1955–56 European Cup

1955–56 European Cup

Tournament details
Dates	4 September 1955 – 13 June 1956
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Real Madrid (1st title)
Runners-up	Stade Reims
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	127 (4.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Miloš Milutinović (8 goals)
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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 F.C. (England) chose not to participate, Holland Sport (Netherlands) gave their place to PSV Eindhoven and BK Copenhagen (Denmark) was replaced by Arhus GF. The first round pairings were fixed by the organisers and not drawn as would be the case for all future European Cup matches.

First round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting CP	5–8	Partizan	3–3	2–5
Vörös Lobogó	10–4	Anderlecht	6–3	4–1
Servette	0–7	Real Madrid	0–2	0–5
Rot-Weiss Essen	1–5	Hibernian	0–4	1–1
Djurgården	4–1	Gwardia Warszawa	0–0	4–1
AGF Aarhus	2–4	Stade Reims	0–2	2–2
Rapid Wien	6–2	PSV Eindhoven	6–1	0–1
Milan	7–5	Saarbrücken	3–4	4–1

First leg

4 September 1955	Sporting CP	3 – 3	Partizan	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
	Martins  14', 78' Quim  65'	Report Gamesheet	M. Milutinović  45', 50' Bobek  73'

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7 September 1955	Vörös Lobogó	6 – 3	Anderlecht	MTK Stadion, Budapest Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Friedrich Mayer (Austria)
	Szimcsák I  8' Palotás  25', 59', 80' Hidegkuti  28' Sándor  83'	Report Gamesheet	Vanderwilt  7' Van Den Bosch  39', 79'

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8 September 1955	Servette	0 – 2	Real Madrid	Charmilles Stadium, Geneva Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Robert Sautelle (France)
		Report Gamesheet	Muñoz  74' Rial  89'

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14 September 1955	Rot-Weiss Essen	0 – 4	Hibernian	Georg-Melches-Stadion, Essen Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Johann Bronkhorst (Netherlands)
		Report Gamesheet	Turnbull  35', 53' L. Reilly  44' Ormond  81'

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20 September 1955	Djurgården	0 – 0	Gwardia Warszawa	Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm Attendance: 3,574 Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
		Report Gamesheet

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21 September 1955	AGF Aarhus	0 – 2	Stade Reims	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Klaas Schipper (Netherlands)
		Report Gamesheet	Glovacki  7', 72'

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21 September 1955	Rapid Wien	6 – 1	PSV Eindhoven	Pfarrwiese, Vienna Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Emil Schmetzer (West Germany)
	A. Körner  12', 62', 82' Mehsarosch  55' Hanappi  56' Probst  60'	Report Gamesheet	Fransen  18'

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1 November 1955	Milan	3 – 4	Saarbrücken	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
	Frignani  15' Schiaffino  33' Dal Monte  37'	Report Gamesheet	Krieger  5' Philippi  43' Schirra  67' Martin  69'

Second leg

12 October 1955	Real Madrid	5 – 0	Servette	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 40,318 Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)
	Di Stéfano  29', 61' Iglesias  44' Rial  46' Molowny  54'	Report Gamesheet

Real Madrid won 7–0 on aggregate.

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12 October 1955	Partizan	5 – 2	Sporting CP	Partizan Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 15,000 Referee: György Dankó (Hungary)
	M. Milutinović  15', 29', 64', 74' Jocić  88'	Report Gamesheet	Brandão  49', 77'

Partizan won 8–5 on aggregate.

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12 October 1955	Hibernian	1 – 1	Rot-Weiss Essen	Easter Road, Edinburgh Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
	Buchanan  5'	Report Gamesheet	Abromeit  47'

Hibernian won 5–1 on aggregate.

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12 October 1955	Gwardia Warszawa	1 – 4	Djurgården	Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
	Baszkiewicz  14'	Report Gamesheet	Eriksson  5', 17', 22' Sandberg  29'

Djurgården won 4–1 on aggregate.

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19 October 1955	Anderlecht	1 – 4	Vörös Lobogó	Émile Versé Stadium, Anderlecht Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)
	Van Den Bosch  38'	Report Gamesheet	Hidegkuti  25' Lantos  78' Palotás  85' Kovács I  86'

Vörös Lobogó won 10–4 on aggregate.

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26 October 1955	Stade Reims	2 – 2	AGF Aarhus	Stade Auguste Delaune, Reims Attendance: 5,845 Referee: Alfred Bond (England)
	Glovacki  47' Bliard  60'	Report Gamesheet	Jensen  77' Bjerregaard  83'

Stade Reims won 4–2 on aggregate.

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1 November 1955	PSV Eindhoven	1 – 0	Rapid Wien	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Aloïs Smidts (Belgium)
	Fransen  9'	Report Gamesheet

Rapid Wien won 6–2 on aggregate.

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23 November 1955	Saarbrücken	1 – 4	Milan	Ludwigspark Stadion, Saarbrücken Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Klaas Schipper (Netherlands)
	Binkert  32'	Report Gamesheet	Valli  8', 77' Puff  75' (o.g.) Beraldo  86'

Milan won 7–5 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Djurgården	1–4	Hibernian	1–3	0–1
Stade Reims	8–6	Vörös Lobogó	4–2	4–4
Real Madrid	4–3	Partizan	4–0	0–3
Rapid Wien	3–8	Milan	1–1	2–7

First leg

23 November 1955	Djurgården	1 – 3	Hibernian	Firhill Park, Glasgow Attendance: 21,962 Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
	Eklund  1'	Report Gamesheet	Combe  18' Mulkerrin  49' Olsson  86' (o.g.)

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14 December 1955	Stade Reims	4 – 2	Vörös Lobogó	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 36,088 Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
	Glovacki  14' Leblond  33', 57' Bliard  42'	Report Gamesheet	Szolnok  34' Lantos  77' (pen.)

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25 December 1955	Real Madrid	4 – 0	Partizan	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 105,532 Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
	Castaño  12', 23' Gento  36' Di Stéfano  70'	Report Gamesheet

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18 January 1956	Rapid Wien	1 – 1	Milan	Pfarrwiese, Vienna Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Jaroslav Vlcek (Czechoslovakia)
	R. Körner  26' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet	Nordahl  20'

Second leg

28 November 1955	Hibernian	1 – 0	Djurgården	Easter Road, Edinburgh Attendance: 31,346 Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
	Turnbull  70'	Report Gamesheet

Hibernian won 4–1 on aggregate.

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28 December 1955	Vörös Lobogó	4 – 4	Stade Reims	MTK Stadion, Budapest Attendance: 35,000 Referee: John Husband (England)
	Lantos  11' (pen.), 74' (pen.) Palotás  53', 82'	Report Gamesheet	Glovacki  6' Bliard  20', 44' Templin  52'

Stade Reims won 8–6 on aggregate.

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29 January 1956	Partizan	3 – 0	Real Madrid	Partizan Stadium, Belgrade Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Josef Gulde (Switzerland)
	Milutinović  24', 87' Mihajlović  46' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet

Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.

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12 February 1956	Milan	7 – 2	Rapid Wien	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)
	Mariani  15' Nordahl  23', 50' Ricagni  26', 63' Frignani  56' Schiaffino  75'	Report Gamesheet	Golobic  35' Dienst  59'

Milan won 8–3 on aggregate.

Semi finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Stade Reims	3–0	Hibernian	2–0	1–0
Real Madrid	5–4	Milan	4–2	1–2

First leg

4 April 1956	Stade Reims	2 – 0	Hibernian	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 35,486 Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)
	Leblond  67' Bliard  89'	Report Gamesheet

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19 April 1956	Real Madrid	4 – 2	Milan	Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 129,690 Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
	Rial  6' Iglesias  25' Olsen  40' Di Stéfano  62'	Report Gamesheet	Nordahl  9' Schiaffino  30'

Second leg

18 April 1956	Hibernian	0 – 1	Stade Reims	Easter Road, Edinburgh Attendance: 44,941 Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
		Report Gamesheet	Glovacki  57'

Stade Reims won 3–0 on aggregate.

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1 May 1956	Milan	2 – 1	Real Madrid	San Siro, Milan Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)
	Dal Monte  69' (pen.), 86' (pen.)	Report Gamesheet	Iglesias  65'

Real Madrid won 5–4 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1956 European Cup Final

13 June 1956	Real Madrid	4 – 3	Stade Reims	Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 38,239 Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
	Di Stéfano  14' Rial  30', 79' Marquitos  67'	Report Gamesheet	Leblond  6' Templin  10' Hidalgo  62'

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)

See also

• European Cup and Champions League finals

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. http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/240459.pdf. Retrieved 17 July 2008.