The Fairs Cup Final was a match between Anderlecht, with Dutch striker Mulder and London stars Arsenal. In Brussels Anderlecht won 3-1 (two goals by Jan Mulder), but at Highbury the Gunners were fighting back with a 3-0 victory and the cup.

The 1971 European Cup was played at Wembley and Ajax won 2-0 against Panathianikos. 83.000 spectators saw Van Dijk score for the Amsterdam team. The second goal was an own goal by Greek defender Sourpis. Other Dutch stars were: Stuy (Goalkeeper), Neeskens, Hulshoff and Suurbier in defence. Rijnders and Gerrie Muhren controlled the midfield as Swart (substituted by Haan), Cruijff and Keizer played in front. This time trainer Rinus Michels could be very proud.

The 1st leg of the Fairs Cup'71 final was played in Turin between Juventus and Leeds United, was led by Dutch referee Van Ravens, and ended in a 2-2 draw. Later the 1-1 draw at Elland Road was enough to bring the Cup to England.

Cupholders Ajax played the 1972 final in Rotterdam where they beat Inter Milan with 2-0 (both goals scored by Johan Cruijff, who also became topscorer of the tournament with 5). Trainer Kovacs put again Stuy in the goal and selected Suurbier, Hulshoff and Krol in defence, behind Neeskens, Haan and Gerrie Muhren. Next to Cruijff there were two excellent wingers Swart and Keizer, who helped Ajax to win their second European Cup final. Ajax also won the Super Cup beating Glasgow Rangers 1-3 and 3-2. Rep, Cruijff and Haan scored at Ibrox, Again Haan, Gerrie Muhren and Cruijff scored in Amsterdam.

Dutch referee Van Ravens was lucky again to lead the 2nd leg at White Hart Lane between Spurs and Woves. The draw (1-1) was enough to bring the UEFA-cup to London, because the first game in Wolverhampton had ended in 1-2.

Double Cupholders Ajax travelled to Belgrade to play Juventus for the 1973 European Cup Final. Johnny Rep scored the only goal to bring the European Cup to Holland for the third time. 89.000 spectators saw Kovacs put ten Dutchmen beat the Italians: Stuy, Suurbier, Hulshoff, Krol, Neeskens, Gerrie Muhren and Haan. The wingers Cruijff and Keizer helped Rep to score the winning goal. Ajax took the Super Cup home again winning 6-0 in Amsterdam (Mulder, Keizer, Neeskens, Rep, Muhren and Haan) after losing the first leg 1-0 at AC Milan.

Feyenoord Rotterdam won the 1974 UEFA Cup by drawing 2-2 on Tottenham Hotspurs in London (goals by Van Hanegem and De Jong) and winning 2-0 in De Kuip. Rijsbergen and Ressel scored the goals. Other Dutchmen who played in the 1st or 2nd leg were: Treytel (Goalie), Van Daele, Israel and Vos in defence; Wim Jansen, Schoenmaker in midfield and Boskamp and Wery in front.

The 1974 Cup Winners Cup final was played in Rotterdam between 1.Fc Magdeburg and AC Milan. Dutch referee Van Gemert saw the East-Germans win 2-0.

In 1975 the UEFA-Cup almost came to Holland again. This time FC Twente from Enschede reached the finals against West-German Borussia Mönchengladbach. In Germany the Dutch could finish in a goalless draw in front of 42.000 spectators. At home at Diekman Stadium the lost 1-5, Epi Drost scoring the only Twente goal. Borussia-player Heynckes, who had missed the first leg, scored 3 times! Dutchmen playing the final games were: Van Ierssel, Overweg, Frans Thijssen, Pahlplatz, Van der Vall and Bos. Jeuring, Achterberg, Arnold Muhren and Zuidema in front all tried the best they could.

Belgian side Anderlecht beat West Ham United in the 1976 Cup Winners Cup in Brussels. Dutch striker Rensenbrink scored two goals when they won 4-2. Other Dutchmen in the line-up were: Ruiter (goalie), former Ajax-player Haan and ex-Feyenoord striker Ressel. Anderlecht also won the Super Cup by winning at home 4-1 against Bayern Munich (Rensenbrink scored 2 times and Haan once), in Munich, Bayern had won the first leg 2-1 (with Haan scoring for the Belgians). Rensenbrink became tournament topscorer with 8 goals.

In the 1977 Cup Winners Final played in Amsterdam Anderlecht lost 2-0 against German side Hamburger SV. Again Ruiter, Haan, Ressel and Rensenbrink played their role.

Eindhoven team PSV played the 1978 UEFA Cup final against SEC Bastia. On the isle of Corse they tied goalless (0-0) with former Ajax-striker Rep playing for the French. PSV played with Van Beveren (goalie), Van Kraay, Krijgh, Stevens, Poortvliet and Brandts in defence. Striker Van der Kuijlen played at midfield together with Willy van de Kerkhof and Deijkers, who became tournament topscorer with 8 goals. Rene van de Kerkhof played in front together with Lubse. In the second leg trainer Kees Rijvers saw Willy van de Kerkof, Deijkers and van der Kuijlen help their team win the cup (3-0) at home in their Philipsstadium.

Dutch referee Corver was in front of 92.000 spectators at Wembley withness of the 1-0 victory of Liverpool FC against Belgian superstars Club Bruges in their first European Cup Final.

In 1978 the Cup Winners Cup was played in Parc des Princes, Paris, where Anderlecht won 4-0 against Austria Wien. Rensebrink scored two goals. Dutch goalie De Bree and defender Dusbaba partied together with and Haan. Dutch striker Gritter became tournament-topscorer with 7 goals for Fc Twente, who lost against Anderlecht in the semi-finals.

Anderlecht also took the Supercup home, winning 3-1 against Liverpool at home (1 goal Rensenbrink) and losing 2-1 at Anfield.

58.000 spectators in Basle (St Jakob) saw Barcelona win the Cup Winners Cup against Fortuna Düsseldorf 4-3 after extra time. Johan Neeskens was celebrating with the Catalan side.