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1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup

The 1970–71 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Chelsea in a replay against Real Madrid. Defending champions Manchester City were eliminated by Chelsea in the semi-finals, only the second ever tie in the competition between two clubs from the same country. These two sides would later compete in the 2021 UEFA Champions League final, with Chelsea winning 1-0. The finals were played in Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus, Greece.[1][2][3]

Bracket

Preliminary round

First round

First leg

Bulgarian Army Stadium, Sofia
Druzhba Stadium, Lviv
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: István Zsolt (Hungary)
Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 11,951
Referee: Paul Bonett (Malta)
Berlin
Ninian Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 12,984
Referee: Jacques Colling (Luxembourg)

Second leg

Tehtaan kenttä, Valkeakoski

CSKA September Flag won 11–1 on aggregate.

Stadionul Republicii, Bucharest
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Günter Männig (East Germany)

Steaua București won 4–3 on aggregate.

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 38,760
Referee: Antoine Queudeville (Luxembourg)

Benfica won 9–2 on aggregate.

Bologna

1–1 on aggregate; Vorwärts Berlin won on away goals.

GSZ Stadium, Larnaca
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Petar Nikolov (Bulgaria)

Cardiff City won 8-0 on aggregate.

Second round

First leg

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 24,500
Referee: Gerhard Schulenburg (West Germany)
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 29,796
Referee: Josip Horvath (Yugoslavia)

Second leg

Stamford Bridge, London

Chelsea won 2–0 on aggregate.

Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Jim Finney (England)

PSV Eindhoven won 7–0 on aggregate.

Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin
Attendance: 10,533
Referee: John Adair (Northern Ireland)

2–2 on aggregate. Vorwärts Berlin won 5–3 on penalties.

Quarter-finals

Ticket to match Manchester City–Górnik Zabrze in Chorzów

Semi-finals

First leg

Stamford Bridge, London
Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: William O'Neill (Republic of Ireland)

Second leg

Maine Road, Manchester

Chelsea won 2–0 on aggregate.

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)

Real Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

Replay

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 19,917
Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Winners of the European Cup Winner's Cup". onthisday.com.
  2. ^ Reuters (19 May 2008). "Final Factbox: All the pertinent facts and figures ahead of Wednesday's Champion League final between Manchester United and Chelsea in Moscow". eurosport.com.
  3. ^ Paul Mc Parlan (14 December 2018). "The Emperors Of Athens: How Chelsea Won The Cup Winners' Cup In 1971". thesefootballtimes.co.

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