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1956–57 European Cup

November 27, 2023

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.

1956–57 European Cup
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates1 August 1956 – 30 May 1957
Teams22 (from 21 associations)
Final positions
Champions Real Madrid (2nd title)
Runners-up Fiorentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored170 (3.86 per match)
Attendance1,836,978 (41,750 per match)
Top scorer(s)Dennis Viollet (Manchester United)
9 goals

After the great success of the first tournament, six new nations entered representatives: Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, England, Luxembourg, Romania and Turkey. The Football League had not allowed Chelsea to enter in 1955, and continued its stance on the European Cup as it being a "distraction". However, against the wishes of the FA, Manchester United entered the competition as English champions, becoming the first English team to play in Europe.[1] An additional place was awarded to third in 1955–56 La Liga Real Madrid as the competition's reigning champions, occupying the free berth left by Saar after its reunification with West Germany. As a result, Spain became the first association to provide two representatives to the premier European competition and it was only for Manchester United, who had won against Athletic Bilbao in the quarter-finals, that first ever meeting between two sides from the same country in the competition didn't happen.

This edition was the first to utilize play-off matches, after two legs were not enough to decide which team advances to the next round on three occasions: Borussia Dortmund won 7–0 against Spora Luxembourg in the preliminary round, while Nice and Real Madrid won 3–1 and 2–1, respectively, against Rangers and Rapid Wien in the first round.

Teams edit

A total of 22 teams participated in the competition.

AGF Aarhus, Anderlecht, Rapid Wien and Real Madrid returned to the competition, after participating in the inaugural edition.

Galatasaray was the only team, other than the title holder, who didn't enter as a national association champion, as Süper Lig was not founded until 1959.

  1. ^ There was no top-level Turkish champion in the period from 1952 to 1955.

Preliminary round edit

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Location of teams in the 1956–57 European Cup

The draw for the preliminary round took place in UEFA headquarters in Paris on 29 June 1956.[2] 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.

The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 1 October.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Play-off
Borussia Dortmund   5–5   Spora Luxembourg 4–3 1–2 7–0
Dinamo București   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

First leg edit

Borussia Dortmund  4–3  Spora Luxembourg
Bracht   31'
Niepieklo   54'
Preißler   61', 73'		 Report Boreux   25', 34', 88'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Johan Heinrich Martens (Netherlands)
Dinamo București  3–1  Galatasaray
Voica   10', 67'
Ene   84'		 Report Oktay   77'
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Francesco Liverani (Italy)
Anderlecht  0–2  Manchester United
Report Viollet   25'
Taylor   75'
Attendance: 33,000
Slovan UNV Bratislava  4–0  CWKS Warsaw
Pažický   23', 68'
Kováč   30' (pen.)
Moravčík   40'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Friedrich Mayer (Austria)
AGF Aarhus  1–1  Nice
Erik Bechmann Jensen   16' Report Foix   61'
Attendance: 12,900
Porto  1–2  Athletic Bilbao
Matos   54' Report Gaínza   8'
Canito   75'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Mario Maurelli (Italy)

Second leg edit

Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Karl Lescart (Belgium)

Borussia Dortmund 5–5 Spora Luxembourg on aggregate; play-off needed.

Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)

Slovan UNV Bratislava won 4–2 on aggregate.

Manchester United  10–0  Anderlecht
Taylor   8', 20', 52'
Viollet   25', 38', 44', 65'
Whelan   61', 82'
Berry   75'		 Report
Attendance: 43,635

Manchester United won 12–0 on aggregate.

Athletic Bilbao  3–2  Porto
Artetxe   14', 73' (pen.), 82' Report Hernâni   4'
Matos   20'
Attendance: 34,705
Referee: Mario Maurelli (Italy)

Athletic Bilbao won 5–3 on aggregate.

Nice  5–1  AGF Aarhus
Foix   2'
Milazzo   27', 74'
Faivre   45', 60'		 Report Jensen   77'
Attendance: 8,144

Nice won 6–2 on aggregate.

Galatasaray  2–1  Dinamo București
Aytaç   42'
Oktay   89'		 Report Suru   31'
Attendance: 23,764
Referee: Gustav Jiranek (Austria)

Dinamo București won 4–3 on aggregate.

Play-off edit

Borussia Dortmund  7–0  Spora Luxembourg
Preißler   24', 36'
Simmer   29'
Kelbassa   40', 49', 63'
Peters   57'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Fritz Buchmüller (Switzerland)

Borussia Dortmund won play-off 7–0.

Bracket edit

First round edit

First leg edit

Manchester United  3–2  Borussia Dortmund
Viollet   10', 25'
Pegg   35'		 Report Kapitulski   68'
Preißler   75'
Attendance: 75,568
CDNA Sofia  8–1  Dinamo București
Kolev   12', 56', 63'
Milanov   20', 65'
Panayotov   36', 66'
Dimitrov   80'		 Report Băcuț   71' (pen.)
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Vasa Stefanović (Yugoslavia)
Rangers  2–1  Nice
Murray   40'
Simpson   81'		 Report Faivre   23'
Attendance: 65,000
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)
Real Madrid  4–2  Rapid Wien
Di Stéfano   9', 21'
Marsal   60', 63'		 Report Dienst   58'
Gießer   90'
Attendance: 100,000
Rapid JC  3–4  Red Star Belgrade
Janssen   8'
Bischops   78'
Tasić   81' (og.)		 Report Kostić   4', 75'
Toplak   42'
Rudinski   82'
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)
Fiorentina  1–1  Norrköping
Bizzarri   15' Report Bild   8'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
Athletic Bilbao  3–2  Budapest Honvéd
Artetxe   16'
Marcaida   27'
Arieta   82'		 Report Budai II   75'
Kocsis   85'
Attendance: 39,184

Second leg edit

Red Star Belgrade  2–0  Rapid JC
Toplak   32'
Kostić   84'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Rudolf Roman (Austria)

Red Star Belgrade won 6–3 on aggregate.

Nice  2–1  Rangers
Bravo   61'
Foix   64'		 Report Hubbard   40' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,439
Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)

Nice 3–3 Rangers on aggregate; play-off needed.

Rapid Wien  3–1  Real Madrid
Happel   18', 38' (pen.), 40' Report Di Stéfano   60'
Attendance: 60,000

Real Madrid 5–5 Rapid Wien on aggregate; play-off needed.

Attendance: 44,570
Referee: Johan Heinrich Martens (Netherlands)

Manchester United won 3–2 on aggregate.

Norrköping  0–1  Fiorentina
Report Virgili   16'
Attendance: 10,200
Referee: Michel Devillers (France)

Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate.

Grasshopper  2–0  Slovan UNV Bratislava
Vukosavljević   75'
Duret   89'		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)

Grasshopper won 2–1 on aggregate.

Budapest Honvéd  3–3  Athletic Bilbao
Budai II   6', 82'
Puskás   86'		 Report Merodio   1', 72'
Arieta   67'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)

Athletic Bilbao won 6–5 on aggregate.

Dinamo București  3–2  CDNA Sofia
Nicușor   58' (pen.)
Lăzar   67'
Neagu   84'		 Report Stoyanov   23'
Yanev   62'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Gustav Jiranek (Austria)

CDNA Sofia won 10–4 on aggregate.

Play-off edit

Nice  3–1  Rangers
Foix   45'
Muro   50'
Faivre   75'		 Report Bonvin   51' (o.g.)
Attendance: 11,908
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)
Real Madrid  2–0  Rapid Wien
Joseíto   1'
Kopa   23'		 Report
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Alfred Bond (England)

Quarter-finals edit

First leg edit

Athletic Bilbao  5–3  Manchester United
Uribe   2', 28'
Marcaida   43'
Merodio   73'
Artetxe   78'		 Report Taylor   48'
Viollet   54'
Whelan   85'
Attendance: 36,737
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)
Fiorentina  3–1  Grasshopper
Segato   3'
Taccola   10', 12'		 Report Ballaman   31'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)
Real Madrid  3–0  Nice
Joseíto   18'
Mateos   49', 72'		 Report
Attendance: 110,000
Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)
Red Star Belgrade  3–1  CDNA Sofia
Kostić   6', 25'
Popović   53'		 Report Yanev   88'
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)

Second leg edit

Manchester United  3–0  Athletic Bilbao
Viollet   42'
Taylor   70'
Berry   85'		 Report
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)

Manchester United won 6–5 on aggregate.

CDNA Sofia  2–1  Red Star Belgrade
Bozhkov   22' (pen.)
Panayotov   39'		 Report Tasić   29' (pen.)
Attendance: 50,000

Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.

Grasshopper  2–2  Fiorentina
Ballaman   25'
Vukosavljević   85'		 Report Julinho   7'
Montuori   52'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)

Fiorentina won 5–3 on aggregate.

Nice  2–3  Real Madrid
Foix   15'
Ferry   82' (pen.)		 Report Joseíto   45'
Di Stéfano   50', 79'
Attendance: 21,724

Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Red Star Belgrade   0–1   Fiorentina 0–1 0–0
Real Madrid   5–3   Manchester United 3–1 2–2

First leg edit

Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)
Real Madrid  3–1  Manchester United
Rial   61'
Di Stéfano   63'
Mateos   83'		 Report Taylor   82'
Attendance: 120,000

Second leg edit

Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Klaas Schipper (Netherlands)

Fiorentina won 1–0 on aggregate.

Manchester United  2–2  Real Madrid
Taylor   62'
Charlton   85'		 Report Kopa   25'
Rial   33'
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France)

Real Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate.

Final edit

Main article: 1957 European Cup final
Real Madrid  2–0  Fiorentina
Di Stéfano   69' (pen.)
Gento   75'		 Report
Attendance: 124,000[4]

Top scorers edit

The top scorers from the 1956–57 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows:[5][6]

Notes edit

  1. ^ 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.[3]
  2. ^ Played at Heysel Stadium, Brussels due to Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

References edit

  1. ^ Woodward, Hamish (2021-06-20). "Why are Manchester United Called the Red Devils?". Atletifo Sports. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  2. ^ Corriere dello Sport, June 30, 1956.
  3. ^ Melbourne/Stockholm 1956 (All facts) Olympic.org
  4. ^ "Real Madrid vs. Fiorentina" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  5. ^ 1956/57 European Champion Clubs' Cup - Tournament phase - Goals scored
  6. ^ 1956/57 European Champion Clubs' Cup - Qualifying phase - Goals scored

External links edit

  • 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)