1973 European Super Cup

1973 European Super Cup

File:Ajaxspelers en leden van de staf met de Cup, Bestanddeelnr 926-9468.jpg Ajax celebration
Milan Ajax 1 6
on aggregate
First leg
Milan Ajax 1 0
Date	9 January 1974
Venue	San Siro, Milan
Referee	Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
Attendance	12,856
Second leg
Ajax Milan 6 0
Date	16 January 1974
Venue	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Referee	Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)
Attendance	15,350

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. 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

9 January 1974

Milan	1–0	Ajax
Chiarugi File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'	Report

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 12,856

Referee: Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Milan

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Ajax

GK 1 Villiam Vecchi DF 2 Giuseppe Sabadini DF 3 Aldo Maldera DF 4 Angelo Anquilletti DF 5 Karl-Heinz Schnellinger DF 6 Maurizio Turone MF 7 Alessandro Turini downward-facing red arrow 46' 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 Franco Bergamaschi upward-facing green arrow 46' DF 15 Giulio Zignoli DF 16 Enrico Lanzi Manager: Cesare Maldini

GK 1 Heinz Stuy RB 2 Wim Suurbier CB 3 Horst Blankenburg CB 4 Barry Hulshoff LB 5 Ruud Krol DM 6 Arie Haan CM 7 Johan Neeskens 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

16 January 1974

Ajax	6–0	Milan
Mulder File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Keizer File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Neeskens File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' Rep File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' G. Mühren File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' (pen.) Haan File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	Report

Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam

Attendance: 15,350

Referee: Rudi Glöckner (East Germany)

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Ajax

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Milan

GK 1 Heinz Stuy RB 2 Wim Suurbier CB 3 Barry Hulshoff CB 4 Horst Blankenburg LB 5 Ruud Krol DM 6 Arie Haan CM 7 Johan Neeskens 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

GK 1 Villiam Vecchi DF 2 Angelo Anquilletti DF 3 Aldo Maldera MF 4 Dario Dolci DF 5 Karl-Heinz Schnellinger DF 6 Maurizio Turone DF 7 Giuseppe Sabadini MF 8 Romeo Benetti MF 9 Gianni Rivera (c) MF 10 Giorgio Biasiolo downward-facing red arrow 71' FW 11 Luciano Chiarugi Substitutes: GK 12 Pierluigi Pizzaballa DF 13 Giulio Zignoli MF 14 Franco Bergamaschi DF 15 Enrico Lanzi FW 16 Carlo Tresoldi upward-facing green arrow 71' 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