1970–71 European Cup
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Tournament details | |
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Dates | 18 August 1970 - 2 June 1971 |
Teams | 33 |
Final positions | |
Champions |
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Runners-up |
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Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 63 |
Goals scored | 210 (3.33 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
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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 |
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Levski-Spartak ![]() |
3–4 | ![]() |
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 |
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Cagliari ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–1 |
Atlético Madrid ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–1 |
Rosenborg ![]() |
0–7 | ![]() |
0–2 | 0–5 |
Göteborg ![]() |
1–6 | ![]() |
0–4 | 1–2 |
17 Nëntori Tirana ![]() |
2–4 | ![]() |
2–2 | 0–2 |
Spartak Moscow ![]() |
4–4 (a) | ![]() |
3–2 | 1–2 |
Glentoran ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
1–3 | 0–1 |
Celtic ![]() |
14–0 | ![]() |
9–0 | 5–0 |
Fenerbahçe ![]() |
0–5 | ![]() |
0–4 | 0–1 |
Sporting CP ![]() |
9–0 | ![]() |
5–0 | 4–0 |
Újpesti Dózsa ![]() |
2–4 | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–4 |
Feyenoord ![]() |
1–1 (a) | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–0 |
EPA Larnaca ![]() |
0–16 | ![]() |
0–6 | 0–10 |
Everton ![]() |
9–2 | ![]() |
6–2 | 3–0 |
Jeunesse Esch ![]() |
1–7 | ![]() |
1–2 | 0–5 |
Slovan Bratislava ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
2–1 | 2–2 |
First leg
16 September 1970 |
Spartak Moscow ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
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Osyanin ![]() Papayev ![]() |
Report | Odermatt ![]() Benthaus ![]() |
16 September 1970 |
Celtic ![]() |
9–0 | ![]() |
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Hood ![]() Hughes ![]() McNeill ![]() Johnstone ![]() Wilson ![]() Davidson ![]() |
Report |
16 September 1970 |
EPA Larnaca ![]() |
0–6 | ![]() |
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Report | Laumen ![]() Köppel ![]() Netzer ![]() Heynckes ![]() |
16 September 1970 |
Everton ![]() |
6–2 | ![]() |
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Ball ![]() Kendall ![]() Royle ![]() |
Report | West ![]() Ragnarsson ![]() |
16 September 1970 |
Jeunesse Esch ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
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Di Genova ![]() |
Report | Antoniadis ![]() Eleftherakis ![]() |
16 September 1970 |
Slovan Bratislava ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
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Jozef Čapkovič ![]() Zlocha ![]() |
Report | Johansen ![]() |
Second leg
Cagliari won 3–1 on aggregate.
Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.
30 September 1970 |
Standard Liège ![]() |
5–0 | ![]() |
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Pilot ![]() Cvetler ![]() Depireux ![]() Semmeling ![]() |
Report |
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.
22 September 1970 |
Borussia Mönchengladbach ![]() |
10–0 | ![]() |
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Netzer ![]() Wimmer ![]() Köppel ![]() Dietrich ![]() Sieloff ![]() Laumen ![]() Heynckes ![]() Vogts ![]() |
Report |
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 16–0 on aggregate.
Everton won 9–2 on aggregate.
30 September 1970 |
Panathinaikos ![]() |
5–0 | ![]() |
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Eleftherakis ![]() Antoniadis ![]() |
Report |
Panathinaikos won 7–1 on aggregate.
30 September 1970 |
Boldklubben 1903 ![]() |
2–2 | ![]() |
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Thygesen ![]() Johansen ![]() |
Report | Jozef Čapkovič ![]() |
Slovan Bratislava won 4–3 on aggregate.
Second round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Cagliari ![]() |
2–4 | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–3 |
Standard Liège ![]() |
1–2 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–2 |
Ajax ![]() |
5–1 | ![]() |
3–0 | 2–1 |
Waterford United ![]() |
2–10 | ![]() |
0–7 | 2–3 |
Carl Zeiss Jena ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
2–1 | 2–1 |
Red Star Belgrade ![]() |
6–1 | ![]() |
3–0 | 3–1 |
Borussia Mönchengladbach ![]() |
2–2 (3–4p) | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–1 |
Panathinaikos ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
3–0 | 1–2 |
First leg
21 October 1970 |
Waterford United ![]() |
0–7 | ![]() |
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Report | Wallace ![]() Macari ![]() Murdoch ![]() |
Second leg
Atlético Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.
Legia Warszawa won 2–1 on aggregate.
Ajax won 5–1 on aggregate.
4 November 1970 |
Celtic ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
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Hughes ![]() Johnstone ![]() |
Report | McNeill ![]() Matthews ![]() |
Celtic won 10–2 on aggregate.
Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–2 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 6–1 on aggregate.
4 November 1970 |
Everton ![]() |
1 – 1 (aet) | ![]() |
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Morrissey ![]() |
Report | Laumen ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Royle ![]() Ball ![]() Morrissey ![]() Kendall ![]() Brown ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–2 Everton on aggregate. Everton won on penalties.
4 November 1970 |
Slovan Bratislava ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
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Medviď ![]() Jozef Čapkovič ![]() |
Report | Antoniadis ![]() |
Panathinaikos won 4–2 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Atlético Madrid ![]() |
2–2 (a) | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–2 |
Ajax ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–1 |
Carl Zeiss Jena ![]() |
3–6 | ![]() |
3–2 | 0–4 |
Everton ![]() |
1–1 (a) | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–0 |
First leg
10 March 1971 |
Carl Zeiss Jena ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
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Strempel ![]() Ducke ![]() |
Report | Janković ![]() Džajić ![]() |
Second leg
Atlético Madrid 2–2 Legia Warszawa on aggregate. Atlético Madrid won on away goals.
Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.
24 March 1971 |
Red Star Belgrade ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
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Đorić ![]() Filipović ![]() Ostojić ![]() Karasi ![]() |
Report |
Red Star Belgrade won 6–3 on aggregate.
Everton 1–1 Panathinaikos on aggregate. Panathinaikos won on away goals.
Semi-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Atlético Madrid ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–3 |
Red Star Belgrade ![]() |
4–4 (a) | ![]() |
4–1 | 0–3 |
First leg
14 April 1971 |
Red Star Belgrade ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
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Ostojić ![]() Janković ![]() |
Report | Kamaras ![]() |
Red Star stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 100 000 |
Second leg
Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.
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:
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