Cup Winners’ Cup 1971-72
Preliminary Round
B1909 (Odense) Den FK Austria (Vienna) Aut 4-2 0-2 4-4*
Hibernians (Paola) Mlt Fram (Reykjavik) Isl 3-0 0-2 3-2x x 2nd leg in Malta
First Round
Servette FC Geneva Sui Liverpool Eng 2-1 0-2 2-3
Distillery Nir FC Barcelona Esp 1-3 0-4 1-7
Berliner FC Dynamo GDR Cardiff City Wal 1-1 1-1 2-2 5-4p
Jeunesse Hautcharage Lux Chelsea Eng 0-8 0-13 0-21x
Limerick Irl Torino Ita 0-1 0-4 0-5
KS Dinamo (Tirane) Alb FK Austria (Vienna) Aut 1-1 0-1 1-2
Stade Rennais Fra Rangers Sco 1-1 0-1 1-2
Hibernians (Paola) Mlt Steaua Bucharest Rom 0-0 0-1 0-1
Sporting CP (Lisbon) Por SFK Lyn Nor 4-0 3-0 7-0
TJ Skoda Pilzen Tch Bayern Munich FRG 0-1 1-6 1-7
Komloi Banyasz Hun Red Star (Belgrade) Yug 2-7 2-1 4-8
Olympiakos (Pireus) Gre Dinamo Moscow URS 0-2 2-1 2-3
FC Levski-Spartak Bul Sparta Rotterdam Ned 1-1 0-2 1-3
Zaglebie Sosnowiec Pol Atvidabergs FF Swe 3-4 1-1 4-5
MP (Mikkeli) Fin Eskisehirspor Tur 0-0 0-4 0-4
Beerschot VAV Bel Anorthosis (Famagusta) Cyp 7-0 1-0 8-0y
x 1st leg in Luxembourg y 2nd leg in Antwerpen
Second Round
Liverpool Eng Bayern Munich FRG 0-0 1-3 1-3
Atvidabergs FF Swe Chelsea Eng 0-0 1-1 *1-1
Torino Ita FK Austria (Vienna) Aut 1-0 0-0 1-0
Rangers Sco Sporting CP (Lisbon) Por 3-2 3-4 *6-6 aet
Beerschot VAV Bel Berliner FC Dynamo GDR 1-3 1-3 2-6
Sparta Rotterdam Ned Red Star (Belgrade) Yug 1-1 1-2 2-3
FC Barcelona Esp Steaua Bucharest Rom 0-1 1-2 1-3
Eskisehirspor Tur Dinamo Moscow URS 0-1 0-1 0-2
Quarter-Finals
Torino Ita Rangers Sco 1-1 0-1 1-2
Steaua Bucharest Rom Bayern Munich FRG 1-1 0-0 1-1*
Atvidabergs FF Swe Berliner FC Dynamo GDR 0-2 2-2 2-4x
Red Star (Belgrade) Yug Dinamo Moscow URS 1-2 1-1 2-3
y x 1st leg in Stockholm y 2nd leg in Tashkent
Semi-Finals
Bayern Munich FRG Rangers Sco 1-1 0-2 1-3
Berliner FC Dynamo GDR Dinamo Moscow URS 1-1 1-1 2-2x 1-4p
x 2nd leg in Lwow
Final, Nou Camp Stadium, Barcelona, 24 May 1972, att 35000 Rangers (2) 3 Dinamo Moscow (0) 2 23′ 1-0 R: Stein 40′ 2-0 R: Johnston 49′ 3-0 R: Johnston 60′ 3-1 DM: Estrekov 87′ 3-2 M: Makovikov
Rangers McCloy; Jardine, Johnstone, Smith, Mathieson; Greig, Conn, MacDonald, McLean, Stein, Johnston
Dinamo Moscow Pilgui; Basalayev, Dolmatov, Zykov, Dolbonosov (Gershkovich 69); Zhukov, Baydachny, Yakubik (Eshtrekov 56), Sabo; Makhovikov, Yevryuzhikhin
Referee: Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)
Rangers celebrated.
Dynamo protested, UEFA ignored the protest, the result stayed. Rightly or wrongly, Dynamo lost. Yes, there was pitch invasion by Rangers’ fans, cutting the game a few minutes shorter than regulated time. Yes, there was possiblity for equalizing goal.
Glasgow Rangers won the Cup – their ony Europen trophy so far. A bit tainted too – nothing wrong with the players, but their fans interupted the final beforev time. Yet, a great success.
The first team was: Janjuš, D. Kojović, Bećirspahić, Bratić, Katalinski, Hadžiabdić, Jelušić, Janković, Bukal, Sprečo, Deraković. 
Ajax (0) 2 Internazionale (0) 0 47′
Second Champions Cup in a row.
Inter was outplayed. Standing from left: Bordon, Fabbian, Bellugi, Corso, Facchetti, Invernizzi (all.), Ghio, Giubertoni, Boninsegna, Mazzola, Vieri.
Simply the best.
Under appreciated Ferenc Bene.
Bene lifts the cup… the Championship trophy or the Hungarian Cup? National success never transformed into international neither for him, nor for Ujpest Dozsa, nor for the national team of Hungary. Fading power.
1st. leg:
Ajax:Heinz Stuy - Horst Blankenburg, Wim Suurbier, Barry Hulshoff,Ruud Krol, Arie Haan, Johan Neeskens, Gerrie Mühren,Sjaak Swart (Johnny Rep), Johan Cruijff, Piet Keizer. Coach: Stefan Kovacs.
Piet Keizer receives the Cup.
Independiente was outplayed, sometimes by their own (dirty) game. No luck this year, so what can be remembered is their unusual kit – blue so dark, it looked like black.
Often this photo is presented as one of the final – yes, the team is the same, but Ajax played entirely in white in Avellaneda. Standing from left: Heinz Stuy, Barry Hulshoff, Wim Suurbier, Blankenburg, Ruud Krol; Bottom : Johan Cruyff, Arie Haan, Sjaak Swart, Johan Neeskens, Gerrie Muhren, Piet Keizer.
Simply the best in the world! They survived threats (Hulshoff had to be assigned as bodyguard to Cruijff in Argentina), dirty play – which they matched fearlessly, tough opponent and got the world crown. They proved they were best of all, but this was the only time the great Ajax played for the Intercontinental Cup.
Cup winners, but not really noticeable team – only the captain Vadim Nikonov was considered promising player in 1972. He never became a star. Good for the small boys, though.
Independiente: Santoro, Commisso, Sá, Garisto, Pavoni, Pastoriza, Raimondo,
Independiente got the trophy!
Universitario (Lima) lost the final by one goal. May be unlucky after an excellent campaign – especially because they played part of it without 5 national team players! They were the first Peruvian team to reach the final.
South American champions for a third time! Although the picture is from the semi-final, this was squad winning the final.
The team was getting old – there were some players (Santoro, for instance) who appeared in the first won final in 1964, but they had not only experience and smooth understanding – they had younger and eager reserves. For the moment, they equalized the record of Estudiantes (La Plata) and Penarol (Montevideo), leading with them the South American clubs with 3 Libertadores Cups each.
Sweet success, but it was only the beginning of the greatest period of the club.
In his 2007 interview the coach German Zonin vigorously negated the bribery story – according to him, Zarya won the title fair and square. Zonin’s denial is understandable – there is no coach to admit bribery. Besides, this is the only title Zonin won in his long career. So, what is true? Small clubs, with good, even not outstanding squads, occasionally win titles. As a rule, such surprising winners never repeat their success, quickly sinking to familiar mediocrity. It is well traveled path: big clubs immediately snatch whatever talent emerged in the small club, and the winning team is shattered. From this standpoint, Zonin appears truthful… unless one reads between the lines. Zonin praised the Communist satrap of Voroshilovgrad at the time: the City’s Party Secretary ‘cared a lot for the sports’ and ‘supported the club with everything’. It is more than likely the Party boss went much wider in his support – making deals with other Party secretaries, who in turn ‘influenced’ the clubs in their domains to give a point or two. Money – or other things – went along. A coach did not have to be involved. He even did not have to know – such things were arranged on Party level, and were typical in Communist Eastern Europe. But there is another interesting detail: Zonin blamed Dynamo (Kiev) for the immediate decline of Zarya – they took two key players, Onishchenko and Vyacheslav Semenov. No real fuss over Onishchenko, for he was originally Dynamo player and going back was understandable. Semenov, according to Zonin, was another story – vastly talented, the coach claims, he was very important to Zarya. Dynamo not only did not need him, but actually ruined him during his short stay in Kiev. So far – the typical small club story… except: Kiev, as republican centre, ‘naturally’ takes the cream of the whole of Ukraine. No way for small club saving their good players – bigger and more powerful Communist bosses order the smaller fry and that’s was that. Dynamo took only two players from Zarya, one of them originally a Dynamo player anyway. The second – not needed and benched. This largely means Zarya did not really have interesting players – rather, run of the mill squad. Confirmed by other evidence: some players, Semenov included, briefly played for the national/Olympic Soviet squad. Very briefly and only at the time when Zonin himself was assistant coach of the Olympic team. Only Onishchenko became a real star and constant national player – but playing for Dynamo (Kiev). Nobody else impressed and lasted. Zarya players were not interesting for other clubs – no Moscow club wanted them, not Dynamo (Kiev), not even the second big Ukrainian club – Shakter (Donetzk). Apart from Onishchenko, only the goalkeeper Alexander Tkachenko built good reputation – eventually not only playing for many years, but moving to Zenith (Leningrad). Yet, even this transfer is suspect: it happened when Zonin coached Zenith, which was not at all big club at that time. Zarya were obviously good by the standards of small clubs; the squad had good chemistry, reaching their peak in 1972, but hardly superior team even then. Muddy the bribery story may be, as such stories ever go, but very likely. More than likely. Nevertheless, nothing was said at the time, the title stands. Which at the end makes briberies irrelevant – at least in terms of historic record and largely by the history of the club. Champions. Once. Once upon a time.
Standing from left: Otarola, Escalada, O. Gutiérrez, Rubén Díaz, Montilla, Panizzo. Front: Belvedere, Cavallo, Mamberto, Valentín Sánchez, José S. Romero, Fraile.
2. Almirante Brown 32 19 7 6 10 3 3 9 4 3 52 29 45
3. Nueva Chicago 32 15 12 5 10 3 3 5 9 2 51 29 42
4. Temperley 32 15 10 7 9 6 1 6 4 6 50 38 40
5. Deportivo Morón 32 14 9 9 6 2 8 8 7 1 44 34 37
6. San Telmo 32 11 11 10 7 5 4 4 6 6 32 36 33
Back row from left: José M. Gatti, J. M. Collodel, José Caffaro, Ricardo Troncone, Rímolo, Ramiro Pérez.
8. Almagro 32 9 12 11 5 7 4 4 5 7 43 46 30
10. Talleres (RE) 32 9 11 12 8 6 2 1 5 10 41 44 29
12. Quilmes 32 10 8 14 9 2 5 1 6 9 48 60 28
14. Tigre 32 7 13 12 4 7 5 3 6 7 38 46 27
Standing from left: Jorge Sigman, Omar Masciotra, Lanata, Anaud, Hugo Mazzini, O. Martínez.
All Boys won the Primera B and was promoted to Metropolitano Primera A. Great achievement.
The club from the capital, ADO Den Haag, were… well, just a small club. Aad Mansveld occasionally played for the national team. Ton Thie was relatively respected player in Holland. The two Swedish players – Augustsson and Berg – were fairly obscure. Dick Advocaat? The famous coach and player have nothing in common – same person, but the player nobody ever heard of. ADO Den Haag were far away from Ajax and total football. True, they put a fight at the Cup final, but lost nevertheless. As finalists, they played in the Cup Winners Cup in 1972-73 edition of the tournament – and expired early, without notice. Total football was exceptional and Holland was not going to become superpower on club level.