The 1969–70 season was the 15th in the history of the
European Cup
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, a club
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tournament organised by
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for the domestic league champions of its member associations. It was won by
Feyenoord
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of the Netherlands, who beat Scottish club
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after extra time in the final at
San Siro
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in Milan on 6 May 1970. It was the first time the title had been won by a club from the Netherlands, and sparked a period of Dutch dominance in the competition, as
Ajax
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won the next three titles. For this season,
tiebreaker playoffs were abandoned in favour of the
away goals rule
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; if both teams had scored the same number of away goals, one side was eliminated by the
toss of a coin, something that was required in two of the matches (marked on the table below by "c/t").
Milan
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, the defending champions, were eliminated by Feyenoord in the second round.
Bracket
Preliminary round
First leg
Second leg
''Kjøbenhavns Boldklub won 5–0 on aggregate.''
First round
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 Kyiv won 5–2 on aggregate.''
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''Fiorentina won 3–1 on aggregate.''
Second round
First leg
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Second leg
''1–1 on aggregate; Galatasaray progressed on a coin toss.''
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''Legia Warsaw won 3–1 on aggregate.''
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''4–4 on aggregate; Vorwärts Berlin won 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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''3–3 on aggregate; Celtic progressed on a coin toss.''
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''Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate.''
Quarter-finals
First leg
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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
First leg
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Second leg
''Feyenoord won 2–0 on aggregate.''
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''Celtic won 3–1 on aggregate.''
Final
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1969–70 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) are as follows:
Notes
References
External links
1969–70 All matches – season at UEFA website
* All scorers 1969–70 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according t
protocols UEFA
- results and line-ups (archive)
European Cup 1969-70 – results, protocols, players statistics
* website eurocups-uefa.r
European Cup 1969-70 – results, protocols
* website Football Archiv
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1969–70 in European football
European Champion Clubs' Cup seasons