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1972 UEFA Cup Final
Event 1971–72 UEFA Cup
on aggregate
First leg
Date 3 May 1972
Venue Molineux, Wolverhampton
Referee Tofiq Bahramov (Soviet Union)
Attendance 38,362
Second leg
Date 17 May 1972
Venue White Hart Lane, London
Referee Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)
Attendance 54,303
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The 1972 UEFA Cup Final was the final of the first edition of the UEFA Cup. It was played between English teams Tottenham Hotspur and Wolverhampton Wanderers. This was the first final in UEFA competition where 2 teams from the same country reached the final.

Road to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

England Wolverhampton Wanderers Round England Tottenham Hotspur
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Portugal Académica 7–1 3–0 (H) 4–1 (A) First round Iceland Keflavík 15–1 6–1 (A) 9–0 (H)
Netherlands ADO Den Haag 7–1 3–1 (A) 4–0 (H) Second round France Nantes 1–0 0–0 (A) 1–0 (H)
East Germany Carl Zeiss Jena 4–0 1–0 (A) 3–0 (H) Third round Romania Rapid București 5–0 3–0 (H) 2–0 (A)
Italy Juventus 3–2 1–1 (A) 2–1 (H) Quarter-finals Romania UTA Arad 3–1 2–0 (A) 1–1 (H)
Hungary Ferencváros 4–3 2–2 (A) 2–1 (H) Semi-finals Italy A.C. Milan 3–2 2–1 (H) 1–1 (A)

Match details

First leg

3 May 1972
19:30 BST
Wolverhampton Wanderers England 1–2 England Tottenham Hotspur Molineux, Wolverhampton
Attendance: 38,362
Referee: Tofik Bahramov (Soviet Union)
McCalliog Goal 72' Chivers Goal 57'87'
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Tottenham Hotspur
GK 1 England Phil Parkes
DF 2 England Bernard Shaw Booked
DF 3 England Gerry Taylor
MF 4 Northern Ireland Danny Hegan
DF 5 Scotland Frank Munro
DF 6 England John McAlle
MF 7 Scotland Jim McCalliog (c)
MF 8 England Kenny Hibbitt
FW 9 England John Richards
FW 10 Northern Ireland Derek Dougan
MF 11 England Dave Wagstaffe
Substitutes:
DF 12 England Derek Parkin
GK 13 England Rod Arnold
FW 14 Scotland Hugh Curran
MF 15 England Steve Daley
FW 16 England Peter Eastoe
Manager:
England Bill McGarry
GK 1 Northern Ireland Pat Jennings
DF 2 Republic of Ireland Joe Kinnear Booked
DF 3 England Cyril Knowles
MF 4 England Alan Mullery (c)
DF 5 Wales Mike England
DF 6 England Phil Beal
FW 7 Scotland Alan Gilzean
MF 8 England Steve Perryman
FW 9 England Martin Chivers
MF 10 England Martin Peters
MF 11 England Ralph Coates Substituted off in the 68th minute 68'
Substitutes:
DF 12 England Ray Evans
GK 13 England Barry Daines
DF 14 England Terry Naylor
MF 15 England John Pratt Substituted on in the 68th minute 68'
MF 16 England Jimmy Pearce
Manager:
England Bill Nicholson

Second leg

17 May 1972
19:45 BST
Tottenham Hotspur England 1-1 England Wolverhampton Wanderers White Hart Lane, London
Attendance: 54,303
Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)
Mullery Goal 29' Wagstaffe Goal 40'
Tottenham Hotspur
Wolverhampton Wanderers
GK 1 Northern Ireland Pat Jennings
DF 2 Republic of Ireland Joe Kinnear
DF 3 England Cyril Knowles
MF 4 England Alan Mullery (c)
DF 5 Wales Mike England
DF 6 England Phil Beal
FW 7 Scotland Alan Gilzean
MF 8 England Steve Perryman
FW 9 England Martin Chivers
MF 10 England Martin Peters
MF 11 England Ralph Coates
Substitutes:
DF 12 England Ray Evans
GK 13 England Barry Daines
DF 14 England Terry Naylor
MF 15 England John Pratt
MF 16 England Jimmy Pearce
Manager:
England Bill Nicholson
GK 1 England Phil Parkes
DF 2 England Bernard Shaw
DF 3 England Gerry Taylor
MF 4 Northern Ireland Danny Hegan
DF 5 Scotland Frank Munro
DF 6 England John McAlle
MF 7 Scotland Jim McCalliog (c)
MF 8 England Kenny Hibbitt Substituted off in the 55th minute 55'
FW 9 England John Richards
FW 10 Northern Ireland Derek Dougan Substituted off in the 84th minute 84'
MF 11 England Dave Wagstaffe
Substitutes:
DF 12 England Derek Parkin
GK 13 England Rod Arnold
MF 14 England Mike Bailey Substituted on in the 55th minute 55'
FW 15 Scotland Hugh Curran Substituted on in the 84th minute 84'
MF 16 England Steve Daley
Manager:
England Bill McGarry

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