1958–59 European Cup

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1958–59 European Cup
Neckarstadion 2011 - 2.jpg
The Neckarstadion in Stuttgart hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates26 August 1958 – 3 June 1959
Teams28 (26 competed)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Real Madrid (4th title)
Runners-upFrance Reims
Tournament statistics
Matches played55
Goals scored199 (3.62 per match)
Attendance1,987,818 (36,142 per match)
Top scorer(s)France Just Fontaine (10 goals)

The 1958–59 European Cup was the fourth season of the European Cup, Europe's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Real Madrid for the fourth time in a row, who beat Reims 2–0 in the final at Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, on 3 June 1959. The two finalists also competed in the final of the first European Cup in 1956.

It was the first time that a team from Finland participated. Olympiakos, Greece's first-ever entrants, withdrew for political reasons before playing their first tie. Spain continued to be represented by its runners-up, as its champions Real Madrid had already qualified as holders. This is the first time that Rapid Wien and AGF Aarhus failed to qualify for the tournament, while Standard Liége, Heart of Midlothian, Beșiktaș, NK Dinamo Zagreb, Jeunesse Esch, IFK Göteborg, Ards, Petrolul Ploiești, Atlético Madrid, Drumcondra, Polonia Bytom, KB, Schalke 04, Juventus Turin, Wiener Sportclub, Helsingin Palloseura, Wolverhampton Wanderers and DOS made their debut in competition.

Preliminary round[]

The draw for the preliminary round took place in Cannes, France, on Wednesday, 2 July 1958.[1] As title holders, Real Madrid received a bye, and the remaining 27 teams were grouped geographically into three pots. The first drawn team in each pot also received byes, while the remaining clubs would play the preliminary round in September.

Pot 1
Western Europe 		Pot 2
Central Europe 		Pot 3
Eastern Europe
Drawn France
Republic of Ireland
Northern Ireland
Netherlands
Belgium
Scotland
Portugal
Spain 		Switzerland
West Germany
Italy
Sweden
Denmark
Luxembourg
Austria
Invitees Manchester United[2] 		Poland
Romania
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
East Germany
Greece
Byes England Wolverhampton Wanderers Finland Helsingin Palloseura Bulgaria CDNA Sofia

The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 30 September.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Standard Liège Belgium 6–3 Scotland Hearts 5–1 1–2
Beşiktaş Turkey (w/o)1 Greece Olympiacos – –
Young Boys Switzerland (w/o)2 England Manchester United – –
NK Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 3–4 Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague 2–2 1–2
Jeunesse Esch Luxembourg 2–23 Sweden IFK Göteborg 1–2 1–0
Ards Northern Ireland 3–10 France Stade Reims 1–4 2–6
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt East Germany 4–44 Romania Petrolul Ploiești 4–2 0–2
Atlético Madrid Spain 13–1 Republic of Ireland Drumcondra 8–0 5–1
Polonia Bytom Poland 0–6 Hungary MTK Budapest 0–3 0–3
KB Denmark 5–55 West Germany Schalke 04 3–0 2–5
Juventus Italy 3–8 Austria Wiener Sport-Club 3–1 0–7
DOS Netherlands 4–6 Portugal Sporting CP 3–4 1–2

Note: Real Madrid, Wolverhampton Wanderers, CDNA Sofia and HPS received byes.

1 Olympiacos withdrew due to international political issues, refusing to play in Istanbul following the long-standing tension between Turkey and Greece.[3]

2 UEFA invited Manchester United to enter the competition after eight of the club's players were killed in the Munich air disaster while returning from a European Cup match in Belgrade the previous season; however, the Football League refused to allow the club to compete. As the draw had already been made for the preliminary round, Manchester United's drawn opponents, Young Boys, were given a bye to the first round of the competition. Instead, the two clubs played a pair of friendlies against each other, home and away; Young Boys won the first match 2–0 in Bern, but Manchester United won 3–0 at Old Trafford a week later. The two clubs were again drawn together in the group stage of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League, almost exactly 60 years after they were originally due to play.[4]

3 IFK Göteborg beat Jeunesse Esch 5–1 in a play-off to qualify for the first round.

4 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt beat Petrolul Ploieşti 4–0 in a play-off to qualify for the first round.

5 Schalke 04 beat KB 3–1 in a play-off to qualify for the first round.

First leg[]

KB Denmark3–0West Germany Schalke 04
Birkeland 31', 46'
Krog 35'		 Report
Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: (Netherlands)
Standard Liège Belgium5–1Scotland Hearts
17', 85'
Piters 34'
Bonga 73'
Houf 78'		 Report Crawford 14'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: (France)
Dinamo Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia2–2Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague
Lipošinović 70', 73' Report Borovička 31'
Brumovský 51'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: (Austria)
Jeunesse Esch Luxembourg1–2Sweden IFK Göteborg
May 20' Report 19'
B. Johansson 72'
Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Aage Poulsen (Denmark)
Ards Northern Ireland1–4France Stade Reims
87' Report Fontaine 26', 38', 45', 85'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 20,000
Atlético Madrid Spain8–0Republic of Ireland Drumcondra
Peiró 2', 51'
Vavá 6', 61'
Collar 56', 76'
Mendonça 63', 67'		 Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt East Germany4–2Romania Petrolul Ploiești
Tröger 25'
39', 68'
79'		 Report Dridea 7', 82'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: (Czechoslovakia)
Polonia Bytom Poland0–3Hungary MTK Budapest
Report Sándor 46'
Palotás 73', 80'
Stadion Polonii, Bytom
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: (West Germany)
Juventus Italy3–1Austria Wiener Sport-Club
Sívori 2', 56', 62' Report Horak 8'
Stadio Olimpico di Torino, Turin
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Josef Gulde (Switzerland)
DOS Netherlands3–4Portugal Sporting CP
48' (pen.)
van der Linden 52'
88'		 Report 31', 83'
41'
Vasques 55'
Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: (England)

Second leg[]

Hearts Scotland2–1Belgium Standard Liège
Bauld 55', 65' Report Givard 58'
Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh
Attendance: 37,500
Referee: (France)

Standard Liège won 6–3 on aggregate

Schalke 04 West Germany5–2Denmark KB
Klodt 25', 34'
46'
Nowak 70'
Brocker 72'		 Report 53', 66'
Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: (Netherlands)

KB 5–5 Schalke 04 on aggregate

Play-off
Schalke 04 West Germany3–1Denmark KB
Klodt 57', 86'
Nowak 66'		 Report 90'
Diekman Stadion, Enschede
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

Schalke 04 won play-off 3–1.

Petrolul Ploiești Romania2–0East Germany Wismut Karl Marx Stadt
Fronea 33'
Pahonțu 79'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: (Czechoslovakia)

Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 4–4 Petrolul Ploiești on aggregate

Play-off

Wismut Karl Marx Stadt won play-off 4–0.

Wismut Karl Marx Stadt East Germany4–0Romania Petrolul Ploiești
Zink 4'
Tröger 7', 75' (pen.)
Wolf 48'		 Report
Nikita Khrushchev Stadium, Kyiv
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Karol Galba (Czechoslovakia)
IFK Göteborg Sweden0–1Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
Report May 21'
Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 21,435
Referee: Valdemar Hansen (Denmark)

Jeunesse Esch 2–2 IFK Göteborg on aggregate

Play-off
IFK Göteborg Sweden5–1Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
37'
Berndtsson 59', 85'
B. Johansson 68'
80'		 Report Meurisse 5'
Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 11,780
Referee: (Denmark)

IFK Göteborg won play-off 5–1.

Stade Reims France6–2Northern Ireland Ards
Piantoni 10', 40'
Fontaine 14', 16'
Bliard 20', 74'		 Report 10'
28'
Stade Auguste Delaune, Reims
Attendance: 19,509
Referee: (Spain)

Stade Reims won 10–3 on aggregate

Wiener Sport-Club Austria7–0Italy Juventus
Skerlan 24'
Hamerl 34', 38', 64', 80'
Hof 82', 85'		 Report
Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: (Switzerland)

Wiener Sport-Club won 8–3 on aggregate

Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia2–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dinamo Zagreb
Dvořák 30'
Vacenovský 71'		 Report 45'
Strahov Stadium, Prague
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: (Austria)

Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate

Drumcondra Republic of Ireland1–5Spain Atlético Madrid
51' (pen) Report Peiró 16', 67'
19'
Collar 45'
Vavá 86'
Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

Atlético Madrid won 13–1 on aggregate

MTK Budapest Hungary3–0Poland Polonia Bytom
Molnár 41'
Palotás 58', 75'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: (West Germany)

MTK Budapest won 6–0 on aggregate

Sporting CP Portugal2–1Netherlands DOS
48', 76' Report 82'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: (England)

Sporting CP won 6–4 on aggregate

First round[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sporting CP Portugal 2–6 Belgium Standard Liège 2–3 0–3
Wiener Sport-Club Austria 3–2 Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague 3–1 0–1
MTK Budapest Hungary 2–6 Switzerland Young Boys 1–2 1–4
Atlético Madrid Spain 2–21 Bulgaria CDNA Sofia 2–1 0–1
IFK Göteborg Sweden 2–6 East Germany Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 2–2 0–4
Wolverhampton Wanderers England 3–4 West Germany Schalke 04 2–2 1–2
Real Madrid Spain 3–1 Turkey Beşiktaş 2–0 1–1
Reims France 7–0 Finland HPS 4–0 3–0

1 Atlético Madrid beat CSKA Sofia 3–1 in a playoff to qualify for the quarter-finals.

First leg[]

Sporting CP Portugal2–3Belgium Standard Liège
23' (o.g.)
Mendes 80'		 Report Paeschen 10'
69'
Mallants 70'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: (France)
Wiener Sport-Club Austria3–1Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague
Hof 22'
Hamerl 47'
Knoll 57'		 Report Pluskal 83'
Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Kevin Howley (England)
MTK Budapest Hungary1–2Switzerland Young Boys
Molnár 66' Report 64'
80'
Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: (Austria)
Atlético Madrid Spain2–1Bulgaria CDNA Sofia
Vavá 60'
Peiró 79'		 Report Dimitrov 77'
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: (Switzerland)
IFK Göteborg Sweden2–2East Germany Wismut Karl Marx Stadt
Ohlsson 5'
31'		 Report 61'
Zink 67'
Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 13,978
Referee: (Poland)
Wolverhampton Wanderers England2–2West Germany Schalke 04
Broadbent 52', 65' Report Siebert 25'
Koslowski 88'
Molineux, Wolverhampton
Attendance: 45,676
Referee: (Belgium)
Real Madrid Spain2–0Turkey Beşiktaş
Santisteban 57'
Kopa 90'		 Report
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: (Italy)
Reims France4–0Finland HPS Helsinki
Vincent 22', 35', 85'
Siatka 89'		 Report
Stade Auguste Delaune, Reims
Attendance: 11,452
Referee: (West Germany)

Second leg[]

Standard Liège Belgium3–0Portugal Sporting CP
Paeschen 47'
Houf 67'
Mallants 74'		 Report
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: (France)

Standard Liège won 6–2 on aggregate

Wismut Karl Marx Stadt East Germany4–0Sweden IFK Göteborg
Zink 23', 82'
50', 62'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: (Poland)

Wismut Karl Marx Stadt won 6–2 on aggregate

Schalke 04 West Germany2–1England Wolverhampton Wanderers
Kördell 12'
Siebert 35'		 Report Jackson 48'
Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: (Belgium)

Schalke 04 won 4–3 on aggregate

Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia1–0Austria Wiener Sport-Club
Masopust 60' Report
Letná Stadium, Prague
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Aage Poulsen (Denmark)

Wiener Sport-Club won 3–2 on aggregate

Young Boys Switzerland4–1Hungary MTK Budapest
13', 60'
Meier 40'
81'		 Report Molnár 85'
Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: (Austria)

Young Boys won 6–2 on aggregate

CDNA Sofia Bulgaria1–0Spain Atlético Madrid
Panayotov 64' Report
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: (Switzerland)

Atlético Madrid 2–2 CDNA Sofia on aggregate

Play-off
Atlético Madrid Spain3–1 (a.e.t.)Bulgaria CDNA Sofia
Vavá 42', 108' (pen.)
99'		 Report Yanev 17'
Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Daniel Mellet (Switzerland)

Atlético Madrid won play-off 3–1.

Beşiktaş Turkey1–1Spain Real Madrid
Köstepen 64' Report Santisteban 13'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

Real Madrid won 3–1 on aggregate

HPS Helsinki Finland0–3France Reims
Report Fontaine 2', 10'
Lintamo 8' (o.g.)
Attendance: 14,855
Referee: (West Germany)

Reims won 7–0 on aggregate

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Standard Liège Belgium 2–3 France Reims 2–0 0–3
Atlético Madrid Spain 4–1 West Germany Schalke 04 3–0 1–1
Wiener Sport-Club Austria 1–7 Spain Real Madrid 0–0 1–7
Young Boys Switzerland 2–21 East Germany Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 2–2 0–0

1 Young Boys beat Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 2–1 in a playoff to qualify for the semi-finals.

First leg[]

Standard Liège Belgium2–0France Reims
65'
Givard 71' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: (England)
Atlético Madrid Spain3–0West Germany Schalke 04
Vavá 47'
Miguel 73'
Peiró 90'		 Report
Attendance: 110,000
Referee: (Italy)
Wiener Sport-Club Austria0–0Spain Real Madrid
Report
Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: (Belgium)
Young Boys Switzerland2–2East Germany Wismut Karl Marx Stadt
Meier 22'
Rey 87'		 Report Wagner 45'
Zink 59'
Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: (Portugal)

Second leg[]

Reims France3–0Belgium Standard Liège
Piantoni 70'
Fontaine 73', 88'		 Report
Stade Auguste Delaune, Reims
Attendance: 32,235

Reims won 3–2 on aggregate

Schalke 04 West Germany1–1Spain Atlético Madrid
Nowak 1' Report Vavá 90'
Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate

Real Madrid Spain7–1Austria Wiener Sport-Club
Mateos 8'
Di Stéfano 14', 64', 69', 75'
Rial 67'
Gento 89'		 Report Horak 9'
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Maurice Guigue (France)

Real Madrid won 7–1 on aggregate

Wismut Karl Marx Stadt East Germany0–0Switzerland Young Boys
Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: (Sweden)

Young Boys 2–2 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt on aggregate

Play-off
Young Boys Switzerland2–1East Germany Wismut Karl Marx Stadt
Meier 21'
33'		 Report Tröger 75' (pen.)
Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

Young Boys won play-off 2–1.

Semi-finals[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Young Boys Switzerland 1–3 France Reims 1–0 0–3
Real Madrid Spain 2–21 Spain Atlético Madrid 2–1 0–1

1 Real Madrid beat Atlético Madrid 2–1 in a playoff to qualify for the final

First leg[]

Young Boys Switzerland1–0France Reims
Meier 15' Report
Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: (Belgium)
Real Madrid Spain2–1Spain Atlético Madrid
Rial 15'
Puskás 33' (pen.)		 Report Chuzo 13'
Attendance: 120,000
Referee: Jack Mowat (Scotland)

Second leg[]

Atlético Madrid Spain1–0Spain Real Madrid
Collar 43' Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Reg Leafe (England)

Real Madrid 2–2 Atlético Madrid on aggregate

Play-off
Real Madrid Spain2–1Spain Atlético Madrid
Di Stéfano 16'
Puskás 42'		 Report Collar 18'
La Romareda, Zaragoza
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)

Real Madrid won play-off 2–1.

Reims France3–0Switzerland Young Boys
Piantoni 41', 72'
Penverne 47'		 Report
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 35,898
Referee: (Netherlands)

Reims won 3–1 on aggregate

Final[]

Main article: 1959 European Cup Final

The 1959 European Cup Final was played on 3 June 1959 at the Neckarstadion in Stuttgart, West Germany. Real Madrid's victory was their fourth consecutive title, maintaining their status as the only team to have won the competition. Reims were runners-up for a second time, having already lost to Real in the inaugural final in 1956.

Real Madrid Spain2–0France Reims
Mateos 1'
Di Stéfano 47'		 Report
Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: (West Germany)

Top scorers[]

The top scorers from the 1958–59 European Cup were as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 France Just Fontaine France Stade Reims 10
2 Brazil Vavá Spain Atlético Madrid 8
3 Spain Alfredo di Stéfano Spain Real Madrid 6
Spain Joaquín Peiró Spain Atlético Madrid 6
5 Spain Enrique Collar Spain Atlético Madrid 5
Austria Josef Hamerl Austria Wiener Sport-Club 5
France Roger Piantoni France Stade Reims 5
East Germany Klaus Zink East Germany Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 5
9 Brazil Portugal Sporting 4
Belgium Belgium Standard Liège 4
West Germany Bernhard Klodt West Germany Schalke 04 4
Switzerland Eugen Meier Switzerland Young Boys 4
Hungary Péter Palotás Hungary MTK Budapest 4
East Germany Willy Tröger East Germany Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 4
Switzerland Switzerland Young Boys 4

References[]

  1. ^ Corriere dello Sport, 3 July 1958.
  2. ^ Manchester United was in pot 2 because they could not play against an English club before the round of 16.
  3. ^ Corriere dello Sport.
  4. ^ Gardner, Stewart (18 September 2018). "United's lost 'European Cup' tie with Young Boys". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 18 September 2018.

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