1971 European Cup final

1971 European Cup final

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.

This remains the only time a Greek team has reached a European Cup/Champions League final.

Route to the final

1971 European Cup final

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

Match

Details

<table><thead><tr><th>GK</th><th>1</th><th>Heinz Stuy</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>SW</td><td>2</td><td>Velibor Vasović (c)</td></tr><tr><td>DF</td><td>3</td><td>Wim Suurbier</td></tr><tr><td>DF</td><td>4</td><td>Barry Hulshoff</td></tr><tr><td>MF</td><td>6</td><td>Nico Rijnders</td><td></td><td> 46'</td></tr><tr><td>MF</td><td>7</td><td>Johan Neeskens</td></tr><tr><td>FW</td><td>8</td><td>Sjaak Swart</td><td></td><td> 46'</td></tr><tr><td>MF</td><td>9</td><td>Gerrie Mühren</td></tr><tr><td>FW</td><td>10</td><td>Dick van Dijk</td></tr><tr><td>FW</td><td>11</td><td>Piet Keizer</td></tr><tr><td>MF</td><td>14</td><td>Johan Cruyff</td></tr><tr><td>Substitutes:</td></tr><tr><td>DF</td><td>12</td><td>Horst Blankenburg</td><td></td><td> 46'</td></tr><tr><td>MF</td><td>15</td><td>Arie Haan</td><td></td><td> 46'</td></tr><tr><td>GK</td><td>13</td><td>Sies Wever</td></tr><tr><td>MF</td><td>5</td><td>Ruud Suurendonk</td></tr><tr><td>Manager:</td></tr><tr><td>Rinus Michels</td></tr><tr><td>GK</td><td>1</td><td>Takis Ikonomopoulos</td></tr><tr><td>DF</td><td>2</td><td>Yiannis Tomaras</td></tr><tr><td>DF</td><td>3</td><td>Giorgos Vlachos</td></tr><tr><td>MF</td><td>4</td><td>Kostas Eleftherakis</td></tr><tr><td>MF</td><td>5</td><td>Aristidis Kamaras</td></tr><tr><td>DF</td><td>6</td><td>Frangiskos Sourpis</td></tr><tr><td>MF</td><td>7</td><td>Charis Grammos</td></tr><tr><td>FW</td><td>8</td><td>Totis Filakouris</td></tr><tr><td>FW</td><td>9</td><td>Antonis Antoniadis</td></tr><tr><td>FW</td><td>10</td><td>Mimis Domazos (c)</td></tr><tr><td>DF</td><td>11</td><td>Anthimos Kapsis</td></tr><tr><td>Substitutes:</td></tr><tr><td>GK</td><td></td><td>Vasilis Konstantinou</td></tr><tr><td>DF</td><td></td><td>Victor Mitropoulos</td></tr><tr><td>DF</td><td></td><td>Kostas Athanasopoulos</td></tr><tr><td>DF</td><td></td><td>Mitsos Dimitriou</td></tr><tr><td>MF</td><td></td><td>Dimitris Kaligeris</td></tr><tr><td>Manager:</td></tr><tr><td>Ferenc Puskás</td></tr></tbody></table>