1956 European Cup Final

1956 European Cup Final

Event	1955–56 European Cup
Real Madrid Reims 4 3
Date	13 June 1956
Venue	Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee	Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
Attendance	38,239
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The 1956 European Cup Final was the inaugural final in the pan-European football competition, the European Cup, now known as the UEFA Champions League. It was contested by Real Madrid of Spain and Reims from France, and played at the Parc des Princes in Paris on 13 June 1956 in front of 38,000 people. Real Madrid reached the final by beating Italian side Milan 5–4 on aggregate, whereas Reims beat Scottish club Hibernian 3–0 on aggregate. The match finished 4–3 to Real Madrid, who went on to record an unrivalled five consecutive European Cup titles. The match started brightly for Reims, with Michel Leblond and Jean Templin scoring to make it 2–0 inside 10 minutes, but by half-time, Madrid had levelled the scores through goals from Alfredo Di Stéfano and Héctor Rial. Reims took the lead again on 62 minutes through Michel Hidalgo, but when Marquitos and Rial scored in the 67th and 79th minutes respectively, Reims could no longer respond, winning Madrid the first ever European Cup/Champions League title, the first of five consecutive titles that they won.

Route to the final[]

Real Madrid				Round	Reims
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Servette	7–0	2–0 (A)	5–0 (H)	First round	AGF Aarhus	4–2	2–0 (A)	2–2 (H)
Partizan	4–3	4–0 (H)	0–3 (A)	Quarter-finals	Vörös Lobogó	8–6	4–2 (H)	4–4 (A)
Milan	5–4	4–2 (H)	1–2 (A)	Semi-finals	Hibernian	3–0	2–0 (H)	1–0 (A)

Real Madrid[]

Real Madrid entered the European Cup competition as the title winners of the 1954–55 La Liga. In the opening round, they were drawn with Swiss champions Servette. After they secured a 2–0 victory away from home in the first leg, they secured a 5–0 victory at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium with Alfredo Di Stéfano scoring two goals in the victory.^[1] In the quarter-finals they were drawn against Yugoslavian side FK Partizan who had finished fifth in the previous season. In the opening leg at home, Heliodoro Castaño Pedrosa scored two goals as fellow goals from Francisco Gento and Alfredo Di Stéfano gave Real Madrid a four goal lead heading into the away leg at Belgrade.^[2]

Match[]

Details[]

13 June 1956

20:30 CET

Real Madrid	4–3	Reims
Di Stéfano 14' Rial 30', 79' Marquitos 67'	Report	Leblond 6' Templin 10' Hidalgo 62'

Parc des Princes, Paris

Attendance: 38,239

Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)

Real Madrid

Reims

GK 1 Juan Alonso RB 2 Ángel Atienza LB 3 Rafael Lesmes RH 4 Miguel Muñoz (c) CH 5 Marquitos LH 6 José María Zárraga OR 7 Joseíto IR 8 Ramón Marsal CF 9 [a] Alfredo Di Stéfano IL 10 Héctor Rial OL 11 Francisco Gento Manager: José Villalonga

GK 1 René-Jean Jacquet RB 2 Simon Zimny LB 3 Raoul Giraudo RH 4 Michel Leblond CH 5 Robert Jonquet (c) LH 6 Robert Siatka OR 7 Michel Hidalgo IR 8 Léon Glowacki CF 9 Raymond Kopa IL 10 René Bliard OL 11 Jean Templin Manager: Albert Batteux

See also[]

• 1955–56 European Cup
• 1959 European Cup Final – contested between same teams
• Real Madrid CF in international football competitions

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• European Cup 1955/56 from UEFA
• European Cup 1955/56 from RSSSF
• "European Champion Clubs' Cup – History" (PDF). UEFA. p. 164. Retrieved 25 May 2011.