The 1972âÂÂ73 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 3âÂÂ2 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.
A total of 63 teams from 29 UEFA member associations participate in the 1972âÂÂ73 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:
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.
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for competition:
Notes
The schedule of the competition was as follows. Matches were scheduled for Wednesdays, though some matches took place on Tuesdays.
<sup>1</sup> Hvidovre walkover, HIFK withdrew.
Liverpool won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Norrköping won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Levski-Spartak won 6âÂÂ5 on aggregate.
AEK Athens won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Beroe Stara Zagora won 10âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Twente won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Slovan Bratislava won 8âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Ruch Chorzów won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 7âÂÂ4 on aggregate.
OFK Beograd won 5âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Tottenham Hotspur won 12âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Viking won 1âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Club Brugge won 6âÂÂ5 on aggregate.
Frem won 5âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Budapest Honvéd won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Köln won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 9âÂÂ5 on aggregate.
BFC Dynamo won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Feyenoord won 21âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Valencia won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Grasshoppers won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Kaiserslautern won 5âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Las Palmas won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Inter Milan won 7âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Vitória de Setúbal won 6âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Ararat Yerevan won 2âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Fiorentina won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Olympiacos won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
CUF Barreiro won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Porto won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Hvidovre walkover, HIFK withdrew.
Köln won 9âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 6âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Beroe Stara Zagora won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
BFC Dynamo won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Kaiserslautern won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 4âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 6âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Twente won 9âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Ararat Yerevan won 7âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
5âÂÂ5 on aggregate; OFK Beograd won on away goals.
Tottenham Hotspur won 4âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Inter Milan won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Las Palmas won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate; Vitória de Setúbal won on away goals.
Porto won 5âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
OFK Beograd won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate; Kaiserslautern won on penalties.
Twente won 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Tottenham Hotspur won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Dynamo Dresden won 3âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Vitória de Setúbal won 2âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 9âÂÂ2 on aggregate.
Twente won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 3âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate; Tottenham won on away goals.
2âÂÂ2 on aggregate; Liverpool won on away goals.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 3âÂÂ2 on aggregate.