1957–58 European Cup

1957–58 European Cup

The Heysel Stadium in Brussels hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates 4 September 1957 – 28 May 1958
Teams 24
Final positions
Champions Spain Real Madrid (3rd title)
Runners-up Italy Milan
Tournament statistics
Matches played 48
Goals scored 189 (3.94 per match)
Top scorer(s) Alfredo Di Stéfano (10 goals)

The 1957–58 European Cup was the third season of the European Cup, Europe's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Real Madrid, who beat Milan 3–2 in the final, following a 2–2 draw after 90 minutes. This was Real Madrid's third European Cup title in a row. However, the 1957–58 season will be forever marked by the air disaster in Munich, when eight Manchester United players lost their lives on their way home from Belgrade, after a 3–3 draw in the quarter-final second leg with Red Star Belgrade. The English champions were ultimately defeated in the semi-finals by the eventual runners-up, AC Milan of Italy.

It was the first time that teams from the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and East Germany participated, while Turkey did not send any club. Sevilla was invited despite having been runners-up in Spain the year before, as Spanish champions Real Madrid had already qualified as holders; the two Spanish sides met in the quarter-finals, the first time two sides from the same country played against each other in the competition.

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round took place at the headquarters of the French Football Federation in Paris on Tuesday, 23 July 1957.[1] As title holders, Real Madrid received a bye, and the remaining 23 teams were grouped geographically into three pots. The first four teams drawn in each pot, and four more teams in pot 1, would play the preliminary round in September, while the remaining clubs received byes.

Pot 1
Western Europe
Pot 2
Central Europe
Pot 3
Eastern Europe
Drawn Match 1

Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade

Poland Gwardia Warszawa

England Manchester United

Luxembourg Stade Dudelange

East Germany Wismut Karl Marx Stadt

Match 2

Spain Sevilla

Italy Milan

Bulgaria CDNA Sofia

Portugal Benfica

Austria Rapid Wien

Hungary Vasas

Match 3

Denmark Aarhus

Northern Ireland Glenavon

Match 4

Scotland Rangers

France Saint-Étienne

Byes

Sweden Norrköping

Switzerland Young Boys

Romania CCA Bucharest

Belgium Royal Antwerp

West Germany Borussia Dortmund

Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague

Netherlands Ajax

The calendar was decided by the involved teams, with all matches to be played by 30 September.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CDNA Sofia Bulgaria 3–7 Hungary Vasas 2–1 1–6
Rangers Scotland 4–3 France Saint-Étienne 3–1 1–2
Stade Dudelange Luxembourg 1–14 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 0–5 1–9
AGF Denmark 3–0 Northern Ireland Glenavon 0–0 3–0
Gwardia Warszawa Poland 4–41 East Germany Wismut Karl Marx Stadt 3–1 1–3
Sevilla Spain 3–1 Portugal Benfica 3–1 0–0
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 2–92 England Manchester United 0–6 2–3
Milan Italy 6–63 Austria Rapid Wien 4–1 2–5

1 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt qualified due to a coin toss, after their play-off against Gwardia Warszawa was abandoned after 100 minutes due to floodlight power failure with the result of 1–1.

2 To allow an evening kick-off at Dalymount Park in Dublin, which had no floodlights, the teams agreed to change over at half-time without a break. Consequently, the Irish part-timers ran out of steam and Manchester United's 1-0 half-time lead deteriorated to 6-0. As United's sixth goal hit the Rovers' net an angry voice in the crowd was heard to say: "Ye feckers! Wait till we get you in Manchester!" The second leg was indeed a closer match, as it was played under lights at Old Trafford with the normal half-time break.

3 Milan beat Rapid Wien 4–2 in a play-off to qualify.

First leg

4 September 1957
CDNA Sofia Bulgaria 2–1 Hungary Vasas
Milanov  2', 38' Report Bundzsák  53'
Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)

4 September 1957
Rangers Scotland 3–1 France Saint-Étienne
Kitchenbrand  19'
Scott  47'
Simpson  82'
Report Mekloufi  14'
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Leo Helge (Denmark)

5 September 1957
Stade Dudelange Luxembourg 0–5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Report Kostić  11', 16'
Rudinski  47', 55'
Mitić  87'
Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Armando Marchetti (Italy)

11 September 1957
AGF Denmark 0–0 Northern Ireland Glenavon
Report
Aarhus Stadion, Aarhus
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Willem Beltman (Netherlands)

11 September 1957
Gwardia Warszawa Poland 3–1 East Germany Wismut Karl Marx Stadt
Baszkiewicz  49'
Lewandowski  59'
Gawroński  88'
Report S. Kaiser  79'
Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Jindřich Karas (Czechoslovakia)

19 September 1957
Sevilla Spain 3–1 Portugal Benfica
Pahuet  46'
Antoniet  59'
Pepillo  79'
Report Palmeiro  48'
Estadio de Nervión, Sevilla
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Jean-Louis Groppi (France)

25 September 1957
Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland 0–6 England Manchester United
Report T. Taylor  36', 63'
Whelan  51', 57'
Berry  71'
Pegg  72'
Dalymount Park, Dublin
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)

2 October 1957
Milan Italy 4–1 Austria Rapid Wien
Grillo  4'
Bean  8'
Höltl  74' (o.g.)
Mariani  82'
Report Dienst  58'
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: José Blanco Pérez (Spain)

Second leg

25 September 1957
Saint-Étienne France 2–1 Scotland Rangers
Ferrier  18'
Oleksiak  72'
Report Wilson  61'
Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Étienne
Attendance: 29,517
Referee: Aksel Asmussen (Denmark)

Rangers won 4–3 on aggregate.


25 September 1957
Glenavon Northern Ireland 0–3 Denmark AGF
Report Kjær Andersen  13', 45'
Jensen  40'
Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Johan Heinrich Martens (Netherlands)

Aarhus won 3–0 on aggregate.


26 September 1957
Benfica Portugal 0–0 Spain Sevilla
Report
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)

Sevilla won 3–1 on aggregate.


2 October 1957
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 9–1 Luxembourg Stade Dudelange
Cokić  5', 38', 66', 69'
Mitić  10'
Kostić  17', 29', 30', 33'
Report Rongoni  31'
JNA Stadion, Belgrade
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

Red Star Belgrade won 14–1 on aggregate.


2 October 1957
Manchester United England 3–2 Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers
Viollet  5', 60'
Pegg  20'
Report McCann  55'
Hamilton  66'
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 33,754
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)

Manchester United won 9–2 on aggregate.


3 October 1957
Vasas Hungary 6–1 Bulgaria CDNA Sofia
Csordás  35', 38', 51'
Berendi  48'
Bundzsák  68'
Szilágyi  89'
Report Panayotov  25'
Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)

Vasas won 7–3 on aggregate.


9 October 1957
Rapid Wien Austria 5–2 Italy Milan
A. Körner  1'
Dienst  31'
Bertalan  57'
Riegler  62'
Hanappi  78'
Report Grillo  19'
Bean  77'
Praterstadion, Vienna
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Daniel Zariquiegui (Spain)

Milan 6–6 Rapid Wien on aggregate.


13 October 1957
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt East Germany 3–1 Poland Gwardia Warszawa
M. Kaiser  10'
S. Kaiser  74', 80'
Report Baszkiewicz  60'

Gwardia Warszawa 4–4 Wismut Karl Marx Stadt on aggregate.

Play-off

30 October 1957
Milan Italy 4–2 Austria Rapid Wien
Bean  6', 82'
Bergamaschi  41'
Schiaffino  54'
Report Happel  38' (pen.)
Bertalan  72'
Stadium Hardturm, Zürich
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Daniel Mellet (Switzerland)

Milan won play-off 4–2.


15 October 1957
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt East Germany 1–1 Poland Gwardia Warszawa
Tröger  90' Report Z. Szarzyński  3'
Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Václav Korelus (Czechoslovakia)

Wismut Karl Marx Stadt qualified due to a coin toss, after their play-off against Gwardia Warszawa was abandoned with the result of 1–1 after 100 minutes due to floodlight power failure.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Royal Antwerp Belgium 1–8 Spain Real Madrid 1–2 0–6
Norrköping Sweden 3–4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 2–2 1–2
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt East Germany 1–4 Netherlands Ajax 1–3 0–1
Young Boys Switzerland 2–3 Hungary Vasas 1–1 1–2
Manchester United England 3–1 Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague 3–0 0–1
Sevilla Spain 4–2 Denmark AGF 4–0 0–2
Borussia Dortmund West Germany 5–51 Romania CCA Bucharest 4–2 1–3
Rangers Scotland 1–6 Italy Milan 1–4 0–2

1 Borussia Dortmund beat CCA Bucureşti 3–1 in a play-off to qualify for the quarter-finals.

First leg

31 October 1957
Royal Antwerp Belgium 1–2 Spain Real Madrid
De Backer  58' Report Di Stéfano  15', 61'
Stade Bosuil, Antwerp
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)

2 November 1957
Norrköping Sweden 2–2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Håkansson  75'
Källgren  85'
Report Toplak  88'
Kostić  90'
Idrottsparken, Norrköping
Attendance: 10,893
Referee: Józef Kowal (Poland)

20 November 1957
Wismut Karl Marx Stadt East Germany 1–3 Netherlands Ajax
Müller  87' Report van der Kuil  5', 62'
Bleijenberg  17'
Otto Grotewohl Stadion, Aue
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)

20 November 1957
Young Boys Switzerland 1–1 Hungary Vasas
Wechselberger  7' Report Csordás  90'
Stade des Charmilles, Genève
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Giulio Campanati (Italy)

20 November 1957
Manchester United England 3–0 Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague
Webster  63'
T. Taylor  65'
Pegg  79'
Report
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Werner Treichel (West Germany)

27 November 1957
Sevilla Spain 4–0 Denmark AGF
Antoniet  6', 30'
Loren  24', 52'
Report
Estadio Nervión, Sevilla
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Gaston Grandain (Belgium)

27 November 1957
Borussia Dortmund West Germany 4–2 Romania CCA Bucharest
Peters  35', 62', 64'
Niepieklo  66'
Report Zavoda I  43'
Bone  50'
Rote Erde, Dortmund
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: John Mowatt (Scotland)

27 November 1957
Rangers Scotland 1–4 Italy Milan
Murray  31' Report Grillo  75', 83'
Baruffi  81'
Bean  86'
Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)

Second leg

23 November 1957
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2–1 Sweden Norrköping
Spajić  75', 88' Report Backman  16'
JNA Stadion, Belgrade
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Włodzimierz Storoniak (Poland)

Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on aggregate.


27 November 1957
Ajax Netherlands 1–0 East Germany Wismut Karl Marx Stadt
Ouderland  79' Report
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Alfred Grill (Austria)

Ajax won 4–1 on aggregate.


28 November 1957
Real Madrid Spain 6–0 Belgium Royal Antwerp
Rial  2', 4', 41'
Marsal  52'
Kopa  79'
Gento  89'
Report
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 72,245
Referee: Louis Fauquembergue (France)

Real Madrid won 8–1 on aggregate.


30 November 1957
Vasas Hungary 2–1 Switzerland Young Boys
Csordás  8', 12' Report Schneiter  89'
Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Francesco Liverani (Italy)

Vasas won 3–2 on aggregate.


4 December 1957
Dukla Prague Czechoslovakia 1–0 England Manchester United
Dvořák  17' Report
Strahov, Prague
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Werner Treichel (West Germany)

Manchester United won 3–1 on aggregate.


4 December 1957
AGF Denmark 2–0 Spain Sevilla
Jensen  41', 86' Report
Århus Stadion, Aarhus
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Aloïs Smidts (Belgium)

Sevilla won 4–2 on aggregate.


8 December 1957
CCA Bucharest Romania 3–1 West Germany Borussia Dortmund
Tătaru  17'
Constantin  25'
Alecsandrescu  45'
Report Niepieklo  12'
Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Janos Posa-polareczky (Hungary)

Borussia Dortmund 5–5 CCA Bucureşti on aggregate.


11 December 1957
Italy Milan 2–0 Rangers Scotland
Baruffi  37'
Galli  48'
Report

Milan won 6–1 on aggregate.

Play-off

29 December 1957
Borussia Dortmund West Germany 3–1 Romania CCA Bucharest
Dulz  15'
Kelbassa  62'
Preißler  79'
Report Cacoveanu  35'
Stadio Comunale, Bologna
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

Borussia Dormund won the play-off 3–1.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Manchester United England 5–4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 2–1 3–3
Real Madrid Spain 10–2 Spain Sevilla 8–0 2–2
Ajax Netherlands 2–6 Hungary Vasas 2–2 0–4
Borussia Dortmund West Germany 2–5 Italy Milan 1–1 1–4

First leg

14 January 1958
Manchester United England 2–1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Charlton  65'
Colman  81'
Report Tasić  35'
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Marcel Lequesne (France)

23 January 1958
Real Madrid Spain 8–0 Spain Sevilla
Di Stéfano  10', 54' (pen.), 85', 88'
Kopa  37', 73'
Marsal  48'
Gento  81'
Report
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 76,796
Referee: Lucien Van Nuffel (Belgium)

5 February 1958
Ajax Netherlands 2–2 Hungary Vasas
Ouderland  31', 42' Report Bundzsák  73', 82'
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Günther Ternieden (West Germany)

12 February 1958
Borussia Dortmund West Germany 1–1 Italy Milan
Bergamaschi  90' (o.g.) Report Galli  45'
Rote Erde, Dortmund
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)

Second leg

5 February 1958
Red Star Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 3–3 England Manchester United
Kostić  46', 58'
Tasić  50' (pen.)
Report Viollet  2'
Charlton  30', 31'
JNA Stadion, Belgrade
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Karl Kainer (Austria)

Manchester United won 5–4 on aggregate.


23 February 1958
Sevilla Spain 2–2 Spain Real Madrid
Payá  22'
Pahuet  29'
Report Pereda  48', 62'
Estadio Nervión, Seville
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)

Real Madrid won 10–2 on aggregate.


26 February 1958
Vasas Hungary 4–0 Netherlands Ajax
Bundzsák  7'
Szilágyi  9', 39'
Csordás  29'
Report
Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Borče Nedelkovski (SFR Yugoslavia)

Vasas won 6–2 on aggregate.


26 March 1958
Milan Italy 4–1 West Germany Borussia Dortmund
Cucchiaroni  11'
Liedholm  21'
Galli  63'
Grillo  86'
Report Preißler  37'
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (England)

Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Real Madrid Spain 4–2 Hungary Vasas 4–0 0–2
Manchester United England 2–5 Italy Milan 2–1 0–4

First leg

2 April 1958
Real Madrid Spain 4–0 Hungary Vasas
Di Stéfano  9', 42', 50' (pen.)
Marsal  46'
Report

8 May 1958
Manchester United England 2–1 Italy Milan
Viollet  39'
E. Taylor  80' (pen.)
Report Schiaffino  24'
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 44,480
Referee: Leo Helge (Denmark)

Second leg

16 April 1958
Vasas Hungary 2–0 Spain Real Madrid
Bundzsák  25'
Csordás  53' (pen.)
Report
Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)

Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.


14 May 1958
Milan Italy 4–0 England Manchester United
Schiaffino  2', 76'
Liedholm  51' (pen.)
Danova  67'
Report
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Albert Dusch (West Germany)

Milan won 5–2 on aggregate.

Final

28 May 1958
Real Madrid Spain 3–2 (a.e.t.) Italy Milan
Di Stéfano  74'
Rial  79'
Gento  107'
Report Schiaffino  59'
Grillo  77'
Heysel Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)

Top scorers

The top scorers from the 1957–58 European Cup were as follows:

Rank Name Team Goals
1 ArgentinaSpain Alfredo Di Stéfano Spain Real Madrid 10
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Kostić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 9
3 Hungary Lajos Csordás Hungary Vasas 8
4 Hungary Dezső Bundzsák Hungary Vasas 6
Argentina Ernesto Grillo Italy Milan 6
6 Italy Gastone Bean Italy Milan 5
Italy Juan Alberto Schiaffino Italy Milan 5
8 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jovan Cokić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 4
ArgentinaSpain Héctor Rial Spain Real Madrid 4
England Dennis Viollet England Manchester United 4

References

  1. Corriere dello Sport, 24 July 1957.
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