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1970–71 European Cup

1970–71 European Cup

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 a Greek team reached the final.

1970–71 European Cup
Tournament details
Dates18 August 1970 – 2 June 1971
Teams33
Final positions
ChampionsNetherlandsAjax(1st title)
Runners-upGreecePanathinaikos
Tournament statistics
Matches played63
Goals scored210 (3.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)GreeceAntonis Antoniadis (10 goals)

Bracket

First roundSecond roundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
ItalyCagliari303
FranceSaint-Étienne011ItalyCagliari202
SpainAtlético Madrid224SpainAtlético Madrid134
AustriaAustria Wien011SpainAtlético Madrid (a)112
NorwayRosenborg000PolandLegia Warsaw022
BelgiumStandard Liège257BelgiumStandard Liège101
SwedenIFK Göteborg011PolandLegia Warsaw022
PolandLegia Warsaw426SpainAtlético Madrid101
Albania17 Nëntori202NetherlandsAjax033
NetherlandsAjax224NetherlandsAjax325
Soviet UnionSpartak Moscow314SwitzerlandBasel011
SwitzerlandBasel (a)224NetherlandsAjax303
Glentoran101ScotlandCeltic011
Republic of IrelandWaterford United314Republic of IrelandWaterford United022
ScotlandCeltic9514ScotlandCeltic7310
FinlandKPV000NetherlandsAjax2
TurkeyFenerbahçe000GreecePanathinaikos0
East GermanyCarl Zeiss Jena415East GermanyCarl Zeiss Jena224
PortugalSporting CP549PortugalSporting CP112
MaltaFloriana000East GermanyCarl Zeiss Jena303
HungaryÚjpesti Dózsa202Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaRed Star Belgrade246
Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaRed Star Belgrade044Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaRed Star Belgrade336
NetherlandsFeyenoord101RomaniaUTA Arad011
RomaniaUTA Arad (a)101Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaRed Star Belgrade404
CyprusEPA Larnaca000GreecePanathinaikos (a)134
West GermanyBorussia Mönchengladbach61016West GermanyBorussia Mönchengladbach112 (3)
EnglandEverton639EnglandEverton (p)112 (4)
IcelandKeflavík202EnglandEverton101
LuxembourgJeunesse Esch101GreecePanathinaikos (a)101
GreecePanathinaikos257GreecePanathinaikos314
CzechoslovakiaŠK Slovan Bratislava224CzechoslovakiaSlovan Bratislava202
DenmarkBoldklubben 1903123

Preliminary round

Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
Levski-SpartakBulgaria3–4AustriaAustria Wien3–10–3

First leg

Second leg

Austria Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
CagliariItaly3–1FranceSaint-Étienne3–00–1
Atlético MadridSpain4–1AustriaAustria Wien2–02–1
RosenborgNorway0–7BelgiumStandard Liège0–20–5
IFK GöteborgSweden1–6PolandLegia Warszawa0–41–2
17 NëntoriAlbania2–4NetherlandsAjax2–20–2
Spartak MoscowSoviet Union4–4 (a)SwitzerlandBasel3–21–2
Glentoran1–4Republic of IrelandWaterford1–30–1
CelticScotland14–0FinlandKPV9–05–0
FenerbahçeTurkey0–5East GermanyCarl Zeiss Jena0–40–1
Sporting CPPortugal9–0MaltaFloriana5–04–0
Újpesti DózsaHungary2–4Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaRed Star Belgrade2–00–4
FeyenoordNetherlands1–1 (a)RomaniaUTA Arad1–10–0
EPA LarnacaCyprus0–16West GermanyBorussia Mönchengladbach0–60–10
EvertonEngland9–2IcelandKeflavík6–23–0
Jeunesse EschLuxembourg1–7GreecePanathinaikos1–20–5
Slovan BratislavaCzechoslovakia4–3DenmarkBoldklubben 19032–12–2

First leg

Second leg

Cagliari won 3–1 on aggregate.

Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.

Standard Liège won 7–0 on aggregate.

Legia Warszawa won 6–1 on aggregate.

Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.

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

Waterford United won 4–1 on aggregate.

Celtic won 14–0 on aggregate.

Carl Zeiss Jena won 5–0 on aggregate.

Sporting CP won 9–0 on aggregate.

Red Star Belgrade won 4–2 on aggregate.

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

Borussia Mönchengladbach won 16–0 on aggregate.

Everton won 9–2 on aggregate.

Panathinaikos won 7–1 on aggregate.

Slovan Bratislava won 4–3 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
CagliariItaly2–4SpainAtlético Madrid2–10–3
Standard LiègeBelgium1–2PolandLegia Warszawa1–00–2
AjaxNetherlands5–1SwitzerlandBasel3–02–1
Waterford UnitedRepublic of Ireland2–10ScotlandCeltic0–72–3
Carl Zeiss JenaEast Germany4–2PortugalSporting CP2–12–1
Red Star BelgradeSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia6–1RomaniaUTA Arad3–03–1
Borussia MönchengladbachWest Germany2–2 (3–4 p)EnglandEverton1–11–1
PanathinaikosGreece4–2CzechoslovakiaSlovan Bratislava3–01–2

First leg

Second leg

Atlético Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.

Legia Warszawa won 2–1 on aggregate.

Ajax won 5–1 on aggregate.

Celtic won 10–2 on aggregate.

Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–2 on aggregate.

Red Star Belgrade won 6–1 on aggregate.

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

Panathinaikos won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
Atlético MadridSpain2–2 (a)PolandLegia Warszawa1–01–2
AjaxNetherlands3–1ScotlandCeltic3–00–1
Carl Zeiss JenaEast Germany3–6Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaRed Star Belgrade3–20–4
EvertonEngland1–1 (a)GreecePanathinaikos1–10–0

First leg

Second leg

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

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.

Red Star Belgrade won 6–3 on aggregate.

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

Semi-finals

Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg
Atlético MadridSpain1–3NetherlandsAjax1–00–3
Red Star BelgradeSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia4–4 (a)GreecePanathinaikos4–10–3

First leg

Second leg

Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.

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

Final

Top scorers

Antonis Antoniadis scored 10 goals on the way to Panathinaikos reaching the final.

Antonis Antoniadis scored 10 goals on the way to Panathinaikos reaching the final.

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

RankNameTeamGoals
1GreeceAntonis AntoniadisGreecePanathinaikos10
2SpainLuis AragonésSpainAtlético Madrid6
Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaZoran FilipovićSocialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaRed Star Belgrade6
Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaStevan OstojićSocialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaRed Star Belgrade6
5East GermanyPeter DuckeEast GermanyCarl Zeiss Jena5
West GermanyHerbert LaumenWest GermanyBorussia Mönchengladbach5
ScotlandWilliam WallaceScotlandCeltic5
8CzechoslovakiaJozef ČapkovičCzechoslovakiaSlovan Bratislava4
ScotlandJimmy JohnstoneScotlandCeltic4
NetherlandsPiet KeizerNetherlandsAjax4
West GermanyHorst KöppelWest GermanyBorussia Mönchengladbach4
PortugalJoão LourençoPortugalSporting CP4
EnglandJoe RoyleEnglandEverton4

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