Champions Ajax (1st title) Champion AFC Ajax Top scorer Antonis Antoniadis Goals scored 210 | Runners-up Panathinaikos Dates 18 Aug 1970 – 2 Jun 1971 Teams 33 Matches played 63 | |
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Similar 1968–69 European Cup, 1972–73 European Cup, 1965–66 European Cup, 1981–82 European Cup, 1961–62 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.
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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 that a Greek team reached the final.
Second leg
Austria Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.
Second leg
Cagliari won 3–1 on aggregate.
Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.
Standard Liège won 7–0 on aggregate.
Legia Warszawa won 6–1 on aggregate.
Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.
Spartak Moscow 4–4 Basel on aggregate. Basel won on away goals.
Waterford United won 4–1 on aggregate.
Celtic won 14–0 on aggregate.
Carl Zeiss Jena won 5–0 on aggregate.
Sporting CP won 9–0 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 4–2 on aggregate.
Feyenoord 1–1 UTA Arad on aggregate. UTA Arad won on away goals.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 16–0 on aggregate.
Everton won 9–2 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos won 7–1 on aggregate.
Slovan Bratislava won 4–3 on aggregate.
Second leg
Atlético Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.
Legia Warszawa won 2–1 on aggregate.
Ajax won 5–1 on aggregate.
Celtic won 10–2 on aggregate.
Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–2 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 6–1 on aggregate.
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2–2 Everton on aggregate. Everton won on penalties.
Panathinaikos won 4–2 on aggregate.
Second leg
Atlético Madrid 2–2 Legia Warszawa on aggregate. Atlético Madrid won on away goals.
Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade won 6–3 on aggregate.
Everton 1–1 Panathinaikos on aggregate. Panathinaikos won on away goals.
Second leg
Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.
Red Star Belgrade 4–4 Panathinaikos on aggregate. Panathinaikos won on away goals.
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1970–71 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows: