1957–58 European Cup
The Heysel Stadium in Brussels hosted the final. | |
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 4 September 1957 – 28 May 1958 |
Teams | 24 |
Final positions | |
Champions |
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Runners-up |
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Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 48 |
Goals scored | 189 (3.94 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
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The 1957–58 European Cup was the third season of the European Cup, Europe's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Real Madrid, who beat Milan 3–2 in the final, following a 2–2 draw after 90 minutes. This was Real Madrid's third European Cup title in a row. However, the 1957–58 season will be forever marked by the air disaster in Munich, when eight Manchester United players lost their lives on their way home from Belgrade, after a 3–3 draw in the quarter-final second leg with Red Star Belgrade. The English champions were ultimately defeated in the semi-finals by the eventual runners-up, AC Milan of Italy.
It was the first time that teams from the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and East Germany participated, while Turkey did not send any club. Sevilla was invited to represent Spain despite not being champions, as Spanish champions Real Madrid had already qualified as holders.
Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary round took place at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris on Tuesday, 23 July 1957.[1] As title holders, Real Madrid received a bye, and the remaining 23 teams were grouped geographically into three pots. The first four teams drawn in each pot, and four more teams in pot 1, would play the preliminary round in September, while the remaining clubs received byes.
Pot 1 Western Europe |
Pot 2 Central Europe |
Pot 3 Eastern Europe | ||
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Drawn | Match 1 | |||
Match 2 | ||||
Match 3 | ||||
Match 4 | ||||
Byes | ||||
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 |
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CDNA Sofia ![]() |
3–7 | ![]() |
2–1 | 1–6 |
Rangers ![]() |
4–3 | ![]() |
3–1 | 1–2 |
Stade Dudelange ![]() |
1–14 | ![]() |
0–5 | 1–9 |
AGF ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
0–0 | 3–0 |
Gwardia Warszawa ![]() |
4–41 | ![]() |
3–1 | 1–3 |
Sevilla ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
3–1 | 0–0 |
Shamrock Rovers ![]() |
2–92 | ![]() |
0–6 | 2–3 |
Milan ![]() |
6–63 | ![]() |
4–1 | 2–5 |
1 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt qualified due to a coin toss, after their play-off against Gwardia Warszawa was abandoned after 100 minutes due to floodlight power failure with the result of 1–1.
2 To allow an evening kick-off at Dalymount Park in Dublin, which had no floodlights, the teams agreed to change over at half-time without a break. Consequently, the Irish part-timers ran out of steam and Manchester United's 1-0 half-time lead deteriorated to 6-0. The second leg was a closer match, as it was played under lights at Old Trafford with the normal half-time break.
3 Milan beat Rapid Wien 4–2 in a play-off to qualify.
First leg
5 September 1957 |
Stade Dudelange ![]() |
0–5 | ![]() |
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Report | Kostić ![]() Rudinski ![]() Mitić ![]() |
11 September 1957 |
Gwardia Warszawa ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
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Baszkiewicz ![]() Lewandowski ![]() Gawroński ![]() |
Report | S. Kaiser ![]() |
25 September 1957 |
Shamrock Rovers ![]() |
0–6 | ![]() |
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Report | T. Taylor ![]() Whelan ![]() Berry ![]() Pegg ![]() |
Second leg
Rangers won 4–3 on aggregate.
Aarhus won 3–0 on aggregate.
Sevilla won 3–1 on aggregate.
2 October 1957 |
Red Star Belgrade ![]() |
9–1 | ![]() |
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Cokić ![]() Mitić ![]() Kostić ![]() |
Report | Rongoni ![]() |
Red Star Belgrade won 14–1 on aggregate.
2 October 1957 |
Manchester United ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
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Viollet ![]() Pegg ![]() |
Report | McCann ![]() Hamilton ![]() |
Manchester United won 9–2 on aggregate.
3 October 1957 |
Vasas ![]() |
6–1 | ![]() |
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Csordás ![]() Berendi ![]() Bundzsák ![]() Szilágyi ![]() |
Report | Panayotov ![]() |
Vasas won 7–3 on aggregate.
9 October 1957 |
Rapid Wien ![]() |
5–2 | ![]() |
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A. Körner ![]() Dienst ![]() Bertalan ![]() Riegler ![]() Hanappi ![]() |
Report | Grillo ![]() Bean ![]() |
Milan 6–6 Rapid Wien on aggregate.
13 October 1957 |
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
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M. Kaiser ![]() S. Kaiser ![]() |
Report | Baszkiewicz ![]() |
Gwardia Warszawa 4–4 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt on aggregate.
Play-off
30 October 1957 |
Milan ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
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Bean ![]() Bergamaschi ![]() Schiaffino ![]() |
Report | Happel ![]() Bertalan ![]() |
Milan won play-off 4–2.
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt qualified due to a coin toss, after their play-off against Gwardia Warszawa was abandoned with the result of 1–1 after 100 minutes due to floodlight power failure.
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Royal Antwerp ![]() |
1–8 | ![]() |
1–2 | 0–6 |
Norrköping ![]() |
3–4 | ![]() |
2–2 | 1–2 |
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
1–3 | 0–1 |
Young Boys ![]() |
2–3 | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–2 |
Manchester United ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–1 |
Sevilla ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
4–0 | 0–2 |
Borussia Dortmund ![]() |
5–51 | ![]() |
4–2 | 1–3 |
Rangers ![]() |
1–6 | ![]() |
1–4 | 0–2 |
1 Borussia Dortmund beat CCA Bucureşti 3–1 in a play-off to qualify for the quarter-finals.
First leg
2 November 1957 |
Norrköping ![]() |
2–2 | ![]() |
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Håkansson ![]() Källgren ![]() |
Report | Toplak ![]() Kostić ![]() |
20 November 1957 |
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
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Müller ![]() |
Report | van der Kuil ![]() Bleijenberg ![]() |
27 November 1957 |
Borussia Dortmund ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
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Peters ![]() Niepieklo ![]() |
Report | Zavoda I ![]() Bone ![]() |
Second leg
Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.
Ajax won 4–1 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 8–1 on aggregate.
Vasas won 3–2 on aggregate.
Manchester United won 3–1 on aggregate.
Sevilla won 4–2 on aggregate.
8 December 1957 |
CCA Bucharest ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
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Tătaru ![]() Constantin ![]() Alecsandrescu ![]() |
Report | Niepieklo ![]() |
Borussia Dortmund 5–5 CCA Bucureşti on aggregate.
Milan won 6–1 on aggregate.
Play-off
29 December 1957 |
Borussia Dortmund ![]() |
3–1 | ![]() |
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Dulz ![]() Kelbassa ![]() Preißler ![]() |
Report | Cacoveanu ![]() |
Borussia Dormund won the play-off 3–1.
Quarter-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Manchester United ![]() |
5–4 | ![]() |
2–1 | 3–3 |
Real Madrid ![]() |
10–2 | ![]() |
8–0 | 2–2 |
Ajax ![]() |
2–6 | ![]() |
2–2 | 0–4 |
Borussia Dortmund ![]() |
2–5 | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–4 |
First leg
23 January 1958 |
Real Madrid ![]() |
8–0 | ![]() |
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Di Stéfano ![]() Kopa ![]() Marsal ![]() Gento ![]() |
Report |
Second leg
5 February 1958 |
Red Star Belgrade ![]() |
3–3 | ![]() |
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Kostić ![]() Tasić ![]() |
Report | Viollet ![]() Charlton ![]() |
Manchester United won 5–4 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 10–2 on aggregate.
Vasas won 6–2 on aggregate.
26 March 1958 |
Milan ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
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Cucchiaroni ![]() Liedholm ![]() Galli ![]() Grillo ![]() |
Report | Preißler ![]() |
Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Real Madrid ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
4–0 | 0–2 |
Manchester United ![]() |
2–5 | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–4 |
First leg
Second leg
Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.
Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.
Final
28 May 1958 |
Real Madrid ![]() |
3–2 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Di Stéfano ![]() Rial ![]() Gento ![]() |
Report | Schiaffino ![]() Grillo ![]() |
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1957–58 European Cup were as follows:
Rank | Name | Team | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
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10 |
2 | ![]() |
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9 |
3 | ![]() |
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8 |
4 | ![]() |
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6 |
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6 | |
6 | ![]() |
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5 |
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5 | |
8 | ![]() |
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4 |
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4 | |
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References
- ↑ Corriere dello Sport, 24 July 1957.
External links
- 1957–58 All matches – season at UEFA website
- European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- All scorers 1957–58 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers preliminary round
- 1957-58 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)
- European Cup 1957-58 – results, protocols, players statistics
- website eurocups-uefa.ru European Cup 1957-58 – results, protocols
- website Football Archive 1957–58 European Cup