| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18 August 1970 – 2 June 1971 |
| Teams | 33 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 63 |
| Goals scored | 210 (3.33 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,848,876 (29,347 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Antonis Antoniadis (Panathinaikos) 10 goals |
1971–72 → | |
The1970–71 European Cup was the 16th season of theEuropean Cup,UEFA's premier clubfootball tournament. The competition was won byAjax, who beatPanathinaikos in thefinal atWembley Stadium inLondon, on 2 June 1971. It was the first time the trophy went to Ajax, beginning a three-year period of domination, and the second consecutive championship for the Netherlands. It was also the first time that a Greek team reached the final. There were many reports from the Greek and international press of the time about bribery by Panathinaikos to players of other teams (Everton, Red Star),[1][2] as well as the active involvement of the Colonels Junta, in order to be able to reach Wembley.[3] However these claims are just speculations and UEFA has denied any accusations.[4][5]
UEFA had introduced for the first timepenalty shoot-out as a way of deciding drawn ties – doing away with the unsatisfactorytossing 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.
This season marked the first time in European Cup history thatReal Madrid failed to qualify for the tournament, having appeared in all 15 previous seasons.
Feyenoord, the defending champions, were eliminated by Romanian clubUTA Arad in the first round.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Levski-Spartak | 3–4 | 3–1 | 0–3 |
| Levski-Spartak | 3–1 | |
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| Mitkov Asparuhov | Report | Riedl |
| Austria Wien | 3–0 | |
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| Riedl Hickersberger | Report |
Austria Wien won 4–3 on aggregate.
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| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Cagliari | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | |
| Atlético Madrid | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
| Rosenborg | 0–7 | 0–2 | 0–5 | |
| IFK Göteborg | 1–6 | 0–4 | 1–2 | |
| 17 Nëntori | 2–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | |
| Spartak Moscow | 4–4 (a) | 3–2 | 1–2 | |
| Glentoran | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | |
| Celtic | 14–0 | 9–0 | 5–0 | |
| Fenerbahçe | 0–5 | 0–4 | 0–1 | |
| Sporting CP | 9–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | |
| Újpesti Dózsa | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–4 | |
| Feyenoord | 1–1 (a) | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| EPA Larnaca | 0–16 | 0–6 | 0–10 | |
| Everton | 9–2 | 6–2 | 3–0 | |
| Jeunesse Esch | 1–7 | 1–2 | 0–5 | |
| Slovan Bratislava | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 |
| Cagliari | 3–0 | |
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| Riva Nené | Report |
| IFK Göteborg | 0–4 | |
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| Report | Gadocha Pieszko Stachurski |
| Celtic | 9–0 | |
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| Hood Hughes McNeill Johnstone Wilson Davidson | Report |
| Fenerbahçe | 0–4 | |
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| Report | Krauß Ducke Vogel |
| Sporting CP | 5–0 | |
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| Peres Lourenço | Report |
| Feyenoord | 1–1 | |
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| Jansen | Report | Dumitrescu |
| EPA Larnaca | 0–6 | |
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| Report | Laumen Köppel Netzer Heynckes |
| Slovan Bratislava | 2–1 | |
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| Ján Čapkovič Zlocha | Report | Johansen |
Cagliari won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Austria Wien | 1–2 | |
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| Krieger | Report | Aragonés Gárate |
Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate.
Standard Liège won 7–0 on aggregate.
| Legia Warsaw | 2–1 | |
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| Deyna Gadocha | Report | Almqvist |
Legia Warsaw won 6–1 on aggregate.
| Ajax | 2–0 | |
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| Keizer Swart | Report |
Ajax won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Basel | 2–1 | |
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| Siegenthaler Balmer | Report | Khusainov |
4–4 on aggregate; Basel won on away goals.
Waterford 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 | 4–0 | |
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| Filipović Džajić Ostojić | Report |
Red Star Belgrade won 4–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; UTA Arad won on away goals.
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 10–0 | |
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| Netzer Wimmer Köppel Dietrich Sieloff Laumen Heynckes Vogts | Report |
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 16–0 on aggregate.
Everton won 9–2 on aggregate.
| Panathinaikos | 5–0 | |
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| Eleftherakis Antoniadis | Report |
Panathinaikos won 7–1 on aggregate.
| Boldklubben 1903 | 2–2 | |
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| Thygesen Johansen | Report | Jozef Čapkovič |
Slovan Bratislava won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Cagliari | 2–4 | 2–1 | 0–3 | |
| Standard Liège | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | |
| Ajax | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |
| Waterford | 2–10 | 0–7 | 2–3 | |
| Carl Zeiss Jena | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Red Star Belgrade | 6–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2–2(3–4p) | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Panathinaikos | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Carl Zeiss Jena | 2–1 | |
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| Vogel Kurbjuweit | Report | Marinho |
| Atlético Madrid | 3–0 | |
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| Aragonés | Report |
Atlético Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.
Legia Warsaw won 2–1 on aggregate.
Ajax won 5–1 on aggregate.
Celtic won 10–2 on aggregate.
| Sporting CP | 1–2 | |
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| Gonçalves | Report | Ducke Kurbjuweit |
Carl Zeiss Jena won 4–2 on aggregate.
| UTA Arad | 1–3 | |
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| Brosovszky | Report | Filipović Janković |
Red Star Belgrade won 6–1 on aggregate.
| Everton | 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) | |
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| Morrissey | Report | Laumen |
| Penalties | ||
| Royle Ball Morrissey Kendall Brown | 4–3 | |
2–2 on aggregate; Everton won on penalties.
Panathinaikos won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Atlético Madrid | 2–2 (a) | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
| Ajax | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | |
| Carl Zeiss Jena | 3–6 | 3–2 | 0–4 | |
| Everton | 1–1 (a) | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Carl Zeiss Jena | 3–2 | |
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| Strempel Ducke Irmscher | Report | Janković Džajić |
| Everton | 1–1 | |
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| Johnson | Report | Antoniadis |
| Legia Warsaw | 2–1 | |
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| Pieszko Stachurski | Report | Salcedo |
2–2 on aggregate; Atlético Madrid won on away goals.
Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Red Star Belgrade | 4–0 | |
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| Đorić Filipović Ostojić Karasi | Report |
Red Star Belgrade won 6–3 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate; Panathinaikos won on away goals.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Atlético Madrid | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | |
| Red Star Belgrade | 4–4 (a) | 4–1 | 0–3 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 4–1 | |
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| Ostojić Janković | Report | Kamaras |
Ajax won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Panathinaikos | 3–0 | |
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| Antoniadis Kamaras | Report |
4–4 on aggregate; Panathinaikos won on away goals.
| Ajax | 2–0 | |
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| Van Dijk Haan | Report |

The top scorers from the 1970–71 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows: