What is 1969 European Cup final?
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox football match |title=1969 European Cup Final |image= |caption=The [[Football programme|match programme]] cover |image_size=200 |event=[[1968–69 European Cup]] |team1=[[A.C. Milan|Milan]] |team1association={{flagicon|ITA|size=30px}} |team1score=4 |team2=[[AFC Ajax|Ajax]] |team2association={{flagicon|NED|size=30px}} |team2score=1 |details= |date=28 May 1969 |stadium=[[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium|Santiago Bernabéu]] |city=[[Madrid]] |referee=[[José María Ortiz de Mendíbil]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]]) |attendance=31,782 |weather= |previous=[[1968 European Cup Final|1968]] |next=[[1970 European Cup Final|1970]] }} [[File:Coppa dei campioni 1969.JPG|thumb|Advertising poster for the game]] The '''1969 European Cup Final''' was a [[association football|football]] match held at the [[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium|Santiago Bernabéu]], [[Madrid]], on 28 May 1969. [[A.C. Milan|Milan]] of Italy played against [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]] of the [[Netherlands]] to be the champions of [[Europe]] that season. Ajax made history by becoming the first Dutch side to reach the final. Although they were beaten by their Italian opponents 4–1.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Dream_Cup/Primo_Piano/2007/07_Luglio/Milan_69.shtml |title=Il mondo ai piedi del Milan di Rocco |work=La Gazzetta dello Sport |language=it |access-date=21 May 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://storiedicalcio.altervista.org/blog/coppa_campioni_68_69.html |title=Coppa Campioni 1968/69: MILAN |publisher=storiedicalcio.altervista.org |language=it |access-date=21 May 2020 }}</ref> As of 2022, [[Pierino Prati]] is the most recent player to score a [[hat-trick]] in a European Cup or Champions League final. ==Route to the final== {{Further|1968–69 European Cup}} Milan had a bye in the second round due to the withdrawal of a number of Eastern European clubs from the competition. In the quarter-finals, eventual finalists Ajax were deadlocked 4–4 on aggregate against Portuguese side [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]