–1 (aet)

Semi-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ferencváros	3–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	1–2
Tottenham Hotspur	3–2	Milan	2–1	1–1

Matches

5 April 1972 (1972-04-05) First leg	Ferencváros	2 - 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Népstadion, Budapest Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
	Szőke  30' Albert  33'		Richards  18' Munro  80'

19 April 1972 (1972-04-19) Second leg	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2 - 1	Ferencváros	Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton Attendance: 38,262 Referee: Mihas Hristos (Greece)
	Daley  1' Munro  45'		Kű  47'

Wolverhampton Wanderers won 4-3 on aggregate.

5 April 1972 (1972-04-05) First leg	Tottenham Hotspur	2 - 1	Milan	White Hart Lane, London
	Perryman  33', 64'		Benetti  25'

19 April 1972 (1972-04-19) Second leg	Milan	1 - 1	Tottenham Hotspur	San Siro, Milan
	Rivera  69' (pen.)		Mullery  7'

Tottenham Hotspur won 3-2 on aggregate.

Final

Summary

First leg was played on 3 May 1972. Second leg was played on 17 May 1972.

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–3	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	1–1

Matches

3 May 1972 (1972-05-03) 19:30 BST First leg	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1 - 2	Tottenham Hotspur	Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton Attendance: 38,362 Referee: Tofiq Bahramov (Soviet Union)
	McCalliog  72'		Chivers  56', 87'

17 May 1972 (1972-05-17) 19:45 BST Second leg	Tottenham Hotspur	1 - 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	White Hart Lane, London Attendance: 54,303 Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)
	Mullery  29'		Wagstaffe  40'

Tottenham Hotspur won 3–2 on aggregate.

Related pages

• 1971–72 European Cup
• 1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup