Cup Winners' Cup · Quarter-finals, first leg · 1972/73

Schalke v Sparta Prague, 7 March 1973

Flag Schalke
2–1
Flag Sparta Prague

7 March 1973

Other leg

21.03.1973 · UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Quarter-finals
Flag Sparta Prague
3–0
Flag Schalke

Form before this match

  • Flag Schalke

    1. Loss · 15.04.1970 · Cup Winners' Cup, Semi-finals · 1969/70 · Man. City (away) 1–5

    2. Win · 13.09.1972 · Cup Winners' Cup, First round · 1972/73 · Slavia Sofia (home) 2–1

    3. Win · 28.09.1972 · Cup Winners' Cup, First round · 1972/73 · Slavia Sofia (away) 3–1

    4. Draw · 25.10.1972 · Cup Winners' Cup, Second round · 1972/73 · Cork Hibernians (away) 0–0

    5. Win · 08.11.1972 · Cup Winners' Cup, Second round · 1972/73 · Cork Hibernians (home) 3–0

  • Flag Sparta Prague

    1. Loss · 09.12.1970 · Fairs Cup, Third round · 1970/71 · Leeds United (home) 2–3

    2. Loss · 13.09.1972 · Cup Winners' Cup, First round · 1972/73 · Standard (away) 0–1

    3. Win · 27.09.1972 · Cup Winners' Cup, First round · 1972/73 · Standard (home) 4–2

    4. Loss · 25.10.1972 · Cup Winners' Cup, Second round · 1972/73 · Ferencváros (away) 0–2

    5. Win · 08.11.1972 · Cup Winners' Cup, Second round · 1972/73 · Ferencváros (home) 4–1

Head-to-head before this match

The first-ever meeting of these clubs in European competitions.

Schalke against clubs from Czechoslovakia

Schalke hadn't played clubs from Czechoslovakia before.

Sparta Prague against clubs from Germany

Sparta Prague hadn't played clubs from Germany before.