1958–59 European Cup

1958–59 UEFA European Cup
Tournament details
Dates 26 August 1958 – 3 June 1959
Teams 28 (26 competed)
Final positions
Champions Real Madrid (4th title)
Runners-up Stade Reims
Tournament statistics
Matches played 55
Goals scored 200 (3.64 per match)
Top scorer(s) Just Fontaine (10 goals)

The 1958–59 European Cup was the fourth season of the European Cup, Europe's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Real Madrid for the fourth time in a row, who beat Stade Reims 2–0 in the final at Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, on 3 June 1959. The two finalists also competed in the final of the first European Cup in 1956.

Contents

Preliminary round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Standard Liège 6–3 Hearts 5–1 1–2
Beşiktaş (w/o)1 Olympiacos
Young Boys (w/o)2 Manchester United
NK Dinamo Zagreb 3–4 Dukla Prague 2–2 1–2
Jeunesse Esch 2–23 IFK Göteborg 1–2 1–0
Ards 3–10 Stade Reims 1–4 2–6
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 4–44 Petrolul Ploieşti 4–2 0–2
Atlético Madrid 13–1 Drumcondra 8–0 5–1
Polonia Bytom 0–6 MTK Budapest 0–3 0–3
KB 5–55 Schalke 04 3–0 2–5
Juventus 3–8 Wiener Sport-Club 3–1 0–7
DOS 4–6 Sporting 3–4 1–2

Note: Real Madrid, Wolverhampton Wanderers, CDNA Sofia and HPS received byes.

1 Olympiacos withdrew due to political issues.

2 Manchester United had been invited to enter the competition by UEFA after their campaign in the previous year's tournament was damaged by the Munich air disaster. However the FA refused Manchester United permission to compete, arguing only the reigning English champions should be represented.

3 IFK Göteborg beat Jeunesse Esch 5–1 in a play-off to qualify for the first round.

4 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt beat Petrolul Ploieşti 4–0 in a play-off to qualify for the first round.

5 Schalke 04 beat KB 3–1 in a play-off to qualify for the first round.

First leg

26 August 1958
KB 3 – 0 Schalke 04 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Andries van Leeuwen (Netherlands)
Birkeland  31'46'
Krog  35'
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3 September 1958
Standard Liège 5 – 1 Hearts Stade Sclessin, Liège
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)
Jadot  17'85'
Piters  34'
Bonga  73'
Houf  78'
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Crawford  14'

10 September 1958
Dinamo Zagreb 2 – 2 Dukla Prague Dinamo Stadion, Zagreb
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)
Lipošinović  70'73' Report

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Borovička  31'
Brumovský  51'

14 September 1958
Jeunesse Esch 1 – 2 IFK Göteborg Stade de la Frontière, Esch-sur-Alzette
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Aage Poulsen (Denmark)
May  20' Report

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Jonsson  19'
B. Johansson  72'

14 September 1958
Ards 1 – 4 Stade Reims Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendibil (Spain)
Lawry  87' Report

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Fontaine  26'38'45'85'

17 September 1958
Atlético Madrid 8 – 0 Drumcondra Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid, Madrid
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)
Peiró  2'51'
Vavá  6'61'
Collar  56'76'
Mendonça  63'67'
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17 September 1958
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 4 – 2 Petrolul Ploieşti Otto-Grotewohl-Stadion, Aue
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Antonín Ruzicka (Czechoslovakia)
Tröger  25'
Viertel  39'68'
Kaiser  79'
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Dridea  7'82'

17 September 1958
Polonia Bytom 0 – 3 MTK Budapest Stadion Polonii, Bytom
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Werner Treichel (West Germany)
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Sándor  46'
Palotás  73'80'

24 September 1958
Juventus 3 – 1 Wiener Sport-Club Stadio Comunale, Turin
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Josef Gulde (Switzerland)
Sívori  2'56'62' Report

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Horak  8'

1 October 1958
DOS 3 – 4 Sporting Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: John Clough (England)
Temming  48' (pen.)
van der Linden  52'
Luiten  88'
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Ivson  31'83'
Hugo  41'
Vasques  55'

Second leg

9 September 1958
Hearts 2 – 1 Standard Liège Tynecastle, Edinburgh
Attendance: 37,500
Referee: Louis Fauquembergue (France)
Bauld  55'65' Report

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Givard  58'

Standard Liège won 6–3 on aggregate


18 September 1958
Schalke 04 5 – 2 KB Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Willem Beltman (Netherlands)
Klodt  25'34'
Sadlowski  46'
Nowak  70'
Brocker  72'
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Andersen  53'66'

KB 5–5 Schalke 04 on aggregate

Play-off
1 October 1958
Schalke 04 3 – 1 KB Diekman Stadion, Enschede
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)
Klodt  57'86'
Nowak  66'
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Krahmer  90'

Schalke 04 won play-off 3–1.


28 September 1958
Petrolul Ploieşti 2 – 0 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt Stadionul Ilie Oană, Ploieşti
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Václav Korelus (Czechoslovakia)
Fronea  33'
Pahontu  79'
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Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 4–4 Petrolul Ploieşti on aggregate

Play-off
12 October 1958
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 4 – 0 Petrolul Ploieşti Nikita Khrushchev Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Karol Galba (Czechoslovakia)
Zink  4'
Tröger  7'75' (pen.)
Wolf  48'
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Wismut Karl Marx Stadt won play-off 4–0.


30 September 1958
IFK Göteborg 0 – 1 Jeunesse Esch Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 21,435
Referee: Valdemar Hansen (Denmark)
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May  21'

Jeunesse Esch 2–2 IFK Göteborg on aggregate

Play-off
15 October 1958
IFK Göteborg 5 – 1 Jeunesse Esch Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 11,780
Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)
Andersson  37'
Berndtsson  59'85'
B. Johansson  68'
N. Johansson  80'
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Meurisse  5'

IFK Göteborg won play-off 5–1.


30 September 1958
Stade Reims 6 – 2 Ards Stade Auguste Delaune, Reims
Attendance: 19,509
Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)
Piantoni  10'40'
Fontaine  14'16'
Bliard  20'74'
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Lawther  10'
Quee  28'

Stade Reims won 10–3 on aggregate


1 October 1958
Wiener Sport-Club 7 – 0 Juventus Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland)
Skerlan  24'
Hamerl  34'38'64'80'
Hof  82'85'
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Wiener Sportclub won 8–3 on aggregate


1 October 1958
Dukla Prague 2 – 1 Dinamo Zagreb Strahov Stadium, Prague
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)
Dvořák  30'
Vacenovský  71'
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Gašpert  45'

Dukla Prague won 4–3 on aggregate


1 October 1958
Drumcondra 1 – 5 Atlético Madrid Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)
Fullam  51' (pen) Report

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Peiró  16'67'
Csóka  19'
Collar  45'
Vavá  86'

Atlético Madrid won 13–1 on aggregate


1 October 1958
MTK Budapest 3 – 0 Polonia Bytom Hungária Körút, Budapest
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Josef Kandlbinder (West Germany)
Molnár  41'
Palotás  58'75'
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MTK Budapest won 6–0 on aggregate


8 October 1958
Sporting 2 – 1 DOS Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: John Kelly (England)
Ivson  48'76' Report

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Krommert  82'

Sporting won 6–4 on aggregate

First round

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Sporting 2–6 Standard Liège 2–3 0–3
Wiener Sport-Club 3–2 Dukla Prague 3–1 0–1
MTK Budapest 2–6 Young Boys 1–2 1–4
Atlético Madrid 2–21 CDNA Sofia 2–1 0–1
IFK Göteborg 2–6 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 2–2 0–4
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–4 Schalke 04 2–2 1–2
Real Madrid 3–1 Beşiktaş 2–0 1–1
Stade Reims 7–0 HPS 4–0 3–0

1 Atlético Madrid beat CSKA Sofia 3–1 in a playoff to qualify for the quarter-finals.

First leg

29 October 1958
Sporting 2 – 3 Standard Liège Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Joseph Barberan (France)
Bolzée  23' (o.g.)
Mendes  80'
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Paeschen  10'
Jadot  69'
Mallants  70'

5 November 1958
Wiener Sport-Club 3 – 1 Dukla Prague Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Kevin Howley (England)
Hof  22'
Hamerl  47'
Knoll  57'
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Pluskal  83'

5 November 1958
MTK Budapest 1 – 2 Young Boys Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)
Molnár  66' Report

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Wechselberger  64'
Zahnd  80'

5 November 1958
Atlético Madrid 2 – 1 CDNA Sofia Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland)
Vavá  60'
Peiró  79'
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Dimitrov  77'

9 November 1958
IFK Göteborg 2 – 2 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 13,978
Referee: Jósef Kowal (Poland)
Ohlsson  5'
Andersson  31'
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Seifert  61'
Zink  67'

12 November 1958
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 – 2 Schalke 04 Molineux, Wolverhampton
Attendance: 45,676
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)
Broadbent  52'65' Report

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Siebert  25'
Koslowski  88'

13 November 1958
Real Madrid 2 – 0 Beşiktaş Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Pietro Bonetto (Italy)
Santisteban  57'
Kopa  90'
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26 November 1958
Stade Reims 4 – 0 HPS Helsinki Stade Auguste Delaune, Reims
Attendance: 11,452
Referee: Edgar Ommerborn (West Germany)
Vincent  22'35'85'
Siatka  89'
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Second leg

12 November 1958
Standard Liège 3 – 0 Sporting Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Michel Devillers (France)
Paeschen  47'
Houf  67'
Mallants  74'
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Standard Liège won 6–2 on aggregate


15 November 1958
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 4 – 0 IFK Göteborg Otto Grotewohl Stadion, Aue
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Marian Koczner (Poland)
Zink  23'82'
Kaiser  50'62'
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Wismut Karl Marx Stadt won 6–2 on aggregate


18 November 1958
Schalke 04 2 – 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Gérard Versyp (Belgium)
Kördel  12'
Siebert  35'
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Jackson  48'

Schalke 04 won 4–3 on aggregate


26 November 1958
Dukla Prague 1 – 0 Wiener Sport-Club Letná Stadium, Prague
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Aage Poulsen (Denmark)
Masopust  60' Report

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Wiener Sportclub won 3–2 on aggregate


26 November 1958
Young Boys 4 – 1 MTK Budapest Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)
Wechselberger  13'60'
Meier  40'
Allemann  81'
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Molnár  85'

Young Boys won 6–2 on aggregate


26 November 1958
CDNA Sofia 1 – 0 Atlético Madrid Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Paul Wyssling (Switzerland)
Panayotov  64' Report

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Atlético Madrid 2–2 CDNA Sofia on aggregate

Play-off
18 December 1958
Atlético Madrid 3 – 1 (a.e.t.) CDNA Sofia Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Daniel Mellet (Switzerland)
Vavá  42'108' (pen.)
Callejo  99'
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Yanev  17'

Atlético Madrid won play-off 3–1.


27 November 1958
Beşiktaş 1 – 1 Real Madrid Mithat Paşa Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)
Kaya  64' Report

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Santisteban  13'

Real Madrid won 3–1 on aggregate


3 December 1958
HPS Helsinki 0 – 3 Stade Reims Stade Robert Diochon, Rouen
Attendance: 14,855
Referee: Helmut Fritz (West Germany)
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Fontaine  2'10'
Lintamo  8' (o.g.)

Stade Reims won 7–0 on aggregate

Quarter finals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Standard Liège 2–3 Stade Reims 2–0 0–3
Atlético Madrid 4–1 Schalke 04 3–0 1–1
Wiener Sport-Club 1–7 Real Madrid 0–0 1–7
Young Boys 2–21 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 2–2 0–0

1 Young Boys beat Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 2–1 in a playoff to qualify for the semi-finals.

First leg

4 February 1959
Standard Liège 2 – 0 Stade Reims Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: John Kelly (England)
Jadot  65'
Givard  71' (pen.)
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4 March 1959
Atlético Madrid 3 – 0 Schalke 04 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 110,000
Referee: Antonio Moriconi (Italy)
Vavá  47'
Miguel  73'
Peiró  90'
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4 March 1959
Wiener Sport-Club 0 – 0 Real Madrid Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)
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11 March 1959
Young Boys 2 – 2 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Francisco Guerra (Portugal)
Meier  22'
Rey  87'
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Wagner  45'
Zink  59'

Second leg

18 March 1959
Stade Reims 3 – 0 Standard Liège Stade Auguste Delaune, Reims
Attendance: 32,235
Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendibil (Spain)
Piantoni  70'
Fontaine  73'88'
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Stade Reims won 3–2 on aggregate


18 March 1959
Schalke 04 1 – 1 Atlético Madrid Glückauf-Kampfbahn, Gelsenkirchen
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)
Nowak  1' Report

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Vavá  90'

Atlético Madrid won 4–1 on aggregate


18 March 1959
Real Madrid 7 – 1 Wiener Sport-Club Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Maurice Guigue (France)
Mateos  8'
Di Stéfano  14'64'69'75'
Rial  67'
Gento  89'
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Horak  9'

Real Madrid won 7–1 on aggregate


18 March 1959
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 0 – 0 Young Boys Otto Grotewohl Stadion, Aue
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Bengt Andrén (Sweden)
Report

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Young Boys 2–2 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt on aggregate

Play-off
1 April 1959
Young Boys 2 – 1 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)
Meier  21'
Wechselberger  33'
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Tröger  75' (pen.)

Young Boys won play-off 2–1.

Semi finals

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Young Boys 1–3 Stade Reims 1–0 0–3
Real Madrid 2–21 Atlético Madrid 2–1 0–1

1 Real Madrid beat Atlético Madrid 2–1 in a playoff to qualify for the final

First leg

15 April 1959
Young Boys 1 – 0 Stade Reims Wankdorf Stadium, Bern
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)
Meier  15' Report

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23 April 1959
Real Madrid 2 – 1 Atlético Madrid Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 120,000
Referee: John Mowatt (Scotland)
Rial  15'
Puskás  33' (pen.)
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Chuzo  13'

Second leg

7 May 1959
Atlético Madrid 1 – 0 Real Madrid Estadio Metropolitano de Madrid, Madrid
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Reg Leafe (England)
Collar  43' Report

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Real Madrid 2–2 Atlético Madrid on aggregate

Play-off
13 May 1959
Real Madrid 2 – 1 Atlético Madrid La Romareda, Zaragoza
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)
Di Stéfano  16'
Puskás  42'
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Collar  18'

Real Madrid won play-off 2–1.


13 May 1959
Stade Reims 3 – 0 Young Boys Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 35,898
Referee: Pieter Paulus Roomer (Netherlands)
Piantoni  41'72'
Penverne  47'
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Stade Reims won 3–1 on aggregate

Final

The 1959 European Cup Final was played on 3 June 1959 at the Neckarstadion in Stuttgart, West Germany. Real Madrid's victory was their fourth consecutive title, maintaining their status as the only team to have won the competition. Stade Reims were runners-up for a second time, having already lost to Real in the inaugural final in 1956.

3 June 1959
18:00 UTC+1
Real Madrid 2 – 0 Stade Reims Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)
Mateos  1'
Di Stéfano  47'
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Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1958–59 European Cup were as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Just Fontaine Stade Reims 10
2 Vavá Atlético Madrid 8
3 Alfredo di Stéfano Real Madrid 6
Joaquín Peiró Atlético Madrid 6
5 Enrique Collar Atlético Madrid 5
Josef Hamerl Wiener Sport-Club 5
Roger Piantoni Stade Reims 5
Klaus Zink Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 5
9 Ivson Sporting 4
Jean Jadot Standard Liège 4
Bernhard Klodt Schalke 04 4
Eugen Meier Young Boys 4
Péter Palotás MTK Budapest 4
Willy Tröger Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 4
Ernst Wechselberger Young Boys 4
16 Erich Hof Wiener Sport-Club 3
Siegfried Kaiser Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 3
János Molnár MTK Budapest 3
Hans Nowak Schalke 04 3
Omar Sívori Juventus 3
Jean Vincent Stade Reims 3

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