1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup

1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup
	The Praterstadion in Vienna hosted the final
Tournament details
Dates	28 August 1969 - 29 April 1970
Teams	33
Final positions
Champions	Manchester City (1st title)
Runners-up	Górnik Zabrze
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	173 (2.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Włodzimierz Lubański (Górnik Zabrze); 7 goals
	← 1968–69 1970–71 →

The 1969–70 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup was the 10th edition of European football's secondary competition. Defending champions Slovan Bratislava were eliminated in the First Round by Dinamo Zagreb. English club Manchester City defeated Polish club Górnik Zabrze 2–1 in the final for their first and only Cup Winners' Cup title.

The result was City's lone European triumph for more than 50 years, until their victory in the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League.^[1]^[2]

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SK Rapid Wien	1–1 (a)	Torpedo Moscow	0–0	1–1

First leg

28 August 1969

SK Rapid Wien	0–0	Torpedo Moscow

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Laurens Van Ravens (Netherlands)

Second leg

3 September 1969

Torpedo Moscow	1–1	SK Rapid Wien
Gershkovich (53)		Redl (88)

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Antonio Sbardella (Italy)

1–1 on aggregate, Rapid Wien won on away goals.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dukla Prague	1–2	Marseille	1–0	0–2 (aet)
Dinamo Zagreb	3–0	Slovan Bratislava	3–0	0–0
Norrköping	5–2	Sliema Wanderers	5–1	0–1
Shamrock Rovers	2–4	Schalke 04	2–1	0–3
1. FC Magdeburg	2–1	MTK Hungária	1–0	1–1 (aet)
Académica	1–0	KuPS	0–0	1–0
Lierse	11–1	APOEL	10–1	1–0
Athletic Bilbao	3–6	Manchester City	3–3	0–3
Ards	1–3	Roma	0–0	1–3
Rapid Wien	3–6	PSV Eindhoven	1–2	2–4
Göztepe	6–2	Union Luxembourg	3–0	3–2
Mjøndalen	2–12	Cardiff City	1–7	1–5
ÍBV	0–8	Levski-Spartak	0–4	0–4
Frem	2–2 (a)	St. Gallen	2–1	0–1
Olympiacos	2–7	Górnik Zabrze	2–2	0–5
Rangers	2–0	Steaua București	2–0	0–0

First leg

17 September 1969

Lierse	10–1	APOEL
Vermeyen 10', 21', 43', 49' De Nul 20', 22', 75', 87' Put 55' Janssens 80'		Agathokleous 65'

Herman Vanderpoortenstadion, Lier

Attendance: 7,004

Referee: Marian Środecki (Poland)

17 September 1969

Rangers	2–0	Steaua București
Johnston 40', 43'

Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

17 September 1969

Académica	0–0	KuPS

Estádio Municipal de Coimbra, Coimbra

Attendance: 6,742

Referee: Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)

Second leg

24 September 1969

APOEL	0–1	Lierse
		De Nul 15'

Herman Vanderpoortenstadion, Lier

Attendance: 3,271

Referee: Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)

Lierse won 11-1 on aggregate.

1 October 1969

Steaua București	0–0	Rangers

Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Leonidas Vamvakopoulos (Greece)

Rangers won 2–0 on aggregate.

1 October 1969

KuPS	1–0	Académica
		Nene 65'

Väinölänniemen Stadion, Kuopio

Attendance: 2,693

Referee: Joseph Dorpmans (Netherlands)

Académica won 1–0 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Marseille	1–3	Dinamo Zagreb	1–1	0–2
Norrköping	0–1	Schalke 04	0–0	0–1
1. FC Magdeburg	1–2	Académica	1–0	0–2
Lierse	0–8	Manchester City	0–3	0–5
Roma	(c) 1–1	PSV Eindhoven	1–0	0–1
Göztepe	3–1	Cardiff City	3–0	0–1
Levski-Spartak	4–0	St. Gallen	4–0	0–0
Górnik Zabrze	6–2	Rangers	3–1	3–1

First leg

12 November 1969

1. FC Magdeburg	1–0	Académica
Sparwasser 41'

Ernst Grube Stadium, Magdeburg

Attendance: 14,038

Referee: Frede Hansen (Denmark)

Second leg

26 November 1969

Académica	2–0	1. FC Magdeburg
Carlos Alhinho 57' Mário Campos 85'

Estádio Municipal de Coimbra, Coimbra

Attendance: 9,335

Referee: Francesco Francescon (Italy)

Académica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dinamo Zagreb	1–4	Schalke 04	1–3	0–1
Académica	0–1	Manchester City	0–0	0–1 (aet)
Roma	2–0	Göztepe	2–0	0–0
Levski-Spartak	4–4 (a)	Górnik Zabrze	3–2	1–2

First leg

4 March 1970

Académica	0–0	Manchester City

Estádio Municipal de Coimbra, Coimbra

Attendance: 8,206

Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

Second leg

18 March 1970

Manchester City	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Académica
Towers 120'

Maine Road, Manchester

Attendance: 36,111

Referee: Gocho Rusev (Bulgaria)

Manchester City won 1–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	Play-off
Schalke 04	2–5	Manchester City	1–0	1–5
Roma	3–3	Górnik Zabrze	1–1	2–2	1–1 (c)

First leg

1 April 1970

Roma	1–1	Górnik Zabrze
Salvori 53'		Banaś 28'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

1 April 1970

Schalke 04	1–0	Manchester City
Libuda 76'

Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen

Second leg

15 April 1970

Górnik Zabrze	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Roma
Lubański 90' (pen.), 93'		Capello 9' (pen.) Scaratti 120'

Silesian Stadium, Chorzów

3–3 on aggregate.

15 April 1970

Manchester City	5–1	Schalke 04
Doyle 8' Young 22', 28' Lee 50' Bell 81'		Libuda 89'

Maine Road, Manchester

Manchester City won 5–2 on aggregate.

Play-off

22 April 1970

Górnik Zabrze	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Roma
Lubański 42'		Capello 57' (pen.)

Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg

Górnik Zabrze won on a coin toss.

Final

29 April 1970

19:30

Manchester City	2–1	Górnik Zabrze
Young 12' Lee 43' (pen.)	Report	Oślizło 68'

Praterstadion, Vienna

Attendance: 7,968

Referee: Paul Schiller (Austria)

References

^ Bevan, Chris (29 April 2020). "The strange tale of how Man City conquered Europe – 50 years on". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
^ "Man City win Champions League: Rodri goal secures victory against Inter and completes treble". BBC Sport. 10 June 2023. Archived from the original on 11 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

External links

[1] Bevan, Chris (29 April 2020). "The strange tale of how Man City conquered Europe – 50 years on". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

[2] "Man City win Champions League: Rodri goal secures victory against Inter and completes treble". BBC Sport. 10 June 2023. Archived from the original on 11 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

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Preliminary round

First leg

Second leg

First round

First leg

Second leg

Second round

First leg

Second leg

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Play-off

Final

See also

References

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