1955–56 European Cup

1955–56 European Cup
The Parc des Princes in Paris hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates4 September 1955 – 13 June 1956
Teams16 (from 16 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Real Madrid (1st title)
Runners-upFrance Reims
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored127 (4.38 per match)
Attendance900,021 (31,035 per match)
Top scorer(s)Miloš Milutinović (Partizan)
8 goals

The 1955–56 European Cup was the first season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football tournament. It was won by Real Madrid, who defeated Reims 4–3 in the final at Parc des Princes, Paris, on 13 June 1956.[1]

UEFA officially inaugurated on 15 June 1954 in Basel, Switzerland after consultation between the Italian, French, and Belgian associations.[2] However, clubs participating in the first season of the European Cup were selected by French football magazine L'Equipe on the basis that they were representative and prestigious clubs in Europe.[3] When the tournament started, Real Madrid, Anderlecht, AC Milan, Rot-Weiss Essen, Reims, Djurgården and AGF were the reigning champions of their respective national leagues. English champions Chelsea initially agreed to compete and were drawn against Swedish side Djurgården; however, under pressure from the Football League, who saw the tournament as a distraction to domestic football, they later withdrew from the competition,[4][5] and were replaced by Gwardia Warsaw of Poland. Scottish champions Aberdeen were controversially overlooked by the SFA in favour of Hibernian who finished in fifth place.[6] They were considered one of the best teams in Scotland, having won the Scottish title in 1950–51 and 1951–52, but the main reason they were invited was because they were the only team in the country to install floodlights on their grounds. Dynamo Moscow, the champions of the Soviet Union, did not participate due to climatic restrictions. In addition, Holland Sport, Honvéd and AB rejected the opportunity to represent the Netherlands, Hungary and Denmark respectively, being replaced by PSV Eindhoven, Vörös Lobogó and AGF[clarification needed]. This was also the only UEFA tournament to include a representative of Saarland, unified into West Germany in 1957.

The first round pairings were fixed by the organisers and not drawn as would be the case for all future European Cup matches.

Teams

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A total of 16 teams participated in the competition.

Austria Rapid Wien (3rd) Belgium Anderlecht (1st) Denmark AGF (1st) France Reims (1st)
Hungary Vörös Lobogó (2nd) Italy Milan (1st) Netherlands PSV Eindhoven (3rd) Poland Gwardia Warsaw (4th)
Portugal Sporting CP (3rd) Saar Protectorate Saarbrücken (3rd) Scotland Hibernian (5th) Spain Real Madrid (1st)
Sweden Djurgården (1st) Switzerland Servette (6th) West Germany Rot-Weiss Essen (1st) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan (5th)

Bracket

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First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
              
Switzerland Servette 0 0 0
Spain Real Madrid 2 5 7
Spain Real Madrid 4 0 4
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 0 3 3
Portugal Sporting CP 3 2 5
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 3 5 8
Spain Real Madrid 4 1 5
Italy Milan 2 2 4
Austria Rapid Wien 6 0 6
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1 1 2
Austria Rapid Wien 1 2 3
Italy Milan 1 7 8
Italy Milan 3 4 7
Saar Protectorate Saarbrücken 4 1 5
Spain Real Madrid 4
France Reims 3
Denmark AGF 0 2 2
France Reims 2 2 4
France Reims 4 4 8
Hungary Vörös Lobogó 2 4 6
Hungary Vörös Lobogó 6 4 10
Belgium Anderlecht 3 1 4
France Reims 2 1 3
Scotland Hibernian 0 0 0
Sweden Djurgården 0 4 4
Poland Gwardia Warsaw 0 1 1
Sweden Djurgården 1 0 1
Scotland Hibernian 3 1 4
West Germany Rot-Weiss Essen 0 1 1
Scotland Hibernian 4 1 5

First round

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Location of teams in the 1955–56 European Cup.
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sporting CP Portugal 5–8 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 3–3 2–5
Vörös Lobogó Hungary 10–4 Belgium Anderlecht 6–3 4–1
Servette Switzerland 0–7 Spain Real Madrid 0–2 0–5
Rot-Weiss Essen West Germany 1–5 Scotland Hibernian 0–4 1–1
Djurgården Sweden 4–1 Poland Gwardia Warsaw 0–0 4–1
AGF Denmark 2–4 France Reims 0–2 2–2
Rapid Wien Austria 6–2 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6–1 0–1
Milan Italy 7–5 Saar Protectorate Saarbrücken 3–4 4–1

First leg

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Sporting CP Portugal3–3Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
Martins 14', 78'
Quim 65'		 Report M. Milutinović 45', 50'
Bobek 73'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
Vörös Lobogó Hungary6–3Belgium Anderlecht
I. Szimcsák 8'
Palotás 25', 59', 80'
Hidegkuti 28'
Sándor 83'		 Report Vanderwilt 7'
Van den Bosch 39', 79'
Attendance: 35,000
Servette Switzerland0–2Spain Real Madrid
Report Muñoz 74'
Rial 89'
Attendance: 7,000
Rot-Weiss Essen West Germany0–4Scotland Hibernian
Report Turnbull 35', 53'
L. Reilly 44'
Ormond 81'
Attendance: 5,000
Djurgården Sweden0–0Poland Gwardia Warsaw
Report
Attendance: 3,574
Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)
Rapid Wien Austria6–1Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
A. Körner 12', 62', 82'
Mehsarosch 55'
Hanappi 56'
Probst 60'		 Report Fransen 18'
Attendance: 10,000
AGF Denmark0–2France Reims
Report Glovacki 7', 72'
Attendance: 18,000
Milan Italy3–4Saar Protectorate Saarbrücken
Frignani 15'
Schiaffino 33'
Dal Monte 37'		 Report Krieger 5'
Philippi 43'
Schirra 67'
Martin 69'
Attendance: 18,000

Second leg

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Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia5–2Portugal Sporting CP
M. Milutinović 15', 29', 64', 74'
Jocić 88'		 Report Brandão 49', 77'
Attendance: 15,000

Partizan won 8–5 on aggregate.

Real Madrid Spain5–0Switzerland Servette
Di Stéfano 29', 61'
Joseíto 44'
Rial 46'
Molowny 54'		 Report
Attendance: 40,318

Real Madrid won 7–0 on aggregate.

Gwardia Warsaw Poland1–4Sweden Djurgården
Baszkiewicz 14' Report Eriksson 5', 17', 22'
Sandberg 29'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)

Djurgården won 4–1 on aggregate.

Hibernian Scotland1–1West Germany Rot-Weiss Essen
Buchanan 5' Report Abromeit 47'
Attendance: 30,000

Hibernian won 5–1 on aggregate.

Vörös Lobogó won 10–4 on aggregate.

Reims France2–2Denmark AGF
Glovacki 47'
Bliard 60'		 Report Erik Bechmann Jensen 77'
Bjerregaard 83'
Attendance: 5,845
Referee: Alfred Bond (England)

Reims won 4–2 on aggregate.

PSV Eindhoven Netherlands1–0Austria Rapid Wien
Fransen 9' Report
Attendance: 8,000

Rapid Wien won 6–2 on aggregate.

Saarbrücken Saar Protectorate1–4Italy Milan
Binkert 32' Report Valli 8', 77'
Puff 75' (o.g.)
Beraldo 86'
Attendance: 15,000

Milan won 7–5 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Djurgården Sweden 1–4 Scotland Hibernian 1–3 0–1
Reims France 8–6 Hungary Vörös Lobogó 4–2 4–4
Real Madrid Spain 4–3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 4–0 0–3
Rapid Wien Austria 3–8 Italy Milan 1–1 2–7

First leg

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Djurgården Sweden1–3Scotland Hibernian
Eklund 1' Report Combe 18'
L. Reilly 49'
Olsson 86' (o.g.)
Attendance: 21,962
Reims France4–2Hungary Vörös Lobogó
Glovacki 14'
Leblond 33', 57'
Bliard 42'		 Report Szolnok 34'
Lantos 77' (pen.)
Attendance: 36,088
Real Madrid Spain4–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
Castaño 12', 23'
Gento 36'
Di Stéfano 70'		 Report
Attendance: 105,532
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
Rapid Wien Austria1–1Italy Milan
R. Körner 26' (pen.) Report Nordahl 20'
Attendance: 18,000

Note – differences in information: RSSSF website indicates that the goal scored on 26th minute was scored by Robert Körner, while UEFA website indicates that it was scored by his younger brother Alfred Körner.

Second leg

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Hibernian Scotland1–0Sweden Djurgården
Turnbull 70' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 31,346

Hibernian won 4–1 on aggregate.

Vörös Lobogó Hungary4–4France Reims
Lantos 11' (pen.), 74' (pen.)
Palotás 53', 82'		 Report Glovacki 6'
Bliard 20', 44'
Templin 52'
Attendance: 35,000

Reims won 8–6 on aggregate.

Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia3–0Spain Real Madrid
Milutinović 24', 87'
Mihajlović 46'		 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Josef Gulde (Switzerland)

Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.

Milan Italy7–2Austria Rapid Wien
Mariani 15'
Nordahl 23', 50'
Ricagni 26', 63'
Frignani 56'
Schiaffino 75'		 Report Golobic 35'
Dienst 59'
Attendance: 35,000

Milan won 8–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Reims France 3–0 Scotland Hibernian 2–0 1–0
Real Madrid Spain 5–4 Italy Milan 4–2 1–2

First leg

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Reims France2–0Scotland Hibernian
Leblond 67'
Bliard 89'		 Report
Attendance: 35,486
Real Madrid Spain4–2Italy Milan
Rial 6'
Joseíto 25'
Olsen 40'
Di Stéfano 62'		 Report Nordahl 9'
Schiaffino 30'
Attendance: 129,690
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)

Second leg

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Hibernian Scotland0–1France Reims
Report Glovacki 57'
Attendance: 44,941

Reims won 3–0 on aggregate.

Milan Italy2–1Spain Real Madrid
Dal Monte 69' (pen.), 86' (pen.) Report Joseíto 65'
Attendance: 30,000

Real Madrid won 5–4 on aggregate.

Final

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Main article: 1956 European Cup final
Real Madrid Spain4–3France Reims
Di Stéfano 14'
Rial 30', 79'
Marquitos 67'		 Report Leblond 6'
Templin 10'
Hidalgo 62'
Attendance: 38,239

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Team Goals
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miloš Milutinović Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 8
2 France Léon Glovacki France Reims 6
Hungary Péter Palotás Hungary Vörös Lobogó
4 France René Bliard France Reims 5
Argentina Alfredo Di Stéfano Spain Real Madrid
Spain Héctor Rial Spain Real Madrid
7 Hungary Mihály Lantos Hungary Vörös Lobogó 4
France Michel Leblond France Reims
Sweden Gunnar Nordahl Italy Milan
10 Belgium Hippolyte Van den Bosch Belgium Anderlecht 3
Italy Giorgio Dal Monte Italy Milan
Sweden John Eriksson Sweden Djurgården
Spain Joseíto Spain Real Madrid
Austria Alfred Körner Austria Rapid Wien
Italy Juan Alberto Schiaffino Italy Milan
Scotland Eddie Turnbull Scotland Hibernian

Notes

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  1. ^ Match switched to Glasgow due to a frozen pitch in Sweden.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Madrid bounce back to start era of dominance". UEFA.com. UEFA. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  2. ^ "60 years at the heart of football" (PDF). UEFA. 18 May 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  3. ^ L'Équipe
  4. ^ Glanvill, Rick (2005). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography. London: Headline. p. 254. ISBN 0755314654.
  5. ^ Ferris, Ken (2004). Manchester United in Europe: Tragedy, Destiny, History. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 34. ISBN 1840188979.
  6. ^ "Aberdeen FC - Dons in Europe | 1956 European Cup story". AFC.co.uk. Aberdeen. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Hibernian reach the first European Cup semi-finals 1956". A Sporting Nation: Rock 'n' Roll Era 1950–1959. BBC. November 2005. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
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