1956–57 European Cup
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 1 August 1956 – 30 May 1957 |
Teams | 22 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Real Madrid (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Fiorentina |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 44 |
Goals scored | 170 (3.86 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Dennis Viollet (9 goals) |
← 1955–56 1957–58 → |
The 1956–57 European Cup was the second season of the European Cup, Europe's premier club football tournament. The competition was won for the second time by Real Madrid, who beat Fiorentina 2–0 in the final at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, on 30 May 1957.
After the great success of the first tournament, six new nations entered representatives: Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, England, Luxembourg, Romania and Turkey. The English FA had not allowed Chelsea to enter in 1955, and continued its stance on the European Cup as it being a distraction; however, against the wises of the FA, Manchester United entered the competition anyway as English champions, becoming the first English team to play in Europe. An additional place was awarded to Real Madrid as the competition's reigning champions, occupying the free berth left by Saar after its reunification with West Germany.
Preliminary round
The draw for the preliminary round took place in UEFA headquarters in Paris on Friday, 29 June 1956.[1] The 21 challengers of Real Madrid were grouped geographically into three pots. The first four teams drawn in each pot would play the preliminary round in September, while the remaining three clubs received byes.
Pot 1 Eastern Europe |
Pot 2 North-Western Europe |
Pot 3 South-Central Europe | ||
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Drawn | Match 1 | |||
Match 2 | ||||
Byes | ||||
The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 1 October.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Borussia Dortmund | 5–51 | Spora Luxembourg | 4–3 | 1–2 |
Dinamo Bucureşti | 4–3 | Galatasaray | 3–1 | 1–2 |
Slovan UNV Bratislava | 4–2 | CWKS Warsaw | 4–0 | 0–2 |
Anderlecht | 0–12 | Manchester United | 0–2 | 0–10 |
AGF Aarhus | 2–6 | Nice | 1–1 | 1–5 |
Porto | 3–5 | Athletic Bilbao | 1–2 | 2–3 |
1 Borussia Dortmund beat Spora Luxembourg 7–0 in a play-off to qualify for the first round.
First leg
Borussia Dortmund | 4–3 | Spora Luxembourg |
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Bracht 31' Niepieklo 54' Preißler 61', 73' |
Report | Boreux 25', 34', 88' |
Dinamo Bucureşti | 3–1 | Galatasaray |
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Voica 10', 67' Ene 84' |
Report | Oktay 77' |
Anderlecht | 0–2 | Manchester United |
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Report | Viollet 25' Taylor 75' |
Slovan UNV Bratislava | 4–0 | CWKS Warsaw |
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Pažický 23', 68' Kováč 30' (pen.) Moravčík 40' |
Report |
AGF Aarhus | 1–1 | Nice |
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Erik Bechmann Jensen 16' | Report | Foix 61' |
Second leg
Spora Luxembourg | 2–1 | Borussia Dortmund |
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Fiedler 22' Letsch 39' |
Report | Preißler 28' |
Borussia Dortmund 5–5 Spora Luxembourg on aggregate; play-off needed.
CWKS Warsaw | 2–0 | Slovan UNV Bratislava |
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Kowal 52' Brychczy 63' |
Report |
Slovan UNV Bratislava won 4–2 on aggregate.
Manchester United | 10–0 | Anderlecht |
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Taylor 8', 20', 52' Viollet 25', 38', 44', 65' Whelan 61', 82' Berry 75' |
Report |
Manchester United won 12–0 on aggregate.
Athletic Bilbao won 5–3 on aggregate.
Nice won 6–2 on aggregate.
Galatasaray | 2–1 | Dinamo Bucureşti |
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Aytaç 42' Oktay 89' |
Report | Suru 31' |
Dinamo Bucureşti won 4–3 on aggregate.
Play-off
Borussia Dortmund | 7–0 | Spora Luxembourg |
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Preißler 24', 36' Simmer 29' Kelbassa 40', 49', 63' Peters 57' |
Report |
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Manchester United | 3–2 | Borussia Dortmund | 3–2 | 0–0 |
CDNA Sofia | 10–4 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 8–1 | 2–3 |
Rangers | 3–31 | Nice | 2–1 | 1–2 |
Slovan UNV Bratislava | 1–2 | Grasshopper | 1–0 | 0–2 |
Real Madrid | 5–52 | Rapid Wien | 4–2 | 1–3 |
Rapid JC | 3–6 | Red Star Belgrade | 3–4 | 0–2 |
Fiorentina | 2–1 | Norrköping | 1–1 | 1–0 |
Athletic Bilbao | 6–5 | Budapest Honvéd | 3–2 | 3–33 |
1 Nice beat Rangers 3–1 in a play-off to qualify for the quarter-finals.
2 Real Madrid beat Rapid Wien 2–0 in a play-off to qualify for the quarter-finals.
3 Second leg played at Heysel Stadium, Brussels
First leg
Manchester United | 3–2 | Borussia Dortmund |
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Viollet 10', 25' Pegg 35' |
Report | Kapitulski 68' Preißler 75' |
CDNA Sofia | 8–1 | Dinamo Bucureşti |
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Kolev 12', 56', 63' Milanov 20', 65' Panayotov 36', 66' Dimitrov 80' |
Report | Băcut 71' (pen.) |
Real Madrid | 4–2 | Rapid Wien |
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Di Stéfano 9', 21' Marsal 60', 63' |
Report | Dienst 58' Gießer 90' |
Rapid JC | 3–4 | Red Star Belgrade |
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Janssen 8' Bischops 78' Tasić 81' (og.) |
Report | Kostić 4', 75' Toplak 42' Rudinski 82' |
Fiorentina | 1–1 | Norrköping |
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Bizzarri 15' | Report | Bild 8' |
Athletic Bilbao | 3–2 | Budapest Honvéd |
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Arteche 16' Marcaida 27' Arieta 82' |
Report | Budai II 75' Kocsis 85' |
Second leg
Red Star Belgrade | 2–0 | Rapid JC |
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Toplak 32' Kostić 84' |
Report |
Red Star Belgrade won 6–3 on aggregate
Nice 3–3 Rangers on aggregate; play-off needed.
Rapid Wien | 3–1 | Real Madrid |
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Happel 18', 38' (pen.), 40' | Report | Di Stéfano 60' |
Real Madrid 5–5 Rapid Wien on aggregate; play-off needed.
Manchester United won 3–2 on aggregate
Norrköping | 0–1 | Fiorentina |
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Report | Virgili 16' |
Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate
Grasshopper | 2–0 | Slovan UNV Bratislava |
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Vukosavljević 75' Duret 89' |
Report |
Grasshopper won 2–1 on aggregate
Budapest Honvéd | 3–3 | Athletic Bilbao |
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Budai II 6', 82' Puskás 86' |
Report | Merodio 1', 72' Arieta 67' |
Athletic Bilbao won 6–5 on aggregate
Dinamo Bucureşti | 3–2 | CDNA Sofia |
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Nicuşor 58' (pen.) Lăzar 67' Neagu 84' |
Report | Stoyanov 23' Yanev 62' |
CDNA Sofia won 10–4 on aggregate
Play-off
Real Madrid | 2–0 | Rapid Wien |
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Joseíto 1' Kopa 23' |
Report |
Quarter-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Athletic Bilbao | 5–6 | Manchester United | 5–3 | 0–3 |
Fiorentina | 5–3 | Grasshopper | 3–1 | 2–2 |
Real Madrid | 6–2 | Nice | 3–0 | 3–2 |
Red Star Belgrade | 4–3 | CDNA Sofia | 3–1 | 1–2 |
First leg
Athletic Bilbao | 5–3 | Manchester United |
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Uribe 2', 28' Marcaida 43' Merodio 73' Arteche 78' |
Report | Taylor 48' Viollet 54' Whelan 85' |
Fiorentina | 3–1 | Grasshopper |
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Segato 3' Taccola 10', 12' |
Report | Ballaman 31' |
Real Madrid | 3–0 | Nice |
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Joseíto 18' Mateos 49', 72' |
Report |
Red Star Belgrade | 3–1 | CDNA Sofia |
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Kostić 6', 25' Popović 53' |
Report | Yanev 88' |
Second leg
Manchester United | 3–0 | Athletic Bilbao |
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Viollet 42' Taylor 70' Berry 85' |
Report |
Manchester United won 6–5 on aggregate
CDNA Sofia | 2–1 | Red Star Belgrade |
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Bozhkov 22' (pen.) Panayotov 39' |
Report | Tasić 29' (pen.) |
Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate
Grasshopper | 2–2 | Fiorentina |
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Ballaman 25' Vukosavljević 85' |
Report | Julinho 7' Montuori 52' |
Fiorentina won 5–3 on aggregate
Nice | 2–3 | Real Madrid |
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Foix 15' Ferry 82' (pen.) |
Report | Joseíto 45' Di Stéfano 50', 79' |
Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate
Semi-finals
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Red Star Belgrade | 0–1 | Fiorentina | 0–1 | 0–0 |
Real Madrid | 5–3 | Manchester United | 3–1 | 2–2 |
First leg
Red Star Belgrade | 0–1 | Fiorentina |
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Report | Prini 88' |
Real Madrid | 3–1 | Manchester United |
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Rial 61' Di Stéfano 63' Mateos 83' |
Report | Taylor 82' |
Second leg
Fiorentina won 1–0 on aggregate
Manchester United | 2–2 | Real Madrid |
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Taylor 62' Charlton 85' |
Report | Kopa 25' Rial 33' |
Real Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate
Final
Real Madrid | 2–0 | Fiorentina |
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Di Stéfano 69' (pen.) Gento 75' |
Report |
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1956–57 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows:[3][4]
Notes
- ^ It is assumed this match was played in Munich as a result of Swiss protests regarding the outcome of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 which also led to them boycotting the 1956 Olympic Games.[2]
References
External links
- 1956–57 All matches – season at UEFA website
- All scorers 1956–57 European Cup (excluding qualifying round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers qualifying round
- European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- 1956-57 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)
- European Cup 1956-57 – results, protocols, players statistics
- website eurocups-uefa.ru European Cup 1956-57 – results, protocols
- website Football Archive 1956–57 European Cup