1969 European Cup final

1969 European Cup Final

Event	1968–69 European Cup
Milan Ajax 4 1
Date	28 May 1969
Venue	Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Referee	José Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)
Attendance	31,782

The 1969 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, on 28 May 1969, that saw Milan of Italy play against Ajax of the Netherlands to determine who would be the champions of Europe that season. Ajax made history by becoming the first Dutch side to reach the final, but they were beaten by their Italian opponents 4-1.

Route to the final

Milan				Round	Ajax
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Replay
Malmö	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	3–1	3–0 (H)	0–2 (A)

Match

Details

Milan v Ajax

28 May 1969

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

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Attendance: 31,782 Referee: José Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

Milan

Ajax

GK 1 Fabio Cudicini RB 2 Angelo Anquilletti LB 3 Karl-Heinz Schnellinger CB 4 Roberto Rosato CB 5 Saul Malatrasi CM 6 Giovanni Trapattoni RF 7 Kurt Hamrin AM 8 Giovanni Lodetti CF 9 Angelo Sormani AM 10 Gianni Rivera (c) LF 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 CM 6 Henk Groot  46' CM 7 Anton Pronk RW 8 Sjaak Swart CF 9 Inge Danielsson CF 10 Johan Cruijff LW 11 Piet Keizer Substitutes: MF 13 Bernardus Muller  46' FW 12 Klaas Nuninga  46' Manager: Rinus Michels

See also

• 1968–69 European Cup

External links

• 1968–69 season at UEFA.com
• European Cups Archive at the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• 1968–69 season at European Cup History