1955 Latin Cup

1955 Latin Cup
Coupe Latine 1955
Tournament details
Host country France
Dates22–26 June 1955
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Real Madrid (1st title)
Runners-up Reims
Third place Milan
Fourth place Belenenses
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Goals scored13 (3.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)
1953
1956

The 1955 Latin Cup (French: Coupe Latine 1955) was the sixth edition of the annual Latin Cup which was played by clubs of the Southwest European nations of France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain. The tournament was hosted by France, and the Spanish club Real Madrid was the winner of the tournament after defeating Reims by a score of 2–0 in the final match.

Participating teams

Team Method of qualification Previous appearances
Reims 1954–55 French Division 1 champions 1949, 1953
Milan 1954–55 Serie A champions 1951, 1953
Belenenses 1954–55 Primeira Divisão runners-up[a] Debut
Real Madrid 1954–55 La Liga champions Debut

Venues

The host of the tournament was France,[1] and all matches were played in one host stadium.

Paris
Parc des Princes
Capacity: 38,000

Tournament

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
22 June – Paris
 
 
Real Madrid2
 
26 June – Paris
 
Belenenses0
 
Real Madrid2
 
22 June – Paris
 
Reims0
 
Reims3
 
 
Milan2
 
Third place match
 
 
25 June – Paris
 
 
Milan3
 
 
Belenenses1

Semifinals

Real Madrid 2–0 Belenenses
  • Zárraga 14'
  • Payá 60'
Report

Reims 3–2 (a.e.t.) Milan
Report
Referee: José Vieira da Costa (Portugal)

Third place match

Milan 3–1 Belenenses
Report
Referee: Juan Gardeazabal Garay (Spain)

Final

Real Madrid 2–0 Reims
Report
Referee: Fernandes Joaquim Campos (Portugal)
Real Madrid
Reims
GK 1 Juan Alonso
DF 2 Ángel Atienza
DF 3 Joaquín Oliva
DF 4 Joaquín Navarro
MF 5 Miguel Muñoz (c)
MF 6 José María Zárraga
FW 7 Héctor Rial
FW 8 Pérez Payá
FW 9 Alfredo Di Stéfano
FW 10 Luis Molowny
FW 11 Francisco Gento
Manager:
José Villalonga
GK 1 Paul Sinibaldi
DF 2 Simon Zimny
DF 3 Robert Jonquet (c)
DF 4 Raoul Giraudo
MF 5 Armand Penverne
MF 6 Robert Siatka
FW 7 Michel Hidalgo
FW 8 Léon Glovacki
FW 9 Raymond Kopa
FW 10 René Bliard
FW 11 Jean Templin
Manager:
Albert Batteux
1955 Latin Cup Champions

Real Madrid
1st title

Goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Héctor Rial Real Madrid 2
Léon Glovacki Reims
Eduardo Ricagni Milan
2 Jørgen Leschly Sørensen 1
Nils Liedholm
Gunnar Nordahl
Jean Templin Reims
Matateu Belenenses
José María Zárraga Real Madrid
Pérez Payá
Sources: [2][3][4][5]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ SL Benfica declined participation in the tournament.

References

  1. ^ Stokkermans, Karel; Gorgazzi, Osvaldo José (20 August 2015). "Latin Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Real Madrid 2–0 Belenenses". ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Stade de Reims 3–2 Milan". ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Milan 3–1 Belenenses". ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Real Madrid 2–0 Stade de Reims". ceroacero.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.