1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup#Second round

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = European Cup Winners' Cup

| year = 1969–70

| other_titles =

| image = Ernst-happel-stadion_vienna.jpg

| size = 300

| caption = The Praterstadion in Vienna hosted the final

| dates = 28 August 1969 - 29 April 1970

| num_teams = 33

| champion_other = {{flagicon|ENG}} Manchester City

| count = 1

| second_other = {{flagicon|POL|1928}} Górnik Zabrze

| matches = 64

| goals = 173

| attendance =

| top_scorer = Włodzimierz Lubański (Górnik Zabrze)
7 goals

| prevseason = 1968–69

| nextseason = 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52455182 |title=The strange tale of how Man City conquered Europe – 50 years on |website=BBC Sport |date=29 April 2020 |access-date=29 April 2020 |first=Chris |last=Bevan }}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65845807 |title=Man City win Champions League: Rodri goal secures victory against Inter and completes treble |work=BBC Sport |date=10 June 2023 |access-date=10 June 2023 |archive-date=11 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611095758/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65845807 |url-status=live }}

Preliminary round

{{TwoLeg start}}

{{TwoLegResult|SK Rapid Wien|AUT|1–1 (a)|Torpedo Moscow|URS|var2=1955|0–0|1–1}}

|}

=First leg=

{{football box

|date={{Start date|1969|8|28|df=y}}

|team1=SK Rapid Wien {{flagicon|AUT}}

|score=0–0

|report=

|team2={{flagicon|URS}} Torpedo Moscow

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=

|location=

|attendance=20,000

|referee=Laurens Van Ravens (Netherlands)

}}

=Second leg=

{{football box

|date={{Start date|1969|9|3|df=y}}

|team1=Torpedo Moscow {{flagicon|URS}}

|score=1–1

|report=

|team2={{flagicon|AUT}} SK Rapid Wien

|goals1=Gershkovich {{goal||53}}

|goals2=Redl {{goal||88}}

|stadium=

|location=

|attendance=80,000

|referee=Antonio Sbardella (Italy)

}}

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

First round

{{TwoLeg start}}

{{TwoLegResult|Dukla Prague|TCH|1–2|Marseille|FRA|1–0|0–2 (aet)}}

{{TwoLegResult|Dinamo Zagreb|YUG|3–0|Slovan Bratislava|TCH|3–0|0–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Norrköping|SWE|5–2|Sliema Wanderers|MLT|5–1|0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Shamrock Rovers|IRL|2–4|Schalke 04|FRG|2–1|0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|1. FC Magdeburg|GDR|2–1|MTK Hungária|HUN|1–0|1–1 (aet)}}

{{TwoLegResult|Académica|POR|1–0|KuPS|FIN|0–0|1–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Lierse|BEL|11–1|APOEL|CYP|var2=1960|10–1|1–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Athletic Bilbao|ESP|var1=1945|3–6|Manchester City|ENG|3–3|0–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Ards|NIR|1–3|Roma|ITA|0–0|1–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Rapid Wien|AUT|3–6|PSV Eindhoven|NED|1–2|2–4}}

{{TwoLegResult|Göztepe|TUR|6–2|Union Luxembourg|LUX|3–0|3–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Mjøndalen|NOR|2–12|Cardiff City|WAL|1–7|1–5}}

{{TwoLegResult|ÍBV|ISL|0–8|Levski-Spartak|BUL|var2=1967|0–4|0–4}}

{{TwoLegResult|Frem|DEN|2–2 (a)|St. Gallen|SUI|2–1|0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Olympiacos|GRE|var1=old|2–7|Górnik Zabrze|POL|var2=1928|2–2|0–5}}

{{TwoLegResult|Rangers|SCO|2–0|Steaua București|ROU|var2=1965|2–0|0–0}}

|}

=First leg=

{{football box

|date= 17 September 1969

|time=

|team1= Lierse {{flagicon|BEL}}

|score=10–1

|report={{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

|team2={{flagicon|CYP}} APOEL

|aet =

|goals1= Vermeyen {{goal|10||21||43||49|}}
De Nul {{goal|20||22||75||87|}}
Put {{goal|55|}}
Janssens {{goal|80|}}

|goals2= Agathokleous {{goal|65|}}

|stadium= Herman Vanderpoortenstadion, Lier

|location =

|attendance=7,004

|referee= Marian Środecki (Poland)

}}

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{{football box

|date={{Start date|1969|9|17|df=y}}

|team1=Rangers {{flagicon|SCO}}

|score=2–0

|report=

|team2={{flagicon|ROU|1965}} Steaua București

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Ibrox Stadium

|location=Glasgow

|attendance=60,000

|referee=José María Ortiz de Mendíbil (Spain)

}}

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{{football box

|date=17 September 1969

|time=

|team1= Académica {{flagicon|POR}}

|score=0–0

|report={{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

|team2={{flagicon|FIN}} KuPS

|aet =

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium= Estádio Municipal de Coimbra, Coimbra

|location =

|attendance=6,742

|referee= Hans-Joachim Weyland (West Germany)

}}

=Second leg=

{{football box

|date=24 September 1969

|time=

|team1= APOEL {{flagicon|CYP}}

|score=0–1

|report={{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

|team2={{flagicon|BEL}} Lierse

|aet =

|goals1=

|goals2= De Nul {{goal|15|}}

|stadium= Herman Vanderpoortenstadion, Lier

|location =

|attendance=3,271

|referee= Anton Bucheli (Switzerland)

}}

Lierse won 11-1 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date={{Start date|1969|10|1|df=y}}

|team1=Steaua București {{flagicon|ROU|1965}}

|score=0–0

|report=

|team2={{flagicon|SCO}} Rangers

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stadionul 23 August

|location=Bucharest

|attendance=70,000

|referee=Leonidas Vamvakopoulos (Greece)

}}

Rangers won 2–0 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=1 October 1969

|time=

|team1= KuPS {{flagicon|FIN}}

|score=1–0

|report={{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

|team2={{flagicon|POR}} Académica

|aet =

|goals1=

|goals2= Nene {{goal|65|}}

|stadium= Väinölänniemen Stadion, Kuopio

|location =

|attendance=2,693

|referee= Joseph Dorpmans (Netherlands)

}}

Académica won 1–0 on aggregate.

Second round

{{TwoLeg start}}

{{TwoLegResult|Marseille|FRA|1–3|Dinamo Zagreb|YUG|1–1|0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Norrköping|SWE|0–1|Schalke 04|FRG|0–0|0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|1. FC Magdeburg|GDR|1–2|Académica|POR|1–0|0–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Lierse|BEL|0–8|Manchester City|ENG|0–3|0–5}}

{{TwoLegResult|Roma|ITA|(c) 1–1|PSV Eindhoven|NED|1–0|0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Göztepe|TUR|3–1|Cardiff City|WAL|3–0|0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Levski-Spartak|BUL|var1=1967|4–0|St. Gallen|SUI|4–0|0–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Górnik Zabrze|POL|var1=1928|6–2|Rangers|SCO|3–1|3–1}}

|}

=First leg=

{{football box

|date=12 November 1969

|time=

|team1= 1. FC Magdeburg {{flagicon|GDR}}

|score=1–0

|report={{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

|team2={{flagicon|POR}} Académica

|aet =

|goals1= Sparwasser {{goal|41|}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Ernst Grube Stadium, Magdeburg

|location =

|attendance=14,038

|referee= Frede Hansen (Denmark)

}}

=Second leg=

{{football box

|date=26 November 1969

|time=

|team1= Académica {{flagicon|POR}}

|score=2–0

|report={{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

|team2={{flagicon|GDR}} 1. FC Magdeburg

|aet =

|goals1= Carlos Alhinho {{goal|57|}}
Mário Campos {{goal|85|}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Estádio Municipal de Coimbra, Coimbra

|location =

|attendance=9,335

|referee= Francesco Francescon (Italy)

}}

Académica won 2–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

{{TwoLeg start}}

{{TwoLegResult|Dinamo Zagreb|YUG|1–4|Schalke 04|FRG|1–3|0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Académica|POR|0–1|Manchester City|ENG|0–0|0–1 (aet)}}

{{TwoLegResult|Roma|ITA|2–0|Göztepe|TUR|2–0|0–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Levski-Spartak|BUL|var1=1967|4–4 (a)|Górnik Zabrze|POL|var2=1928|3–2|1–2}}

|}

=First leg=

{{football box

|date=4 March 1970

|time=

|team1= Académica {{flagicon|POR}}

|score=0–0

|report={{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

|team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Manchester City

|aet =

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium= Estádio Municipal de Coimbra, Coimbra

|location =

|attendance=8,206

|referee= Robert Schaut (Belgium)

}}

=Second leg=

{{football box

|date=18 March 1970

|time=

|team1= Manchester City {{flagicon|ENG}}

|score=1–0

|report={{citation needed|date=April 2025}}

|team2={{flagicon|POR}} Académica

|aet = yes

|goals1= Towers {{goal|120|}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Maine Road, Manchester

|location =

|attendance=36,111

|referee= Gocho Rusev (Bulgaria)

}}

Manchester City won 1–0 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

{{TwoLeg start|extra=Play-off}}

{{TwoLegResult|Schalke 04|FRG|2–5|Manchester City|ENG|1–0|1–5|}}

{{TwoLegResult|Roma|ITA|3–3|Górnik Zabrze|POL|var2=1928|1–1|2–2|1–1 (c)}}

|}

=First leg=

{{football box

|date=1 April 1970

|time=

|team1=Roma {{flagicon|ITA}}

|score=1–1

|report=

|team2={{flagicon|POL|1928}} Górnik Zabrze

|goals1=Salvori {{goal|53}}

|goals2=Banaś {{goal|28}}

|stadium=Stadio Olimpico, Rome

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

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{{football box

|date=1 April 1970

|time=

|team1=Schalke 04 {{flagicon|FRG}}

|score=1–0

|report=

|team2={{flagicon|ENG}} Manchester City

|goals1=Libuda {{goal|76}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

=Second leg=

{{football box

|date=15 April 1970

|time=

|team1=Górnik Zabrze {{flagicon|POL|1928}}

|score=2–2

|aet=yes

|report=

|team2={{flagicon|ITA}} Roma

|goals1=Lubański {{goal|90|pen.|93}}

|goals2=Capello {{goal|9|pen.}}
Scaratti {{goal|120}}

|stadium=Silesian Stadium, Chorzów

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

3–3 on aggregate.

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{{football box

|date=15 April 1970

|time=

|team1=Manchester City {{flagicon|ENG}}

|score=5–1

|report=

|team2={{flagicon|FRG}} Schalke 04

|goals1=Doyle {{goal|8}}
Young {{goal|22||28}}
Lee {{goal|50}}
Bell {{goal|81}}

|goals2=Libuda {{goal|89}}

|stadium=Maine Road, Manchester

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Manchester City won 5–2 on aggregate.

=Play-off=

{{football box

|date=22 April 1970

|time=

|team1=Górnik Zabrze {{flagicon|POL|1928}}

|score=1–1

|aet=yes

|report=

|team2={{flagicon|ITA}} Roma

|goals1=Lubański {{goal|42}}

|goals2=Capello {{goal|57|pen.}}

|stadium=Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg

|attendance=

|referee=

}}

Górnik Zabrze won on a coin toss.

Final

{{main|1970 European Cup Winners' Cup final}}

{{Football box

|date=29 April 1970

|time=19:30

|team1=Manchester City {{flagicon|ENG}}

|score=2–1

|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100503063418/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season%3D1969/intro.html Report]

|team2={{flagicon|POL|1928}} Górnik Zabrze

|goals1=Young {{goal|12}}
Lee {{goal|43|pen.}}

|goals2=Oślizło {{goal|68}}

|stadium=Praterstadion, Vienna

|attendance=7,968

|referee=Paul Schiller (Austria)

}}

See also

References

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