1969 European Cup final

1969 European Cup Final
Event	1968–69 European Cup
Date	28 May 1969
Venue	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Referee	José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)
Attendance	31,782
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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.^[1]^[2]

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.

Milan				Round	Ajax
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Play-off
Malmö FF	5–3	1–2 (A)	4–1 (H)	First round	Nürnberg	5–1	1–1 (A)	4–0 (H)
Bye				Second round	Fenerbahçe	4–0	2–0 (H)	2–0 (A)
Celtic	1–0	0–0 (H)	1–0 (A)	Quarter-finals	Benfica	4–4 (r)	3–1 (A)	1–3 (aet) (H)	3–0 (aet)
Manchester United	2–1	2–0 (H)	0–1 (A)	Semi-finals	Spartak Trnava	3–2	3–0 (H)	0–2 (A)

Match

Details

28 May 1969

19:30

Milan	4–1	Ajax
Prati 7', 40', 75' Sormani 67'	Report	Vasović 60' (pen.)

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 31,782

Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

Milan^[3]

Ajax^[3]


GK	1	Fabio Cudicini
RB	2	Angelo Anquilletti
LB	3	Karl-Heinz Schnellinger
RH	4	Roberto Rosato
CH	5	Saul Malatrasi
LH	6	Giovanni Trapattoni
OR	7	Kurt Hamrin
IR	8	Giovanni Lodetti
CF	9	Angelo Sormani
IL	10	Gianni Rivera (c)
OL	11	Pierino Prati
Manager:
Nereo Rocco


GK	1	Gert Bals (c)
RB	2	Wim Suurbier	46'
CB	3	Barry Hulshoff
CB	4	Velibor Vasović
LB	5	Theo van Duivenbode
RH	6	Henk Groot	46'
LH	7	Anton Pronk
RW	8	Sjaak Swart
CF	9	Inge Danielsson
CF	10	Johan Cruyff
LW	11	Piet Keizer
Substitutes:
FW	12	Klaas Nuninga	46'
MF	13	Bennie Muller	46'
GK	14	Heinz Stuy
MF	15	Gerrie Mühren
MF	16	Ruud Suurendonk
Manager:
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

↑ "Il mondo ai piedi del Milan di Rocco". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 21 May 2020.
↑ "Coppa Campioni 1968/69: MILAN" (in Italian). storiedicalcio.altervista.org. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "2011/12 UEFA Champions League statistics handbook: History (European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League, 1955–2011)" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 May 2011. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2019.

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
"European Champion Clubs' Cup – History" (PDF). UEFA. p. 164. Retrieved 25 May 2011.

[1] "Il mondo ai piedi del Milan di Rocco". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 21 May 2020.

[2] "Coppa Campioni 1968/69: MILAN" (in Italian). storiedicalcio.altervista.org. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

[MIL-AJA-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "2011/12 UEFA Champions League statistics handbook: History (European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League, 1955–2011)" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 May 2011. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2019.

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