The 1970 Intercontinental Cup was a football tie held over two legs in August and September 1970 between the winners of the 1969–70 European Cup, Feyenoord, and winners of the 1970 Copa Libertadores, Estudiantes de La Plata.
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| First leg | |||||||
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| Date | 26 August 1970 | ||||||
| Venue | La Bombonera, Buenos Aires | ||||||
| Referee | Rudi Glöckner (West Germany | ||||||
| Attendance | 50,500 | ||||||
| Second leg | |||||||
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| Date | 9 September 1970 | ||||||
| Venue | De Kuip, Rotterdam | ||||||
| Referee | Alberto Tejada Burga (Peru) | ||||||
| Attendance | 63,475 | ||||||
The first leg was held on 26 August 1970 at La Bombonera in Buenos Aires, and ended in a 2–2 draw, with goals from Juan Echecopar and Juan Ramón Verón for Estudiantes and Willem van Hanegem and Ove Kindvall for Feyenoord. The return leg was held on 9 September 1970 at De Kuip in Rotterdam, which Feyenoord won 1–0 through a goal by Joop van Daele.
This was the first Intercontinental Cup title for Feyenoord in their first final appearance. Feyenoord never reached the Intercontinental Cup final again before the competition was made defunct in 2004 and merged into today's FIFA Club World Cup. On the other hand, this was the third consecutive final appearance for Estudiantes, having won in 1968 and lost in 1969.
Qualified teams
| Team | Qualification | Previous finals app. |
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| Feyenoord | 1969–70 European Cup champion | None |
| Estudiantes de La Plata | 1970 Copa Libertadores champion | 1968, 1969 |
Bold indicates winning years
Venues
Match details
First leg
| Estudiantes LP | 2–2 | Feyenoord |
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| Report |
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Estudiantes LP | Feyenoord |
| GK | 1 | Eddy Treijtel | ||
| DF | 2 | Piet Romeijn | ||
| DF | 3 | Rinus Israël | ||
| DF | 4 | Theo Laseroms | ||
| DF | 5 | Theo van Duivenbode | ||
| MF | 6 | Franz Hasil | ||
| MF | 7 | Wim Jansen (C) | ||
| MF | 8 | Willem van Hanegem | 73' | |
| FW | 9 | Henk Wery | ||
| FW | 10 | Ove Kindvall | ||
| FW | 11 | Coen Moulijn | ||
| Substitutes: | ||||
| MF | 12 | Johan Boskamp | 73' | |
| Manager: | ||||
| Ernst Happel | ||||
Second leg
| Feyenoord | 1–0 | Estudiantes LP |
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| Report |
Feyenoord | Estudiantes LP |
| GK | 1 | Oscar Pezzano | ||
| DF | 2 | Oscar Malbernat (C) | ||
| DF | 3 | Hugo Spadaro | ||
| DF | 4 | Néstor Togneri | ||
| DF | 5 | José Hugo Medina | ||
| MF | 6 | Carlos Bilardo | ||
| MF | 7 | Carlos Pachamé | ||
| MF | 8 | Daniel Romero | 61' | |
| FW | 9 | Marcos Conigliaro | 51' | |
| FW | 10 | Eduardo Flores | ||
| FW | 11 | Juan Ramón Verón | ||
| Substitutes: | ||||
| FW | 16 | Christian Rudzki | 51' | |
| DF | 14 | Rubén Pagnanini | 61' | |
| Manager: | ||||
| Osvaldo Zubeldía | ||||