The 1971–72 season of the

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club tournament was won for the second consecutive time by

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, who beat

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in the final. Ajax qualified as the current holders of the

, not as the current national league champion. This was the second year in a row that the

had two Dutch clubs compete.

Bracket

Preliminary round

First leg

Second leg

''Valencia won 4–1 on aggregate.''

First round

First leg

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Second leg

''Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Ajax won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Grasshopper won 9–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate; Dinamo București won on away goals.'' ---- ''Feyenoord won 17–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Benfica won 7–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''CSKA Sofia won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate; Valencia won on away goals.'' ---- ''Újpesti Dózsa won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Sliema Wanderers won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Internazionale won 6–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''CSKA Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Standard Liège won 5–2 on aggregate.''

Second round

First leg

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- This game was annulled as Inter player

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was hit by a Coca-Cola can in the 29th minut

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Second leg

''Ajax won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Arsenal won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Feyenoord won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Újpesti Dózsa won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Celtic won 7–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Internazionale won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Standard Liège won 2–1 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate; Internazionale won on away goals.''

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''Ajax won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''0–0 on aggregate; Internazionale won 5–4 on penalties.'' During the shoot-out, teams had to take all five penalties even if they could no longer win (the shoot-out would otherwise have ended with a score of 5–3 as Inter went first).

Final

Top scorers

References

External links

1971–72 All matches – season at UEFA website
* All scorers 1971–72 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according t
protocols UEFA1971-72 European Cup

European Cup 1971-72 – results, protocols, players statistics
* website eurocups-uefa.r
European Cup 1971-72 – results, protocols
* website Football Archiv

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