1969 European Cup final

The 1969 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, on 28 May 1969. Milan of Italy played against Ajax of the Netherlands to be the champions of Europe that season. Ajax made history by becoming the first Dutch side to reach the final. Although they were beaten by their Italian opponents 4–1.

As of 2022, Pierino Prati is the most recent player to score a hat-trick in a European Cup or Champions League final.

Route to the final

Milan had a bye in the second round due to the withdrawal of a number of Eastern European clubs from the competition.

In the quarter-finals, eventual finalists Ajax were deadlocked 4–4 on aggregate against Portuguese side Benfica after two legs, forcing a replay. The Dutch champions won 3–0 in the replay. It took extra time to do so.

MilanRoundAjaxOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legPlay-off Malmö FF5–31–2 (A)4–1 (H)First round Nürnberg5–11–1 (A)4–0 (H)ByeSecond round Fenerbahçe4–02–0 (H)2–0 (A) Celtic1–00–0 (H)1–0 (A)Quarter-finals Benfica4–4 (r)3–1 (A)1–3  (H)3–0  Manchester United2–12–0 (H)0–1 (A)Semi-finals Spartak Trnava3–23–0 (H)0–2 (A)

Match
Details

 GK 1  Fabio CudiciniRB 2  Angelo AnquillettiLB 3  Karl-Heinz SchnellingerRH 4  Roberto RosatoCH 5  Saul MalatrasiLH 6  Giovanni TrapattoniOR 7  Kurt HamrinIR 8  Giovanni LodettiCF 9  Angelo SormaniIL 10 Gianni Rivera (c)OL 11 Pierino PratiManager: Nereo Rocco300px GK 1  Gert Bals (c)RB 2  Wim Suurbier   CB 3  Barry HulshoffCB 4  Velibor VasovićLB 5  Theo van DuivenbodeRH 6  Henk Groot   LH 7  Anton PronkRW 8  Sjaak SwartCF 9  Inge DanielssonCF 10 Johan CruyffLW 11 Piet KeizerSubstitutes:FW 12 Klaas Nuninga   MF 13 Bennie Muller   GK 14  Heinz StuyMF 15  Gerrie MührenMF 16  Ruud SuurendonkManager: Rinus Michels

Related pages
 1968–69 European Cup
 1995 UEFA Champions League Final – contested by the same teams
 A.C. Milan in European football
 AFC Ajax in European football

References

Other websites
 1968–69 season at UEFA.com
 European Cups Archive at the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
 1968–69 season at European Cup History


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