Tuesday, November 3, 2026

UEFA Cup

 

UEFA Cup 1971-72

First Round
Hertha BSC               FRG  IF Elfsborg (Boras)      Swe  3-1  4-1  7-2 
Dundee                   Sco  AB (Copenhagen)          Den  4-2  1-0  5-2       
Rosenborg BK             Nor  HIFK (Helsinki)          Fin  3-0  1-0  4-0       
Vasas SC                 Hun  Shelbourne               Irl  1-0  1-1  2-1       
Glentoran                Nir  Eintracht Brunswick      FRG  0-1  1-6  1-7       
IBK (Keflavik)           Isl  Tottenham Hotspur        Eng  1-6  0-9  1-15x     
RC Celta Vigo            Esp  Aberdeen                 Sco  0-2  0-1  0-3       
FC Den Haag              Ned  Aris Bonnevoie           Lux  5-0  2-2  7-2
Wolverhampton Wanderers  Eng  Academica Coimbra        Por  3-0  4-1  7-1
AS Saint-Etienne         Fra  1.FC Cologne             FRG  1-1  1-2  2-3
FC Lugano                Sui  Legia Warsaw             Pol  1-3  0-0  1-3
FC Porto                 Por  FC Nantes                Fra  0-2  1-1  1-3
Hamburger SV             FRG  St. Johnstone            Sco  2-1  0-3  2-4
Southampton              Eng  Athletic Bilbao          Esp  2-1  0-2  2-3
Bologna                  Ita  RSC Anderlecht           Bel  1-1  2-0  3-1 
SSC Napoli               Ita  Rapid Bucharest          Rom  1-0  0-2  1-2
Vitoria FC (Setubal)     Por  Nimes Olympique          Fra  1-0  1-2 *2-2
Atletico Madrid          Esp  Panionios                Gre  2-1  0-1  2-2*
FC Carl Zeiss Jena       GDR  FC Lokomotiv (Plovdiv)   Bul  3-0  1-3  4-3
FC Basle                 Sui  Real Madrid              Esp  1-2  1-2  2-4
Marsa                    Mlt  Juventus                 Ita  0-6  0-5  0-11
NK Dinamo (Zagreb)       Yug  FC Botev (Vratza)        Bul  6-1  2-1  8-2
UT Arad                  Rom  SV Austria Salzburg      Aut  4-1  1-3  5-4
Fenerbahce               Tur  Ferencvarosi             Hun  1-1  1-3  2-4
AC Milan                 Ita  Digenis (Morphou)        Cyp  4-0  3-0  7-0
Spartak Moscow           URS  VSS Kosice               Tch  2-0  1-2  3-2
OFK Belgrade             Yug  Djurgaardens IF          Swe  4-1  2-2  6-3 
FK Zeljeznicar (Sarajevo)Yug  FC Brugge KV             Bel  3-0  1-3  4-3
Hallescher FC Chemie     GDR  PSV (Eindhoven)          Ned  0-0       0-0y
Zaglebie Walbrzych       Pol  Sklo Union Teplice       Tch  1-0  3-2  4-2
Lierse SK                Bel  Leeds United             Eng  0-2  4-0  4-2
SK Rapid Vienna walkover, KS Vllaznia (Shkoder) withdrew
x 1st leg in Reykjavik
y PSV walkover, HFC Chemie withdrew after 1st leg

Second Round
Rosenborg BK             Nor  Lierse SK                Bel  4-1  0-3  4-4*
Rapid Bucharest          Rom  Legia Warsaw             Pol  4-0  0-2  4-2
1.FC Cologne             FRG  Dundee                   Sco  2-1  2-4  4-5
FC Den Haag              Ned  Wolverhampton Wanderers  Eng  1-3  0-4  1-7
FK Zeljeznicar (Sarajevo)Yug  Bologna                  Ita  1-1  2-2 *3-3
FC Nantes                Fra  Tottenham Hotspur        Eng  0-0  0-1  0-1
Eintracht Brunswick      FRG  Athletic Bilbao          Esp  2-1  2-2  4-3
St. Johnstone            Sco  Vasas SC                 Hun  2-0  0-1  2-1
Spartak Moscow           URS  Vitoria FC (Setubal)     Por  0-0  0-4  0-4
AC Milan                 Ita  Hertha BSC               FRG  4-2  1-2  5-4 
OFK Belgrade             Yug  FC Carl Zeiss Jena       GDR  1-1  0-4  1-5
Zaglebie Walbrzych       Pol  UT Arad                  Rom  1-1  1-2  2-3
NK Dinamo (Zagreb)       Yug  SK Rapid Vienna          Aut  2-2  0-0  2-2*
Real Madrid              Esp  PSV (Eindhoven)          Ned  3-1  0-2  3-3*+
Juventus                 Ita  Aberdeen                 Sco  2-0  1-1  3-1
Ferencvarosi             Hun  Panionios                Gre  6-0       6-0x
+ 2nd leg played in Den Bosch
x Ferencvarosi walkover, Panionios disqualified

Third Round
AC Milan                 Ita  Dundee                   Sco  3-0  0-2  3-2
FC Carl Zeiss Jena       GDR  Wolverhampton Wanderers  Eng  0-1  0-3  0-4
Eintracht Brunswick      FRG  Ferencvarosi             Hun  1-1  2-5  3-6
PSV (Eindhoven)          Ned  Lierse SK                Bel  1-0  0-4  1-4
SK Rapid Vienna          Aut  Juventus                 Ita  0-1  1-4  1-5
St. Johnstone            Sco  FK Zeljeznicar (Sarajevo)Yug  1-0  1-5  2-5
Tottenham Hotspur        Eng  Rapid Bucharest          Rom  3-0  2-0  5-0
UT Arad                  Rom  Vitoria FC (Setubal)     Por  3-0  0-1  3-1

Quarter-Final
AC Milan                 Ita  Lierse SK                Bel  2-0  1-1  3-1
UT Arad                  Rom  Tottenham Hotspur        Eng  0-2  1-1  1-3
Ferencvarosi             Hun  FK Zeljeznicar (Sarajevo)Yug  1-2  2-1  3-3  5-4p
Juventus                 Ita  Wolverhampton Wanderers  Eng  1-1  1-2  2-3

Semi-Finals
Tottenham Hotspur        Eng  AC Milan                 Ita  2-1  1-1  3-2
Ferencvarosi             Hun  Wolverhampton Wanderers  Eng  2-2  1-2  3-4


Final 1st Leg, Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton, 3 May 1972, att 45000

Wolverhampton Wanderers  (0) 1  Tottenham Hotspur        (0) 2
57' 0-1  TH: Chivers
72' 1-1  WW: McCalliog 72
87' 1-2  TH: Chivers

Wolverhampton Wanderers
Parkes; Shaw, Taylor, Hegan, Munro, McAlle, McCalliog, Hibbitt, Richards, Dougan, Wagstaffe Tottenham Hotspur Jennings; Kinnear, Knowles, Mullery, England, Beal, Gilzean, Perryman, Chivers, Peters, Coates (Pratt 68) Referee: Bahramov (Soviet Union) Final 2nd Leg, White Hart Lane, London, 17 May 1972, att 54000
Tottenham Hotspur (1) 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (1) 1
30' 1-0 TH: Mullery 41' 1-1 WW: Wagstaffe Tottenham won 3-2 on aggregate Tottenham Hotspur Jennings; Kinnear, Knowles, Mullery, England, Beal, Gilzean, Perryman, Chivers, Peters, Coates Wolverhampton Wanderers Parkes; Shaw, Taylor, Hegan, Munro, McAlle, McCalliog, Hibbitt (Bailey 55), Richards, Dougan (Curran 84), Wagstaffe Referee: Van Ravens (Netherlands)










Wolves lost the English final by one goal. Unlucky.

Tottenham Hotspur won the first UEFA Cup. The new trophy was right for them – this squad deserved success and if English success was tougher to achieve, then international success.