1971 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final
# 1971 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final

The 1971 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final was the final of the thirteenth and last Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. It was played on 28 May and 3 June 1971 between Juventus of Italy and Leeds United of England. Leeds won the tie 3–3 on away goals.

The game that was originally scheduled to be the first leg game, on 26 May, was abandoned after 51 minutes of play with a score of 0–0 due to heavy rain and waterlogged pitch.

## Route to the final

| Juventus | Juventus | Juventus | Juventus | Round | Leeds United | Leeds United | Leeds United | Leeds United |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Rumelange | 11–0 | 7–0 (H) | 4–0 (A) | First round | Sarpsborg FK | 6–0 | 1–0 (A) | 5–0 (H) |
| Barcelona | 4–2 | 2–1 (A) | 2–1 (H) | Second round | Dynamo Dresden | 2–2 (a) | 1–0 (H) | 1–2 (A) |
| Pécsi MFC | 3–0 | 1–0 (A) | 2–0 (H) | Third round | Sparta Prague | 9–2 | 6–0 (H) | 3–2 (A) |
| Twente | 4–2 | 2–0 (H) | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (A) | Quarter-finals | Vitória de Setúbal | 3–2 | 2–1 (H) | 1–1 (A) |
| 1. FC Köln | 3–1 | 1–1 (A) | 2–0 (H) | Semi-finals | Liverpool | 1–0 | 1–0 (A) | 0–0 (H) |

## Match details

### First leg

Massimo Piloni :

| DF | 2 | Luciano Spinosi |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 5 | Francesco Morini |
| DF | 3 | Gianpietro Marchetti |
| MF | 4 | Giuseppe Furino |
| DF | 6 | Sandro Salvadore (c) |
| MF | 10 | Helmut Haller |
| MF | 8 | Fabio Capello |
| MF | 7 | Franco Causio |
| FW | 9 | Pietro Anastasi | 72' |
| FW | 11 | Roberto Bettega |
| Substitutes: |||
| FW | 12 | Adriano Novellini | 72' |
| Manager: |||
| Čestmír Vycpálek ||||

Leeds United :

| GK | 1 | Gary Sprake |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 2 | Paul Reaney |
| DF | 5 | Jack Charlton |
| DF | 3 | Terry Cooper |
| MF | 4 | Billy Bremner (c) |
| DF | 6 | Norman Hunter |
| MF | 7 | Peter Lorimer |
| FW | 8 | Allan Clarke | 31' |
| FW | 9 | Mick Jones | | 72' |
| MF | 10 | Johnny Giles |
| MF | 11 | Paul Madeley |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | 12 | Mick Bates | | 72' |
| Manager: |||
| Don Revie ||||

### Second leg

Gary Sprake :

| DF | 2 | Paul Reaney |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 5 | Jack Charlton |
| DF | 3 | Terry Cooper |
| MF | 4 | Billy Bremner (c) |
| DF | 6 | Norman Hunter |
| MF | 7 | Peter Lorimer |
| FW | 8 | Allan Clarke |
| FW | 9 | Mick Jones |
| MF | 10 | Johnny Giles |
| MF | 11 | Paul Madeley | 57' |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | 12 | Mick Bates | 57' |
| Manager: |||
| Don Revie ||||

Roberto Tancredi :

| DF | 2 | Luciano Spinosi |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 5 | Francesco Morini | 75' |
| DF | 3 | Gianpietro Marchetti |
| MF | 4 | Giuseppe Furino |
| DF | 6 | Sandro Salvadore (c) |
| MF | 10 | Helmut Haller |
| MF | 8 | Fabio Capello |
| MF | 7 | Franco Causio |
| FW | 9 | Pietro Anastasi |
| FW | 11 | Roberto Bettega |
| Manager: |||
| Čestmír Vycpálek ||||

Leeds United won 3–3 on away goals

