1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup

The season 1971-72 of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Rangers in a final victory against FC Dynamo Moscow.

Preliminary game

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
BK 1909	4 - 4(a)	Austria Wien	4 - 2	0 - 2
Hibernians	3 - 2	Fram	3 - 0	0 - 2

First round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Distillery	1 - 7	Barcelona	1 - 3	0 - 4
Hibernians	0 - 1	Steaua Bucharest	0 - 0	0 - 1
Servette	2 - 3	Liverpool	2 - 1	0 - 2
TJ Škoda Plzeň	1 - 7	Bayern Munich	0 - 1	1 - 6
Limerick	0 - 5	Torino	0 - 1	0 - 4
Dinamo Tirana	1 - 2	Austria Wien	1 - 1	0 - 1
Rennes	1 - 2	Rangers	1 - 1	0 - 1
Sporting	7 - 0	Lyn	4 - 0	3 - 0
Zagłębie Sosnowiec	4 - 5	Åtvidaberg	3 - 4	1 - 1
Jeunesse Hautcharage	0 - 21	Chelsea	0 - 8	0 - 13
Beerschot	8 - 0	Anorthosis Famagusta	7 - 0	1 - 0
Dynamo Berlin	2(p) - 2	Cardiff City	1 - 1	1 - 1
Levski-Spartak	1 - 3	Sparta Rotterdam	1 - 1	0 - 2
Komlói Bányász	4 - 8	Red Star Belgrade	2 - 7	2 - 1
Mikkeli	0 - 4	Eskişehirspor	0 - 0	0 - 4
Olympiacos	2 - 3	Dynamo Moscow	0 - 2	2 - 1

First leg

15 September 1971	Limerick	0 – 1	Torino	Limerick
			Rampanti  8'

15 September 1971	Stade Rennes	1 – 1	Rangers	Rennes Attendance: 20,000
	Redon  11'		Johnston  68'

Second leg

29 September 1971	Torino	4 – 0	Limerick	Turin
	Toschi  46'  74'  83' Luppi  80'

Torino won 5–0 on aggregate.

28 September 1971	Rangers	1 – 0	Stade Rennes	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Attendance: 40,000
	MacDonald  37'

Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Barcelona	1 - 3	Steaua Bucharest	0 - 1	1 - 2
Liverpool	1 - 3	Bayern Munich	0 - 0	1 - 3
Torino	1 - 0	Austria Wien	1 - 0	0 - 0
Rangers	6(a) - 6 1	Sporting	3 - 2	3 - 4
Åtvidaberg	1(a) - 1	Chelsea	0 - 0	1 - 1
Beerschot	2 - 6	Dynamo Berlin	1 - 3	1 - 3
Sparta Rotterdam	2 - 3	Red Star Belgrade	1 - 1	1 - 2
Eskişehirspor	0 - 2	Dynamo Moscow	0 - 1	0 - 1

¹The second leg was originally 3-2 to Sporting after 90 minutes, and 4-3 to Sporting after extra time. The referee erroneously ordered a penalty shootout which Sporting won 3-0; UEFA later ruled that Rangers had won on away goals.

First leg

20 October 1971	Torino	1 – 0	Austria Wien	Turin
	Agroppi  81'

20 October 1971	Rangers	3 – 2	Sporting CP	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Attendance: 50,000
	Stein  5', 10' Henderson  30'		Chico Faria  67' Vagner  88'

Second leg

3 November 1971	Austria Wien	0 – 0	Torino	Vienna

Torino won 1–0 on aggregate.

3 November 1971	Sporting CP	4 – 3	Rangers	Lisbon Attendance: 60,000
	Yazalde  25' Laranjeira  38' Pedro Gomes  87' Fernando Peres  115'		Stein  26', 46' Henderson  100'

Rangers 6–6 Sporting CP on aggregate. Rangers won on away goals.

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Steaua Bucharest	1 - 1(a)	Bayern Munich	1 - 1	0 - 0
Torino	1 - 2	Rangers	1 - 1	0 - 1
Åtvidaberg	2 - 4	Dynamo Berlin	0 - 2	2 - 2
Red Star Belgrade	2 - 3	Dynamo Moscow	1 - 2	1 - 1

First leg

8 March 1972	Torino	1 – 1	Rangers	Turin
	Pulici  61'		Johnston  12'

Second leg

22 March 1972	Rangers	1 – 0	Torino	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
	MacDonald  46'

Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bayern Munich	1 - 3	Rangers	1 - 1	0 - 2
Dynamo Berlin	2 - 2(p)	Dynamo Moscow	1 - 1	1 - 1

First leg

5 April 1972	Bayern Munich	1 – 1	Rangers	Grünwalder Stadion, Munich Attendance: 40,000
	Breitner  21'		Zobel  47' (o.g.)

5 April 1972	Dynamo Berlin	1 – 1	Dynamo Moscow	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin
	Johannsen  83' (pen.)		Yevriuzhikin  54'

Second leg

19 April 1972	Rangers	2 – 0	Bayern Munich	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Attendance: 80,000
	Jardine  1' Parlane  22'

Rangers won 3–1 on aggregate.

20 April 1972	Dynamo Moscow	1 – 1	Dynamo Berlin	Druzhba Stadium, Lviv
	Yevriuzhikin  58'		Netz  37'

Dynamo Berlin 2–2 Dynamo Moscow on aggregate. Dynamo Moscow won 4–1 on penalties.

Final

24 May 1972 20:30	Rangers	3 – 2	Dynamo Moscow	Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 24,701 Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)
	Stein  23' Johnston  40', 49'		Eshtrekov  60' Makhovikov  87'

External links

• 1971-72 competition at UEFA website
• Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation