1956–57 European Cup

1956–57 UEFA European Cup
Tournament details
Dates 1 August 1956 – 30 May 1957
Teams 22
Final positions
Champions Real Madrid (2nd title)
Runners-up Fiorentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played 44
Goals scored 170 (3.86 per match)
Top scorer(s) Dennis Viollet (9 goals)

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.

Contents

Preliminary round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Borussia Dortmund 5–51 Spora Luxembourg 4–3 1–2
Dinamo Bucureşti 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

Note: Real Madrid, Rapid Wien, Rangers, Budapest Honvéd, Rapid JC, Red Star Belgrade, CDNA Sofia, Grasshopper, Fiorentina and Norrköping received byes.

1 Borussia Dortmund beat CA Spora Luxembourg 7–0 in a play-off to qualify for the First Round.

First leg

1 August 1956
Borussia Dortmund 4 – 3 Spora Luxembourg Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Johan Heinrich Martens (Netherlands)
Bracht  31'
Niepieklo  54'
Preißler  61'73'
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Boreux  25'34'88'

26 August 1956
Dinamo Bucureşti 3 – 1 Galatasaray 23 August Stadium, Bucharest
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Francesco Liverani (Italy)
Voica  10'67'
Ene  84'
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Oktay  77'

12 September 1956
Anderlecht 0 – 2 Manchester United Stade Émile Versé, Anderlecht, Brussels
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Leopold Sylvain Horn (Netherlands)
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Viollet  25'
Taylor  75'

12 September 1956
Slovan UNV Bratislava 4 – 0 CWKS Warsaw Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Friedrich Mayer (Austria)
Pažický  23'68'
Kováč  30' (pen.)
Moravčík  40'
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19 September 1956
AGF Aarhus 1 – 1 Nice Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 12,900
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
Jensen  16' Report

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Foix  61'

20 September 1956
Porto 1 – 2 Athletic Bilbao Estádio das Antas, Porto
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Mario Maurelli (Italy)
Matos  54' Report

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Gaínza  8'
Canito  75'

Second leg

6 September 1956
Spora Luxembourg 2 – 1 Borussia Dortmund Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Karl Lescart (Belgium)
Fiedler  22'
Letsch  39'
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Preißler  28'

Borussia Dortmund 5–5 Spora Luxembourg on aggregate.

Play-off
16 September 1956
Borussia Dortmund 7 – 0 Spora Luxembourg Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Fritz Buchmüller (Switzerland)
Preißler  24'36'
Simmer  29'
Kelbassa  40'49'63'
Peters  57'
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Borussia Dortmund won the play-off 7–0.


19 September 1956
CWKS Warsaw 2 – 0 Slovan UNV Bratislava Polish Army Stadium, Warsaw
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)
Kowal  52'
Brychczy  63'
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Slovan UNV Bratislava won 4–2 on aggregate.


26 September 1956
Manchester United 10 – 0 Anderlecht Maine Road, Manchester
Attendance: 43,635
Referee: Sandy Griffiths (Wales)
Taylor  8'20'52'
Viollet  25'38'44'65'
Whelan  61'82'
Berry  75'
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Manchester United won 12–0 on aggregate.


26 September 1956
Athletic Bilbao 3 – 2 Porto San Mamés Stadium, Bilbao
Attendance: 34,705
Referee: Mario Maurelli (Italy)
Arteche  14'73' (pen.)82' Report

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Hernâni  4'
Matos  20'

Athletic Bilbao won 5–3 on aggregate.


27 September 1956
Nice 5 – 1 AGF Aarhus Stade du Ray, Nice
Attendance: 8,144
Referee: John Husband (England)
Foix  2'
Milazzo  27'74'
Faivre  45'60'
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Jensen  77'

Nice won 6–2 on aggregate.


30 September 1956
Galatasaray 2 – 1 Dinamo Bucureşti Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 23,764
Referee: Gustav Jiranek (Austria)
Aytaç  42'
Oktay  89'
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Suru  31'

Dinamo Bucureşti won 4–3 on aggregate.

First round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Manchester United 3–2 Borussia Dortmund 3–2 0–0
CDNA Sofia 10–4 Dinamo Bucureşti 8–1 2–3
Rangers 3–31 Nice 2–1 1–2
Slovan UNV Bratislava 1–2 Grasshopper 1–0 0–2
Real Madrid 5–52 Rapid Wien 4–2 1–3
Rapid JC 3–6 Red Star Belgrade 3–4 0–2
Fiorentina 2–1 Norrköping 1–1 1–0
Athletic Bilbao 6–5 Budapest Honvéd 3–2 3–33

1 Nice beat Rangers 3–1 in a play-off to qualify for the Second Round.

2 Real Madrid beat Rapid Wien 2–0 in a play-off to qualify for the Second Round.

3 Second leg played at Heysel Stadium, Brussels

First leg

17 October 1956
Manchester United 3 – 2 Borussia Dortmund Maine Road, Manchester
Attendance: 75,568
Referee: Leopold Sylvain Horn (Netherlands)
Viollet  10'25'
Pegg  35'
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Kapitulski  68'
Preißler  75'

17 October 1956
CDNA Sofia 8 – 1 Dinamo Bucureşti Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Vasa Stefanović (Yugoslavia)
Kolev  12'56'63'
Milanov  20'65'
Panayotov  36'66'
Dimitrov  80'
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Băcut  71' (pen.)

24 October 1956
Rangers 2 – 1 Nice Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
Murray  40'
Simpson  81'
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Faivre  23'

24 October 1956
Slovan UNV Bratislava 1 – 0 Grasshopper Tehelné pole, Bratislava
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)
Moravčík  20' Report

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1 November 1956
Real Madrid 4 – 2 Rapid Wien Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
Di Stéfano  9'21'
Marsal  60'63'
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Dienst  58'
Gießer  90'

3 November 1956
Rapid JC 3 – 4 Red Star Belgrade Gemeentelijk, Kerkrade
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)
Janssen  8'
Bischops  78'
Tasić  81' (og.)
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Kostić  4'75'
Toplak  42'
Rudinski  82'

21 November 1956
Fiorentina 1 – 1 Norrköping Comunale, Florence
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
Bizzarri  15' Report

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Bild  8'

22 November 1956
Athletic Bilbao 3 – 2 Budapest Honvéd San Mamés, Bilbao
Attendance: 39,184
Referee: John Husband (England)
Arteche  16'
Marcaida  27'
Arieta  82'
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Budai II  75'
Kocsis  85'

Second leg

8 November 1956
Red Star Belgrade 2 – 0 Rapid JC JNA Stadion, Belgrade
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Rudolf Roman (Austria)
Toplak  32'
Kostić  84'
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Red Star Belgrade won 6–3 on aggregate


14 November 1956
Nice 2 – 1 Rangers Stade du Ray, Nice
Attendance: 8,439
Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)
Bravo  61'
Foix  64'
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Hubbard  40' (pen.)

Nice drew 3–3 with Rangers on aggregate

Play-off
28 November 1956
Nice 3 – 1 Rangers Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 11,908
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)
Foix  45'
Muro  50'
Faivre  75'
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Bonvin  51' (o.g.)

Nice won play-off 3–1


14 November 1956
Rapid Wien 3 – 1 Real Madrid Praterstadion, Wien
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Maurice Guigue (France)
Happel  18'38' (pen.)40' Report

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Di Stéfano  60'

Real Madrid drew 5–5 with Rapid Wienna on aggregate

Play-off
13 December 1956
Real Madrid 2 – 0 Rapid Wien Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Alfred Bond (England)
Joseíto  1'
Kopa  23'
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Real Madrid won play-off 2–0


21 November 1956
Borussia Dortmund 0 – 0 Manchester United Stadion Rote Erde, Dortmund
Attendance: 44,570
Referee: Johan Heinrich Martens (Netherlands)
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Manchester United won 3–2 on aggregate


28 November 1956
Norrköping 0 – 1 Fiorentina Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 10,200
Referee: Michel Devillers (France)
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Virgili  16'

Fiorentina won 2–1 on aggregate


12 December 1956
Grasshopper 2 – 0 Slovan UNV Bratislava Grünwalder St., Munich[1]
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)
Vukosavljević  75'
Duret  89'
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Grasshopper won 2–1 on aggregate


20 December 1956
Budapest Honvéd 3 – 3 Athletic Bilbao Heysel Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)
Budai II  6'82'
Puskás  86'
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Merodio  1'72'
Arieta  67'

Athletic Bilbao won 6–5 on aggregate


30 December 1956
Dinamo Bucureşti 3 – 2 CDNA Sofia Stadionul Republicii, Bucharest
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Gustav Jiranek (Austria)
Nicuşor  58' (pen.)
Lăzar  67'
Neagu  84'
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Stoyanov  23'
Yanev  62'

CDNA Sofia won 10–4 on aggregate

Quarter-finals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Athletic Bilbao 5–6 Manchester United 5–3 0–3
Fiorentina 5–3 Grasshopper 3–1 2–2
Real Madrid 6–2 Nice 3–0 3–2
Red Star Belgrade 4–3 CDNA Sofia 3–1 1–2

First leg

16 January 1957
Athletic Bilbao 5 – 3 Manchester United San Mamés, Bilbao
Attendance: 36,737
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)
Uribe  2'28'
Marcaida  43'
Merodio  73'
Arteche  78'
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Taylor  48'
Viollet  54'
Whelan  85'

6 February 1957
Fiorentina 3 – 1 Grasshopper Comunale, Florence
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)
Segato  3'
Taccola  10'12'
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Ballaman  31'

14 February 1957
Real Madrid 3 – 0 Nice Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 110,000
Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)
Joseíto  18'
Mateos  49'72'
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17 February 1957
Red Star Belgrade 3 – 1 CDNA Sofia JNA Stadion, Belgrade
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)
Kostić  6'25'
Popović  53'
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Yanev  88'

Second leg

6 February 1957
Manchester United 3 – 0 Athletic Bilbao Maine Road, Manchester
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)
Viollet  42'
Taylor  70'
Berry  85'
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Manchester United won 6–5 on aggregate


24 February 1957
CDNA Sofia 2 – 1 Red Star Belgrade Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Nikolai Latyshev (Soviet Union)
Bozhkov  22' (pen.)
Panayotov  39'
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Tasić  29' (pen.)

Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate


27 February 1957
Grasshopper 2 – 2 Fiorentina Stadion Hardturm, Zürich
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Fritz Seipelt (Austria)
Ballaman  25'
Vukosavljević  85'
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Julinho  7'
Montuori  52'

Fiorentina won 5–3 on aggregate


14 March 1957
Nice 2 – 3 Real Madrid Stade du Ray, Nice
Attendance: 21,724
Referee: John Husband (England)
Foix  15'
Ferry  82' (pen.)
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Joseíto  45'
Di Stéfano  50'79'

Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate

Semi-finals

Team 1   Agg.   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

3 April 1957
Red Star Belgrade 0 – 1 Fiorentina JNA Stadion, Belgrade
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)
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Prini  88'

11 April 1957
Real Madrid 3 – 1 Manchester United Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 120,000
Referee: Leopold Sylvain Horn (Netherlands)
Rial  61'
Di Stéfano  63'
Mateos  83'
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Taylor  82'

Second leg

18 April 1957
Fiorentina 0 – 0 Red Star Belgrade Comunale, Florence
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Klaas Schipper (Netherlands)
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Fiorentina won 1–0 on aggregate


25 April 1957
Manchester United 2 – 2 Real Madrid Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France)
Taylor  62'
Charlton  85'
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Kopa  25'
Rial  33'

Real Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate

Final

30 May 1957
Real Madrid 2 – 0 Fiorentina Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 124,000
Referee: Leopold Sylvain Horn (Netherlands)
Di Stéfano  69' (pen.)
Gento  75'
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Top scorers

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

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Dennis Viollet Manchester United 9
2 Tommy Taylor Manchester United 8
3 Alfredo di Stéfano Real Madrid 7
4 Alfred Preißler Borussia Dortmund 6
5 José Luis Arteche Athletic Bilbao 5
Jacques Foix Nice 5
Bora Kostić Red Star Belgrade 5
8 Jacky Faivre Nice 4
Ivan Petkov Kolev CDNA Sofia 4
10 Marc Boreux Spora Luxembourg 3
Ernst Happel Rapid Wien 3
Joseíto Real Madrid 3
Alfred Kelbassa Borussia Dortmund 3
Enrique Mateos Real Madrid 3
Armando Merodio Athletic Bilbao 3
Billy Whelan Manchester United 3

References

  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. Melbourne/Stockholm 1956 (All facts) Olympic.org]

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