Sunday, May 31, 2026

Cup Winners' Cup

 

Cup Winners' Cup 1970-71

Preliminary Round                                                               
Åtvidabergs FF           Swe  KS Partizani (Tiranë)    Alb  1-1  0-2  1-3 
Bohemians (Dublin)       Irl  TJ Gottwaldov            Tch  1-2  2-2  3-4

First Round
Manchester City          Eng  Linfield                 Nir  1-0  1-2 *2-2
NK Olimpija (Ljubljana)  Yug  SL Benfica               Por  1-1  1-8  2-9
IBA (Akureyri)           Isl  FC Zürich                Sui  1-7  0-7  1-14x
Cardiff City             Wal  Pezoporikos (Lárnaka)    Cyp  8-0  0-0  8-0
Kickers Offenbach        FRG  Club Brugge KV           Bel  2-1  0-2  2-3
Hibernians (Paola)       Mlt  Real Madrid              Esp  0-0  0-5  0-5
ASK Vorwärts (Berlin)    GDR  Bologna                  Ita  0-0  1-1 *1-1  aet
Karpaty Lvov             URS  Steaua Bucuresti         Rom  0-1  3-3  3-4
CSKA (Sofia)             Bul  Valkeakosken Haka        Fin  9-0  2-1 11-1
Aberdeen                 Sco  Honvéd                   Hun  3-1  1-3  4-4  4-5p
Stromsgodset IF          Nor  FC Nantes                Fra  0-5  3-2  3-7
AaB (Aalborg)            Den  Gornik Zabrze            Pol  0-1  1-8  1-9
Göztepe                  Tur  US Luxembourg            Lux  5-0  0-1  5-1y
Wacker Innsbruck         Aut  KS Partizani (Tiranë)    Alb  3-2  2-1  5-3
TJ Gottwaldov            Tch  PSV (Eindhoven)          Ned  2-1  0-1  2-2*
Aris (Thessaloníki)      Gre  Chelsea                  Eng  1-1  1-5  2-6
x 1st leg in Sankt Gallen
y both legs in Izmir

Second Round
CSKA (Sofia)             Bul  Chelsea                  Eng  0-1  0-1  0-2
Honvéd                   Hun  Manchester City          Eng  0-1  0-2  0-3
Cardiff City             Wal  FC Nantes                Fra  5-1  2-1  7-2
FC Brugge KV             Bel  FC Zürich                Sui  2-0  2-3  4-3
PSV (Eindhoven)          Ned  Steaua Bucuresti         Rom  4-0  3-0  7-0
Göztepe                  Tur  Gornik Zabrze            Pol  0-1  0-3  0-4
Real Madrid              Esp  Wacker Innsbruck         Aut  0-1  2-0  2-1
SL Benfica               Por  ASK Vorwärts (Berlin)    GDR  2-0  0-2  2-2  3-5p

Quarter-Finals
Manchester City          Eng  Gornik Zabrze            Pol  2-0  0-2  2-2  [3-1]x
PSV (Eindhoven)          Ned  ASK Vorwärts (Berlin)    GDR  2-0  0-1  2-1
Cardiff City             Wal  Real Madrid              Esp  1-0  0-2  1-2
FC Brugge KV             Bel  Chelsea                  Eng  2-0  0-4  2-4  aet
x 2nd leg in Chorzow, playoff in Copenhagen

Semi-Finals
Chelsea                  Eng  Manchester City          Eng  1-0  1-0  2-0
PSV (Eindhoven)          Ned  Real Madrid              Esp  0-0  1-2  1-2


Final, Karaiskaki Stadium, Peraías, 19 May 1971, att 42000

Chelsea                  (0) 1  Real Madrid              (1) 1  aet
30' 0-1  RM: Zoco
55' 1-1  C: Osgood

Chelsea
    Bonetti; Boyle, Dempsey, Webb, Harris; Hollins (Mulligan 91), Hudson, Cooke;
    Weller, Osgood (Baldwin 86), Houseman
Real Madrid
    Borja; Jose Luis, Benito, Zoco, Zunzunegui; Pirri, Grosso, Velazquez;
    Perez (Fleitas 65), Amancio, Gento (Grande 70)
Referee: Scheurer (Switzerland)


Final Replay, Karaiskaki Stadium, Peraías, 21 May 1971, att 35000

Chelsea                  (2) 2  Real Madrid              (0) 1
32' 1-0  C: Dempsey
38' 2-0  C: Osgood
74' 2-1  RM: Fleitas

Chelsea
    Bonetti; Boyle, Dempsey, Webb, Harris; Cooke, Hudson, Weller; Baldwin,
    Osgood (Smethurst 73), Osgood
Real Madrid
    Borja; Jose Luis, Benito, Zoco, Zunzunegui; Pirri, Grosso, Valazquez
    (Gento 75); Fleitas, Amancio, Bueno (Grande 60)
Referee: Scheurer (Switzerland)

The golden years of Real were over. The team tried hard, but no luck.


Golden boys.


For many, many years this was the only European success. Took them 2 games to overcome Real Madrid.

Thursday, May 28, 2026

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Trophy Play-off

 

Inter Cities Fairs Cup Trophy Play-off

After the 1970-71 season the organisation of the Fairs Cup was taken over by UEFA. The competition was renamed the UEFA Cup with a new trophy being introduced. A match was played between the first ever Fairs Cup winners, FC Barcelona, and the last winners, Leeds United, to decide who would get to keep the old Fairs Cup trophy permanently. These two teams also had the best overall playing record in the competition since it's inception in 1955.

Inter Cities Fairs Cup Trophy Play-off, Camp Nou, Barcelona 22 Sep 1971

FC Barcelona             2  Leeds United             1
51' 1-0  B: Dueñas 
52' 1-1  LU: Jordan
84' 2-1  B: Dueñas 

FC Barcelona
    Sadurni; Rife, Eladio, Torres, Gallego, Costas, Rexach, Carlos,
    Dueñas, Marcial, Asensi (Fuste)
Leeds United
    Sprake; Reaney, Davey, Bremner, Charlton, Hunter, Lorimer, Jordan,
    Belfitt, Giles, Galvin
Referee: Zsolt (Hungary)

Slightly different squad from the winning one in the spring of 1971, but the trophy was not for them

Barcelona, coach by Rinus Michels now, prevailed and kept the Fairs Cup.

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

 

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1970-71.

First Round                                                                     
AEK (Athína)             Gre  FC Twente '65 (Enschede) Ned  0-1  0-3  0-4       
FK Zeljeznicar (Sarajevo)Yug  RSC Anderlecht           Bel  3-4  4-5  7-9 
La Gantoise              Bel  Hamburger SV             FRG  0-1  1-7  1-8
Seville                  Esp  Eskisehirspor            Tur  1-0  1-3  2-3
Coleraine                Nir  Kilmarnock               Sco  1-1  3-2  4-3
Dundee United            Sco  Grasshopper-Club Zürich  Sui  3-2  0-0  3-2
Sarpsborg FK             Nor  Leeds United             Eng  0-1  0-5  0-6
Spartak Trnava           Tch  Olympique Marseille      Fra  2-0  0-2  2-2  4-3p
1.FC Köln                FRG  FC Sedan                 Fra  5-1  0-1  5-2
Lausanne-Sports          Sui  Vitória FC (Setúbal)     Por  0-2  1-2  1-4
Hibernian                Sco  Malmö FF                 Swe  6-0  3-2  9-2
Liverpool                Eng  Ferencvarosi TC          Hun  1-0  1-1  2-1
FC Trakia (Plovdiv)      Bul  Coventry City            Eng  1-4  0-2  1-6
Lazio                    Ita  Arsenal                  Eng  2-2  0-2  2-4
Bayern München           FRG  Rangers                  Sco  1-0  1-1  2-1
Dinamo Bucuresti         Rom  PAOK (Thessaloníki)      Gre  5-0  0-1  5-1
Universitatea Craiova    Rom  Pécsi Dózsa              Hun  2-1  0-3  2-4
GKS Katowice             Pol  FC Barcelona             Esp  0-1  2-3  2-4
Wiener Sport-Club        Aut  SK Beveren               Bel  0-2  0-3  0-5
Ilves Tampere            Fin  SK Sturm Graz            Aut  4-2  0-3  4-5
Barreirense              Por  NK Dinamo (Zagreb)       Yug  2-0  1-6  3-6
NK Hajduk (Split)        Yug  FC Slavia (Sofia)        Bul  3-0  0-1  3-1
Cork Hibernians          Irl  Valencia                 Esp  0-3  1-3  1-6
Sparta Praha             Tch  Athletic Bilbao          Esp  2-0  1-1  3-1
FK Partizan (Beograd)    Yug  SG Dynamo Dresden        GDR  0-0  0-6  0-6
AB (København)           Den  Sliema Wanderers         Mlt  7-0  3-2 10-2
Juventus                 Ita  US Rumelange             Lux  7-0  4-0 11-0
B1901 (Nykøbing)         Den  Hertha BSC               FRG  2-4  1-4  3-8
Ruch Chorzów             Pol  Fiorentina               Ita  1-1  0-2  1-3
Internazionale           Ita  Newcastle United         Eng  1-1  0-2  1-3
Sparta Rotterdam         Ned  IA (Akranes)             Isl  6-0  9-0 15-0x
Vitória SC (Guimarães)   Por  AS Angoulême             Fra  3-0  1-3  4-3
x 2nd leg in Rotterdam

Second Round
Hibernian                Sco  Vitória SC (Guimarães)   Por  2-0  1-2  3-2
Sparta Rotterdam         Ned  Coleraine                Nir  2-0  2-1  4-1
Bayern München           FRG  Coventry City            Eng  6-1  1-2  7-3
FC Barcelona             Esp  Juventus                 Ita  1-2  1-2  2-4
AC Fiorentina            Ita  1.FC Köln                FRG  1-2  0-1  1-3
SK Sturm Graz            Aut  Arsenal                  Eng  1-0  0-2  1-2
Leeds United             Eng  SG Dynamo Dresden        GDR  1-0  1-2 *2-2
Liverpool                Eng  Dinamo Bucharest         Rom  3-0  1-1  4-1
AB (København)           Den  RSC Anderlecht           Bel  1-3  0-4  1-7
Newcastle United         Eng  Pécsi Dózsa              Hun  2-0  0-2  2-2  2-5p
Sparta Praha             Tch  Dundee United            Sco  3-1  0-1  3-2
Hertha BSC               FRG  Spartak Trnava           Tch  1-0  1-3  2-3
NK Dinamo (Zagreb)       Yug  Hamburger SV             FRG  4-0  0-1  4-1
Vitória FC (Setúbal)     Por  NK Hajduk (Split)        Yug  2-0  1-2  3-2
Valencia                 Esp  SK Beveren               Bel  0-1  1-1  1-2
Eskisehirspor            Tur  FC Twente '65 (Enschede) Ned  3-2  1-6  4-8

Third Round
Spartak Trnava           Tch  1.FC Köln                FRG  0-1  0-3  0-4
Bayern München           FRG  Sparta Rotterdam         Ned  2-1  3-1  5-2
Leeds United             Eng  Sparta Praha             Tch  6-0  3-2  9-2
Arsenal                  Eng  SK Beveren               Bel  4-0  0-0  4-0
Pécsi Dózsa              Hun  Juventus                 Ita  0-1  0-2  0-3
NK Dinamo (Zagreb)       Yug  FC Twente '65 (Enschede) Ned  2-2  0-1  2-3
RSC Anderlecht           Bel  Vitória FC (Setúbal)     Por  2-1  1-3  3-4  aet
Hibernian                Sco  Liverpool                Eng  0-1  0-2  0-3

Quarter-Finals
Juventus                 Ita  FC Twente '65 (Enschede) Ned  2-0  2-2  4-2  aet
Arsenal                  Eng  1.FC Köln                FRG  2-1  0-1  2-2*
Leeds United             Eng  Vitória FC (Setúbal)     Por  2-1  1-1  3-2
Liverpool                Eng  Bayern Munich            FRG  3-0  1-1  4-1

Semi-Finals
Liverpool                Eng  Leeds United             Eng  0-1  0-0  0-1
1.FC Köln                FRG  Juventus                 Ita  1-1  0-2  1-3


Final 1st Leg, Stadio Comunale, Turin, 28 May 1971, att 65000

Juventus                 (1) 2  Leeds United             (0) 2¹
27' 1-0  J: Bettega
48' 1-1  LU: Madeley
55' 2-1  J: Capello
77' 2-2  LU: Bates
¹ Original game on 26 May abandoned at 0-0 after 51 minutes due to unplayable pitch 

Juventus
    Piloni; Spinosi, Salvadore, Marchetti, Furino, Morini, Haller, Capello,
    Causio, Anastasi (Novellini 72), Bettega
Leeds United
    Sprake; Reaney, Cooper, Bremner, Charlton, Hunter, Lorimer, Clarke, Jones
    (Bates 72), Giles, Madeley
Referee: van Ravens (Netherlands)


Final 2nd Leg, Elland Road, Leeds, 3 June 1971, att 42483

Leeds United             (1) 1  Juventus                 (1) 1
12' 1-0  LU: Clarke
20' 1-1  J: Anastasi
aggregate 3-3, Leeds won on away goals

Leeds United
    Sprake, Reaney, Cooper, Bremner, Charlton, Hunter, Lorimer, Clarke, Jones,
    Giles, Madeley (Bates 47)
Juventus
    Tancredi; Spinosi, Salvadore, Marchetti, Furino, Morini, Haller, Capello,
    Causio, Anastasi, Bettega
Referee: Glockner (East Germany)



Standing from left: Salvadore Marchetti Roveta Cuccurreddu Piloni Tancredi Ferioli Landini II Bettega Spinosi Morini Haller Picchi - coach

Crouching: Zaniboni Savoldi II Montorsi Novellini Anastasi Danova Furino Causio Capello.

Juventus didn't lose – away goals, still brand new rule, defeated them.

Lucky winners without winning. Last winners of the Fairs Cup, as it hapenned.

Monday, May 25, 2026

Golden Shoe

 

Golden Shoe 1971:



1.Josip SKOBLAR - Olympique Marseille 44 goals
2.Salif KEITA - AS Saint-Etienne 42 goals 3.Giorgios DEDES - Panionios 28 goals



Saturday, May 23, 2026

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Cyprus

 

Cyprus – ranked last, 33rd, by UEFA. Cypriot First Division

Final Table
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    Team                      Played    Won     Draw    Lost    GF      GA      Points   GR
1. Olympiakos Nicosia 22 11 9 2 40 22 31 [Champions] [1971/72 European Cup] [1971/72 Greek Alpha Ethniki] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. Digenis Akritas Morphou 22 9 9 4 21 15 27 [1971/72 UEFA Cup]
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. APOEL Nicosia 22 8 10 4 30 19 26
4. Omonia Nicosia 22 11 3 8 33 20 25 60,6
5. Pezoporikos Larnaca 22 9 7 6 26 17 25 65,4
6. Apollon Limassol 22 8 8 6 30 20 24 66,7
7. Enosi Neon Paralimniou 22 8 8 6 24 18 24 75
8. Anorthosis Famagusta 22 7 6 9 23 31 20
9. Alki Larnaca 22 4 11 7 25 29 19 116
10. Nea Salamina Famagusta 22 7 5 10 24 36 19 150
11. AEL Limassol 22 6 4 12 12 27 16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12. ASIL Lysi 22 1 6 15 7 41 8 [Relegated] Notes: 2-1-0 points system Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal ration GR: Goal ration: (Goal against X 100) / Goal for. The smaller goal ration, the better place. Championship winning teams from season 1967/66 to season 1972/73 played in the Greek Alpha Ethniki the follow season. EPA Larnaca finished 18th (out of 18) in the 1970/71 Greek Alpha Ethniki. Cypriot Second Division Final Table ----------- Team Played Won Draw Lost GF GA GD Points 1. APOP Paphos 22 15 4 3 51 21 30 34 [Champions] [Promoted] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Aris Limassol 22 13 6 3 50 19 31 32 3. AEM Morphou 22 12 6 4 45 23 22 30 4. Othellos Athienou 22 12 4 6 37 24 13 28
5. Evagoras Paphos 22 10 6 6 28 20 8 26
6. AEK Ammochostos 22 10 4 8 48 35 13 24 7. Chalkanoras Idaliou 22 7 7 8 33 36 -3 21 8. EPAL Limassol 22 8 3 11 30 39 -9 19 9. PAEK Keryneia 22 7 4 11 31 51 -20 18 10. Orfeas Nicosia 22 6 1 15 27 54 -27 13 11. ENAD Ayiou Dometiou 22 4 3 15 26 50 -24 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. LALL Lysi 22 3 2 17 20 54 -34 8 [Relegated]






Cup: Anorthosis Famagusta 1 - 1 Omonia Nicosia 30 May 1971 (Sunday) GSP Stadium (1902) [no goals at extra time]

 replay   Anorthosis Famagusta   1 - 0       Omonia Nicosia                    6 June 1971 (Sunday)     GSE Stadium          [after extra time; normal time score was 0 - 0]

Note: Because of constant difficulties with proper dating of Cypriot team photos, the following teams are approximately from the period: Anorthosis (in white), Olympiakos, EN Paralimni, Alki.

Sunday, May 17, 2026

Luxembourg

 

Luxembourg – ranked 31st in Europe.

1 Union Luxembourg 22 15- 7- 0 37 55- 24
2 Aris Bonnevoie 22 12- 5- 5 29 51- 32
3 Jeunesse Esch/Alzette 22 12- 5- 5 29 51- 33
4 Avenir Beggen 22 10- 4- 8 24 29- 35 5 Spora Luxembourg 22 8- 7- 7 23 38- 28 6 Red Boys Differdange 22 9- 3-10 21 41- 40 7 US Rumelange 22 8- 5- 9 21 36- 39 8 Alliance Dudelange 22 5-11- 6 21 32- 36 9 Progres Niedercorn 22 8- 4-10 20 48- 51 10 SC Tétange 22 6- 5-11 17 30- 41 11 Stade Dudelange 22 5- 4-13 14 39- 55 12 CS Grevenmacher 22 1- 6-15 8 26- 62 Cup Final : Jeunesse Hautcharage - Jeunesse Esch/Alzette 4-1 a.e.t.

Really, amazing singular success for a club too small and insignificant even for Luxembourg. Something to remember and cherish. They don't exist today – only the record.