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. Teams SK Rapid Wien Lierse Levski-Spartak APOEL Dukla Prague Slovan Bratislava TH Frem Manchester City KuPS Marseille 1. FC Magdeburg Schalke 04 Olympiacos MTK Hungária ÍBV Shamrock Rovers Roma Union Luxembourg Sliema Wanderers PSV Eindhoven Ards Mjøndalen Górnik Zabrze Académica Steaua București Rangers Athletic Bilbao IFK Norrköping St. Gallen Göztepe Torpedo Moscow Cardiff City Dinamo Zagreb Preliminary round
First leg
Second leg
1–1 on aggregate, Rapid Wien won on away goals. Bracket
First round
First leg
Second leg
Marseille won 2–1 on aggregate.
Dinamo Zagreb won 3–0 on aggregate.
Norrköping won 6–2 on aggregate.
Schalke 04 won 4–2 on aggregate.
1. FC Magdeburg won 2–1 on aggregate.
Académica won 1–0 on aggregate.
Lierse won 11-1 on aggregate.
Manchester City won 6–3 on aggregate.
Roma won 3–1 on aggregate.
PSV Eindhoven won 6–3 on aggregate.
Göztepe won 6–2 on aggregate.
Cardiff City won 12–2 on aggregate.
Levski-Spartak won 8–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate, St. Gallen won on away goals.
Górnik Zabrze won 7–2 on aggregate.
Rangers won 2–0 on aggregate. Second round
First leg
Second leg
Dinamo Zagreb won 3–1 on aggregate.
Schalke 04 won 1–0 on aggregate.
Académica won 2–1 on aggregate.
Manchester City won 8–0 on aggregate.
1-1 on aggregate; Roma qualified on a coin toss.
Göztepe won 3–1 on aggregate.
Levski-Spartak won 4–0 on aggregate.
Górnik Zabrze won 6–2 on aggregate. Quarter-finals
First leg
Second leg
Schalke 04 won 4–1 on aggregate.
Manchester City won 1–0 on aggregate.
Roma won 2–0 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate, Górnik Zabrze won on away goals. Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Manchester City won 5–2 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Play-off
Górnik Zabrze won on a coin toss. Final
Top scorers The top scorers from the 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup are as follows:
RankNameTeamGoals1 Włodzimierz Lubański Górnik Zabrze72 Francis Lee Manchester City63 Jan Banaś Górnik Zabrze5 Colin Bell Manchester City5 André De Nul Lierse56 Nikola Kotkov Levski-Spartak4 Frans Vermeyen Lierse4 Neil Young Manchester City4
See also 1969–70 European Cup 1969–70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup References
External links 1969-70 competition at UEFA website Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
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