1970 European Cup final

The 1970 European Cup final was a football match held at the San Siro, Milan, on 6 May 1970, that saw Feijenoord of the Netherlands defeat Celtic of Scotland 2–1 after extra time. Ove Kindvall's goal in the 117th minute meant the trophy was won by a Dutch club for the first time. It remains Feyenoord's only European Cup triumph.

Match programme cover

Event

1969–70 European Cup

After extra time

Date

6 May 1970

Venue

San Siro, Milan

Referee

Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)

Attendance

53,187

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For losing finalists Celtic, this marked the second, and to date most recent, European Cup final appearance in club history, after the famous win by the "Lisbon Lions" side in the 1967 edition. The match nearly never took place due to massive strikes throughout Italy during 1970; the Italian Football Federation backed down to ensure that their own clubs would be able to compete in further UEFA competitions.^{[citation needed]}

Route to the final

Feyenoord				Round	Celtic
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
KR	16–2	12–2 (H)	4–0 (A)	First round	Basel	2–0	0–0 (A)	2–0 (H)
AC Milan	2–1	0–1 (A)	2–0 (H)	Second round	Benfica	3–3 (c)	3–0 (H)	0–3 (a.e.t.) (A)
Vorwärts Berlin	2–1	0–1 (A)	2–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Fiorentina	3–1	3–0 (H)	0–1 (A)
Legia Warsaw	2–0	0–0 (A)	2–0 (H)	Semi-finals	Leeds United	3–1	1–0 (A)	2–1 (H)

Match

Summary

In contrast to their win in the European Cup final three years prior, in which they had gone into the match as heavy underdogs against Inter Milan, this time around, Celtic entered the final as strong favourites over Feyenoord.^{[citation needed]} However, despite Celtic's Tommy Gemmell opening the scoring after 30 minutes, they were outplayed by the Dutch outfit, whose manager, Ernst Happel, ensured Celtic winger Jimmy Johnstone was double marked at all times, whilst the midfield trio of Franz Hasil, Willem van Hanegem, and Wim Jansen dominated their Scottish counterparts. Rinus Israël quickly equalised with his head; remarkably, this was the first goal of Feyenoord's European campaign that they scored away from their home stadium. In the second half, Celtic managed to hold on at 1–1 to force extra time.

With just a few minutes of extra-time remaining, a long free-kick from the Feyenoord half was sent towards the Celtic penalty area. Celtic defender and captain Billy McNeill stumbled and misjudged the ball, and as he tried to recover he appeared to punch the ball away. Before the referee had a chance to award a penalty, Ove Kindvall reacted quickly, running on and chipping the ball over the advancing goalkeeper Evan Williams to seal a 2–1 win for Feyenoord.

Details

6 May 1970

Feyenoord	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Celtic
Israël 32' Kindvall 117'	Report	Gemmell 30'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 53,187

Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)

Feyenoord

Celtic



GK	1	Eddy Pieters Graafland
RB	2	Piet Romeijn	106'
CB	4	Theo Laseroms
CB	3	Rinus Israël (c) 32'
LB	5	Theo van Duivenbode
CM	7	Wim Jansen
RM	6	Franz Hasil
LM	10	Willem van Hanegem
RW	8	Henk Wery
CF	9	Ove Kindvall 117'
LW	11	Coen Moulijn
Substitutes:
MF	15	Guus Haak	106'
GK		Eddy Treijtel
DF		Cor Veldhoen
MF		Piet Vrauwdeunt (ru)
DF		Joop van Daele
Manager:
Ernst Happel



GK	1	Evan Williams
RB	2	David Hay
CB	5	Billy McNeill (c)
CB	6	Jim Brogan
LB	3	Tommy Gemmell 30'
CM	4	Bobby Murdoch
CM	10	Bertie Auld	77'
RW	7	Jimmy Johnstone
CF	9	John Hughes
CF	8	Willie Wallace
LW	11	Bobby Lennox
Substitutes:
GK	12	John Fallon
RB	13	Jim Craig
MF	14	George Connelly	77'
MF	15	Tommy Callaghan
FW	16	Harry Hood
Manager:
Jock Stein

Route to the final

Match

Summary

Details

See also