1970–71 European Cup

1970–71 European Cup

The teams walk out before the final.
Tournament details
Dates	18 August 1970 - 2 June 1971
Teams	33
Final positions
Champions	Ajax (1st title)
Runners-up	Panathinaikos
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	210 (3.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Antonis Antoniadis (10 goals)

The 1970–71 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by Ajax in the final against Panathinaikos. It was the first time the cup went to Ajax, beginning a three-year period of domination, and the second consecutive championship for the Netherlands. UEFA had introduced for first time the 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.

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

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. It was also the first time that a Greek team reached the final.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Levski-Spartak	3–4	Austria Wien	3–1	0–3

First leg

Second leg

Austria Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cagliari	3–1	Saint-Étienne	3–0	0–1
Atlético Madrid	4–1	Austria Wien	2–0	2–1
Rosenborg	0–7	Standard Liège	0–2	0–5
Göteborg	1–6	Legia Warszawa	0–4	1–2
17 Nëntori Tirana	2–4	Ajax	2–2	0–2
Spartak Moscow	4–4 (a)	Basel	3–2	1–2
Glentoran	1–4	Waterford	1–3	0–1
Celtic	14–0	KPV	9–0	5–0
Fenerbahçe	0–5	Carl Zeiss Jena	0–4	0–1
Sporting CP	9–0	Floriana	5–0	4–0
Újpesti Dózsa	2–4	Red Star Belgrade	2–0	0–4
Feyenoord	1–1 (a)	UTA Arad	1–1	0–0
EPA Larnaca	0–16	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–6	0–10
Everton	9–2	Keflavík	6–2	3–0
Jeunesse Esch	1–7	Panathinaikos	1–2	0–5
Slovan Bratislava	4–3	Boldklubben 1903	2–1	2–2

First leg

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Second leg

Cagliari won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Standard Liège won 7–0 on aggregate.

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Legia Warszawa won 6–1 on aggregate.

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Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Spartak Moscow 4–4 Basel on aggregate. Basel won on away goals.

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Waterford United won 4–1 on aggregate.

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Celtic won 14–0 on aggregate.

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Carl Zeiss Jena won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Sporting CP won 9–0 on aggregate.

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Red Star Belgrade won 4–2 on aggregate.

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

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Borussia Mönchengladbach won 16–0 on aggregate.

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Everton won 9–2 on aggregate.

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Panathinaikos won 7–1 on aggregate.

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Slovan Bratislava won 4–3 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cagliari	2–4	Atlético Madrid	2–1	0–3
Standard Liège	1–2	Legia Warszawa	1–0	0–2
Ajax	5–1	Basel	3–0	2–1
Waterford United	2–10	Celtic	0–7	2–3
Carl Zeiss Jena	4–2	Sporting CP	2–1	2–1
Red Star Belgrade	6–1	UTA Arad	3–0	3–1
Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–2 (3–4p)	Everton	1–1	1–1
Panathinaikos	4–2	Slovan Bratislava	3–0	1–2

First leg

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Second leg

Atlético Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Legia Warszawa won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Ajax won 5–1 on aggregate.

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Celtic won 10–2 on aggregate.

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Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Red Star Belgrade won 6–1 on aggregate.

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Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–2 Everton on aggregate. Everton won on penalties.

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Panathinaikos won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Madrid	2–2 (a)	Legia Warszawa	1–0	1–2
Ajax	3–1	Celtic	3–0	0–1
Carl Zeiss Jena	3–6	Red Star Belgrade	3–2	0–4
Everton	1–1 (a)	Panathinaikos	1–1	0–0

First leg

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Second leg

Atlético Madrid 2–2 Legia Warszawa on aggregate. Atlético Madrid won on away goals.

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Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Red Star Belgrade won 6–3 on aggregate.

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

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Madrid	1–3	Ajax	1–0	0–3
Red Star Belgrade	4–4 (a)	Panathinaikos	4–1	0–3

First leg

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Second leg

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.

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Red Star Belgrade 4–4 Panathinaikos on aggregate. Panathinaikos won on away goals.

Final

Top scorers

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

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Antonis Antoniadis	Panathinaikos	10
2	Luis Aragonés	Atlético Madrid	6
	Zoran Filipović	Red Star Belgrade	6
	Stevan Ostojić	Red Star Belgrade	6
5	Peter Ducke	Carl Zeiss Jena	5
	Herbert Laumen	Borussia Mönchengladbach	5
	William Wallace	Celtic	5
8	Jozef Čapkovič	Slovan Bratislava	4
	Jimmy Johnstone	Celtic	4
	Piet Keizer	Ajax	4
	Horst Köppel	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4
	João Lourenço	Sporting CP	4
	Joe Royle	Everton	4

External links

• 1970–71 All matches – season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• All scorers 1970–71 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA
• 1970-71 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)
• European Cup 1970-71 – results, protocols, players statistics
• website eurocups-uefa.ru European Cup 1970-71 – results, protocols
• website Football Archive 1970–71 European Cup