They warmed up for the European Cup final, also against Inter and played on Dutch soil in Rotterdam, by beating Vitesse Arnhem 12-1 in their last league match - with Cruyff (four goals), Johan Neeskens and Dick van Dijk all scoring hat-tricks.Ĭruyff then got both goals against Inter as Ajax became the second European club to achieve the treble. The Amsterdam team won 26 of their last 27 league matches to seal the title at a canter and won the Dutch Cup by beating FC Den Haag 3-2. Helenio Herrera’s team, using the defensive ‘Catenaccio’ system, went 1-0 up with an early penalty, but second-half goals by Tommy Gemmell (63 minutes) and Stevie Chalmers (84) saw Celtic become the first British side to win the European Cup, earning that team footballing immortality - and the nickname ‘the Lisbon Lions’.Ī Johan Cruyff-inspired Ajax side playing ‘Total Football’ lost just once all season in all competitions to claim their treble (they played 48 games, winning 42, drawing five). Then, following a European Cup run that saw them beat FC Zurich (5-0 on aggregate), Nantes (6-2), FK Vojvodina (2-1) and Dukla Prague (3-1) in the competition’s then two-leg, straight-knockout format, they came up against Inter in the final in Lisbon (amazingly, this 12th European Cup final was the first not to feature one or both of Real Madrid and Benfica).Ĭeltic ahead of the 1967 European Cup final (Photo: Central Press/Getty Images)
Jock Stein’s side held off local rivals Rangers to win the league by three points, having beaten Aberdeen 2-0 in April’s Scottish Cup final thanks to a brace by Willie Wallace. Their 1966-67 side actually did the quadruple - also winning the Scottish League Cup in the October - which remains a unique feat. The first European treble was achieved by a Celtic team all born within a 30-mile (48km) radius of the club’s stadium in the Scottish city of Glasgow.
The Athletic takes a look at every time it has happened… Is it becoming more common? Has any club done it more than once?
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