1973 UEFA Super Cup - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1973 UEFA Super Cup was played between Ajax and Milan

A.C. Milan

Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...

, with Ajax winning 6–1 on aggregate. It is considered to be the first UEFA Super Cup, because Rangers

Rangers F.C.

Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...

took part in the 1972 competition

1972 European Super Cup

The 1972 European Super Cup was a football match played over two legs between the winner of the 1971–72 European Cup and the winner of the 1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup...

despite being subject to a one-year ban by UEFA

UEFA

The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

for a pitch invasion

Pitch invasion

A pitch invasion or field invasion, known as rushing the field in the United States, occurs when a crowd of people who are watching a sports game run onto the field, to celebrate or protest about an incident...

by their supporters following the 1972 Cup Winners' Cup Final. The 1972 match therefore has no place in UEFA's record and was played instead as a celebration of the Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

club's centenary.

First leg


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	MILAN:
GK		Villiam Vecchi Villiam Vecchi Villiam Vecchi is a former Italian soccer goalkeeper, and currently the goalkeeping coach for A.C. Milan.He played with Milan from 1967 to 1974, and joined Calcio Como in 1976...
DF		Giuseppe Sabadini Giuseppe Sabadini Giuseppe Sabadini is an Italian football coach and a former player.He played 18 seasons in the Serie A for U.C. Sampdoria, A.C. Milan, F.C...
DF		Aldo Maldera Aldo Maldera Aldo Maldera is an Italian former footballer.The third son of a family of Apulian immigrants in Milan, he spent a large part of his career with A.C. Milan. He played also for Bologna F.C. 1909, Internazionale, A.S. Roma and A.C...
DF		Karl-Heinz Schnellinger Karl-Heinz Schnellinger Karl-Heinz Schnellinger is a former German footballer. He was one of the world's best defenders for a decade in the 1960s. He was nicknamed the "Volkswagen" for his continuity of performance, both in quantity and in quality...
DF		Angelo Anquilletti Angelo Anquilletti Angelo Anquilletti is a former Italian football defender.Started his career in Serie D with Solbiatese. In 1964 he played with Atalanta in Serie A and from 1966 to 1976 played for AC Milan and was part of their European Cup victory in 1969. Close his career with Monza in Serie B...
MF		Maurizio Turone Maurizio Turone Maurizio Turone is a retired Italian professional football player.He played for 10 seasons in the Serie A for A.C. Milan, F.C. Catanzaro and A.S. Roma....
MF		Alessandro Turini Alessandro Turini Alessandro Turini is a retired Italian professional football player.He played 5 games, scoring 1 goal in the Serie A for A.C. Milan in the 1973/74 season. During that season, he also played for Milan in the 1973 European Super Cup and the 1974 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, both of which Milan...
MF		Romeo Benetti Romeo Benetti Romeo Benetti is a former Italian footballer. Benetti was a spiteful, brutal pioneer of the Italian midfielder enforcer who also took his defensive duties very seriously and epitomised the ultra-defensive, dont-lose-at all-costs attitude of Italy in the early 1970s with a hard tackle and stamina...
MF		Giorgio Biasiolo Giorgio Biasiolo Giorgio Biasiolo is an Italian former professional footballer, who played as a midfielder. He made 197 appearances and scored 16 goals in Serie A, for Vicenza and Milan, during the late 1960s and 1970s.- Club :*A.C...
MF		Gianni Rivera Gianni Rivera Giovanni Rivera is an Italian former football midfielder, mostly as an offensive playmaker, who was awarded the Ballon d'Or, one of the most prestigious individual awards in football, in 1969. He played the majority of his career with Serie A side A.C. Milan...
FW		Luciano Chiarugi Luciano Chiarugi Luciano Chiarugi is an Italian football manager and former player.-Player:Chiarugi started his career with ACF Fiorentina, being part of the lineup that won the 1968–69 Serie A title...
Substitutes:
MF		Franco Bergamaschi Franco Bergamaschi Franco Bergamaschi is a former football player. He played as a midfielder in the 1970s and early 1980s.- Career :Bergamaschi began his football career at his home town club of Hellas Verona...
Manager:
Cesare Maldini Cesare Maldini Cesare Maldini is an Italian football manager and former player. He played as a centre back and spent the majority of his career with AC Milan. Maldini also represented Italy at international level in the 1962 and 1966 World Cups. His son Paolo, also a defender, previously held the record for the...

style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> AJAX: | | GK 1

Heinz Stuy

Heinz Stuy is a former Dutch football goalkeeper who played for AFC Ajax and was part of their European Cup victories in 1971, 1972 and 1973....

Wim Suurbier SW

Horst Blankenburg

Horst Blankenburg is a former German football player, who played as a sweeper. He is best known for the time in the beginning of the 1970s, during which he played for Ajax Amsterdam and won the European Cup three times and the Dutch championship and the KNVB Cup twice. In 1976, he won the German...

Barry Hulshoff

Bernardus "Barry" Adriaan Hulshoff is a former Dutch footballer who played for Ajax Amsterdam and was part of their European Cup victories in 1971, 1972 and 1973. He earned 14 caps for the Netherlands national football team.After his playing career, he coached a number of Belgian football...

Ruud Krol

Rudolf Jozef Krol is a retired Dutch footballer who was capped 83 times for his native country. Playing the vast majority of his career with his home town club of Ajax before traveling the world as both a player and a coach...

Arie Haan CM

Gerrie Mühren

Gerardus Demonicus Hyacinthus Mühren is a former Dutch international footballer.He started his career at FC Volendam, before moving to play for Ajax between 1968 and 1976...

Johan Neeskens

Johannes Jacobus "Johan" Neeskens is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder. As a player, he was an important member of the Dutch national team that finished as runners-up in the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups. Former England manager Alf Ramsey said Neeskens was "as good as any player" in...

Johnny Rep CF

Jan Mulder

Jan Mulder (footballer)

For other Jan Mulders see Jan MulderJohan Mulder is a former Dutch football striker who played for R.S.C. Anderlecht and AFC Ajax. He also played five matches for the Netherlands, scoring once. Mulder was topscorer of the 1966-67 season in the Belgian Jupiler League...

Piet Keizer

Petrus Johannes Keizer was a Dutch professional football player. Having played 364 matches for Ajax, from 1961 to 1974, he is the fourth most capped player for Ajax . He played on left-wing and with Ajax won the European Cup three consecutive times , having lost the 1969 final to A.C...

Manager:

George Knobel

George Knobel is a former Dutch football manager.He was the coach of the Netherlands national football team for 15 matches from 1974 to 1976. He also coached Dutch clubs AFC Ajax, and MVV. He had a brief stint with Seiko SA in Hong Kong. -External links:*...

Second leg


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	AJAX:
GK	1	Heinz Stuy Heinz Stuy Heinz Stuy is a former Dutch football goalkeeper who played for AFC Ajax and was part of their European Cup victories in 1971, 1972 and 1973....
RB		Wim Suurbier
CM		Horst Blankenburg Horst Blankenburg Horst Blankenburg is a former German football player, who played as a sweeper. He is best known for the time in the beginning of the 1970s, during which he played for Ajax Amsterdam and won the European Cup three times and the Dutch championship and the KNVB Cup twice. In 1976, he won the German...
CB		Barry Hulshoff Barry Hulshoff Bernardus "Barry" Adriaan Hulshoff is a former Dutch footballer who played for Ajax Amsterdam and was part of their European Cup victories in 1971, 1972 and 1973. He earned 14 caps for the Netherlands national football team.After his playing career, he coached a number of Belgian football...
LB		Ruud Krol Ruud Krol Rudolf Jozef Krol is a retired Dutch footballer who was capped 83 times for his native country. Playing the vast majority of his career with his home town club of Ajax before traveling the world as both a player and a coach...
DM		Arie Haan
CM		Gerrie Mühren Gerrie Mühren Gerardus Demonicus Hyacinthus Mühren is a former Dutch international footballer.He started his career at FC Volendam, before moving to play for Ajax between 1968 and 1976...
CM		Johan Neeskens Johan Neeskens Johannes Jacobus "Johan" Neeskens is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder. As a player, he was an important member of the Dutch national team that finished as runners-up in the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups. Former England manager Alf Ramsey said Neeskens was "as good as any player" in...
RF		Johnny Rep
CF		Jan Mulder Jan Mulder (footballer) For other Jan Mulders see Jan MulderJohan Mulder is a former Dutch football striker who played for R.S.C. Anderlecht and AFC Ajax. He also played five matches for the Netherlands, scoring once. Mulder was topscorer of the 1966-67 season in the Belgian Jupiler League...
LF		Piet Keizer Piet Keizer Petrus Johannes Keizer was a Dutch professional football player. Having played 364 matches for Ajax, from 1961 to 1974, he is the fourth most capped player for Ajax . He played on left-wing and with Ajax won the European Cup three consecutive times , having lost the 1969 final to A.C...
Manager:
George Knobel George Knobel George Knobel is a former Dutch football manager.He was the coach of the Netherlands national football team for 15 matches from 1974 to 1976. He also coached Dutch clubs AFC Ajax, and MVV. He had a brief stint with Seiko SA in Hong Kong. -External links:*...

style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> MILAN: | | GK

Villiam Vecchi

Villiam Vecchi is a former Italian soccer goalkeeper, and currently the goalkeeping coach for A.C. Milan.He played with Milan from 1967 to 1974, and joined Calcio Como in 1976...

Giuseppe Sabadini

Giuseppe Sabadini is an Italian football coach and a former player.He played 18 seasons in the Serie A for U.C. Sampdoria, A.C. Milan, F.C...

Aldo Maldera

Aldo Maldera is an Italian former footballer.The third son of a family of Apulian immigrants in Milan, he spent a large part of his career with A.C. Milan. He played also for Bologna F.C. 1909, Internazionale, A.S. Roma and A.C...

Karl-Heinz Schnellinger

Karl-Heinz Schnellinger is a former German footballer. He was one of the world's best defenders for a decade in the 1960s. He was nicknamed the "Volkswagen" for his continuity of performance, both in quantity and in quality...

Angelo Anquilletti

Angelo Anquilletti is a former Italian football defender.Started his career in Serie D with Solbiatese. In 1964 he played with Atalanta in Serie A and from 1966 to 1976 played for AC Milan and was part of their European Cup victory in 1969. Close his career with Monza in Serie B...

Maurizio Turone

Maurizio Turone is a retired Italian professional football player.He played for 10 seasons in the Serie A for A.C. Milan, F.C. Catanzaro and A.S. Roma....

Dario Dolci

Dario Dolci is a retired Italian professional football player.He played 6 seasons in the Serie A for Varese F.C., A.C. Milan and Ternana Calcio.-External links:*...

Romeo Benetti

Romeo Benetti is a former Italian footballer. Benetti was a spiteful, brutal pioneer of the Italian midfielder enforcer who also took his defensive duties very seriously and epitomised the ultra-defensive, dont-lose-at all-costs attitude of Italy in the early 1970s with a hard tackle and stamina...

Giorgio Biasiolo

Giorgio Biasiolo is an Italian former professional footballer, who played as a midfielder. He made 197 appearances and scored 16 goals in Serie A, for Vicenza and Milan, during the late 1960s and 1970s.- Club :*A.C...

Gianni Rivera

Giovanni Rivera is an Italian former football midfielder, mostly as an offensive playmaker, who was awarded the Ballon d'Or, one of the most prestigious individual awards in football, in 1969. He played the majority of his career with Serie A side A.C. Milan...

Luciano Chiarugi

Luciano Chiarugi is an Italian football manager and former player.-Player:Chiarugi started his career with ACF Fiorentina, being part of the lineup that won the 1968–69 Serie A title...

Substitutes: MF

Carlo Tresoldi

Carlo Tresoldi was an Italian professional football player.He played 3 seasons in the Serie A for A.C. Milan and Varese F.C.-Honours:...

Manager:

Cesare Maldini

Cesare Maldini is an Italian football manager and former player. He played as a centre back and spent the majority of his career with AC Milan. Maldini also represented Italy at international level in the 1962 and 1966 World Cups. His son Paolo, also a defender, previously held the record for the...

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