1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup#First round
{{Infobox international football competition
|tourney_name = European Cup Winners' Cup
|year = 1972–73
|other_titles =
|image =
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|dates =
|num_teams =
|champion_other= {{flagicon|ITA}} Milan
|count = 2
|second_other = {{flagicon|ENG}} Leeds United
|matches =
|goals =
|attendance =
|top_scorer =
|prevseason = 1971–72
|nextseason = 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.{{cite web |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1119549/index.htm |quote=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. |title=A Day Of Horror And Shame |first=Clive |last=Gammon |work=Sports Illustrated |date=10 June 1985 |access-date=16 June 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121104183038/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1119549/index.htm | archive-date = 2012-11-04| url-status=dead}}
First round
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult|Bastia|France|1–2 |Atlético Madrid |Spain|var2=1945|6= 0–0
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317215242/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808561 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_015_1.php Report 2])|7= 1–2
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317214104/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808562 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_015_2.php Report 2])}}
{{TwoLegResult|Spartak Moscow|Soviet Union|var1=1955|1–0 |FC Den Haag |Netherlands|6= 1–0
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317215044/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808552 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_003_1.php Report 2])|7= 0–0
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317213954/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808553 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_003_2.php Report 2])}}
{{TwoLegResult|Víkingur|Iceland|0–11 |Legia Warszawa |Poland|var2=1928|6= 0–2
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317213624/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808554 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_004_1.php Report 2])|7= 0–9
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317215323/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808555 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_004_2.php Report 2])}}
{{TwoLegResult|Red Boys Differdange|Luxembourg|1–7 |Milan |Italy|6= 1–4
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317215213/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808532 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_001_1.php Report 2])|7= 0–3
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317213237/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808533 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_001_2.php Report 2])}}
{{TwoLegResult|Pezoporikos Larnaca|Cyprus|var1=1960|2–6 |Cork Hibernians |Ireland|6= 1–2
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317214207/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808534 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_002_1.php Report 2])|7= 1–4
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317215129/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808535 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_002_2.php Report 2])}}
{{TwoLegResult|Schalke 04|West Germany|5–2 |Slavia Sofia|Bulgaria|var2=1971|6= 2–1
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317215000/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808558 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_014_1.php Report 2])|7= 3–1
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317213930/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808560 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_014_2.php Report 2])}}
{{TwoLegResult|Floriana|Malta|1–6 |Ferencváros |Hungary|6= 1–0
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317215008/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808563 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_016_1.php Report 2])|7= 0–6
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317215302/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808564 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_016_2.php Report 2])}}
{{TwoLegResult|Standard Liège|Belgium|3–4 |Sparta Prague |Czechoslovakia|6= 1–0
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317214722/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808540 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_005_1.php Report 2])|7= 2–4
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317214446/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808541 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_005_2.php Report 2])}}
{{TwoLegResult|Carl Zeiss Jena|East Germany|8–4 |MP |Finland|6= 6–1
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317214029/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808556 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_008_1.php Report 2])|7= 2–3
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317215023/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808557 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_008_2.php Report 2])}}
{{TwoLegResult|Ankaragücü|Turkey|1–2 |Leeds United |England|6= 1–1
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317215308/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808550 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_007_1.php Report 2])|7= 0–1
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317213753/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808551 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_007_2.php Report 2])}}
{{TwoLegResult|Rapid Wien|Austria|2–2 (a) |PAOK |Greece|var2=1970|6= 0–0
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317224403/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808548 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_009_1.php Report 2])|7= 2–2
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317212548/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808549 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_009_2.php Report 2])}}
{{TwoLegResult|Rapid București|Romania|var1=1965|3–1 |Landskrona BoIS |Sweden|6= 3–0
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317214523/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808544 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_006_1.php Report 2])|7= 0–1
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317214702/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808545 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_006_2.php Report 2])}}
{{TwoLegResult|Sporting CP|Portugal|3–7 |Hibernian |Scotland|6= 2–1
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317213315/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808536 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_011_1.php Report 2])|7= 1–6
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317215203/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808537 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_011_2.php Report 2])}}
{{TwoLegResult|Fremad Amager|Denmark|1–1 (a) |Besa Kavajë |Albania|var2=1946|6= 1–1
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317215151/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808538 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_010_1.php Report 2])|7= 0–0
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317213438/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808539 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_010_2.php Report 2])}}
{{TwoLegResult|Zürich|Switzerland|2–3 |Wrexham |Wales|6= 1–1
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317212800/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808546 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_012_1.php Report 2])|7= 1–2
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317215502/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808547 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_012_2.php Report 2])}}
{{TwoLegResult|Hajduk Split|Yugoslavia|2–0 |Fredrikstad |Norway|6= 1–0
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317215430/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808542 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_013_1.php Report 2])|7= 1–0
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317213000/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808543 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_013_2.php Report 2])}}
|}
=First leg=
{{footballbox
|date=6 September 1972
|time=
|team1=Red Boys Differdange {{flagicon|LUX}}
|score=1–4
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|ITA}} Milan
|goals1=H. Klein {{goal|90}}
|goals2=Prati {{goal|5||10}}
Turone {{goal|19}}
Chiarugi {{goal|83}}
|stadium=Stade du Thillenberg, Differdange
|attendance=5,200
|referee=Robert Wurtz (France)}}
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{{footballbox
|date=10 September 1972
|time=
|team1= Pezoporikos Larnaca {{flagicon|CYP}}
|score=1–2
|report={{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
|team2={{flagicon|IRL}} Cork Hibernians
|aet =
|goals1= Duffy {{goal|57|}}
|goals2= Lawson {{goal|25|pen.}}
Sheehan {{goal|75|}}
|stadium= Flower Lodge, Cork
|location =
|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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{{footballbox
|date=13 September 1972
|time=
|team1=Ankaragücü {{flagicon|TUR}}
|score=1–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Leeds United
|goals1=Yalman {{goal|50|pen.}}
|goals2=Jordan {{goal|44}}
|stadium=Ankara 19 Mayis Stadium, Ankara
|attendance=20,000
|referee=Kevork Ghemigean (Romania)}}
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{{footballbox
|date = {{Start date|1972|9|13||df=y}}
|team1 = Rapid București {{flagicon|ROU|1965}}
|score = 3–0
|report = https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/europeancups/1972_73/rapid_landskrona_01.shtml
|team2 = {{flagicon|SWE}} Landskrona BoIS
|goals1 =
- Marin {{goal|43||70|}}
- Năsturescu {{goal|82|}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stadionul 23 August
|location = Bucharest
|attendance = 4,986
|referee = Franz Wöhrer (Austria)
}}
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{{footballbox
|date=13 September 1972
|time=
|team1=Hajduk Split {{flagicon|YUG}}
|score=1–0
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|NOR}} Fredrikstad
|goals1=Nadoveza {{goal|19}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Kod Stare Plinare Stadium, Split
|attendance=15,000
|referee=Faik Bajrami (Albania)}}
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{{footballbox
|date=13 September 1972
|time=
|team1=Sporting CP {{flagicon|POR}}
|score=2–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|SCO}} Hibernian
|goals1=Fraguito {{goal|59}}
Manaca {{goal|61}}
|goals2=Duncan {{goal|69}}
|stadium=Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
|attendance=30,000
|referee=Arie Van Gemert (Netherlands)}}
----
{{footballbox
| round =
| date = 13 September 1972
| time = 20:15
| team1 = Zürich {{fbaicon|SUI}}
| score = 1–1
| report = [https://www.dbfcz.ch/spiel.php?spiel_id=2335 FCZ summary]
| team2 = {{fbaicon|WAL}} Wrexham
| goals1 = Künzli {{goal|47}}
| goals2 = Kinsey {{goal|48}}
| stadium = Letzigrund, Zürich
| attendance = 6,500
| referee = Petar Kostovski (Yugoslavia)
}}
=Second leg=
{{footballbox
|date=27 September 1972
|time=
|team1=Milan {{flagicon|ITA}}
|score=3–0
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|LUX}} Red Boys Differdange
|goals1=Chiarugi {{goal|4||66}}
Benetti {{goal|33}}
|goals2=
|attendance=30,000
|referee=Richard Casha (Malta)}}
AC Milan won 7–1 on aggregate.
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{{footballbox
|date= 13 September 1972
|time=
|team1= Cork Hibernians {{flagicon|IRL}}
|score=4-1
|report={{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
|team2={{flagicon|CYP}} Pezoporikos Larnaca
|aet =
|goals1= Wallace {{goal|21|}}
Lawson {{goal|45||72}}
Dennehy {{goal|85|}}
|goals2= Miller {{goal|70|}}
|stadium= Flower Lodge, Cork
|location =
|attendance=5,000
|referee= Einar Hjartarson (Iceland)
}}
Cork Hibernians won 6–2 on aggregate.
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{{footballbox
|date=27 September 1972
|time=
|team1=Leeds United {{flagicon|ENG}}
|score=1–0
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|TUR}} Ankaragücü
|goals1=Jones {{goal|68}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Elland Road, Leeds
|attendance=22,411
|referee=Klaus Ohmsen (West Germany)}}
Leeds United won 2–1 on aggregate.
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{{footballbox
|date = {{Start date|1972|9|27||df=y}}
|team1 = Landskrona BoIS {{flagicon|SWE}}
|score = 1–0
|report = https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/europeancups/1972_73/rapid_landskrona_02.shtml
|team2 = {{flagicon|ROU|1965}} Rapid București
|goals1 =
- Lindgren {{goal|32|}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Landskrona IP
|location = Landskrona
|attendance = 10,000
|referee = John Wright Paterson (Scotland)
}}Rapid București won 3–1 on aggregate.
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{{footballbox
|date=27 September 1972
|time=
|team1=Fredrikstad {{flagicon|NOR}}
|score=0–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|YUG}} Hajduk Split
|goals1=
|goals2=Nadoveza {{goal|25}}
|stadium=Fredrikstad Stadion, Fredrikstad
|attendance=7,781
|referee=Kai Rasmussen (Denmark)}}
Hajduk Split won 2–0 on aggregate.
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{{footballbox
|date=27 September 1972
|time=
|team1=Hibernian {{flagicon|SCO}}
|score=6–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|POR}} Sporting CP
|goals1=Gordon {{goal|28||59}}
O'Rourke {{goal|55||63||80|pen.}}
Manaca {{goal|87|o.g.}}
|goals2=Yazalde {{goal|42}}
|stadium=Easter Road
|attendance=26,041
|referee=Günter Männig (East Germany)}}
Hibernian won 7–3 on aggregate.
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{{footballbox
| round =
| date = 27 September 1972
| time =
| team1 = Wrexham {{fbaicon|WAL}}
| score = 2–1
| report = [https://www.dbfcz.ch/spiel.php?spiel_id=2333 FCZ summary]
| team2 = {{fbaicon|SUI}} Zürich
| goals1 = Ashcroft {{goal|63}}
Sutton {{goal|74}}
| goals2 = Martinelli {{goal|48}}
| stadium = Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
| attendance = 18,000
| referee = Rolf Nyhus (Norway)
}}
Wrexham won 3–2 on aggregate
Second round
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult|Atlético Madrid|Spain|var1=1945|5–5 (a) |Spartak Moscow |Soviet Union|var2=1955|6= 3–4
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317224417/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808573 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_023_1.php Report 2])|7= 2–1
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317214759/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808574 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_023_2.php Report 2])}}
{{TwoLegResult|Legia Warsaw|Poland|var1=1928|2–3 |Milan |Italy|6= 1–1
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317215441/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808579 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_024_1.php Report 2])|7= 1–2(aet)
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317213949/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808580 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_024_2.php Report 2])}}
{{TwoLegResult|Cork Hibernians|Ireland|0–3 |Schalke 04 |West Germany|6= 0–0
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317214832/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808571 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_021_1.php Report 2])|7= 0–3
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317212740/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808572 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_021_2.php Report 2])}}
{{TwoLegResult|Ferencváros|Hungary|3–4 |Sparta Prague |Czechoslovakia|6= 2–0
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317212538/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808577 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_022_1.php Report 2])|7= 1–4
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317213104/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808578 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_022_2.php Report 2])}}
{{TwoLegResult|Carl Zeiss Jena|East Germany|0–2 |Leeds United |England|6= 0–0
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317214147/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808567 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_019_1.php Report 2])|7= 0–2
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317214007/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808568 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_019_2.php Report 2])}}
{{TwoLegResult|Rapid Wien|Austria|2–4 |Rapid București |Romania|var2=1965|6= 1–1
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317213856/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808565 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_020_1.php Report 2])|7= 1–3
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317214950/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808566 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_020_2.php Report 2])}}
{{TwoLegResult|Hibernian|Scotland|8–2 |Besa Kavajë |Albania|var2=1946|6= 7–1
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317214423/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808575 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_018_1.php Report 2])|7= 1–1
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317224501/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808576 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_018_2.php Report 2])}}
{{TwoLegResult|Wrexham|Wales|3–3 (a) |Hajduk Split |Yugoslavia|6= 3–1
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317215049/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808569 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_017_1.php Report 2])|7= 0–2
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317214409/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808570 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_017_2.php Report 2])}}
|}
=First leg=
{{footballbox
|date=25 October 1972
|time=
|team1=Carl Zeiss Jena {{flagicon|DDR}}
|score=0–0
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Leeds United
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld, Jena
|attendance=18,000
|referee=Leo Van der Kroft (Netherlands)}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=25 October 1972
|time=
|team1=Legia Warsaw {{flagicon|POL|1928}}
|score=1–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|ITA}} Milan
|goals1=Deyna {{goal|79}}
|goals2=Golin {{goal|75}}
|stadium=Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw
|attendance=52,500
|referee=Christos Michas (Greece)}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = {{Start date|1972|10|25||df=y}}
|team1 = Rapid Wien {{flagicon|AUT}}
|score = 1–1
|report = https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/europeancups/1972_73/rapid_rapid_wien_01.shtml
|team2 = {{flagicon|ROU|1965}} Rapid București
|goals1 =
- Gallos {{goal|10|}}
|goals2 =
- Neagu {{goal|66|}}
|stadium = Praterstadion
|location = Vienna
|attendance = 12,000
|referee = Vital Loraux (Belgium)
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=25 October 1972
|time=
|team1=Wrexham {{flagicon|WAL}}
|score=3–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|YUG}} Hajduk Split
|goals1=Tinnion {{goal|14}}
Smallman {{goal|15}}
Mužinić {{goal|40|o.g.}}
|goals2=Jovanić {{goal|84}}
|stadium=Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
|attendance=19,013
|referee=Paul Bonett (Malta)}}
=Second leg=
{{footballbox
|date=8 November 1972
|time=
|team1=Milan {{flagicon|ITA}}
|score=2–1 (a.e.t)
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|POL|1928}} Legia Warsaw
|goals1=Zignoli {{goal|10}}
Chiarugi {{goal|118}}
|goals2=Pieszko {{goal|44}}
|attendance=8,770
|referee=Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany)}}
AC Milan won 3–2 on aggregate.
----
{{footballbox
|date=8 November 1972
|time=
|team1=Leeds United {{flagicon|ENG}}
|score=2–0
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|DDR}} Carl Zeiss Jena
|goals1=Cherry {{goal|55}}
Jones {{goal|64}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Elland Road, Leeds
|attendance=26,885
|referee=Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)}}
Leeds United won 2–0 on aggregate.
----
{{footballbox
|date = {{Start date|1972|11|8||df=y}}
|team1 = Rapid București {{flagicon|ROU|1965}}
|score = 3–1
|report = https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/europeancups/1972_73/rapid_rapid_wien_02.shtml
|team2 = {{flagicon|AUT}} Rapid Wien
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
- Hof {{goal|50|}}
|stadium = Stadionul 23 August
|location = Bucharest
|attendance = 15,000
|referee = Doğan Babacan (Turkey)
}}Rapid București won 4–2 on aggregate.
----
{{footballbox
|date=8 November 1972
|time=
|team1=Hajduk Split {{flagicon|YUG}}
|score=2–0
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|WAL}} Wrexham
|goals1=Nadoveza {{goal|13||28|pen.}}
|goals2=
|stadium=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
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult|Spartak Moscow|Soviet Union|var1=1955|1–2|Milan |Italy|6= 0–1
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317213629/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808587 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_027_1.php Report 2])|7= 1–1
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317213921/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808588 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_027_2.php Report 2])}}
{{TwoLegResult|Schalke 04|West Germany|2–4 |Sparta Prague |Czechoslovakia|6= 2–1
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317225521/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808585 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_028_1.php Report 2])|7= 0–3
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317231103/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808586 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_028_2.php Report 2])}}
{{TwoLegResult|Leeds United|England|8–1 |Rapid București |Romania|var2=1965|6= 5–0
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317230811/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808581 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_026_1.php Report 2])|7= 3–1
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317225238/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808582 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_026_2.php Report 2])}}
{{TwoLegResult|Hibernian|Scotland|4–5 |Hajduk Split |Yugoslavia|6= 4–2
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317231045/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808583 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_025_1.php Report 2])|7= 0–3
([https://web.archive.org/web/20140317230733/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808584 Report])
([https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_025_2.php Report 2])}}
|}
=First leg=
{{footballbox
|date=7 March 1973
|time=
|team1= Leeds United {{flagicon|ENG}}
|score=5–0
|report=
|team2= {{flagicon|ROM|1965}} Rapid București
|goals1= Giles {{goal|15}}
Clarke {{goal|25}}
Lorimer {{goal|33||50}}
Jordan {{goal|65}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Elland Road, Leeds
|attendance=25,702
|referee=Bohumil Smejkal (Czechoslovakia)}}
----
{{Football box
|date = 7 March 1973
|time =
|team1 = Schalke 04 {{flagicon|West Germany}}
|score1 = 2
|team2 = {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Sparta Prague
|score2 = 1
|scorenote =
|aet =
|report = https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1972-1973-viertelfinale-fc-schalke-04-sparta-praha/
|goals1 = Ehmke {{goal|41}}
Rüssmann {{goal|44}}
|goals2 = Barton {{goal|21}}
|stadium = Glückauf-Kampfbahn
|location = Gelsenkirchen
|attendance = 12,000
|referee = Nicolae Rainea (Romania)
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=7 March 1973
|time=
|team1=Spartak Moscow {{flagicon|URS|1955}}
|score=0–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|ITA}} Milan
|goals1=
|goals2=Benetti {{goal|62}}
|stadium=Sochi Central Stadium, Sochi
|attendance=14,374
|referee=Jack Taylor (England)}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=7 March 1973
|time=
|team1=Hibernian {{flagicon|SCO}}
|score=4–2
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|YUG}} Hajduk Split
|goals1=Gordon {{goal|7||26||60}}
Duncan {{goal|47}}
|goals2=Hlevnjak {{goal|38||77}}
|stadium=Easter Road, Edinburgh
|attendance=28,424
|referee=Antonio Camacho Jiménez (Spain)
}}
=Second leg=
{{footballbox
|date=21 March 1973
|time=
|team1=Milan {{flagicon|ITA}}
|score=1–1
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|URS|1955}} Spartak Moscow
|goals1=Bigon {{goal|2}}
|goals2=Piskaryov {{goal|7}}
|attendance=25,829
|referee=Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)}}
AC Milan won 2–1 on aggregate.
----
{{footballbox
|date=21 March 1973
|time=
|team1= Rapid București {{flagicon|ROM|1965}}
|score=1–3
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Leeds United
|goals1= Dumitriu {{goal|62}}
|goals2= Bates {{goal|1}}
Jones {{goal|23}}
Jordan {{goal|75}}
|stadium=Stadionul Republicii, Bucharest
|attendance=25,000
|referee=Ove Dahlberg (Sweden)}}
Leeds United won 8–1 on aggregate.
----
{{Football box
|date = 21 March 1973
|time =
|team1 = Sparta Prague {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}}
|score1 = 3
|team2 = {{flagicon|West Germany}} Schalke 04
|score2 = 0
|scorenote =
|aet =
|report = https://www.worldfootball.net/report/ec-der-pokalsieger-1972-1973-viertelfinale-sparta-praha-fc-schalke-04/
|goals1 = Jurkanin {{goal|1}}
Kara {{goal|63}}
Barton {{goal|82}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Stadion Letná
|location = Prague
|attendance = 34,600
|referee = Clive Thomas (Wales)
}}
Slavia Prague won 4–2 on aggregate.
----
{{footballbox
|date=21 March 1973
|time=
|team1= Hajduk Split {{flagicon|YUG}}
|score=3–0
|report=
|team2={{flagicon|Scotland}} Hibernian
|goals1=Bošković {{goal|16}}
Hlevnjak {{goal|23}}
Blackley {{goal|53|o.g.}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Kod Stare Plinare Stadium, Split
|attendance=25,000
|referee=Christos Michas (Greece)}}
Hajduk Split won 5–4 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
{{TwoLeg start}}
{{TwoLegResult|Milan|ITA|2–0 |Sparta Prague |TCH|1–0|1–0}}
{{TwoLegResult|Leeds United|ENG|1–0 |Hajduk Split |YUG|1–0|0–0}}
|}
=First leg=
{{footballbox
|date=11 April 1973
|time=
|team1=Milan {{flagicon|ITA}}
|score=1–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20141025035253/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808591 Report]
[https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_030_1.php Report 2]
|team2={{flagicon|TCH}} Sparta Prague
|goals1=Chiarugi {{goal|68}}
|goals2=
|attendance=35,433
|referee=John Wright Paterson (Scotland)}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=11 April 1973
|time=
|team1= Leeds United {{flagicon|ENG}}
|score=1–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20141129033234/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808589 Report]
[https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_029_1.php Report 2]
|team2={{flagicon|YUG}} Hajduk Split
|goals1=Clarke {{goal|21}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Elland Road, Leeds
|attendance=32,051
|referee=Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)}}
=Second leg=
{{footballbox
|date=25 April 1973
|time=
|team1=Hajduk Split {{flagicon|YUG}}
|score=0–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20141129033227/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808590 Report]
[https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_029_2.php Report 2]
|team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Leeds United
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Kod Stare Plinare Stadium, Split
|attendance=30,000
|referee=Robert Helies (France)}}
Leeds United won 1–0 on aggregate.
----
{{footballbox
|date=25 April 1973
|time=
|team1=Sparta Prague {{flagicon|TCH}}
|score=0–1
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20141025034055/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808592 Report]
[https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_030_2.php Report 2]
|team2={{flagicon|ITA}} Milan
|goals1=
|goals2=Chiarugi {{goal|74}}
|stadium=Letná Stadium, Prague
|attendance=37,000
|referee=Pablo Augusto Sánchez Ibáñez (Spain)}}
Milan won 2–0 on aggregate.
Final
{{main|1973 European Cup Winners' Cup final}}
{{footballbox
|date=16 May 1973
|time=19:15
|team1=Milan {{flagicon|ITA}}
|score=1–0
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20141025034321/http://www.sharkscores.com/Match/Default.aspx?id=808593 Report]
[https://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.eurocups-uefa.ru/winner_cups/1972-73/protocols/cw1973_031_0.php Report 2]
|team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Leeds United
|goals1=Chiarugi {{goal|5}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
|attendance=40,154
|referee=Christos Michas (Greece)}}
See also
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100503061947/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season%3D1972/intro.html 1972–73 competition at UEFA website]
- [https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ecomp.html Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20141129033236/http://www.sharkscores.com/Cups/Default.aspx?id=375&season=1972%2F1973 Cup Winners Cup Seasons 1972–73 – results, protocols]
- website Football Archive [https://archive.today/20130815153309/http://71.176.213.222/uefa/html/cwc-1973.html 1972–73 Cup Winners Cup]
{{UEFA Cup Winners' Cup seasons}}
{{1972–73 in European football (UEFA)}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1972-73 European Cup Winners' Cup}}