1970–71 European Cup

The 1970–71 European Cup was the 16th season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Ajax, who beat Panathinaikos in the final at Wembley Stadium in London, on 2 June 1971. It was the first time the trophy went to Ajax, beginning a three-year period of domination, and the second consecutive championship for the Netherlands. It was also the first time that a Greek team reached the final.

1970–71 European Cup
Tournament details
Dates18 August 1970 – 2 June 1971
Teams33
Final positions
ChampionsNetherlands Ajax (1st title)
Runners-upGreece Panathinaikos
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
Goals scored210 (3.33 per match)
Attendance1,848,876 (29,347 per match)
Top scorer(s)Antonis Antoniadis (Panathinaikos)
10 goals

UEFA had introduced for the first time penalty shoot-out as a way of deciding drawn ties – doing away with the unsatisfactory tossing of a coin. They had also decided that the away goals rule should apply to all rounds, and not just the first two, as had been the case.

This season marked the first time in European Cup history that Real Madrid failed to qualify for the tournament, having appeared in all 15 previous seasons.

Feyenoord, the defending champions, were eliminated by Romanian club UTA Arad in the first round.

Teams

17 Nëntori (1st) Austria Wien (1st) Standard Liège (1st)
Levski-Spartak (1st) EPA Larnaca (1st) Slovan Bratislava (1st)
Boldklubben 1903 (1st) Everton (1st) KPV (1st)
Saint-Étienne (1st) Carl Zeiss Jena (1st) Borussia Mönchengladbach (1st)
Panathinaikos (1st) Újpesti Dózsa (1st) Keflavík (1st)
Waterford (1st) Cagliari (1st) Jeunesse Esch (1st)
Floriana (1st) Ajax (1st) Feyenoord (2nd)TH
Glentoran (1st) Rosenborg (1st) Legia Warsaw (1st)
Sporting CP (1st) UTA Arad (1st) Celtic (1st)
Atlético Madrid (1st) IFK Göteborg (1st) Basel (1st)
Fenerbahçe (1st) Spartak Moscow (1st) Red Star Belgrade (1st)

Preliminary round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Levski-Spartak 3–4 Austria Wien3–10–3

First leg

Levski-Spartak 3–1 Austria Wien
Mitkov 17'
Asparuhov 52', 62'
ReportRiedl 73'

Second leg

Austria Wien 3–0 Levski-Spartak
Riedl 28'
Hickersberger 37', 49'
Report
Attendance: 15,233
Referee: János Bíróczky (Hungary)

Austria Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.

Bracket

First roundSecond roundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
                  
Cagliari303
Saint-Étienne011
Cagliari202
Atlético Madrid134
Atlético Madrid224
Austria Wien011
Atlético Madrid (a)112
Legia Warsaw022
Rosenborg000
Standard Liège257
Standard Liège101
Legia Warsaw022
IFK Göteborg011
Legia Warsaw426
Atlético Madrid101
Ajax033
17 Nëntori202
Ajax224
Ajax325
Basel011
Spartak Moscow314
Basel (a)224
Ajax303
Celtic011
Glentoran101
Waterford314
Waterford022
Celtic7310
Celtic9514
KPV000
Ajax2
Panathinaikos0
Fenerbahçe000
Carl Zeiss Jena415
Carl Zeiss Jena224
Sporting CP112
Sporting CP549
Floriana000
Carl Zeiss Jena303
Red Star Belgrade246
Újpesti Dózsa202
Red Star Belgrade044
Red Star Belgrade336
UTA Arad011
Feyenoord101
UTA Arad (a)101
Red Star Belgrade404
Panathinaikos (a)134
EPA Larnaca000
Borussia M.Gladbach61016
Borussia M.Gladbach112 (3)
Everton (p)112 (4)
Everton639
Keflavík202
Everton101
Panathinaikos (a)101
Jeunesse Esch101
Panathinaikos257
Panathinaikos314
Slovan Bratislava022
Slovan Bratislava224
Boldklubben 1903123

First round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Cagliari 3–1 Saint-Étienne3–00–1
Atlético Madrid 4–1 Austria Wien2–02–1
Rosenborg 0–7 Standard Liège0–20–5
IFK Göteborg 1–6 Legia Warsaw0–41–2
17 Nëntori 2–4 Ajax2–20–2
Spartak Moscow 4–4 (a) Basel3–21–2
Glentoran 1–4 Waterford1–30–1
Celtic 14–0 KPV9–05–0
Fenerbahçe 0–5 Carl Zeiss Jena0–40–1
Sporting CP 9–0 Floriana5–04–0
Újpesti Dózsa 2–4 Red Star Belgrade2–00–4
Feyenoord 1–1 (a) UTA Arad1–10–0
EPA Larnaca 0–16 Borussia Mönchengladbach0–60–10
Everton 9–2 Keflavík6–23–0
Jeunesse Esch 1–7 Panathinaikos1–20–5
Slovan Bratislava 4–3 Boldklubben 19032–12–2

First leg

Cagliari 3–0 Saint-Étienne
Riva 7', 70'
Nené 76'
Report
Attendance: 54,918
Referee: Gheorghe Limona (Romania)

Atlético Madrid 2–0 Austria Wien
Aragonés 9'
Gárate 54'
Report
Attendance: 24,915
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

Rosenborg 0–2 Standard Liège
ReportKostedde 42'
Depireux 63'
Attendance: 11,299
Referee: Reino Koskinen (Finland)

IFK Göteborg 0–4 Legia Warsaw
ReportGadocha 45'
Pieszko 52'
Stachurski 82', 87'
Attendance: 2,718
Referee: William O'Neill (Northern Ireland)

17 Nëntori 2–2 Ajax
Kazanxhi 60'
Ceco 85'
ReportSuurbier 19', 58'
Attendance: 17,516

Spartak Moscow 3–2 Basel
Osyanin 17', 66'
Papayev 76'
ReportOdermatt 78'
Benthaus 83'

Glentoran 1–3 Waterford
Hall 9'ReportO'Neill 20'
McGeough 60'
Casey 75'
Attendance: 8,000

Celtic 9–0 KPV
Hood 1', 23', 36' (pen.)
Hughes 15'
McNeill 22'
Johnstone 38'
Wilson 54', 70'
Davidson 60'
Report
Attendance: 39,744
Referee: Einar Hjaltarson (Iceland)

Fenerbahçe 0–4 Carl Zeiss Jena
ReportKrauß 44'
Ducke 70', 85'
Vogel 86'
Attendance: 31,833
Referee: Karol Šárka (Czechoslovakia)

Sporting CP 5–0 Floriana
Peres 1'
Lourenço 6', 8', 43', 61'
Report
Attendance: 18,628
Referee: Joseph Hannet (Belgium)

Újpesti Dózsa 2–0 Red Star Belgrade
Nagy 52'
A. Dunai 81'
Report
Attendance: 9,358[1]
Referee: Todor Betchirov (Bulgaria)

Feyenoord 1–1 UTA Arad
Jansen 25'ReportDumitrescu 14'
Attendance: 57,796
Referee: Gaspar Pintado Viu (Spain)

EPA Larnaca 0–6 Borussia Mönchengladbach
ReportLaumen 6', 35'
Köppel 28', 48'
Netzer 57'
Heynckes 84'
Attendance: 15,764
Referee: Josef Krňávek (Czechoslovakia)

Everton 6–2 Keflavík
Ball 39', 58', 67'
Kendall 41'
Royle 51', 70'
ReportWest 11' (o.g.)
Ragnarsson 78'
Attendance: 28,424
Referee: Michalakis Kyriakides (Cyprus)


Slovan Bratislava 2–1 Boldklubben 1903
Ján Čapkovič 36'
Zlocha 90' (pen.)
ReportJohansen 35'
Attendance: 8,213
Referee: Marian Srodecki (Poland)

Second leg

Saint-Étienne 1–0 Cagliari
Larqué 32'Report
Attendance: 26,642
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

Cagliari won 3–1 on aggregate.


Austria Wien 1–2 Atlético Madrid
Krieger 20' (pen.)ReportAragonés 42'
Gárate 84'
Attendance: 23,500

Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.


Standard Liège 5–0 Rosenborg
Pilot 2', 75'
Cvetler 4'
Depireux 26'
Semmeling 62'
Report
Attendance: 10,472
Referee: Gunnar Michaelsen (Denmark)

Standard Liège won 7–0 on aggregate.


Legia Warsaw 2–1 IFK Göteborg
Deyna 37'
Gadocha 38'
ReportAlmqvist 28'
Attendance: 7,725
Referee: Léonidas Vamvakopoulos (Greece)

Legia Warsaw won 6–1 on aggregate.


Ajax 2–0 17 Nëntori
Keizer 8'
Swart 70'
Report
Attendance: 28,978

Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.


4–4 on aggregate; Basel won on away goals.


Waterford 1–0 Glentoran
Casey 57'Report
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Einar Røed (Norway)

Waterford won 4–1 on aggregate.


KPV 0–5 Celtic
ReportWallace 26', 46'
Callaghan 35'
Davidson 51'
Lennox 72'
Kokkolan Keskuskenttä, Kokkola
Attendance: 3,900[2]
Referee: Karlo Kruashvili (Soviet Union)

Celtic won 14–0 on aggregate.


Carl Zeiss Jena 1–0 Fenerbahçe
Vogel 43'Report
Attendance: 9,746
Referee: Francesco Francescon (Italy)

Carl Zeiss Jena won 5–0 on aggregate.


Floriana 0–4 Sporting CP
ReportFernandes 30', 65'
Dinis 57'
Tomé 73'
Attendance: 5,012
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Sporting CP won 9–0 on aggregate.


Red Star Belgrade won 4–2 on aggregate.


1–1 on aggregate; UTA Arad won on away goals.


Borussia Mönchengladbach 10–0 EPA Larnaca
Netzer 19'
Wimmer 30'
Köppel 35', 60'
Dietrich 40'
Sieloff 44' (pen.)
Laumen 50', 56'
Heynckes 73'
Vogts 82'
Report
Attendance: 16,059
Referee: Bohumil Smejkal (Czechoslovakia)

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 16–0 on aggregate.


Keflavík 0–3 Everton
ReportWhittle 32'
Royle 38', 46'
Attendance: 9,546
Referee: Malcolm Wright (Northern Ireland)

Everton won 9–2 on aggregate.


Panathinaikos 5–0 Jeunesse Esch
Eleftherakis 16'
Antoniadis 26', 29', 37', 51'
Report
Attendance: 18,656
Referee: Arthur Lentini (Malta)

Panathinaikos won 7–1 on aggregate.


Slovan Bratislava won 4–3 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Cagliari 2–4 Atlético Madrid2–10–3
Standard Liège 1–2 Legia Warsaw1–00–2
Ajax 5–1 Basel3–02–1
Waterford 2–10 Celtic0–72–3
Carl Zeiss Jena 4–2 Sporting CP2–12–1
Red Star Belgrade 6–1 UTA Arad3–03–1
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–2 (3–4 p) Everton1–11–1
Panathinaikos 4–2 Slovan Bratislava3–01–2

First leg

Cagliari 2–1 Atlético Madrid
Riva 42'
Gori 45+'
ReportAragonés 77'
Attendance: 44,403[4]
Referee: Josef Krňávek (Czechoslovakia)

Standard Liège 1–0 Legia Warsaw
Pilot 76'Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Milivoje Gugulović (Yugoslavia)

Ajax 3–0 Basel
Keizer 17'
Van Dijk 23'
Hulshoff 63'
Report
Attendance: 34,083
Referee: Petar Nikolov (Bulgaria)

Waterford 0–7 Celtic
ReportWallace 1', 54', 56'
Macari 19', 87'
Murdoch 27', 38'
Attendance: 41,486
Referee: Kaj Bernhard Rasmussen (Denmark)


Red Star Belgrade 3–0 UTA Arad
Filipović 18'
Aćimović 50'
Ostojić 53'
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Stanisław Eksztajn (Poland)

Borussia Mönchengladbach 1–1 Everton
Vogts 35'ReportKendall 47'
Attendance: 29,340
Referee: Karlo Kruashvili (Soviet Union)

Panathinaikos 3–0 Slovan Bratislava
Domazos 31'
Antoniadis 55'
Delijannis 88'
Report
Attendance: 22,189
Referee: Constantin Barbulescu (Romania)

Second leg

Atlético Madrid 3–0 Cagliari
Aragonés 33', 72' (pen.), 89'Report
Attendance: 39,026[5]
Referee: Ronald Jones (Wales)

Atlético Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.


Legia Warsaw won 2–1 on aggregate.


Basel 1–2 Ajax
Odermatt 36' (pen.)ReportRijnders 69'
Neeskens 72'
Attendance: 30,745
Referee: Dermot Barrett (Republic of Ireland)

Ajax won 5–1 on aggregate.


Celtic 3–2 Waterford
Hughes 47'
Johnstone 56', 65'
ReportMcNeill 17' (o.g.)
Matthews 32'
Attendance: 16,160

Celtic won 10–2 on aggregate.


Sporting CP 1–2 Carl Zeiss Jena
Gonçalves 79'ReportDucke 30'
Kurbjuweit 36'

Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–2 on aggregate.


Red Star Belgrade won 6–1 on aggregate.


2–2 on aggregate; Everton won on penalties.


Slovan Bratislava 2–1 Panathinaikos
Medviď 31'
Ján Čapkovič 59'
ReportAntoniadis 55'
Attendance: 16,874
Referee: Bertil Lööw (Sweden)

Panathinaikos won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Atlético Madrid 2–2 (a) Legia Warsaw1–01–2
Ajax 3–1 Celtic3–00–1
Carl Zeiss Jena 3–6 Red Star Belgrade3–20–4
Everton 1–1 (a) Panathinaikos1–10–0

First leg


Ajax 3–0 Celtic
Cruyff 63'
Hulshoff 70'
Keizer 89'
Report
Attendance: 54,862
Referee: Antonio Saldanha (Portugal)


Second leg

Legia Warsaw 2–1 Atlético Madrid
Pieszko 25'
Stachurski 54'
ReportSalcedo 11'
Attendance: 20,671
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

2–2 on aggregate; Atlético Madrid won on away goals.


Celtic 1–0 Ajax
Johnstone 27'Report
Attendance: 83,684

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.


Red Star Belgrade 4–0 Carl Zeiss Jena
Đorić 15' (pen.)
Filipović 30'
Ostojić 60'
Karasi 70'
Report
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Cornel Niţescu (Romania)

Red Star Belgrade won 6–3 on aggregate.


Panathinaikos 0–0 Everton
Report
Attendance: 25,005[6]

1–1 on aggregate; Panathinaikos won on away goals.

Semi-finals

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Atlético Madrid 1–3 Ajax1–00–3
Red Star Belgrade 4–4 (a) Panathinaikos4–10–3

First leg

Atlético Madrid 1–0 Ajax
Irureta 44'Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)

Second leg

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.


4–4 on aggregate; Panathinaikos won on away goals.

Final

Ajax 2–0 Panathinaikos
Van Dijk 5'
Haan 87'
Report
Attendance: 83,179
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Top scorers

Antonis Antoniadis of Panathinaikos scored 10 goals

The top scorers from the 1970–71 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:

RankNameTeamGoals
1 Antonis Antoniadis Panathinaikos10
2 Luis Aragonés Atlético Madrid6
Zoran Filipović Red Star Belgrade6
Stevan Ostojić Red Star Belgrade6
5 Herbert Laumen Borussia Mönchengladbach5
William Wallace Celtic5
7 Peter Ducke Carl Zeiss Jena4
Jimmy Johnstone Celtic4
Piet Keizer Ajax4
Horst Köppel Borussia Mönchengladbach4
João Lourenço Sporting CP4
Joe Royle Everton4

References