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.

Bracket

Preliminary round

First leg

Second leg

Austria Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.

First round

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

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

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

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 are as follows:
RankNameTeamGoals
1 Antonis Antoniadis Panathinaikos10
2 Luis Aragonés Atlético Madrid6
2 Zoran Filipović Red Star Belgrade6
2 Stevan Ostojić Red Star Belgrade6
5 Peter Ducke Carl Zeiss Jena5
5 Herbert Laumen Borussia Mönchengladbach5
5 William Wallace Celtic5
8 Jozef Čapkovič Slovan Bratislava4
8 Jimmy Johnstone Celtic4
8 Piet Keizer Ajax4
8 Horst Köppel Borussia Mönchengladbach4
8 João Lourenço Sporting CP4
8 Joe Royle Everton4