1973 European Super Cup

The 1973 European Super Cup was played between 1972–73 European Cup winners Ajax and 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup winners Milan, with Ajax winning 6–1 on aggregate, making it the worst defeat for an Italian team in an UEFA competition final.^[1] Unlike future Super Cup matches, the 1973 edition took place at the start of the following calendar year rather than the start of the following season.

1973 European Super Cup

Ajax celebration
Milan Ajax 1 6
on aggregate
First leg
Milan Ajax 1 0
Date	9 January 1974
Venue	San Siro, Milan
Referee	Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
Attendance	12,856
Second leg
Ajax Milan 6 0
Date	16 January 1974
Venue	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Referee	Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)
Attendance	15,350
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First leg

San Siro: Chiarugi scoring 1–0, Ajax goalkeeper Stuy couln’t save.

9 January 1974

Milan	1–0	Ajax
Chiarugi 77'	Report

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 12,856

Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

Milan

Ajax[2]

GK 1 Villiam Vecchi DF 2 Giuseppe Sabadini DF 3 Aldo Maldera DF 4 Angelo Anquilletti DF 5 Karl-Heinz Schnellinger DF 6 Maurizio Turone MF 7 Alessandro Turini  46' MF 8 Romeo Benetti MF 9 Gianni Rivera (c) MF 10 Giorgio Biasiolo FW 11 Luciano Chiarugi Substitutes: GK 12 Pierluigi Pizzaballa MF 13 Dario Dolci MF 14 Franco Bergamaschi  46' DF 15 Giulio Zignoli DF 16 Enrico Lanzi Manager: Cesare Maldini

GK 1 Heinz Stuy RB 2 Wim Suurbier CB 3 Horst Blankenburg CB 4 Barry Hulshoff LB 5 Ruud Krol DM 6 Arie Haan CM 7 Johan Neeskens CF 8 Jan Mulder RF 9 Johnny Rep CM 10 Gerrie Mühren LF 11 Piet Keizer (c) Substitutes: FW 12 Arno Steffenhagen MF 13 Zoltán Varga DF 14 Pim van Dord MF 15 Arnold Mühren GK 16 Sies Wever Manager: George Knobel

Second leg

Neeskens shoots on goal

16 January 1974

Ajax	6–0	Milan
Mulder 26' Keizer 35' Neeskens 71' Rep 81' G. Mühren 84' (pen.) Haan 87'	Report

Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam

Attendance: 15,350

Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)

Ajax

Milan

GK 1 Heinz Stuy RB 2 Wim Suurbier CB 3 Barry Hulshoff CB 4 Horst Blankenburg LB 5 Ruud Krol DM 6 Arie Haan CM 7 Johan Neeskens CF 8 Jan Mulder RF 9 Johnny Rep CM 10 Gerrie Mühren LF 11 Piet Keizer (c) Substitutes: FW 12 Arno Steffenhagen MF 13 Zoltán Varga DF 14 Pim van Dord MF 15 Arnold Mühren GK 16 Sies Wever Manager: George Knobel

GK 1 Villiam Vecchi DF 2 Angelo Anquilletti DF 3 Aldo Maldera MF 4 Dario Dolci DF 5 Karl-Heinz Schnellinger DF 6 Maurizio Turone DF 7 Giuseppe Sabadini MF 8 Romeo Benetti MF 9 Gianni Rivera (c) MF 10 Giorgio Biasiolo  71' FW 11 Luciano Chiarugi Substitutes: GK 12 Pierluigi Pizzaballa DF 13 Giulio Zignoli MF 14 Franco Bergamaschi DF 15 Enrico Lanzi FW 16 Carlo Tresoldi  71' Manager: Cesare Maldini

See also

• 1973 European Cup Final
• 1973 European Cup Winners' Cup Final
• 1973–74 European Cup
• 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup
• 1973–74 AC Milan season
• AC Milan in international football
• AFC Ajax in international football