The 1970–71 season of the European Cup

UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

 football club tournament was won by Ajax in the final against Panathinaikos

Panathinaikos FC

Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek Championships and 17 Greek Cups.Panathinaikos is the most...

. 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

Netherlands

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. UEFA

UEFA

The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

 had introduced for first time the penalty shoot-out

Penalty shootout (football)

A penalty shoot-out, referred to as kicks from the penalty mark in the Laws of the Game, is the FIFA official term for a method used in association football to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a tied game...

 as a way of deciding drawn ties – doing away with the unsatisfactory tossing of a coin

Coin flipping

Coin flipping or coin tossing or heads or tails is the practice of throwing a coin in the air to choose between two alternatives, sometimes to resolve a dispute between two parties...

. 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 Arad in the first round.

Preliminary round

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First leg

Second leg

Austria Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.

First round

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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 Arad on aggregate. 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

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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

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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

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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 (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Antonis Antoniadis Antonis Antoniadis Antonis Antoniadis is one of the great goal scorers of Greek and European football in the post-war era, scoring about 187 goals in a career which spanned 22 years. He started his career playing for Xanthi before moving on to Panathinaikos...	Panathinaikos Panathinaikos FC Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek Championships and 17 Greek Cups.Panathinaikos is the most...	10
2	Luis Aragonés Luis Aragonés José Luis Aragonés Suárez , usually referred to as Luis Aragonés and sometimes simply as Luis, is a former Spanish footballer and national coach....	Atlético Madrid	6
	Zoran Filipović Zoran Filipovic Zoran Filipović was a player of great success in the 1970s and 1980s for Red Star Belgrade and SL Benfica...	Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...	6
	Stevan Ostojić Stevan Ostojic Stevan Ostojić was a Serbian football player, as forward and also football manager.-References:* * at mackolik.com *...	Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...	6
5	Peter Ducke Peter Ducke Peter Ducke is a Sudeten German and a former East German football player. He was born in Bensen, Sudetenland, Germany during World War II. His older brother Roland was also a successful footballer....	Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German association football club based in Jena, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss. The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss...	5
	Herbert Laumen Herbert Laumen Herbert Laumen is a German former footballer.-References:**...	Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth...	5
	William Wallace William Wallace (footballer) William "Willie" Semple Brown Wallace is a former Scottish football player and coach.-Early career:He started his playing career with Stenhousemuir in 1958, moving to Raith Rovers a year later...	Celtic Celtic F.C. Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...	5
8	Jozef Čapkovič Jozef Capkovic Jozef Čapkovič is a former Slovak football player. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 16 matches....	Slovan Bratislava ŠK Slovan Bratislava ŠK Slovan Bratislava is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, that plays in the Corgoň liga. Founded as 1. ČsŠK Bratislava in 1919, the club changed its name to Slovan Bratislava in 1953...	4
	Jimmy Johnstone Jimmy Johnstone James Connolly "Jimmy" Johnstone was a Scottish football player. Johnstone was best known for his time with Celtic, and was voted their best ever player by the club's fans in 2002...	Celtic Celtic F.C. Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...	4
	Piet Keizer Piet Keizer Petrus Johannes Keizer was a Dutch professional football player. Having played 364 matches for Ajax, from 1961 to 1974, he is the fourth most capped player for Ajax . He played on left-wing and with Ajax won the European Cup three consecutive times , having lost the 1969 final to A.C...	Ajax	4
	Horst Köppel Horst Köppel Horst Köppel is a German football manager and former player, who last worked as Head coach for FC Ingolstadt 04.-Player:* UEFA Euro 1972 winner.* European Cup runner-up: 1977.* UEFA Cup winner: 1975, 1979....	Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth...	4
	João Lourenço João Lourenço João de Matos Moura Lourenço was a Portuguese footballer.He played as a forward for Sporting CP, where he won the Portuguese Liga in 1966 and 1970....	Sporting CP	4
	Joe Royle Joe Royle Joseph "Joe" Royle is an English football manager. In his club career, he played for Everton , Manchester City, Bristol City, Norwich City, and the England national team...	Everton Everton F.C. Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...	4
14	Alan Ball	Everton Everton F.C. Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...	3
	Harry Hood Harry Hood (footballer) Henry Anthony "Harry" Hood was a Scottish footballer.-Celtic:Hood played for Celtic, for whom he scored the winning goal in the final of the 1971 Scottish Cup, a 2-1 replay win over Rangers. He also scored the first goal in the 1974 Scottish Cup Final in a 3-0 victory over Dundee Utd...	Celtic Celtic F.C. Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...	3
	Slobodan Janković	Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...	3
	Jan Pieszko	Legia Warszawa Legia Warszawa Legia Warszawa is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. It was founded in March 1916 in the area of Maniewicze in Volhynia as the football club of the Polish Legions...	3
	Louis Pilot Louis Pilot Louis Pilot is a former Luxembourgian football player and manager.In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's jubilee, he was selected by the Luxembourg Football Federation as the country's Golden Player - the greatest player of the last 50 years.-Playing career:Pilot started his footballing career at...	Standard Liège Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (Dutch: Standard Luik [], German: Standard Lüttich , is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège....	3
	Luigi Riva Luigi Riva Luigi Riva , best known as Gigi Riva or by his nickname Rombo di Tuono , is a former Italian footballer, the all-time leading scorer for the Italian national team...	Cagliari Cagliari Calcio Cagliari Calcio is an Italian football club based in Cagliari, Sardinia. The club was formed in 1920 and currently plays in Italian Serie A, having spent a large part of recent years mainly in Serie A and Serie B....	3
	Władysław Stachurski Władysław Stachurski Władysław Stachurski is a retired Polish football player and manager.He played for Legia Warsaw. He capped eight times for Poland, scoring one goal....	Legia Warszawa Legia Warszawa Legia Warszawa is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. It was founded in March 1916 in the area of Maniewicze in Volhynia as the football club of the Polish Legions...	3
	Wim Suurbier	Ajax	3
	Eberhard Vogel Eberhard Vogel Eberhard "Ebse" Vogel is a former German football player.Vogel played for FC Karl-Marx-Stadt and FC Carl Zeiss Jena ....	Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German association football club based in Jena, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss. The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss...	3

External links

• 1970–71 season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation