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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

Tottenham Hotspur striker Martin Chivers outjumps Wolverhampton Wanderers defender Frank Munro to score the first goal during the UEFA Cup Final 1st leg at Molineux in Wolverhampton, 3rd May 1972. Martin Chivers scored twice for Tottenham as they won the 1st leg 2-1. (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

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)

John Richards of Wolverhampton Wanderers shoots for goal with only Pat Jennings of Tottenham Hotspurs to beat but the goalkeeper puts out a leg and deflects the ball for a corner during the European Cup Final. Final score Wolverhampton 1 Tottenham 2. (Photo by PA Images via Getty Images)

Despair for Wolverhampton Wanderers defender Bernard Shaw as Tottenham celebrate after Martin Chivers (not in picture) had scored their 2nd goal during the League Cup Semi-Final 2nd leg between Tottenham Hotspur and Wolverhampton Wanderers at White Hart Lane in London, 30th December 1972. The match ended in a 2-2 draw, with Tottenham Hotspur winning 4-3 on aggregate. (Photo by Chris Smith/Popperfoto/Getty Images)

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 tough to achieve, then international success.