1955–56 European Cup
The 1955–56 European Cup was the first season of the European Cup. The tournament was won by Real Madrid. They beat Reims 4–3 in the final at the Parc des Princes, Paris, on June 13, 1956.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 4 September 1955 – 13 June 1956 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Real Madrid (1st title) |
| Runner-up |  Reims |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 29 |
| Goals scored | 127 (4.38 per match) |
| Attendance | 900,021 (31,035 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Miloš Milutinović (8 goals) |
1956–57 → | |
The participating clubs in the first five seasons of the European Cup were selected by French football magazine L'Equipe.[1] Of the originally selected teams were English champions Chelsea and Scottish champion Aberdeen. This was the only UEFA tournament to include a team from Saarland, before it was unified into West Germany in 1957.
Teams
 Rapid Wien
|
 Anderlecht
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 AGF Aarhus
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Reims
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 Vörös Lobogó
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 Milan
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 PSV Eindhoven
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 Gwardia Warszawa
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 Sporting CP
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 Saarbrücken
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 Hibernian
|
Real Madrid
|
 Djurgården
|
 Servette
|
 Rot-Weiss Essen
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Partizan
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First Round
| Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sporting CP
|
5–8 | Partizan
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3–3 | 2–5 |
| Vörös Lobogó
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10–4 | Anderlecht
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6–3 | 4–1 |
| Servette
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0–7 | Real Madrid
|
0–2 | 0–5 |
| Rot-Weiss Essen
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1–5 | Hibernian
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0–4 | 1–1 |
| Djurgården
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4–1 | Gwardia Warszawa
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0–0 | 4–1 |
| AGF Aarhus
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2–4 | Reims
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0–2 | 2–2 |
| Rapid Wien
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6–2 | PSV Eindhoven
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6–1 | 0–1 |
| Milan
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7–5 | Saarbrücken
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3–4 | 4–1
|
Quarter-finals
| Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Djurgården
|
1–4 | Hibernian
|
1–3 | 0–1 |
| Reims
|
8–6 | Vörös Lobogó
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4–2 | 4–4 |
| Real Madrid
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4–3 | Partizan
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4–0 | 0–3 |
| Rapid Wien
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3–8 | Milan
|
1–1 | 2–7
|
Semi-finals
| Team #1 | Agg. | 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
| 4 April 1956 |
Reims
|
2–0 | Hibernian
|
Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 35,486 Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Leblond  67'Bliard 89'
|
Report |
| 19 April 1956 |
Real Madrid
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4–2 | Milan
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Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid Attendance: 129,690 Referee: Dean Harzic (France) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rial 6' Iglesias 25'Olsen 40'Di Stéfano 62'
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Report | Nordahl 9' Schiaffino 30'
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Second leg
| 18 April 1956 |
Hibernian
|
0–1 | Reims
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Easter Road, Edinburgh Attendance: 44,941 Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Glovacki 57'
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Reims won 3–0 on aggregate.
| 1 May 1956 |
Milan
|
2–1 | Real Madrid
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San Siro, Milan Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dal Monte 69' (pen.), 86' (pen.)
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Report | Iglesias 65'
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Real Madrid won 5–4 on aggregate.
Final
| 13 June 1956 20:30 CET |
Real Madrid
|
4–3 | Reims
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Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 38,239 Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Di Stéfano 14' Rial 30', 79'Marquitos 67'
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Report | Leblond 6' Templin 10'Hidalgo 62'
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References
Other websites
- 1955–56 season at UEFA website
- 1955–56 All matches – season at UEFA website
- All scorers 1955–56 European Cup according to protocols UEFA
- European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- "50 years of the European Cup" (PDF). UEFA. October 2004. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
- 1955-56 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)