1971 European Cup final

Match programme cover

Event

1970–71 European Cup

Ajax	Panathinaikos

2	0

Date

2 June 1971

Venue

Wembley Stadium, London

Referee

Jack Taylor (England)

Attendance

83,179

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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.^[1]

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Route to the 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

2 June 1971

Ajax	2–0	Panathinaikos
Van Dijk 5' Haan 87'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 83,179

Referee: Jack Taylor (England)

Ajax

Panathinaikos


GK	1	Heinz Stuy
SW	2	Velibor Vasović (c)
DF	3	Wim Suurbier
DF	4	Barry Hulshoff
MF	6	Nico Rijnders	46'
MF	7	Johan Neeskens
FW	8	Sjaak Swart	46'
MF	9	Gerrie Mühren
FW	10	Dick van Dijk
FW	11	Piet Keizer
MF	14	Johan Cruyff
Substitutes:
DF	12	Horst Blankenburg	46'
MF	15	Arie Haan	46'
GK		Sies Wever [nl]
MF		Ruud Suurendonk [nl]
Manager:
Rinus Michels


GK	1	Takis Ikonomopoulos
DF	2	Yiannis Tomaras
DF	3	Giorgios Vlachos [el]
MF	4	Kostas Eleftherakis
MF	5	Aristidis Kamaras
DF	6	Frangiskos Sourpis
MF	7	Haris Grammos
FW	8	Totis Filakouris
FW	9	Antonis Antoniadis
FW	10	Mimis Domazos (c)
DF	11	Anthimos Kapsis
Substitutes:
GK		Vasilis Konstantinou
DF		Victor Mitropoulos
DF		Kostas Athanasopoulos [it]
DF		Mitsos Dimitriou
MF		Dimitris Kaligeris
Manager:
Ferenc Puskás

References

^ Maldonado 'Maldini', Julio; Leveridge, Sam. "The 50 best games in history: Ajax 2-0 Panathinaikos, European Cup 1971". Marca. Retrieved 10 February 2024.

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