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1955–56 European Cup

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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 defeated Stade de Reims 4–3 in the final at Parc des Princes, Paris, on 13 June 1956.

1955–56 European Cup
The Parc des Princes in Paris hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates4 September 1955 – 13 June 1956
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Real Madrid (1st title)
Runners-upFrance Stade Reims
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored127 (4.38 per match)
Attendance900,021 (31,035 per match)
Top scorer(s)Miloš Milutinović (Partizan)
8 goals

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, Stade de 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 Warszawa 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.

  Rapid Wien (3rd)   Anderlecht (1st)   AGF Aarhus (1st)   Stade Reims (1st)
  Vörös Lobogó (2nd)   Milan (1st)   PSV Eindhoven (3rd)   Gwardia Warszawa (4th)
  Sporting CP (3rd)   Saarbrücken (3rd)   Hibernian (5th)   Real Madrid (1st)
  Djurgården (1st)   Servette (6th)   Rot-Weiss Essen (1st)   Partizan (5th)

Bracket Edit

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
              
  Servette 0 0 0
  Real Madrid 2 5 7
  Real Madrid 4 0 4
  Partizan 0 3 3
  Sporting CP 3 2 5
  Partizan 3 5 8
  Real Madrid 4 1 5
  Milan 2 2 4
  Rapid Wien 6 0 6
  PSV Eindhoven 1 1 2
  Rapid Wien 1 2 3
  Milan 1 7 8
  Milan 3 4 7
  Saarbrücken 4 1 5
  Real Madrid 4
  Stade Reims 3
  AGF Aarhus 0 2 2
  Stade Reims 2 2 4
  Stade Reims 4 4 8
  Vörös Lobogó 2 4 6
  Vörös Lobogó 6 4 10
  Anderlecht 3 1 4
  Stade Reims 2 1 3
  Hibernian 0 0 0
  Djurgården 0 4 4
  Gwardia Warszawa 0 1 1
  Djurgården 1 0 1
  Hibernian 3 1 4
  Rot-Weiss Essen 0 1 1
  Hibernian 4 1 5

First round Edit

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Location of teams in the 1955–56 European Cup.
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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   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 Edit

Sporting CP  3–3  Partizan
Martins   14', 78'
Quim   65'		 Report M. Milutinović   45', 50'
Bobek   73'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
Vörös Lobogó  6–3  Anderlecht
Szimcsák I   8'
Palotás   25', 59', 80'
Hidegkuti   28'
Sándor   83'		 Report Vanderwilt   7'
Van Den Bosch   39', 79'
Attendance: 35,000
Servette  0–2  Real Madrid
Report Muñoz   74'
Rial   89'
Attendance: 7,000
Rot-Weiss Essen  0–4  Hibernian
Report Turnbull   35', 53'
L. Reilly   44'
Ormond   81'
Attendance: 5,000
Djurgården  0–0  Gwardia Warszawa
Report
Attendance: 3,574
Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)
AGF Aarhus  0–2  Reims
Report Glovacki   7', 72'
Attendance: 18,000
Rapid Wien  6–1  PSV Eindhoven
A. Körner   12', 62', 82'
Mehsarosch   55'
Hanappi   56'
Probst   60'		 Report Fransen   18'
Attendance: 10,000
Milan  3–4  Saarbrücken
Frignani   15'
Schiaffino   33'
Dal Monte   37'		 Report Krieger   5'
Philippi   43'
Schirra   67'
Martin   69'
Attendance: 18,000

Second leg Edit

Real Madrid  5–0  Servette
Di Stéfano   29', 61'
Iglesias   44'
Rial   46'
Molowny   54'		 Report
Attendance: 40,318

Real Madrid won 7–0 on aggregate.

Partizan  5–2  Sporting CP
M. Milutinović   15', 29', 64', 74'
Jocić   88'		 Report Brandão   49', 77'
Attendance: 15,000

Partizan won 8–5 on aggregate.

Hibernian  1–1  Rot-Weiss Essen
Buchanan   5' Report Abromeit   47'
Attendance: 30,000

Hibernian won 5–1 on aggregate.

Gwardia Warszawa  1–4  Djurgården
Baszkiewicz   14' Report Eriksson   5', 17', 22'
Sandberg   29'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)

Djurgården won 4–1 on aggregate.

Anderlecht  1–4  Vörös Lobogó
Van Den Bosch   38' Report Hidegkuti   25'
Lantos   78'
Palotás   85'
Kovács I   86'
Attendance: 33,000

Vörös Lobogó won 10–4 on aggregate.

Reims  2–2  AGF Aarhus
Glovacki   47'
Bliard   60'		 Report Erik Bechmann Jensen   77'
Bjerregaard   83'
Attendance: 5,845
Referee: Alfred Bond (England)

Reims won 4–2 on aggregate.

PSV Eindhoven  1–0  Rapid Wien
Fransen   9' Report
Attendance: 8,000

Rapid Wien won 6–2 on aggregate.

Saarbrücken  1–4  Milan
Binkert   32' Report Valli   8', 77'
Puff   75' (o.g.)
Beraldo   86'
Attendance: 15,000

Milan won 7–5 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals Edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Djurgården   1–4   Hibernian 1–3 0–1
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 Edit

Djurgården  1–3  Hibernian
Eklund   1' Report Combe   18'
Mulkerrin   49'
Olsson   86' (o.g.)
Attendance: 21,962
Reims  4–2  Vörös Lobogó
Glovacki   14'
Leblond   33', 57'
Bliard   42'		 Report Szolnok   34'
Lantos   77' (pen.)
Attendance: 36,088
Real Madrid  4–0  Partizan
Castaño   12', 23'
Gento   36'
Di Stéfano   70'		 Report
Attendance: 105,532
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
Rapid Wien  1–1  Milan
R. Körner   26' (pen.) Report Nordahl   20'
Attendance: 18,000

Note – differences in information: RSSSF website indicates that the goal scored on 26 minute was scored by Robert Körner, while UEFA website indicates that it was scored by Alfred Körner

Second leg Edit

Hibernian  1–0  Djurgården
Turnbull   70' Report
Attendance: 31,346

Hibernian won 4–1 on aggregate.

Vörös Lobogó  4–4  Reims
Lantos   11' (pen.), 74' (pen.)
Palotás   53', 82'		 Report Glovacki   6'
Bliard   20', 44'
Templin   52'
Attendance: 35,000

Reims won 8–6 on aggregate.

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

Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.

Milan  7–2  Rapid Wien
Mariani   15'
Nordahl   23', 50'
Ricagni   26', 63'
Frignani   56'
Schiaffino   75'		 Report Golobic   35'
Dienst   59'
Attendance: 35,000

Milan won 8–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals Edit

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

First leg Edit

Reims  2–0  Hibernian
Leblond   67'
Bliard   89'		 Report
Attendance: 35,486
Real Madrid  4–2  Milan
Rial   6'
Iglesias   25'
Olsen   40'
Di Stéfano   62'		 Report Nordahl   9'
Schiaffino   30'
Attendance: 129,690
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)

Second leg Edit

Hibernian  0–1  Reims
Report Glovacki   57'
Attendance: 44,941

Reims won 3–0 on aggregate.

Milan  2–1  Real Madrid
Dal Monte   69' (pen.), 86' (pen.) Report Iglesias   65'
Attendance: 30,000

Real Madrid won 5–4 on aggregate.

Final Edit

Main article: 1956 European Cup final
Real Madrid  4–3  Reims
Di Stéfano   14'
Rial   30', 79'
Marquitos   67'		 Report Leblond   6'
Templin   10'
Hidalgo   62'
Attendance: 38,239

Top goalscorers Edit

Rank Name Club Goals
1   Miloš Milutinović   Partizan 8
2   Péter Palotás   Vörös Lobogó 6
  Léon Glovacki   Stade Reims
4   René Bliard   Stade Reims 5
  Héctor Rial   Real Madrid
  Alfredo Di Stéfano   Real Madrid
7   Mihály Lantos   Vörös Lobogó 4
  Gunnar Nordahl   Milan
  Michel Leblond   Stade Reims
10   Alfred Körner   Rapid Wien 3
  Hippolyte Van Den Bosch   Anderlecht
  John Eriksson   Djurgården
  Eddie Turnbull   Hibernian
  Juan Alberto Schiaffino   Milan
  Giorgio Dal Monte   Milan
  Joseíto   Real Madrid

Notes Edit

  1. ^ L'Équipe
  2. ^ Glanvill, Rick (2005). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography. London: Headline. p. 254. ISBN 0755314654.
  3. ^ Ferris, Ken (2004). Manchester United in Europe: Tragedy, Destiny, History. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 34. ISBN 1840188979.
  4. ^ 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.)

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