1971 European Cup final

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The teams walk out before the final.

The 1971 European Cup final was a football match played on 2 June 1971 at Wembley Stadium between Dutch side Ajax and Greek side Panathinaikos, to determine the champions of the 1970–71 European Cup. Ajax were appearing in their second final, having lost the 1969 final to Italian club AC Milan; Panathinaikos were appearing in their first.

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.

To date, this is the only time a Greek team has advanced to a European Cup/Champions League final.

Route to the final

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

Match

Details

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

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GK 1 Template:Flagicon Takis Ikonomopoulos DF 2 Template:Flagicon Yiannis Tomaras DF 3 Template:Flagicon Template:Interlanguage link MF 4 Template:Flagicon Kostas Eleftherakis MF 5 Template:Flagicon Aristidis Kamaras DF 6 Template:Flagicon Frangiskos Sourpis MF 7 Template:Flagicon Charis Grammos FW 8 Template:Flagicon Totis Filakouris FW 9 Template:Flagicon Antonis Antoniadis FW 10 Template:Flagicon Mimis Domazos (c) DF 11 Template:Flagicon Anthimos Kapsis Substitutes: GK Template:Flagicon Vasilis Konstantinou DF Template:Flagicon Victor Mitropoulos DF Template:Flagicon Template:Interlanguage link DF Template:Flagicon Mitsos Dimitriou MF Template:Flagicon Dimitris Kaligeris Manager: Template:Flagicon Ferenc Puskás

See also

• 1970–71 European Cup
• 1971 Intercontinental Cup
• AFC Ajax in European football
• Panathinaikos F.C. in European football

External links

• 1970-71 season at UEFA website