The 1971 Intercontinental Cup was an association football tie held over two legs in December 1971 between the runners-up of the 1970–71 European Cup, Panathinaikos, replacing European Cup winners Ajax which declined to participate, and Nacional, winners of the 1971 Copa Libertadores.La campaña de 1971 on Decano.com, 23 Jun 2013
The first leg was held on 15 December 1971 at the Karaiskakis Stadium, home of Olympiacos, since Panathinaikos ground was deemed unsuitable. The match finished up as a 1–1 draw. The goals came from Totis Filakouris in the 48th minute and Luis Artime in the 50th minute. Julio Morales broke the leg of Yiannis Tomaras and was sent off. Estadio Centenario hosted the return leg 13 days later on 28 December 1971.Match report on FIFA (archived, 18 Oct 2007) In the second leg, Nacional beat Panathinaikos 2–1, therefore the Uruguayan club won the series 3–2 on aggregate to achieve their first Intercontinental Cup trophy.Match details and lineups on the RSSSF Argentine striker Luis Artime was the keyplayer of the series after scoring three goals on both matches.Artime, figura en la Intercontinental 1971 by Osvaldo Ardizzone on El Gráfico (originally published in 1971)
Qualified teams TeamQualificationPrevious finals app. Nacional 1971 Copa Libertadores champion None Panathinaikos 1970–71 European Cup runner-up None
Venues
Match details First leg
GK 1 Takis IkonomopoulosDF 2 Yiannis Tomaras DF 3 Anthimos KapsisDF 4 Frangiskos SourpisDF 5 Kostas AthanassopoulosMF 6 Kostas EleftherakisMF 7 Totis Filakouris MF 8 Mitsos DimitriouFW 9 Antonis AntoniadisMF 10 Mimis Domazos (c)FW 11 Sakis KouvasSubstitutes:DF 12 Giorgos Vlachos Manager: Ferenc Puskás
GK 1 MangaDF 2 Juan MasnikDF 3 Ángel BrunellDF 4 Luis Ubiña DF 5 Julio Montero Castillo (c)MF 6 Juan C. BlancoMF 7 Luis CubillaMF 8 Ildo ManeiroFW 9 Víctor Espárrago FW 10 Luis ArtimeFW 11 Julio Morales Substitutes:DF 12 Juan J. Duarte Manager: Washington Etchamendi
Second leg
GK 1 MangaDF 2 Juan MasnikDF 3 Ángel BrunellDF 4 Luis Ubiña DF 5 Julio Montero Castillo (c)MF 6 Juan C. BlancoMF 7 Luis Cubilla MF 8 Ildo ManeiroFW 9 Víctor Espárrago FW 10 Luis ArtimeFW 11 Juan C. Mamelli Substitutes:DF 13 Ruben Bareño DF 12 Juan Mujica Manager: Washington Etchamendi
GK 1 Takis IkonomopoulosDF 2 Victor Mitropoulos DF 3 Anthimos KapsisDF 4 Frangiskos SourpisDF 5 Kostas AthanassopoulosDF 6 Aristidis Kamaras MF 7 Kostas Eleftherakis MF 8 Mitsos DimitriouFW 9 Antonis AntoniadisMF 10 Mimis Domazos (c)FW 11 Sakis KouvasSubstitutes: MF 12 Totis Filakouris Manager: Ferenc Puskás
See also 1970–71 European Cup 1971 Copa Libertadores Panathinaikos F.C. in European football
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