1971 European Cup final

February 2024 June 2017 1971 European Cup final 1971 European Cup Final match programme.jpg Match programme cover 1970–71 European Cup Ajax NED 30px 2 Panathinaikos GRE 1970 30px 0 2 June 1971 Wembley Stadium London Jack Taylor (England) 83,179 1970 1972 thumb|The teams walk out before the final. The 1971 European Cup final was an association football match played between Ajax of the Netherlands and Panathinaikos of Greece on 2 June 1971 at Wembley Stadium, London, England. The showpiece event was the final match of the 1970–71 season of Europe's premier cup competition, the European Cup. Ajax were appearing in their second final, after losing it in 1969, while Panathinaikos were appearing in their first final. 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.Maldonado 'Maldini' Julio Leveridge Sam The 50 best games in history: Ajax 2-0 Panathinaikos, European Cup 1971 https://www.marca.com/en/football/international-football/2020/04/14/5e90e91c22601da4138b466f.html Marca 14 April 2020 10 February 2024 This remains the only time a Greek team has reached a European Cup/Champions League final. Route to the final 1970–71 European Cup AjaxRoundPanathinaikosOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legALB 1946 17 Nëntori Tirana4–22–2 (A)2–0 (H)First roundLUX Jeunesse Esch7–12–1 (A)5–0 (H)SUI Basel5–13–0 (H)2–1 (A)Second roundTCH Slovan Bratislava4–23–0 (H)1–2 (A)SCO Celtic3–13–0 (H)0–1 (A)Quarter-finalsENG Everton1–1 (a)1–1 (A)0–0 (H)ESP 1945 Atlético Madrid3–10–1 (A)3–0 (H)Semi-finalsYUG Crvena zvezda4–4 (a)1–4 (A)3–0 (H) Match Details 2 June 1971 Ajax NED 2–0 https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=1970/matches/round=972/match=63031/index.html GRE 1970 Panathinaikos Van Dijk 5Haan 87 Wembley Stadium, London 83,179 Jack Taylor (England) _afcajax71h _top_on_white FFFFFF ED0A0A FFFFFF FFFFFF ED0A0A Ajax _whiteborder _panathinaikos71 _whiteborder _whitetop 21823b 21823b 21823b 21823b 21823b Panathinaikos GK 1 NED Heinz StuySW 2 YUG Velibor Vasović (c)DF 3 NED Wim SuurbierDF 4 NED Barry HulshoffMF 6 NED Nico Rijnders 46MF 7 NED Johan NeeskensFW 8 NED Sjaak Swart 46MF 9 NED Gerrie MührenFW 10NED Dick van DijkFW 11NED Piet KeizerMF 14NED Johan CruyffSubstitutes:DF 12FRG Horst Blankenburg 46MF 15NED Arie Haan 46GK 13 NED Sies Wever nlMF 5 NED Ruud Suurendonk nlManager:NED Rinus Michels300px GK 1 GRE 1970 Takis IkonomopoulosDF 2 GRE 1970 Yiannis TomarasDF 3 GRE 1970 Giorgos Vlachos el Γιώργος Βλάχος (ποδοσφαιριστής)MF 4 GRE 1970 Kostas EleftherakisMF 5 GRE 1970 Aristidis KamarasDF 6 GRE 1970 Frangiskos SourpisMF 7 GRE 1970 Charis GrammosFW 8 GRE 1970 Totis FilakourisFW 9 GRE 1970 Antonis AntoniadisFW 10GRE 1970 Mimis Domazos (c)DF 11GRE 1970 Anthimos KapsisSubstitutes:GK GRE 1970 Vasilis KonstantinouDF GRE 1970 Victor MitropoulosDF GRE 1970 Kostas Athanasopoulos it Kōstas AthanasopoulosDF GRE 1970 Mitsos DimitriouMF GRE 1970 Dimitris KaligerisManager:HUN Ferenc Puskás See also 1970–71 Panathinaikos F.C. season 1971 European Cup Winners' Cup final 1971 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final 1971 Intercontinental Cup AFC Ajax in international football Panathinaikos F.C. in European football References External links 1970-71 season at UEFA website Final 1971 1970–71 in Dutch football Category:1970–71 in Greek football Category:1970–71 in English men's football Category:AFC Ajax matches Category:Panathinaikos F.C. matches Category:1971 in sport in London Category:Football matches in London Category:Men's football finals in England Category:Sports events at Wembley Stadium Category:June 1971 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:Greece–Netherlands sports relations