2nd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
1972–73 UEFA Cup The first leg of the final was played at Anfield in Liverpool.
Tournament details Dates 13 September 1972 – 23 May 1973 Teams 63[1] (from 29[2] associations) Final positions Champions Liverpool (1st title) Runners-up Borussia Mönchengladbach Tournament statistics Matches played 124 Goals scored 405 (3.27 per match) Attendance 1,947,828 (15,708 per match) Top scorer(s) Jupp Heynckes (Borussia Mönchengladbach) Jan Jeuring (Twente) 12 goals each ← 1971–72
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International football competition
The 1972–73 UEFA Cup was the second season of the UEFA Cup, a football competition organised by UEFA for clubs affiliated to its member associations. It was won by Liverpool, who beat Borussia Mönchengladbach over two legs in the final. The first leg was played at Anfield in Liverpool, where Liverpool won the match 3–0. Mönchengladbach won the second leg in Germany 2–0 for an aggregate score of 3–2.
Bracket First round Summary 1 Hvidovre walkover, HJK withdrew.
Matches 12 September 1972 (1972-09-12 )
26 September 1972 (1972-09-26 )
Attendance: 17,500
Referee: György Müncz (
Hungary )
[citation needed ] Liverpool won 2–0 on aggregate.
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13 )
Stadionul Francisc von Neuman, Arad Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Fehmi Pazarici (
Turkey )
[citation needed ] 27 September 1972 (1972-09-27 )
Norrköping won 4–1 on aggregate.
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13 )
4 October 1972 (1972-10-04 )
Levski-Spartak won 6–5 on aggregate.
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13 )
27 September 1972 (1972-09-27 )
AEK Athens won 4–2 on aggregate.
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13 )
Attendance: 12,971
Referee: Paolo Toselli (
Italy )
[citation needed ] 27 September 1972 (1972-09-27 )
Attendance: 1,904
Referee: Mario Clematide (
Switzerland )
[citation needed ] Beroe Stara Zagora won 10–1 on aggregate.
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13 )
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Efstathios Papavasiliou (
Greece )
[citation needed ] 27 September 1972 (1972-09-27 )
Attendance: 15,144
Referee: Jacques Colling (
Luxembourg )
[citation needed ] Twente won 4–2 on aggregate.
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13 )
Attendance: 4,996
Referee: Atanas Mateev (
Bulgaria )
[citation needed ] 27 September 1972 (1972-09-27 )
Attendance: 2,779
Referee: Marian Środecki (
Poland )
[citation needed ] Slovan Bratislava won 8–2 on aggregate.
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13 )
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Reino Koskinen (
Finland )
[citation needed ] 27 September 1972 (1972-09-27 )
Ruch Chorzów won 3–1 on aggregate.
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13 )
Attendance: 20,969
Referee: Ejner Espersen (
Denmark )
[citation needed ] 27 September 1972 (1972-09-27 )
Dynamo Dresden won 4–2 on aggregate.
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13 )
Attendance: 3,555
Referee: Ertuğrul Dilek (
Turkey )
[citation needed ] 27 September 1972 (1972-09-27 )
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez (
Spain )
[citation needed ] Red Star Belgrade won 7–4 on aggregate.
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13 )
27 September 1972 (1972-09-27 )
Attendance: 3,496
Referee: Alois Kessler (
Austria )
[citation needed ] OFK Beograd won 5–3 on aggregate.
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13 )
Attendance: 10,770
Referee: Martti Hirviniemi (
Finland )
[citation needed ] 27 September 1972 (1972-09-27 )
Attendance: 21,109
Referee: Magnus Pétursson (
Iceland )
[citation needed ] Tottenham Hotspur won 12–3 on aggregate.
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13 )
Attendance: 8,990
Referee: Erik Axelryd (
Sweden )
[citation needed ] 27 September 1972 (1972-09-27 )
Attendance: 3,368
Referee: John Gordon (
Scotland )
[citation needed ] Viking won 1–0 on aggregate.
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13 )
Attendance: 3,927
Referee: Brunon Piotrowicz (
Poland )
[citation needed ] 27 September 1972 (1972-09-27 )
Club Brugge won 6–5 on aggregate.
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13 )
Attendance: 6,452
Referee: Antoine Queudeville (
Luxembourg )
[citation needed ] 27 September 1972 (1972-09-27 )
Attendance: 1,919
Referee: Iorwerth Jones (
Wales )
[citation needed ] Frem won 5–2 on aggregate.
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13 )
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (
Yugoslavia )
[citation needed ] 27 September 1972 (1972-09-27 )
Attendance: 16,513
Referee: Leo van der Kroft (
Netherlands )
[citation needed ] Budapest Honvéd won 4–0 on aggregate.
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13 )
27 September 1972 (1972-09-27 )
Attendance: 10,800
Referee: Franz Geluck (
Belgium )
[citation needed ] Köln won 5–1 on aggregate.
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13 )
27 September 1972 (1972-09-27 )
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 9–5 on aggregate.
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13 )
Attendance: 12,112
Referee: Antonio Camacho Jiménez (
Spain )
[citation needed ] 27 September 1972 (1972-09-27 )
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ken Burns (
England )
[citation needed ] BFC Dynamo won 3–2 on aggregate.
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13 )
27 September 1972 (1972-09-27 )
Attendance: 1,318
Referee: Pierre Wouters (
Belgium )
[citation needed ] Feyenoord won 21–0 on aggregate.
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13 )
Attendance: 21,698
Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (
West Germany )
[citation needed ] 27 September 1972 (1972-09-27 )
Valencia won 4–3 on aggregate.
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13 )
Attendance: 8,569
Referee: Joaquim Fernandes Campos (
Portugal )
[citation needed ] 26 September 1972 (1972-09-26 )
Grasshoppers won 4–2 on aggregate.
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13 )
Attendance: 22,182
Referee: Kjell Wahlen (
Norway )
[citation needed ] 27 September 1972 (1972-09-27 )
Attendance: 9,153
Referee: Stanisław Eksztajn (
Poland )
[citation needed ] Kaiserslautern won 5–3 on aggregate.
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13 )
Attendance: 12,125
Referee: Joseph M. Cassar Naudi (
Malta )
[citation needed ] 27 September 1972 (1972-09-27 )
Las Palmas won 4–2 on aggregate.
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13 )
Attendance: 8,278
Referee: Ermis Reires (
Cyprus )
[citation needed ] 27 September 1972 (1972-09-27 )
Inter Milan won 7–1 on aggregate.
13 September 1972 (1972-09-13 )
Attendance: 6,901
Referee: Thomas Reynolds (
Wales )
[citation needed ] 28 September 1972 (1972-09-28 )
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Erik Axelryd (
Sweden )
[citation needed ] Vitória de Setúbal won 6–2 on aggregate.
14 September 1972 (1972-09-14 )
27 September 1972 (1972-09-27 )
Attendance: 12,735
Referee: Petar Nikolov (
Bulgaria )
[citation needed ] Ararat Yerevan won 2–0 on aggregate.
14 September 1972 (1972-09-14 )
27 September 1972 (1972-09-27 )
Attendance: 8,393
Referee: Lajos Somlai (
Hungary )
[citation needed ] Fiorentina won 5–1 on aggregate.
14 September 1972 (1972-09-14 )
27 September 1972 (1972-09-27 )
Olympiacos won 3–1 on aggregate.
20 September 1972 (1972-09-20 )
Attendance: 4,951
Referee: David W. Smith (
England )
[citation needed ] 27 September 1972 (1972-09-27 )
Attendance: 2,179
Referee: Mariano Medina Iglesias (
Spain )
[citation needed ] CUF Barreiro won 3–0 on aggregate.
20 September 1972 (1972-09-20 )
29 September 1972 (1972-09-29 )
Porto won 4–1 on aggregate.
12 September 1972 (1972-09-12 )
4 October 1972 (1972-10-04 )
Hvidovre walkover, HJK withdrew.
Second round Summary Matches 24 October 1972 (1972-10-24 )
Attendance: 12,619
Referee: Anders Mattsson (
Finland )
[citation needed ] 7 November 1972 (1972-11-07 )
Köln won 9–2 on aggregate.
24 October 1972 (1972-10-24 )
Attendance: 31,906
Referee: Joaquim Fernandes Campos (
Portugal )
[citation needed ] 7 November 1972 (1972-11-07 )
Attendance: 19,412
Referee: Petar Kostovski (
Yugoslavia )
[citation needed ] Liverpool won 6–1 on aggregate.
25 October 1972 (1972-10-25 )
7 November 1972 (1972-11-07 )
Beroe Stara Zagora won 3–1 on aggregate.
25 October 1972 (1972-10-25 )
7 November 1972 (1972-11-07 )
Attendance: 9,577
Referee: Michalakis Kiriakides (
Cyprus )
[citation needed ] BFC Dynamo won 3–2 on aggregate.
25 October 1972 (1972-10-25 )
Attendance: 20,274
Referee: Ken Burns (
England )
[citation needed ] 8 November 1972 (1972-11-08 )
Red Star Belgrade won 4–1 on aggregate.
25 October 1972 (1972-10-25 )
8 November 1972 (1972-11-08 )
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: John Wright Paterson (
Scotland )
[citation needed ] Kaiserslautern won 3–2 on aggregate.
25 October 1972 (1972-10-25 )
8 November 1972 (1972-11-08 )
Attendance: 21,822
Referee: Gusztáv Bircsák (
Hungary )
[citation needed ] Dynamo Dresden won 4–0 on aggregate.
25 October 1972 (1972-10-25 )
Attendance: 9,741
Referee: Antoine Queudeville (
Luxembourg )
[citation needed ] 8 November 1972 (1972-11-08 )
Attendance: 4,935
Referee: Clive Thomas (
Wales )
[citation needed ] Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6–1 on aggregate.
25 October 1972 (1972-10-25 )
8 November 1972 (1972-11-08 )
Twente won 9–0 on aggregate.
25 October 1972 (1972-10-25 )
Attendance: 6,927
Referee: Jacques Colling (
Luxembourg )
[citation needed ] 8 November 1972 (1972-11-08 )
Ararat Yerevan won 7–3 on aggregate.
25 October 1972 (1972-10-25 )
Attendance: 34,978
Referee: William Gow (
Wales )
[citation needed ] 8 November 1972 (1972-11-08 )
Attendance: 13,327
Referee: Francesco Francescon (
Italy )
[citation needed ] 5–5 on aggregate; OFK Beograd won on away goals.
25 October 1972 (1972-10-25 )
8 November 1972 (1972-11-08 )
Attendance: 28,281
Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (
West Germany )
[citation needed ] Tottenham Hotspur won 4–1 on aggregate.
25 October 1972 (1972-10-25 )
Attendance: 8,185
Referee: Francisco Lobo (
Portugal )
[citation needed ] 8 November 1972 (1972-11-08 )
Inter Milan won 4–2 on aggregate.
25 October 1972 (1972-10-25 )
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Iorwerth Jones (
Wales )
[citation needed ] 8 November 1972 (1972-11-08 )
Attendance: 12,687
Referee: Efstathios Papavasiliou (
Greece )
[citation needed ] Las Palmas won 3–2 on aggregate.
25 October 1972 (1972-10-25 )
1 November 1972 (1972-11-01 )
2–2 on aggregate; Vitória de Setúbal won on away goals.
25 October 1972 (1972-10-25 )
8 November 1972 (1972-11-08 )
Porto won 5–3 on aggregate.
Third round Summary Matches 28 November 1972 (1972-11-28 )
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Sven Jonsson (
Sweden )
[citation needed ] 13 December 1972 (1972-12-13 )
Attendance: 16,227
Referee: Gyula Emsberger (
Hungary )
[citation needed ] Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5–0 on aggregate.
29 November 1972 (1972-11-29 )
13 December 1972 (1972-12-13 )
Attendance: 34,280
Referee: Petar Nikolov (
Bulgaria )
[citation needed ] Liverpool won 3–1 on aggregate.
29 November 1972 (1972-11-29 )
Attendance: 2,470
Referee: Nicolae Petriceanu (
Romania )
[citation needed ] 13 December 1972 (1972-12-13 )
OFK Beograd won 3–1 on aggregate.
29 November 1972 (1972-11-29 )
Attendance: 10,134
Referee: Mario Clematide (
Switzerland )
[citation needed ] 13 December 1972 (1972-12-13 )
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Leo van der Kroft (
Netherlands )
[citation needed ] 2–2 on aggregate; Kaiserslautern won on penalties.
29 November 1972 (1972-11-29 )
Attendance: 15,379
Referee: Marian Środecki (
Poland )
[citation needed ] 13 December 1972 (1972-12-13 )
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Jack Taylor (
England )
[citation needed ] Twente won 4–2 on aggregate.
29 November 1972 (1972-11-29 )
13 December 1972 (1972-12-13 )
Tottenham Hotspur won 2–1 on aggregate.
29 November 1972 (1972-11-29 )
Attendance: 28,272
Referee: Alistair MacKenzie (
Scotland )
[citation needed ] 13 December 1972 (1972-12-13 )
Attendance: 29,701
Referee: Timoleon Latsios (
Greece )
[citation needed ] Dynamo Dresden won 3–1 on aggregate.
29 November 1972 (1972-11-29 )
Attendance: 12,292
Referee: Paul Bonett (
Malta )
[citation needed ] 13 December 1972 (1972-12-13 )
Vitória de Setúbal won 2–1 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals Summary Matches 6 March 1973 (1973-03-06 )
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (
West Germany )
[citation needed ] 20 March 1973 (1973-03-20 )
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 9–2 on aggregate.
7 March 1973 (1973-03-07 )
Attendance: 14,496
Referee: Alistair McKenzie (
Scotland )
[citation needed ] 21 March 1973 (1973-03-21 )
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Fernando Leite (
Portugal )
[citation needed ] Twente won 4–3 on aggregate.
7 March 1973 (1973-03-07 )
21 March 1973 (1973-03-21 )
Attendance: 33,634
Referee: Arie van Gemert (
Netherlands )
[citation needed ] Liverpool won 3–0 on aggregate.
7 March 1973 (1973-03-07 )
Attendance: 30,469
Referee: Gusztáv Bircsák (
Hungary )
[citation needed ] 21 March 1973 (1973-03-21 )
2–2 on aggregate; Tottenham won on away goals.
Semi-finals Summary Matches 10 April 1973 (1973-04-10 )
20:30
(19:30 BST ) [citation needed ] Attendance: 42,174
Referee: Bertil Lööw (
Sweden )
[9] [unreliable source? ] 25 April 1973 (1973-04-25 )
20:30
(19:30 BST ) [citation needed ] Attendance: 46,919
Referee: Aurelio Angonese (
Italy )
[10] [unreliable source? ] 2–2 on aggregate; Liverpool won on away goals.
11 April 1973 (1973-04-11 )
19:30
25 April 1973 (1973-04-25 )
19:30
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5–1 on aggregate.
Final Summary Matches Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate.
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