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)
← 1955–56 1957–58 →

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.

1 Preliminary round
- 1.1 First leg
- 1.2 Second leg
2 First round
- 2.1 First leg
- 2.2 Second leg
3 Quarter-finals
- 3.1 First leg
- 3.2 Second leg
4 Semi-finals
- 4.1 First leg
- 4.2 Second leg
5 Final
6 Top scorers
7 References
8 External links

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'	Report Gamesheet	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'	Report Gamesheet	Oktay 77'

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

19 September 1956	AGF Aarhus	1 – 1	Nice	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen Attendance: 12,900 Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
	Jensen 16'	Report Gamesheet	Foix 61'

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

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'	Report Gamesheet

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'	Report Gamesheet

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 Gamesheet	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'	Report Gamesheet	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'	Report Gamesheet	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'	Report Gamesheet	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'	Report Gamesheet	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'	Report Gamesheet	Faivre 23'

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

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'	Report Gamesheet	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.)	Report Gamesheet	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 Gamesheet	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'	Report Gamesheet	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'	Report Gamesheet

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'	Report Gamesheet	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'	Report Gamesheet	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 Gamesheet	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'	Report Gamesheet

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)
		Report Gamesheet

Manchester United won 3–2 on aggregate

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

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'	Report Gamesheet	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'	Report Gamesheet	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'	Report Gamesheet	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'	Report Gamesheet	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'	Report Gamesheet

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'	Report Gamesheet	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'	Report Gamesheet

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'	Report Gamesheet	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'	Report Gamesheet	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.)	Report Gamesheet	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)
		Report Gamesheet	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'	Report Gamesheet	Taylor 82'

Second leg

18 April 1957	Fiorentina	0 – 0	Red Star Belgrade	Comunale, Florence Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Klaas Schipper (Netherlands)
		Report Gamesheet

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'	Report Gamesheet	Kopa 25' Rial 33'

Real Madrid won 5–3 on aggregate

Final

Main article: 1957 European Cup 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'	Report Gamesheet

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
8	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

^ 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]

External links

1956–57 All matches - season at UEFA website
European Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
All scorers 1956-57 European Cup (excluding preliminary round) according to protocols UEFA + all scorers preliminary round

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1956–57 European Cup

Contents

Preliminary round

First leg

Second leg

First round

First leg

Second leg

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

Top scorers

References

External links