1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup

The season 1970-71 of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Chelsea in a replay against Real Madrid. Defending champions Manchester City were eliminated by Chelsea in the semi-finals, only the second ever tie in the competition between two clubs from the same country.

Preliminary round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Åtvidabergs FF	1 - 3	FK Partizani	1 - 1	0 - 2
Bohemian	3 - 4	TJ Gottwaldov	1 - 2	2 - 2

First round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kickers Offenbach	2 - 3	Club Brugge	2 - 1	0 - 2
IB Akureyri	1 - 14	FC Zürich	1 - 7	0 - 7
CSKA Sofia	11 - 1	FC Haka	9 - 0	2 - 1
Aris Thessaloniki F.C.	2 - 6	Chelsea	1 - 1	1 - 5
Aberdeen	4 - 4 (p)	Budapest Honvéd FC	3 - 1	1 - 3(aet)
Manchester City	2(a) - 2	Linfield F.C.	1 - 0	1 - 2
Göztepe	5 - 1	US Luxembourg	5 - 0	0 - 1
Aalborg BK	1 - 9	Górnik Zabrze	0 - 1	1 - 8
TJ Gottwaldov	2 - 2(a)	PSV Eindhoven	2 - 1	0 - 1
Karpaty Lvov	3 - 4	Steaua Bucureşti	0 - 1	3 - 3
Olimpija Ljubljana	2 - 9	SL Benfica	1 - 1	1 - 8
Vorwärts Berlin	1(a) - 1	Bologna	0 - 0	1 - 1
Cardiff City	8 - 0	Pezoporikos Larnaca	8 - 0	0 - 0
Strømsgodset I.F.	3 - 7	FC Nantes Atlantique	0 - 5	3 - 2
Hibernians FC	0 - 5	Real Madrid	0 - 0	0 - 5
FC Wacker Innsbruck	5 - 3	FK Partizani	3 - 2	2 - 1

First leg

16 September 1970	Vorwärts Berlin	0 – 0	Bologna	Berlin

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16 September 1970	CSKA Sofia	9 – 0	FC Haka	Bulgarian Army Stadium, Sofia
	Yakimov  7', 30', 64' Nikodimov  15' (pen.), 37' Zhekov  61', 81' Marashliev  77'

Second leg

30 September 1970	Bologna	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Vorwärts Berlin	Bologna
	Savoldi  106'		Begerad  112'

Bologna 1–1 Vorwärts Berlin on aggregate. Vorwärts Berlin won on away goals.

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30 September 1970	FC Haka	1 – 2	CSKA Sofia	Tehtaan kenttä, Valkeakoski
	Malm  88'		Yakimov  50', 56'

CSKA Sofia won 11–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Club Brugge	4 - 3	FC Zürich	2 - 0	2 - 3
CSKA Sofia	0 - 2	Chelsea	0 - 1	0 - 1
Budapest Honvéd FC	0 - 3	Manchester City	0 - 1	0 - 2
Göztepe	0 - 4	Górnik Zabrze	0 - 1	0 - 3
PSV Eindhoven	7 - 0	Steaua Bucureşti	4 - 0	3 - 0
SL Benfica	2 - 2(p)	Vorwärts Berlin	2 - 0	0 - 2
Cardiff City	7 - 2	FC Nantes Atlantique	5 - 1	2 - 1
Real Madrid	2 - 1	FC Wacker Innsbruck	0 - 1	2 - 0

First leg

21 October 1970	CSKA Sofia	0 – 1	Chelsea	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
			Baldwin  43'

Second leg

4 November 1970	Chelsea	1 – 0	CSKA Sofia	Stamford Bridge, London
	Webb  41'

Chelsea won 2–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Ticket to match Manchester City – Górnik Zabrze in Chorzów

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	Playoff
Club Brugge	2 - 4	Chelsea	2 - 0	0 - 4 (aet)
Manchester City	2 - 2	Górnik Zabrze	2 - 0	0 - 2(aet)	3 - 1
PSV Eindhoven	2 - 1	Vorwärts Berlin	2 - 0	0 - 1
Cardiff City	1 - 2	Real Madrid	1 - 0	0 - 2

Semi-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chelsea	2 - 0	Manchester City	1 - 0	1 - 0
PSV Eindhoven	1 - 2	Real Madrid	0 - 0	1 - 2

First leg

14 April 1971	Chelsea	1 – 0	Manchester City	Stamford Bridge, London
	Smethurst  46'

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14 April 1971 19:15	PSV Eindhoven	0 – 0	Real Madrid	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 24,000 Referee: William O'Neill (Republic of Ireland)

Second leg

28 April 1971	Manchester City	0 – 1	Chelsea	Maine Road, Manchester
			Healey  43' (o.g.)

Chelsea won 2–0 on aggregate.

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28 April 1971 21:00	Real Madrid	2 – 1	PSV Eindhoven	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)
	Zoco  36' Pirri  82'		Van den Dungen  58'

Real Madrid won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1971 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

19 May 1971 20:30	Chelsea	1 – 1	Real Madrid	Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
	Osgood  56'		Zoco  90'

Replay

21 May 1971 26:30	Chelsea	2 – 1	Real Madrid	Karaiskakis Stadium, Athens Attendance: 19,917 Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
	Osgood  33' Dempsey  39'		Fleitas  75'

External links

• 1970-71 competition at UEFA website
• Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation