The 1972âÂÂ73 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the third consecutive time by Ajax in the final against Juventus at Red Star Stadium in Belgrade. The win by Ajax resulted in the fourth consecutive championship by a Dutch team. Since Ajax had won the cup for a third time, they got to keep the full size copy of the cup. Because the reigning European champions were also champions of their own league, and neither Albania nor Northern Ireland sent their champions, the number of participating clubs dropped from 33 to 30.
The game was annulled because the referee ended the shoot-out prematurely after Panathinaikos fourth penalty was saved by Bulgarian goalkeeper. Panathinaikos complained to UEFA and the match was annulled and replayed the following month.
CSKA Sofia won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 7âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Omonia won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Górnik Zabrze won 10âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
ArgeàPiteÃÂti won 6âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Juventus won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Magdeburg won 9âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Celtic won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
ÃÂjpesti Dózsa won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Anderlecht won 7âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Derby County won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Ajax won 6âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Bayern Munich won 13âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Dynamo Kyiv won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Juventus won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
ÃÂjpesti Dózsa won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Spartak Trnava won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Derby County won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Ajax won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate; Juventus won on away goals.
Derby County won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Ajax won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Juventus won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.