1970 European Cup Final

1970 European Cup Final
	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
	← 1969 1971 →

The 1970 European Cup Final was a football match held at the San Siro, Milan, on 6 May 1970, that saw Feijenoord^[a] 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.

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 Reykjavík	16–2	12–2 (A)	4–0 (H)	First round	Basel	2–0	0–0 (A)	2–0 (H)
A.C. 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[]

Wim van Hanegem, Piet Vrauwdeunt, Coen Moulijn

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, this time around, Celtic entered the final as strong favourites.^{[citation needed]} However, despite Tommy Gemmell opening the scoring after 30 minutes, they were comprehensively outplayed by Feyenoord. The Dutch team's 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 Celtic counterparts. Rinus Israël quickly equalised with his head, the first Feyenoord-goal in this campaign scored outside their home stadium. Celtic managed to hold on at 1–1 to force extra time.^[2] 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.^[3]^[4]

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	105+2'
CB	4	Theo Laseroms
CB	3	Rinus Israël (c)
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
LW	11	Coen Moulijn
Substitutes:
MF	15	Guus Haak	105+2'
GK		Eddy Treijtel
DF		Cor Veldhoen
MF		[ru]
CF		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
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:
MF	14	George Connelly	77'
Manager:
Jock Stein

Notes[]

^ Though the club was invariably referred to as either SC Feijenoord (the original Dutch spelling) or Feyenoord (the spelling used internationally) in the years prior, it would not be until 1974 that the club officially changed its name to Feyenoord, which is an Anglicanised spelling.^[1]

References[]

^ "Wist u dat..." stadionfeijenoord.nl (in Dutch). Stadion Feijenoord N.V. Archived from the original on 31 December 2007. zowel Stadion Feijenoord als Feyenoord Rotterdam met een lange ij geschreven werd. Pas in 1974 besloot de voetbalclub een y te gebruiken, de lange ij gaf namelijk problemen met de uitspraak in het buitenland
^ Gallagher, Michael (10 March 2020). "Feyenoord 2 Celtic 1". The Blizzard. Archived from the original on 8 May 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
^ "Season 1969-70". European Cup History. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
^ Brogan, Tom. "Celtic 1970: European Cup Final v Feyenoord – The Dream Ends". State of the Game. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

External links[]

[2] Though the club was invariably referred to as either SC Feijenoord (the original Dutch spelling) or Feyenoord (the spelling used internationally) in the years prior, it would not be until 1974 that the club officially changed its name to Feyenoord, which is an Anglicanised spelling.^[1]

[1] "Wist u dat..." stadionfeijenoord.nl (in Dutch). Stadion Feijenoord N.V. Archived from the original on 31 December 2007. zowel Stadion Feijenoord als Feyenoord Rotterdam met een lange ij geschreven werd. Pas in 1974 besloot de voetbalclub een y te gebruiken, de lange ij gaf namelijk problemen met de uitspraak in het buitenland

[3] Gallagher, Michael (10 March 2020). "Feyenoord 2 Celtic 1". The Blizzard. Archived from the original on 8 May 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.

[ec6970-4] "Season 1969-70". European Cup History. Retrieved 6 October 2013.

[5] Brogan, Tom. "Celtic 1970: European Cup Final v Feyenoord – The Dream Ends". State of the Game. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

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