| Matches : 1972 – 1973 | 1972-73 Pictures | European Cup |
First Round
Rosenborg BK (Norway)
First Leg – September 13th 1972
Celtic 2 Macari (16), Deans (44)
Rosenborg 1 – Wirkola (49)
Celtic – Williams, McGrain, Callaghan, Murdoch, McNeill, Connelly, Hood, Dalglish, Deans, Macari, Wilson (Lennox 45) Subs: Connaghan, McCluskey, Davidson
Attendance: 18,797
Second Leg -September 29th 1972.
Rosenborg – 1 Christiansen (37)
Celtic – 3 Macari (57), Hood (82), Dalglish (89)
Celtic – Williams, McGrain, McCluskey, Murdoch, McNeill, Connelly, Johnstone, Dalglish, Macari, Hood, Callaghan Subs: Connaghan Quinn Deans Lennox
Attendance: 16,153
Other First Round Ties:
| Team | Agg. | Team | 1st Leg | 2nd Leg | Replay |
| CSKA Sofia (Bul) | 4-1 | Panathinaikos (Gre) |
2-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 |
| Ajax (Ned) |
BYE | prev. Season winners | |||
| Galatasaray (Tur) |
1-6 | Bayern Munich (W Ger) |
1-1 | 0-6 | |
| Waterford Utd (Ire) |
2-3 | Omonia (Cyp) | 2-1 | 0-2 | |
| Wacker (Aut) |
0-3 | Dynamo Kiev (USSR) |
0-1 | 0-2 | |
| Sliema Wanderers (Mal) |
0-10 | Gornik Zabrze (Pol) |
0-5 | 0-5 | |
| Aris (Lux) | 0-6 | Arges Pitesti (Rom) |
0-2 | 0-4 | |
| Real Madrid (Spa) | 4-0 | Keflavik (Ice) |
3-0 | 1-0 | |
| Marseilles (Fra) | 1-3 | Juventus (Ital) |
1-0 | 0-3 | |
| Magdeburg (E Ger) |
9-1 | TPS (Fin) |
6-0 | 3-1 | |
| Celtic (Sco) |
5-2 | Rosenborg (Nor) |
2-1 | 3-1 | |
| Ujpesti Dosza (Hun) | 4-3 | FC Basel (Swi) |
2-0 | 2-3 | |
| Spartak Trnava (Cze) |
BYE | ||||
| Anderlecht (Bel) |
7-2 | Vejle(Den) |
4-2 | 3-0 | |
| Derby Co. (Eng) |
4-1 | Zeljeznicar (Yug) |
2-0 | 2-1 | |
| Malmo (Swe) | 2-4 | Benfica (Por) | 1-0 | 1-4 | |
Second Round
Ujpesti Dosza
First Leg – October 25th 1972.
Celtic – 2 Dalglish 2 (49, 76)
Ujpesti Dosza – 1 Bene (20)
Celtic – Williams, Hay, McGrain, Connelly, McNeill, Callaghan, Johnstone (Lennox 75), Dalglish, Deans, Macari, Hood (McCluskey 45) Subs: Connaghan Davidson McLaughlin
Attendance: 51,515
Second Leg – November 8th 1972.
Ujpesti Dosza – 3 Bene 2 (8,22), Fazekas (pen 16)
Celtic – 0
Celtic – Williams, McGrain (Deans 70), Brogan, Hay, McNeill, McCluskey, Johnstone, Connelly, Dalglish, Callaghan, Lennox (Hood 64) Subs: Connaghan Davidson
Attendance: 13,012
Other Second Round Ties:
| Team | Agg. | Team | 1st Leg | 2nd Leg | Replay |
| CSKA Sofia (Bul) |
1-6 | Ajax (Ned) |
1-3 | 0-3 | |
| Bayern Munich (W Ger) |
13-0 | Omonia (Cyp) |
9-0 | 4-0 | |
| Dynamo Kiev (USSR) | 3-2 | Gornik Zabrze (Pol) |
2-0 | 1-2 | |
| Arges Pitesti (Rom) |
3-4 | Real Madrid (Spa) | 2-1 | 1-3 | |
| Juventus (Ita) |
2-0 | Magdeburg (E Ger) | 1-0 | 1-0 | |
| Celtic (Sco) |
2-4 | Ujpesti Dosza (Hun) |
2-1 | 0-3 | |
| Spartak Trnava (Cze) | 2-0 | Anderlecht (Bel) |
1-0 | 1-0 | |
| Derby Co (Eng) |
3-0 | Benfica (Por) | 3-0 | 0-0 |
Quarter Finals
| Team | Agg. | Team | 1st Leg | 2nd Leg | Replay |
| Ajax (Ned) |
5-2 | Bayern Munich (W Ger) |
4-0 | 1-2 | |
| Dynao Kiev (USSR) |
0-3 | Real Madrid (Spa) |
0-0 | 0-3 | |
| Juventus (Ital) |
2-2 | Ujpesti Dozsa (Hun) | 0-0 | 2-2 | away gls |
| Spartak Trnava (Cze) | 1-2 | Derby Co. (Eng) |
1-0 | 0-2 |
Semi Finals
| Team | Agg. | Team | 1st Leg | 2nd Leg | Replay |
| Juventus (Ita) |
3-1 | Derby Co (Eng) | 3-1 | 0-0 | |
| Ajax (Ned) | 3-1 | Real Madrid (Spa) | 2-1 | 1-0 |
FINAL
Played at Stadion FK Red Star Belgrade
| Ajax (Ned) |
1-0 | Juventus (Ital) |
Top Scorer in the competition was Gerd Muller of Bayern Munich with 12 goals.