1973 European Cup Final

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1973 European Cup Final

Ajax captain Johan Cruyff receives the trophy. Note that Cruyff is wearing a Juventus jersey in this photograph, having exchanged shirts with the losing finalists.
Event	1972–73 European Cup
Ajax Juventus 1 0
Date	30 May 1973
Venue	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade
Referee	(Yugoslavia)
Attendance	89,484
← 1972 1974 →

The 1973 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, on 30 May 1973, in which Ajax of the Netherlands defeated Juventus of Italy 1–0. A goal from Johnny Rep four minutes into the match was enough for Ajax to claim their third consecutive European Cup. This victory meant that Ajax had earned the privilege of keeping the trophy permanently.

Route to the final[]

Ajax				Round	Juventus
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Bye				First round	Marseille	3–1	0–1 (A)	3–0 (H)
CSKA Sofia	6–1	3–1 (A)	3–0 (H)	Second round	1. FC Magdeburg	2–0	1–0 (H)	1–0 (A)
Bayern Munich	5–2	4–0 (H)	1–2 (A)	Quarter-finals	Újpesti Dózsa	2–2 (a)	0–0 (H)	2–2 (A)
Real Madrid	3–1	2–1 (H)	1–0 (A)	Semi-finals	Derby County	3–1	3–1 (H)	0–0 (A)

Match[]

Details[]

30 May 1973

20:30

Ajax	1–0 (1-0)	Juventus
Rep 5'	Report

Red Star Stadium, Belgrade

Attendance: 89,484

Referee: (Yugoslavia)

Ajax

Juventus

GK 1 Heinz Stuy RB 3 Wim Suurbier CB 13 Barry Hulshoff CB 12 Horst Blankenburg LB 5 Ruud Krol CM 7 Johan Neeskens CM 15 Arie Haan CM 9 Gerrie Mühren RW 16 Johnny Rep CF 14 Johan Cruyff (c) LW 11 Piet Keizer Manager: Ștefan Kovács

GK 1 Dino Zoff SW 6 Sandro Salvadore (c) RB 2 Gianpietro Marchetti CB 5 Francesco Morini LB 3 Silvio Longobucco CM 8 Franco Causio  57' CM 10 Fabio Capello CM 4 Giuseppe Furino  66' RF 7 [a] José Altafini CF 9 Pietro Anastasi LF 11 Roberto Bettega  49' Substitutes: MF 15 Helmut Haller  49' MF 14 Antonello Cuccureddu  57' Manager: Čestmír Vycpálek

See also[]

• 1972–73 European Cup
• 1996 UEFA Champions League Final – contested by the same teams
• AFC Ajax in European football
• Juventus F.C. in European football
• 1972–73 Juventus F.C. season

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• 1972-73 season at UEFA website

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