1955–56 European Cup
The Parc des Princes in Paris hosted the final. | |
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 4 September 1955 – 13 June 1956 |
Teams | 16 |
Final positions | |
Champions |
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Runners-up |
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Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 29 |
Goals scored | 127 (4.38 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
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The 1955–56 European Cup was the first season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football tournament. The tournament was won by Real Madrid, who beat Stade Reims 4–3 in the final at Parc des Princes, Paris, on 13 June 1956.
The participating clubs in this first edition of the European Cup were selected by the French football magazine L'Equipe on the basis that these were the most representative and prestigious clubs in Europe. Of the originally selected teams, Chelsea (England) was barred from participation by the country's Football Association, who saw the tournament as a distraction to domestic football. Chelsea were replaced by Gwardia Warszawa of Poland. In addition, Holland Sport, Honved and BK Copenhagen rejected the opportunity to represent the Netherlands, Hungary and Denmark respectively, being replaced by PSV Eindhoven, Vörös Lobogó and Aarhus. 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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Bracket
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2 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
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4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
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0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
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3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
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3 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
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4 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
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2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
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6 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
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3 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
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4 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
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3 | |||||||||||||||||||
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0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
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4 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
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2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
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6 | 4 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
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3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
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2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
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0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
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0 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
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0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
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3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
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0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
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4 | 1 | 5 |
First round
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Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Sporting CP ![]() |
5–8 | ![]() |
3–3 | 2–5 |
Vörös Lobogó ![]() |
10–4 | ![]() |
6–3 | 4–1 |
Servette ![]() |
0–7 | ![]() |
0–2 | 0–5 |
Rot-Weiss Essen ![]() |
1–5 | ![]() |
0–4 | 1–1 |
Djurgården ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
0–0 | 4–1 |
AGF Aarhus ![]() |
2–4 | ![]() |
0–2 | 2–2 |
Rapid Wien ![]() |
6–2 | ![]() |
6–1 | 0–1 |
Milan ![]() |
7–5 | ![]() |
3–4 | 4–1 |
First leg
Vörös Lobogó ![]() |
6–3 | ![]() |
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Szimcsák I ![]() Palotás ![]() Hidegkuti ![]() Sándor ![]() |
Report | Vanderwilt ![]() Van Den Bosch ![]() |
Rapid Wien ![]() |
6–1 | ![]() |
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A. Körner ![]() Mehsarosch ![]() Hanappi ![]() Probst ![]() |
Report | Fransen ![]() |
Milan ![]() |
3–4 | ![]() |
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Frignani ![]() Schiaffino ![]() Dal Monte ![]() |
Report | Krieger ![]() Philippi ![]() Schirra ![]() Martin ![]() |
Second leg
Real Madrid won 7–0 on aggregate.
Partizan won 8–5 on aggregate.
Hibernian won 5–1 on aggregate.
Djurgården won 4–1 on aggregate.
Vörös Lobogó won 10–4 on aggregate.
Stade Reims won 4–2 on aggregate.
Rapid Wien won 6–2 on aggregate.
Milan won 7–5 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Djurgården ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
1–3 | 0–1 |
Stade Reims ![]() |
8–6 | ![]() |
4–2 | 4–4 |
Real Madrid ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
4–0 | 0–3 |
Rapid Wien ![]() |
3–8 | ![]() |
1–1 | 2–7 |
First leg
14 December 1955 |
Stade Reims ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
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Glovacki ![]() Leblond ![]() Bliard ![]() |
Report | Szolnok ![]() Lantos ![]() |
Note - differences in information: website RSSSF writes that goal on 26 minute scored Robert Körner, website UEFA writes that goal on 26 minute scored Alfred Körner
Second leg
Hibernian won 4–1 on aggregate.
28 December 1955 |
Vörös Lobogó ![]() |
4–4 | ![]() |
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Lantos ![]() Palotás ![]() |
Report | Glovacki ![]() Bliard ![]() Templin ![]() |
Stade Reims won 8–6 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.
12 February 1956 |
Milan ![]() |
7–2 | ![]() |
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Mariani ![]() Nordahl ![]() Ricagni ![]() Frignani ![]() Schiaffino ![]() |
Report | Golobic ![]() Dienst ![]() |
Milan won 8–3 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Stade Reims ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
2–0 | 1–0 |
Real Madrid ![]() |
5–4 | ![]() |
4–2 | 1–2 |
First leg
19 April 1956 |
Real Madrid ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
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Rial ![]() Iglesias ![]() Olsen ![]() Di Stéfano ![]() |
Report | Nordahl ![]() Schiaffino ![]() |
Second leg
Stade Reims won 3–0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 5–4 on aggregate.
Final
Real Madrid ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
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Di Stéfano ![]() Rial ![]() Marquitos ![]() |
Report | Leblond ![]() Templin ![]() Hidalgo ![]() |
Top goalscorers
- 8 goals
Miloš Milutinović (Partizan)
- 6 goals
Péter Palotás (Vörös Lobogó)
Léon Glovacki (Stade Reims)
- 5 goals
René Bliard (Stade Reims)
Héctor Rial (Real Madrid)
Alfredo di Stéfano (Real Madrid)
- 4 goals
Mihály Lantos (Vörös Lobogó)
Gunnar Nordahl (Milan)
Michel Leblond (Stade Reims)
- 3 goals
Alfred Körner (Rapid Wien)
Hippolyte Van Den Bosch (Anderlecht)
John Eriksson (Djurgården)
Eddie Turnbull (Hibernian)
Juan Alberto Schiaffino (Milan)
Giorgio Dal Monte (Milan)
Joseíto (Real Madrid)
Notes
- ↑ Match switched to Glasgow due to a frozen pitch in Sweden ("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.)
External links
- 1955–56 season at UEFA website
- 1955–56 All matches – season at UEFA website
- All scorers 1955–56 European Cup according to protocols UEFA
- European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- "50 years of the European Cup" (PDF). UEFA. October 2004. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
- 1955-56 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)
- European Cup 1955-56 – results, protocols, players statistics
- website eurocups-uefa.ru European Cup 1955-56 – results, protocols
- website Football Archive 1955–56 European Cup