The 1971–72 European Cup was the 17th season of the
European Cup,
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's premier club
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tournament. The competition was won by
Ajax
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, who beat
Inter Milan
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in the
final
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at
De Kuip
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in
Rotterdam
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, on 31 May 1972. It was the second consecutive win for Ajax, as well as third for Netherlands. It was also the first European Cup final where both finalists had previously won and lost competition finals.
Teams
Preliminary round
First leg
Second leg
''Valencia won 4–1 on aggregate.''
Bracket
First round
First leg
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Second leg
''Marseille won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''Ajax won 2–0 on aggregate.''
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''Grasshopper won 9–1 on aggregate.''
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''Arsenal won 7–1 on aggregate.''
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''2–2 on aggregate; Dinamo București won on away goals.''
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''Feyenoord won 17–0 on aggregate.''
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''Benfica won 7–1 on aggregate.''
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''CSKA September Flag won 4–0 on aggregate.''
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''1–1 on aggregate; Valencia won on away goals.''
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''Újpesti Dózsa won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''Celtic won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''Sliema Wanderers won 4–0 on aggregate.''
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''Inter Milan won 6–4 on aggregate.''
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''Borussia Mönchengladbach won 7–1 on aggregate.''
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''CSKA Moscow won 4–1 on aggregate.''
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''Standard Liège won 5–2 on aggregate.''
Second round
First leg
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This game was annulled as Inter player
Roberto Boninsegna
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was hit by a Coca-Cola can in the 29th minut
https://web.archive.org/web/20140420034955/http://torfabrik.de/nc/tf-plus/interviews/datum/2006/10/18/ich-hatte-keine-beweise] The first leg game was replayed after the game that was originally scheduled to be the second leg was played, thus the order of legs was switched.
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Second leg
''Ajax won 6–2 on aggregate.''
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''Arsenal won 5–0 on aggregate.''
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''Feyenoord won 5–0 on aggregate.''
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''Benfica won 2–1 on aggregate.''
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''Újpesti Dózsa won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''Celtic won 7–1 on aggregate.''
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''Inter Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.''
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''Standard Liège won 2–1 on aggregate.''
Quarter-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.''
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''Celtic won 3–2 on aggregate.''
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''2–2 on aggregate; Inter Milan won on away goals.''
Semi-finals
First leg
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Second leg
''Ajax won 1–0 on aggregate.''
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''0–0 on aggregate; Inter Milan 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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