1969–70 European Cup

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The 1969–70 European Cup was the 15th season of the European Cup, a club football tournament organised by UEFA for the domestic league champions of its member associations. It was won by Feyenoord of the Netherlands, who beat Scottish club Celtic after extra time in the final at San Siro in Milan on 6 May 1970. It was the first time the title had been won by a club from the Netherlands, and sparked a period of Dutch dominance in the competition, as Ajax won the next three titles.

1969–70 European Cup
Tournament details
The San Siro in Milan hosted the final.
Dates	21 August 1969 – 6 May 1970
Teams	33
Final positions
Champions	Feyenoord (1st title)
Runners-up	Celtic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	204 (3.24 per match)
Attendance	2,046,074 (32,477 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mick Jones (Leeds United) 8 goals
← 1968–69 1970–71 →

For the first time in the European Cup, tiebreaker playoffs were abandoned in favour of the away goals rule; if both teams had scored the same number of away goals, one side was eliminated by the toss of a coin, something that was required in two of the matches (marked on the table below by "c/t").

Milan were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Eventual Champions Feyenoord in the second round.

17 Nëntori (1st)	Austria Wien (1st)	Standard Liège (1st)
CSKA September Flag (1st)	Olympiakos Nicosia (1st)	Spartak Trnava (1st)
KB (1st)	Leeds United (1st)	TPS (1st)
Saint-Étienne (1st)	Vorwärts Berlin (1st)	Bayern Munich (1st)
Panathinaikos (1st)	Ferencváros (1st)	KR (1st)
Waterford (1st)	Fiorentina (1st)	Milan (3rd)^TH
Avenir Beggen (1st)	Hibernians (1st)	Feyenoord (1st)
Linfield (1st)	Lyn (1st)	Legia Warsaw (1st)
Benfica (1st)	UTA Arad (1st)	Celtic (1st)
Real Madrid (1st)	Öster (1st)	Basel (1st)
Galatasaray (1st)	Dynamo Kyiv (1st)	Red Star Belgrade (1st)

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
TPS	0–5	Kjøbenhavns Boldklub	0–1	0–4

Kjøbenhavns Boldklub won 5–0 on aggregate.

First round				Second round				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

Hibernians	2	0	2

Spartak Trnava	2	4	6
				Spartak Trnava	1	0	1

				Galatasaray (c/t)	0	1	1
Galatasaray	2	3	5

Waterford	0	2	2
								Galatasaray	1	0	1

								Legia Warsaw	1	2	3
UTA Arad	1	0	1

Legia Warsaw	2	8	10
				Legia Warsaw	2	1	3

				Saint-Étienne	1	0	1
Bayern Munich	2	0	2

Saint-Étienne	0	3	3
												Legia Warsaw	0	0	0

												Feyenoord	0	2	2
Vorwärts Berlin	2	1	3

Panathinaikos	0	1	1
				Vorwärts Berlin	2	2	4

				Red Star Belgrade	1	3	4
Red Star Belgrade	8	4	12

Linfield	0	2	2
								Vorwärts Berlin	1	0	1

								Feyenoord	0	2	2
Milan	5	3	8

Avenir Beggen	0	0	0
				Milan	1	0	1

				Feyenoord	0	2	2
KR	2	0	2

Feyenoord	12	4	16
																Feyenoord (a.e.t)	2

																Celtic	1
Standard Liège	3	1	4

17 Nëntori	0	1	1
				Standard Liège	1	3	4

				Real Madrid	0	2	2
Olympiakos Nicosia	0	1	1

Real Madrid	8	6	14
								Standard Liège	0	0	0

								Leeds United	1	1	2
Leeds United	10	6	16

Lyn	0	0	0
				Leeds United	3	3	6

				Ferencváros	0	0	0
CSKA September Flag	2	1	3

Ferencváros	1	4	5
												Leeds United	0	1	1

												Celtic	1	2	3
Basel	0	0	0

Celtic	0	2	2
				Celtic (c/t)	3	0	3

				S.L. Benfica	0	3	3
Benfica	2	3	5

Kjøbenhavns Boldklub	0	2	2
								Celtic	3	0	3

								Fiorentina	0	1	1
Austria Wien	1	1	2

Dynamo Kyiv	2	3	5
				Dynamo Kyiv	1	0	1

				Fiorentina	2	0	2
Fiorentina	1	2	3

Öster	0	1	1

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Hibernians	2–6	Spartak Trnava	2–2	0–4
Galatasaray	5–2	Waterford	2–0	3–2
UTA Arad	1–10	Legia Warsaw	1–2	0–8
Bayern Munich	2–3	Saint-Étienne	2–0	0–3
Vorwärts Berlin	3–1	Panathinaikos	2–0	1–1
Red Star Belgrade	12–2	Linfield	8–0	4–2
Milan	8–0	Avenir Beggen	5–0	3–0
KR	2–16	Feyenoord	2–12	0–4
Standard Liège	4–1	17 Nëntori	3–0	1–1
Olympiakos Nicosia	1–14	Real Madrid	0–8	1–6
Leeds United	16–0	Lyn	10–0	6–0
CSKA September Flag	3–5	Ferencváros	2–1	1–4
Basel	0–2	Celtic	0–0	0–2
Benfica	5–2	Kjøbenhavns Boldklub	2–0	3–2
Austria Wien	2–5	Dynamo Kyiv	1–2	1–3
Fiorentina	3–1	Öster	1–0	2–1

Spartak Trnava won 6–2 on aggregate.

Galatasaray won 5–2 on aggregate.

Legia Warsaw won 10–1 on aggregate.

Saint-Étienne won 3–2 on aggregate.

Vorwärts Berlin won 3–1 on aggregate.

Red Star Belgrade won 12–2 on aggregate.

Milan won 8–0 on aggregate.

Feyenoord won 16–2 on aggregate.

Standard Liège won 4–1 on aggregate.

Real Madrid won 14–1 on aggregate.

Leeds United won 16–0 on aggregate.

Ferencváros won 5–3 on aggregate.

Celtic won 2–0 on aggregate.

Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.

Dynamo Kyiv won 5–2 on aggregate.

Fiorentina won 3–1 on aggregate.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spartak Trnava	1–1 (c/t)	Galatasaray	1–0	0–1
Legia Warsaw	3–1	Saint-Étienne	2–1	1–0
Vorwärts Berlin	4–4 (a)	Red Star Belgrade	2–1	2–3
Milan	1–2	Feyenoord	1–0	0–2
Standard Liège	4–2	Real Madrid	1–0	3–2
Leeds United	6–0	Ferencváros	3–0	3–0
Celtic	3–3 (c/t)	Benfica	3–0	0–3
Dynamo Kyiv	1–2	Fiorentina	1–2	0–0

1–1 on aggregate; Galatasaray progressed on a coin toss.

Legia Warsaw won 3–1 on aggregate.

4–4 on aggregate; Vorwärts Berlin won on away goals.

Feyenoord won 2–1 on aggregate.

Standard Liège won 4–2 on aggregate.

Leeds United won 6–0 on aggregate.

3–3 on aggregate; Celtic progressed on a coin toss.

Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Galatasaray	1–3	Legia Warsaw	1–1	0–2
Vorwärts Berlin	1–2	Feyenoord	1–0	0–2
Standard Liège	0–2	Leeds United	0–1	0–1
Celtic	3–1	Fiorentina	3–0	0–1

Legia Warsaw won 3–1 on aggregate.

Feyenoord won 2–1 on aggregate.

Leeds United won 2–0 on aggregate.

Celtic won 3–1 on aggregate.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Legia Warsaw	0–2	Feyenoord	0–0	0–2
Leeds United	1–3	Celtic	0–1	1–2

Feyenoord won 2–0 on aggregate.

Celtic won 3–1 on aggregate.

The top scorers from the 1969–70 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Mick Jones	Leeds United	8
2	Ove Kindvall	Feyenoord	7
3	Ruud Geels	Feyenoord	6
4	Zoran Antonijević	Red Star Belgrade	5
	Eusébio	Benfica	5
	Stanislav Karasi	Red Star Belgrade	5
7	Jozef Adamec	Spartak Trnava	4
	Lucjan Brychczy	Legia Warsaw	4
	Henri Depireux	Standard Liège	4
	Johnny Giles	Leeds United	4
	Willem van Hanegem	Feyenoord	4

^ Highest attendance for a UEFA club competition match (having been moved from Celtic Park).

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1969–70 All matches – season at UEFA website
European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
All scorers 1969–70 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA
1969-70 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)
European Cup 1969-70 – results, protocols, players statistics
website eurocups-uefa.ru European Cup 1969-70 – results, protocols
website Football Archive 1969–70 European Cup