1956–57 European Cup

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1956–57 European Cup
Estadio Bernabeu. Madrid (12117582503).jpg
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates1 August 1956 – 30 May 1957
Teams22
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Real Madrid (2nd title)
Runners-upItaly Fiorentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored170 (3.86 per match)
Attendance1,836,978 (41,750 per match)
Top scorer(s)England Dennis Viollet (9 goals)

The 1956–57 European Cup was the second season of the European Cup, Europe's premier club football tournament. The competition was won for the second time by Real Madrid, who beat Fiorentina 2–0 in the final at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, on 30 May 1957.

After the great success of the first tournament, six new nations entered representatives: Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, England, Luxembourg, Romania and Turkey. The English Football Association ("FA") had not allowed Chelsea to enter in 1955, and continued its stance on the European Cup as it being a "distraction". However, against the wishes of the FA, Manchester United entered the competition as English champions, becoming the first English team to play in Europe.[1] An additional place was awarded to Real Madrid as the competition's reigning champions, occupying the free berth left by Saar after its reunification with West Germany. Spain, meanwhile, became the first association to provide two representatives to the premier European competition.

Preliminary round[]

1956–57 European Cup is located in Europe
Anderlecht
Anderlecht
Red Star
Red Star
Honvéd
CWKS Warsaw
CWKS Warsaw
AGF
AGF
Rapid
Rapid
Real Madrid
Real Madrid
Slovan
Nice
Nice
Porto
Porto
Athletic
Athletic
Galatasaray
Galatasaray
Dortmund
Dortmund
Man. United
Man. United
Dinamo
Spora
Spora
Rangers
Rangers
Fiorentina
Fiorentina
IFK Norrköping
Grasshopper
CDNA Sofia
CDNA Sofia
Rapid JC
Rapid JC
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Location of teams in the 1956–57 European Cup

The draw for the preliminary round took place in UEFA headquarters in Paris on 29 June 1956.[2] The 21 challengers of Real Madrid were grouped geographically into three pots. The first four teams drawn in each pot would play the preliminary round in September, while the remaining three clubs received byes.

Pot 1
Eastern Europe 		Pot 2
North-Western Europe 		Pot 3
South-Central Europe
Drawn Match 1

Czechoslovakia Slovan UNV Bratislava

France Nice

Portugal Porto

Poland CWKS Warsaw

Denmark AGF Aarhus

Spain Athletic Bilbao

Match 2

Turkey Galatasaray

Belgium Anderlecht

West Germany Borussia Dortmund

Romania Dinamo București

England Manchester United

Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg

Byes

Hungary Budapest Honvéd

Scotland Rangers

Italy Fiorentina

Austria Rapid Wien

Sweden Norrköping

Switzerland Grasshopper

Bulgaria CDNA Sofia

Netherlands Rapid JC

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade

The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 1 October.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Play-off
Borussia Dortmund West Germany 5–5 Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg 4–3 1–2 7–0
Dinamo București Romania 4–3 Turkey Galatasaray 3–1 1–2
Slovan UNV Bratislava Czechoslovakia 4–2 Poland CWKS Warsaw 4–0 0–2
Anderlecht Belgium 0–12 England Manchester United 0–2 0–10
AGF Aarhus Denmark 2–6 France Nice 1–1 1–5
Porto Portugal 3–5 Spain Athletic Bilbao 1–2 2–3

First leg[]

Borussia Dortmund West Germany4–3Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg
Bracht 31'
Niepieklo 54'
Preißler 61', 73'		 Report 25', 34', 88'
Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: (Netherlands)
Dinamo București Romania3–1Turkey Galatasaray
10', 67'
Ene 84'		 Report Oktay 77'
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: (Italy)
Anderlecht Belgium0–2England Manchester United
Report Viollet 25'
Taylor 75'
Stade Émile Versé, Anderlecht, Brussels
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Leopold Sylvain Horn (Netherlands)
Slovan UNV Bratislava Czechoslovakia4–0Poland CWKS Warsaw
Pažický 23', 68'
30' (pen.)
Moravčík 40'		 Report
Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: (Austria)
AGF Aarhus Denmark1–1France Nice
16' Report Foix 61'
Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,900
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
Porto Portugal1–2Spain Athletic Bilbao
54' Report Gaínza 8'
Canito 75'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: (Italy)

Second leg[]

Spora Luxembourg Luxembourg2–1West Germany Borussia Dortmund
Fiedler 22'
Letsch 39'		 Report Preißler 28'
Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: (Belgium)

Borussia Dortmund 5–5 Spora Luxembourg on aggregate; play-off needed.

CWKS Warsaw Poland2–0Czechoslovakia Slovan UNV Bratislava
Kowal 52'
Brychczy 63'		 Report
Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: (Austria)

Slovan UNV Bratislava won 4–2 on aggregate.

Manchester United England10–0Belgium Anderlecht
Taylor 8', 20', 52'
Viollet 25', 38', 44', 65'
Whelan 61', 82'
Berry 75'		 Report
Maine Road, Manchester
Attendance: 43,635
Referee: Sandy Griffiths (Wales)

Manchester United won 12–0 on aggregate.

Athletic Bilbao Spain3–2Portugal Porto
Artetxe 14', 73' (pen.), 82' Report 4'
20'
Attendance: 34,705
Referee: (Italy)

Athletic Bilbao won 5–3 on aggregate.

Nice France5–1Denmark AGF Aarhus
Foix 2'
27', 74'
Faivre 45', 60'		 Report Jensen 77'
Attendance: 8,144
Referee: John Husband (England)

Nice won 6–2 on aggregate.

Galatasaray Turkey2–1Romania Dinamo București
Aytaç 42'
Oktay 89'		 Report Suru 31'
Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 23,764
Referee: (Austria)

Dinamo București won 4–3 on aggregate.

Play-off[]

Borussia Dortmund West Germany7–0Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg
Preißler 24', 36'
29'
Kelbassa 40', 49', 63'
Peters 57'		 Report
Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: (Switzerland)

First round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Play-off
Manchester United England 3–2 West Germany Borussia Dortmund 3–2 0–0
CDNA Sofia Bulgaria 10–4 Romania Dinamo București 8–1 2–3
Rangers Scotland 3–3 France Nice 2–1 1–2 1–3
Slovan UNV Bratislava Czechoslovakia 1–2 Switzerland Grasshopper 1–0 0–2
Real Madrid Spain 5–5 Austria Rapid Wien 4–2 1–3 2–0
Rapid JC Netherlands 3–6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 3–4 0–2
Fiorentina Italy 2–1 Sweden Norrköping 1–1 1–0
Athletic Bilbao Spain 6–5 Hungary Budapest Honvéd 3–2 3–31

1 Second leg played at Heysel Stadium, Brussels

First leg[]

Manchester United England3–2West Germany Borussia Dortmund
Viollet 10', 25'
Pegg 35'		 Report Kapitulski 68'
Preißler 75'
Maine Road, Manchester
Attendance: 75,568
Referee: Leopold Sylvain Horn (Netherlands)
CDNA Sofia Bulgaria8–1Romania Dinamo București
Kolev 12', 56', 63'
Milanov 20', 65'
Panayotov 36', 66'
Dimitrov 80'		 Report Băcuț 71' (pen.)
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: (Yugoslavia)
Rangers Scotland2–1France Nice
Murray 40'
Simpson 81'		 Report Faivre 23'
Ibrox Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
Slovan UNV Bratislava Czechoslovakia1–0Switzerland Grasshopper
Moravčík 20' Report
Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: (Austria)
Real Madrid Spain4–2Austria Rapid Wien
Di Stéfano 9', 21'
Marsal 60', 63'		 Report Dienst 58'
90'
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
Rapid JC Netherlands3–4Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
8'
78'
Tasić 81' (og.)		 Report Kostić 4', 75'
Toplak 42'
Rudinski 82'
Kaalheide, Kerkrade
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: (Belgium)
Fiorentina Italy1–1Sweden Norrköping
15' Report Bild 8'
Comunale, Florence
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: (France)
Athletic Bilbao Spain3–2Hungary Budapest Honvéd
Artetxe 16'
Marcaida 27'
Arieta 82'		 Report Budai II 75'
Kocsis 85'
San Mamés, Bilbao
Attendance: 39,184
Referee: John Husband (England)

Second leg[]

Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia2–0Netherlands Rapid JC
Toplak 32'
Kostić 84'		 Report
Stadion JNA, Belgrade
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: (Austria)

Red Star Belgrade won 6–3 on aggregate

Nice France2–1Scotland Rangers
Bravo 61'
Foix 64'		 Report Hubbard 40' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,439
Referee: (Italy)

Nice 3–3 Rangers on aggregate; play-off needed.

Rapid Wien Austria3–1Spain Real Madrid
Happel 18', 38' (pen.), 40' Report Di Stéfano 60'
Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Maurice Guigue (France)

Real Madrid 5–5 Rapid Wien on aggregate; play-off needed.

Borussia Dortmund West Germany0–0England Manchester United
Report
Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund
Attendance: 44,570
Referee: (Netherlands)

Manchester United won 3–2 on aggregate

Norrköping Sweden0–1Italy Fiorentina
Report Virgili 16'
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 10,200
Referee: (France)

Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate

Grasshopper Switzerland2–0Czechoslovakia Slovan UNV Bratislava
Vukosavljević 75'
89'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: (Austria)

Grasshopper won 2–1 on aggregate

Budapest Honvéd Hungary3–3Spain Athletic Bilbao
Budai II 6', 82'
Puskás 86'		 Report Merodio 1', 72'
Arieta 67'
Heysel Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: (Belgium)

Athletic Bilbao won 6–5 on aggregate

Dinamo București Romania3–2Bulgaria CDNA Sofia
Nicușor 58' (pen.)
67'
Neagu 84'		 Report Stoyanov 23'
Yanev 62'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: (Austria)

CDNA Sofia won 10–4 on aggregate

Play-off[]

Nice France3–1Scotland Rangers
Foix 45'
50'
Faivre 75'		 Report Bonvin 51' (o.g.)
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 11,908
Referee: (Belgium)
Real Madrid Spain2–0Austria Rapid Wien
Joseíto 1'
Kopa 23'		 Report
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Alfred Bond (England)

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Athletic Bilbao Spain 5–6 England Manchester United 5–3 0–3
Fiorentina Italy 5–3 Switzerland Grasshopper 3–1 2–2
Real Madrid Spain 6–2 France Nice 3–0 3–2
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 4–3 Bulgaria CDNA Sofia 3–1 1–2

First leg[]

Athletic Bilbao Spain5–3England Manchester United
Uribe 2', 28'
Marcaida 43'
Merodio 73'
Artetxe 78'		 Report Taylor 48'
Viollet 54'
Whelan 85'
San Mamés, Bilbao
Attendance: 36,737
Referee: (West Germany)
Fiorentina Italy3–1Switzerland Grasshopper
Segato 3'
10', 12'		 Report Ballaman 31'
Comunale, Florence
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: (Austria)
Real Madrid Spain3–0France Nice
Joseíto 18'
Mateos 49', 72'		 Report
Attendance: 110,000
Referee: (Belgium)
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia3–1Bulgaria CDNA Sofia
Kostić 6', 25'
Popović 53'		 Report Yanev 88'
Stadion JNA, Belgrade
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: (Italy)

Second leg[]

Manchester United England3–0Spain Athletic Bilbao
Viollet 42'
Taylor 70'
Berry 85'		 Report
Maine Road, Manchester
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: (West Germany)

Manchester United won 6–5 on aggregate

CDNA Sofia Bulgaria2–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Bozhkov 22' (pen.)
Panayotov 39'		 Report Tasić 29' (pen.)
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Nikolai Latyshev (Soviet Union)

Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate

Grasshopper Switzerland2–2Italy Fiorentina
Ballaman 25'
Vukosavljević 85'		 Report Julinho 7'
Montuori 52'
Stadion Hardturm, Zürich
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: (Austria)

Fiorentina won 5–3 on aggregate

Nice France2–3Spain Real Madrid
Foix 15'
Ferry 82' (pen.)		 Report Joseíto 45'
Di Stéfano 50', 79'
Attendance: 21,724
Referee: John Husband (England)

Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate

Semi-finals[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 0–1 Italy Fiorentina 0–1 0–0
Real Madrid Spain 5–3 England Manchester United 3–1 2–2

First leg[]

Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia0–1Italy Fiorentina
Report Prini 88'
Stadion JNA, Belgrade
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: (Belgium)
Real Madrid Spain3–1England Manchester United
Rial 61'
Di Stéfano 63'
Mateos 83'		 Report Taylor 82'
Attendance: 120,000
Referee: Leopold Sylvain Horn (Netherlands)

Second leg[]

Fiorentina Italy0–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Report
Comunale, Florence
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: (Netherlands)

Fiorentina won 1–0 on aggregate

Manchester United England2–2Spain Real Madrid
Taylor 62'
Charlton 85'		 Report Kopa 25'
Rial 33'
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: (France)

Real Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate

Final[]

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Real Madrid Spain2–0Italy Fiorentina
Di Stéfano 69' (pen.)
Gento 75'		 Report
Attendance: 120,000
Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

Top scorers[]

The top scorers from the 1956–57 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows:[4][5]

Rank Name Team Goals
1 England Dennis Viollet England Manchester United 9
2 England Tommy Taylor England Manchester United 8
3 Spain Alfredo Di Stéfano Spain Real Madrid 7
4 West Germany Alfred Preißler West Germany Borussia Dortmund 6
5 Spain José Artetxe Spain Athletic Bilbao 5
France Jacques Foix France Nice 5
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Kostić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 5
8 France Jacky Faivre France Nice 4
Bulgaria Ivan Petkov Kolev Bulgaria CDNA Sofia 4
10 Luxembourg Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg 3
Austria Ernst Happel Austria Rapid Wien 3
Spain Joseíto Spain Real Madrid 3
West Germany Alfred Kelbassa West Germany Borussia Dortmund 3
Spain Enrique Mateos Spain Real Madrid 3
Spain Armando Merodio Spain Athletic Bilbao 3
Republic of Ireland Billy Whelan England Manchester United 3

Notes[]

  1. ^ It is assumed this match was played in Munich as a result of Swiss protests regarding the outcome of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 which also led to them boycotting the 1956 Olympic Games.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Woodward, Hamish (2021-06-20). "Why are Manchester United Called the Red Devils?". Atletifo Sports. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  2. ^ Corriere dello Sport, June 30, 1956.
  3. ^ Melbourne/Stockholm 1956 (All facts) Olympic.org
  4. ^ 1956/57 European Champion Clubs' Cup - Tournament phase - Goals scored
  5. ^ 1956/57 European Champion Clubs' Cup - Qualifying phase - Goals scored

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