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1972 UEFA Cup Final

Event	1971–72 UEFA Cup
Wolverhampton Wanderers Tottenham Hotspur 2 3
on aggregate
First leg
Wolverhampton Wanderers Tottenham Hotspur 1 2
Date	3 May 1972
Venue	Molineux, Wolverhampton
Referee	Tofiq Bahramov (Soviet Union)
Attendance	38,362
Second leg
Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 1
Date	17 May 1972
Venue	White Hart Lane, London
Referee	Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)
Attendance	54,303
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The 1972 UEFA Cup Final was the final of the first edition of the UEFA Cup. It was played between English teams Tottenham Hotspur and Wolverhampton Wanderers. This was the first final in UEFA competition where 2 teams from the same country reached the final.

Road to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Wolverhampton Wanderers				Round	Tottenham Hotspur
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Académica	7–1	3–0 (H)	4–1 (A)	First round	Keflavík	15–1	6–1 (A)	9–0 (H)
ADO Den Haag	7–1	3–1 (A)	4–0 (H)	Second round	Nantes	1–0	0–0 (A)	1–0 (H)
Carl Zeiss Jena	4–0	1–0 (A)	3–0 (H)	Third round	Rapid București	5–0	3–0 (H)	2–0 (A)
Juventus	3–2	1–1 (A)	2–1 (H)	Quarter-finals	UTA Arad	3–1	2–0 (A)	1–1 (H)
Ferencváros	4–3	2–2 (A)	2–1 (H)	Semi-finals	A.C. Milan	3–2	2–1 (H)	1–1 (A)

Match details

First leg

3 May 1972 19:30 BST	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Molineux, Wolverhampton Attendance: 38,362 Referee: Tofik Bahramov (Soviet Union)
	McCalliog  72'		Chivers  57', 87'

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Tottenham Hotspur

GK 1 Phil Parkes DF 2 Bernard Shaw DF 3 Gerry Taylor MF 4 Danny Hegan DF 5 Frank Munro DF 6 John McAlle MF 7 Jim McCalliog (c) MF 8 Kenny Hibbitt FW 9 John Richards FW 10 Derek Dougan MF 11 Dave Wagstaffe Substitutes: DF 12 Derek Parkin GK 13 Rod Arnold FW 14 Hugh Curran MF 15 Steve Daley FW 16 Peter Eastoe Manager: Bill McGarry

GK 1 Pat Jennings DF 2 Joe Kinnear DF 3 Cyril Knowles MF 4 Alan Mullery (c) DF 5 Mike England DF 6 Phil Beal FW 7 Alan Gilzean MF 8 Steve Perryman FW 9 Martin Chivers MF 10 Martin Peters MF 11 Ralph Coates 68' Substitutes: DF 12 Ray Evans GK 13 Barry Daines DF 14 Terry Naylor MF 15 John Pratt 68' MF 16 Jimmy Pearce Manager: Bill Nicholson

Second leg

17 May 1972 19:45 BST	Tottenham Hotspur	1-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	White Hart Lane, London Attendance: 54,303 Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)
	Mullery  29'		Wagstaffe  40'

Tottenham Hotspur

Wolverhampton Wanderers

GK 1 Pat Jennings DF 2 Joe Kinnear DF 3 Cyril Knowles MF 4 Alan Mullery (c) DF 5 Mike England DF 6 Phil Beal FW 7 Alan Gilzean MF 8 Steve Perryman FW 9 Martin Chivers MF 10 Martin Peters MF 11 Ralph Coates Substitutes: DF 12 Ray Evans GK 13 Barry Daines DF 14 Terry Naylor MF 15 John Pratt MF 16 Jimmy Pearce Manager: Bill Nicholson

GK 1 Phil Parkes DF 2 Bernard Shaw DF 3 Gerry Taylor MF 4 Danny Hegan DF 5 Frank Munro DF 6 John McAlle MF 7 Jim McCalliog (c) MF 8 Kenny Hibbitt 55' FW 9 John Richards FW 10 Derek Dougan 84' MF 11 Dave Wagstaffe Substitutes: DF 12 Derek Parkin GK 13 Rod Arnold MF 14 Mike Bailey 55' FW 15 Hugh Curran 84' MF 16 Steve Daley Manager: Bill McGarry

Related pages

• 1971–72 UEFA Cup