1956–57 European Cup

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

The 1956–57 European Cup was the second season of the European Cup. The competition was won by Real Madrid, who beat Fiorentina 2–0 in the final at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid, on May 30, 1957.

Teams

Austria Rapid Wien (1st) Belgium Anderlecht (1st) Bulgaria CDNA Sofia (1st) Czechoslovakia Slovan UNV Bratislava (1st)
Denmark AGF (1st) England Manchester United (1st) France Nice (1st) Hungary Budapest Honvéd (1st)
Italy Fiorentina (1st) Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg (1st) Netherlands Rapid JC (1st) Poland CWKS Warsaw (1st)
Portugal Porto (1st) Romania Dinamo București (1st) Scotland Rangers (1st) Spain Athletic Bilbao (1st)
Spain Real Madrid (3rd)TH Sweden IFK Norrköping (1st) Switzerland Grasshopper (1st) Turkey Galatasaray (1st)[a]
West Germany Borussia Dortmund (1st) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade (1st)

Preliminary round

Pot 1
Eastern Europe		 Pot 2
North-Western Europe		 Pot 3
South-Central Europe
Drawn Match 1

Czechoslovakia Slovan UNV Bratislava

France Nice

Portugal Porto

Poland CWKS Warsaw

Denmark AGF Aarhus

Spain Athletic Bilbao

Match 2

Turkey Galatasaray

Belgium Anderlecht

West Germany Borussia Dortmund

Romania Dinamo București

England Manchester United

Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg

Byes

Hungary Budapest Honvéd

Scotland Rangers

Italy Fiorentina

Austria Rapid Wien

Sweden Norrköping

Switzerland Grasshopper

Bulgaria CDNA Sofia

Netherlands Rapid JC

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd legPlay-off
Borussia Dortmund West Germany 5–5 Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg 4–3 1–27–0
Dinamo București Romania 4–3 Turkey Galatasaray 3–1 1–2
Slovan UNV Bratislava Czechoslovakia 4–2 Poland CWKS Warsaw 4–0 0–2
Anderlecht Belgium 0–12 England Manchester United 0–2 0–10
AGF Aarhus Denmark 2–6 France Nice 1–1 1–5
Porto Portugal 3–5 Spain Athletic Bilbao 1–2 2–3

First leg

Borussia Dortmund West Germany4–3Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg
Bracht Goal 31'
Niepieklo Goal 54'
Preissler Goal 61', 73'		 Report Boreux Goal 25', 34', 88'
Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Johan Heinrich Martens (Netherlands)
Dinamo București Romania3–1Turkey Galatasaray
Voica Goal 10', 67'
Ene Goal 84'		 Report Okay Goal 77'
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Francesco Liverani (Italy)
Anderlecht Belgium0–2England Manchester United
Report Viollet Goal 25'
Taylor Goal 75'
Stade Émile Versé, Anderlecht, Brussels
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)
Slovan UNV Bratislava Czechoslovakia4–0Poland CWKS Warsaw
Pažický Goal 23', 68'
Kováč Goal 30' (pen.)
Moravčík Goal 40'		 Report
Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Friedrich Mayer (Austria)
AGF Denmark1–1France Nice
Jensen Goal 16' Report Foix Goal 61'
Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,900
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
Porto Portugal1–2Spain Athletic Bilbao
Matos Goal 54' Report Gaínza Goal 8'
Canito Goal 75'
Estádio das Antas, Porto
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Mario Maurelli (Italy)

Second leg

Spora Luxembourg Luxembourg2–1West Germany Borussia Dortmund
Fiedler Goal 22'
Letsch Goal 39'		 Report Preissler Goal 28'
Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Karl Lescart (Belgium)

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

CWKS Warsaw Poland2–0Czechoslovakia Slovan UNV Bratislava
Kowal Goal 52'
Brychczy Goal 63'		 Report
Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)

Slovan UNV Bratislava won 4–2 on aggregate.

Athletic Bilbao Spain3–2Portugal Porto
Artetxe Goal 14', 73' (pen.), 82' Report Hernâni Goal 4'
Jaburú Goal 20'
San Mamés, Bilbao
Attendance: 34,705
Referee: Mario Maurelli (Italy)

Athletic Bilbao won 5–3 on aggregate.

Manchester United England10–0Belgium Anderlecht
Taylor Goal 8', 20', 52'
Viollet Goal 25', 38', 44', 65'
Whelan Goal 61', 82'
Berry Goal 77'		 Report
Attendance: 43,635
Referee: Sandy Griffiths (Wales)

Manchester United won 12–0 on aggregate.

Nice France5–1Denmark AGF
Foix Goal 2'
Milazzo Goal 27', 74'
Faivre Goal 45', 60'		 Report Jensen Goal 77'
Stade du Ray, Nice
Attendance: 8,144
Referee: John Husband (England)

Nice won 6–2 on aggregate.

Galatasaray Turkey2–1Romania Dinamo București
Aytaç Goal 42'
Oktay Goal 89'		 Report Suru Goal 31'
Mithatpaşa Stadyumu, Istanbul
Attendance: 23,764
Referee: Gustav Jiranek (Austria)

Dinamo București won 4–3 on aggregate.

Play-off

Borussia Dortmund West Germany7–0Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg
Preissler Goal 24', 36'
Simmer Goal 29'
Kelbassa Goal 40', 49', 63'
Peters Goal 57'		 Report
Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Fritz Buchmüller (Switzerland)

Borussia Dortmund won play-off 7–0.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd legPlay-off
Manchester United England 3–2 West Germany Borussia Dortmund 3–2 0–0
CDNA Sofia Bulgaria 10–4 Romania Dinamo București 8–1 2–3
Rangers Scotland 3–3 France Nice 2–1 1–21–3
Slovan UNV Bratislava Czechoslovakia 1–2 Switzerland Grasshopper 1–0 0–2
Real Madrid Spain 5–5 Austria Rapid Wien 4–2 1–32–0
Rapid JC Netherlands 3–6 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 3–4 0–2
Fiorentina Italy 2–1 Sweden Norrköping 1–1 1–0
Athletic Bilbao Spain 6–5 Hungary Budapest Honvéd 3–2 3–3

First leg

CDNA Sofia Bulgaria8–1Romania Dinamo București
Kolev Goal 12', 56', 63'
Milanov Goal 20', 65'
Panayotov Goal 27', 76'
Dimitrov Goal 80'		 Report Băcuț Goal 81' (pen.)
Stadion Narodna Armia, Sofia
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Vasa Stefanović (Yugoslavia)
Manchester United England3–2West Germany Borussia Dortmund
Viollet Goal 10', 25'
Pegg Goal 35'		 Report Kapitulski Goal 68'
Preissler Goal 75'
Attendance: 75,568
Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)
Slovan UNV Bratislava Czechoslovakia1–0Switzerland Grasshopper
Moravčík Goal 20' Report
Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)
Rangers Scotland2–1France Nice
Murray Goal 40'
Simpson Goal 81'		 Report Faivre Goal 23'
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
Real Madrid Spain4–2Austria Rapid Wien
Di Stéfano Goal 9', 21'
Marsal Goal 60', 63'		 Report Dienst Goal 58'
Giesser Goal 90'
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
Rapid JC Netherlands3–4Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Janssen Goal 8'
Bisschops Goal 78'
Tasić Goal 81' (og.)		 Report Kostić Goal 4', 75'
Toplak Goal 42'
Rudinski Goal 82'
Kaalheide, Kerkrade
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)
Fiorentina Italy1–1Sweden IFK Norrköping
Bizzarri Goal 15' Report Bild Goal 8'
Comunale, Florence
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
Athletic Bilbao Spain3–2Hungary Budapest Honvéd
Artetxe Goal 16'
Markaida Goal 27'
Arieta Goal 82'		 Report Budai II Goal 75'
Kocsis Goal 85'
San Mamés, Bilbao
Attendance: 39,184
Referee: John Husband (England)

Second leg

Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia2–0Netherlands Rapid JC
Toplak Goal 32'
Kostić Goal 84'		 Report
Stadion JNA, Belgrade
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Rudolf Roman (Austria)

Red Star Belgrade won 6–3 on aggregate.

Rapid Wien Austria3–1Spain Real Madrid
Happel Goal 18', 38' (pen.), 40' Report Di Stéfano Goal 60'
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Maurice Guigue (France)

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

Nice France2–1Scotland Rangers
Bravo Goal 61'
Foix Goal 64'		 Report Hubbard Goal 40' (pen.)
Stade du Ray, Nice
Attendance: 8,439
Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)

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

Borussia Dortmund West Germany0–0England Manchester United
Report
Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund
Attendance: 44,570
Referee: Johan Heinrich Martens (Netherlands)

Manchester United won 3–2 on aggregate.

IFK Norrköping Sweden0–1Italy Fiorentina
Report Virgili Goal 16'
Attendance: 10,200
Referee: Michel Devillers (France)

Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate.

Grasshopper Switzerland2–0Czechoslovakia Slovan UNV Bratislava
Vukosavljević Goal 75'
Duret Goal 89'		 Report
Grünwalder Stadion, Munich[nb 1]
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)

Grasshopper won 2–1 on aggregate.

Budapest Honvéd Hungary3–3Spain Athletic Bilbao
Budai II Goal 6'
Kocsis Goal 78'
Puskás Goal 86'		 Report Merodio Goal 1', 72'
Arieta Goal 67'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)

Athletic Bilbao won 6–5 on aggregate.

Dinamo București Romania3–2Bulgaria CDNA Sofia
Nicușor Goal 58' (pen.)
Lăzar Goal 67'
Neagu Goal 84'		 Report Stoyanov Goal 23'
Yanev Goal 62'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Gustav Jiranek (Austria)

CDNA Sofia won 10–4 on aggregate.

Play-off

Nice France3–1Scotland Rangers
Foix Goal 45'
Muro Goal 50'
Faivre Goal 75'		 Report Bonvin Goal 51' (o.g.)
Attendance: 11,908
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)

Nice won play-off 3–1.

Real Madrid Spain2–0Austria Rapid Wien
Joseíto Goal 1'
Kopa Goal 23'		 Report
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Alfred Bond (England)

Real Madrid won play-off 2–0.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Athletic Bilbao Spain 5–6 England Manchester United 5–3 0–3
Fiorentina Italy 5–3 Switzerland Grasshopper 3–1 2–2
Real Madrid Spain 6–2 France Nice 3–0 3–2
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 4–3 Bulgaria CDNA Sofia 3–1 1–2

First leg

Athletic Bilbao Spain5–3England Manchester United
Uribe Goal 2', 28'
Markaida Goal 43'
Merodio Goal 73'
Artetxe Goal 78'		 Report Taylor Goal 48'
Viollet Goal 54'
Whelan Goal 85'
San Mamés, Bilbao
Attendance: 36,737
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)
Fiorentina Italy3–1Switzerland Grasshopper
Segato Goal 3'
Taccola Goal 10', 12'		 Report Ballaman Goal 31'
Comunale, Florence
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)
Real Madrid Spain3–0France Nice
Joseíto Goal 18'
Mateos Goal 49', 72'		 Report
Attendance: 110,000
Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia3–1Bulgaria CDNA Sofia
Kostić Goal 6', 25'
Popović Goal 53'		 Report Yanev Goal 88'
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)

Second leg

Manchester United England3–0Spain Athletic Bilbao
Viollet Goal 42'
Taylor Goal 70'
Berry Goal 85'		 Report
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)

Manchester United won 6–5 on aggregate.

CDNA Sofia Bulgaria2–1Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Bozhkov Goal 22' (pen.)
Panayotov Goal 39'		 Report Tasić Goal 29' (pen.)
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Nikolai Latyshev (Soviet Union)

Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.

Grasshopper Switzerland2–2Italy Fiorentina
Ballaman Goal 25'
Vukosavljević Goal 85'		 Report Julinho Goal 7'
Montuori Goal 52'
Stadion Hardturm, Zürich
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)

Fiorentina won 5–3 on aggregate.

Nice France2–3Spain Real Madrid
Foix Goal 15'
Ferry Goal 82' (pen.)		 Report Joseíto Goal 45'
Di Stéfano Goal 50', 79'
Stade du Ray, Nice
Attendance: 21,724
Referee: John Husband (England)

Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 0–1 Italy Fiorentina 0–1 0–0
Real Madrid Spain 5–3 England Manchester United 3–1 2–2

First leg

Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia0–1Italy Fiorentina
Report Prini Goal 88'
Stadion JNA, Belgrade
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)
Real Madrid Spain3–1England Manchester United
Rial Goal 61'
Di Stéfano Goal 63'
Mateos Goal 83'		 Report Taylor Goal 82'
Attendance: 120,000
Referee: Leopold Sylvain Horn (Netherlands)

Second leg

Fiorentina Italy0–0Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Report
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Klaas Schipper (Netherlands)

Fiorentina won 1–0 on aggregate

Manchester United England2–2Spain Real Madrid
Taylor Goal 62'
Charlton Goal 85'		 Report Kopa Goal 25'
Rial Goal 33'
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France)

Real Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate

Final

Real Madrid Spain2–0Italy Fiorentina
Di Stéfano Goal 69' (pen.)
Gento Goal 75'		 Report
Attendance: 120,000
Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1956–57 European Cup (including preliminary round) were as follows:[2][3]

Rank Player Team Goals
1 England Dennis Viollet England Manchester United 9
2 England Tommy Taylor England Manchester United 8
3 Spain Alfredo Di Stéfano Spain Real Madrid 7
4 West Germany Alfred Preissler West Germany Borussia Dortmund 6
5 Spain José Luis Artetxe Spain Athletic Bilbao 5
France Jacques Foix France Nice
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Kostić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
8 France Jacques Faivre France Nice 4
9 Luxembourg Marc Boreux Luxembourg Spora Luxembourg 3
Austria Ernst Happel Austria Rapid Wien
Spain Joseíto Spain Real Madrid
West Germany Alfred Kelbassa West Germany Borussia Dortmund
Spain Enrique Mateos Spain Real Madrid
Spain Armando Merodio Spain Athletic Bilbao
Bulgaria Panayot Panayotov Bulgaria CDNA Sofia
Bulgaria Ivan Kolev Bulgaria CDNA Sofia
Republic of Ireland Billy Whelan England Manchester United

Notes

  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.[1]
  2. ↑ Played at Heysel Stadium, Brussels due to Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
  1. ↑ There was no top-level Turkish champion in the period from 1952 to 1955.

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