1955–56 European Cup

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 defeated Stade de Reims 4–3 in the final at Parc des Princes, Paris, on 13 June 1956.

1955–56 European Cup
The Parc des Princes in Paris hosted the final.
Tournament details
Dates4 September 1955 – 13 June 1956
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Real Madrid (1st title)
Runners-up Reims
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored127 (4.38 per match)
Attendance900,021 (31,035 per match)
Top scorer(s) Miloš Milutinović (8 goals)

The participating clubs in the first five seasons of the European Cup were selected by French football magazine L'Equipe on the basis that they were representative and prestigious clubs in Europe.[1] When the tournament started, Real Madrid, Anderlecht, Milan, Rot-Weiss Essen, Stade de Reims, Djurgården and AGF Aarhus were the reigning champions of their respective national leagues. English champions Chelsea initially agreed to compete and were drawn against Swedish side Djurgården; however, under pressure from the Football League, who saw the tournament as a distraction to domestic football, they later withdrew from the competition,[2][3] and were replaced by Gwardia Warszawa of Poland. Scottish champions Aberdeen withdrew under similar circumstances. In addition, Holland Sport, Honvéd and AB rejected the opportunity to represent the Netherlands, Hungary and Denmark respectively, being replaced by PSV Eindhoven, Vörös Lobogó and AGF Aarhus (PSV and Vörös Lobogó becoming the last teams until 1997–98 to qualify for the European Cup not by either winning a domestic league or being current title holders). 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 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 4 0 4
Partizan 0 3 3
Sporting CP 3 2 5
Partizan 3 5 8
Real Madrid 4 1 5
Milan 2 2 4
Rapid Wien 6 0 6
PSV Eindhoven 1 1 2
Rapid Wien 1 2 3
Milan 1 7 8
Milan 3 4 7
Saarbrücken 4 1 5
Real Madrid 4
Reims 3
AGF Aarhus 0 2 2
Reims 2 2 4
Reims 4 4 8
Vörös Lobogó 2 4 6
Vörös Lobogó 6 4 10
Anderlecht 3 1 4
Reims 2 1 3
Hibernian 0 0 0
Djurgården 0 4 4
Gwardia Warszawa 0 1 1
Djurgården 1 0 1
Hibernian 3 1 4
Rot-Weiss Essen 0 1 1
Hibernian 4 1 5

First round
Location of teams in the 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 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 3–3 Partizan
Martins 14', 78'
Quim 65'		 Report M. Milutinović 45', 50'
Bobek 73'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
Vörös Lobogó 6–3 Anderlecht
Szimcsák I 8'
Palotás 25', 59', 80'
Hidegkuti 28'
Sándor 83'		 Report Vanderwilt 7'
Van Den Bosch 39', 79'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Friedrich Mayer (Austria)
Servette 0–2 Real Madrid
Report Muñoz 74'
Rial 89'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Robert Sautelle (France)
Rot-Weiss Essen 0–4 Hibernian
Report Turnbull 35', 53'
L. Reilly 44'
Ormond 81'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Johann Bronkhorst (Netherlands)
Djurgården 0–0 Gwardia Warszawa
Report
Attendance: 3,574
Referee: Jarl Hansen (Denmark)
AGF Aarhus 0–2 Reims
Report Glovacki 7', 72'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Klaas Schipper (Netherlands)
Rapid Wien 6–1 PSV Eindhoven
A. Körner 12', 62', 82'
Mehsarosch 55'
Hanappi 56'
Probst 60'		 Report Fransen 18'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Emil Schmetzer (West Germany)
Milan 3–4 Saarbrücken
Frignani 15'
Schiaffino 33'
Dal Monte 37'		 Report Krieger 5'
Philippi 43'
Schirra 67'
Martin 69'
Attendance: 18,000

Second leg
Real Madrid 5–0 Servette
Di Stéfano 29', 61'
Iglesias 44'
Rial 46'
Molowny 54'		 Report
Attendance: 40,318
Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)

Real Madrid won 7–0 on aggregate.

Partizan 5–2 Sporting CP
M. Milutinović 15', 29', 64', 74'
Jocić 88'		 Report Brandão 49', 77'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: György Dankó (Hungary)

Partizan won 8–5 on aggregate.

Hibernian 1–1 Rot-Weiss Essen
Buchanan 5' Report Abromeit 47'
Attendance: 30,000

Hibernian won 5–1 on aggregate.

Gwardia Warszawa 1–4 Djurgården
Baszkiewicz 14' Report Eriksson 5', 17', 22'
Sandberg 29'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)

Djurgården won 4–1 on aggregate.

Anderlecht 1–4 Vörös Lobogó
Van Den Bosch 38' Report Hidegkuti 25'
Lantos 78'
Palotás 85'
Kovács I 86'
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Johan Bronkhorst (Netherlands)

Vörös Lobogó won 10–4 on aggregate.

Reims 2–2 AGF Aarhus
Glovacki 47'
Bliard 60'		 Report Erik Bechmann Jensen 77'
Bjerregaard 83'
Attendance: 5,845
Referee: Alfred Bond (England)

Reims won 4–2 on aggregate.

PSV Eindhoven 1–0 Rapid Wien
Fransen 9' Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Aloïs Smidts (Belgium)

Rapid Wien won 6–2 on aggregate.

Saarbrücken 1–4 Milan
Binkert 32' Report Valli 8', 77'
Puff 75' (o.g.)
Beraldo 86'
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
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 1–3 Hibernian
Eklund 1' Report Combe 18'
Mulkerrin 49'
Olsson 86' (o.g.)
Attendance: 21,962
Reims 4–2 Vörös Lobogó
Glovacki 14'
Leblond 33', 57'
Bliard 42'		 Report Szolnok 34'
Lantos 77' (pen.)
Attendance: 36,088
Real Madrid 4–0 Partizan
Castaño 12', 23'
Gento 36'
Di Stéfano 70'		 Report
Attendance: 105,532
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)
Rapid Wien 1–1 Milan
R. Körner 26' (pen.) Report Nordahl 20'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Jaroslav Vlček (Czechoslovakia)

Note - differences in information: RSSSF website indicates that the goal scored on 26 minute was scored by Robert Körner, while UEFA website indicates that it was scored by Alfred Körner

Second leg
Hibernian 1–0 Djurgården
Turnbull 70' Report
Attendance: 31,346

Hibernian won 4–1 on aggregate.

Vörös Lobogó 4–4 Reims
Lantos 11' (pen.), 74' (pen.)
Palotás 53', 82'		 Report Glovacki 6'
Bliard 20', 44'
Templin 52'
Attendance: 35,000

Reims won 8–6 on aggregate.

Partizan 3–0 Real Madrid
Milutinović 24', 87'
Mihajlović 46' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Josef Gulde (Switzerland)

Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.

Milan 7–2 Rapid Wien
Mariani 15'
Nordahl 23', 50'
Ricagni 26', 63'
Frignani 56'
Schiaffino 75'		 Report Golobic 35'
Dienst 59'
Attendance: 35,000

Milan won 8–3 on aggregate.

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

First leg
Reims 2–0 Hibernian
Leblond 67'
Bliard 89'		 Report
Attendance: 35,486
Referee: Manuel Asensi Martín (Spain)
Real Madrid 4–2 Milan
Rial 6'
Iglesias 25'
Olsen 40'
Di Stéfano 62'		 Report Nordahl 9'
Schiaffino 30'
Attendance: 129,690
Referee: Dean Harzic (France)

Second leg
Hibernian 0–1 Reims
Report Glovacki 57'
Attendance: 44,941

Reims won 3–0 on aggregate.

Milan 2–1 Real Madrid
Dal Monte 69' (pen.), 86' (pen.) Report Iglesias 65'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)

Real Madrid won 5–4 on aggregate.

Final
Main article: 1956 European Cup Final
Real Madrid 4–3 Reims
Di Stéfano 14'
Rial 30', 79'
Marquitos 67'		 Report Leblond 6'
Templin 10'
Hidalgo 62'
Attendance: 38,239

Top goalscorers
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Miloš Milutinović Partizan 8
2 Péter Palotás Vörös Lobogó 6
Léon Glovacki Stade Reims
4 René Bliard Stade Reims 5
Héctor Rial Real Madrid
Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid
7 Mihály Lantos Vörös Lobogó 4
Gunnar Nordahl Milan
Michel Leblond Stade Reims
10 Alfred Körner Rapid Wien 3
Hippolyte Van Den Bosch Anderlecht
John Eriksson Djurgården
Eddie Turnbull Hibernian
Juan Alberto Schiaffino Milan
Giorgio Dal Monte Milan
Joseíto Real Madrid

Notes
  1. L'Équipe
  2. Glanvill, Rick (2005). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography. London: Headline. p. 254. ISBN 0755314654.
  3. Ferris, Ken (2004). Manchester United in Europe: Tragedy, Destiny, History. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 34. ISBN 1840188979.
  4. 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.)
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