Champions’ Cup 1970-71
Preliminary Round FC Levski-Spartak Bul FK Austria (Wien) Aut 3-1 0-3 3-4 First Round AS La Jeunesse d’Esch Lux Panathinaikos Gre 1-2 0-5 1-7 Slovan Bratislava Tch B1903 (København) Den 2-1 2-2 4-3 Everton Eng IBK (Keflavík) Isl 6-2 3-0 9-2x EPA (Lárnaka) Cyp Borussia Mönchengladbach FRG 0-6 0-10 0-16y Fenerbahçe Tur FC Carl Zeiss Jena GDR 0-4 0-1 0-5 Sporting CP (Lisboa) Por Floriana Mlt 5-0 4-0 9-0 Újpesti Dózsa Hun Crvena Zvezda (Beograd) Yug 2-0 0-4 2-4 Feijenoord Ned UT Arad Rom 1-1 0-0 1-1* Atlético Madrid Esp FK Austria (Wien) Aut 2-0 2-1 4-1 Cagliari Ita AS Saint-Etienne Fra 3-0 0-1 3-1 IFK Gothenburg Swe Legia Warszawa Pol 0-4 1-2 1-6 Rosenborg BK Nor Standard CL (Liège) Bel 0-2 0-5 0-7 Celtic Sco KPV (Kokkola) Fin 9-0 5-0 14-0 Glentoran Nir Waterford Irl 1-3 0-1 1-4 Moskva Spartak URS FC Basle Sui 3-2 1-2 4-4* 17 Nëntori (Tiranë) Alb Ajax Ned 2-2 0-2 2-4 x 2nd leg in Reykjavík y 1st leg in Augsburg Second Round Panathinaikos Gre Slovan Bratislava Tch 3-0 1-2 4-2 Borussia Mönchengladbach FRG Everton Eng 1-1 1-1 2-2 3-4p FC Carl Zeiss Jena GDR Sporting CP (Lisboa) Por 2-1 2-1 4-2 Crvena Zvezda (Beograd) Yug UT Arad Rom 3-0 3-1 6-1 Cagliari Ita Atlético Madrid Esp 2-1 0-3 2-4 Standard CL (Liège) Bel Legia Warszawa Pol 1-0 0-2 1-2 Waterford Irl Celtic Sco 0-7 2-3 2-10x Ajax Ned FC Basle Sui 3-0 2-1 5-1 x 1st leg in Dublin Quarter-Finals Everton Eng Panathinaikos Gre 1-1 0-0 1-1* FC Carl Zeiss Jena GDR Crvena Zvezda (Beograd) Yug 3-2 0-4 3-6 Atlético Madrid Esp Legia Warszawa Pol 1-0 1-2 *2-2 Ajax Ned Celtic Sco 3-0 0-1 3-1 Semi-Finals Crvena Zvezda (Beograd) Yug Panathinaikos Gre 4-1 0-3 4-4* Atlético Madrid Esp Ajax Ned 1-0 0-3 1-3 Final, Wembley Stadium, London, 2 Jun 1971, att 83000 Ajax (1) 2 Panathinaikos (0) 0 5′ 1-0 A: Van Dijk 87′ 2-0 A: Kapsis og Ajax (trainer Michels) Stuy; Neeskens, Hulshoff, Vasovic, Suurbier; Rijnders (Blankenburg 46), G.Mühren; Swart (Haan 46), Cruijff, Van Dijk, Keizer Panathinaikos (trainer Puskás) Oeconomopoulos; Tomaras, Kapsis, Sourpis, Vlahos; Kamaras, Elefterakis; Grammos, Antoniadis, Domazos, Filakouris Referee: Taylor (England)
The greatest international season of Panathinaikos. They were bigger surprise than Ajax, but were no match for Flying Dutchmen.
In 1969 Ajax was destroyed at the Champions Cup final by Milan, but this time the victory was theirs.
And the world learned the names of players deifining the 1970s and beyond.
Curiously, the best year of the team will be 1972 – with some changes, including the coach, who made them world-class stars.