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The 1970–71 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by Ajax in the final against Panathinaikos FC. It was the first time the cup went to Ajax, beginning a three-year period of domination. UEFA had introduced for first time the penalty shoot-out as a way of deciding drawn ties - doing away with the unsatisfactory tossing of a coin. They had also decided that the away-goals' rule should apply to all rounds, and not just the first two as had been the case.

[edit] Preliminary round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Levski-Spartak	3–4	Austria Vienna	3–1	0–3

[edit] First round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cagliari	3–1	Saint-Étienne	3–0	0–1
Atlético Madrid	4–1	Austria Vienna	2–0	2–1
Rosenborg	0–7	Standard Liège	0–2	0–5
Gothenburg	1–6	Legia Warsaw	0–4	1–2
17 Nëntori Tirana	2–4	Ajax	2–2	0–2
Spartak Moscow	4–4¹	Basel	3–2	1–2
Glentoran	1–4	Waterford United	1–3	0–1
Celtic	14–0	KPV	9–0	5–0
Fenerbahçe	0–5	Carl Zeiss Jena	0–4	0–1
Sporting	9–0	Floriana	5–0	4–0
Újpesti Dózsa	2–4	Red Star Belgrade	2–0	0–4
Feyenoord	1–1²	Arad	1–1	0–0
EPA Larnaca	0–16	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0–6	0–10
Everton	9–2	Keflavík	6–2	3–0
Jeunesse Esch	1–7	Panathinaikos	1–2	0–5
Slovan Bratislava	4–3	Boldklubben 1903	2–1	2–2

¹ Basel progressed to the Second round on away goals.

² Arad progressed to the Second round on away goals.

[edit] Second round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cagliari	2–4	Atlético Madrid	2–1	0–3
Standard Liège	1–2	Legia Warsaw	1–0	0–2
Ajax	5–1	Basel	3–0	2–1
Waterford United	2–10	Celtic	0–7	2–3
Carl Zeiss Jena	4–2	Sporting	2–1	2–1
Red Star Belgrade	6–1	Arad	3–0	3–1
Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–2¹	Everton	1–1	1–1
Panathinaikos	4–2	Slovan Bratislava	3–0	1–2

¹ Everton progressed to the Quarter finals after penalties.

[edit] Quarter finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlético Madrid	2–2¹	Legia Warsaw	1–0	1–2
Ajax	3–1	Celtic	3–0	0–1
Carl Zeiss Jena	3–6	Red Star Belgrade	3–2	0–4
Everton	1–1²	Panathinaikos	1–1	0–0