1955–56 European Cup

1955–56 European Cup
Tournament details
The Parc des Princes in Paris hosted the final.
Dates	4 September 1955 – 13 June 1956
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Real Madrid (1st title)
Runners-up	Stade Reims
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	127 (4.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)	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 beat Stade Reims 4–3 in the final at Parc des Princes, Paris, on 13 June 1956.

The participating clubs in this first edition of the European Cup were selected by the French football magazine L'Equipe on the basis that these were the most representative and prestigious clubs in Europe. Of the originally selected teams, Chelsea (England) was barred from participation by the country's Football Association, who saw the tournament as a distraction to domestic football. Chelsea were replaced by Gwardia Warszawa of Poland. In addition, Holland Sport, Honved and BK Copenhagen rejected the opportunity to represent the Netherlands, Hungary and Denmark respectively, being replaced by PSV Eindhoven, Vörös Lobogó and 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

Rapid Wien	Anderlecht	AGF Aarhus	Stade Reims
Vörös Lobogó	Milan	PSV Eindhoven	Gwardia Warszawa
Sporting CP	Saarbrücken	Hibernian	Real Madrid
Djurgården	Servette	Rot-Weiss Essen	Partizan

Bracket

First round				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

Servette	0	0	0
Real Madrid	2	5	7
Real Madrid	2	5	7	Real Madrid	4	0	4
				Real Madrid	4	0	4
				Partizan	0	3	3
Sporting CP	3	2	5	Partizan	0	3	3
Sporting CP	3	2	5
Partizan	3	5	8
Partizan	3	5	8					Real Madrid	4	1	5
								Real Madrid	4	1	5
								Milan	2	2	4
Rapid Wien	6	0	6					Milan	2	2	4
Rapid Wien	6	0	6
PSV Eindhoven	1	1	2
PSV Eindhoven	1	1	2	Rapid Wien	1	2	3
				Rapid Wien	1	2	3
				Milan	1	7	8
Milan	3	4	7	Milan	1	7	8
Milan	3	4	7
Saarbrücken	4	1	5
Saarbrücken	4	1	5									Real Madrid	4
												Real Madrid	4
												Stade Reims	3
AGF Aarhus	0	2	2									Stade Reims	3
AGF Aarhus	0	2	2
Stade Reims	2	2	4
Stade Reims	2	2	4	Stade Reims	4	4	8
				Stade Reims	4	4	8
				Vörös Lobogó	2	4	6
Vörös Lobogó	6	4	10	Vörös Lobogó	2	4	6
Vörös Lobogó	6	4	10
Anderlecht	3	1	4
Anderlecht	3	1	4					Stade Reims	2	1	3
								Stade Reims	2	1	3
								Hibernian	0	0	0
Djurgården	0	4	4					Hibernian	0	0	0
Djurgården	0	4	4
Gwardia Warszawa	0	1	1
Gwardia Warszawa	0	1	1	Djurgården	1	0	1
				Djurgården	1	0	1
				Hibernian	3	1	4
Rot-Weiss Essen	0	1	1	Hibernian	3	1	4
Rot-Weiss Essen	0	1	1
Hibernian	4	1	5

First round

Location of teams in 1955–56 European Cup.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sporting CP	5–8	Partizan	3–3	2–5
Vörös Lobogó	10–4	Anderlecht	6–3	4–1
Servette	0–7	Real Madrid	0–2	0–5
Rot-Weiss Essen	1–5	Hibernian	0–4	1–1
Djurgården	4–1	Gwardia Warszawa	0–0	4–1
AGF Aarhus	2–4	Stade Reims	0–2	2–2
Rapid Wien	6–2	PSV Eindhoven	6–1	0–1
Milan	7–5	Saarbrücken	3–4	4–1

First leg

Sporting CP v Partizan

4 September 1955

Sporting CP	3–3	Partizan
Martins 14', 78' Quim 65'	Report	M. Milutinović 45', 50' Bobek 73'

Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)

Vörös Lobogó v Anderlecht

7 September 1955

Vörös Lobogó	6–3	Anderlecht
Szimcsák I 8' Palotás 25', 59', 80' Hidegkuti 28' Sándor 83'	Report	Vanderwilt 7' Van Den Bosch 39', 79'

MTK Stadion, Budapest
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Friedrich Mayer (Austria)

Servette v Real Madrid

8 September 1955

Servette	0–2	Real Madrid
	Report	Muñoz 74' Rial 89'

Charmilles Stadium, Geneva
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Robert Sautelle (France)

Rot-Weiss Essen v Hibernian

14 September 1955

Rot-Weiss Essen	0–4	Hibernian
	Report	Turnbull 35', 53' L. Reilly 44' Ormond 81'

Georg-Melches-Stadion, Essen
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Johann Bronkhorst (Netherlands)

Djurgården v Gwardia Warszawa

20 September 1955

Djurgården	0–0	Gwardia Warszawa
	Report

Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm
Attendance: 3,574
Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)

AGF Aarhus v Stade Reims

21 September 1955

AGF Aarhus	0–2	Stade Reims
	Report	Glovacki 7', 72'

Idrætsparken, Copenhagen
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Klaas Schipper (Netherlands)

Rapid Wien v PSV Eindhoven

21 September 1955

Rapid Wien	6–1	PSV Eindhoven
A. Körner 12', 62', 82' Mehsarosch 55' Hanappi 56' Probst 60'	Report	Fransen 18'

Pfarrwiese, Vienna
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Emil Schmetzer (West Germany)

Milan v Saarbrücken

1 November 1955

Milan	3–4	Saarbrücken
Frignani 15' Schiaffino 33' Dal Monte 37'	Report	Krieger 5' Philippi 43' Schirra 67' Martin 69'

San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

Second leg

Real Madrid v Servette

12 October 1955

Real Madrid	5–0	Servette
Di Stéfano 29', 61' Iglesias 44' Rial 46' Molowny 54'	Report

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 40,318
Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)

Real Madrid won 7–0 on aggregate.

Partizan v Sporting CP

12 October 1955

Partizan	5–2	Sporting CP
M. Milutinović 15', 29', 64', 74' Jocić 88'	Report	Brandão 49', 77'

Partizan Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: György Dankó (Hungary)

Partizan won 8–5 on aggregate.

Hibernian v Rot-Weiss Essen

12 October 1955

Hibernian	1–1	Rot-Weiss Essen
Buchanan 5'	Report	Abromeit 47'

Easter Road, Edinburgh
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)

Hibernian won 5–1 on aggregate.

Gwardia Warszawa v Djurgården

12 October 1955

Gwardia Warszawa	1–4	Djurgården
Baszkiewicz 14'	Report	Eriksson 5', 17', 22' Sandberg 29'

Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)

Djurgården won 4–1 on aggregate.

Anderlecht v Vörös Lobogó

19 October 1955

Anderlecht	1–4	Vörös Lobogó
Van Den Bosch 38'	Report	Hidegkuti 25' Lantos 78' Palotás 85' Kovács I 86'

Émile Versé Stadium, Anderlecht
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)

Vörös Lobogó won 10–4 on aggregate.

Stade Reims v AGF Aarhus

26 October 1955

Stade Reims	2–2	AGF Aarhus
Glovacki 47' Bliard 60'	Report	Erik Bechmann Jensen 77' Bjerregaard 83'

Stade Auguste Delaune, Reims
Attendance: 5,845
Referee: Alfred Bond (England)

Stade Reims won 4–2 on aggregate.

PSV Eindhoven v Rapid Wien

1 November 1955

PSV Eindhoven	1–0	Rapid Wien
Fransen 9'	Report

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Aloïs Smidts (Belgium)

Rapid Wien won 6–2 on aggregate.

Saarbrücken v Milan

23 November 1955

Saarbrücken	1–4	Milan
Binkert 32'	Report	Valli 8', 77' Puff 75' (o.g.) Beraldo 86'

Ludwigspark Stadion, Saarbrücken
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	1–4	Hibernian	1–3	0–1
Stade Reims	8–6	Vörös Lobogó	4–2	4–4
Real Madrid	4–3	Partizan	4–0	0–3
Rapid Wien	3–8	Milan	1–1	2–7

First leg

Djurgården v Hibernian

23 November 1955

Djurgården	1–3	Hibernian
Eklund 1'	Report	Combe 18' Mulkerrin 49' Olsson 86' (o.g.)

Firhill Park, Glasgow^[1]
Attendance: 21,962
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)

Stade Reims v Vörös Lobogó

14 December 1955

Stade Reims	4–2	Vörös Lobogó
Glovacki 14' Leblond 33', 57' Bliard 42'	Report	Szolnok 34' Lantos 77' (pen.)

Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 36,088
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)

Real Madrid v Partizan

25 December 1955

Real Madrid	4–0	Partizan
Castaño 12', 23' Gento 36' Di Stéfano 70'	Report

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 105,532
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)

Rapid Wien v Milan

18 January 1956

Rapid Wien	1–1	Milan
R. Körner 26' (pen.)	Report	Nordahl 20'

Pfarrwiese, Vienna
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia)

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 v Djurgården

28 November 1955

Hibernian	1–0	Djurgården
Turnbull 70'	Report

Easter Road, Edinburgh
Attendance: 31,346
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)

Hibernian won 4–1 on aggregate.

Vörös Lobogó v Stade Reims

28 December 1955

Vörös Lobogó	4–4	Stade Reims
Lantos 11' (pen.), 74' (pen.) Palotás 53', 82'	Report	Glovacki 6' Bliard 20', 44' Templin 52'

MTK Stadion, Budapest
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: John Husband (England)

Stade Reims won 8–6 on aggregate.

Partizan v Real Madrid

29 January 1956

Partizan	3–0	Real Madrid
Milutinović 24', 87' Mihajlović 46' (pen.)	Report

Partizan Stadium, Belgrade
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Josef Gulde (Switzerland)

Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.

Milan v Rapid Wien

12 February 1956

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

San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Leo Horn (Netherlands)

Milan won 8–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Stade Reims	3–0	Hibernian	2–0	1–0
Real Madrid	5–4	Milan	4–2	1–2

First leg

Stade Reims v Hibernian

4 April 1956

Stade Reims	2–0	Hibernian
Leblond 67' Bliard 89'	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 35,486
Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)

Real Madrid v Milan

19 April 1956

Real Madrid	4–2	Milan
Rial 6' Iglesias 25' Olsen 40' Di Stéfano 62'	Report	Nordahl 9' Schiaffino 30'

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 129,690
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)

Second leg

Hibernian v Stade Reims

18 April 1956

Hibernian	0–1	Stade Reims
	Report	Glovacki 57'

Easter Road, Edinburgh
Attendance: 44,941
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)

Stade Reims won 3–0 on aggregate.

Milan v Real Madrid

1 May 1956

Milan	2–1	Real Madrid
Dal Monte 69' (pen.), 86' (pen.)	Report	Iglesias 65'

San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)

Real Madrid won 5–4 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1956 European Cup Final

Real Madrid v Stade Reims

13 June 1956
18:00 CEST

Real Madrid	4–3	Stade Reims
Di Stéfano 14' Rial 30', 79' Marquitos 67'	Report	Leblond 6' Templin 10' Hidalgo 62'

Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 38,239
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)

Top goalscorers

8 goals

Miloš Milutinović (Partizan)

6 goals

Péter Palotás (Vörös Lobogó)
Léon Glovacki (Stade Reims)

5 goals

René Bliard (Stade Reims)
Héctor Rial (Real Madrid)
Alfredo di Stéfano (Real Madrid)

4 goals

Mihály Lantos (Vörös Lobogó)
Gunnar Nordahl (Milan)
Michel Leblond (Stade Reims)

3 goals

Alfred Körner (Rapid Wien)
Hippolyte Van Den Bosch (Anderlecht)
John Eriksson (Djurgården)
Eddie Turnbull (Hibernian)
Juan Alberto Schiaffino (Milan)
Giorgio Dal Monte (Milan)
Joseíto (Real Madrid)

Notes

↑ 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. )

External links

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
"50 years of the European Cup" (PDF). UEFA. October 2004. Retrieved 17 July 2008.
1955-56 European Cup - results and line-ups (archive)
European Cup 1955-56 – results, protocols, players statistics
website eurocups-uefa.ru European Cup 1955-56 – results, protocols
website Football Archive 1955–56 European Cup

European Cup and UEFA Champions League

European Cup era, 1955–1992

Seasons	1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92

Finals	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992

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League cups	Scotland

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International club football

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See also: International women's club football

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