1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup

1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup

Final positions
Champions	Chelsea (1st title)
Runners-up	Real Madrid

The 1970–71 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Chelsea in a replay against Real Madrid. Defending champions Manchester City were eliminated by Chelsea in the semi-finals, only the second ever tie in the competition between two clubs from the same country. These two sides would later compete in the 2021 UEFA Champions League final, with Chelsea winning 1-0. The finals were played in Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus, Greece.

Bracket

	Preliminary round						First round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Kickers Offenbach	2	0	2
	Club Brugge	1	2	3			Club Brugge	2	2	4
	Zürich	7	7	14			Zürich	0	3	3
	ÍB Akureyri	1	0	1									Club Brugge	2	0	2
	CSKA September Flag	9	2	11									Chelsea	0	4	4
	Haka	0	1	1			CSKA September Flag	0	0	0
	Aris Thessaloniki	1	1	2			Chelsea	1	1	2
	Chelsea	1	5	6															Chelsea	1	1	2
	Göztepe	5	0	5															Manchester City	0	0	0
	Union Luxembourg	0	1	1			Göztepe	0	0	0
	Aalborg	0	1	1			Górnik Zabrze	1	3	4
	Górnik Zabrze	1	8	9									Górnik Zabrze	2	0	2/1
	Aberdeen	3	1	4(4)									Manchester City	0	2	2/3
	Budapest Honvéd	1	3	4(5)			Budapest Honvéd	0	0	0
	Manchester City	1	1	2			Manchester City	1	2	3
	Linfield	0	2	2																					Chelsea	2
	TJ Gottwaldov	2	0	2																					Real Madrid	1
	PSV Eindhoven	1	1	2			PSV Eindhoven	4	3	7
	Karpaty Lviv	0	3	3			Steaua București	0	0	0
	Steaua București	1	3	4									PSV Eindhoven	2	0	2
	Olimpija Ljubljana	1	1	2									Vorwärts Berlin	0	1	1
	Benfica	1	8	9			Benfica	2	0	2(3)
	Vorwärts Berlin	0	1	1			Vorwärts Berlin	0	2	2(5)
	Bologna	0	1	1															PSV Eindhoven	0	1	1
	Cardiff City	8	0	8															Real Madrid	0	2	2
	Pezoporikos Larnaca	0	0	0			Cardiff City	5	2	7
	Strømsgodset	0	3	3			Nantes	1	1	2
	Nantes	5	2	7									Cardiff City	1	0	1
	Hibernians	0	0	0									Real Madrid	0	2	2
	Real Madrid	0	5	5			Real Madrid	0	2	2
	Wacker Innsbruck	3	2	5			Wacker Innsbruck	1	0	1
	Partizani	2	1	3

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Åtvidabergs FF	1–3	Partizani	1–1	0–2
Bohemian	3–4	TJ Gottwaldov	1–2	2–2

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kickers Offenbach	2–3	Club Brugge	2–1	0–2
Zürich	14–1	ÍB Akureyri	7–1	7–0
CSKA September Flag	11–1	Haka	9–0	2–1
Aris Thessaloniki	2–6	Chelsea	1–1	1–5
Aberdeen	4–4 (p)	Budapest Honvéd	3–1	1–3 (a.e.t.)
Manchester City	2–2 (a)	Linfield	1–0	1–2
Göztepe	5–1	Union Luxembourg	5–0	0–1
Aalborg	1–9	Górnik Zabrze	0–1	1–8
TJ Gottwaldov	2–2 (a)	PSV Eindhoven	2–1	0–1
Karpaty Lviv	3–4	Steaua București	0–1	3–3
Olimpija Ljubljana	2–9	Benfica	1–1	1–8
Vorwärts Berlin	1–1 (a)	Bologna	0–0	1–1
Cardiff City	8–0	Pezoporikos Larnaca	8–0	0–0
Strømsgodset	3–7	Nantes	0–5	3–2
Hibernians	0–5	Real Madrid	0–0	0–5
Wacker Innsbruck	5–3	Partizani	3–2	2–1

First leg

16 September 1970

CSKA September Flag	9–0	Haka
Yakimov 7', 30', 64' Nikodimov 15' (pen.), 37' Zhekov 61', 81' Marashliev 77'

Bulgarian Army Stadium, Sofia 16 September 197019:00

Karpaty Lviv	0–1	Steaua București
	Report	Tătaru 88'

Druzhba Stadium, LvivAttendance: 48,000Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary) 16 September 1970

Olimpija Ljubljana	1–1	Benfica
Pejović 53'	Report	Eusébio 30'

Bežigrad Stadium, LjubljanaAttendance: 11,951Referee: Paul Bonett (Malta) 16 September 1970

Vorwärts Berlin	0–0	Bologna

Berlin 16 September 1970

Cardiff City	8-0	Pezoporikos Larnaca
Sutton 18' Gibson 33' King 36' Woodruff 40' Clark 44', 60' Toshack 54', 82'	Report

Ninian Park, CardiffAttendance: 12,984Referee: Jacques Colling (Luxembourg)

Second leg

30 September 1970

Haka	1–2	CSKA September Flag
Malm 88'		Yakimov 50', 56'

Tehtaan kenttä, Valkeakoski

CSKA September Flag won 11–1 on aggregate.

30 September 197013:30

Steaua București	3–3	Karpaty Lviv
Dumitriu 19' Tătaru 28' (pen.) Ștefănescu 70'	Report	Kulchytskyi 16' Habowda 25' Hreshchak 90'

Stadionul Republicii, BucharestAttendance: 25,000Referee: Günter Männig (East Germany)

Steaua București won 4–3 on aggregate.

30 September 1970

Benfica	8–1	Olimpija Ljubljana
Eusébio 26', 30', 32', 71', 83' Zeca 47' Artur Jorge 67' Jaime Graça 84'	Report	Ameršek 51'

Estádio da Luz, LisbonAttendance: 38,760Referee: Antoine Queudeville (Luxembourg)

Benfica won 9–2 on aggregate.

30 September 1970

Bologna	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Vorwärts Berlin
Savoldi 106'		Begerad 112'

Bologna

1–1 on aggregate; Vorwärts Berlin won on away goals.

30 September 1970

Pezoporikos Larnaca	0–0	Cardiff City
	Report

GSZ Stadium, LarnacaAttendance: 2,100Referee: Petar Nikolov (Bulgaria)

Cardiff City won 8-0 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Club Brugge	4–3	Zürich	2–0	2–3
CSKA September Flag	0–2	Chelsea	0–1	0–1
Budapest Honvéd	0–3	Manchester City	0–1	0–2
Göztepe	0–4	Górnik Zabrze	0–1	0–3
PSV Eindhoven	7–0	Steaua București	4–0	3–0
Benfica	2–2 (p)	Vorwärts Berlin	2–0	0–2
Cardiff City	7–2	Nantes	5–1	2–1
Real Madrid	2–1	Wacker Innsbruck	0–1	2–0

First leg

21 October 1970

CSKA September Flag	0–1	Chelsea
		Baldwin 43'

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia 21 October 1970 (1970-10-21)

PSV Eindhoven	4–0	Steaua București
Veenstra 32' Devrindt 67', 87' Mulders 68'	Report

Philips Stadion, EindhovenAttendance: 24,500Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany) 21 October 1970

Benfica	2–0	Vorwärts Berlin
Eusébio 3' Diamantino Costa 66'	Report

Estádio da Luz, LisbonAttendance: 29,796Referee: Josip Horvath (Yugoslavia)

Second leg

4 November 1970

Chelsea	1–0	CSKA September Flag
Webb 41'

Stamford Bridge, London

Chelsea won 2–0 on aggregate.

4 November 1970 (1970-11-04)

Steaua București	0–3	PSV Eindhoven
	Report	Veenstra 45', 53' Van der Kuijlen 79'

Stadionul 23 August, BucharestAttendance: 50,000Referee: Jim Finney (England)

PSV Eindhoven won 7–0 on aggregate.

4 November 1970

Vorwärts Berlin	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Benfica
Wruck 25' Fräßdorf 67'	Report

Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, BerlinAttendance: 10,533Referee: John Adair (Northern Ireland)

2–2 on aggregate. Vorwärts Berlin won 5–3 on penalties.

Quarter-finals

Ticket to match Manchester City–Górnik Zabrze in Chorzów

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Play-off
Club Brugge	2–4	Chelsea	2–0	0–4
Górnik Zabrze	2–2	Manchester City	2–0	0–2	1–3
PSV Eindhoven	2–1	Vorwärts Berlin	2–0	0–1
Cardiff City	1–2	Real Madrid	1–0	0–2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chelsea	2–0	Manchester City	1–0	1–0
PSV Eindhoven	1–2	Real Madrid	0–0	1–2

First leg

14 April 1971

Chelsea	1–0	Manchester City
Smethurst 46'	Report Report 2

Stamford Bridge, London 14 April 197119:15

PSV Eindhoven	0–0	Real Madrid
	Report Report 2

Philips Stadion, EindhovenAttendance: 24,000Referee: William O'Neill (Republic of Ireland)

Second leg

28 April 1971

Manchester City	0–1	Chelsea
	Report Report 2	Healey 43' (o.g.)

Maine Road, Manchester

Chelsea won 2–0 on aggregate.

28 April 197121:00

Real Madrid	2–1	PSV Eindhoven
Zoco 36' Pirri 82'	Report Report 2	Van den Dungen 58'

Santiago Bernabéu, MadridAttendance: 60,000Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)

Real Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

19 May 197120:30

Chelsea	1–1	Real Madrid
Osgood 56'	Report Report 2	Zoco 90'

Karaiskakis Stadium, PiraeusAttendance: 45,000Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

Replay

21 May 197120:30

Chelsea	2–1	Real Madrid
Dempsey 33' Osgood 39'	Report Report 2	Fleitas 75'

Karaiskakis Stadium, PiraeusAttendance: 19,917Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

See also

• 1970–71 European Cup
• 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

References

1. ^ "Winners of the European Cup Winner's Cup". onthisday.com.
2. ^ Reuters (19 May 2008). "Final Factbox: All the pertinent facts and figures ahead of Wednesday's Champion League final between Manchester United and Chelsea in Moscow". eurosport.com.
3. ^ Paul Mc Parlan (14 December 2018). "The Emperors Of Athens: How Chelsea Won The Cup Winners' Cup In 1971". thesefootballtimes.co.

External links

• 1970-71 competition at UEFA website
• Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• Cup Winners Cup Seasons 1970-71–results, protocols
• website Football Archive 1970–71 Cup Winners Cup

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