1955–56 European Cup

1955–56 European Cup
The Parc des Princes in Paris hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates 4 September 1955 – 13 June 1956
Teams 16
Final positions
Champions Spain Real Madrid (1st title)
Runners-up France Reims
Tournament statistics
Matches played 29
Goals scored 127 (4.38 per match)
Top scorer(s) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miloš Milutinović (8 goals)

The 1955–56 European Cup was the first season of the European Cup, UEFA's premier club football tournament. The tournament was won by Real Madrid, who defeated Reims 4–3 in the final at Parc des Princes, Paris, on 13 June 1956.

The participating clubs in the first five seasons of the European Cup were selected by French football magazine L'Equipe on the basis that they were representative and prestigious clubs in Europe.[1] Of the originally selected teams, Chelsea of England were barred from participation by The Football Association, who saw the tournament as a distraction to domestic football. Chelsea were replaced by Gwardia Warszawa of Poland. In addition, Holland Sport, Honvéd and BK Copenhagen rejected the opportunity to represent the Netherlands, Hungary and Denmark respectively, being replaced by PSV Eindhoven, Vörös Lobogó and AGF Aarhus. This was also the only UEFA tournament to include a representative of Saarland, unified into West Germany in 1957.

The first round pairings were fixed by the organisers and not drawn as would be the case for all future European Cup matches.

Teams

Austria Rapid Wien Belgium Anderlecht Denmark AGF Aarhus France Reims
Hungary Vörös Lobogó Italy Milan Netherlands PSV Eindhoven Poland Gwardia Warszawa
Portugal Sporting CP Saar Protectorate Saarbrücken Scotland Hibernian Spain Real Madrid
Sweden Djurgården Switzerland Servette West Germany Rot-Weiss Essen Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan

Bracket

  First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                         
 Switzerland Servette 0 0 0  
 Spain Real Madrid 2 5 7  
   Spain Real Madrid 4 0 4  
   Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 0 3 3  
 Portugal Sporting CP 3 2 5
 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 3 5 8  
   Spain Real Madrid 4 1 5  
   Italy Milan 2 2 4  
 Austria Rapid Wien 6 0 6  
 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1 1 2  
   Austria Rapid Wien 1 2 3
   Italy Milan 1 7 8  
 Italy Milan 3 4 7
 Saar Protectorate Saarbrücken 4 1 5  
   Spain Real Madrid 4
   France Reims 3
 Denmark AGF Aarhus 0 2 2  
 France Reims 2 2 4  
   France Reims 4 4 8
   Hungary Vörös Lobogó 2 4 6  
 Hungary Vörös Lobogó 6 4 10
 Belgium Anderlecht 3 1 4  
   France Reims 2 1 3
   Scotland Hibernian 0 0 0  
 Sweden Djurgården 0 4 4  
 Poland Gwardia Warszawa 0 1 1  
   Sweden Djurgården 1 0 1
   Scotland Hibernian 3 1 4  
 West Germany Rot-Weiss Essen 0 1 1
 Scotland Hibernian 4 1 5  

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sporting CP Portugal 5–8 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 3–3 2–5
Vörös Lobogó Hungary 10–4 Belgium Anderlecht 6–3 4–1
Servette Switzerland 0–7 Spain Real Madrid 0–2 0–5
Rot-Weiss Essen West Germany 1–5 Scotland Hibernian 0–4 1–1
Djurgården Sweden 4–1 Poland Gwardia Warszawa 0–0 4–1
AGF Aarhus Denmark 2–4 France Reims 0–2 2–2
Rapid Wien Austria 6–2 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 6–1 0–1
Milan Italy 7–5 Saar Protectorate Saarbrücken 3–4 4–1

First leg

Sporting CP Portugal 3–3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
Martins  14', 78'
Quim  65'		 Report M. Milutinović  45', 50'
Bobek  73'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
Vörös Lobogó Hungary 6–3 Belgium Anderlecht
Szimcsák I  8'
Palotás  25', 59', 80'
Hidegkuti  28'
Sándor  83'		 Report Vanderwilt  7'
Van Den Bosch  39', 79'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Friedrich Mayer (Austria)
Servette Switzerland 0–2 Spain Real Madrid
Report Muñoz  74'
Rial  89'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Robert Sautelle (France)
Rot-Weiss Essen West Germany 0–4 Scotland Hibernian
Report Turnbull  35', 53'
L. Reilly  44'
Ormond  81'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Johann Bronkhorst (Netherlands)
Djurgården Sweden 0–0 Poland Gwardia Warszawa
Report
Attendance: 3,574
Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)
AGF Aarhus Denmark 0–2 France Reims
Report Glovacki  7', 72'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Klaas Schipper (Netherlands)
Rapid Wien Austria 6–1 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
A. Körner  12', 62', 82'
Mehsarosch  55'
Hanappi  56'
Probst  60'		 Report Fransen  18'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Emil Schmetzer (West Germany)
Milan Italy 3–4 Saar Protectorate Saarbrücken
Frignani  15'
Schiaffino  33'
Dal Monte  37'		 Report Krieger  5'
Philippi  43'
Schirra  67'
Martin  69'
Attendance: 18,000

Second leg

Real Madrid Spain 5–0 Switzerland Servette
Di Stéfano  29', 61'
Iglesias  44'
Rial  46'
Molowny  54'		 Report
Attendance: 40,318
Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)

Real Madrid won 7–0 on aggregate.

Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 5–2 Portugal Sporting CP
M. Milutinović  15', 29', 64', 74'
Jocić  88'		 Report Brandão  49', 77'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: György Dankó (Hungary)

Partizan won 8–5 on aggregate.

Hibernian Scotland 1–1 West Germany Rot-Weiss Essen
Buchanan  5' Report Abromeit  47'
Attendance: 30,000

Hibernian won 5–1 on aggregate.

Gwardia Warszawa Poland 1–4 Sweden Djurgården
Baszkiewicz  14' Report Eriksson  5', 17', 22'
Sandberg  29'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)

Djurgården won 4–1 on aggregate.

Anderlecht Belgium 1–4 Hungary Vörös Lobogó
Van Den Bosch  38' Report Hidegkuti  25'
Lantos  78'
Palotás  85'
Kovács I  86'
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)

Vörös Lobogó won 10–4 on aggregate.

Reims France 2–2 Denmark AGF Aarhus
Glovacki  47'
Bliard  60'		 Report Erik Bechmann Jensen  77'
Bjerregaard  83'
Attendance: 5,845
Referee: Alfred Bond (England)

Reims won 4–2 on aggregate.

PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 1–0 Austria Rapid Wien
Fransen  9' Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Aloïs Smidts (Belgium)

Rapid Wien won 6–2 on aggregate.

Saarbrücken Saar Protectorate 1–4 Italy Milan
Binkert  32' Report Valli  8', 77'
Puff  75' (o.g.)
Beraldo  86'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Klaas Schipper (Netherlands)

Milan won 7–5 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Djurgården Sweden 1–4 Scotland Hibernian 1–3 0–1
Reims France 8–6 Hungary Vörös Lobogó 4–2 4–4
Real Madrid Spain 4–3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 4–0 0–3
Rapid Wien Austria 3–8 Italy Milan 1–1 2–7

First leg

Djurgården Sweden 1–3 Scotland Hibernian
Eklund  1' Report Combe  18'
Mulkerrin  49'
Olsson  86' (o.g.)
Attendance: 21,962
Reims France 4–2 Hungary Vörös Lobogó
Glovacki  14'
Leblond  33', 57'
Bliard  42'		 Report Szolnok  34'
Lantos  77' (pen.)
Attendance: 36,088
Real Madrid Spain 4–0 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan
Castaño  12', 23'
Gento  36'
Di Stéfano  70'		 Report
Attendance: 105,532
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
Rapid Wien Austria 1–1 Italy Milan
R. Körner  26' (pen.) Report Nordahl  20'
Attendance: 18,000

Note - differences in information: website RSSSF writes that goal on 26 minute scored Robert Körner, website UEFA writes that goal on 26 minute scored Alfred Körner

Second leg

Hibernian Scotland 1–0 Sweden Djurgården
Turnbull  70' Report
Attendance: 31,346

Hibernian won 4–1 on aggregate.

Vörös Lobogó Hungary 4–4 France Reims
Lantos  11' (pen.), 74' (pen.)
Palotás  53', 82'		 Report Glovacki  6'
Bliard  20', 44'
Templin  52'
Attendance: 35,000

Reims won 8–6 on aggregate.

Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 3–0 Spain Real Madrid
Milutinović  24', 87'
Mihajlović  46' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Josef Gulde (Switzerland)

Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.

Milan Italy 7–2 Austria Rapid Wien
Mariani  15'
Nordahl  23', 50'
Ricagni  26', 63'
Frignani  56'
Schiaffino  75'		 Report Golobic  35'
Dienst  59'
Attendance: 35,000

Milan won 8–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Reims France 3–0 Scotland Hibernian 2–0 1–0
Real Madrid Spain 5–4 Italy Milan 4–2 1–2

First leg

Reims France 2–0 Scotland Hibernian
Leblond  67'
Bliard  89'		 Report
Attendance: 35,486
Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)
Real Madrid Spain 4–2 Italy Milan
Rial  6'
Iglesias  25'
Olsen  40'
Di Stéfano  62'		 Report Nordahl  9'
Schiaffino  30'
Attendance: 129,690
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)

Second leg

Hibernian Scotland 0–1 France Reims
Report Glovacki  57'
Attendance: 44,941

Reims won 3–0 on aggregate.

Milan Italy 2–1 Spain Real Madrid
Dal Monte  69' (pen.), 86' (pen.) Report Iglesias  65'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)

Real Madrid won 5–4 on aggregate.

Final

Real Madrid Spain 4–3 France Reims
Di Stéfano  14'
Rial  30', 79'
Marquitos  67'		 Report Leblond  6'
Templin  10'
Hidalgo  62'
Attendance: 38,239

Top goalscorers

8 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals

Notes

  1. ↑ https://blog.lequipe.fr/histoire/2-avril-1955-lequipe-cree-la-coupe-deurope-de-football/
  2. ↑ Match switched to Glasgow due to a frozen pitch in Sweden ("Hibernian reach the first European Cup semi-finals 1956". A Sporting Nation: Rock 'n' Roll Era 1950–1959. BBC. November 2005. Retrieved 18 April 2010. )
  • 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
  • European Cup 1955-56 – results, protocols, players statistics
  • "50 years of the European Cup" (PDF). UEFA. October 2004. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
  • 1955-56 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)
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