1970 European Cup final

The 1970 European Cup final was a football match held at the San Siro, Milan, on 6 May 1970, that saw Feijenoord^[a] of the Netherlands defeat Celtic of Scotland 2–1 after extra time. Ove Kindvall's goal in the 117th minute meant the trophy was won by a Dutch club for the first time. It remains Feyenoord's only European Cup triumph.

1970 European Cup final

Match programme cover
Event	1969–70 European Cup
Feyenoord Celtic 2 1
After extra time
Date	6 May 1970
Venue	San Siro, Milan
Referee	Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)
Attendance	53,187
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For losing finalists Celtic, this marked the second, and to date most recent, European Cup final appearance in club history, after the famous win by the "Lisbon Lions" side in the 1967 edition. The match nearly never took place due to massive strikes throughout Italy during 1970; the Italian Football Federation backed down to ensure that their own clubs would be able to compete in further UEFA competitions.^{[citation needed]}

Route to the final

Further information: 1969–70 European Cup

Feyenoord				Round	Celtic
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
KR	16–2	12–2 (A)[b]	4–0 (H)	First round	Basel	2–0	0–0 (A)	2–0 (H)
AC Milan	2–1	0–1 (A)	2–0 (H)	Second round	Benfica	3–3 (c)	3–0 (H)	0–3 (a.e.t.) (A)
Vorwärts Berlin	2–1	0–1 (A)	2–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Fiorentina	3–1	3–0 (H)	0–1 (A)
Legia Warsaw	2–0	0–0 (A)	2–0 (H)	Semi-finals	Leeds United	3–1	1–0 (A)	2–1 (H)

Match

Wim van Hanegem, Piet Vrauwdeunt, and Coen Moulijn

Summary

In contrast to their win in the European Cup final three years prior, in which they had gone into the match as heavy underdogs against Inter Milan, this time around, Celtic entered the final as strong favourites over Feyenoord.^{[citation needed]} However, despite Celtic's Tommy Gemmell opening the scoring after 30 minutes, they were outplayed by the Dutch outfit, whose manager, Ernst Happel, ensured Celtic winger Jimmy Johnstone was double marked at all times, whilst the midfield trio of Franz Hasil, Willem van Hanegem, and Wim Jansen dominated their Scottish counterparts. Rinus Israël quickly equalised with his head; remarkably, this was the first goal of Feyenoord's European campaign that they scored away from their home stadium.^[b] Early in the first half of extra time John Hughes intercepted a sloppy pass from Israel and burst past two Feyenoord defenders and into the penalty area but he overran the ball slightly and could not quite clip the ball over the goalkeeper but then a Feynoord defender's passback to the goalkeeper almost resulted in an own goal.

In the second half, Celtic managed to hold on at 1–1 to force extra time.^[2] With just a few minutes of extra-time remaining, a long free-kick from the Feyenoord half was sent towards the Celtic penalty area. Celtic defender and captain Billy McNeill stumbled and misjudged the ball, and as he tried to recover he appeared to punch the ball away. Before the referee had a chance to award a penalty, Ove Kindvall reacted quickly, running on and chipping the ball over the advancing goalkeeper Evan Williams to seal a 2–1 win for Feyenoord.^[3][4]

Details

6 May 1970

Feyenoord	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Celtic
Israël 32' Kindvall 117'	Report	Gemmell 30'

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 53,187

Referee: Concetto Lo Bello (Italy)

Feyenoord

Celtic

GK 1 Eddy Pieters Graafland RB 2 Piet Romeijn  106' CB 4 Theo Laseroms CB 3 Rinus Israël (c) LB 5 Theo van Duivenbode CM 7 Wim Jansen RM 6 Franz Hasil LM 10 Willem van Hanegem RW 8 Henk Wery CF 9 Ove Kindvall LW 11 Coen Moulijn Substitutes: MF 15 Guus Haak  106' GK Eddy Treijtel DF Cor Veldhoen MF Piet Vrauwdeunt [ru] CF Joop van Daele Manager: Ernst Happel

GK 1 Evan Williams RB 2 David Hay CB 5 Billy McNeill (c) CB 6 Jim Brogan LB 3 Tommy Gemmell CM 4 Bobby Murdoch CM 10 Bertie Auld  77' RW 7 Jimmy Johnstone CF 9 John Hughes CF 8 Willie Wallace LW 11 Bobby Lennox Substitutes: GK 12 John Fallon RB 13 Jim Craig MF 14 George Connelly  77' MF 15 Tommy Callaghan FW 16 Harry Hood Manager: Jock Stein

See also

• 1969–70 European Cup
• Celtic F.C. in European football

Notes

1. Though the club was interchangeably referred to as either SC Feijenoord (the original Dutch spelling) or Feyenoord (the spelling used internationally) in the years prior, it would not be until 1974 that the club officially changed its name to Feyenoord, which is an anglicised spelling.^[1]
2. Despite the first leg being officially designated as an "away" match, both legs of Feyenoord's first round tie against Icelandic minnows KR were actually played at the Stadion Feijenoord in Rotterdam.