1969–70 European Cup

1969–70 European Cup

The San Siro in Milan hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates	21 August 1969 – 6 May 1970
Teams	33
Final positions
Champions	Feyenoord (1st title)
Runners-up	Celtic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	204 (3.24 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mick Jones (8 goals)

The season 1969–70 of the European Cup football club tournament was won by Feyenoord in an extra time final victory against Celtic FC. It was the first time the cup went to the Netherlands, and beginning a run of four consecutive years the trophy went there. During this tournament, playoffs were abandoned in favour of away goals, or when each side had scored the same number one side was eliminated by the toss of a coin.

Milan, the defending champions, were eliminated by Feyenoord in the second round.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
TPS	0–5	Kjøbenhavns Boldklub	0–1	0–4

First leg

Second leg

Kjøbenhavns Boldklub won 5–0 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hibernians	2–6	Spartak Trnava	2–2	0–4
Galatasaray	5–2	Waterford United	2–0	3–2
UTA Arad	1–10	Legia Warsaw	1–2	0–8
Bayern Munich	2–3	Saint-Étienne	2–0	0–3
Vorwärts Berlin	3–1	Panathinaikos	2–0	1–1
Red Star Belgrade	12–2	Linfield	8–0	4–2
Milan	8–0	Avenir Beggen	5–0	3–0
KR	2–16	Feyenoord	2–12	0–4
Standard Liège	4–1	17 Nëntori Tirana	3–0	1–1
Olympiakos Nicosia	1–14	Real Madrid	0–8	1–6
Leeds United	16–0	Lyn	10–0	6–0
CSKA Septemvriysko Zname	3–5	Ferencváros	2–1	1–4
Basel	0–2	Celtic	0–0	0–2
Benfica	5–2	Kjøbenhavns Boldklub	2–0	3–2
Austria Vienna	2–5	Dynamo Kiev	1–2	1–3
Fiorentina	3–1	Öster	1–0	2–1

First leg

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Second leg

Spartak Trnava won 6–2 on aggregate.

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Galatasaray won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Legia Warsaw won 10–1 on aggregate.

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Saint-Étienne won 3–2 on aggregate.

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Vorwärts Berlin won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Red Star Belgrade won 12–2 on aggregate.

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Milan won 8–0 on aggregate.

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Feyenoord won 16–2 on aggregate.

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Standard Liège won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Real Madrid won 14–1 on aggregate.

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Leeds United won 16–0 on aggregate.

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Ferencváros won 5–3 on aggregate.

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Celtic won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Dynamo Kiev won 5–2 on aggregate.

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Fiorentina won 3–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spartak Trnava	1–1 (c/t)	Galatasaray	1–0	0–1
Legia Warsaw	3–1	Saint-Étienne	2–1	1–0
Vorwärts Berlin	4–4 (a)	Red Star Belgrade	2–1	2–3
Milan	1–2	Feyenoord	1–0	0–2
Standard Liège	4–2	Real Madrid	1–0	3–2
Leeds United	6–0	Ferencváros	3–0	3–0
Celtic	3–3 (c/t)	Benfica	3–0	0–3
Dynamo Kiev	1–2	Fiorentina	1–2	0–0

First leg

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Second leg

Spartak Trnava 1–1 Galatasaray on aggregate. Galatasaray progressed on a coin toss.

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Legia Warsaw won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Vorwärts Berlin won 4–4 on away goals.

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Feyenoord won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Standard Liège won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Leeds United won 6–0 on aggregate.

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Celtic 3–3 Benfica on aggregate. Celtic progressed on a coin toss.

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Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Galatasaray	1–3	Legia Warsaw	1–1	0–2
Vorwärts Berlin	1–2	Feyenoord	1–0	0–2
Standard Liège	0–2	Leeds United	0–1	0–1
Celtic	3–1	Fiorentina	3–0	0–1

First leg

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Second leg

Legia Warsaw won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Feyenoord won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Leeds United won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Celtic won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Legia Warsaw	0–2	Feyenoord	0–0	0–2
Leeds United	1–3	Celtic	0–1	1–2

First leg

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Second leg

Feyenoord won 2–0 on aggregate.

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Celtic won 3–1 on aggregate.

¹ Highest attendance for a UEFA club competition match (having been moved from Celtic Park).

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1969–70 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Mick Jones	Leeds United	8
2	Ove Kindvall	Feyenoord	7
3	Ruud Geels	Feyenoord	6
4	Zoran Antonijević	Red Star Belgrade	5
	Eusébio	Benfica	5
	Stanislav Karasi	Red Star Belgrade	5
7	Jozef Adamec	Spartak Trnava	4
	Lucjan Brychczy	Legia Warsaw	4
	Henri Depireux	Standard Liège	4
	Johnny Giles	Leeds United	4
	Willem van Hanegem	Feyenoord	4

External links

• 1969–70 All matches – season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• All scorers 1969–70 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA
• 1969-70 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)
• European Cup 1969-70 – results, protocols, players statistics
• website eurocups-uefa.ru European Cup 1969-70 – results, protocols
• website Football Archive 1969–70 European Cup