1973 European Super Cup Explained

1973 European Super Cup
Team1:	Milan
Team1association:
Team1score:	1
Team2:	Ajax
Team2score:	6
Details:	on aggregate
Firstleg:	First leg
Team1score1:	1
Team2score1:	0
Date1:	9 January 1974
Stadium1:	San Siro
City1:	Milan
Referee1:	Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
Attendance1:	12,856
Secondleg:	Second leg
Team1score2:	0
Team2score2:	6
Date2:	16 January 1974
Stadium2:	Olympisch Stadion
City2:	Amsterdam
Referee2:	Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)
Attendance2:	15,350
Previous:	1972 (unofficial)
Next:	1975

The 1973 European Super Cup was played between 1972–73 European Cup winners Ajax and 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup winners Milan, with Ajax winning 6–1 on aggregate, making it the worst defeat for an Italian team in an UEFA competition final.^[1] Unlike future Super Cup matches, the 1973 edition took place at the start of the following calendar year rather than the start of the following season.

First leg

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Villiam Vecchi DF 2 Giuseppe Sabadini DF 3 DF 4 Angelo Anquilletti DF 5 Karl-Heinz Schnellinger DF 6 Maurizio Turone MF 7 MF 8 Romeo Benetti MF 9 Gianni Rivera (c) MF 10 Giorgio Biasiolo FW 11 Luciano Chiarugi Substitutes: GK 12 Pierluigi Pizzaballa MF 13 Dario Dolci MF 14 DF 15 Giulio Zignoli DF 16 Enrico Lanzi Manager: Cesare Maldini

width=25 ! width=25 width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Heinz Stuy RB 2 Wim Suurbier CB 3 Horst Blankenburg CB 4 Barry Hulshoff LB 5 Ruud Krol DM 6 CM 7 CF 8 Jan Mulder RF 9 Johnny Rep CM 10 Gerrie Mühren LF 11 Piet Keizer (c) Substitutes: FW 12 Arno Steffenhagen MF 13 Zoltán Varga DF 14 Pim van Dord MF 15 Arnold Mühren GK 16 Sies Wever Manager: George Knobel

Second leg

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Heinz Stuy RB 2 Wim Suurbier CB 3 Barry Hulshoff CB 4 Horst Blankenburg LB 5 Ruud Krol DM 6 CM 7 CF 8 Jan Mulder RF 9 Johnny Rep CM 10 Gerrie Mühren LF 11 Piet Keizer (c) Substitutes: FW 12 Arno Steffenhagen MF 13 Zoltán Varga DF 14 Pim van Dord MF 15 Arnold Mühren GK 16 Sies Wever Manager: George Knobel

width=25 ! width=25 width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Villiam Vecchi DF 2 Angelo Anquilletti DF 3 MF 4 DF 5 Karl-Heinz Schnellinger DF 6 Maurizio Turone DF 7 Giuseppe Sabadini MF 8 Romeo Benetti MF 9 Gianni Rivera (c) MF 10 FW 11 Luciano Chiarugi Substitutes: GK 12 Pierluigi Pizzaballa DF 13 Giulio Zignoli MF 14 Franco Bergamaschi DF 15 Enrico Lanzi FW 16 Manager: Cesare Maldini

See also

• 1973 European Cup Final
• 1973 European Cup Winners' Cup Final
• A.C. Milan in European football
• AFC Ajax in European football

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ajax enjoy early success. UEFA. 14 March 2008.