1969 European Cup final

June 2017 1969 European Cup final 1969 European Cup Final programme .jpeg The match programme cover 200 1968–69 European Cup Ajax NED 30px 1 Milan ITA 30px 4 28 May 1969 Santiago Bernabéu Madrid José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain) 31,782 1968 1970 thumb|Advertising poster for the game The 1969 European Cup final was a football match played at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid on 28 May 1969 between Ajax of the Netherlands and AC Milan of Italy, to determine the champions of the 1968–69 European Cup. Ajax made history by becoming the first Dutch side to reach the final, but they were beaten by their Italian opponents 4–1.https://www.gazzetta.it/Dream_Cup/Primo_Piano/2007/07_Luglio/Milan_69.shtml Il mondo ai piedi del Milan di Rocco La Gazzetta dello Sport it 21 May 2020 https://storiedicalcio.altervista.org/blog/coppa_campioni_68_69.html Coppa Campioni 1968/69: MILAN 14 January 2016 storiedicalcio.altervista.org it 21 May 2020 As of 2025, Milan's Pierino Prati remains the most recent player to score a hat-trick in a European Cup or Champions League final. Route to the final 1968–69 European Cup In the quarter-finals, Ajax were deadlocked 4–4 on aggregate against Portuguese side Benfica after two legs, forcing a replay. The Dutch champions won 3–0 in the replay, but it took extra time to do so. Milan had a bye in the second round due to the withdrawal of a number of Eastern European clubs from the competition. In their semi-final, they knocked out defending European champions Manchester United. AjaxRoundMilanOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legPlay-offOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legFRG Nürnberg5–11–1 (A)4–0 (H)First roundSWE Malmö FF5–31–2 (A)4–1 (H)TUR Fenerbahçe4–02–0 (H)2–0 (A)Second roundByePOR Benfica4–4 (r)3–1 (A)1–3 (H)3–0 Quarter-finalsSCO Celtic1–00–0 (H)1–0 (A)TCH Spartak Trnava3–23–0 (H)0–2 (A)Semi-finalsENG Manchester United2–12–0 (H)0–1 (A) Match Details 28 May 1969 19:30 Ajax NED 1–4 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1968/matches/round=960/match=62526/index.html ITA Milan Vasović 61 pen. Prati 7 39 74Sormani 66 Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid 31,782 José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain) _redborder _afcajax69h _redborder _top_on_white FFFFFF FF0000 FFFFFF FFFFFF FF0000 Ajaxhttps://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/StatDoc/competitions/UCL/01/67/63/65/1676365_DOWNLOAD.pdf 2011/12 UEFA Champions League statistics handbook: History (European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League, 1955–2011) UEFA Union of European Football Associations 28 May 2011 28 January 2019 7 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120524173751/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/StatDoc/competitions/UCL/01/67/63/65/1676365_DOWNLOAD.pdf 24 May 2012 _milan100o _acmilan69h _milan100o _redtop FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF 000000 Milan GK 1 NED Gert Bals RB 2 NED Wim Suurbier 46CB 3 NED Barry HulshoffCB 4 YUG Velibor Vasović (c)LB 5 NED Theo van DuivenbodeRH 6 NED Henk Groot 46LH 7 NED Ton PronkRW 8 NED Sjaak SwartCF 9 SWE Inge DanielssonCF 10NED Johan CruyffLW 11NED Piet KeizerSubstitutes:FW 12NED Klaas Nuninga 46MF 14NED Bennie Muller 46GK 13 NED Heinz StuyMF NED Gerrie MührenMF NED Ruud SuurendonkManager:NED Rinus Michels300px GK 1 ITA Fabio CudiciniRB 2 ITA Angelo AnquillettiLB 3 FRG Karl-Heinz SchnellingerRH 4 ITA Roberto RosatoCH 5 ITA Saul MalatrasiLH 6 ITA Giovanni TrapattoniOR 7 SWE Kurt HamrinIR 8 ITA Giovanni LodettiCF 9 ITA Angelo SormaniIL 10ITA Gianni Rivera (c)OL 11ITA Pierino PratiManager:ITA Nereo Rocco See also 1968–69 AC Milan season 1969 European Cup Winners' Cup final 1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final 1969 Intercontinental Cup 1995 UEFA Champions League final – contested by the same teams AFC Ajax in international football AC Milan in international football References External links 1968–69 season at UEFA.com European Cups Archive at the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 1968–69 season at European Cup History https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/uefaorg/Publications/01/53/55/84/1535584_DOWNLOAD.pdf European Champion Clubs' Cup – History UEFA 164 25 May 2011 Final European Cup Final 1969 European Cup Final 1969 Category:UEFA Champions League finals 1969 Euro Euro Category:May 1969 sports events in Europe Category:1960s in Madrid Category:Football competitions in Madrid 1969 Category:1968–69 in Spanish football