The 1973 UEFA Cup Final was an association football match played over two-legs between Liverpool of England and Borussia Mönchengladbach of West Germany.

Watched by a crowd of 41,169 at Anfield, Liverpool took the lead in the first leg when Kevin Keegan scored in the 21st minute.

Liverpool qualified for the UEFA Cup as a result of finishing third in the 1971–72 Football League First Division.

The second leg at Frankfurt's home ground the Waldstadion ended in a 0–0 draw, which meant Liverpool progressed to the second round with a 2–0 aggregate victory.

The second leg at Borussia's home ground the Bökelbergstadion was won 6–3 by the West German side, this meant they qualified for the second round courtesy of a 9–5 aggregate victory.

Borussia easily won the second leg at their home ground 5–0 to win the tie by the same score on aggregate.

[10] Liverpool had won the 1972–73 Football League First Division, a 2–0 victory over Leeds United ensured they became champions.

Borussia Mönchengladbach had finished fifth in the 1972–73 Bundesliga,[11] however they won the 1972–73 DFB-Pokal, the German domestic cup competition.

[13] The 27 minutes that had been played the previous day had given Liverpool manager Bill Shankly insight into how to beat Borussia.

[15] However, Keegan's penalty was saved by Borussia goalkeeper Wolfgang Kleff who pushed the effort round the post.

[16] Borussia nearly made Keegan pay for his penalty miss a few minutes later, but Dietmar Danner's shot hit the post.

Despite Liverpool's goals, Borussia were presented with an opportunity to get back into the tie when they were awarded a penalty in the 65th minute.

[17] Steve Heighway's tackle on Henning Jensen was judged to be a foul by Austrian referee Linemayr.

"[19] Liverpool's 3–0 victory in the first leg meant that Borussia needed to score three goals to force the tie into extra-time.

Liverpool employed a "holding action" against the "attacking Germans" in order to protect their three-goal lead.

[20] Another bout of torrential rain affected the second leg, as a result the pitch was slippery, and with the onus on Borussia to attack this caused problems for the Liverpool defence.

Jupp Heynckes who had missed the penalty for Borussia in the first leg, scored from six yards after Bernd Rupp passed to him from the right hand side of the pitch.

Liverpool's victory meant that they became the first English team to win a European trophy and league championship in the same season.