The season 1969–70 of the European Cup

UEFA Champions League

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 football

Football (soccer)

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 club tournament was won by Feyenoord in an extra time final victory against Celtic FC. It was the first time the cup went to the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

, and beginning a run of four consecutive years the trophy went there. During this tournament, playoffs were abandoned in favour of away goals, or when each side had scored the same number one side was eliminated by the toss of a coin.

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...

, the defending champions, were eliminated by Feyenoord in the second round.

Preliminary round

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First leg

Second leg

Kjøbenhavns Boldklub won 5–0 on aggregate.

First round

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First leg

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Second leg

Spartak Trnava won 6–2 on aggregate.
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Galatasaray won 5–2 on aggregate.
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Legia Warsaw won 10–1 on aggregate.
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Saint-Étienne won 3–2 on aggregate.
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Vorwärts Berlin won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Red Star Belgrade won 12–2 on aggregate.
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Milan won 8–0 on aggregate.
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Feyenoord won 16–2 on aggregate.
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Standard Liège won 4–1 on aggregate.
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Real Madrid won 14–1 on aggregate.
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Leeds United won 16–0 on aggregate.
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Ferencváros won 5–3 on aggregate.
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Celtic won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Benfica won 5–2 on aggregate.
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Dynamo Kiev won 5–2 on aggregate.
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Fiorentina won 3–1 on aggregate.

Second round

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Second leg

Spartak Trnava 1–1 Galatasaray on aggregate. Galatasaray progressed on a coin toss.
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Legia Warsaw won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Vorwärts Berlin won 4–4 on away goals.
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Feyenoord won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Standard Liège won 4–2 on aggregate.
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Leeds United won 6–0 on aggregate.
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Celtic 3–3 Benfica on aggregate. Celtic progressed on a coin toss.
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Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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Second leg

Legia Warsaw won 3–1 on aggregate.
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Feyenoord won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Leeds United won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Celtic won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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Second leg

Feyenoord won 2–0 on aggregate.
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Celtic won 3–1 on aggregate.

¹ Highest attendance for a UEFA club competition match.

Final

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1969–70 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Mick Jones	Leeds United	8
2	Ove Kindvall Ove Kindvall Ove Kindvall is a former Swedish footballer .He started his career at IFK Norrköping, where he played until he joined Feyenoord in and became professional. The same year, he won the Guldbollen, as the best Swedish footballer of the year.With Feyenoord he won two national championships as well as...	Feyenoord	7
3	Ruud Geels	Feyenoord	6
4	Zoran Antonijević Zoran Antonijevic Zoran "Žota" Antonijević was a Serbian midfielder who played for SFR Yugoslavia.-External links:* *...	Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...	5
	Stanislav Karasi Stanislav Karasi Stanislav Karasi is a Serbian striker who played at FIFA World Cup 1974 for SFR Yugoslavia....	Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...	5
6	Jozef Adamec Jozef Adamec Jozef Adamec is former Slovak football player and manager, one of the most famous Slovak football players of all time.He played mostly for Spartak Trnava...	Spartak Trnava FC Spartak Trnava FC Spartak Trnava is a Slovak football club based in Trnava, Slovakia. Historically it is one of the most successful clubs in Slovakia, having won the Czechoslovak First League and the Czechoslovak Cup five times, and reaching semifinal of European Cup once and quarterfinal twice. The club plays...	4
	Lucjan Brychczy Lucjan Brychczy Lucjan Antoni Brychczy was a Polish football player who is most notable for winning four top-tier titles with Legia Warsaw, but was also a keen archer....	Legia Warsaw Legia Warszawa Legia Warszawa is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. It was founded in March 1916 in the area of Maniewicze in Volhynia as the football club of the Polish Legions...	4
	Henri Depireux Henri Depireux Henri Depireux is a former Belgian football player.-Career:Depireux played club football for R.F.C. de Liège and Standard de Liège. He also played twice for Belgium....	Standard Liège Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (Dutch: Standard Luik [], German: Standard Lüttich , is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège....	4
	Eusébio Eusébio Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, GCIH, GCM , commonly known simply as Eusébio, is a retired Mozambican-born Portuguese football forward. He is considered one of the best footballers of all-time by the IFFHS, experts and fans...	Benfica	4
	Johnny Giles Johnny Giles Michael John "Johnny" Giles is a former association footballer and manager best remembered for his time as a midfielder with Leeds United in the 1960s and 1970s...	Leeds United	4
	Willem van Hanegem Willem van Hanegem Willem "Wim" van Hanegem is a Dutch football player and coach born in Breskens, Zeeland. In a playing career spanning over 20 years he won several domestic honours in the Netherlands, as well as two UEFA trophies, all with Feyenoord. He was also a finalist in the FIFA World Cup 1974...	Feyenoord	4
12	Horst Begerad	Vorwärts Berlin	3
	Billy Bremner Billy Bremner William John "Billy" Bremner was a Scottish professional footballer, most noted for his captaincy of the Leeds United team of the 1960s and 1970s. He has since been voted Leeds United's greatest player of all time and has a statue outside the South East corner of Elland Road...	Leeds United	3
	Nestor Combin Nestor Combin Néstor Combin, is a former football Argentine player in France. He was striker, mainly with Olympique Lyonnais and France national team.-Clubs:*1959 - 1964 : Olympique Lyonnais...	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...	3
	Kazimierz Deyna Kazimierz Deyna Kazimierz Deyna was a Polish footballer, who played as an offensive midfielder in the playmaker role and was one of the most highly regarded players of his generation.-Early life:...	Legia Warsaw Legia Warszawa Legia Warszawa is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. It was founded in March 1916 in the area of Maniewicze in Volhynia as the football club of the Polish Legions...	3
	Diamantino	Benfica	3
	Sebastián Fleitas	Real Madrid Real Madrid C.F. Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...	3
	Robert Gadocha Robert Gadocha Robert Gadocha is a retired Polish footballer, most notable for playing for Legia Warsaw.Gadocha, who started his career in Garbarnia Krakow. later also played for FC Nantes, and briefly in the United States for Chicago Sting, his last professional team...	Legia Warsaw Legia Warszawa Legia Warszawa is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. It was founded in March 1916 in the area of Maniewicze in Volhynia as the football club of the Polish Legions...	3
	Tommy Gemmell Tommy Gemmell Thomas Gemmell is a former Scottish footballer and manager.He played as left-sided fullback and had powerful shooting ability. In October 1961, he joined Celtic from Coltness United. He was one of the 'Lisbon Lions' who won the European Cup in 1967. In the final he scored a spectacular goal that...	Celtic Celtic F.C. Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...	3
	Peter Lorimer Peter Lorimer Peter Patrick Lorimer is a former footballer who formed part of the much-admired and feared Leeds United team of the 1960s and 1970s....	Leeds United	3
	Gökmen Özdenak	Galatasaray Galatasaray S.K. Galatasaray Spor Kulübü is a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul, most notable for its football section, also known as Galatasaray S.K.. It also fields teams in Athletics, Basketball, Wheelchair basketball, Volleyball, Water polo, Swimming, Rowing, Sailing, Judo, Bridge, Equestrian, Handball,...	3
	Jürgen Piepenburg Jürgen Piepenburg Jürgen Piepenburg is a German former footballer who played as a forward. He spent his entire top level career with ASV Vorwärts, the team of the East German Army, playing for Vorwärts Berlin from 1963 to 1971, and continuing with the club for another four years after it had moved to Frankfurt...	Vorwärts Berlin	3
	Hervé Revelli Hervé Revelli Hervé Revelli, is a French former footballer. He is well known for having won the French Championship the equal most amount of times of any player...	Saint-Étienne AS Saint-Étienne Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire is a French association football club based in Saint-Étienne. The club was founded in 1919 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Saint-Étienne plays its home matches at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard located within the city...	3

External links

• 1969–70 season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation