1957–58 European Cup

The 1957–58 European Cup was the 3rd European cup that was won by Real Madrid over AC Milan.

1957–58 European Cup
Tournament details
Dates4 September 1957 – 28 May 1958
Teams24
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Real Madrid (3rd title)
Runner-upItaly Milan
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored189 (3.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Alfredo Di Stéfano
(10 goals)

Result

Preliminary round

Pot 1
Western Europe
Pot 2
Central Europe
Pot 3
Eastern Europe
Drawn Match 1

  Shamrock Rovers

  Red Star Belgrade

  Gwardia Warsaw

  Manchester United

  Stade Dudelange

  Wismut Karl Marx Stadt

Match 2

  Sevilla

  Milan

  CDNA Sofia

  Benfica

  Rapid Wien

  Vasas

Match 3

  Aarhus

  Glenavon

Match 4

  Rangers

  Saint-Étienne

Byes

  Norrköping

  Young Boys

  CCA București

  Royal Antwerp

  Borussia Dortmund

  Dukla Prague

  Ajax

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
CDNA Sofia   3–7   Vasas 2–1 1–6
Rangers   4–3   Saint-Étienne 3–1 1–2
Stade Dudelange   1–14   Red Star Belgrade 0–5 1–9
AGF   3–0   Glenavon 0–0 3–0
Gwardia Warszawa   4–41   Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 3–1 1–3
Sevilla   3–1   Benfica 3–1 0–0
Shamrock Rovers   2–92   Manchester United 0–6 2–3
Milan   6–63   Rapid Wien 4–1 2–5

Bracket

  First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                         
   Royal Antwerp 1 0 1  
   Real Madrid 2 6 8  
     Real Madrid 8 2 10  
     Sevilla 0 2 2  
   Sevilla 4 0 4
   AGF 0 2 2  
     Real Madrid 4 0 4  
     Vasas 0 2 2  
   Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 1 0 1  
   Ajax 3 1 4  
     Ajax 2 0 2
     Vasas 2 4 6  
   Young Boys 1 1 2
   Vasas 1 2 3  
     Real Madrid (aet) 3
     Milan 2
   Manchester United 3 0 3  
   Dukla Prague 0 1 1  
     Manchester United 2 3 5
     Red Star Belgrade 1 3 4  
   Norrköping 2 1 3
   Red Star Belgrade 2 2 4  
     Manchester United 2 0 2
     Milan 1 4 5  
   Borussia Dortmund 4 1 5  
   CCA Bucharest 2 3 5  
     Borussia Dortmund 1 1 2
     Milan 1 4 5  
   Rangers 1 0 1
   Milan 4 2 6  

First round

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Royal Antwerp   1–8   Real Madrid 1–2 0–6
Norrköping   3–4   Red Star Belgrade 2–2 1–2
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt   1–4   Ajax 1–3 0–1
Young Boys   2–3   Vasas 1–1 1–2
Manchester United   3–1   Dukla Prague 3–0 0–1
Sevilla   4–2   AGF 4–0 0–2
Borussia Dortmund   5–51   CCA București 4–2 1–3
Rangers   1–6   Milan 1–4 0–2

1 Borussia Dortmund beat CCA București 3–1 in a play-off to qualify for the quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Manchester United   5–4   Red Star Belgrade 2–1 3–3
Real Madrid   10–2   Sevilla 8–0 2–2
Ajax   2–6   Vasas 2–2 0–4
Borussia Dortmund   2–5   Milan 1–1 1–4

Semi-finals

Team #1   Agg.   Team #2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Real Madrid   4–2   Vasas 4–0 0–2
Manchester United   2–5   Milan 2–1 0–4

First leg

2 April 1958
Real Madrid   4–0   Vasas Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 120,000
Referee: Maurice Guigue (France)
Di Stéfano   9'42'50' (pen.)
Marsal   46'
Report

8 May 1958
Manchester United   2–1   Milan Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 44,480
Referee: Leo Helge (Denmark)
Viollet   39'
E. Taylor   80' (pen.)
Report Schiaffino   24'

Second leg

16 April 1958
Vasas   2–0   Real Madrid Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)
Bundzsák   25'
Csordás   53' (pen.)
Report

Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.


14 May 1958
Milan   4–0   Manchester United San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)
Schiaffino   2'76'
Liedholm   51' (pen.)
Danova   67'
Report

Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.

Final

28 May 1958
Real Madrid   3–2
(a.e.t.)
  Milan Heysel Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)
Di Stéfano   74'
Rial   79'
Gento   107'
Report Schiaffino   59'
Grillo   77'

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1957–58 European Cup were as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1   Alfredo Di Stéfano   Real Madrid 10
2   Bora Kostić   Red Star Belgrade 9
3   Lajos Csordás   Vasas 8
4   Dezső Bundzsák   Vasas 6
  Ernesto Grillo   Milan 6
6   Gastone Bean   Milan 5
   Juan Alberto Schiaffino   Milan 5
8   Jovan Cokić   Red Star Belgrade 4
   Héctor Rial   Real Madrid 4
  Dennis Viollet   Manchester United 4

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