The 1972–73 UEFA Cup was the second season of the UEFA Cup, the third-tier club football competition organised by UEFA. The 1973 UEFA Cup final was played over two legs at Anfield, Liverpool, England, and at Bökelbergstadion, Mönchengladbach, West Germany. It was won by Liverpool of England, who defeated West German team Borussia Mönchengladbach 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 UEFA 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.
Spain 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.
Albania 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. Northern Ireland withdrew from the competition, so another association was granted an extra third birth for this season. The three chosen associations were France, Yugoslavia and Portugal.
+Associations in the 1972–73 UEFA CupFour teams England Italy West GermanyThree teams Spain Portugal Yugoslavia FranceTwo teams Hungary Scotland Netherlands Poland East Germany Czechoslovakia Belgium Bulgaria Soviet Union Romania Turkey Austria Greece Switzerland Denmark Sweden NorwayOne team Republic of Ireland Luxembourg Malta Iceland CyprusDid not compete Wales Northern Ireland Albania Finland
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
+Qualified teams for 1972–73 UEFA Cup Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool Manchester City Stoke City Torino Cagliari Inter Milan Fiorentina Borussia Mönchengladbach Köln Eintracht Frankfurt Kaiserslautern Valencia Barcelona Las Palmas Vitória de Setúbal Barreiro Porto Red Star Belgrade OFK Beograd Vojvodina Nîmes Sochaux Angers Budapest Honvéd Salgótarján Aberdeen Partick Thistle Feyenoord Twente Zagłębie Sosnowiec Ruch Chorzów BFC Dynamo Dynamo Dresden Slovan Bratislava Dukla Prague Club Brugge Racing White Levski Sofia Beroe Stara Zagora Ararat Yerevan Dinamo Tbilisi UTA Arad Universitatea Cluj Eskişehirspor Fenerbahçe Austria Wien VÖEST Linz Olympiacos AEK Athens Grasshoppers Lausanne-Sport Hvidovre Frem Åtvidaberg Norrköping Lyn Viking Bohemians HIFK Helsinki Rumelange Valletta ÍBV EPA Larnaca Notes
Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches took place on Tuesdays.
+Schedule for 1972–73 UEFA CupRoundFirst legSecond legFirst round12–20 September 197226 September – 4 October 1972Second round24–25 October 19721–8 November 1972Third round28–29 November 197213 December 1972Quarter-finals6–7 March 197320–21 March 1973Semi-finals10–11 April 197325 April 1973Final10 May 197323 May 1973
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.
Final
Summary
Matches
Liverpool won 3–2 on aggregate.
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