Supercup

 

Super Cup 1972

1st Leg, Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow, 16 Jan 1973, att 58000

Rangers                  (1) 1  Ajax                     (2) 3
34' 0-1  A: Rep
41' 1-1  R: MacDonald
45' 1-2  A: Cruijff
76' 1-3  A: Haan







Rangers
        McCloy; Jardine, Mathieson; Greig, Johnstone (Fyfe 2), Smith; Conn (McLean 1),Forsyth, Parlane, MacDonald, Young
Ajax
        Stuy; Suurbier, Hulshoff; Blankenburg, Krol, G.Mühren; Haan, A.Mühren,
        Rep, Cruijff, Keizer
Referee: McKenzie (Scotland)


2nd leg, De Meer Stadium, Amsterdam, 24 Jan 1973, att 40000

Ajax                     (2) 3  Rangers                  (2) 2
 2' 0-1  R: MacDonald
12' 1-1  A: Haan
35' 1-2  R: Young
37' 2-2  A: G.Mühren pen
79' 3-2  A: Cruijff
Ajax won 6-3 on aggregate

Ajax
        Stuy; Suurbier, Hulshoff; Blankenburg, Krol, Haan; Neeskens, G.Mühren,
        Swart, Cruijff, Keizer
Rangers
        McCloy; Jardine, Mathieson; Greig, Johnstone, Smith; McLean, Forsyth,
        Parlane, MacDonald, Young
Referee: Weyland (West Germany)

Glasgow Rangers lost both games.

Effectively, the Supercup belonged to the 1972-73 season, but the great Ajax was practically the same and supreme.

1972 was rhe year of total success – Ajax had their arguably best year, confidently winning everything there was to win: the Champions Cup, the Intercontinental Cup, the newly created and still unofficial European Supercup. They were really above everybody else – the kings of the world, playing exciting football.