1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup

The season 1972-73 of the Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by AC Milan after a 1-0 victory against Leeds United at the Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, in Greece. Milan's victory was blemished by the poor refereeing of Christos Michas, who made several dubious decisions in favour of the Italian side, and who eventually sent off Norman Hunter for Leeds. The crowd at the final was so incensed by the combination of Michas' arguably one-sided refereeing and the Italians' game-killing, defensive tactics, that they threw missiles at the Milan players when they attempted their lap of triumph. Instead, for the first and last time in the history of the trophy, the losing side took a lap of honor around the field, with the Leeds players receiving applause from the local sets of fans.

Michas was subsequently investigated by the Greek FA, on suspicions that he'd accepted a bribe by Milan. He was banned by UEFA from refereeing on international level again. Leeds United attempted to gain a replay but their request was denied by UEFA. ^[1].

First Round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
SC Bastia	1 - 2	Atlético Madrid	0 - 0	1 - 2
FC Spartak Moscow	1 - 0	FC Den Haag	1 - 0	0 - 0
Víkingur	0 - 11	Legia Warszawa	0 - 2	0 - 9
FA Red Boys Differdange	1 - 7	AC Milan	0 - 1	1 - 6
Pezoporikos Larnaca FC	2 - 6	Cork Hibernians	1 - 2	1 - 4
FC Schalke 04	5 - 2	PFC Slavia Sofia	2 - 1	3 - 1
Floriana FC	1 - 6	Ferencvárosi TC	1 - 0	0 - 6
Standard Liège	3 - 4	TJ Sparta Praha	1 - 0	2 - 4
FC Carl Zeiss Jena	8 - 4	MP	6 - 1	2 - 3
MKE Ankaragücü	1 - 2	Leeds United	1 - 1	0 - 1
SK Rapid Wien	2(a) - 2	PAOK FC	0 - 0	2 - 2
Rapid Bucureşti	3 - 1	Landskrona BoIS	3 - 0	0 - 1
Sporting Clube de Portugal	3 - 7	Hibernian F.C.	2 - 1	1 - 6
Fremad Amager	1 - 1(a)	KS Besa Kavajë	1 - 1	0 - 0
FC Zürich	2 - 3	Wrexham A.F.C.	1 - 1	1 - 2
Hajduk Split	2 - 0	Fredrikstad F.K.	1 - 0	1 - 0

Second Round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Madrid	5 - 5(a)	FC Spartak Moscow	3 - 4	2 - 1
Legia Warszawa	2 - 3	AC Milan	1 - 1	1 - 2(aet)
Cork Hibernians	0 - 3	FC Schalke 04	0 - 0	0 - 3
Ferencvárosi TC	3 - 4	TJ Sparta Praha	2 - 0	1 - 4
FC Carl Zeiss Jena	1 - 1(a)	Leeds United	0 - 0	1 - 1
SK Rapid Wien	2 - 4	Rapid Bucureşti	1 - 1	1 - 3
Hibernian F.C.	8 - 2	KS Besa Kavajë	7 - 1	1 - 1
Wrexham A.F.C.	3 - 3(a)	Hajduk Split	3 - 1	0 - 2

Quarterfinals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Spartak Moscow	1 - 2	AC Milan	0 - 1	1 - 1
FC Schalke 04	2 - 4	TJ Sparta Praha	2 - 1	0 - 3
Leeds United	8 - 1	Rapid Bucureşti	5 - 0	3 - 1
Hibernian F.C.	4 - 5	Hajduk Split	4 - 2	0 - 3

Semifinals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
AC Milan	2 - 0	TJ Sparta Praha	1 - 0	1 - 0
Leeds United	1 - 0	Hajduk Split	1 - 0	0 - 0

Final

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2
AC Milan	1 - 0	Leeds United

Notes

^ "MEP calls for inquiry into Milan-Leeds Euro final". Richard Corbett MEP. 10 August 2006. Retrieved 2006-11-11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

External links

[1] "MEP calls for inquiry into Milan-Leeds Euro final". Richard Corbett MEP. 10 August 2006. Retrieved 2006-11-11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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