The 1971–72 season of the
European Cup Winners' Cup
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football
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club tournament was won by
Rangers, who defeated
Dynamo Moscow
MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ...
in the final.
Preliminary round
First leg
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Second leg
''4–4 on aggregate; Austria Wien won on away goals.''
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''Hibernians won 3–2 on aggregate.''
First round
First leg
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Second leg
''Barcelona won 7–1 on aggregate.''
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''Steaua București won 1–0 on aggregate.''
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''Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate''.
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''Bayern Munich won 7–1 on aggregate.''
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''Torino won 5–0 on aggregate.''
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''Austria Wien won 2–1 on aggregate''.
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''Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Sporting CP won 7–0 on aggregate''.
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''Åtvidaberg won 5–4 on aggregate''.
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''Chelsea won 21–0 on aggregate''.
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''Beerschot won 8–0 on aggregate''.
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''2–2 on aggregate; BFC Dynamo won 5–4 on penalties.''
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''Sparta won 3–1 on aggregate''.
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''Red Star Belgrade won 8–4 on aggregate''.
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''Eskişehirspor won 4–0 on aggregate''.
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''Dynamo Moscow won 3–2 on aggregate''.
Second round
1The second leg was originally 3–2 to Sporting after 90 minutes, and 4–3 to Sporting after extra time. The referee erroneously ordered a
penalty shoot-out
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which Sporting won 3–0;
UEFA
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later ruled that Rangers had won on away goals.
First leg
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Second leg
''Steaua București won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''Torino won 1–0 on aggregate.''
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''6–6 on aggregate; Rangers won on away goals.''
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''BFC Dynamo won 6−2 on aggregate.''
Quarter-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''1–1 on aggregate; Bayern Munich won on away goals.''
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''Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''BFC Dynamo won 4−2 on aggregate.''
Semi-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''Rangers won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''2–2 on aggregate; Dynamo Moscow won 4–1 on penalties.''
Final
References
External links
1971-72 competition at UEFA website*
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