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 (from 16 associations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 29 |
Goals scored | 127 (4.38 per match) |
Attendance | 900,021 (31,035 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Miloš Milutinović (Partizan) 8 goals |
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 defeated Reims 4–3 in the final at Parc des Princes, Paris, on 13 June 1956.
The participating clubs in the first season of the European Cup were selected by French football magazine L'Equipe on the basis that they were representative and prestigious clubs in Europe.[1] When the tournament started, Real Madrid, Anderlecht, AC Milan, Rot-Weiss Essen, Reims, Djurgården and AGF Aarhus were the reigning champions of their respective national leagues. English champions Chelsea initially agreed to compete and were drawn against Swedish side Djurgården; however, under pressure from the Football League, who saw the tournament as a distraction to domestic football, they later withdrew from the competition,[2][3] and were replaced by Gwardia Warsaw of Poland. Scottish champions Aberdeen withdrew under similar circumstances, Hibernian were chosen instead. They were considered one of the best teams in Scotland, having won the Scottish title in 1950–51 and 1951–52, but the main reason they were invited was because they were the only team in the country to install floodlights on their grounds. Dynamo Moscow, the champions of the Soviet Union, did not participate due to climatic restrictions. In addition, Holland Sport, Honvéd and AB rejected the opportunity to represent the Netherlands, Hungary and Denmark respectively, being replaced by PSV Eindhoven, Vörös Lobogó and AGF Aarhus[clarification needed]. 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
[edit]A total of 16 teams participated in the competition.
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Bracket
[edit]First round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 4 | 1 | 5 |
First round
[edit]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
[edit]Sporting CP ![]() | 3–3 | ![]() |
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Martins ![]() Quim ![]() |
Report | M. Milutinović ![]() Bobek ![]() |
Vörös Lobogó ![]() | 6–3 | ![]() |
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I. Szimcsák ![]() Palotás ![]() Hidegkuti ![]() Sándor ![]() |
Report | Vanderwilt ![]() Van den Bosch ![]() |
Servette ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Muñoz ![]() Rial ![]() |
Rapid Wien ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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A. Körner ![]() Mehsarosch ![]() Hanappi ![]() Probst ![]() |
Report | Fransen ![]() |
AGF Aarhus ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Glovacki ![]() |
Milan ![]() | 3–4 | ![]() |
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Frignani ![]() Schiaffino ![]() Dal Monte ![]() |
Report | Krieger ![]() Philippi ![]() Schirra ![]() Martin ![]() |
Second leg
[edit]Partizan ![]() | 5–2 | ![]() |
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M. Milutinović ![]() Jocić ![]() |
Report | Brandão ![]() |
Partizan won 8–5 on aggregate.
Real Madrid ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Di Stéfano ![]() Joseíto ![]() Rial ![]() Molowny ![]() |
Report |
Real Madrid won 7–0 on aggregate.
Gwardia Warsaw ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
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Baszkiewicz ![]() |
Report | Eriksson ![]() Sandberg ![]() |
Djurgården won 4–1 on aggregate.
Hibernian ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Buchanan ![]() |
Report | Abromeit ![]() |
Hibernian won 5–1 on aggregate.
Anderlecht ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
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Van den Bosch ![]() |
Report | Hidegkuti ![]() Lantos ![]() Palotás ![]() Kovács I ![]() |
Vörös Lobogó won 10–4 on aggregate.
Reims ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Glovacki ![]() Bliard ![]() |
Report | Erik Bechmann Jensen ![]() Bjerregaard ![]() |
Reims won 4–2 on aggregate.
PSV Eindhoven ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Fransen ![]() |
Report |
Rapid Wien won 6–2 on aggregate.
Milan won 7–5 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Djurgården ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
1–3 | 0–1 |
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
[edit]Real Madrid ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Castaño ![]() Gento ![]() Di Stéfano ![]() |
Report |
Note – differences in information: RSSSF website indicates that the goal scored on 26th minute was scored by Robert Körner, while UEFA website indicates that it was scored by his younger brother Alfred Körner.
Second leg
[edit]Hibernian ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Turnbull ![]() |
Report |
Hibernian won 4–1 on aggregate.
Vörös Lobogó ![]() | 4–4 | ![]() |
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Lantos ![]() Palotás ![]() |
Report | Glovacki ![]() Bliard ![]() Templin ![]() |
Reims won 8–6 on aggregate.
Partizan ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Milutinović ![]() Mihajlović ![]() |
Report |
Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.
Milan ![]() | 7–2 | ![]() |
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Mariani ![]() Nordahl ![]() Ricagni ![]() Frignani ![]() Schiaffino ![]() |
Report | Golobic ![]() Dienst ![]() |
Milan won 8–3 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Reims ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() |
2–0 | 1–0 |
Real Madrid ![]() |
5–4 | ![]() |
4–2 | 1–2 |
First leg
[edit]Real Madrid ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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Rial ![]() Joseíto ![]() Olsen ![]() Di Stéfano ![]() |
Report | Nordahl ![]() Schiaffino ![]() |
Second leg
[edit]Reims won 3–0 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 5–4 on aggregate.
Final
[edit]Real Madrid ![]() | 4–3 | ![]() |
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Di Stéfano ![]() Rial ![]() Marquitos ![]() |
Report | Leblond ![]() Templin ![]() Hidalgo ![]() |
Top goalscorers
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ L'Équipe
- ^ Glanvill, Rick (2005). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography. London: Headline. p. 254. ISBN 0755314654.
- ^ Ferris, Ken (2004). Manchester United in Europe: Tragedy, Destiny, History. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 34. ISBN 1840188979.
- ^ 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
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- 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)