1956–57 European Cup

The season 1956-57 of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the second time by Real Madrid against ACF Fiorentina at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid on May 30, 1957.

Preliminary Round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	Playoff
AGF Århus	2 - 6	OGC Nice	1 - 1	1 - 5
FC Porto	3 - 5	Athletic Bilbao	1 - 2	2 - 3
R.S.C. Anderlecht	0 - 12	Manchester United FC	0 - 2	0 - 10
Borussia Dortmund	5 - 5	CA Spora Luxembourg	4 - 3	1 - 2	7 - 0
FC Dinamo Bucureşti	4 - 3	Galatasaray	3 - 1	1 - 2
Slovan UNV Bratislava	4 - 2	Legia Warszawa	4 - 0	0 - 2

First round

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg	Playoff
Athletic Bilbao	6 - 5	Budapest Honvéd SE	3 - 2	3 - 3*
Manchester United	3 - 2	Borussia Dortmund	3 - 2	0 - 0
ACF Fiorentina	2 - 1	IFK Norrköping	1 - 0	1 - 1
Slovan UNV Bratislava	3 - 6	Grasshopper-Club	3 - 4	0 - 2
Real Madrid	5 - 5	SK Rapid Wien	4 - 2	1 - 3	2 - 0
Rangers FC	3 - 3	OGC Nice	2 - 1	1 - 2	1 - 3
Rapid JC	3 - 6	Red Star Belgrade	3 - 4	0 - 2
PFC CSKA Sofia	10 - 4	FC Dinamo Bucureşti	8 - 1	2 - 3

(*) return leg in Brussels, Heysel Stadium

Quarter-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Athletic Bilbao	5 - 6	Manchester United FC	5 - 3	0 - 3
ACF Fiorentina	5 - 3	Grasshopper-Club	3 - 1	2 - 2
Real Madrid	6 - 2	OGC Nice	3 - 0	3 - 2
Red Star Belgrade	4 - 3	PFC CSKA Sofia	3 - 1	1 - 2

Semi-finals

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
Real Madrid	5 - 3	Manchester United FC	3 - 1	2 - 2
Red Star Belgrade	0 - 1	ACF Fiorentina	0 - 1	0 - 0

Final

Main article: 1957 European Cup Final

May 30, 1957

Real Madrid	2 – 0	ACF Fiorentina
Di Stéfano 70' Gento 76'

Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid

Attendance: 120,000

Referee: Leopold Sylvain Horn

Champion 1957
File:Logo Real Madrid.svg
Real Madrid Second Title

External links

• European Cup history 1956-57 season
• 1956-57 season at UEFA website
• European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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