| Event | European Cup Winners' Cup 1971–72 | ||||||
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| Date | 24 May 1972 | ||||||
| Venue | Camp Nou, Barcelona | ||||||
| Referee | José Maria Ortiz de Mendebil | ||||||
| Attendance | 24,701 | ||||||
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The 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was contested between Rangers F.C. and Dynamo Moscow on 24 May 1972. The match was played at the Camp Nou in Barcelona where Scottish team Rangers defeated their Soviet opponents 3–2. This was the first time a Soviet team had reached a European final and the players could have been awarded the coveted title Master of Sport, had they won in Barcelona.[1] Before the event, many concerns were expressed for possible troubles between Spanish police and Russian supporters. Due to the political background of the time in Spain, with the last years of Francisco Franco's right-wing dictatorship, it was clear that the Russian players and supporters would have found themselves into a very hostile environment.
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Favourites Rangers had a two goal lead by half time with goals from Colin Stein and a header from Willie Johnston.
Rangers went 3–0 up minutes into the second half as Willie Johnston scored his second. Dynamo Moscow came back into the match when with thirty minutes left for play Eshtrekov scored. They continued to pressure Rangers and scored again with three minutes left with a goal from Makhovikov. Rangers held on to secure their only trophy in Europe in front of 124,000 people.
'''===Pitch invasion=== The end of the contest was overshadowed by a pitch invasion of Rangers support celebrating the famous win . which resulted in the cup being awarded behind closed doors. The Russian supporters did not answer to provokings avoiding feared further troubles. Rangers lost the possibility to defend the trophy as they were handed a two year ban from European competition following their fans' behavior, which was later reduced to a one year ban. This was the first time in the history of the competition that the winners have been banned from playing the following year, the second being F.C. Everton, who were unable to defend their title in 1985-86 because of UEFA's ban of English clubs due to [[Heysel disaster]].<ref name="Rangers"/>'''
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3 – 2 |  Dynamo Moscow |
Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 24,701 Referee: José Maria Ortiz de Mendebil  |
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Stein  23'Johnston 40' 49' |
(Report) | Eshtrekov 60' Makhovikov 87' |
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