The 1972–73 season of the

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club tournament was won for the third consecutive time by

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in the final against

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at Red Star Stadium in

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. The win by Ajax resulted in the fourth consecutive championship by a Dutch team. Since Ajax had won the cup for a third time, they got to keep the full size copy of the cup. Because the reigning European champions were also champions of their own league, and neither Albania nor Northern Ireland sent their champions, the number of participating clubs dropped from 33 to 30.

Teams

Bracket

First round

First leg

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Second leg

''The game was annulled because the referee ended the shoot-out prematurely after Panathinaikos fourth penalty was saved by Bulgarian goalkeeper. Panathinaikos complained to UEFA and the match was annulled and replayed the following month.'' ''CSKA Sofia won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bayern Munich won 7–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Omonia won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dynamo Kyiv won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Górnik Zabrze won 10–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Argeș Pitești won 6–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Real Madrid won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Magdeburg won 9–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Celtic won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Újpesti Dózsa won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Anderlecht won 7–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Derby County won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Benfica won 4–2 on aggregate.''

Second round

First leg

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Second leg

''Ajax won 6–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bayern Munich won 13–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dynamo Kyiv won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Juventus won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Újpesti Dózsa won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Spartak Trnava won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Derby County won 3–0 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''Ajax won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Real Madrid won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate; Juventus won on away goals.'' ---- ''Derby County won 2–1 on aggregate.''

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

''Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Juventus won 3–1 on aggregate.''

Final

Top scorers

Notes

References

External links

1972–73 All matches – season at UEFA website
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