1955–56 European Cup

1955–56 European Cup
The Parc des Princes in Paris hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates4 September 1955 – 13 June 1956
Teams16 (from 16 associations)
Final positions
Champions Real Madrid (1st title)
Runners-up 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 1955–56 European Cup was the first season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football tournament. It was won by Real Madrid, who defeated Reims 4–3 in the final at Parc des Princes, Paris, on 13 June 1956.[1]

UEFA had been officially inaugurated on 15 June 1954 in Basel, Switzerland after consultation between the Italian, French, and Belgian associations.[2] The first round pairings were fixed by the organisers and not drawn as would be the case for all future European Cup matches. The clubs participating 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.[3]

When the tournament started, Real Madrid, Anderlecht, AC Milan, Rot-Weiss Essen, Reims, Djurgården and AGF 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,[4][5] and were replaced by Gwardia Warsaw of Poland. In addition, Holland Sport, Honvéd and AB rejected the opportunity to represent the Netherlands, Hungary and Denmark, being replaced by PSV Eindhoven, Vörös Lobogó and AGF respectively.

Scottish champions Aberdeen were controversially overlooked by the SFA in favour of Hibernian who finished in fifth place.[6] 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. This was also the only UEFA tournament to include a representative of Saarland, unified into West Germany in 1957.

Teams

A total of 16 teams participated in the competition.

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

Bracket

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
Reims 3
AGF 0 2 2
Reims 2 2 4
Reims 4 4 8
Vörös Lobogó 2 4 6
Vörös Lobogó 6 4 10
Anderlecht 3 1 4
Reims 2 1 3
Hibernian 0 0 0
Djurgården 0 4 4
Gwardia Warsaw 0 1 1
Djurgården 1 0 1
Hibernian 3 1 4
Rot-Weiss Essen 0 1 1
Hibernian 4 1 5

First round

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 Warsaw 0–0 4–1
AGF 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

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
I. Szimcsák 8'
Palotás 25', 59', 80'
Hidegkuti 28'
Sándor 83'		 Report Vanderwilt 7'
Van den Bosch 39', 79'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Friedrich Mayer (Austria)
Servette 0–2 Real Madrid
Report Muñoz 74'
Rial 89'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Robert Sautelle (France)
Rot-Weiss Essen 0–4 Hibernian
Report Turnbull 35', 53'
L. Reilly 44'
Ormond 81'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Johann Bronkhorst (Netherlands)
Djurgården 0–0 Gwardia Warsaw
Report
Attendance: 3,574
Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)
Rapid Wien 6–1 PSV Eindhoven
A. Körner 12', 62', 82'
Mehsarosch 55'
Hanappi 56'
Probst 60'		 Report Fransen 18'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Emil Schmetzer (West Germany)
AGF 0–2 Reims
Report Glovacki 7', 72'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Klaas Schipper (Netherlands)
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

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

Partizan won 8–5 on aggregate.

Real Madrid 5–0 Servette
Di Stéfano 29', 61'
Joseíto 44'
Rial 46'
Molowny 54'		 Report
Attendance: 40,318
Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)

Real Madrid won 7–0 on aggregate.

Gwardia Warsaw 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.

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

Hibernian won 5–1 on aggregate.

Anderlecht 1–4 Vörös Lobogó
Van den Bosch 38' Report Hidegkuti 25'
Lantos 78'
Palotás 85'
Kovács I 86'
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)

Vörös Lobogó won 10–4 on aggregate.

Reims 2–2 AGF
Glovacki 47'
Bliard 60'		 Report 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
Referee: Aloïs Smidts (Belgium)

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
Referee: Klaas Schipper (Netherlands)

Milan won 7–5 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

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

Djurgården 1–3 Hibernian
Eklund 1' Report Combe 18'
L. Reilly 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
Referee: Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia)

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

Hibernian 1–0 Djurgården
Turnbull 70' (pen.) 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'		 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

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

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

Second leg

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 Joseíto 65'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)

Real Madrid won 5–4 on aggregate.

Final

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

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

Notes

  1. ^ Match switched to Glasgow due to a frozen pitch in Sweden.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Madrid bounce back to start era of dominance". UEFA. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  2. ^ "60 years at the heart of football" (PDF). UEFA. 18 May 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  3. ^ L'Équipe
  4. ^ Glanvill, Rick (2005). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography. London: Headline. p. 254. ISBN 0755314654.
  5. ^ Ferris, Ken (2004). Manchester United in Europe: Tragedy, Destiny, History. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 34. ISBN 1840188979.
  6. ^ "Aberdeen FC - Dons in Europe | 1956 European Cup story". AFC.co.uk. Aberdeen. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  7. ^ "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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