1971 European Cup Final

Event

1970–71 European Cup

Ajax	Panathinaikos

2	0

Date

2 June 1971

Venue

Wembley Stadium, London

Referee

Jack Taylor (England)

Attendance

83,179

The 1971 European Cup Final was a football match between Ajax of the Netherlands and Panathinaikos of Greece on 2 June 1971 at Wembley Stadium. It was the final match of the 1970–71 season of Europe's premier cup competition, the European Cup. Ajax were appearing in their second final, having lost the 1969 final 4–1 to Italian team Milan. Panathinaikos were appearing in their first final.

Both teams progressed through four rounds to reach the final. Ajax comfortably won all of their ties by two goals, except for their 5–1 aggregate victory against Swiss team Basel in the second round. Panathinaikos matches were close affairs, with the exception of their 7–1 aggregate victory against Jeunesse Esch of Luxembourg in the first round. Their quarter-final and semi-final victories were both won via the away goals rule.

Watched by a crowd of 83,179, Ajax took the lead in the 5th minute when Dick van Dijk scored. Ajax extended their lead in the 87th minute when a shot by Arie Haan deflected off defender Anthimos Kapsis and went into the Panathinaikos goal, giving Ajax its first European Cup victory by a score of 2-0.

Route to the final

For more details on this topic, see 1970–71 European Cup.

Ajax				Round	Panathinaikos
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
17 Nëntori Tirana	4–2	2–2 (A)	2–0 (H)	First round	Jeunesse Esch	7–1	2–1 (A)	5–0 (H)
Basel	5–1	3–0 (H)	2–1 (A)	Second round	Slovan Bratislava	4–2	3–0 (H)	1–2 (A)
Celtic	3–1	3–0 (H)	0–1 (A)	Quarter-finals	Everton	1–1 (a)	1–1 (A)	0–0 (H)
Atlético Madrid	3–1	0–1 (A)	3–0 (H)	Semi-finals	Red Star Belgrade	4–4 (a)	1–4 (A)	3–0 (H)

Match

Details

Ajax v Panathinaikos

2 June 1971

Ajax	2–0	Panathinaikos
Van Dijk 5' Haan 87'	Report Report UEFA MatchCentre

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 83,179
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Ajax

Panathinaikos


GK	1	Heinz Stuy
SW	2	Velibor Vasović (c)
DF	3	Wim Suurbier
DF	4	Barry Hulshoff
MF	6	Nico Rijnders	46'
MF	7	Johan Neeskens
FW	8	Sjaak Swart	46'
MF	9	Gerrie Mühren
FW	10	Dick van Dijk
FW	11	Piet Keizer
MF	14	Johan Cruyff
Substitutes:
DF	12	Horst Blankenburg	46'
MF	15	Arie Haan	46'
GK		Sies Wever
Manager:
Rinus Michels


GK	1	Takis Ikonomopoulos
DF	2	Yianis Tomaras
DF	3	Giorgos Vlahos
MF	4	Kostas Eleftherakis
MF	5	Aristidis Kamaras
DF	6	Frangiskos Sourpis
MF	7	Haris Grammos
FW	8	Totis Filakouris
FW	9	Antonis Antoniadis
FW	10	Mimis Domazos (c)
DF	11	Anthimos Kapsis
Substitutes:
GK		V. Constantinou
		V. Mitropoulos
		K. Athanasopoulos
		M. Demetriou
		D. Kaligeris
Manager:
Ferenc Puskás

External links

1970-71 season at UEFA website

European Cup and UEFA Champions League

European Cup era, 1955–1992

Seasons	1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92

Finals	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992

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Finals	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

International club football

FIFA FIFA Club World Cup List of association football clubs

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Asia	AFC – Champions League AFC Cup Top-division clubs

Europe	UEFA – Champions League Europa League Super Cup Top-division clubs

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Champions League Top-division clubs

Oceania	OFC – Champions League Top-division clubs

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana Top-division clubs

See also: International women's club football

AFC Ajax matches

KNVB Cup Finals	1917 1943 1961 1967 1968 1970 1971 1972 1978 1979 1980 1981 1983 1986 1987 1993 1998 1999 2002 2006 2007 2010 2011 2014

Johan Cruyff Shields	1993 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

UEFA Champions League Finals	1969 1971 1972 1973 1995 1996

European Cup Winners' Cup Finals	1987 1988

UEFA Cup Final	1992

UEFA Super Cups	1972 (unofficial) 1973 1987 1995

Intercontinental Cups	1972 1995

Other matches	Ajax 5–1 Liverpool (1966)

Panathinaikos F.C. matches

Greek Football Cup Finals	1940 1948 1949 1955 1960 1965 1967 1968 1969 1972 1975 1977 1982 1984 1986 1988 1989 1991 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2004 2007 2010 2014

Greek Super Cups	1970 1988 1989 1993 1994 1996

European Cup Final	1971

Intercontinental Cup	1971

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1971 European Cup Final

Route to the final

Match

Details

See also

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