1971 European Cup Final

1971 European Cup Final
Event 1970–71 European Cup
Ajax Panathinaikos
Netherlands Greece
2 0
Date 2 June 1971
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Referee Jack Taylor (England)
Attendance 83,179
The teams walk out before the final.

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

Netherlands Ajax Round Greece Panathinaikos
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Albania 17 Nëntori Tirana 4–2 2–2 (A) 2–0 (H) First round Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch 7–1 2–1 (A) 5–0 (H)
Switzerland Basel 5–1 3–0 (H) 2–1 (A) Second round Czechoslovakia Slovan Bratislava 4–2 3–0 (H) 1–2 (A)
Scotland Celtic 3–1 3–0 (H) 0–1 (A) Quarter-finals England Everton 1–1 (a) 1–1 (A) 0–0 (H)
Spain Atlético Madrid 3–1 0–1 (A) 3–0 (H) Semi-finals Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 4–4 (a) 1–4 (A) 3–0 (H)

Match

Details

Ajax Netherlands 2–0 Greece Panathinaikos
Van Dijk  5'
Haan  87'		 Report
Attendance: 83,179
Referee: Jack Taylor (England)
Ajax
Panathinaikos
GK1Netherlands Heinz Stuy
SW2Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Velibor Vasović (c)
DF3Netherlands Wim Suurbier
DF4Netherlands Barry Hulshoff
MF6Netherlands Nico Rijnders 46'
MF7Netherlands Johan Neeskens
FW8Netherlands Sjaak Swart 46'
MF9Netherlands Gerrie Mühren
FW10Netherlands Dick van Dijk
FW11Netherlands Piet Keizer
MF14Netherlands Johan Cruyff
Substitutes:
DF12West Germany Horst Blankenburg 46'
MF15Netherlands Arie Haan 46'
GK Netherlands Sies Wever
Manager:
Netherlands Rinus Michels
GK1Greece Takis Ikonomopoulos
DF2Greece Yianis Tomaras
DF3Greece Giorgos Vlachos
MF4Greece Kostas Eleftherakis
MF5Greece Aristidis Kamaras
DF6Greece Frangiskos Sourpis
MF7Greece Haris Grammos
FW8Greece Totis Filakouris
FW9Greece Antonis Antoniadis
FW10Greece Mimis Domazos (c)
DF11Greece Anthimos Kapsis
Substitutes:
GK Greece Vasilis Constantinou
Greece Victor Mitropoulos
Greece Kostas Athanasopoulos
Greece Mitsos Demetriou
Greece Dimitris Kaligeris
Manager:
Hungary Ferenc Puskás

See also

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