The 1972–73 UEFA Cup was the second season of the

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, the third-tier club

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competition organised by

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. The 1973 UEFA Cup final was played over two legs at Anfield,

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, and at Bökelbergstadion,

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. It was won by

, who defeated West German team

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by an aggregate result of 3–2 to claim their first UEFA Cup title. This was the sixth consecutive title won by an English team between the UEFA Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, as well as the first time Liverpool won a European competition.

Association team allocation

A total of 63 teams from 29

member associations participate in the 1972–73 UEFA Cup. A new allocation scheme was devised by UEFA, which featured fixed slots for all but two competing associations, and lasted for eight seasons: * 3 associations have four teams qualify. * 3 associations have three teams qualify. * 18 associations have two teams qualify. * 7 associations have one team qualify.

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was the only association with a fixed allocation of three teams; the other two associations would rotate on a yearly basis among all countries that were allocated two teams.

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was not included in this scheme, as it had only entered the competition once without playing and would not have a UEFA Cup competitor until 1981.

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withdrew from the competition, so another association was granted an extra third birth for this season. The three chosen associations were

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and

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Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition: * TH: Title holders * CW: Cup winners * CR: Cup runners-up * LC: League Cup winners * 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, etc.: League position * P-W: End-of-season European competition play-offs winners Notes

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches took place on Tuesdays.

Bracket

First round

Summary

¹ Hvidovre walkover, HIFK withdrew.

Matches

''Liverpool won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Norrköping won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Levski-Spartak won 6–5 on aggregate.'' ---- ''AEK Athens won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Beroe Stara Zagora won 10–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Twente won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Slovan Bratislava won 8–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Ruch Chorzów won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dynamo Dresden won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Red Star Belgrade won 7–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''OFK Beograd won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Tottenham Hotspur won 12–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Viking won 1–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Club Brugge won 6–5 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Frem won 5–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Budapest Honvéd won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Köln won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Borussia Mönchengladbach won 9–5 on aggregate.'' ---- ''BFC Dynamo won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Feyenoord won 21–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Valencia won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Grasshoppers won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Kaiserslautern won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Las Palmas won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Inter Milan won 7–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Vitória de Setúbal won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Ararat Yerevan won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Fiorentina won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Olympiacos won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''CUF Barreiro won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Porto won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Hvidovre walkover, HIFK withdrew.''

Second round

Summary

Matches

''Köln won 9–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Liverpool won 6–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Beroe Stara Zagora won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''BFC Dynamo won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Red Star Belgrade won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Kaiserslautern won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dynamo Dresden won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Twente won 9–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Ararat Yerevan won 7–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''5–5 on aggregate; OFK Beograd won on away goals.'' ---- ''Tottenham Hotspur won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Inter Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Las Palmas won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate; Vitória de Setúbal won on away goals.'' ---- ''Porto won 5–3 on aggregate.''

Third round

Summary

Matches

''Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Liverpool won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''OFK Beograd won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate; Kaiserslautern won on penalties.'' ---- ''Twente won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Tottenham Hotspur won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dynamo Dresden won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Vitória de Setúbal won 2–1 on aggregate.''

Quarter-finals

Summary

Matches

''Borussia Mönchengladbach won 9–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Twente won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Liverpool won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''2–2 on aggregate; Tottenham won on away goals.''

Semi-finals

Summary

Matches

''2–2 on aggregate; Liverpool won on away goals.'' ---- ''Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5–1 on aggregate.''

Association team allocation

Teams

Schedule

Bracket

First round

Summary

Matches

Second round

Summary

Matches

Third round

Summary

Matches

Quarter-finals

Summary

Matches

Semi-finals

Summary

Matches

Final

Summary

Matches

References

External links